Noted: The University of Wisconsin Madison sent out an alert to students in October, warning that the IT help desk had “received numerous reports” of the software.
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Babcock Hall churning out lactose-free version of famous ice cream
It isnt easy being lactose intolerant on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, where Babcock ice cream is a rite of passage.
What sets Rep. Reid Ribble apart
Quoted: David Canon, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor, says this allows Ribble to stake out more centrist positions, without drawing a strong challenge from the tea party, which cheered the shutdown.
Being liberal means never having to say you’re sorry
Noted: It?s not as if the liberal city of Madison is new to domestic bombers. For decades, the city has been home to Karl Armstrong, one of the conspirators in the 1970 Sterling Hall bombing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The bombing, an anti-Vietnam War protest, killed researcher Robert Fassnacht and injured three others. After serving seven years in prison, Armstrong owned a number of restaurants in the Madison area.
Bon-Bree cheese returns after decades to rave reviews
Noted: It took three years (“you can?t rush a good thing”), but with help from the Dairy Business Innovation Center and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Williams and Shaw managed to reproduce the once-popular cheese.
Jail study looks at ways to help inmates’ children
The first time Demar Garrison was in the Racine County Jail he was about 8 or 9. He was there visiting his mom.
UW football dismisses Nick Hill for violating team rules
Linebacker Nick Hill, who joined the Wisconsin football program as a walk-on in 2009 and was awarded a scholarship in August, recently was dismissed from the team after violating team rules, according to a source.
Badger commencement moving to Camp Randall in the spring
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is moving its spring commencement for undergrads to Camp Randall Stadium — rain or shine — so all 6,000 graduates can gather at one venue for one ceremony to mark the culmination of their Badger education.
Two UW-Madison students hospitalized with high alcohol levels
University of Wisconsin-Madison police sent two underage students to a hospitals detox unit over the weekend after they passed out from drinking too much alcohol, according to a press release.
Barry Alvarez picked for national playoff panel
Knowing that football has been a fundamental part of his life for more than five decades, Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez wasnt about to turn down the opportunity to be part of college footballs first ever playoff committee.
UW’s board approves game against LSU at Lambeau Field
The state?s college football fans can officially begin planning to watch Wisconsin and Louisiana State meet at Lambeau Field.
Wisconsin farmers could receive much less for their corn this year
Quoted: Land costs are the wild card, said Bruce Jones, an agricultural economist at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Regents give raises to UW System chancellors
Ten of the 14 University of Wisconsin System?s chancellors will get pay raises of between $6,000 and $10,500 a year under salary adjustments approved by the UW Board of Regents in a closed session Thursday at UW-Parkside.
Pay range increases for some UW System jobs could rile lawmakers
The University of Wisconsin System may set back efforts to repair its relationship with GOP leaders of the Legislature if proposed increases to the salary ranges of key executive posts within the system are approved Friday by the Board of Regents, the chairwoman of the Legislature?s powerful Joint Finance Committee said Thursday.
3 in US win chemistry Nobel for computer models
Quoted: James Skinner, director of the Theoretical Chemistry Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the approach pioneered by the winners can be used to analyze such things as how drugs bind to the molecules they target in the body, or how large molecules fold.
Venture fund set up by SWIB, WARF to begin investing early next year
4490 Ventures will invest in early-stage information technology companies, mostly in Wisconsin. It is being organized by the State of Wisconsin Investment Board and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
Regents expected to approve contract for LSU-UW game at Lambeau
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents on Thursday will discuss a proposed contract between UW, LSU and the Green Bay Packers in connection with a scheduled football game at Lambeau Field in 2016.
UW System’s Flexible Option program gets $1.2 million grant
The University of Wisconsin System announced Thursday it will receive a $1.2 million grant from Lumina Foundation to help evaluate its new Flexible Option degree program, and to support development of a blueprint so other universities can build similar programs.
UW leaders may get pay raises under plan to stay competitive
Concerned that current salary ranges may be too low to attract the best talent to fill several key leadership vacancies, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents over the next two days will consider broadening and boosting pay ranges for all top executive positions.
Comedian Bill Maher joins protest of UW-Madison’s treatment of cats in medical experiments
By the end of the work day, an estimated 100,000 phone numbers in Madison will be auto-dialed with a recorded message from comedian Bill Maher, talking about “the terrible things done to cats” during medical experiments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Lions’ Dominic Raiola issues apology to UW band, gives donation
By now, you?ve probably heard the inflammatory comments made by Lions center Dominic Raiola to the UW marching band at Sunday?s game. On Monday, the Detroit Lions said they were investigating the matter. And on Tuesday, Raiola issued an apology and will made a donation to the band.
All About The Benjamins: U.S. Introduces New $100 Note
Quoted: The $100 notes are also especially problematic because it?s the most forged American note, according to Lones Smith, an economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has studied counterfeiting. To make matters worst, the $100 notes ? both real and fake ? also last an average of eight years, longer than others, because they?re not used often.
Homeless family of 10 leaves Chicago for streets of Madison, Wis.
Quoted: The homeless in Madison benefit from an exceptionally generous community and a fairly strong market for low-wage jobs, said Tim Smeeding, an economist and director of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Barry Alvarez will be part of selection group
Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez, all along considered a candidate for the first College Football Playoff selection committee, is expected to be named to that group.
Aaron Rodgers takes a stand on Congo “conflict minerals”
Rodgers is scheduled to participate next Monday in a rally at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to raise awareness about the war in Congo and America?s connection to it.
Clock Shadow Building wins top award in green building competition
Noted: Winners of certificates of merit in this year?s awards were the Wisconsin Energy Institute headquarters at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Glen Hills Middle School in Glendale. The awards were presented at the alliance?s annual conference, held at UW-Milwaukee.
Federal officials clear UW-Madison’s cat research program
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been cleared to continue a research study involving cats after complaints that the animals were mistreated.
Top cops at Wisconsin Capitol protests clashed, new book says
Amid Wisconsin?s biggest political protests in a generation, the top cops inside the state Capitol sometimes issued opposing orders as they struggled with moments of chaos and weeks of pressure, a new book reveals.In “A View from the Interior: Policing the Protests at the Wisconsin State Capitol,” University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Chief Susan Riseling describes resisting an order relayed by Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs to clear the Statehouse at a moment of high tension early in the protests.
Tick hitches ride to U.S. from Uganda in UW researcher’s nostril
A tick that hitched a ride in a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher?s nostril when he returned from Uganda last year may be a disease-carrying species that someday could pose a threat in the U.S.
New book, ‘Sex, Drugs ‘n Facebook,’ based on UW-Madison research
A new book debuting Tuesday aims to help parents navigate the dangers and benefits of the Internet and social media, based on research at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison.
Madison team wins Power Racing Series Grant Finale
Noted: Sector67?s secret weapon: Many members of the Fauxrarri team are engineers and former members of the Wisconsin Hybrid (http://vehicle.slc.engr.wisc.edu/) and Formula Hybrid (http://fhybrid.slc.engr.wisc.edu/) teams at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Cellular Dynamics joins Russell 2000 Index
Noted: CDI was founded in 2004 by Dr. James Thomson, a pioneer in human pluripotent stem cell research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
How will you be affected by the federal shutdown?
The University of Wisconsin-Madison alone received $620 million from federal taxpayers last year to fund some 4,000 research projects, said Kim Moreland, who heads the university?s grants and contracts office.
Global warming takes back seat in Wisconsin
Noted: Shortly after taking office in 2011, Walker canceled plans to burn renewable biomass at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The school?s power plant had come under fire for high construction costs and other problems.
‘I’m Shmacked’ video depicts binge drinking during UW Parents Weekend
Madison Police may have shut down the notoriously rowdy, annual Mifflin Street Block Party, but binge drinking during Parents Weekend at the University of Wisconsin went viral this week on YouTube.
States resist, build nascent insurance markets
Quoted: “Without the shared planning and the cooperation of the state government, it?s much harder for them to be ready to implement this complicated law,” said Rachel Grob of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who has studied differences in how states are implementing segments of the law.
Colleges deploy social media in scramble to recruit best students
Today’s high school juniors and seniors still get phone calls and piles of brochures in the mail from colleges and universities across the country, but social media and technology are changing the recruiting game.
Government shutdown threatens scientific research
If Congress allows the government to shut down on Tuesday, the nations investments in scientific research and technological innovation will suffer irreparable harm, resulting in a loss of crucial projects, new technologies and jobs for Americans.
AT&T Mobility acquires Wisconsin Rapids’ Element Mobile
Quoted: The acquisition probably means that AT&T will have a more robust network in central Wisconsin, said Barry Orton, a telecommunications professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW-Madison conducts info outreach effort after robberies
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will use social media and a town hall meeting this week to raise awareness and address student and parent concerns about campus safety in the wake of multiple armed robberies near campus since the start of the school year.
What the Emmys taught me about ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Breaking Bad’
There were numerous winners with local ties at last night?s Emmy Awards, chief among them Steve Levitan, creator of “Modern Family.”Levitan is a University of Wisconsin-Madison alum.But there was also another not remarked upon UW connection when James Cromwell won as best supporting actor in a miniseries or movie for “American Horror Story: Asylum.”
UW-Madison student is eating his way through college
A University of Wisconsin student with a nickname of “Silo” is eating his way through school ? competitively.
‘Modern Family,’ ‘Behind the Candelabra’ lead Wisconsin-tied Emmy winners
It was a big night for TV with Wisconsin ties at Sunday?s 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards.”Modern Family,” created by Steve Levitan, who went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, won the Emmy again for best comedy series ? for the fourth straight year.
Course using virtual internships tries to hook prospective engineers
Fifty-one University of Wisconsin-Madison freshmen who aspire to be engineers aren?t sitting in a classroom this semester, listening to technical lectures and doing canned experiments.
UW-Madison officials issue ‘all-clear’ after gunfire incident
Officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have issued an “all-clear” after gunfire near campus prompted a lock-down.
Robbery that led to UW-Madison lockdown was not random
The robbery that led to a lockdown at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was not random, Madison police said Thursday.
Pac-12 admission gets shrug from Gary Andersen, players
The Pacific 12s decision Monday to reprimand the officials who worked Wisconsins two-point loss to Arizona State and admit the crew mishandled the final 18 seconds of the game did not surprise the UW players.
Glen Pommerening, 85, spent 6 terms in Assembly, decades in Washington
Milwaukee native Glen Pommerening?s political career took him all the way to Washington, where he served in the U.S. Department of Justice, but the relationships he built as a state legislator and Wisconsin sports fan kept him firmly rooted in the Badger State.
Telescope enthusiasts from around world flock to Madison
Gerald Kocken of De Pere bought his first telescope 15 years ago, and he didn?t stop there.
Knockoff Bucky Badger has UW officials seeing red
A fake Bucky Badger was spotted this week in the Capitol rotunda holding a sign that said: “Let Freedom Sing.”
Americas Dairyland finding new markets with Hispanic cheeses
Noted: Helping to educate cheesemakers about Hispanic cheeses is the University of Wisconsin Center for Dairy Researchs Luis Jimenez-Maroto, a native of Mexico City.
Talk of second Wisconsin dental school resurfaces
A private meeting last week between representatives of Marshfield Clinic, the University of Wisconsin System and UW-Stevens Point has sparked rumblings that the Marshfield Clinic may be trying to quietly build support for a controversial second dental school in Wisconsin.
Documentary filmmaker Saul Landau dies
Noted: Landau graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and after moving to San Francisco he was at various times a film distributor, author, playwright and member of the San Francisco Mime Troupe.
Wisconsin golf club offers, retracts 9/11 special
Noted: While offering a reduced price on Sept. 11 is more apt to offend someone than doing the same thing on Veterans Day, the Wisconsin golf club promotion could have been much worse, said Kathleen Culver, associate director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
How much attention should prospective students pay to college rankings?
It?s that time of year again, when college recruiters swarm high schools across the country, touting their latest college rankings to woo the best and brightest prospective students. At the same time, critics line up to tell high school students and parents why they should ignore the rankings.
Craft breweries give Madison a heads up among college football towns
On the same day that U.S. News & World Report announced college rankings, a different college list came out. CraftBeer.com announced 15 craft beer obsessed college football towns.
UW’s Derek Watt uncertain for Arizona State
Wisconsin?s staff likely won?t know until later in the week whether fullback Derek Watt will be ready to play Saturday at Arizona State.
Badgers defense learned how to contain spread
Wisconsin fans surely havent forgotten the days when the Badgers would have struggled to slow spread attacks even if they had tried to sneak a 12th defender on the field.
As textbook costs skyrocket, cheaper rental options surge
Tuition and housing arent the only financial headaches facing this years crop of college students ? add textbooks, which nationally cost students hundreds of dollars a year on average and continue to rise in price faster than inflation.
Arrowhead alum Derek Landisch set for 2nd start with Badgers
Wisconsin?s Derek Landisch is better prepared for his second college start than he was his first.