University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly wants comments from the public on a developing plan to draw the proper line between resident assistants’ rights as students and their responsibilities as state employees supervising other students in campus dorms.
TomoTherapy, one of Madison’s fastest growing businesses, has raised an additional $14 million in investor financing.
In October 2005, an article appeared in the journal Science that piqued the federal governmentââ?¬â?¢s interest. It was titled ââ?¬Å?Characterization of the Reconstructed 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic Virus.ââ?¬Â The Spanish Flu Pandemic killed 50 million to 100 million people. And there, in the pages of Americaââ?¬â?¢s most prestigious scientific journal, was the formula for destruction.
Patients and surgeons come from around the world to Madison to consult with Hans Sollinger on organ transplant surgery.
An eight-member team of surgeons directed by Sollinger – chairman of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine Organ Transplant Division and medical director of the UW Organ Procurement Organization – in 2004 transplanted the hospital’s record number of 618 organs, including kidneys, livers and pancreas, in 514 patients.
A Christian high school’s lawsuit against the University of California is escalating the culture war over the role of religion in public education. The Calvary Chapel Christian School of Murrieta, Calif., with 1,300 students, is suing UC for not giving credits for some courses with a ââ?¬Å?Christian viewpointââ?¬Â when students apply for university admission. The lawsuit is about theological content in ââ?¬Å?every major area in high school except for mathematics,ââ?¬Â says Wendell Bird, a lawyer for Calvary Chapel.
Such a survey “might be a good way to tell how scared people are but it’s not a good way to tell what people will do,” added Laura Dresser, an economist and director of the Center for Wisconsin Strategy. The study also seems to have unreliable data on the number of businesses that would be affected by the proposed law, Dresser said.
Chip Hunter, an associate professor of management and human resources at UW- Madison’s School of Business, also questioned many parts of the study.
MADISON, Wis. – University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly is asking the public for suggestions on the role of residence hall assistants as he crafts a new policy governing their behavior.
Quoted: Dr. Hans Sollinger, the chairman of transplantation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dwayne Smith has not carried a football since August 2004, when University of Wisconsin doctors diagnosed him with a potentially life-threatening heart condition. But Smith longs to suit up again.
“I know there are other aspects of life I can be successful in,” said Smith, the 2002 valedictorian at Hales Franciscan. “And I want to do all those great things too. But this is my passion.”
An intoxicated college-age man reported he fell into the Mississippi River early Sunday but managed to climb out, authorities said.
The Viroqua, Wis., native, who attends the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was spending a night in downtown La Crosse with a couple of friends when they got separated, according to La Crosse police.
The spotlight shining on the future of the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team added some serious wattage this week when high-profile center Sam Gagner made an oral commitment to the Badgers for the 2007-08 season.
Madison police and city streets were tied up Wednesday as a vigilant public reported at four suspicious objects in the wake of recent pipe bomb attacks.
University of Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema announced Wednesday he will retain wide receivers coach Henry Mason as part of his new staff.
Up to 185 companies would leave Madison – taking with them nearly $21 million in property tax revenues – if the city enacts a proposal requiring employers to give workers paid sick days, according to a study to be released today by business advocates.
For nearly three years now, dozens of Congressional aides and college lobbyists have poured their time and energy into the process of renewing the Higher Education Act, the law that governs most federal student aid and other college programs. The heavy lifting has been done, and the job is nearly complete.
Despite a 66 percent increase in tuition and fees since 2000, UW-Madison this week was ranked the 15th-best value in American public higher education for resident students by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. For non-residents, the ranking dropped to 35th.
1. Harvard University $22,143,649
2. Yale University $12,747,150
3. University of Texas System $10,336,687
4. Princeton University $9,928,200
5. Stanford University $9,922,000
6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
$5,865,212
7. University of California $4,767,466
8. Emory University $4,535,587
9. Columbia University $4,493,085
10. Texas A&M University $4,373,047
U.S. colleges and universities earned ââ?¬Å?respectable returnsââ?¬Â on their endowments last year as wealthier schools posted higher averages than less wealthy ones, a report shows today. Annual returns on endowments averaged 9.7%, says the Commonfund Benchmarks Study. It is based on 729 education institutions, primarily public and private universities but also independent schools and private education foundations.
The easiest thing in the world this week is to pile on Marcus Vick, the disgraced Virginia Tech quarterback who was thrown off the team after a series of embarrassing incidents on and off the field.
On Cambodia’s Tonle Sap River, conservationist Zeb Hogan is hoping to save the giant catfish, the largest freshwater fish in the world, one fish at a time.
If fishers here catch the critically endangered species, which can grow up to 10 feet (3 meters) long and weigh 650 pounds (295 kilograms), they now must turn it over to Hogan, who heads the Mekong Fish Conservation Project.
Evans started at the University of Wisconsin as an instructor and assistant professor, rose to associate professor and professor of English at the University of Illinois, and joined the Harvard faculty as a professor of English literature in 1967.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Research by Richard Weindruch at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and others, for example, suggests that an extremely low-calorie diet, one right on the edge of starvation, pushes the life span of mice and other animals to an extreme.
When Rebecca Walkowitz enters her classroom, the chatter stops. The 35-year-old carries herself like a woman nearly twice her age, but speaks at a fast clip, as if she has more to say than her 50-minute class period could possibly allow. She is equally comfortable introducing juniors to Ulysses as she is isolating vulgarities in Trainspotting for a close reading of vernacular.
“Plus she’s pretty hot,” reads one of Walkowitz’s University of Wisconsin-Madison student ratings on Rate My Professors (ratemyprofessors.com). She “rocks” another student’s “socks off.”
A new Web site developed by a UW meteorologist and programmer provides weather information in the palm of your hand.
Some college educators, however, have coined the term “helicopter parenting” to describe parents who “hover” in their adult child’s lives or rescue them when problems arise, and see these relationships in a different light. They say the phenomenon has blossomed in the last five years and is giving university administrators a run for their money as they work to foster independence in students who may be away from home for the very first time.
Madison police have already started planning for this year’s State Street Halloween….and the department’s central district captain says there are a number of elements officials want to continue this year….including the temporary fencing for crowd control….
(MADISON) Gay rights groups across the country are worried about reports that the Pentagon is spying on groups that oppose the militaryââ?¬â?¢s ââ?¬Å?Donââ?¬â?¢t Ask-Donââ?¬â?¢t Tellââ?¬Â policy. A group of University of Wisconsin Law School students have joined more than a dozen gay rights groups across the county in filing a Freedom of Information request to find out which organizations are being watched, and whether the secret surveillance is legal. (4th item.)
MADISON, Wis. — A new report shows Halloween 2005 cost the city of Madison $80,000 more than Halloween 2004.
The report indicates that over the past two years the city has spent nearly $1.3 million policing the event. The report also had some surprises.
Will “celebrity journalism” get more young people consuming news?
Television, radio and increasingly, newspapers, are devoting more time and space to the activities of celebrities. But Professor James Baughman, Director of the School of Journalism & Mass Communication at UW Madison, said not everybody cares about what Angelina Jolie is up to. “One of the reasons I’ve spoken out on this is my anger over what I think is the inflation of the perception of demand for celebrity journalism,” said Baughman.
MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin reserve running back Booker Stanley was charged Monday with sexual assault, multiple battery counts and bail jumping in connection with a pair of alleged fights with his girlfriend.
Stanley, 22, already faces battery and disorderly conduct charges for his alleged role in a street fight last April. He was suspended from the team in December after his arrest in the fight with his girlfriend.
Quoted: U-W Madison wildlife ecology professor Stan Temple.
University of Wisconsin junior running back Brian Calhoun will hold a news conference Thursday to announce he is leaving school early to enter the NFL draft in April.
MADISON ââ?¬â?? The world now knows about Hwang Woo-suk, the South Korean researcher whose stem cell work may have been falsified. It was a confidence-shaking revelation for some who support human embryonic stem cell research, and a gleeful ââ?¬Å?I-told-you-soââ?¬Â opportunity for those who do not.
If thereââ?¬â?¢s a positive side to the alleged research abuses in South Korea, it is the contrast with how stem cell science is conducted elsewhere. Hwangââ?¬â?¢s transgressions support what bona fide researchers in the United States have been saying all along: ââ?¬Å?We operate under clear, ethical rules that may take longer to produce research results, but you can count on those results once theyââ?¬â?¢re announced.ââ?¬Â
Dillard University sophomore Marvin Palao was living off-campus with his family when Hurricane Katrina hit in August. He had to swim out of his Gentilly home when the levees broke and swamped the house with 11 feet of water. As Dillard’s spring semester begins this week, Palao is living on campus ââ?¬â? at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel. ââ?¬Å?The Hilton is my home now, because I have no home,ââ?¬Â Palao says
MADISON, Wis. — Badgers football running back Booker Stanley was in court on Monday to face more charges after he was arrested for allegedly beating and choking his girlfriend.
Stanley, 22, is charged with second-degree sexual assault, bail jumping and another battery charge for attacking the 20-year-old woman at his University Avenue apartment in December.
Katie Nix had her reasons for enrolling at Tulane University last fall. She just can’t recall what they are.
“I’ve forgotten,” said the freshman from Racine who spent three days at Tulane before Hurricane Katrina crashed into New Orleans, forcing the city’s universities to shut down.
After Katrina, Nix and hundreds of other displaced students landed in Wisconsin, where they were taken in by universities across the state. Now their home institutions are reopening, and most of the students are going back.
State spending for higher education grew at the fastest rate in five years during the current fiscal year, allowing colleges throughout much of the nation to regain their financial balance after a series of tight budgets.
DeAaron Williams is leaving the University of Wisconsin, and after a trip through Illinois Central College, the Limestone product could play at Bradley.
Wisconsin issued a release Thursday that Williams, a redshirt freshman, had left the team “temporarily” and for “personal reasons.” Two sources confirmed that Williams, who is reportedly unhappy with his role on the team, intends to transfer from Wisconsin.
MADISON, Wis. – The UW Athletic Department will be honored at the 2006 Best of Madison Business Awards on Jan. 9 at the Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center.
Quoted: Charles O. Jones, a presidential expert at the University of Wisconsin.
Quoted: Judith Walzer Leavitt, professor of medical history at the University of Wisconsin
Quoted: University of Wisconsin professor Ed Jesse.
Why are lawyers buried 25 feet underground?
Because, deep down, they’re really nice guys.
Jokes like that have been around forever, but lawyers are buzzing about a new book that argues they are not just a barometer of the public’s feeling about the legal profession ââ?¬â? they also are an escape valve for frustrated attorneys.
“Most lawyers actually like lawyer jokes,” said Marc Galanter, a University of Wisconsin law professor who has spent 15 years collecting and analyzing them.
Quoted: Frances Rauscher, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin lost $4.7 billion in household net worth over a five-year period as more highly paid and well-educated residents moved out of the state than came in, according to a study that also found high numbers of 20-somethings and seniors leaving.
Quoted: Richard Davidson, director of the Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin.
“Riley was the first place Leopold was able to test his ideas,” said Janet Silbernagel, a landscape architect at UW- Madison. “It’s far less known than the shack (Leopold’s own place on the Wisconsin River north of Baraboo), but educationally, it’s great, and it’s much closer to Madison.”
In his own research, UW- Madison journalism professor Dhavan Shah said he’s found that the virtual public squares where people post and reply to messages may be in some ways more powerful than traditional town halls.
Quoted: Law professor Ann Althouse, Robert W. and Irma M. Arthur-Bascom professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School and the author of the blog Althouse:
Why do so many of us tell jokes about lawyers, and what does it say about our society? Marc Galanter, a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Law School, began looking into the phenomenon about a decade ago and has written a book about it, Lowering the Bar: Lawyer Jokes and Legal Culture, which he’ll discuss Wednesday at Books & Books in Coral Gables.
Move over, buckyball & biotech: The University of Wisconsin-Madison is about to become famous for, believe it not, cars.
Yup, cars.
The university is leasing three new cars as part of a program that will surely bring, if not fame at least the sincere appreciation of local environmentally conscious types who care about things like energy conservation and global warming and the basic quality of life-as-we-know-it energy issues.
UW Madison’s win over Auburn in the Capital One Bowl put the Badgers at 15th overall in the polls…
But, the school ranks in the top five in terms of athletics making money.
Quoted: UW-Madison professor of constitutional law Howard Schweber
Kumble R. Subbaswamy, the dean of arts and sciences at Indiana University’s main campus in Bloomington, has been named the University of Kentucky’s new academic leader, making him the highest ranking minority in the university’s 140-year history.
On Dec. 21, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, long regarded as one of the nation’s top public research universities, announced that Subbaswamy was one of its three finalists for provost.
Legislation championed by Sen. John McCain to stop physical abuse of prisoners held in U.S. custody around the world was signed into law nine days ago by President Bush. It marks the third time in 30 years that Congress has voted to prohibit torture. Twice before, in 1975 and 1994, investigations of horrific abuse, secret prisons and CIA complicity led to legislation with hidden loopholes — a history we may be about to repeat.
Alfred W. McCoy is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of “A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror.”
Quoted: Ken Mayer, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Wisconsin is a very important contributor to the Peace Corps volunteers accoring to Gary Lore, public affairs specialist with the Minneapolis regional office of the Peace Corps.
“For over a decade, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been the No. 1 contributor of Peace Corps volunteers. ââ?¬Â¦ In the whole scheme of things, in the last 45 years, (Madison) is No. 2 and rapidly catching up with No. 1, which is the University of Southern California.”
UW hospital celebrated a milestone Sunday – the 1,000th heart and lung transplant.
As part of the celebration, the heart and lung transplant program served as the game sponsor for the Michigan Stateââ?¬â??Wisconsin basketball game Sunday afternoon.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is launching a $100 million fund-raising campaign and has recruited four of Milwaukee’s most prominent businessmen to spearhead it.
