A 65-year-old Madison man was found dead Friday morning in a UW-Madison building restroom, university police reported.
Man Found Dead In UW Restroom
Wisconsin State Journal
Author: Kelly Tyrrell
Gift To Help Build UW Research Center
Wisconsin State Journal
Gov. Jim Doyle and UW-Madison officials on Friday announced a $15 million gift — the fifth biggest in university history — from the Oscar Rennebohm Foundation to help build the planned Interdisciplinary Research Complex.
Chancellor Search Is On And You Can Watch
Wisconsin State Journal
The hunt for a new chancellor at UW-Whitewater is on — and so is a Web site dedicated to showcasing the search for the university’s next leader.
Emeritus Professor Ron Shaffer
Madison.com
Emeritus Professor Ron Shaffer passed away on Friday, March 4, 2005. He joined the faculty in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics with a joint appointment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and UW-Extension in January 1972. He was the director of the Center for Community Economic Development from 1990-2000 and the director of the National Rural Economic Development Institute from 1990-1998. He retired from UW in October 2001
Sally Bowen Benforado
Madison.com
Sally Bowen Benforado, age 80, died on March 2, 2005. . She graduated from Syracuse University’s School of Business, then took a job in the University’s Medical School.
Program will allow students to intern in D.C.
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison students interested in spending a semester in Washington, D.C., earning credits while gaining experience in political and commercial fields, will have an opportunity to do so thanks to a new pilot program.
Students will play part in energy plan
Daily Cardinal
Wisconsin is poised to become more environmentally friendly in the near future with some assistance from UW-Madison students.
ââ?¬Ë?Greenââ?¬â?¢ is Good for UW
Badger Herald
How would you like to go to lectures in classrooms that automatically respond to the temperature outside?
Summers� divisive remarks spur concern
Badger Herald
When Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers� controversial remarks regarding the place of women in science and mathematics emerged mid-January, academics from around the country clamored for a retraction of the statement.
Officials say bird flu strain dangerous
Badger Herald
The highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype A (H5N1) strain has caused major outbreaks in Asia, and recent evidence of human-to-human transmission has caused health officials to increase preparedness and response tactics.
Students prepare for teaching jobs
Badger Herald
While many University of Wisconsin students roll out of bed just in time to make it to their 9:55 a.m. class, student teachers in UW�s School of Education wake up at 6:30 a.m. five days a week.
New York unveils digital library images to public
Badger Herald
The New York Public Library (NYPL) took early steps in changing the way people use reference materials Thursday by opening the NYPL Digital Gallery. The Gallery houses 275,000 visual materials, including everything from prints, photographs and maps to cigarette cards, menus and posters dated before 1923.
ASM points to campus change
Badger Herald
The spring committees and campaigns of Associated Students of Madison detailed their semester goals to benefit students and the community at a press conference Thursday.
Getting the Mice out of ES Cell Cultures — Holden 307 (5714): 1393b — Science
Researchers in Wisconsin have come a step closer to developing a culture for human embryonic stem (ES) cells that is free of animal products–a recipe that is essential for growing any cells that would be used for therapy in humans.
Yale Cuts Expenses for Poor in a Move to Beat Competitors
New York Times
In an effort to outdo its rivals, Yale University said yesterday that it would no longer require parents earning less than $45,000 a year to pay anything toward their children’s educations.
Researcher’s allergic reactions
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison alumnus Graham Bernstein’s lactose intolerance depressed him.
“I thought I could never eat dairy again,” he said of his diagnosis at age 12. Bernstein diagnosed himself as lactose intolerant after noticing his discomfort after eating dairy. He never saw a doctor about his condition.
Three new ‘express’ bus routes in store for campus
Daily Cardinal
Students may no longer need to wait in the cold for campus buses that are already filled by the time they arrive according to plans for three different free bus routes circulating through campus.
Higher education proposals square off
Daily Cardinal
Conflicting visions for the future of higher education in Wisconsin clashed at the Capitol Wednesday.
Before a joint meeting of the Senate’s Higher Education and Tourism Committee and the Assembly’s Committee on Colleges and Universities, UW System President Kevin Reilly and Rep. Rob Kreibich, R-Eau Claire, outlined their respective proposals for restructuring the relationships between the 13 two-year colleges and the 13 four-year universities. Wednesday’s meeting offered a chance for legislators to debate whether they should undertake the grueling task of overhauling the UW System in increasingly tight economic conditions.
TAA resumes bargaining for new contract
Daily Cardinal
Representatives of the Teaching Assistants’ Association and the state returned to the bargaining table Wednesday to discuss contract terms, following nine months without talks.
Board of Regents must support divestment
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has adopted a series of guidelines to regulate the $330 million UW trust fund.
Board of Regents must support divestment
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has adopted a series of guidelines to regulate the $330 million UW trust fund.
Yale protestors seek more aid
Badger Herald
Students at Yale University criticized the school�s financial-aid programs in a protest Feb. 24.
Study looks at brand loyalty
Badger Herald
New research from the California Institute of Technology indicates brand loyalty may not have much to do with the quality of the product.
Regents investigate alcohol, drug habits
Badger Herald
The UW Board of Regents conducted a survey last week to evaluate University of Wisconsin System students� drug and alcohol use to determine how to improve programs and services for students who abuse such substances.
State examines excessive cell-phone usage
Badger Herald
The usage of state-owned cell phones by state employees fell under scrutiny last week when the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau released a report detailing nearly $3 million in charges for the 2003-2004 fiscal year.
Costs for Camp Randall increase
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin Athletics department requested an increase of $2 million to their budget this week to complete the ongoing Camp Randall Stadium Renovation.
TAA brings new offer as state resumes bargaining
Badger Herald
The Office of State Employee Relations and University of Wisconsin�s Teaching Assistants� Association began contract negotiations Wednesday after a nine-month impasse during which neither group met to discuss working terms for the 2003-05 biennium.
Harvard at Top of List of Donations to Colleges
New York Times
Contributions to colleges and universities rose $800 million last year, to $24.4 billion, led by Harvard and Stanford with more than $500 million each, the Council for Aid to Education reported yesterday.
Conference explores productivity (WSJ 3/3/05)
Small companies and public sector agencies still have a ways to go before they can match the technology-fueled productivity gains of their corporate peers, agreed experts gathered in Madison for an information technology conference Wednesday.
Top revenue sports have company in APR (WSJ 3/3/05)
Perhaps the best things about the new Academic Performance Rate scores being kept for each NCAA Division I school is that there is a single number to use to compare programs.
Stadium upgrade to cost more (WSJ 3/3/05)
Renovating Camp Randall Stadium will cost about $2 million more because of unexpected expenses, UW-Madison officials said.
School merger plan controversial (WSJ 3/3/05)
State Rep. Robin Krelbich may have found a guinea pig willing to experiment with his idea of merging the state’s two-year colleges with the nearest four-year university campuses.
Public Has its say on Tasers (WSJ 3/3/05)
Quoted: Michael Scott, an assistant professor at UW-Law School and former Madison police officer.
Greenhouse gases further implicated in global warming
Daily Cardinal
The scientific community at large recognizes global warming as a genuine phenomenon. Dissenters suggest the increased temperatures might be due to natural climate fluctuation-perhaps the higher temperatures are part of the same cycle that caused the Ice Age long ago. But recent research indicates that Earth’s natural cycles do not sufficiently account for the temperature increases currently observed.
Brain cells in lab fly virtual plane
Daily Cardinal
Imagine an airplane piloted by a cluster of brain cells growing in a little glass dish. The scenario sounds unlikely, but in Thomas DeMarse’s lab, the brain cells are already in flight school.
Football, track teams fail NCAA academic standards
Daily Cardinal
The NCAA announced Monday that all but two UW-Madison athletic teams met or exceeded the minimum score for their newly implemented Academic Progress Rate, a system meant to track academic eligibility and retention of all Division I scholarship athletes, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
Students hear details of UW Master Plan
Daily Cardinal
Associated Students of Madison held a town hall meeting Tuesday to allow student input on the currently developing Campus Master Plan.
UW-Madison graduate student Gwen Drury presented the tentative Master Plan to the students and emphasized looking comprehensively at the buildings, open space, transportation and utilities of the UW-Madison campus.
Churchill ignites free speech debate
Daily Cardinal
WHITEWATER, Wis.-Amid fervent demonstrations both supporting and condemning UW-Whitewater’s decision to allow Ward Churchill to speak Tuesday, the University of Colorado-Boulder professor of ethnic studies vigorously defended his controversial paper that compared some of the victims of Sept. 11 to Nazis.
Campus master plan in action
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin students raised questions and expressed their opinions about campus aesthetics and transportation at the Campus Master Plan Town Hall Meeting Tuesday night at the Memorial Union.
Pocan defends same-sex marriages, criticizes amendment
Badger Herald
State Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, spoke to University of Wisconsin students and faculty at a ââ?¬Å?teach-inââ?¬Â at the Memorial Union Tuesday in opposition to a proposed amendment to the Wisconsin State Constitution banning gay marriage and same-sex civil unions.
Churchill attacks American mindset
Badger Herald
Peering out before a packed auditorium Tuesday night, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Chancellor Jack Miller admitted this would not be a typical Native Pride Week lecture.
COMMENTARY: UW looks ready for stretch drive
Wisconsin State Journal
In basketball, it’s not always how you play. Sometimes it’s who, when and where you play.
BIG TEN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Anderson head of her class
Wisconsin State Journal
Two weeks before her ballot was due to be cast, Michigan State women’s basketball coach Joanne P. McCallie sat in the Kohl Center media room and offered her take on University of Wisconsin shooting guard Jolene Anderson.
Lampert-Smith: Click into cliques with Facebook
Wisconsin State Journal
You are old and have no friends.
Of all the mean things my teenagers say to me, these are the most common jibes. Now I have proof that they’re right.
Churchill says media misrepresented him
Wisconsin State Journal
WHITEWATER – Colorado professor Ward Churchill received his longest, warmest applause of the evening toward the end of his talk Tuesday night at UW-Whitewater, when he spent several minutes blaming media mistakes and misinterpretations of his views for the controversy around him.
Talented and Gifted program boosts student achievement
Closing the achievement gap remains a hot topic in education these days. While statistics suggest that Black and Hispanic students are narrowing the academic-achievement gap that separates them from White and Asian students, the problem persists in schools nationwide.
Students recommend academic honor code
Daily Cardinal
Any intentional act “to claim effort for the work or efforts of another without authorization or citation” is academic misconduct, according to UW-Madison academic misconduct policy. This includes signing friends’ names on attendance sheets for classes and “helping” students with online or take-home quizzes.
UW med school may begin tests on new stroke medication
Daily Cardinal
Officials at UW-Madison’s School of Medicine are nearing acceptance into a late-stage clinical trial that would allow them to test a promising new drug for stroke victims.
UW System, county officials meet to discuss school mergers
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly met with Waukesha county executive Dan Finley, UW Colleges Interim Chancellor Margaret Cleek and UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Carlos Santiago Friday to talk about a proposal that would offer four-year degrees on two-year campuses.
Professor challenges issues of free speech
Badger Herald
A professor of criminology from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington addressed First Amendment issues in higher education Monday night in a presentation for the University of Wisconsin chapter of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy.
UW Whitewater gets ready for Churchill
Badger Herald
he University of Wisconsin-Whitewater will welcome controversial Colorado University-Boulder professor Ward Churchill today. Churchill will be speaking to students as part of Whitewater�s Native Pride week.
Jane C. Harper
Madison.com
Jane C. Harper, age 83, died on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005. After Dr. Buchholtz’s lengthy illness and death in 1969, Jane completed a M.S. in child development and family relations at UW-Madison. She went on to a career as a family living specialist in the UW-Madison Extension division, producing programs for the state that were aimed at improving the quality of family life.
Louise Araminta Young
Madison.com
Louise Araminta Young, professor emeritus, University of Wisconsin, died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2005, in Madison, at age 94.
Paul F. King
Madison.com
Paul F. King died on Nov. 27, 2004, at the age of 83. After returning to civilian life, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in economics. He took a position at the University Biotron in Madison as chief/technical engineer and worked there for 30 years until his retirement.
Leopold festivities set (WSJ 2/27/05)
The life and works of author, scientist and conservationist Aldo Leopold are being celebrated Friday through March 6 in Wisconsin.
Awaiting answers (WSJ 2/27/05)
Quoted: Nancy Mathews, professor at UW’s Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.
State Wants Premium Payback
Wisconsin State Journal
The state has spent between $8 million and $9 million in the last 15 months, paying the employees’ share of health insurance premiums for about 24,000 unionized state workers who are working without labor contracts.
U.S. Germ-Research Policy Is Protested by 758 Scientists
New York Times
Washington — More than 700 scientists sent a petition on Monday to the director of the National Institutes of Health protesting what they said was the shift of tens of millions of dollars in federal research money since 2001 away from pathogens that cause major public health problems to obscure germs the government fears might be used in a bioterrorist attack.
Little Advance Is Seen in Ivies’ Hiring of Minorities and Women
New York Times
In 2003, Ivy League campuses hired 433 professors into tenure-track jobs. But only 14 were black and 8 were Hispanic, and women received 150 jobs, according to a report.
Come Here Once And Learn Already
Wisconsin State Journal
Not even Meryl Streep could accurately mimic the speech of most born-and-raised Wisconsinites, according to a recent study by a team of linguists from UW-Madison.