Research could continue in the state on longstanding lines of tissue derived from abortions but University of Wisconsin-Madison officials say some science could be hindered, under a bill that Republican lawmakers are poised to advance Wednesday
Noted: Authors Jay Smith is chairman of Teel Plastics Inc. and the president emeritus of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents. Kevin Conroy is chairman and CEO of Exact Sciences Corp. Both are members of the Board of Visitors for the Waisman Center at UW-Madison.
Even before the sun crept over the horizon, the streets of Fort Worth coursed red. Cardinal-clad Wisconsin Badgers supporters and crimson-adorned Alabama fans filled the streets, pooling at the Sundance Square plaza at the heart of downtown.
Corey Clement recalls the last game that piqued his interest as much as Wisconsin’s season-opener against No. 3 Alabama.
Editors’ note: In March 2014, students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison approved a $223 million referendum to overhaul the campus recreation facilities, badly in need of improvement. Since then, the recreation program has been busy planning, fundraising, vetting architects and much more. As the project progresses, Alex Peirce, UW-Madison Rec Sports Coordinator of Marketing and Communications, will be offering an inside look at the process of coordinating such a monumental planning effort.
Noted: CDI was founded in 2004 by stem cell pioneer James Thomson, who is also a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor. The company went public in 2013.
The high-stakes race to find a seat in a chemistry class at three University of Wisconsin System campuses began anew Wednesday with the start of another academic year. But one campus did get some good news in the new state budget approved over the summer.
Noted: The lead sponsor for both bills in the Assembly is state Rep. Andre Jacque (R-De Pere), who is also sponsoring a separate bill to ban the use of aborted fetal tissue in research at University of Wisconsin System.
Tuesday was a critical day for Wisconsin offensive linemen Hayden Biegel and Walker Williams.
Noted: GrocerKey is the brainchild of Jeremy Neren, who started an on-demand grocery service, Munchie Delivery, after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2005.
A University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee researcher in the School of Freshwater Sciences will use a portion of a new $20 million grant to study the effect that exposure to nanoparticles has on fish and animals.
A couple who worked their way through the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 1970s are donating $10 million to their alma mater for need-based scholarships and endowed faculty positions in the schools of education and business to help future students get a similar education.
There are different ways to measure how well children with incontinence are doing in overcoming the condition.
A Madison-based research hub devoted to evaluating the environmental effect of nanotechnology has received $20 million in National Science Foundation funding over the next five years.
Nearly 700 University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members have signed a letter to the editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel arguing that a bill being considered by the Legislature to ban the use of fetal tissue and cells would not only close off avenues of hope for patients, it would send a message to biomedical scientists and the biotechnology industry “that Wisconsin is no place to do business.”
Quoted: Menzie Chinn, an economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies world markets and China, said Walker is taking the wrong approach at a time of economic instability.
Noted: The Institute for Personalized Learning, housed at Cooperative Educational Service Agency #1, has received the grant from the Joyce Foundation to partner with University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers for the study, according to an announcement Monday.
A former Dane County assistant district attorney who serves as the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s director of community relations is facing criticism because he suggested that shoplifters at “big box” retailers with insurance should not be aggressively prosecuted.
Two hours after successfully escaping police custody, police say 21-year-old Sean M. Riemanapp decided he needed a ride.
The heart of the Memorial Union at University of Wisconsin-Madison — including the Union Terrace with its sunburst yellow, orange and green metal chairs — will close Sept. 1 for the last phase of a $52 million face-lift that aims to preserve its historic integrity and beloved spaces.
More than $30 million from a gift meant to fund medical research, medical education and public health projects has gone toward fundraising and managing the endowment for the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the past decade.
Quarterback Joel Stave has crammed a lifetime of experiences into his first four years at Wisconsin.
Wisconsin was ranked No. 20 in The Associated Press top 25 football poll released Sunday.
Should you take web development classes? Or poetry writing? Is it more important to think like an engineer, or an artist?
Creativity is vital to the long-term health of your business, whether you’re talking about fostering a culture of innovation or the product-specific work of designing and prototyping.
Quoted: Michael Wagner, a journalism professor at UW-Madison who specializes in political communication, said Sampson has a right to request Walker stop using her experience to make a political point, but Walker doesn’t have to abide.
Several downtown streets will be closed Saturday morning for the Madison Mini-Marathon. The race winds from Langdon Street to the Capitol, through the UW Arboretum, and back to the UW campus.
Badger athletes will receive thousands of dollars more from the UW Athletic Department this year under a new set of NCAA rules that allow universities to pay for the full cost of attending college.
Prospective Badgers will soon have to pay a little more to apply to UW-Madison.
Wisconsin cornerback Derrick Tindal probably won’t ever forget the last time he spoke with his mother.
Kayakers drawn to the legendary sea caves along the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore can explore them without being caught off-guard by potentially deadly waves, thanks to a real-time wave observation system developed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking an increase in the fee paid by prospective students to apply for admission and is considering participating in the Common Application starting next fall.
St. Anthony, the largest K-12 Catholic school system in the country, has named a new president, school officials announced.
During his two seasons as a graduate assistant coach at Pittsburgh, Taylor Mehlhaff told anyone who asked how much he believed in head coach Paul Chryst, how he treated the people in his charge and his vision for the football program.
Noted: Bright Cellars said it has increased membership to more than 3,000. It also has hired two University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates and a former Epic Systems project manager, bringing its employee count to 11, from three employees three months ago.
Noted: Altfrid Krusenbaum says, “Here we have a program that combines paid on-job training with related instruction at a technical college and one pasture course at UW-Madison.”
In its nearly 170-year history, a lot has changed inside UW Madison’s residential halls.
UW wide receiver Ricky Finco got his first taste of playing at Camp Randall in high school. When he took the field, he immediately knew he wanted to suit up for Wisconsin someday.
The chickens weren’t getting sick like they were supposed to.
Noted: To close a shortfall in the current budget, Walker and GOP lawmakers cut aid to the University of Wisconsin-System by $250 million in the current two-year budget, a decrease that followed a $300 million cut in the 2011-13 budget.
Quoted: UW Medical School Dean Robert Golden said that researchers hope that someday they can discontinue the use of fetal tissue altogether. “I hope that we can eventually move away from this, but we are not close to that point yet,” he said during the hearing. UW researchers follow federal law and their own strict ethical standards, he said.
Noted: Sanders grew up in Chicago before attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned his bachelors degree in history and economics in 1971 and a masters degree in urban and regional planning in 1973. Sanders worked at the Chicago-based American Planning Association and as a consultant before the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning hired him as an instructor in 1993.
Noted: In Germany, Walker delivered a speech at the Hannover Messe trade show and joined a meeting on possible collaborations between University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and German researchers. In Spain, he held a roundtable discussion about business opportunities in Wisconsin for Spanish companies, and in Paris participated in a discussion hosted by the French-American Foundation.
Noted: Kleiman, who graduated from Riverside High School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was best known for her doggedness as a reporter.
Quoted: Amber Epp, a consumer behavior expert with the University of Wisconsin-Madisons School of Business, said young people want to establish their identity, and retailers are happy to help them do it.
Assembly Republicans are considering whether it makes sense to merge the University of Wisconsin’s 13 two-year college campuses and the states 16 technical college campuses. We think they’re on to something. We encourage them to fully explore the idea and come up with proposals to make it work.
The University of Wisconsin volleyball team tied with Big Ten Conference rival Nebraska for No. 5 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association preseason poll, which was released Wednesday.
The UW Field House is about to get a little sprucing up.
University of Wisconsin hockey coach Mike Eaves is counting on his six-member incoming recruiting class to provide immediate depth and create competition for playing time this season.
UW-Madison, which says it gets fetal tissue for research from four licensed tissue banks, is reviewing whether the banks meet federal regulations and university requirements.
Thousands of people with illnesses ranging from Parkinson’s disease to cancer, from heart defects to multiple sclerosis, cling to a hope that ongoing research using tissue from aborted fetuses will find a cure.
Quoted: What regulation there was of that arrangement was largely abandoned by the Federal Communications Commission during the Reagan era, according to UW-Madison telecommunications professor Barry Orton, and the courts similarly became dubious of plaintiffs seeking to challenge a broadcaster’s license on the basis that the broadcaster wasn’t providing enough local content.
A proposal to merge University of Wisconsin System colleges with the state technical college system — on top of a plan to regionalize the UW colleges — threatens to slam the door to education for Wisconsin students who need it most, said UW-Marshfield/Wood County associate professor Kelly Wilz.
UW-Madison faculty urged Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to open up talks on the possibility of merging the University of Wisconsin System and the Wisconsin Technical College System.
University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan announced in June that he would retire following the 2015-16 season.
Bo Ryan continues to tease Wisconsin fans by suggesting he won’t be one-more-and-done after all.
A bill to ban some research on aborted fetal tissues at Wisconsin universities could face challenges in federal courts, which have struck down similar laws around the nation for failing to spell out what’s a crime and whats not.
Noted: Cellectar was founded in Madison in 2003 by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Jamey Weichert. Following a 2011 merger with a public company, Novelos Therapeutics, the corporate headquarters was moved to Massachusetts. The company moved back to Madison in 2014.
As the Wisconsin Legislature debates a Republican bill that would ban the use of aborted fetal tissue in research, University of Wisconsin law professor and bioethicist Alta Charo writes in the Washington Post about the GOP’s long history of support for such research.
Pieces of the pedestrian bridge between Vilas Hall and the Humanities Building over University Avenue fall to the ground as a crew works on demolishing the bridge.
