Noted: UW-Madison’s outdoors group Wisconsin Hoofers has snowshoe rentals available through its location at Memorial Union, including for students, Union members and guest users. For guests, prices range from $15 for one overnight of use to $30 for a full week.
Noted: Joers said she met O’Kroley in eighth grade when they rode the same bus to school in Cottage Grove. She became pregnant by O’Kroley when she was a sophomore in high school, she said, but noted she went on to graduate from UW-Madison with a double major in physics and philosophy — in May 2015, according to the university registrar’s office — “while mental illness prevented Christopher from maturing into a functional adult.”
A new partnership with UW-Madison promises to deliver Monona officials a wealth of information on how to improve the city’s transportation infrastructure, housing and amenities.
Noted: UW-Madison Prof. Majid Sarmadi helped with research and is featured in photo.
Noted: BluDiagnostics was formed in 2015 by Katie Brenner, a postdoctoral fellow in biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It raised $600,000 of the money in January, when it said it was trying to raise $800,000. That goal has been amended to $1.2 million, according to the recent filing.
Chris McIntosh, director of development at the University of Wisconsin since December of 2014, on Thursday was named Associate Athletic Director for Business Development.
Count former Maryland coach Gary Williams among those who are impressed with the work done by Wisconsin interim head coach Greg Gard.
Senior class officers at University of Wisconsin-Madison didn’t choose a famous entertainer, author or politician to give the Class of 2016 commencement address May 14.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will receive about $50,000 to cover expenses, plus priceless global exposure, for hosting the Democratic presidential debate on campus next Thursday night, according to an agreement obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison spent $8 million the last six months of 2015 fending off attempts to raid some of its most productive and accomplished faculty after international attention over state budget cuts and possible changes to tenure protections created faculty unrest.
Noted: In addition, Johnson says she’ll work with UW-Madison to get funding to watch for the particular mosquito that caries the virus.
A UW-Madison team that designed a pod for transporting people at futuristic speed finished third in SpaceX’s first worldwide Hyperloop competition, hosted at Texas A&M University Jan. 29 and 30.
University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank said she spent $8 million in six months protecting top faculty from poaching by other universities.
UW-Madison has spent at least $8 million since last summer to retain top professors after state legislators cut higher education funding and changed faculty tenure policies, Chancellor Rebecca Blank told the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents on Thursday.
The Legislature’s budget committee is set to vote on five bills to help people cope with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.The bills would lay out $50,000 to purchase licenses for a virtual dementia tour, a program that simulates dementia; $50,000 in additional funding annually for Alzheimer’s research at UW-Madison; $1 million in additional money annually for the state’s Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support program; $465,000 in ongoing funding to support four more dementia care specialists spread across counties with fewer than 150,000 people and a state specialist trainer; and an additional $250,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 for state grants for training county and regional crisis teams on providing help to dementia sufferers.
Noted: Author Robert Misey is chair of the International Department at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C. and adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Law. He previously worked for the IRS Chief Counsel (International) in Washington.
When Wisconsin head coach Paul Chryst interviewed Daronte’ Jones last year, he asked one critical question: “Do you think the guys on the East Coast would come to Wisconsin?”
Next week, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will both host a Democratic presidential debate and move a step closer to deciding tens of millions of dollars in budget cuts for next academic year.
The lead “investor” in a student-run drug business that bought marijuana in California and Colorado to sell around University of Wisconsin-Madison has been sentenced to 30 months in prison.
The University of Wisconsin says Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson will return to Madison this spring to give the school’s commencement address.
Quoted: The zip code that a child is born into oftentimes determines their life chances,” said Nick Hillman, an author of the study and assistant professor of education leadership and policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. “Place matters because it reinforces existing inequalities.”
Quoted: Dr. Thomas O’Guinn of the University of Wisconsin has written several books on advertising and brand promotion. He has consulted with a wide range of corporations on advertising campaigns. He worked on public service announcements for the American Cancer Society, so he knows that advertising is not always about puppies and horses.
Noted: Huntsman, a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate who got his master’s degree from Louisiana State University, explains that there are just two hard-and-fast rules about gumbo.
Justin Wilcox’s coaching career, which began discreetly when he took a job as graduate assistant at Boise State in 2001, was trending upward for more than a decade.
Noted: And over at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a rooftop camera at the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences also recorded brief footage of a zooming burst of light Monday evening. That video, posted to YouTube, had more than 36,000 views as of Wednesday morning.
While much of the nation is steadily boosting state funding for higher education, several recent reports suggest the opposite is true in Wisconsin, though the governor’s office argues that’s not the full story.
Quoted: UW-Madison professor of marketing Thomas O’Guinn said the goodwill write-down is not surprising.”Lands’ End, the name in the marketplace, just isn’t very competitive,” he said. “The name is worth about 20 percent less than we used to think it was.”
Quoted: “They’re pretty remarkable,” Will Jones, a labor historian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said of the numbers.
Noted: The Milwaukee County effort will include staff with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and researchers with the Urban Canid Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: Howard started the company with two friends when he was a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. EatStreet provides more than 15,000 restaurants in 250 cities across the country with around the clock support.
This year’s winner of the Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science is Sean B. Carroll, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of several books including, “Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species,” which was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2009.
Wisconsin head football coach Paul Chryst has filled the lone vacancy on his staff.
A recent article, “UW-Madison sex assault discipline process leaves both sides crying foul,” raised questions about how the university responds to allegations of sexual violence.
Noted: After graduation from Washington High School, John Galanis earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison — money from his father helped him make ends meet — and he got his law degree from the University of Michigan.
Justin Wilcox, who served as defensive coordinator at USC for two seasons before being fired last month, appears poised to replace Dave Aranda at Wisconsin.
Wisconsin is returning to the Big Apple in 2017.UW is scheduled to participate in the Big Ten’s second “Super Saturday – College Hoops and Hockey” event next winter.
Quoted: And, according to Andra Ghent, associate professor in the Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics at UW-Madison’s School of Business, baby boomers will be flooding the market in five to 10 years, creating even more demand.
Quoted: Joseph Glass, an assistant professor of social work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who specializes in addiction and treatment, said expanding access to ADFs is not a panacea for the problem.
A new paper says that the first tests confirming transmission of the Zika virus in Colombia were carried out by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Colombia’s Universidad de Sucre.
Noted: Que El-Amin, 31, graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with an art degree and received a master’s degree in geography from Chicago State University. Khalif El-Amin, 29, has a sociology degree from the UW-Stevens Point.
Noted: Faulkner grew up in New Jersey and earned an undergraduate degree in math at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. In the 1960s, she came to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for graduate school in computer science — and now is one of the best examples of the economic benefits of a state’s having a respected university.
A state appeals court says a man didn’t have a constitutional right to view pornography on a University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire library computer.
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s vice chancellor for finance is leaving to take a job at the University of Texas.
Quoted: Barry Burden, professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has studied third-party runs, notes how it is slightly easier for an independent candidate to get on the ballot in Wisconsin than it is in, for instance, North Carolina. But independent candidates often have to collect more signatures and pay higher fees than the presidential candidates from the two main parties.
Michelle Loke is one of the lucky ones.With bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the 23-year-old must pay off debt accumulated to keep up with historic increases in the cost of higher education.
A Wisconsin Planned Parenthood clinic in 2010 provided heart and brain tissues from aborted fetuses to University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers for studies aimed at understanding the growth of babies with and without birth defects.
Quoted: Those consumers just might be one of the answers to investors’ woes, said David Silberman, who is pursuing a master’s degree in finance and participating in the Applied Security Analysis Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Richard “Buz” Cooper, a Milwaukee native and physician who was dean of the Medical College of Wisconsin from 1985 to 1994 and who later became a respected voice in health policy, died Jan. 15 in New York City from complications from pancreatic cancer.
Students, alumni and faculty from three campuses met for two hours this week with University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross to discuss what can be done to improve campus climate and support for black students and other underrepresented students.
Certain types of debt that parents take on may have adverse effects on children’s socioemotional well-being according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and Dartmouth published by the journal Pediatrics. The study sheds new light on the link between debt and family well-being, as previous research on debt has typically focused on how debt affects the mental health and well-being of adults and has yet to explore how parents’ debt may impact a child’s well-being.
While past studies have examined the ways in which debts affect the mental health and well-being of adults, new research led by professors at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Dartmouth College examines the problem from the child’s point of view.
Quoted: But one of his former students, Jihae Shin–who is now a professor herself at the University of Wisconsin–challenged him on his “pre-crastination” tendencies. The results of her research are quite promising (you know, if you ever get around to reading it).
Noted: BluDiagnostics was formed by Katie Brenner, a postdoctoral fellow in biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The app, called the BluDiagnostics Fertility Finder, analyzes hormones found in saliva and displays results through the app.
Amber Epp, associate professor of marketing in the Wisconsin School of Business, quoted: “Whether the airlines or consumers benefit most depends on how the programs are structured (e.g., blackout dates, types of rewards, points expiration, reward structure). For airlines, the profits are not so much related to the business they gain directly from consumers, but rather from the money they make on selling miles to other companies (e.g., credit cards, restaurants, etc.) for consumers to cash in as rewards.”
Noted: Explore a three-year degree program that would start in state high schools and continue at University of Wisconsin System campuses.
Noted: Gener8tor, which recently partnered with the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation to train more University of Wisconsin-Madison entrepreneurs, runs start-up training classes in Madison and Milwaukee. It made 17 investments in 2015, according to Pitchbook.
Noted: Wendy DeMartini is a professor and chief of breast imaging in the Department of Radiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.
Tim Tibesar has emerged as the likely replacement for Dave Aranda as Wisconsin’s defensive coordinator, according to sources familiar with the program.
Quoted: And business students are in demand because they have a great balance of hard and soft skills, according to Amanda Earle, associate director of career advising at the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Business students are trained to be able to dive into data, make meaning and connections with the data, and then tell a clear and concise story through written and oral communications to both internal and external stakeholders.” Earle says the ability to understand data and know how to effectively communicate it is crucial to helping businesses make important decisions for the bottom line.
Laura Albert McLay is an associate professor of engineering and an expert on mathematical modeling and analytics at the University of Wisconsin. She talks about the chances of winning the Powerball jackpot on Live at Four.
