Quoted: Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Clinton Seeks to Become First Female U.S. President (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg News
Author: jplucas
UW president reflects on ‘Growth Agenda,’ budget cuts (AP)
Racine Journal Times
MADISON, Wis. – The coming months will be critical in Kevin Reilly’s young tenure as University of Wisconsin System president.Reilly, 57, has traveled the state building support for his budget request and now must persuade Gov. Jim Doyle and lawmakers to fund the plan at a time when the state faces a budget deficit and competing priorities.
Reilly’s Growth Agenda would require millions of dollars in additional state investment to pay for some campuses to enroll more students, a new research program at UW-Milwaukee and the Wisconsin Covenant.
Same Old Song, but With a Different Meaning
Washington Post
Music hooks deep into emotions and memories in ways that words do not. At the University of Wisconsin, scholar Craig Werner and Vietnam vet Doug Bradley have found that music is a highway into veterans’ memories of the war.
A Win Off The Court
Wisconsin State Journal
It was a record-setting fall semester in the classroom for University of Wisconsin student-athletes.
It was announced Friday that UW student-athletes compiled a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 during the fall semester. According to school officials, that is the highest known score for a fall semester.
Conklin: Mitchard conjures Audrey Seiler in new book and on YouTube
Wisconsin State Journal
It’s Audrey Seiler meets Lonelygirl15 and it’s coming to YouTube this week.
Bielema’s record goes to 12 and $
Wisconsin State Journal
Bret Bielema is about to be rewarded financially for his phenomenally successful first season as University of Wisconsin football coach.
Should women be paid for supplying eggs?
Wisconsin State Journal
In Madison, doctors say the issue hasn’t come up because stem-cell research at UW- Madison has relied on leftover embryos from fertility clinics.
State makes money by selling YOU
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Robert Drechsel, journalism.
Learning the 3 R’s – in college
Wisconsin State Journal
Remedial education may raise questions about access to education, the application of standards and about how and by whom such deficiencies should be addressed, but one thing’s clear, said Rebecca Martin, interim senior vice president for academic affairs for the University of Wisconsin System: “This is the way things are now. I think that if we want our students to be successful in college, which we do, if we want them to stay with us and make it all the way through to graduate, then we have to provide what they need to be successful.
Microfinance expert will meet city business leaders
Wisconsin State Journal
Panelists include Tom Eggert, an adjunct professor at the UW-Madison School of Business; John Neis, managing director and founder of Venture Investors of Wisconsin; Mohan Warrior, chief executive of Araflight; and Toni Sikes, founder and chief executive of The Guild.
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University’s Gold Thread Not Going, Going, Gone (AP)
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. — Looking for a shiny glob of gold thread leftover from a university research experiment?
Apparently nobody else is either.
Thursday night’s deadline passed with nobody bidding on a ball of gold thread being auctioned off by University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists.
It’s more than 12 troy ounces of 99.999 percent pure gold, and the school’s Space Science and Engineering Center said it wants $8,500 for it.
Do school vouchers belong in Utah? (Salt Lake Tribune)
Salt Lake Tribune, The
Quoted: John Witte, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor
Cigarette tax talk starts to heat up (Portage Daily Register)
Quoted: Dr. Michael Fiore, director of the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention at UW-Madison, said Wisconsin has lagged behind other states in increasing its 77-cent-per-pack tax, with the last raise coming in 2001.
Dane County Crash Kills Two
NBC-15
A single-car crash in in the Town of Blue Mounds kills a father and his daughter. It happened just before midnight Friday on North Road near Mt. Horeb.
According to the Dane County Sheriff’s Department, the driver of the car, 21-year-old Euricky Eduardo Tanuwidjaja of Madison, was traveling south on North Road when he lost control and struck a tree.
Tanuwidgaga and his 19-year-old front-seat passenger, Ian Santosa, received minor injuries and were treated at UW Hospital.
Nass says UW admissions policy misguded (Wisconsin Radio Network)
Wisconsin Radio Network
A legislative critic of a new UW admissions policy says he’s not backing off. Representative Steve Nass (R-Whitewater) says admissions criteria like community service, motivation, special talents and student experiences can’t disguise the real intentions of UW administrators. “They are hiding behind a lot of other verbiage in their policy, to get at race-based admissions,” says Nass.
All together now (Isthmus)
Isthmus
The University of Wisconsin-Madison plans to grow by thinking small, at the neighborhood level. The new Campus Master Plan has a ââ?¬Å?Design Neighborhoodââ?¬Â esthetic that could serve as an example to Madison as the city considers an ordinance that would establish its own Neighborhood Conservation Districts.
UW planners believe that envisioning the university as a series of architecturally distinct neighborhoods will create a sense of place that will not only be beautiful ââ?¬â? it will build better
minds, too.
UW looking for comment on admissions policy (Wisconsin Radio Network)
Wisconsin Radio Network
The UW System and legislators have already started sparring over the proposed change in admissions policy. Now the UW wants to hear from you.
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According to the UW System’s Dave Jiroux, grade points and class rankings aren’t the only things you’ll need to get into a UW school. Admissions counselors will look at the applicant’s entire life experience.
Curiosities: Accents part of native tongue, hard to overcome
Wisconsin State Journal
Q: Why don’t people lose their accents even after they moved away and lived elsewhere for years?
A: Keith Kluender, a professor of psychology at UW-Madison, responded by describing a more dramatic “move” that requires learning a second language.
$1 increase in cigarette tax proposed
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Michael Fiore, Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention.
UW admissions forum planned
Wisconsin State Journal
If the proposed update of the University of Wisconsin System admissions policy is to be up for debate, the UW Board of Regents wants to take it public and will do so with a videoconference forum on Jan. 29.
Astrobiology Fights for Its Life (Science)
Quoted: Kenneth Nealson, a biologist at the University of Wisconsin.
UW men’s basketball: Bo’s team boasts best GPA in athletic department
Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team is ranked No. 2 by The Associated Press for its work on the court. It will soon be pronounced the athletic department’s No. 1 team in the classroom for the fall semester.That will mark the second consecutive semester that the men’s basketball team posted the highest GPA among all the men’s teams. The women’s basketball team also posted the highest GPA among all the women’s teams, multiple sources said.
Costs keep students from first-choice colleges
USA Today
Fewer college freshmen are attending their top choice of schools, and many appear to be doing so not because they were rejected by their first choice but for financial reasons, a national survey shows.More than two-thirds (67.3%) are attending their No. 1 choice, the survey says. Of those who are not, 52.6% said they were accepted and opted not to go.
Stronger monsoons mean longer droughts in Indonesia, Australia (AP)
The findings stumped the scientists at first so they turned to Zhengyu Liu at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who is an expert in climate modeling.
Lethal secrets of 1918 flu virus (BBC News)
BBC News Online
Scientists who recreated “Spanish flu” – the 1918 virus which killed up to 50m people – have witnessed its remarkable killing power first hand.
College loan interest cut proposal could help affordability (Oshkosh Northwestern)
Any help in lowering the costs of higher education helps students, university officials and legislators said a day after the House of Representatives voted to lower the interest rate on college Stafford loans.
But, they also agree that just chipping away at interest doesn’t really address problems with rising college costs and ongoing concerns about affordability for students.
Editorial: Reducing interest rates on student loan good first step (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter)
The U.S. House passed Wednesday with strong bipartisan support a bill reducing interest rates for many student loans. The bill was part of the Democrats’ agenda but drew yes votes from 124 Republicans despite opposition from the White House.
The bill’s full benefits are phased in over a five-year period and will ultimately cut interest rates on federally-subsidized loans in half.
Wisconsin refuses to give up U discount (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Wisconsin college students get a sweet deal in Minnesota: If they go to the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, they pay $1,200 a year less in tuition than Minnesotans.
It’s a benefit they don’t plan to give up any time soon. After two years of talks, Minnesota officials asked Wisconsin to renegotiate a tuition pact that now makes the University of Minnesota cheaper for Wisconsinites.
Wisconsin recently responded politely: No, thanks.
Scott Converse, UW-Madison School of Business, on IT workforce development
Wisconsin Technology Network
Editor’s note: As the director of technology programs for the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, Scott Converse is at the forefront of trends in information technology workforce development. In part one of this interview, he talks about the market need for courses that help IT professionals in their progression from technologist to manager or CIO. Look for part two next week.
Profiling the American Freshman (Inside Higher Ed)
Inside Higher Education
How do you construct a narrative about college freshmen these days? Researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles take their shot annually with a survey of 270,000 entering undergraduates at roughly 400 colleges across the country.
South Pole project probes depths of universe
Wisconsin State Journal
Let’s say that somewhere on the edge of the universe, a sun explodes.
It is next to impossible for most of us to conjure such a cataclysm, let alone think about the possibility of capturing cosmic debris from the ruined star.
Bird virus acts like 1918 flu, study says
Wisconsin State Journal
The deadly 1918 flu virus harms monkeys the same way today’s bird flu strikes some people, says a new study led by a UW-Madison researcher.
Both viruses inflict an unusual immune response that kills instead of protects, the study found.
Study shows how deadly 1918 flu spread
USA Today
Scientists who tested monkeys with the resurrected 1918 killer flu virus have a better idea of how the deadliest epidemic in history killed so many people: by overcharging the victims’ own immune systems. Those findings in a first-of-its-kind experiment also help explain why so many of the roughly 50 million who died in the flu pandemic were young and healthy. Scientists discovered the virus replicated quickly and unleashed an excessive immune system response in the macaques that destroyed the lungs in a matter of days. “Essentially people are drowned by themselves,” says University of Wisconsin researcher Yoshihiro Kawaoka, lead author of the study in today’s Nature. Scientists say the results open a window into what could happen if the current bird flu in Asia changes into a highly lethal strain that spreads easily among people.
Grow (Madison Magazine)
Madison Magazine
It is the surest way to see the results of our labor. That’s why in this special issue we celebrate organizations, individuals, and one scientific breakthrough, all of which embody the very best of Madison business – its progressive and productive climate, and its thoughtful and visionary leadership.
Double Duty (Madison Magazine)
Madison Magazine
At 5:15 a.m., the streets of the UW–Madison campus are silent and deserted. Most typical students have gone to bed a few hours earlier, and won’t wake until their first class sometime around 9 a.m. However, in a few dorm rooms and apartments, members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps are stirring. They will be showered, dressed, and at the Shell, one of the campus workout facilities, for training by 6:15 a.m. sharp.
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, this is the routine of UW students who have chosen to dedicate their time to the Army, Navy, Marines or Air Force. At the UW, some students will not only earn their undergraduate degree, but be proficient in land navigation, how to drive a Humvee, and how to aim and shoot a rifle.
1918 Killer Flu Tested on Monkeys (AP)
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Scientists who tested monkeys with the resurrected 1918 killer flu virus now have a better idea of how the deadliest epidemic in history attacked and killed so many people _ by over-amping the victims’ own immune systems.
Tech-based firms can connect with UW interns
Wisconsin Technology Network
Madison, Wis. – Technology-based businesses and other companies hoping to connect with student intern programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are invited to attend the Jan. 23 luncheon meeting of the Wisconsin Innovation Network in Madison.
Officeholders will raise right hands, and a ruckus (Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Times
Quoted: UW political scientist Howard Schweber.
Scientists Recreate 1918 Flu and See Parallels to Bird Flu (Bloomberg News)
New York Times
Scientists infected monkeys with a virus that caused the 1918-19 influenza pandemic and said in the Jan. 18 issue of the journal Nature that it caused an illness like that suffered by patients with the bird flu now spreading in Asia.
Infection with a reconstructed version of the 1918 virus, known as the Spanish flu, incited a deadly chemical reaction in the laboratory animals, a group of scientists said in the magazine.
Animal tests provide insight into 1918 flu virus (San Francisco Chronicle)
San Francisco Chronicle
Scientists who infected monkeys with a resurrected version of the 1918 Spanish flu virus reported Wednesday that the animals became mortally ill with symptoms similar to those reported among humans during that pandemic, which killed an estimated 50 million people nearly 90 years ago.
A mother and her daughter face up to Facebook (Christian Science Monitor)
Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON – According to my daughter Joanna, a college student, the world is divided into three basic categories: friends, “Facebook friends,” and everybody else.
I’m trying to get a handle on this. From what I can tell, Facebook friends are not friends in the same way that her pals are friends. In fact, Facebook might well be changing the nature of relationships, making them both more intrusive and yet somehow less intimate at the same time.
Rancorous House Backs Student Loan Cut (Inside Higher Ed)
Inside Higher Education
Anyone who held out hope that the dawn of a new Congress would somehow elevate the rhetoric about higher education issues on Capital Hill had them dashed Wednesday. That, more than anything else, became clear as the House of Representatives debated and ultimately passed legislation that would cut the interest rate on some student loans in half over five years.
A rare year: UW not first in Peace Corps volunteers
Wisconsin State Journal
For the first time in more than two decades, UW- Madison is not the top- producer of Peace Corps volunteers.
UW-Madison had 106 alumni serve in the program last year – up from 104 last year – but was edged out for the No. 1 spot by the University of Washington in Seattle, which had 110 alumni participating, up from 102 last year.
UW men’s basketball: Oh, brother
Wisconsin State Journal
It’s a certainty that at some point tonight, Carl Landry will catch the basketball in the post and start working his way toward the basket. And it’s almost as certain that at some point Marcus Landry will be the one guarding him as he does so.
Council OKs protest oath
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: UW-Madison political science professor Howard Schweber warned the addition would allow officials to “come perilously close to saying (that) in their duties they will ignore the law or alter the law when it conflicts with their personal principles.”
Teenagers do grow more materialistic: study (Reuters)
Reuters
Quoted: Aric Rindfleisch, Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the survey showed that “materialistic young people display reduced generosity.”
Prostate cancer prevention drug gaining investment support
www.wisbusiness.com
MADISON ââ?¬â?? A new drug created by UW-Madison scientists in collaboration with Colby Pharmaceuticals may pave they way to successful prevention and treatment of prostate cancer. With a current lack of investment support for menââ?¬â?¢s health research, however, getting the drug to the critical clinical-trial phases remains a challenge.
Last month, Colby Pharmaceuticals wowed a panel of venture capitalists and angel investors at the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium, earning a crown as one of the four winners of the ââ?¬Å?Elevator Pitch Olympics.ââ?¬Â For Colby’s breakthrough drug, called MDL, and three other drugs active against prostate cancer in the pipeline, this meant far more than simply a trophy or plaque.
U. of Colorado at Boulder Is Criticized for Its Diversity Expenditures
Chronicle of Higher Education
A Colorado think tank critical of affirmative action has issued a report alleging that the University of Colorado at Boulder has little idea how much money it spends on various diversity efforts and poorly manages such expenditures.
The libertarian Independence Institute, based in Golden, Colo., says in a report issued on Monday that the state’s flagship campus has greatly understated how much it spends on diversity programs and devotes a disproportionate share of such funds to paying administrative salaries rather than helping minority students.
At Berkeley Law, a Challenge to Overcome All Barriers
New York Times
Growing up in Philadelphia in the 1960s, Christopher Edley Jr., dean of the flagship law school of the University of California, learned early about racial discrimination. After all, his father, one of the few African-American graduates in Harvard Law School�s class of 1953, could not get a job in a Philadelphia law firm.
ââ?¬Å?Theyââ?¬â?¢d hired William T. Coleman from Harvard a couple of years earlier,ââ?¬Â Mr. Edley recalled, referring to the former transportation secretary, and ardent defender of civil rights. ââ?¬Å?And they were waiting to see how that experiment worked out before hiring another one.ââ?¬Â
UW-Madison Loses Top Spot In Peace Corps Volunteer Recruitment
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. — After proudly holding the title for 20 years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is no longer the No. 1 school in the country for recruiting Peace Corps volunteers.
The University of Washington grabbed the top spot with just four volunteers more than UW-Madison.
Washington had 110 volunteers compared to UW-Madison’s 106.
UW Student Speaks About Finding Missing Camper
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. — A University of Wisconsin-Madison student credited with helping save a woman’s life in the New Mexico mountains is being called a hero, but he said it was just a matter of good timing.
Peter Kottke, 20, and his brother Albert were on their annual backpacking trip in New Mexico when they stumbled upon a woman missing for five weeks.
Kottke said he and his brother were looking forward to a third trip into the wilderness, and said they never thought they would come back heroes.
Madison Magazine honors stem cell pioneer Thomson, others, with business awards
www.wisbusiness.com
UW-Madison scientist and entrepreneur James Thomson believes it may be decades before stem cells produce treatments that cure diabetes, Parkinsons disease or help the paralyzed walk again.
But these basic building blocks of life are already changing how research is conducted in thousands of labs around the globe and may soon lead to the creation of new medical products, Thomson said during a Madison Magazine Best of Madison Business luncheon at the Monona Terrace Convention Center.
Oates: Ryan’s success stems from rare Richter failure
Wisconsin State Journal
Pat Richter attends University of Wisconsin men’s basketball games as a fan these days, and Richter the fan is thrilled that Richter the athletic director didn’t succeed in hiring Rick Majerus as UW’s coach in 2001.
Asked if he is happy today that Majerus jilted him six years ago, Richter’s response was emphatic.
“Oh, yeah,” he said recently.
UW hoops: Second to one
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team picked up a pair of wins over the past week and, in the process, picked up 20 more Associated Press Top 25 poll voters who believe the Badgers are the best team in the country.
Overture trust fund value drops
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Andrew Taylor, director of the Bolz Center for Arts Administration at the UW-Madison School of Business.
Planned amendment on rolling back gay marriage ban may be futile
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Howard Schweber, a UW- Madison political science professor and affiliate member of the Law School.
Don’t tamper with oath of office
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison political science professor Howard Schweber correctly warned that the proposed anti-oath would allow officials to “come perilously close to saying (that) in their duties they will ignore the law or alter the law when it conflicts with their personal principles.
“That is a fundamental breach of the duty of office.”
Activists win King awards
Wisconsin State Journal
Jason Carlos Gonzalez, 22, is being honored for his volunteer work at two fire departments and at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Wisconsin. Although he is putting himself through college at UW- Madison, Gonzalez said he has been given many opportunities throughout his life so it’s always been his priority to give back.
A glass act
Wisconsin State Journal
It was Dale Chihuly, the superstar glass artist, who made famous the concept of nestling stunning glassworks among the living masterpieces of a botanical garden.But it took Grant Zukowski to make it happen in Madison.