The University of Wisconsin-Madison has settled a gender discrimination claim filed by its top attorney for $90,000.
The claim, filed by Melany Newby, said that the university hadn’t given her a raise since 1999, but her fellow vice chancellors — all of whom were men — received several large pay hikes.
Beware of bigger and more potent poison ivy.
Scientists say increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are what’s causing global warming.
Former UW-Vice Chancellor Paul Barrow had discipline against him reduced by UW Provost Patrick Farrell, but Barrows’ attorney said the decision is a mockery.
Women on Faculty Still Lag at Harvard, Report Finds
A year after Harvard’s president, Lawrence H. Summers, promised a major effort to make the faculty more diverse amid a controversy about his remarks about women in science, a university report released yesterday indicated that most of the work remained to be done.
Gov. Jim Doyle called on Congress to lift the ban on federal funding for research on new stem-cell lines.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has downgraded the action taken against a former vice chancellor after a committee determined there was no basis for finding he sexually harassed two women.
Reilly, other UW leaders to split $246,000 in raises
By Aaron Nathans
UW System President Kevin Reilly will receive a 2 percent pay increase this year and a 2.3 percent increase in April.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Provost Patrick Farrell says former Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Paul Barrows did not engage in sexual harassment, but still acted inappropriately toward a female student.
The debate over stem cell research could define November’s Governor’s race.
Jim Doyle is making stem cell research a major part of his re-election campaign. One Verona family says it will be a pivotal factor when they take to the polls.
A Start on Research Cloning
Hats off to Harvard and the University of California at San Francisco for undertaking stem cell research that the Bush administration is trying to discourage and political leaders in Washington seem unwilling to support. Both institutions have started programs to clone human embryos and extract stem cells from them, thus creating stem cell lines tailor-made to study specific diseases. Their bold moves, made after intense soul-searching over the ethical and scientific issues, should help to revive a promising field of research ââ?¬â? known as therapeutic or research cloning ââ?¬â? that had been staggered by a scandal in South Korea.
“Clean your plate or else!” and other authoritarian approaches to parenting can lead to overweight children, a new study finds.
Five hundred dollars doesn’t buy what it used to.
In fact, when dealing with the University of Wisconsin athletic department nowadays, $500 can get you virtually nothing.
A 6.8 percent tuition increase would mean lower-income students would have an even tougher time paying for a University of Wisconsin education, student leaders said.
Picnic Point was shrouded in mist as 38 new faculty and academic staff members climbed onto the bus that would carry them deep into the heart of Wisconsin. Over five days, the group experienced firsthand the defining tradition of both this state and its great university: the Wisconsin Idea.
Wisconsin veterans will receive free tuition at University of Wisconsin campuses and the state’s technical colleges starting in fall 2007 under a bill Gov. Jim Doyle signed on Monday.
Perhaps the rough textures and shimmering prisms of surface reflections will surprise you.
Perhaps the less-than-mammoth scale will draw you in and surprise you with intimacy, even delicacy.
The University of Wisconsin System’s new guidelines for campus admissions policies threaten to bar high-achieving Wisconsin students from studying at the campus of their choice, a lawmaker says.
Grants and gifts totaling more than $2 million – including $100,000 for the Henry Vilas Park Zoo’s building campaign and $50,000 in additional support for the city’s first municipal swimming pool – were announced today by The Evjue Foundation Inc., the charitable arm of The Capital Times.
Madison and Milwaukee’s Catholic bishops are challenging Gov. Jim Doyle’s support for embryonic stem cell research.
Archbishop Timothy Dolan of the Milwaukee Archdiocese and Bishop Robert Morlino of the Madison Diocese wrote to Doyle that they had “grave concerns” with his policy direction and asked him to rethink the matter.
Why American College Students Hate Science
By BRENT STAPLES
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, opened for business in a former cow pasture not far from downtown just 40 years ago. Still in its infancy as universities go, U.M.B.C. is less well known than Maryland’s venerable flagship campus at College Park or the blue-blooded giant Johns Hopkins. But the upstart campus in the pasture is rocking the house when it comes to the increasingly critical mission of turning American college students into scientists.
Ordering a larger, low-priced, fast-food meal can lead to more financial expenses in hidden places, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have determined.
The University of Wisconsin System will look at race and other factors outside academics under a new policy it is putting into effect for reviewing applicants to its campuses.
Molly Rideout, a senior at Madison Memorial High School, walked slowly into the school library this morning, smiling uneasily as television camera crews caught the moment.
UW researcher: Taser might kill
It is possible that Tasers can cause a heart condition in pigs that will lead to their deaths if they are not treated with electric defibrillation, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor says.
Six months ago, Patricia Rengel was just a lecturer in Spanish.
But in December, Rengel and others in the Spanish department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison heard about a program to encourage the use of podcasting in the classroom. At the time, she barely knew what podcasting was.
First off, Terrence Wall wants to make a couple of things perfectly clear.
No, he didn’t become the largest commercial real estate developer in Dane County off the family money – although those connections certainly didn’t hurt. His father, John, is retired owner of DEMCO, the successful local library supply company.
Take a little song and a little sass and add “three parts black beauty and one part white heat.” Toss in a local musical notable and cap that cadre with one of Broadway’s premier performers and you have a splashy cornerstone to the Overture Center’s “Standing O Overture Completion Celebration.”
EVANSTON, Ill., May 15 ââ?¬â? Northwestern suspended its women’s soccer team Monday in response to photographs of a hazing incident that were posted on a Web site.
COLUMBIA, Mo. ââ?¬â? These are tough times for journalism.
The newspaper industry cut more than 2,000 jobs last year as it continued to lose readers and advertisers to the Internet. Network newscasts are being propped up by older viewers and continue to lose market share to cable. Regular reports of ethical breaches are undermining public trust in all news organizations, bloggers accuse the mainstream media of being arrogant and clueless, and Wall Street expresses little confidence in its financial future.But there is one corner of the profession still enjoying a boom: journalism schools.
The sudden departure of a University of Wisconsin-Madison geneticist has meant years of lost work for her graduate students, one of those students said today.
A statewide coalition of public and private organizations today launched a “long-term war against an epidemic of obesity” that is leading to serious health problems in Wisconsin.
With the release of a University of Wisconsin-Madison appeals panel report that damns the university administration’s treatment of Paul Barrows, the UW Board of Regents and administrators are now honor bound to reassess the status of the former vice chancellor for student affairs.
Treating young children for asthma helps them while they receive the medicine but doesn’t cure the problem, researchers have found.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison continues to investigate activities by an associate professor of genetics who resigned in February.
The largest single reduction of a property assessment sought this year in Madison comes from the UW Medical Foundation, which, according to records, wants to drop the appraisal of a clinic by $7.5 million.
Out of Wisconsinââ?¬â?¢s 33 state senators, Fred Risser gets first pickââ?¬â?first choice of office in the minority party and even where he parks his car at the Capitol. But Risser has earned it, serving his 49th year in the state Legislature. At 78, he is both Wisconsinââ?¬â?¢s and the United Statesââ?¬â?¢ longest-serving state lawmaker, in office for almost one-third of Madisonââ?¬â?¢s history.
While students prepare to celebrate the end of the year, the UW-Madison Carillon Memorial Bell Tower will play host to a more somber event. The tower�s 56 bronze bells will play a concert Thursday in honor of the UW-Madison students who passed away during the 2005-�06 academic year.
Two 20-year-old male UW-Madison students were arrested at College Library Wednesday afternoon for selling and possessing prescription drugs, according to Lt. Eric Holen of the UW-Madison Police Department.
Beginning fall 2006, a brand new Park Street residence hall will provide some freshmen with an upscale dorm experience. Though Smith Hall will represent a more luxurious housing option, it will not alleviate the crunch on freshmen housing in the long run.
There are those who say universities are festering grounds for liberal propaganda, places where teachers regularly try to indoctrinate students ââ?¬â? covertly or openly ââ?¬â? with their radical leftist viewpoints.
As classes once again draw to a close, we look back and recount the events that shaped Spring 2006 for the University of Wisconsin. To be sure, this term had its ups and downs, but, on the whole, we believe the semester brought a positive turn in what has been a troublesome year for UW.
After the University of Wisconsin Faculty Senate approved a revised version of university policy regarding the suspension of faculty members Monday, one professor is questioning what will happen should the Board of Regents disagree.
While extensive summer construction may bring headaches to those staying in Madison, when University of Wisconsin students return to campus and downtown areas this fall, they will notice many changes.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents is set to meet today and tomorrow, hosting Gov. Jim Doyle in open session Friday.
Surrounded by friends and colleagues Wednesday, Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, celebrated 50 years of service in the Wisconsin Legislature, becoming the longest serving state lawmaker in U.S. history.
Excessive drunkenness at Badger football games could lead to more than just a boot out of Camp Randall depending on a vote from the University of Wisconsin athletic board tomorrow.
Chancellor John Wiley approved $145,000 of funding Tuesday for the UW Roman Catholic Foundationââ?¬â?a UW-Madison student group whose segregated fee funding was in question because of the religious nature of the group.
Community members and students joined forces on Tuesday to showcase the history of one of Madison�s oldest and most well-known neighborhoods.
As the semester comes to a close, two of UW-Madison�s most prominent figures have yet to settle a year-and-a-half-long battle involving sexual harassment allegations, an extended leave of absence and an eventual removal from a job that paid an annual salary of $191,749.
The recent outbreak of mumps at UW-Madison continued Tuesday, when a female undergraduate Witte Hall resident was confirmed to have the virus.
As Plan 2008, a UW System-wide effort to create a more diverse campus, enters its final years, the opinions of administration and students voice glaringly different definitions of diversity. This distinction may be hindering the success of Plan 2008 and the future expansion of a more diverse campus.
Diversity, diversity, diversity. For some on this campus, the word is little more than an ambiguous rallying cry whose intentions harm more students than it helps. Furthermore, such critics say affirmative actions programs, like the University of Wisconsin�s Plan 2008, are held to contain dubious value in terms of widening racial gaps and tensions.
At this juncture, it seems apt to reflect upon one of the more troubling story lines to cross the pages of this paper over the course of the past year. In the Paul Barrows saga, we have witnessed a story of polarizing proportions, and yet, at long last, we may finally begin to look toward a light at the end of the proverbial tunnel.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association denied final appeals from three universities seeking to continue using American Indian mascots and team nicknames regarded as ââ?¬Å?hostile and abusiveââ?¬Â Friday.
University of Wisconsin students and staff rallied at Library Mall Tuesday afternoon to raise awareness for lung cancer.
State lawmakers grilled University of Wisconsin System officials Tuesday over the system�s alleged mismanagement of its information technology audit and faculty disciplinary policy.
Chancellor John Wiley signed off on the University of Wisconsin Roman Catholic Foundation budget, passing the controversial decision of whether to fund the religious student organization on to the Board of Regents.
The number of mumps cases at the University of Wisconsin continued to rise Tuesday with the confirmation of another student contracting the highly contagious virus.
After a year of planning and weeks of so-called ââ?¬Å?teaser adsââ?¬Â promoting a big announcement, the University Bookstore unveiled a new program allowing University of Wisconsin students to buy textbooks online for a reduced price.
After announcing a new transfer agreement Apr. 19, University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley said Tuesday he is disappointed with the reaction of some UW students.
