The in-state tuition freeze has been in place for years. Now, as part of the University of Wisconsin System’s budget request, it could be lifted.
UW System budget could lift the in-state tuition freeze
NBC-15
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Fraternity member helps MPD arrest burglary suspect
NBC-15
A UW-Madison fraternity member tackled and held down a burglary suspect late Monday night.
Five “Do’s” of Sports Nutrition
NBC-15
Sean Casey joined NBC15’s John Stofflet to talk about how to make small improvements in your diet that can improve fitness and performance. Casey is a UW Health Sports Performance and Nutrition Specialist.
UW student tackles burglar caught in the act, police say
WISC-TV 3
A college student tackled a teenage burglar Monday night as he caught him in the act, police said.
UW student featured in Glamour magazine article on homelessness on college campuses
WISC-TV 3
A 24-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student is being featured in the September issue of Glamour magazine in an investigation into the rise of homelessness on college campuses.
UW student tackles burglary suspect inside fraternity, Madison police say
Wisconsin State Journal
A UW-Madison student arriving home at his fraternity Monday night stopped a burglary in progress by tackling and holding one of the three suspects, the 16-year-old taken into custody and tentatively charged with a variety of crimes.
Badgers men’s basketball: Former UW guard George Marshall signs overseas deal in Netherlands
Wisconsin State Journal
Former University of Wisconsin guard George Marshall has signed a professional deal with Aris Leuuwarden in the Netherlands, he announced on Twitter Tuesday.
MPD: Teen arrested after breaking into fraternity house on Langdon
WKOW-TV 27
Madison Police arrested a teenager after they say he and two others broke into a fraternity house on Langdon St. Monday night.
Scott Walker: Next budget will include new performance-based funding for UW
Wisconsin State Journal
Gov. Scott Walker will include new funding for the University of Wisconsin System that will be tied to how it performs in certain measures as part of his next budget proposal, a spokesman said Tuesday after UW officials laid out their request for tens of millions of dollars in new state support.
Madison teen arrested for burgling UW fraternity house
Badger Herald
Madison Police arrested a 16-year-old Madison resident after he and two other suspects were stopped mid-robbery at the University of Wisconsin Kappa Sigma fraternity house on 124 Langdon St.
UW-Madison student featured in Glamour article on college homelessness
Capital Times
University of Wisconsin-Madison student Brooke Evans was recently featured in a Glamour article for a less than glamorous reason — she spoke frankly about her six year struggle with homelessness as a student.
Long, Richard Lee
Madison.com
Noted: He was united in marriage to Alice McBrian on June 20, 1965, in Springfield, Ill. Richard graduated from Northern Illinois University with a B.A. in Art, and he later received his M.F.A. from University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was a faculty member at UW-Madison in the Art Department for over 30 years.
Turning the tide: Can a Wisconsin Democrat win the 2018 election for governor?
Capital Times
Quoted: Walker has only run for governor in non-presidential elections, said University of Wisconsin-Madison political science and journalism professor Mike Wagner.
Madison’s EyeKor raises $600,000
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Christopher Murphy, an ophthalmology professor at the University of California-Davis, is EyeKor’s chief executive officer and a co-founder. Ronald Danis, an ophthalmology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is EyeKor’s chief science officer and also a co-founder.
15 Madison startup leaders to follow
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Nate Moll @natemoll UW-Madison social media guru. Nate is the voice of @UWMadison, which was ranked fourth for most popular university Twitter handle by HubSpot. Through creative posts, Moll engages with a huge social media following, including students, alumni, Badger-fans and more in just under 140 characters.
T.J. Watt continues his climb with Badgers
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
T.J. Watt’s rise to the top of the Wisconsin depth chart has been anything but seamless.
Sam Dekker eager to relaunch NBA career
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sam Dekker has never lacked passion, energy and enthusiasm for the game he plays so well.
Will Walker nix new borrowing by UW?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin System wants to borrow $455 million in the next budget to construct one building and repair others, bringing it into potential conflict with Gov. Scott Walker’s strict limits on new state debt.
Hospital ratings spark controversy
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The federal government has begun rating hospitals on overall quality, marking another step in an effort begun more than a decade ago to provide patients with better information about the care provided in hospitals and other health care settings.
Shafer: Pulling back the curtain on the real aim of the parties
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Byron Shafer is Hawkins Chair of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has been attending national party conventions since 1980.
UW System chief seeks state funding increase
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is proposing a $42.5 million increase in the 2017-’19 budget, despite Gov. Scott Walker’s warning to expect zero growth in the next two years.
Search for sterile neutrino goes dark
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
On the frigid central plain of Antarctica, where the sun rises only once a year, a set of 5,160 light sensors encased in a cubic kilometer of crystal clear ice sits poised to register the flash of passing quantum particles.
Bucks Coming Back to Madison
NBC-15
The Milwaukee Bucks today announced that the team will return to Madison this fall for a week of training camp from Sept. 27 through Sept. 30, and to host a preseason game against the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday, Oct. 8.
Keeping your child’s sugar intake in check
NBC-15
Noted: Clinical Nutritionist Amy Caulum with UW Health Pediatric Fitness joined NBC15’s John Stofflet to share how to keep an eye on those sugars and added sugars.
Former Badger, now U.S. Olympian, prepares for Rio
WKOW-TV 27
A former UW-Madison athlete is just days away from traveling down to Rio de Janeiro to compete in the Olympics. Zach Ziemek has already earned it on the track and field as he competes in the decathlon, but now he’s working to pay for his way to South America.
Bucks to return to Madison for week of training camp
WKOW-TV 27
Noted: The team announced Tuesday that training camp will be held at the Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus from Sept. 27 through Sept. 30. Six practices will be held.
Expect traffic delays near UW campus Wed. & Thurs.
WKOW-TV 27
Madison Gas & Electric will be performing maintenance work, including pavement replacement, on a gas main on the UW campus.
UW researcher’s app to get kids moving precedes ‘Pokemon Go’
WISC-TV 3
The popular smartphone game “Pokemon Go!” has swept the country up in a craze to catch them all, but there are other branches of virtual reality from researchers and developers all over the world, and some of the best and brightest are right here in Madison.
Muslim UW student calls Trump’s comments ignorant
WISC-TV 3
Fresh from Iowa, Najeeha Khan came to University of Wisconsin-Madison with a thirst for more diversity.
Walker tells agencies he wants to continue UW tuition freeze
WKOW-TV 27
Gov. Scott Walker is telling state agencies he plans to extend the University of Wisconsin tuition freeze in the next two-year state budget he will introduce in early 2017. Walker says in a letter to state agencies last week that most should submit budgets for the next two years that don’t spend any more money than they were allotted this year.
UW police chief retiring after 25 years
WKOW-TV 27
Susan Riseling is pinning up her badge, retiring after serving a quarter-century as the chief of police at UW-Madison.
UPDATE: University of Wisconsin-Madison to test diversity program
WKOW-TV 27
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is trying out a new diversity program for incoming students. This comes after multiple incidents of racial hate threats plagued the campus last year and fueling social unrest among students.
UW-Madison to test diversity program
WISC-TV 3
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that the campus will test the program on up to 1,000 freshmen to allow students to learn about themselves and others.
Madison game developers feel impact of Pokemon Go
Capital Times
Quoted: Believe it or not, this game is not Pokemon Go. It’s actually Kkomamon — an augmented reality game developed as something of an experiment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison four years ago, well before Niantic’s smash hit was even in development.”We were working with this game to increase physical activity in kids,” said David Gagnon, the program director of the Field Day Lab, a team of educational researchers, developers and designers who work at the intersection of education and new technology.
Patrick Sims: Clarification needed on UW diversity efforts
Capital Times
I read with interest W. Lee Hansen’s Cap Times op-ed “Is a new UW ’BlackOut Student Diversity Plan’ the answer?”. I respect Lee’s long-time interest in these issues, but wanted to clarify several points that he made.
12 on Tuesday: Roberto Rivera
WISC-TV 3
Roberto Rivera earned a degree in Social Change, Youth Culture and the Arts – a major he built for himself – from the University of Wisconsin in 2004. He went on to earn a master’s degree in youth development from the University of Illinois – Chicago and is now a doctoral candidate back at UW. He is also the President and Lead Change Agent of The Good Life Organization, which publishes multimedia educational tools and trains educators, youth workers, and parents in connecting positive youth development to community development.
Study: Wisconsin’s financial knowledge ahead of U.S.
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: That’s according to findings of the recently released National Financial Capability Study conducted by the Washington, D.C.-based Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Foundation. Wisconsin performed better compared to the nation as a whole when it came to paying bills on time, avoiding non-bank or payday lenders and keeping up with expenses, said Michael Collins, director of the UW-Madison Center for Financial Security, who is familiar with the study.
All-City swimming: UW recruits Beata Nelson, Justin Temprano shine in final meet
Wisconsin State Journal
The hometown talent of the University of Wisconsin swimming team’s 2016 recruiting class was on display Saturday during the All-City Swim Meet finals at Seminole Pool.
Dane County Community Court to offer restorative justice to more victims, young offenders
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: “It’s about making the offender part of the solution while elevating the voice of the victim and giving them a more active role,” said Jonathan Scharrer, director of a long-standing, prison-based restorative justice program run through UW-Madison’s Law School. Scharrer also helped set up the South Madison CRC.
Wisconsin may yet play prominent role in already wild presidential election
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Ken Mayer, a UW-Madison political science professor who studies presidential politics, said this election had defied all expectations so it’s difficult to make predictions. Typically polls after the second convention set the tone of the race, and the numbers remain stable. However, he noted, a year ago nobody predicted Trump would be the Republican nominee.
After Scott Walker’s office alerts farm lobby, clean water regulations scaled back
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: Last month, the DNR completed scope statements designed to update manure-spreading rules in light of widespread drinking water contamination in Kewaunee County, UW-Madison-led research on airborne hazards of spraying manure and other related state and federal rules.
Arbitration panel rules against The Edgewater hotel, orders $14 million payment to contractors
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: All payments ordered by the panel are due by Aug. 27, according to the ruling. An appeal is unlikely, said Dick Heymann, an adjunct professor of law at UW-Madison. Arbitration is used to avoid court proceedings and is set up under an agreement by all parties involved in the case. In most cases, a ruling is final.
Regent questions continuing UWM athletics
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A Wisconsin regent on Friday accused the UW-Milwaukee athletics program of balancing an $11 million budget deficit ’on the backs’ of students, and questioned whether it was worth continuing athletics at the campus.
Wisconsin cheesemaker wins top industry award
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Roelli credits John Jaeggi of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Dairy Research with helping him develop and perfect the Little Mountain cheese. He also credits his milk supplier, Cernek dairy farm in Gratiot — “the milk is the star,” he said — for providing a stellar basic ingredient.
International herpes meeting draws researchers to Madison
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: Rob Kalejta, professor of oncology and molecular virology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-chair of the gathering, said hosting a major international research conference provides benefits that extend beyond learning about the latest scientific advances.
UW-Madison and collaborators launch website on patients’ experiences
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Marty remembers looking outside the window of his room, seeing cars go by and thinking to himself, “How do you get in your car and just go, you know, just go about your day?”
UW-Madison rolls out new freshman training after racial incidents
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
For many freshmen arriving at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the fall, it will be the first time they interact with students who don’t overwhelmingly look, love, experience and identify in the same way. Often that’s a mind-broadening experience.
10 Things Season Four Of “Orange Is the New Black” Gets Wrong About Life In A Women’s Prison
Huffington Post
Noted: It’s dangerous to give guards authority over someone’s length of sentence, especially in a privatized prison. A study out of the University of Wisconsin Business School last summer found that guards in private prisons write twice as many disciplinary reports than their public prison counterparts because these bad report cards cause the parole board to deny inmates who have documented history of behavioral problems. The end result is that the inmate serves more time. And earns more money for her jailer. Prisons have less to do with courtrooms than they do casinos – the house always wins.
Green Bay attractions added ahead of UW-LSU game
WKOW-TV 27
Even with Packers training camp underway, the Green Bay area is also thinking about the Badgers.
Trailblazing reporter was advocate for seniors, the disabled
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: She grew up in Wauwatosa, earned a journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, married and later was divorced from Clyde Bauer.
Herb Kohl gifts $1.5 million to support public policy and governance research at UW-Madison
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl will donate $1.5 million to support faculty research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that addresses difficult public policy and governance issues, the university announced Wednesday.
Players have big impact on Paul Chryst
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Whatever the sport, coaches are routinely asked about how they affect the lives of the athletes they recruit, teach and develop over the course of four or five years.
Dare Ogunbowale uses his bully pulpit to preach unity
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin tailback Dare Ogunbowale was awarded a bully pulpit Tuesday, the opportunity to share his thoughts about the world he sees with several hundred college football fans.
Illinois budget woes spark UW recruitment full-court press
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Three state universities in southeastern Wisconsin are aggressively turning their attention south to pull more students — and tuition revenue — from the Land of Lincoln.
Clement named to Big Ten preseason honors list
NBC-15
Wisconsin senior running back Corey Clement was among the 10 Big Ten Conference players to earn preseason recognition Monday in conjunction with the start of Big Ten Media Days in Chicago.
Verizon-Yahoo deal could mean more user-targeted ads
WKOW-TV 27
Quoted: “Between the two of them, some data suggests they have over a 60 percent market share. Yahoo is much, much smaller and can no longer compete,” says Hart Posen, associate professor with the UW-Madison School of Business.
Federal officials launch 4th investigation into UW-Madison’s handling of sexual assault
WKOW-TV 27
Federal officials have opened a fourth investigation into the UW-Madison’s handling of sexual assault.
Madison woman lands prestigious position on U.S. Senate floor
WKOW-TV 27
Noted: Allison Markoski is a lawyer with a nontraditional career path that includes lots of nonpartisan work. Markoski has served the state of Wisconsin at the Department of Public Instruction, the Department of Corrections, and UW-Madison. Soon, she’ll be serving the nation as one of the few Parliamentarians of the U.S. Senate.
Former UW player Drew Meyer deals with deaths of punter friends
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Former Wisconsin punter Drew Meyer and his passenger, Nebraska kicker Drew Brown, feared the worst.
UW group collects donations for tribal community hit by flooding
WKOW-TV 27
Flooding in northern Wisconsin has been devastating for many who live in the area but a group at UW-Madison is offering some help.