Michael Caputo’s teammates used to watch him play more often than listen to him speak.
Badgers football: Injuries paved leadership path for safety Michael Caputo
Wisconsin State Journal
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Feds launch third investigation into handling of sexual assault claims at UW-Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
Federal authorities have launched another investigation into UW-Madison’s handling of a sexual violence allegation, bringing to three the number of cases on the campus now under review by the U.S. Department of Education.
Assembly speaker Robin Vos: Campus carry bill probably won’t happen
Wisconsin State Journal
A bill that would allow concealed carry permit holders to bring guns into college and university buildings probably won’t come up for a vote during this session of the state Legislature, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday.
Tom Oates: UW, USC have had share of adversity heading into Wednesday night’s Holiday Bowl
Wisconsin State Journal
One is old money, one is relatively new money, but Southern California and the University of Wisconsin are big names in college football.
Barry Alvarez touts Paul Chryst’s first season as coach
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A little more than one year after he lured Paul Chryst away from Pittsburgh and back to Wisconsin, UW athletic director Barry Alvarez believes the football program he rebuilt in the 1990s is again in good hands.
For UW football players, same ol’ same ol’ is comforting
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
As they prepare for the 2015 Holiday Bowl, Wisconsin’s players can empathize with their counterparts from USC.
David D. Haynes – Let’s talk about economic security
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: National security quite rightly has dominated our political debate in recent weeks, but I can’t think of a more important issue for Wisconsin and the nation than economic security. The Journal Sentinel opinion pages will focus on this concern as we close out 2015 and move into the presidential election year of 2016. That conversation begins Sunday in Crossroads when we will publish commentary on the Pew report by Salim Furth, a researcher at the Heritage Foundation, and from the Center on Wisconsin Strategy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Congress sends Perkins Loan extension to Obama
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A long-awaited bipartisan compromise to extend the federal Perkins Loan Program for two years is on its way to President Barack Obama’s desk for his signature after sailing through both houses of Congress this week.
Excluding academic programs from budget cuts not possible, Mone says
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In response to a list of demands from a student organization, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone said this week that it would be impossible to exclude academic programs from looming budget cuts.
As Bo Ryan retires, NBC15 takes a look at what he was like off the court
NBC-15
We’ve learned a lot about Bo Ryan over the years, as his career has spanned Platteville, Milwaukee and Madison. But, few people know him like a retired UW wrestling coach does.
UW researcher receives global award
WKOW-TV 27
A University of Wisconsin researcher known worldwide for his work on influenza and ebola is the winner of a prestigious award from the United Nations.
Like Chryst, Gard’s Wisconsin roots run deep
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Paul Chryst, a native of Madison, returned home last December to take over a football program that needed stability and the guidance of a coach familiar with Wisconsin’s history and the roots of the Badgers’ success.
Greg Gard’s ‘interim’ test similar to 2000-’01
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Dick Bennett walked off the job three games into the 2000-’01 season, less than nine months after leading Wisconsin men’s basketball team to the Final Four.
Gard banks on experience under Ryan to help him at UW
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Greg Gard believes working by Bo Ryan’s side for 22-plus seasons has prepared him for his next professional challenge: replacing Ryan as Wisconsin’s head men’s basketball coach.
Results of UW tenure survey released, but questioned
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A University of Chicago professor who fanned a firestorm over tenure with a recent survey of University of Wisconsin System faculty members revealed his results Wednesday, including responses to his hot-button question about how much money it would take for faculty to give up their tenure protections.
AT&T’s ultrafast Internet may include discount with a catch: less privacy
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: “Every detail of this plan is as solid as Jell-O,” said Barry Orton, a telecommunications professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Bo Ryan steps down as Wisconsin basketball coach
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Bo Ryan’s 494th game as Wisconsin’s head men’s basketball coach was his last.
Scott Walker appoints public defender to Milwaukee County judge seat
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Rifelj earned both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the latter in 2003. He lives in Wauwatosa.
Madison’s largest-ever Tuba Christmas packs Capitol rotunda Saturday
Capital Times
Noted: The group this year included members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison marching band, two busloads of musicians from local schools and a cadre of individuals who drove in from out of town — or out of state.
UW-Madison students study, design transformative downtown projects
Capital Times
A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison students are taking on projects that represent, at least for now, long-range dreams for the city while also offering ideas worth discussing outside the classroom.
Blue Sky Science: How does the brain remember things?
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: Haley Vlach is a professor in the UW-Madison department of educational psychology and director of the Learning, Cognition & Development Lab.
Paul Fanlund: In Madison, a torrent of efforts around race
Capital Times
Noted: City and county governments, the nonprofit community, the public school system, the media, philanthropic entities, the University of Wisconsin, faith-based organizations, the private sector and the arts community have all demonstrated a deepened commitment to helping.
ACLU: UW free speech is not threatened by black student movement
Capital Times
Freedom of expression at the University of Wisconsin does not need to be protected from black student movements and a free speech resolution before the UW Board of Regents should not be weighed as such, says the head of the Wisconsin chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Badgers football: UW’s Jaden Gault to end football career after doctors found blood clots in lungs
Madison.com
University of Wisconsin and former Monona Grove offensive lineman Jaden Gault will end his football career after doctors found blood clots in both his lungs during a hospital visit Wednesday night.
UW Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts add family-friendly matinee
Wisconsin State Journal
The tradition of UW-Madison’s Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts goes back more than eight decades. But this year there’s something new.
Season ticket sales show buzz for UW volleyball, which plays in Sweet 16 Friday
Capital Times
As the Wisconsin volleyball team rolls into Austin, Texas, this weekend for the NCAA Sweet 16, it has left a record to remember at the UW Field House.
UW regents approve UW-Extension business degrees
Madison.com
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has given the system’s adult education arm the authority to grant business degrees.
Madison startup aims to make app development easier
Capital Times
Noted: That access is something Willis, a web developer and former Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, didn’t have when he tried to launch a different startup in Madison a couple years ago.
Students stage silent protest at UW Board of Regents meeting in Madison
Capital Times
About 30 University of Wisconsin students and allies staged a silent protest after they were refused a chance to speak Friday at a meeting where the UW System Board of Regents adopted a resolution supporting free speech.
Quick road to revenues for young startups
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Jon Eckhardt, executive director of the UW-Madison Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship and a co-founder of gener8tor, said he thinks programs like gener8tor are spurring more cooperation between Madison and Milwaukee.
Fast-track for free speech resolution puzzles some UW System regents
Capital Times
At least a handful of UW System Regents were confused about what was behind a resolution committing to free speech on system campuses that was fast-tracked through the body’s approval process and adopted Friday.
Madison’s winter bikers get a BCycle option
Capital Times
Noted: Laugen said the service, owned by Trek, worked with city and UW officials to come up with a network of bike stations that would serve riders but not interfere with snow removal operations.
GOP bill would place inspectors in Wisconsin state agencies
Madison.com
Noted: The UW System anticipates that its inspector general office might cost as much as $3 million if it rings in at the size of its existing internal audit office. But Craig and Mikalsen said the inspectors general could save the state money in the long run by ferreting out fraud and waste.
Chris Rickert: An extra 50 cents per bus ride isn’t much — unless you’re poor, that is
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: “Planning horizons for poor folks are very short — weeks or a month at most — and uncertain, too, so a pass may be too far to go because of both budget and uncertainty,” said Tim Smeeding, a UW-Madison public affairs and economics professor and former director of the university’s Institute for Research on Poverty.
Career Corner: Test your job-market knowledge
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: Author Moira Kelley is a senior career counselor in UW-Madison’s Division of Continuing Studies.
Just Ask Us: How does an endangered species transition to ‘safe’ status?
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: Once an animal is delisted, the population is monitored. It can be relisted if the population declines, said Kurt Sladky, a UW-Madison professor of zoological medicine and special species.
Ask the Weather Guys: When is the winter solstice?
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: Steve Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, are guests on WHA radio (970 AM) at 11:45 a.m. the last Monday of each month.
UW committee passes free speech resolution inspired by controversies at other campuses
Wisconsin State Journal
A committee of the UW Board of Regents reaffirmed its support for free speech Thursday by unanimously approving a resolution inspired by debates over how colleges should handle sensitive or divisive subjects.
Student demonstrators call for mandatory diversity training in UW System
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison student demonstrators Friday released a list of demands aimed at making the University of Wisconsin System more inclusive, adding UW to a growing group of institutions across the country where black students have sought changes from administrators to improve their experiences on predominantly white campuses.
Regents approve resolution supporting free, and offensive, speech on UW campuses
Wisconsin State Journal
Ideas that are unpopular or even offensive should not be shut out of debates over controversial topics at University of Wisconsin System schools, the System’s Board of Regents affirmed Friday, when its members passed a resolution restating their commitment to free speech.
Wisconsin companies saluted as ‘Green Masters’
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: “I know the privilege of being recognized in front of your peers is a big incentive for companies to continuously improve,” said Tom Eggert, who teaches sustainable business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and serves as executive director of the council. “The competitive nature of staying at the front of the pack causes Wisconsin companies to rise above their peers from other states.”
Lawmakers look to end Wisconsin’s nuclear plant ban
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: State Rep. Kevin Peterson (R-Fond du Lac) says his bill is designed to support the kinds of advanced nuclear technology that’s being researched at nuclear engineering programs at institutions including the University of Wisconsin-Madison and MIT.
UW-Whitewater pays $112,000 for sports rings
Appleton Post-Crescent
Prestige isn’t the only prize on the line for UW-Whitewater as it competes Saturday for a third consecutive trip to the NCAA’s Division III football championship.
After a humble start, ‘Nutcracker’ grew into a classic holiday treat
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: Sabine Gross, a professor of German at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, spoke recently about Hoffmann’s story and the era.Calling Hoffmann one of the “dark Romantics,” she explained that he and many of his literary colleagues had a fascination with folk and fairy tales, as well as stories of the supernatural. The Grimm brothers, who collected and published their versions of such classic folktales as “Cinderella” and “Sleeping Beauty,” also fall under that heading.
UW Regents expected to affirm commitment to academic freedom
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents on Friday is expected to approve a statement reiterating its commitment to academic freedom and freedom of expression, while students plan to show up at the meeting dressed in black to deliver a list of demands to make the UW System better for students of color.
Adding Us Up – UW-Madison ranks high for college city, football fans
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
College-application deadlines are looming for many high school seniors across the state.
UW-Eau Claire pitches plan to increase four-year graduations
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In an effort to graduate more students in four years, reduce their debt and ensure they have what they need to be successful early in their careers, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire wants to offer a tuition discount incentive that would be a first in the UW System.
Nearly 75% of UW System graduates have debt
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Nearly 75% of new graduates within the University of Wisconsin System left school in debt, according to a new report.
Paris climate debate reflected in Wisconsin divisions
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: The state lacks high-profile symbols, such as melting glaciers and rising seas. In Wisconsin, “you have to be paying attention,” said Stanley Temple, a conservation biologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Badgers to play USC in Holiday Bowl on Dec. 30
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin is heading west for its bowl game, to face a Pacific-12 power.
Nuclear energy: business-friendly and climate-safe
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Author John Williams is the director of the Nelson Insitute’s Center for Climatic Research and Professor of Geography at UW-Madison. Paul Wilson is the interim chair of the Nelson Institute’s Energy Analysis Policy Certificate and professor of nuclear engineering in the Engineering Physics Department at UW-Madison.
UW System launches online survey to gauge public opinion about its priorities
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin System is asking residents to participate in an online survey about the public university system’s priorities.
Adding Us Up – Packers fans ranked in top 10 of league’s most obnoxious
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: It used to be that stellar academics, a nice campus and perhaps an array of extracurricular activities were all a university needed to attract students. Now you might have to add a good social media presence to the list. If that’s the case, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is in good shape. The state’s flagship university has one of the best college Twitter accounts according to HubSpot, a marketing software platform. Wisconsin ranked No. 4 on the list.
EatStreet gains another $15 million in investments
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Howard, 26, started the company with two friends when he was a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The company’s core focus is on gaining restaurants in college towns and medium-sized cities as customers.
Household income takes sharp downturn in most of Wisconsin
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: “We’ve taken a definite step downward,” said Tim Smeeding, professor of public affairs and economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Things don’t look good.”
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers generate cells that model primitive leukemia
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a way to generate cells similar to primitive leukemia cells, an advance that will allow researchers to study the disease in a lab dish and perhaps even find better treatments. The new work appears in the journal Stem Cell Research.
Christian Schneider – Degrees in victimhood at Wisconsin colleges
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
For more than a century, the term “in loco parentis” (“in place of a parent”) was used to describe a university’s responsibility to care for and guide its students. In recent years, however, the Latin term “loco” (“place”) could be more adequately represented by the Spanish meaning of the word.
Search for new WARF director extended after top candidate deal fizzles
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Eight months into the search, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation identified a candidate for its top job — which one observer called one of the most important openings in the state — but failed to clinch the deal.
Wisconsin wide receiver Alex Erickson earns Big Ten honors
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin fans know Alex Erickson’s value to his team.
Did you leave your Berliner in your Rumpelkammer?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sheepshead lives. So does the card game’s Germanic name, Schafskopf. Wisconsin residents still gulp water at bubblers and eat cannibal sandwiches (made from raw ground beef seasoned with onions, and also known as tiger meat).