The University of Wisconsin, in conjunction with other groups, is launching a campaign to convince state legislators that they should not place limits on human embryonic stem cell research. It’s a worthy initiative for a variety of reasons.
One of Madison’s most venerable bicycling events quietly left Madison last week, the victim of an unofficial no-left-turn policy suddenly enforced by the UW-Madison Arboretum.
The problem of foul-mouthed fans at University of Maryland sporting events should be fought with policies promoting “voluntary compliance” among spectators rather than with punishments, a student committee recommended on Wednesday.
Higher-education lobbyists have decided not to ask the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to let colleges collect a $100 fee from foreign students to finance a federal database that tracks them. (Subscription required.)
Foundations are on a financial comeback, suggesting that their giving to higher education may not be far behind. (Subscription required.)
The boom in educational technology has not lived up to its promise of revolutionizing the classroom and making higher education more profitable, two professors conclude in a report scheduled to be released today. (Subscription required.)
The boom in educational technology has not lived up to its promise of revolutionizing the classroom and making higher education more profitable, two professors conclude in a report scheduled to be released today.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ââ?¬â? At the most recent reunion of Harvard University’s black alumni, there was lots of pleased talk about the increase in the number of black students at Harvard.
But the celebratory mood was broken in one forum, when some speakers brought up the thorny issue of exactly who those black students were. (Reg. required.)
Within weeks of taking over as president of Harvard University in July 2001, Lawrence H. Summers captured national headlines after rebuking a star of the university’s African American studies department for lackluster academic performance. (Reg. required.)
MADISON, Wis. – Badgers fans that missed ESPNââ?¬â?¢s documentary series on the Wisconsin menââ?¬â?¢s basketball team titled ââ?¬Å?The Seasonââ?¬Â can now view the episodes via uwbadgers.com.
Outside his window, the construction team is working on the new scoreboard, which is beginning to take shape above the north stands at Camp Randall Stadium. The workers are dwarfed by the large support beams, extending from the skeleton framework of the scoreboard to the pavement. Barry Alvarez has built his University of Wisconsin football program along these same lines, anchoring everything to a strong base.
It wasn’t long ago when basketball at just about every level in this state seemed to be decades behind the rest of the country
Quoted: Pat McBride, who recently was named associate dean for students in the UW Medical School
The last time I talked to Dan Neviaser was at Bill and Lori DiCarlo’s Christmas party at their home near Ashton.
Madison-based Tetrionics, a contract manufacturer of pharmaceutical ingredients, has been acquired by St. Louis-based Sigma-Aldrich Corp., a publicly traded firm that makes chemicals for research laboratories. Terms were not disclosed.
Two local biotech companies have signed deals with much larger companies that they believe boost their credibility while giving them access to much larger markets.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison economics Professor Andrew Reschovsky during the “Financing Wisconsin’s Future” conference at the Memorial Union.
Dave Trachter says the president of the University of Wisconsin System doesn’t necessarily need to have a doctorate, as long as he or she could deliver where it counts.
Sometime very soon a rare plant in a University of Connecticut greenhouse will bloom – and immediately draw crowds to what in all likelihood is the most vile-smelling flower in the world.
Quoted: Mohammad Mehdi Fayyaz, director of the university’s botany department greenhouses and botanical garden. (Reg. required.)
STORRS, Conn. – Wait till the neighbors get a whiff of this. A giant exotic plant that has not bloomed in the Northeast in more than 60 years is ready to flower at the University of Connecticut’s greenhouses. The “corpse flower” has the odor of 3-day-old road kill, and UConn botanists couldn’t be more excited
What do a pizzeria owner, a historic preservationist and a mass transit advocate have in common? Like most of us, they’re fans of a vibrant Madison.
Wisconsin is blessed with large public national and state forests, amounting to about 10 percent and 5 percent, respectively, of our forested land.
Donald M. Waller is a professor of botany at the UW-Madison
Quoted: Robert Goodman, a professor of plant pathology at the University of Wisconsin
Audrey Seiler, the UW-Madison student who made national news when she faked her own abduction in March, has reached a plea agreement in the obstruction case against her.
As the old political saying goes: In your heart, you know they’re right
(AP) — One year ago this week, supporters of affirmative action cheered as the U.S. Supreme Court upheld factoring race into college admissions.
AMHERST, Massachusetts (AP) — The Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action prompted a year of hard work at the University of Massachusetts.
Because of a record number of applications and a desire to better control its enrollment, Marquette University’s admissions rate fell dramatically this year, and it is moving up its priority deadline, this time by two months
(Madison) A newââ?¬â??andââ?¬â??improved shopping mall, a children’s spray park and better roads, that’s what two redevelopment committees say South Madison needs. Mayor Dave Cieslewicz gave the group $2.5 million to work with to improve the face of the south side of the city.
Some past opponents in exhibition games resembled nothing more than glorified pickup teams to University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan
Audrey Seiler, the University of Wisconsin sophomore who allegedly faked her own abduction, will agree to a plea bargain July 1 in Dane County Court. If the judge approves the agreement, she could be sentenced that day as well.
Young Hispanic high school graduates are as likely as their white counterparts to enter college, yet half as likely to finish a bachelor’s degree, a new report finds.
Madison – As long as Bo Ryan is the University of Wisconsin coach, the Badgers will play a team from the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in the pre-season.
The Higher Education Act will not be renewed this year, a top Republican on the U.S. House of Representatives education committee acknowledged on Tuesday. (Subscription required.)
Hispanic students are only half as likely to complete a bachelor’s degree as their non-Hispanic white peers, according to a report scheduled to be released today by the Pew Hispanic Center. (Subscription required.)
Natasha Gill’s classroom crackles with tension. Sixteen Barnard and Columbia College students debate a 1790 law turning priests into employees of the revolutionary French government. Each student clutches a copy of Rousseau’s “Social Contract” and struggles to make a persuasive case with eloquence, apt quotation and chutzpah.
The report by a Madison newspaper that former Congressman Steve Gunderson is being considered as a possible candidate for president of the University of Wisconsin makes for interesting speculation.
U-W student Audrey Seiler put the national spotlight on Madison when she faked her own kidnapping. Now, some local artists are putting the spotlight on Audrey Seiler and her story… literally
MADISON, Wis. — A plea hearing has been set in the case of Audrey Seiler.
The former University of Wisconsin student who faked her own abduction will be in Dane County court July 1 when her attorney says she will enter a plea and appear for sentencing.
Quoted: Marureen Janson, a part-time instructor at UW-Madison.
Quoted: David Morgan, a Mongol history specialist at the University of Wisconsin.
Quoted: Dale Schoeller, a nutrition professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
City Council Will Meet Next Month For Final Approval Of New Dorm, Parking Ramp And Offices On North Park Street.
An east campus project at UW-Madison cleared another hurdle Monday.
The Madison Plan Commission unanimously approved rezoning an area of North Park Street for a dormitory, parking ramp and office facility. The project will now go to the City Council, which will consider it for final approval at its July 6 meeting.
That’s because the proposed law, while increasing student loan limits, also would do several things that universities don’t like. Chief among them would be a rule change that could cut certain types of aid to some universities, including UW-Madison.
The University of Wisconsin and its allies in the business community are going on the offensive in the effort to keep state lawmakers from limiting human embryonic stem cell research.
The e-mailer, Leahrae, expressed a sentiment that is shared by many season ticket holders who have grown weary of seeing the same old, faceless exhibition opponents on the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball schedule.
There are moments when it’s possible to make Rob Jeter visibly upset.
They all occur when Jeter is practicing with the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team and Otto Puls, serving as a referee, misses or ignores somebody who has fouled him.
With only some minor concerns about parking for mopeds, the Plan Commission has given the thumbs up to the largest student housing project in 40 years on the UW-Madison campus.
Quoted: Cynthia Laitman, who works at the University of Wisconsin Medical School
Don’t expect to hear a lot of carping about retail turnover, historic preservation, chain stores and restaurants, panhandling or other issues this week during Downtown Madison Inc.’s Business Summit.
Although planning efforts to revitalize south Madison have been going on for several years, the first real outlay of public resources for specific projects is just now within reach.
Eighteen-year-old Rachel Fassbender of Sun Prairie knows it’s going to cost more to attend UW-Madison this fall.
Annual tuition alone is up $700, and financial aid is limited. But she is undaunted.
My father’s slow retreat in the face of Alzheimer’s disease was typical of how it robs people of their lives.
Quoted: Mark Bugher, director of UW Research Park and chairman of the city’s Economic Development Commission; Hannah Gray, who will be a sophomore at UW-Madison in the fall
Quoted: Daniel Kammer, a UW-Madison professor of engineering physics, engineering mechanics and astronautics; UW-Madison’s Wilton Sanders, senior physics scientist. Sanders; John Santarius, UW-Madison senior engineering scientist
When Devin Harris is taken in the first round of the NBA draft Thursday, the former University of Wisconsin point guard will become part of a diverse and curious legacy.
Former University of Wisconsin men’s hockey player Alex Leavitt got more than just a financial settlement as a result of his $1 million lawsuit against the school.
Quoted: Timothy Baker, Ph.D., a psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin
Quintessence Biosciences Inc., a Madison biotechnology firm working to develop biological research products, has established a scientific advisory board to guide the company’s cancer products research.
Quoted: Retired University of Wisconsin-Madison economics professor Robert Haverman
