he University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison added two new Med Flight helicopters.
The two “Euro-copters” replaced two 10-year-old Italian aircrafts.
UW Hospital Adds 2 Helicopters
WISC-TV 3
Author: Kelly Tyrrell
UW Regents Delay Decision On Tuition Increases Until August
WISC-TV 3
University of Wisconsin students will have to wait until next month to find out how much their tuition will cost during the coming academic year.
Audrey Seiler Repays City for Search
NBC-15
A former UW student who faked her own abduction has finally paid off her debt to the city of Madison.
Tucker a 1st Round Pick
WKOW-TV 27
Wisconsin’s all-time scoring leader is going to Phoenix. The Suns have chosen Alando Tucker with the 29th pick in the N-B-A draft.
UW football: School hints at more back trouble for Mason
Capital Times
Before leaving town, former University of Wisconsin wide receivers Chris Chambers and Lee Evans were hoping to get an opportunity to visit today with their UW position coach, Henry Mason, who recruited them out of Bedford, Ohio.
Column: Sorgi, the ‘Maytag Repairman,’ waits for chance to make name for himself
Capital Times
Jim Sorgi was lining up a putt on the practice green at University Ridge golf course and the temptation was to shout over his shoulder, “Watch that break, watch that break” in honor of the Peyton Manning television commercial during which his “Cut that meat, cut that meat” tagline for MasterCard has been one of Manning’s most endearing sales pitches in a lengthy string of endorsements and successful marketing ventures.
UW-Madison to lead federal biofuels consortium
Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and its partners have been selected as one of three consortiums nationally that will receive $125 million each in federal funds to find new ways to turn plants into energy.
Planning ahead: UW game teaches kids, mixes virtual, real worlds
Capital Times
A computer game that takes place in the real world as well as the virtual world is helping more than a dozen Madison area middle school students think and act like city planners.
Bug art beautiful, musical, delightful
Capital Times
These beautiful behemoths are, happily, not your ordinary bugs, the kind that will soon swarm and sting during Wisconsin summer.
But their grotesque size, along with their exotic shapes, beautiful colors and hypnotically repetitive geometric patterns, make them undeniably fascinating.
College football: Alvarez intrigued by plan to add fifth year of eligibility
Capital Times
The move to 12-game schedules in college football has revived a proposal that would extend player eligibility to five years.
Dangerous beauty: Don’t invite dame’s rocket into your garden
Capital Times
I first read about dame’s rocket (Hesperis matronalis) in Katherine Whiteside’s charming 1988 book, “Antique Flowers.” The flowers, reminiscent of phlox, are fragrant — but only at night.
Last chance to see ‘Stabiano’ at the Chazen
Capital Times
It’s art, not science, that possesses the secret to time travel.
If you want to test that for yourself, you have only about 10 days left to see one of the most spectacular art shows that Madison has seen this year, or indeed in any year.
UW track and field: Lodi’s Detmer siblings co-star in it’s a wonderful life
Capital Times
They won’t be replacing famous siblings like the Cusacks and Gyllenhaals in Hollywood anytime soon, but Joe and Ann Detmer’s film debut has its moments.
Book It: Uw Best Again
Wisconsin State Journal
The Big Ten Conference record book didn’t stand a chance against the University of Wisconsin men’s track and field team.
Study: Meditation Can Improve Focus
Wisconsin State Journal
The ability to pay attention may not have a fixed capacity, as many people believe, says a UW-Madison study suggesting that meditation can improve people’s knack for focusing their minds.
Biologist Who Cloned Dolly To Speak In Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
Ian Wilmut, the Scottish biologist who created Dolly the cloned sheep, will give a public lecture at 7 p.m., Thursday at the Overture Center.
“Cloning in the 10 Years Since Dolly” will explore the science of somatic cell nuclear transfer, or cloning, and its potential for biomedical research.
From Badgers line to the front line in Iraq
Wisconsin State Journal
It was a routine day in Iraq for Jake Wood.
And routine means dealing with the daily strife that includes sniper fire, searching for buried explosive devices and crushing boredom.
Wood is a former University of Wisconsin football player, an offensive lineman from Bettendorf, Iowa, and a lance corporal in the U.S. Marines, stationed near Fallujah. He’s in charge of a squad of 12 men.
Conklin: No dirt to be dug on Billups
Wisconsin State Journal
I knew better than to even try to dig up any dirt on LaMarr Billups. As Mayor Dave Cieslewicz said during a tribute to Billups at Friday night’s Spring into Jazz event presented by the Urban League of Greater Madison, Billups was involved in an enormous number of city and university projects and incredibly “he never made an enemy.”
Can Madison clean its lakes?
Wisconsin State Journal
Steve Carpenter, a UW-Madison limnologist, said people should keep in mind the history of the lakes and understand that improvements are likely to take a long time, even with measures such as the phosphorus bans. Some people would find it hard to believe, he said, that all direct sources of lake pollution, including human waste, were not eliminated until the 1970s. In fact, Carpenter said, the lakes are much cleaner than they were in the 1950s when they were the repository for raw human sewage.
Young farmers: Back to the land, on a budget
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Dick Cates, director of UW-Madison’s Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers, a program in the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems.
Coverage sought for autistic kids
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Maureen Durkin, an autism researcher at UW-Madison’s Waisman Center.
What special-ed cut means
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Julie Mead, an associate professor of educational leadership and policy analysis at UW-Madison.
Attorney general speaks with lawmaker being sued in open records case
Wisconsin State Journal
Walter Dickey, a law professor at UW-Madison, said Van Hollen needed McLeod’s consent to talk about the lawsuit with Gunderson, and that if he didn’t get it, he violated the rules.
UW feels pressure to avert a tragedy
Wisconsin State Journal
As universities grapple with how to prevent a repeat of the recent Virginia Tech shooting tragedy, many are driven by one chilling thought, said UW-Madison Police Chief Sue Riseling.
“The only thing that separates us from Virginia Tech at this moment is luck,” said Riseling, who heads the UW System’s newly formed President’s 2007 Commission on University Security.
UW security review uncovers problems
Capital Times
A security review triggered by the shooting rampage at Virginia Tech will focus on how University of Wisconsin campuses can intervene with troubled students to prevent violence, officials said Thursday.
Madison afraid of heights?: Opinions split on city’s upward growth
Capital Times
Last year, a Seattle-based technology firm was exploring the possibility of expanding operations to Madison, with the potential of bringing hundreds of private sector jobs into the central city.
Taylor, MSO perform Gershwin concerto this weekend
Capital Times
He’s popular, to be sure, but how classical is American composer and songwriter George Gershwin?
That’s the question UW pianist Christopher Taylor recently answered, on the eve of his three performances of Gershwin’s Concerto in F on Friday night at 7:30, Saturday night at 8 and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Overture Hall with the Madison Symphony Orchestra.
Women of Distinction: For these honorees, the watchword is service
Capital Times
These women will be recognized at the YWCA’s 33rd annual Women of Distinction luncheon, which will be held May 31 at the Concourse Hotel, 1 W. Dayton St.
Party planner hired for State Street fest
Capital Times
Ask the mother of any bride, or any bride for that matter, and they will tell you it’s never too early to begin to plan the party and never a mistake to hire the best party planner available.
LaMarr Billups reflects on changing face of our city
Capital Times
When he first lived in Madison three decades ago, fellow blacks were so rare that once while he was waiting at a stoplight at Gammon and Mineral Point roads with his first wife, a black man he didn’t know spied them, bent to take a look in the car and waved, LaMarr Billups recalled.
Six professors who best exemplify the UW-Madison credo
Daily Cardinal
I owe the high quality of my UW-Madison undergraduate degree to a long list of outstanding professors who not only taught facts but who sparked intellectual curiosity and academic growth in their students.
Student housing prime target for crime in summer
Daily Cardinal
Summer is a prime time for crime.
Madison Police Department spokesperson Mike Hanson said Madison sees an increase in crime and service calls during the summer months because people spend more time outside, especially downtown.
Committee decides on Adidas situation
Daily Cardinal
After it met in closed session last Thursday, UW-Madisonâ??s Labor Licensing Policy Committee has come to an agreement regarding the universityâ??s contract with Adidas and the Hermosa factory situation.
Mayor says $5 fee for Halloween stays
Daily Cardinal
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and the city of Madison called last Halloweenâ??s lack of tear gas, violence and uncontrollable crowds a great â??success,â? and hopes to maintain these standards for celebrations in the future.
Degrees, textbooks on regent agenda
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will meet today and discuss approval for two new degree programs â?? including a doctor of physical therapy at UW-Madison.
Climate activists upset with Wiley
Badger Herald
Several representatives from a number of different climate-friendly student groups participated in a rally on Library Mall Wednesday that culminated in a disappointing march to Chancellor John Wileyâ??s office.
UW leaders talk campus security
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin System Commission on University Security met Wednesday to discuss its plans to address campus safety and emergency preparedness.
City agency to run Halloween entertainment
Badger Herald
A Madison-based production company will help the city plan and manage the entertainment and ticketing system at the 2007 State Street Halloween celebration, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz announced Wednesday.
Wall Street embraces TomoTherapy
Wisconsin State Journal
Investors warmly welcomed TomoTherapy’s entrance onto Wall Street on Wednesday.
Shares of the Madison medical equipment manufacturer opened at $24 on the Nasdaq market under the symbol TTPY. That was 26 percent higher than the initial public offering price of $19 a share, which was already up from the estimated $15 to $17 price range when the registration was filed in February.
Curiosities: Just like candy, continents melt in heat
Wisconsin State Journal
Q: If we think the continents were, at some point, all connected, how did they separate?
Abbie Stroup
Grade 7
Sennett Middle School
A: “The answer is rooted in the fact that our planet is a living’ planet, which is still cooling,” said Laurel Goodwin, professor of geology at UW-Madison. She describes the Earth as a series of shells, like a peanut M&M. “The candy shell is the crust, on which we live. The chocolate beneath is the mantle, and the peanut is the core — just imagine that the outer part of the peanut is molten.”
Lampert Smith: An ode to Ogg
Wisconsin State Journal
It’s a 15-foot by 15-foot cinder block cell, but it’s their cell and they’re sad to leave.
It’s a 15-foot by 15-foot cinder block cell, but it’s their cell and they’re sad to leave.
Max Thao and Ryan Cotant are the last UW-Madison freshmen to begin their college lives as residents of Room 809 in the West Tower of Ogg Hall.
Meditation could up attention spans, UW study discovers
Daily Cardinal
While meditation used to be for only devout Buddhists, it may be useful for everyday students, according to a recent study by UW- Madison professors and scientists. Released just in time for finals, the study indicates a link between meditation and the ability to focus attention in other aspects of life.
UW System chooses candidates
Badger Herald
The final candidates for a high-ranking University of Wisconsin System position were announced Tuesday by UW System President Kevin Reilly.
Professor: Go to sleep!
Badger Herald
With finals just around the corner, a University of Wisconsin professor and researcher specializing in psychiatry discussed some of the mysteries surrounding sleep â?? and also its importance â?? on campus Tuesday.
Camp Randall landmark takes leave
Badger Herald
A historic cannon that dates back to the Civil War era is scheduled for relocation today from its position in front of the Camp Randall Memorial Sports Center and into temporary storage.
Public debates student policy
Badger Herald
A University of Wisconsin System committee traveled to UW-Milwaukee Monday to hear public feedback on whether the Board of Regents should amend its student nonacademic misconduct policies.
Study: Funding No. 1 issue
Badger Herald
A survey by a higher education association released Friday pegged computer system and campus information technology funding as the No. 1 issue being faced by university information technology departments.
Searching for a â??realâ?? job
Badger Herald
With caps and gowns in sight, graduates of the University of Wisconsinâ??s senior class will look to find their place in the professional working world.
Faculty vote to check records
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsinâ??s Faculty Senate passed a resolution Monday that will check the criminal background of all new employees and current ones moving into â??positions of trust.â?
Ogg, Peterson to come down
Badger Herald
As some students prepare to leave Madison next week after finals, construction crews are getting ready to tear up large portions of the University of Wisconsin campus for several projects.
Hearing aid collections to aid needy
Wisconsin State Journal
Add hearing aids to the growing list of gadgets that can be recycled, refurbished and given to those in need.
In honor of Better Hearing and Speech Month this month, the Sertoma Club and UW-Madison’s Department of Communicative Disorders are teaming up to collect used hearing aids, recondition them and then get low-cost aids to those who can’t afford new ones.
U.S. lab is good fit for Dane County
Wisconsin State Journal
Memo to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security:
As you consider where to build a $400-million federal laboratory to conduct research to fight animal and human diseases, you should be aware of the public support for putting the lab in Dane County.
Memorial Library to extend all-day finals week hours
Daily Cardinal
Memorial Library will extend its days of 24-hour finals hours to include the three days before finals week this semester, according to Associated Students of Madison Vice Chair Gestina Sewell.
Although Memorial Library usually stays open 24 hours during finals week, Sewell said, some students want to begin studying before finals week into the late hours of the night.
Whoâ??s miffed?
Badger Herald
The Mifflin Street Block Party was a resounding success by nearly all accounts.
UW must strive to preserve academic reputation
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin is drawing the curtain on yet another eventful academic year. Faculty, students and staff have earned recognition for their work, and our sports teams collectively lead the nation.
Cause for alarm
Badger Herald
After the tragic events that occurred at Virginia Tech, creative writing professors have begun to examine how they will handle students whose stories pose alarming questions.
Students seek comfort in faith
Badger Herald
Religious centers on campuses nationwide are seeing an increase in student involvement and interest in religious activities in the past few years.
Dalai Lama praises peace
Badger Herald
With his contagious laugh and aura of happiness, the Dalai Lama spread a message of compassion and forgiveness to a crowd of 12,000 at the Kohl Center Friday.
Political science department â??hemorrhagingâ??
Badger Herald
At least seven high-profile professors who are leaving the political science department have some University of Wisconsin officials worried about a growing trend across campus.
Mifflin arrests climb in 2007
Badger Herald
The number of arrests at the annual Mifflin Street Block Party increased by more than 100 people since last year, although the Madison Police Department estimates fewer people to have attended the event.