UW-Madison police say there is no longer a threat on campus after a man was seen near Union South with a gun.
UWPD say campus threat is over
NBC-15
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Swish Upon a Cure
NBC-15
Wisconsin basketball head coach Greg Gard and his wife, Michelle, issued the challenge and UW-Madison students answered. At the sixth-annual “Swish Upon A Cure,” UW students helped raise the Gard’s donation to $20,349 in the fight against cancer.
UW-Madison campus deemed safe after report of robbery, gunman
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A man with a gun reported on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Monday night after a robbery has left the area, according to UW-Madison police.
Man who pulled out rifle during food-cart fight to face charges, police say
WISC-TV 3
Noted: The gun incident, which happened near campus, was addressed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison police Tuesday. UWPD said that it didn’t send an all-campus alert because by the time police confirmed the gun incident was not a hoax, there was no longer an imminent threat.
UW Police prepare for potentially rainy gameday
NBC-15
With wet weather heading our way, UWPD has a plan to make sure football fans stay safe at Saturday’s Badger football game.
‘Terrifying’ risk pays off for young entrepreneur
NBC-15
Noted: Jacob said because of his business, he’s on track to graduate the University of Wisconsin-Madison debt free.
UW safety app sees increase in use
NBC-15
University of Wisconsin Police Department says they’ve seen an increase in use of a safety app after recent attempted kidnappings.
Get lost! In one of 10 winding Wisconsin corn mazes
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: This year she collaborated with an outside group for the first time, working with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum to create a maze in the shape of a trilobite, the state fossil.
Drone footage of Milwaukee and Wisconsin: What do you want to see?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: The Treinen Farm corn maze in Lodi, Wis., features Wisconsin’s state fossil, the trilobite. The idea behind the famous award-winning corn maze came from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum
Rockford’s latest fitness studio — Orangetheory Fitness — comes with a heart monitor
Rockford Star
Noted: Justin Sydnor, an associate professor at the Wisconsin School of Business, was part of a contingent who studied new gym memberships. They found incentives to join gyms did not help people maintain exercise habits.
Why The iPhone X Branding Might Damage Total iPhone Sales
Forbes
Noted: This article is by Robin J. Tanner, associate professor of marketing at the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
‘Internships’ too vague to be requirement for graduation, study finds
Daily Cardinal
Noted: In fact, Hora pointed to the Wisconsin School of Business as an example of a school that has an excellent internship system because of the college’s strong coordination with employers. As the director of career services at the school’s undergraduate program, Jamie Marsh attributed their success to staff as well as size.
Atlanta investment firm scoops up Culver’s stock
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: Private-equity investments can be a good way for a company to let owners diversify their assets, making their exposure to the company’s risks more palatable, UW-Madison School of Business associate professor Oliver Levine said.
‘Wisconsin Idea in action’: Partnership connects Dane County to UW-Madison resources
Capital Times
In a one-year partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dane County will attempt to harness the university’s resources by working with students and professors to develop possible solutions in four challenging areas the county faces.
UW System merger proposal spurs questions about how plan was hatched
Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin System has not yet crunched the numbers on its plan to reorganize state college campuses, according to spokeswoman Stephanie Marquis.
City, University leaders talk urban sustainability
Yale Daily News
Noted: Because the conference emphasized collaboration between cities and universities, the panels were comprised of both university representatives and representatives of home-city governments. For instance, both Paul Soglin, the mayor of Madison and Charles Hoslet, the vice chancellor for university relations at UW-Madison attended the event.
UW-Madison homecoming events to benefit those in need
Daily Cardinal
With UW-Madison’s Homecoming Week upon us, the Wisconsin Homecoming Committee’s events are once again set to benefit charities and organizations across the country.
UW student reports sexual assault at fraternity house on Langdon Street
Badger Herald
A University of Wisconsin student has stepped forward to report an alleged sexual assault at a fraternity house on Langdon Street.
Blue Sky Science: How do stars form? How was the sun made?
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: Ed Churchwell is a faculty member in the astronomy department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
‘One of the worst states for whistleblowing’
Appleton Post-Crescent
Noted: Student journalists Sam Coutu and Julie Spitzer, and Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism staff members Cara Lombardo and Dee J. Hall contributed to this report. This story was produced as part of an investigative reporting class in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication under the direction of Hall, the Center’s managing editor
UWM launches $200 million campaign to support students, research, engagement
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Monday publicly launched a $200 million private fundraising campaign to support student scholarships, research and community engagement.
Wisconsin voter ID law deterred nearly 17,000 from voting, UW study says
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A study released Monday estimates 16,800 or more people in Dane and Milwaukee counties were deterred from casting ballots in November because of Wisconsin’s voter ID law.
In a Lost Essay, a Glimpse of an Elusive Poet and Slave
New York Times
Noted: The essay, a roughly 500-word sermonlike meditation called “Individual Influence,” was found at the New York Public Library by Jonathan Senchyne, an assistant professor of book history at the University of Wisconsin. The document, which will be published in October in PMLA — the journal of the Modern Language Association — appears to be the first prose essay in Horton’s handwriting to come to light, and one of only a handful of manuscripts in his own handwriting known to survive.
Color expert discusses Crayola’s new color, ‘Blue-tiful’
WISC-TV 3
Crayola’s new color, “Blue-tiful,” has sparked up quite the debate. Majid Sarmadi is an expert on color theory and technology, looks into the conversation.
How to Check Your Credit Score for Free, in 2 Minutes
WalletHub
Interview with Peggy Olive, financial capability specialist from the School of Human Ecology.
Top Wisconsin Republicans back latest bill to repeal Obamacare
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Top Republicans in Wisconsin are backing a sweeping, final-hour effort to repeal Obamacare and hold down spending in other health care programs for the needy that existed prior to Obamacare.
UW-Madison launching free tuition program for first-generation transfer students
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A new program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison aims to increase access to the state’s flagship university by promising to cover tuition and fees for first-generation college students from Wisconsin who transfer from partner two-year state colleges.
Gov. Scott Walker signs $76B Wisconsin budget with money for schools, fees for hybrids
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday signed the two-year, $76 billion budget, providing $600 million more for K-12 schools, cutting property taxes, keeping a freeze on instate University of Wisconsin System tuition and doubling fees on hybrid drivers.
Milwaukee Bucks request waivers on former UW star Bronson Koenig
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Milwaukee Bucks were quick to sign players to two-way contracts this summer, inking rookies Bronson Koenig and Jalen Moore in early July.
UW-Madison students’ video of police in pig masks hanging black male protected by free speech, university says
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A video produced by University of Wisconsin-Madison students showing police officers in pig masks hanging a black male with an American flag is drawing widespread attention — and the ire of at least one state lawmaker.
Senate GOP still doesn’t have votes for delayed budget, Saturday session possible
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Kapenga, Nass and Stroebel’s hoped-for changes include requiring a referendum before local governments can impose wheel taxes; allowing local governments to continue to regulate quarries; prohibiting diversity training for University of Wisconsin System students, and speeding up the repeal of the state’s prevailing wage law that determines the minimum pay for those working on publicly funded infrastructure projects.
Girl’s insanity defense to Slender Man stabbing goes to jury Friday
Noted: Michael Caldwell, a staff psychologist at Mendota Mental Health Institute and a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was hired by Weier’s attorneys to evaluate her in July 2014.
UW-Madison scientist Mark Cook was an innovator who embodied the ‘Wisconsin Idea’
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Mark Cook was not content to confine his research to a lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW Madison Business School to Get Learning Commons
Campus Technology
The School of Business at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has begun an $11 million remodel to convert its three-story building into a “learning commons.” The new facility will include a state-of-the-art finance and analytics lab, active learning classrooms and ample numbers of collaborative spaces. The project, which covers 33,000 square feet, is expected to be done in spring 2018. The business school and the university’s libraries worked together to develop the main themes for the renovation.
UW student men’s basketball tickets sell out in minutes
NBC-15
The student section for Wisconsin men’s basketball sold out in 12 tickets on Thursday.
UW extends helping hand to FAU
WISC-TV 3
VIDEO: Aside from just a practice field. UW is also heloing out the team with food, any medical needs, and transportation. There’s no timeline yet for when the team will get to go home.
UW-Madison ranked 12th-best public college Posted: Sep 12, 2017 12:15 PM CDT
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Madison tied for 12th-best public college in the U.S. News and World Report’s latest college rankings Tuesday.
Madison ranked fourth sportiest U.S. city in ‘Men’s Health’
WISC-TV 3
Noted: The article credits much of Madison’s reputation as a sports city to the University of Wisconsin-Madison sports teams, mentioning back-to-back Final Four runs in the men’s NCAA basketball tournament in 2014 and 2015.
Planting crops by plane; new method for area farmers
WISC-TV 3
Noted: Farms in DeForest, Waunakee, Sun Prairie and Fitchburg are participating in a project to help clean up Dane County lakes. Around nine farms are partnering with Dane County land and water resources department, UW-Extension, Yahara wins, and the natural resources conservation service.
Scalp cooling caps help prevent hair loss from chemotherapy
WISC-TV 3
The Paxman scalp cooling system, which received FDA approval in May will soon be available to breast cancer patients at UW Carbone Cancer Clinics.
Highlights of Wisconsin’s proposed $76 billion budget
Madison.com
Noted: HIGHER EDUCATION: Tuition across the University of Wisconsin system would be frozen this year and next while increasing funding by $36 million, two years after their budget was cut by $250 million. UW would have to monitor teaching workloads and develop policies rewarding those who teach more than average. All UW campuses would be barred from requiring that only faculty members or those granted tenure be considered when hiring chancellors or president of the system.
Will Kramer: After Charlottesville, Wisconsin lawyers must pick a side
Capital Times
Noted: Will Kramer is in his second year at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Jonathan Patz: Taxing hybrid and electric vehicles doesn’t make financial sense
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: Patz is director of the Global Health Institute at UW-Madison
Trust science for more than hurricanes — Linn Roth
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: These actions were initiated based on mathematical models utilizing data generated by techniques and technologies substantially developed at UW-Madison.
Man charged with secretly recording women in bathrooms on UW-Madison campus hours after he was bailed out of jail for similar charges
Wisconsin State Journal
An 18-year-old Madison man was charged Tuesday with secretly recording women in bathroom stalls at a UW-Madison dormitory just hours after his father bailed him out of jail on charges from a similar incident eight days earlier.
Two months past deadline, Wisconsin Assembly approves state budget
Capital Times
Noted: Tuition at University of Wisconsin System schools will be frozen for another two years, but the budget will not include Walker’s proposal to cut tuition.
The UW budget also includes $26.3 million in performance-based funding to be tied to four goals for the UW System: student access, student progress and completion, contributions to the workforce and operational efficiency and effectiveness. The Board of Regents will be required to set metrics to measure schools’ progress toward those goals if they stay in the budget once it is formally adopted
UW continues to be one of the best public colleges in U.S., report says
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison is ranked once again among the best public colleges or universities in the country, but the school dropped out of the top 10.
What’s the buzz? Officials helping to strengthen bee populations in Dane County
Wisconsin State Journal
Bees aren’t necessarily welcome at picnics and outdoor events, but they are essential for pollinating crops worth millions of dollars to the Wisconsin economy. To that end, UW-Madison and UW-Extension staff in Dane County are working with the Dane County Environmental Council to increase bee education and get the most out of bee-friendly land use and development.
Robin Vos to GOP Senate budget holdouts: ‘Not going to be held hostage’
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: In addition to setting spending levels, the budget includes a few key policy measures. It scraps the state’s prevailing wage requirement for workers on public construction projects and imposes a new, controversial requirement to track how much time professors in the University of Wisconsin System spend teaching.
Patz: Tax on hybrids and electric vehicles is poor economic policy
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Jonathan Patz, M.D., MPH, is John P Holton Chair of Health and the Environment and director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW-La Crosse scores high on college rankings list
La Crosse Tribune
Noted: U.S. News and World Report’s annual college rankings place UW-L fourth among Midwest public universities the ranking classifies as regional campuses with a score of 62 out of 100. This is the highest ranking in the UW System outside of the flagship Madison campus, which ranked 12th in the national public university category with a score of 64.
Annual U.S. News college rankings are out; who’s up and who’s down?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Wisconsin’s flagship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, dropped two spots from a year ago, tying for 12th among public institutions in the rankings.
$6.9 million second-floor addition planned for ProHealth medical facility in Mukwonago
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: The building houses the University of Wisconsin Cancer Center at ProHealth Care, a large physical therapy center, occupational health services, and heart and vascular services.
Schneider: DeVos brings due process back to campus
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In decades past, amid conservative calls for new laws to regulate “morality,” progressives frequently argued that our private bedrooms were no place for the government. Yet if you are a student on a college campus in modern America, if you ask someone over to “Netflix and chill,” you better make sure you make enough room on the couch for your second guest, the federal government.
Justice Elena Kagan says court had to reach more consensus after Antonin Scalia’s death
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The 2016 death of Antonin Scalia forced the other members of the U.S. Supreme Court to compromise more often, Justice Elena Kagan told an audience Friday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Game-changing mine bill pits environmental groups, business interests against each other
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Supporters of the legislation are touting the economic advantages of mining. They’re also going on the attack, with one organization, the newly organized Natural Resource Development Association, using Twitter to highlight the conviction of a leading mining opponent for attempted arson and possession of a fire bomb at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Army ROTC building in 1970.
Telehealth, mHealth Studies Show the Value of Proper Preparation
mHealthIntelligence
Noted: Conducted by researchers at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Pennsylvania, the five-year study found that a health clinic’s telephone-based e-visit platform boosted office visits by 6 percent. This meant that providers spent more time with those patients in the office, and ultimately led to a 15 percent drop in new patients.
Low interest credit cards
WalletHub
Noted: Interview with Brian Mayhew, associate professor of Accounting & Information Systems and Executive Director of the Arthur Andersen Center for Financial Reporting and Control at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Man arrested again for entering women’s restroom at UW-Madison dorm
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
For the second time in a week Thursday, a man was arrested after pointing a cellphone camera at women inside restrooms in a residence hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, according to campus police.
UW-Madison chancellor announces new faculty recruiting effort to drive critical research areas
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
After a 15-year hiatus, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is launching a hiring program to recruit clusters of faculty from different disciplines who will work together in emerging areas of research.