Paul Chryst’s first season as Wisconsin’s head coach is rapidly nearing its conclusion, with just a bowl game to go.
UW likely headed to Holiday Bowl in San Diego
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Wisconsin’s Joe Schobert honored as Big Ten’s top linebacker
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Joe Schobert’s rise from anonymity to all-star continues.
Tenure policies violate standards, UW faculty leaders warn
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Policies on tenure protections and job reviews for University of Wisconsin System faculty that a special task force will consider Monday afternoon fail to meet nationally recognized professional standards for academia, according to faculty leaders from three UW campuses.
Dispatch from Madison: Why the Oscar Mayer factory is closing
Quoted: Even before Heinz bought Kraft, the small-town ways of Oscar Mayer were changing, says Mike Judge, former head of consumer insights and strategy there and now Director of the Center for Brand and Product Management Center at the University of Wisconsin Business School. “It was always part of the fabric of the community,” with a homegrown leader at the helm, he says. That changed about three years ago when Kraft, which had owned Oscar Mayer since 1988, began to feel its own financial pressures and installed corporate executives from the head offices in Illinois.
100 books for holiday gift-giving
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: “The Zonderling” (KN), by Kersti Niebruegge. A small-town Wisconsin college grad, trying to gain a foothold in New York, lands in an old-fashioned residence hotel for women. Comic complications ensue. Niebruegge is a University of Wisconsin-Madison grad who has worked for “Conan” and “Late Night With Seth Meyers.”
Alan J. Borsuk – West Milwaukee school finds a mindful minute goes a long way
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Recently, I heard Richard J. Davidson, a prominent expert on meditation and similar practices, talk to a small group, mostly of educators. Davidson, who founded the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, predicted that in a few years, doing mental fitness exercises will be as respected and widespread for both kids and adults as doing physical fitness exercises is now.
This is why tenure matters
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Christina Ewig is professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and vice president of the UW-Madison Chapter of the American Association of University Professors.
Tom Still – Drop in academic R&D spending should worry policy-makers
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The latest figures on academic research spending in the United States provide, on the surface, some reassuring news for Wisconsin. For starters, the University of Wisconsin-Madison held its position as the nation’s fourth-largest research and development powerhouse.
As demand for data skills grows, big gift bolsters UW computer sciences
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Computer science classes, once the exclusive realm of computer geeks planning careers at software companies, are fast becoming part of the mainstream college experience.
Why we should be confident that Putin is genuinely popular in Russia
Washington Post
Noted: Scott Gehlbach is a professor of political science at UW-Madison.
No matter the direction in which relations are trending, new research (ungated) presented at last week’s Association for the Study of East European and Eurasian Studies Annual Meeting by political scientists Timothy Frye, Scott Gehlbach, Kyle L. Marquardt, and Ora John Reuter suggests that the West will be dealing with a leader who is genuinely popular at home.
Spencer Black: Nations could make real progress on climate change
Capital Times
Noted: Spencer Black represented the 77th Assembly District for 26 years and was chair of the Natural Resources Committee. He currently serves as the vice president of the national Sierra Club and is an adjunct professor of urban and regional planning at UW-Madison.
5 UW scientists named fellows of national society
Madison.com
Five UW-Madison scientists have been honored as elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, according to the university.
Cap Times Talks: How many new apartments does Madison need?
Capital Times
To longtime Madison residents, the city seems to be experiencing an apartment building boom like never before, yet a recent report from city planners says more than 1,000 new units will be needed each year to keep up with current demand.
Bryan Cranston plays blacklisted ‘Trumbo’ with gusto and heart
Capital Times
Noted: Trumbo tries to talk rings around HUAC in his testimony (drawn from the actual transcripts, which are archived along with 45 boxes of other Trumbo materials at the UW-Madison), but he’s found in contempt and sentenced to prison.
‘White student union’ Facebook pages pop up in response to campus anti-racism actions
Capital Times
Race issues on U.S. college campuses continue to be contentious again after the appearance of Facebook pages (some apparently phony) for “white student union” groups founded to counter recent anti-racism protests.
New startup hub @1403 opening in heart of UW-Madison campus
Capital Times
Madison is about to get another startup hub. Nestled in the heart of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, right across the street from the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, a (formerly purple, as some Madisonians know) brick building was christened “@1403,” named for its location at 1403 University Ave., last week.
UW-Madison 4th nationally in research spending despite shrinking revenue
Capital Times
UW-Madison retained its 4th place national ranking in research spending, despite a continuing erosion of federal and state funding, the university’s news service reported Tuesday.
Scientists have grown human vocal cords in a lab
Fox Business
Video: Associate Professor of Surgery Dr. Nathan Welham on the creation of lab-grown vocal cords.
Man kicked out of Camp Randall pranks UW police with 240 coconut doughnuts
Wisconsin State Journal
A man who was kicked out of Camp Randall Stadium during Saturday’s Wisconsin football game let UW-Madison police know he wasn’t happy about what happened — but that there were no hard feelings — by sending them 240 coconut doughnuts on Monday.
Photos: 1966 Badgers football team and UW campus scenes
Capital Times
In 1966, an “American Graffiti” atmosphere was giving way to the tumult of the Vietnam War era on the UW campus in Madison. Many of these photos from that year are from the UW-Madison Archives.
Lost socks and letter jackets: The Badgers’ 1966 win over Minnesota signaled the end of an era in Madison
Capital Times
Almost a half a century ago, as the Wisconsin Badgers prepared to play the Minnesota Golden Gophers in their season finale, the campus was on the verge of melting down over the Vietnam War, beloved coach Milt Bruhn was pressured out of his job two days before the game and, unlike today’s well-funded and popular squad, the team was disrespected and unloved. Somehow they overcame all of this to play one of the most memorable games in Badger history.
Odd Wisconsin: The first Wisconsin Badgers-Minnesota Golden Gophers game in Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Minnesota football coach J.E. O’Brien had always refused to play in Madison because he said the Badgers weren’t worth the trouble of the trip.
UW faculty, guest artist dancing in Macy’s parade Thursday
Wisconsin State Journal
Dancers with a UW-Madison connection will be performing as part of Thursday’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
$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.