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.
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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.
Changes in federal rules guiding university investigations of sexual assaults may be coming
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
As the nation’s secretary of education announced plans to change the way colleges and universities handle allegations of sexual violence on campus, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank on Thursday defended practices on her campus.
Far from actual storms, UW scientists provide indispensable data on developing hurricanes
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
While Hurricane Harvey washed through neighborhoods in and around Houston last week, a small group of University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists noticed something unusual off the coast of Africa.
Purpose over pain
Brava Magazine
“Meditation can help foster a mindful, rather than automatic or reactive response to chronic pain. Mindfulness builds awareness of the differences between pain sensations itself (i.e., sharp, shooting, stabbing) versus patterns of unhelpful reactions to pain such as emotional reactions or patterns of behavior. It disrupts the autopilot way of responding that isn’t effective and often causes additional suffering by giving us greater freedom to make healthier choices. Since difficult situations and painful stressors will always be a part of life, mindfully learning how to handle them can make all the difference,” says Shilagh A. Mirgain, UW Health Senior Psychologist.
MTSD board approves Eric Ebert to be new Homestead assistant principal
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Ebert holds a master’s degree in educational leadership from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and a master’s degree in educational psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also received a bachelor’s degree in political science from UW-Madison.
Wisconsin Dreamers vow to carry on fight for immigration reform after DACA decision
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Laura Minero, 26, is a PhD student in counseling psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has found strength in organizing and supporting other undocumented students. Her parents came to California from Mexico in 1995; her father works at a dairy and her mother at a meat-processing facility.
Even before Trump was elected, she and three other students founded a Dreamers organization at UW-Madison to raise scholarship money for undocumented students, who cannot apply for federal financial aid, and to provide emotional support for students because of the divisive campaign rhetoric.
University of Wisconsin employees receive training in sexual assault prevention
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By this fall, all employees at University of Wisconsin campuses — from custodians and residence hall staff members to professors and administrators — will have completed training on sexual violence and harassment as part of a new systemwide requirement.
University of Wisconsin picked as a site to provide promising and expensive cancer drug
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s American Family Children’s Hospital will be one of 20 sites to offer one of the most promising and expensive new cancer drugs, one that will come with what amounts to a limited warranty.
Molinaroli left his mark on Johnson Controls in his brief, tumultuous tenure as CEO
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: And CEOs should always be evaluating their businesses, said Brad Chandler, the director of the Nicholas Center for Corporate Finance and Investment Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “They should understand whether their portfolio makes sense today and for the future,” said Chandler, a former investment banker at Morgan Stanley.
Baraboo National seeks to become a state bank
Baraboo News Republic
Quoted: University of Wisconsin finance professor James Johannes said the move makes sense. “It’s pretty common for smaller banks to want to be state-chartered,” he said.
When Hurricane Katrina hit, reporters made serious mistakes. Here’s what to avoid this time around
Quoted: But there are differences between the ways in which reporters are covering a hurricane this time around. Hurricane Katrina was later seen as “a real black mark on journalism,” says Kathleen Bartzen Culver, the assistant professor and James E. Burgess Chair in Journalism Ethics and director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
Economists send estate tax repeal letter to congress
Ted Magazine
Noted: David Brown of the Wisconsin School of Business was mentioned as a signatory of a letter sent to the Trump administration by a group of economists advocating repeal of the inheritance tax.
United States: danger of fake news
Les Inrocks
Noted: (translated from French) “Sponsored links redirect to manufactured stories, pure fake news,” says Tom O’Guinn, a marketing professor at the Wisconsin School of Business. If the traditional way of campaigning in the United States remains to bomb Americans from political spots on TV between two pubs for laundry or pizza, “these field spots are very, very expensive,” O’Guinn said, ‘conversely, buying links is cheap at all. Pubs are always more accurate, more targeted through social media and more advanced analytics. “
Man who sneaked into UW-Madison residence hall arrested for entering women’s restrooms
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
An 18-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after sneaking into a University of Wisconsin-Madison residence hall and entering several women’s restrooms, officials said.
UW System got most of what it wanted for building projects in budget plan
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin System got more than half the bonding authority it wanted for capital projects by the time the Legislature’s budget-writing committee finished its work Monday, and it also got money for major maintenance, repairs and renovations to aging buildings that had been cut from the state’s last biennial budget.
Which college majors have the highest payoff? Annual survey of graduates gives ranking
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Marquette University came in second in salary potential ($54,300 early; $103,100 mid-career), followed by UW-Madison ($53,400 early; $98,400 mid-career), Lawrence University ($47,000 and $95,100); UW-Platteville ($53,600 and $92,800); St. Norbert ($47,800 and $90,400), UW-Eau Claire ($49,100 and $87,500) and UW-Milwaukee ($47,700 and $84,900).
Ideas for coping with back to school anxiety
WISC-TV 3
UW Anxiety Disorders Program Director Dr. Marcia Slattery talks about what parents can do to minimize the anxiety students feel when it’s time to go back to school.
1 Simple Trick that Will Make You Insanely Creative
Noted: Jihae Shin, Professor at the University of Wisconsin, designed an experiment to prove the most creative ideas come after procrastination. She asked people to come up with business ideas: one group shared ideas immediately, while another group was asked to play a simple computer game for 5 minutes before sharing their idea.
Two Days to Explore: Madison
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Capital, culture, active, isthmus, foodies, Bucky. Those half-dozen words are Madison in a nutshell, but particularly so in the fall, when the tone is set by the student-led hustle and bustle, the bounty of the harvest, and the ombré of colors from brilliant red to midnight blue. Whether traveling solo, as a couple, or with friends, a getaway to downtown Madison and the University of Wisconsin campus is ripe for the picking.
Budget committee votes to increase Wisconsin school funding by $639 million over two years
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: All technical college boards and UW chancellors could authorize a charter school under the proposal. Now, only the chancellors of UW-Milwaukee and UW-Parkside and the boards of Milwaukee Area Technical College and Gateway Technical College in Kenosha can do so.
UW-Milwaukee’s handling of student sexual assault report is under federal review
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights currently has 358 active investigations into sexual violence cases at 252 colleges, including the new case at UWM, four at UW-Madison, two at UW-Whitewater, two at Medical College of Wisconsin, and one at St. Norbert College.
The idea earned a ‘D.’ Now Rent College Pads will help students find housing in 100 markets.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: After launching at Marquette, the site started hosting listings for housing near the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Northern Illinois University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where about 80% of the 30,000 students live off campus.
Tony Evers ad in Wisconsin governor’s race attacks Scott Walker, Foxconn deal
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: The nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau has projected that taxpayers won’t recoup their payments to the company until 2043, even assuming a substantial positive ripple effect in the local economy from the project. Another report by former Walker campaign adviser and University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Noah Williams has pointed to other benefits of the project such as the more than $700 million in annual payroll it could bring to the area.
UW Study Examines How Air Pollution Affects Birds
Wisconsin Public Radio
Interview with Tracey Holloway.
The Looming Decline of the Public Research University
Washington Monthly
Quoted: “What difference does having a major research university in a place like Wisconsin make?” said University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank. “It’s the future of the state.” If Blank is right, then current trends put that future in doubt for much of the Midwest. Many of these same universities have suffered some of the nation’s deepest cuts to public higher education. Illinois reduced per-student spending by an inflation-adjusted 54 percent between 2008 and last year, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The figure was 22 percent in Iowa and Missouri, 21 percent in Michigan, 15 percent in Minnesota and Ohio, and 6 percent in Indiana. While higher education funding increased last year in thirty-eight states, Scott Walker’s 2015–17 budget cut another $250 million from the University of Wisconsin system. The University of Iowa recently had its state appropriation cut by 6 percent, including an unexpected $9 million in the middle of the fiscal year.
J.J. Watt encourages fans to help the Houston recovery effort in heartfelt video
USA Today
The catastrophic rain and flooding in Houston from Hurricane Harvey (now a tropical storm) has left the nation’s fourth-largest city in a state of emergency as the storm is expected to continue for the coming days.
Writing Your Way Through Cancer
Kasper Health News
Quoted: Expressive writing is about emotional disclosure, said Dr. Adrienne Hampton, an assistant professor of family medicine and community health at the University of Wisconsin. “It can be trauma-focused, or it can be aspiration-focused,” Hampton said. “Really, the key is just that it involves either conscious or subconscious emotional processing around a given topic.”
Stressful Events Can Age the Brain by up to 4 Years
Health
Quoted: While the study didn’t look for dementia symptoms specifically, the authors point out that the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease is rising—and that minority communities are affected at disproportionate rates. “Adversity is a clear contributor to racial disparities in cognitive aging, and further study is imperative,” said lead author Megan Zuelsdorff, PhD, a research associate at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, in a press release.
Back to School: Healthy Lasagna Cup Lunch
WKOW-TV 27
As the kids get back to school, lunches need to be packed again. Chef Julie Andrews RD of UW Health shows us a healthy, easy and delicious recipe for the kids — and maybe even you too — lasagna cups.
Helping Your Child Beat Back-To-School Anxiety
WXPR
Quoted: Dr. Marcia Slattery, director of the UW Health Anxiety Disorder Program, said you’ll likely notice that younger school-age children may become more irritable as the onset of school approaches. “The grade school kids definitely start asking more,” she said. “They start wanting to have detail about what’s going to happen, basically trying to say, ‘What are the unknowns that I need to know about?’So, more questions, more seeking information.”
U.S. current account imbalance unlikely to diminish: researcher
Business Insider
Noted: University of Wisconsin, Madison, professor Menzie Chinn’s research also suggests lawmakers in the United States should look to domestic fiscal policy if they want to reduce external imbalances.
If Recession Hits US Tomorrow, Will Trump’s Economic Policies Help?
Sputnik News
Noted: In a separate study, Professor Menzie Chinn from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, said that the Trump administration will likely not be able or willing to reduce the US foreign debt, as, amongst other reasons, the Treasury notes’ safe-haven status supports capital inflows in the US.