University of Wisconsin-Madison Provost Patrick Farrell touted campus research but discussed the challenge in retaining staff Friday morning at the UW System Board of Regents meeting.
Regents tackle retention
Badger Herald
Author: Kelly Tyrrell
Bielemaâ??s 2006 season pays off
Badger Herald
Board approves UW admissions
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents voted unanimously Friday to allow all state universities to consider non-academic factors â?? including race â?? in their admissions decisions.
Housing alcohol policy targets wrong offenses
Daily Cardinal
â??If you guys are going to drink alcohol in a fun, responsible manner… I say go for it.â? A recent UW-Madison graduate made this statement to thousands of freshmen last fall at the Class of 2009 welcome rally.
UW-Stout to begin drug testing of student athletes
Daily Cardinal
The University of Wisconsin-Stout announced Thursday that it will be requiring its athletes to submit to random drug testing. This decision comes in response to the drug-related arrests of two football players, Luke Steffen and Nicholas OrRico, last December. Steffen, a senior linebacker for UW-Stout, was found with three bottles of liquid steroids in his home, and OrRico, a junior linebacker, was found with one.
Regent Committee passes new admissions policy
Daily Cardinal
The Board of Regents Education Committee passed the contested UW System freshmen admissions policy Thursday and the full Board will vote on it today.
Witte robbery suspect taken into custody
Daily Cardinal
The UW-Madison Police Department took a 39-year-old man into custody Thursday for the Tuesday night Witte Residence Hall robbery.
If a tree falls in a forumâ?¦
Badger Herald
Earlier this week, the University of Wisconsin wrapped up the last of three visits from candidates hoping to be the next dean of students. Because the position has such a direct effect on students, UW officials wisely chose to include a forum in which students could meet and evaluate each candidate.
Professorâ??s play marches to stage
Badger Herald
A professor at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha will have her play on racism come to life this spring in conjunction with a campus program.
Renowned chemistry graduate dies
Badger Herald
Dr. Alan MacDiarmid, a Nobel Prize winner and University of Wisconsin graduate, died Wednesday at the age of 79.
Inventorsâ?? innovative ideas intrigue UW judges
Badger Herald
With $24,000 in prize money up for grabs, amateur inventors pitched designs and prototypes to judges Thursday, kicking off the University of Wisconsinâ??s Innovation Days.
Doyle proposes new tax cuts
Badger Herald
Some Wisconsin families could save $400 on college tuition next year if a tax cut proposed by Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle Thursday passes through the state budget.
Walsh: â??We may be wrongâ?? in the long run
Badger Herald
If the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approves a revised admissions policy today that includes non-academic factors such as race, the board might be in violation of state law, Regent President David Walsh admitted Thursday.
Police catch Witte thief
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin police arrested a suspect Thursday in connection to a late-night robbery in Witte Hall earlier this week.
Room for two?
Daily Cardinal
It is said that a black panther is able to hunt and kill animals up to 15 times its weight. Conversely, an animal found on the other side of the globe, the timid badger, does not usually seek to attack, but its great muscular power and tough hide render it a formidable opponent.
Faced with these facts, the UW-Milwaukee Panthers should make veritable colleagues for the UW-Madison Badgers in the future, as UW-Milwaukee grows into Wisconsin�s second major research university. The universities� chancellors and state representatives concur.
Students have til Friday to give feedback on dean finalists
Daily Cardinal
Now that all three finalists for the UW-Madison Dean of Students position have visited and conversed with students and administrators, the campus community has the opportunity to submit confidential feedback on the candidates.
Witte Hall residents robbed in own room
Daily Cardinal
University Housing and the UW-Madison Police Department are again asking students to be aware of their personal safety after a robbery was reported late Tuesday night at Witte Residence Hall.
Tokyo drift: Fast, furious techies head to Japan
Badger Herald
A team of two seniors and one graduate student will represent the University of Wisconsin in Tokyo early next month at a worldwide computer programming competition.
UW remembers Regent Ody Fish
Badger Herald
Former University of Wisconsin System Regent and Republican Party activist Ody Fish died early Tuesday from complications due to cancer.
Expand colleges, chancellor says
Badger Herald
After nine months on the job, University of Wisconsin-Extension and UW Colleges Chancellor David Wilson has a vision for the future of education in Wisconsin.
Rave reviews for city safety plan
Badger Herald
The Madison City Council officially approved funding for the Downtown Safety Initiative Tuesday, and some Madison community members are already speaking in favor of the plan.
Students tell UW to ââ?¬Ë?go greenââ?¬â?¢
Badger Herald
Several graduate students from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture presented their ââ?¬Å?greenââ?¬Â plans for renovations to UW-Madisonââ?¬â?¢s School of Human Ecology building Wednesday.
Time to decide for UW leaders
Badger Herald
Over the next two days, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will decide if they will allow all state universities to consider non-academic factors ââ?¬â? including race ââ?¬â? in their admissions decisions.
Violent attacker strikes Witte Hall
Badger Herald
Another violent attack struck the University of Wisconsin campus late Tuesday night when two female students were reportedly robbed in Witte Hall by a middle-aged man.
City Council approves $100,000 safety boost
Daily Cardinal
The City Council adopted a $100,000 Downtown Safety Initiative Tuesday night, while a referendum to put the fate of the proposed trolley system on the April 3 ballot failed.
UW to rename its real estate center
Badger Herald
To honor a former University of Wisconsin professor, the UW Real Estate Center will take on a new name after raising $11 million for its programs.
Doyle vows to increase aid
Badger Herald
Gov. Jim Doyle announced Tuesday he will increase financial aid by $44 million in the state budget next week to support his Wisconsin Covenant program.
Downtown Initiative passes amid criticism from mayoral candidate
Badger Herald
The Madison City Council unanimously approved $100,000 for the city�s new safety plan Tuesday night.
HBO, ABC airing specials on Badgers
Capital Times
It dropped two spots in the Top 25 polls Monday, but the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team remains as popular as ever.
The Badgers, who slipped from second to fourth in the Associated Press and coaches’ polls after Indiana ended their 17-game winning streak last Wednesday night, are the subject for two upcoming television shows.
Scalping shouldn’t be police priority
Capital Times
When our Badger basketball team was playing Ohio State recently, the TV said the police would be after the ticket scalpers.
UW ideas to help students should apply to alumni too
Capital Times
New chatter abounds targeting older students for University of Wisconsin attendance and providing free tuition if graduates stay to work in Wisconsin. All I ask is: Where was this talk when I, as an “older” student, attended the UW and became a Wisconsin educator?
Images: The gift of your body
Capital Times
Have you ever considered donating your body to science? I’m not talking about specific organs for transplant. Many of us have signed our intent to do this on the back of our driver’s license and this is an extremely valuable gift.
Doyle pledges more financial aid
Capital Times
Gov. Jim Doyle today promised to increase funding for financial aid for college students and boost shared revenues for counties and other local governments as part of his next state budget.
Nass: Admissions policy violates state law
Capital Times
State Rep. Steve Nass maintains that the UW System’s proposed freshman admissions policy would violate a state statute that says no tests “based upon race, religion, national origin of U.S. citizens or sex shall be allowed in the admission of students” to the University of Wisconsin.
Different numbers tell different stories on the issue of diversity
Daily Cardinal
Campus administrators and students regularly lament the lack of racial and ethnic diversity at UW-Madison. They typically complain about the oppressiveness of the ââ?¬Å?sea of white facesââ?¬Â they see on Bascom Hill.
What kind of minority student representation would be required so everyone could agree that race/ethnic diversity has been achieved? Nobody has answered that question satisfactorily nor is it clear if much serious thought has been given to the question.
35 below zero not cold enough to cancel class
Daily Cardinal
Dangerously cold temperatures of minus 35ââ?¬â?with the wind chill factor includedââ?¬â?were enough to force the closing of most Wisconsin high schools and colleges yesterday, but they were not cold enough to close UW-Madison.
UW admissions policy lacks transparency
Badger Herald
Regent President David Walsh spilled the beans about diversity and the proposed ââ?¬Å?holisticââ?¬Â approach to admissions policy at last weekââ?¬â?¢s Regent hearing. He did so by characterizing the new Freshman Admissions Policy as a ââ?¬Å?race-consciousââ?¬Â policy.
Harvard praises UW legal minds
Badger Herald
Two faculty members and one graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School were recently included in a book highlighting the 20 most important legal works since 1890.
UW faculty sets semester agenda
Badger Herald
Chancellor John Wiley began the semester�s first meeting of the University of Wisconsin Faculty Senate Monday by relaying his optimism about Gov. Jim Doyle�s upcoming biennium budget.
Despite freeze, UW opens
Badger Herald
Despite subfreezing temperatures and bitter winds across campus Monday, the University of Wisconsin decided to take no administrative action in canceling classes.
Nass to Board: Leave race out
Badger Herald
Threatening legal or legislative intervention, Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, is calling on the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents to cut the consideration of race from its revised admissions policy.
Final dean candidate visits campus
Badger Herald
Touting his issue-oriented analytical style, the third and final University of Wisconsin dean of students candidate met with students in the Red Gym Monday.
A New Problem for Farmers: Few Veterinarians
New York Times
GORHAM, Me. ââ?¬â? Rainbow had the bad luck to try to have a baby on a Thursday.
Thursday was her doctor�s day off, and there was no one else for miles who could handle a complicated breech birth, not when the mother was a Holstein cow.
Dairy takes biggest state farm loss
Capital Times
Although Wisconsin’s total net farm income dropped by more than 40 percent last year, dairy farmers suffered most of the pain, with some sectors doing well, according to the annual Status of Wisconsin Agriculture report from UW-Madison.
Colliding your way to heart disease
Daily Cardinal
The excitement of Super Bowl XLI is now behind us. In case you missed it, yesterday, the battle for all of the NFLââ?¬â?¢s glory was played out by two great states of the Midwest. As millions gathered together on couches across the country to cheer on their favorite team and to watch the multi-million dollar advertisements, they also likely indulged in the traditional Super Bowl treatsââ?¬â?a smorgasbord of buffalo wings, pizza, chips and beer. While far from our thoughts, and not nearly as entertaining, an internal battle was also raging yesterdayââ?¬â?Americaââ?¬â?¢s fight against high cholesterol.
Physicists to ââ?¬Ë?seeââ?¬â?¢ extra dimensions
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison physicists developed a new method of projecting possible shapes of extra dimensions, according to a study released Friday in Physical Review Letters.
Sick leave legislation to hit floor
Daily Cardinal
In the wake of criticism surrounding the accumulated sick leave credit Wisconsin politicians have stacked up, several pieces of legislation have been drafted to remedy the problem and will be debated in the next session.
Humans fuel climate rise, report unveils
Daily Cardinal
Humans have exacerbated global warming, according to the international report on global climate change released Friday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
UW names new associate dean
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin graduate education program recently restructured the senior associate dean position and appointed Judith Kornblatt to hold it.
Freezing weather likely to continue
Badger Herald
Wind chills in the -20s hit southern Wisconsin this weekend, causing the National Weather Service to issue a wind chill advisory that is effective through today. Similar temperatures are expected to continue through the beginning of the week.
UW-Stout suspends fraternity
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin-Stout suspended a campus fraternity last week ââ?¬â? with no chance of appeal for four years ââ?¬â? after city police cited more than 100 underage drinkers at a Feb. 1 party.
ASM will have Regents hear budget fight, Rath says
Daily Cardinal
Although the Associated Students of Madison continued its ongoing battle against UW System policy Wednesday night by officially approving the budgets of all General Student Services Fund organizations, UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley will most likely strike off-campus rents from the budget.
Lady cheesemakers see sharp increase
Daily Cardinal
More women are making their ââ?¬Å?wheyââ?¬Â into the Wisconsin cheese industry, according to Jeanne Carpenter, spokesperson for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Within the last three years, half a dozen women have pursued their cheesemaker�s license, compared to only 38 within the past 60 years.
Berquam brainstorms with students at forum
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison Interim Dean of Students Lori Berquam voiced her plan to reach out to every student on campus and to cater to varying student opinions as the next dean of students at a forum in the Red Gym Thursday night.
University ends athletic auction
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin Athletic Department wrapped up a month-long memorabilia auction Thursday with a gain of more than $20,000.
Architects unveil sneak peak of Chazen
Badger Herald
After fundraising and gathering support since the late 1990s, Chazen Museum supporters received their first glimpse Thursday night of a 62,000-square foot expansion project.
Berquam aims to keep her job
Badger Herald
Interim Dean of Students Lori Berquam said Thursday the current recruitment and retention rates of minority students at the University of Wisconsin is a ââ?¬Å?crisis.ââ?¬Â
Doyle speaks to U.S. Senate on stem cells
Daily Cardinal
The morning after putting research expansion at the forefront of his State of the State address, Gov. Jim Doyle jetted to Washington to urge the U.S. Senate to increase federal funding for embryonic stem cell research Wednesday.
Reaching out to PEOPLE across Wisconsin
Badger Herald
A cornerstone of the University of Wisconsinââ?¬â?¢s diversity efforts since 1999, the Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence ââ?¬â? also known as PEOPLE ââ?¬â? has long been known for helping attract a diverse group of students to the university.
The state of the 8th grade
Badger Herald
A group of Blackhawk Middle School eighth graders got the opportunity Wednesday to speak one-on-one with Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton about subjects touched on during Gov. Jim Doyle�s State of the State address Tuesday.