Steyer said he’s planning to spend at least $2.5 million on mobilizing voters in Wisconsin before the November election, with a particular emphasis on voters under 35 years old.
It’s a matter of weeks before soybeans are planted in some parts of the state. For farmers who have cover crops established, cover crops need to be terminated two weeks before planting, said Shawn Conley, University of Wisconsin-Madison soybean specialist.
University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point Chancellor Bernie Patterson told the regents in Madison Thursday they envision one single institution in central Wisconsin because together, they’re stronger.
The statue will be one of the 100 hand painted Buckys in the “Bucky on Parade” free public outdoor art event.
The UW-Extension Clark County chapter hosted a meeting Thursday called ‘Farming in Difficult Times,’ where several people spoke about not only the issues farmers are facing, but the stress they’re dealing with. They also want farmers to know there are ways to cope.
Undergraduate research scholar Briana Shea is part of the team exploring this topic. The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Undergraduate Research Scholars program gives first- and second-year students a taste of cutting-edge research in a variety of fields.
UW-La Crosse hosted a ‘State of the System’ forum Wednesday to start a conversation about concerns at the UW System. Students, staff, and state legislators talked about the System’s declining budget, tuition, accessibility, and how chancellors are hired for campuses in the future.
Quality always aces quantity; for instance, check out the quality in the swoozy marks made by artist Claudette Lee-Roseland in Swing Theory, consider the fun jazzy canvases of Melissa Dorn Richards and the sensational, clunky assemblages of Aristotle Georgiades. UW-Madison is heavily represented.
D2P is housed at @1403, an on-campus building that three years ago was rebranded as a hub for entrepreneurs. The startups that have formed with D2P’s help include Stem Pharm, Xemex, and Spectrom, which New York-based MakerBot acquired for an undisclosed sum in 2015.
“We have to start somewhere,” the 27-year-old obstetrician-gynecologist said of her participation in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s rural-residency program for OB-GYNs — the first such program in the nation.
Leigh Presley, the local agriculture educator at the University of Wisconsin Extension office in Burlington, said at that time she saw a lot more small farms crop up as the local farm-to-table food movement and farmers markets started to grow.
Companies hope to curb health care costs by encouraging their employees to be healthier, said Justin Sydnor, an associate professor at UW-Madison’s School of Business who researches wellness programs.
UW-Stevens Point Provost Greg Summers said a committee of the university’s common council has agreed to come up with a budget reduction approach in line with the students’ request.
In spite of the University of Wisconsin System budget crisis, UW-Green Bay announces it is accepting applications for the first-ever doctorate program in education. The degree is specific to indigenous communities of northeast Wisconsin.
State Rep. Katrina Shankland of Stevens Point proposed Thursday that the Legislature create a commission to address challenges facing Wisconsin’s public universities, in the wake of a contentious proposal to eliminate 13 liberal arts majors at UW-Stevens Point.
Dozens of students at UW Stevens Point marched through campus Wednesday to protest changes to their education. Earlier this month the university released a proposal to cut 13 humanities majors at the school.
Quoted: Heim confessed to an initial skepticism about Cramer’s technique of meeting regularly and repeatedly with “old white guys” in rural areas to develop her theories because he relies more on polls.
“I was wrong,” he said.
What’s missing in the UW-Stevens Point conversation, which has attracted notice nationwide, is an honest assessment of what employers expect from college graduates they hire. Do they want an emphasis on STEM disciplines — science, technology, engineering and math — or a liberal arts background that may be more adaptable?
Hundreds of demonstrators occupied the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s administration building on Wednesday, the first protest of its kind on the campus since the Vietnam War era.
Stevens Point leaders figure focusing on high-demand courses of study, ones with clear career paths, will put them back in the black. New degrees would be created in fields where the university already has a national reputation.
Horne said the Idea Fund was impressed with the team at Curate, which was co-founded in May 2016 by Taralinda and Dale Willis, while Dale was a Ph.D. student in computer science at UW-Madison.
The Hall of Fame program, which was created in 1993, is coordinated by and housed in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Meat Science and Muscle Biology Laboratory.
Kelly, the associate dean at University of Wisconsin Law School, presented on U.S. military and its role in global engagement during the latest Great Decisions event at the Manitowoc Public Library.
The student-led and -organized protest is in support of the 13 humanities and social science majors that the university is considering cutting in its proposal.
The two scientists arrived at the South Pole on November 1 and are part of a team of researchers from UW-Madison working at IceCube all year long. Associate Director of the program Albrecht Karle says the goal of IceCube is to, “Look for extremely energetic neutrinos which appear in energetic processes in the Universe.”
A set of new satellites will capture and send, with unprecedented timeliness, weather data and imagery that meteorologists, emergency managers, government agencies, universities, and companies use to minimize the role of the weather on transportation and commerce, ensure planes land safely, and protect Americans from severe weather. But this satellite data relay is in serious risk.
What do these three ladies have in common, aside from their love of horses? They are all animal science majors at UW-Madison and active members of the campus’s Saddle and Sirloin organization. They have also been busy planning the 99th annual Little International Horse Show set for Saturday, April 28, at the Alliant Energy Center’s New Holland Pavilion.
Noted: The research of Amaya Atucha, an assistant professor and Gottschalk Chair for cranberry research in the university’s horticulture department, focuses on how cranberry plants are able to withstand subfreezing temperatures during winter, as well as strategies to reduce the impact of frost and winter stress in cranberry plants.
Brad Herrick is Arboretum Ecologist and Research Program Manager at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, where the staff first noticed the destructive handiwork of Asian jumping worms in 2013. He’s been studying them ever since. Though our understanding of these organisms is in the very early stages, we talked about their biology, their impact, and what control tactics are being explored by scientists seeking a solution.
Doctors in Wisconsin may soon be able to look at a “weather map” of antibiotic resistance to help choose a drug for a patient’s infection, thanks to a project by UW-Madison pharmacy researchers.
The AAS designation is like the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for plants. The plants, which are new previously unsold varieties, are tested for performance in the garden by independent judges throughout the United States.
Community members, faculty and students at a public forum Tuesday voiced displeasure and anger at a University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point proposal to cut 13 majors and shift resources toward 16 others.
The rate of natural forest succession is affected whenever a disturbance such as fire, a windstorm, pests, or management activities occurs on the site. The more severe the disturbance, or the more often disturbances occur, the more slowly natural forest succession moves forward.
Quoted: “All of these policies that are being promoted right now address some element of both coverage and the price of premiums,” said Donna Friedsam, health policy director for UW-Madison’s Population Health Institute. “They touch every person in our state.”
We remain committed to ensuring every student who graduates from UW-Stevens Point is thoroughly grounded in the liberal arts, as well as prepared for a successful career path.
What of the founding mission of Wisconsin’s regional comprehensives, which, we once believed, was to bring actual, high quality, liberal-arts-based higher education to every corner of the state, from Wisconsin’s industrial south, to the great Northwoods, to the shores of Lake Superior, at bargain-basement rates—roughly the same kinds of educational opportunities enjoyed by the elite moneyed classes at Ivy League schools and the big R1s, albeit with fewer amenities.
Businesses need the new discoveries generated in university labs, and university scientists need the practical perspectives from the marketplace to inspire and inform their research. Strong partnerships drive innovation.
“We’ve seen that many wildfires are caused by people living in close proximity to forests and wildlands,” said study lead author Volker Radeloff, an ecologist at the University of Wisconsin.
Cris Peterson, a Grantsburg dairy farmer and nationally renowned children’s book author, has been appointed by Gov. Scott Walker to a seven-year term on tthe UW System Board of Regents. This is the first time a farmer has served on the board in more than a decade.
The study concludes that, while reduced gun ownership decreases the rates of suicides, homicides and accidental gun deaths in a home, it might also improve the mental health of girls specifically.
UW–Madison alumnus Mike Matucheski and his team from Plymouth-based Sartori Company were finalists in the World Championship Cheese Contest. Two Sartori cheeses — Pastorale Blend and Reserve Espresso — made the top 20.
Summers says budgetary issues have existed for years. It’s a problem many schools in Wisconsin are facing. Low state funding and a $4.5 million budget deficit in the last two years forced university officials to reevaluate programs.
State Representative Katrina Shankland has announced that she will be holding a town hall meeting on the campus of UW-Stevens Point after the university announced it would be cutting some majors.
With all that hammering; all that stressing, diverting and cooling; and the possibility of Alzheimer’s-like brain damage, you’d assume woodpeckers couldn’t endure as a species. But Stan Temple, UW-Madison professor emeritus, doesn’t think the pecking impairs the birds significantly.
When a university spends a lot on research, ideas and technology leak out to surrounding businesses in myriad ways.
Assuming he is confirmed, Plante will join RegentsPresident John Behling of Eau Claire and UW-Eau Claire student Regent Ryan Ring on the board, giving the state’s eighth-largest city three of the 18 seats on the panel.
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point would eliminate more than a dozen majors including history, political science and geography under a proposal announced Monday.
Well-known children’s author and Burnett County dairy farmer Cris Peterson is among the newest appointees to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.
The Wisconsin Alumni Association recently congratulated SmithGroupJJR for earning an award from the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for the planning and design of Alumni Park.
UW-Barron County in Rice Lake was paired with UW-Eau Claire. Neither institution had a say in the pairing, so personnel from both institutions said the alignment was an “arranged marriage.”
The Legislative Audit Bureau looked at relationships between UW institutions and 25 primary fundraising foundations before the Board of Regents established a written policy governing those relationships, the state’s Joint Audit Committee announced Friday.
Column by Gloria Ladson-Billings: Unlike its predecessors, “Black Panther” is decidedly black — not just a “white” superhero in blackface. No, “Black Panther” is decidedly political, cultural, spiritual, and racial. It asks its audience to think about the world we created and the world we want to live in.
Joining Holte as keynote speakers at the event were Mariah Martin, UW-Madison Collegiate Farm Bureau member along with Glen Schraufnagel, Wisconsin Cooperative Educational Service Agency 10 Consultant.
Dr. John Shutske, UW-Extension Agricultural Safety and Health Specialist, will present the program and discuss the science of stress and how farm families are coping with stress.
A UW-Madison student is pressing her lawmakers this week in Washington. As part of the ONE Campaign, Kelli Liegel is advocating for her leaders to take action to end global poverty.
David Drake, UW-Madison professor and extension wildlife specialist, discusses the UW Urban Canid Project, a study on red foxes and coyotes living in urban Madison. The project aims to investigate the way canids are living in the city and how we can coexist with these wild neighbors.
Karen Oberhauser, the new director of the UW-Madison Arboretum and an internationally renowned monarch butterfly researcher, discusses the growth of citizen science projects, why she chose monarchs as a research subject and how the mission of places like the arboretum will evolve.
Paula Niedenthal will present “The Science of Smiles” at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 5, at the Waupaca Area Public Library. Niedenthal, a social psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will share her research into emotions.
The non-renewable, petroleum version of this (PET), used by many of the largest plastic producers or users, like soda producers Coca-Cola for example, could potentially be replaced with this new renewable plastic if it can be produced in large enough quantities and with economic advantages.
Just in Wisconsin, there are more than 110,000 people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, according to experts at the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. And that number continues to grow.
