Dancers with a UW-Madison connection will be performing as part of Thursday’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
UW faculty, guest artist dancing in Macy’s parade Thursday
Wisconsin State Journal
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$5.2 million grant targets student achievement gaps
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A $5.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will fund a collaboration between the state Department of Public Instruction and the University of Wisconsin-Madison aimed at helping schools narrow the achievement and opportunity gaps among Wisconsin students, the DPI and the university announced Tuesday.
Ejected fan sends UW-Madison police 20 dozen coconut doughnuts
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department received a strange, anonymous delivery of 20 dozen coconut doughnuts on Monday, the department posted on Facebook.
On Retail: Shopping season about to kick off but times vary
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: “The problem is it isn’t working as well as they want it to,” said Jerry O’Brien, executive director of the Kohl’s Center for Retailing at UW-Madison. “The concept of opening on Thanksgiving is a great idea if you’re the only one that does it. The whole point was to grab market share, but when everybody made the move it became a bit moot.”
Alvarez on snowball throwing: “We’re better than that”
WKOW-TV 27
In a letter to Wisconsin Badger fans, UW-Madison Athletic Director Barry Alvarez declared his disappointment in the “snowball throwing incidents” that took place Saturday during the Badgers’ game against the Northwestern Wildcats. A game the Badgers lost 13 to 7.
Barry Alvarez reacts to Saturday’s snowball fight at Camp Randall
NBC-15
The University of Wisconsin Director of Athletics is reacting to the snowballs thrown at Camp Randall on Saturday.
Lessons for liberal arts majors
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
After four years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in tuition, I graduated in the spring of 2015 with a degree in political science. Thankfully, I am debt-free and employed in a relevant field of work. However, a recent survey of University of Wisconsin-Madison liberal arts graduates shows that is not the case for more than one-third of them.
Nostalgia, passion, money drive ‘Star Wars’ toy collectors
La Crosse Tribune
Quoted: “The toy culture has … contributed a lot to the movie,” said Jonathan Gray, professor of media and cultural studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Anyone who thinks that the movies were successful just for the movie is forgetting the huge impact that the toys had.”
Persuading young people to buy insurance is major challenge for health reform
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: “There is this fundamental issue that health care is very expensive,” said Justin Sydnor, an associate professor of actuarial science, risk management and insurance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “And therefore insurance is very expensive.”
UW, UWM ramp up efforts to attract grad student assistants
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The state’s two public doctoral research universities are stepping up efforts to more effectively compete for top graduate students who play key roles in research and teaching undergraduates.
UW-Madison student from Middleton named Rhodes Scholar
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Colin Higgins of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been named a Rhodes Scholar, the university announced Saturday.
State drops Stevens Point charges against UW protester Decker
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A Portage County prosecutor on Thursday dismissed several charges against frequent University of Wisconsin protester Jeffrey Decker, who was prepared to defend himself at trial Friday.
Milwaukee Electric Tool could add 500 jobs with Brookfield expansion
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: The company is a “substantial economic driver” for southeastern Wisconsin, and is “a significant employer of graduates from engineering schools such as MSOE, Marquette, UW-Milwaukee and UW-Madison,” Jim Paetsch, vice president of the Milwaukee 7 economic development group, said in a statement.
A question at the heart of the crisis at UWM
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
What is the value of a university? With the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee facing a massive budget gap, its leaders should not be alone in asking that question.
Badgers roll, but Van Vliet’s appeal to play is denied
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan and his team went 1-1 Tuesday, losing a key battle off the basketball court before dispatching North Dakota, 78-64 on the court.
UW’s Corey Clement still thinking about entering NFL
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Even if Wisconsin’s Corey Clement plays again this season, the junior tailback soon will face a significant and complex decision.
Scientists want wolves removed from endangered list
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: The list of scientists calling for delisting includes former or current University of Wisconsin professors Scott Craven, Tom Heberlein and Tim Van Deelen, as well as Scott Hygnstrom of UW-Stevens Point, Ed Bangs of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Montana, and Gary Alt, former deer and bear ecologist in Pennsylvania.
Groups protest trials with medical residents working 28 hours straight
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Two organizations are demanding an investigation into what they say are unethical clinical trials that have required medical residents around the country, including those at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, to work up to 28 hours or more at a time.
UW neuroscientists offer a window into the brain responding to PTSD
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
What is happening inside the brain when a soldier experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder is badly startled by a loud noise?
Refugee decision is a moral decision
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Author Sergio M. Gonzalez is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His primary research focuses on the development of Latino communities in urban areas in the American Midwest, with an emphasis on the religious communities Latino immigrants developed in Milwaukee and Wisconsin throughout the 20th century. He is completing a book manuscript titled “Mexicans in Wisconsin” (Wisconsin Historical Society Press).
Lab-grown vocal cords offer hope of treating voice disorders
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
From mom’s comforting croon to a shout of warning, our voices are the main way we communicate and one we take for granted unless something goes wrong. Now researchers have grown human vocal cords in the laboratory that appear capable of producing sound – in hopes of one day helping people with voice-robbing diseases or injuries.
UW-Madison chancellor to UWM: ‘I didn’t mean it’
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sent an apology to her counterpart at UW-Milwaukee on Tuesday for a misstep she made during a Wisconsin Public Radio interview that sparked an unsettling rumor in Milwaukee.
UW-Milwaukee chancellor works to quash rumor about research mission
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone sent a campuswide email Tuesday to squelch a rumor that top-level discussions were underway to possibly drop research from the Milwaukee campus’ mission.
UW-Madison has treasure trove of Dalton Trumbo papers
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sometimes, the easiest way to gather a collection of historical papers is to simply ask.
Madison recognized as platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Community
Wisconsin Trails
The state capital joins Boulder and Fort Collins, Colo., Davis, Calif. and Portland, Ore. as the only cities to earn that distinction. The University of Wisconsin-Madison reached gold status in the league’s Bicycle Friendly University program earlier this month.
Wisconsin colleges report their students in Paris are safe
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
One by one, colleges and universities across America, including in Wisconsin, took to social media to tweet the relief that all of their students studying in Paris were safe after Friday night’s terrorist attacks.
With Paul Ryan as speaker, what’s in it for Wisconsin?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: “For party leaders especially, it’s more difficult (today) and it’s probably more difficult in the Republican Party than the Democratic Party because of … the hard-liners on spending,” said David Canon, a political scientist and congressional scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Students from Milwaukee at Paris soccer match when attacks happened
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Gruener is a student at University of Wisconsin-Madison, studying abroad and living in Britain. He was visiting Henken over the weekend when the attacks occurred.
UW officials argue Andy Van Vliet’s case not typical
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
As Wisconsin freshman Andy Van Vliet waits to learn whether he will be eligible to play basketball in 2015-’16, his fate rests with UW’s ability to successfully argue the case is unusual and doesn’t fit the NCAA eligibility rule in question.
UW-Whitewater honors late dean in shadow of controversy
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Grieving faculty, students and staff at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater wore Warhawk purple Wednesday to honor the school’s respected dean of students, who died unexpectedly early Saturday with a shadow cast over her professional reputation.
Daily Cardinal cuts production at UW-Madison
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
UW-Madison will no longer have two daily campus papers now that the Daily Cardinal plans to cut production of its print edition to two days per week, the Wisconsin State Journal is reporting.
Kroger To Acquire Roundy’s Grocery Stores
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: Jerry O’Brien, who leads the Kohl’s Center for Retailing Excellence, said the Kroger buyout could bring more development to the area in the future.”They may use that as an opportunity to have a northern headquarters,” said O’Brien. “We really are a unique part of the country for them.”
Obamacare Open Enrollment 2016 Guide: The Details and Changes You Need to Know
MSN
Quoted: The prices of premiums can vary widely from year to year, especially if you chose a plan with low deductible, said Justin Sydnor, an associate professor at the Wisconsin School of Business in Madison.
A new era in Daily Cardinal history
Daily Cardinal
For 123 years, The Daily Cardinal has been at the forefront of student journalism on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. As editor-in-chief, it is my responsibility to put this newspaper in a position to keep it thriving for 123 more.
Former UW-Madison Spanish professor wins governor’s award
Daily Cardinal
Former UW-Madison Spanish professor Birute Ciplijauskaite won the 2015 Wednesday, a unanimous selection by the Wisconsin Historical Records Advisory Board.
UW-Madison freshmen work to overcome homesickness hurdles
Daily Cardinal
Freshman Julia Addis left the warmth of Redwood City, Calif., for UW-Madison because she wanted a different experience than she felt schools in her state offered.
UW-Madison alumni involve campus in nationwide discussion of racial prejudice
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison alumni, staff and students weighed in on the nationwide discussions about racial prejudice at an event Wednesday evening.
Students look for affordable housing as roofs, rent prices rise
Daily Cardinal
On the corner of North Bedford and West Mifflin Street, a crane towers over the steel and concrete skeleton of Uncommon, Madison’s next apartment complex—just one of the many high-rise housing projects marking the downtown skyline.
Badgers volleyball: Top-5 recruit Molly Haggerty tops 2016 class
Wisconsin State Journal
Kelly Sheffield doesn’t expect his 2016 recruiting class to be as highly ranked as his 2015 class, which was pegged No. 3 in the nation by PrepVolleyball.com.
Badgers men’s basketball: Return to Kohl Center has Mark Vershaw feeling nostalgic
Wisconsin State Journal
It’s been nearly two decades since Mark Vershaw stood on the mound of dirt that eventually would become center court at the Kohl Center.
Badgers men’s basketball: Longtime relationship bonds Bo Ryan, associate head coach Greg Gard
Wisconsin State Journal
When University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan announced his retirement plans over the summer, even some in his extended basketball family were surprised by the news.
Kroger to buy Milwaukee-based Roundy’s to expand in Midwest
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Jerry O’Brien, executive director of the Kohl’s Center for Retailing at UW-Madison, questioned whether Kroger will keep the well-known grocery names used by Roundy’s or convert the stores to Kroger or some other brand already associated with the company.
The Badger Herald, WORT host panel discussion on student debt
Capital Times
With the average debt of Wisconsin college graduates at $28,810 last year — up 74 percent in a decade — and 70 percent of state graduates leaving college with debt, student loan debt is a hot issue.
No daily newspaper left at UW-Madison as Cardinal cuts production
Wisconsin State Journal
The Daily Cardinal plans to cut production of its print edition to two days per week, leaving UW-Madison without a daily student newspaper only a few years after the campus had two of them.
UW journalism faculty criticize Missouri prof, but not her advocacy for student protestors
Capital Times
A pair of journalism professors at University of Wisconsin-Madison joined a chorus of criticism of Melissa Click, the University of Missouri professor who blocked one student journalist from photographing protesters who forced the resignation of top university administrators, calling for “some muscle” to remove another.
Former UW artist in residence and students will march in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Capital Times
Last May, artist Laura Anderson Barbata turned downtown Madison into a giant parade, as “Strut!” brought puppets, dancers and musicians into the streets of the Capitol Square.
Jeremi Suri: We need more veterans’ voices in policy debates
Capital Times
Noted: Jeremi Suri is the Mack Brown distinguished professor for global leadership, history and public policy at the University of Texas at Austin. He was the E. Gordon Fox professor of history, director of the European Union Center of Excellence, and director of the Grand Strategy Program at UW-Madison from 2007-2009, associate professor at UW-Madison from 2005-2007, and assistant professor at UW from 2001-2005.
What UW students should take away from Milwaukee’s GOP Debate
Badger Herald
Republican presidential hopefuls met for the fourth time Tuesday at the Milwaukee Theatre in a smaller, but still lively debate.
UW-Madison rewarding 20% of faculty with merit- and market-based raises
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Up to 20% of faculty in each unit at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will receive merit- and market-based pay increases this academic year as part of an effort to retain and reward excellence, the university announced Wednesday.
Durable Wildly Wald placemats add whimsy to dinner table
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Wald was born in Shorewood and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, so she said Wisconsin is a fond place. She founded the retail printing company Great Big Pictures Inc. in Madison in 1973 and returns to the state to visit relatives several times a year.
Architect Brown, green building expert Eggert honored for efforts
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
An architect who helped lead implementation of green building practices and the founder of a statewide sustainable business organization have won top honors from the Wisconsin affiliate of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Schuff, Craig Martin
Madison.com
Noted: He began graduate studies in 2008 at the University of Wisconsin where he was a researcher at the Fusion Technology Institute and a Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering.
Fall in love with a local band Q&A: Lord of the Fly
Capital Times
Noted: Daniel Kaplan, a student in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Learning Community, chose “Lord of the Fly” as his stage name because it represents “being in control of the things you think are cool or ideal,” he told The Daily Cardinal earlier this year.
Badger fan: Koch recruiting ‘in the wrong pool’ at UW-Madison
Capital Times
If Koch Industries is trying to recruit new hires at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, “they’re making waves in the wrong pool,” Kyle Dunn, a Madison resident and UW alumnus, told the Wisconsin Gazette at halftime last Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.
Tom Oates: Interim college football coaches growing in number
Wisconsin State Journal
When the University of Wisconsin football team plays Maryland today, it will be the second time in three games Badgers coach Paul Chryst will look across the field and see a coach wearing an “interim” tag.
Radiolab producer, UW-Madison writer in residence says key to science writing is failure
Capital Times
Radiolab, an award-winning radio show and podcast based in New York City, has an unexpectedly strong tie to Madison.
Dickey Chapelle brought images of war home to Wisconsin, America
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: In the past year, the Milwaukee Press Club has worked with UW-Madison students to interview people who worked and served with Chapelle. Those interviews will become part of the historical society’s collection.
Madison Style: Finding a new home for ‘better brands’
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: Before opening Simply Savvy, Dubas completed entrepreneurial training at the UW-Madison School of Business. She recognized the need and benefits of clothing consignment as a mom, when she often sold her children’s clothes at a local consignment shop. When that shop was closing, she helped the owner clear out her inventory and discovered a knack for the retail niche. The business also fits her organizational and design skills, she said.
Connecting art to social justice
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: “Racism is Highly Adaptable” consists of four large wood carvings, inspired by the carvings done by slaves that Parks Snider had read about during one of her frequent visits to the Kohler Art Library at UW-Madison.
For neighborhood next to Oscar Mayer, a fabled history gives way to an uncertain future
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: The neighborhood was developed in the 1940s and today represents a remarkably preserved example of the kind of postwar, mass-produced housing that would proliferate in the following decades, according to Anna Andrzejewski, a UW-Madison professor of art history who has written about the neighborhood.