The number of recruiters seeking University of Wisconsin student engineers has doubled since the spring semester of 2004, leading to multiple job offers for UW engineering majors.
Recruiters increase efforts to attract students
Badger Herald
Author: Kelly Tyrrell
UW relatively cheap venue for textbooks
Badger Herald
The high price of textbooks still has University of Wisconsin students squirming despite lower costs than other colleges.
Animal proteins taint stem cells
Badger Herald
All federally approved human embryonic stem-cell lines currently available are suspected to be contaminated with an animal molecule, suggesting stem-cell use in medical applications could be unsafe.
Classes utilize blogs
Badger Herald
Professors at the University of Wisconsin are increasingly utilizing weblogs, or blogs, as a communication tool for their students, with many students agreeing it has helped them to better understand the course topics.
Can animals sense storms?
Daily Cardinal
The death toll from the Dec. 26 tsunami has reached between 160,000 and 230,000 people. As aid workers clean up the devastated areas, they notice something odd-while human corpses are everywhere, animal carcasses are rarely found. This observation has rekindled debates as to whether animals possess an innate sixth sense that enables them to foretell impending natural disasters and flee before the calamity strikes.
Mini courses at UW make a big difference
Daily Cardinal
Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers were right: learning can be fun. With Wisconsin Union Mini Courses, students can attend a wide variety of grade and stress-free classes in cooking, food and wine appreciation, dance, fitness, languages, arts and crafts and self-help.
Sleep can help in battle of bulge
Daily Cardinal
As most any student will tell you, hunger and sleepiness seem to go together all too often. Recent findings from the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study offer new evidence that appetite and sleep are indeed linked, and that two hormones may cause people who get shortened sleep to feel hungrier when they are awake.
UW Telefund compensates budget gaps
Daily Cardinal
When UW-Madison alumni get a call from the University of Wisconsin Foundation’s Telefund, they receive a call with a purpose.
Telefund raised just over $4.15 million last year in alumni donations and aims to raise $4.3 million in 2005, said Telefund Assistant Director Michael Holland.
Modernization awaits southeast campus area
Daily Cardinal
The new dormitory proposed for Dayton Street came one step closer to realization Monday as the Joint Southeast Campus Area Committee voted unanimously to recommend approval of the project.
UW students travel globe, learning while serving
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison’s chapter of International Student Volunteers now makes it easier to volunteer abroad by offering a scholarship to students living on a limited budget. ISV, a non-profit organization based in California, allows college students to travel to Costa Rica, Australia, New Zealand, the Dominican Republic, and British Columbia. UW-Madison seniors Nicole Granacki and Brynna Larsen have made UW-Madison the first of five ISV branches to develop a scholarship program.
UW engineers’ helping hand extends to Rwandan village
Daily Cardinal
Ten years after civil wars and genocides tore Rwanda apart, the country continues to face serious issues with unclean water. Through a service project in Rwanda, the UW-Madison chapter of Engineers Without Borders helps to improve the situation by creating a sustainable clean-water supply for the village of Muramba.
Some Sign Up For Spring Break That’s Less Wild
Wisconsin State Journal
As a high school senior four years ago, Rebecca Wolf took a traditional spring break fun-in-the-sun trip to the Dominican Republic.
But this year, the UW-Madison senior is opting for a climbing excursion to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in Nevada with the campus Hoofer Mountaineering Club.
A rocking Halloween solution
Badger Herald
Last month I had the opportunity to go to a forum where police and students discussed what might have gone wrong this past Halloween. For the third straight year, Halloween ended with a riot on State Street. I went because I was curious whether students and police could see that they both could have handled themselves better. That didn�t happen. Those who were pepper sprayed were convinced that they shouldn�t have been, and the police were sure, with few exceptions, which were layered with qualifiers, that they handled themselves correctly.
UW-Madison student falls from balcony (WSJ 1/23/05)
Wisconsin State Journal
An 18-year-old UW-Madison student is believed to have suffered non-life threatening injuries after falling off a balcony Friday night.
UW race-based grants under fire (WSJ 1/23/05)
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin System’s program to provide scholarships for minority students is drawing criticism from a national group opposed to racial preferences in higher education, but System officials are defending the program as legal and still necessary.
Magnetic field sought by researchers
Badger Herald
A new experiment led by University of Wisconsin researchers is attempting to create a magnetic field-generating dynamo, similar to what is found in the Earth�s core.
Storm’s Wake Not A Pretty Picture
Wisconsin State Journal
Guillaume Porche has been making a photo album since he arrived from Paris at the start of the fall semester at UW-Madison.
Ogg Hall replacement approved by planning committee
Badger Herald
The Joint Southeast Campus Area Committee approved plans for the Dayton Street and Park Street Dormitory Project, the replacement for Ogg Hall, Monday night.
Color Madison’s Work Force White
Wisconsin State Journal
Diversity In The Workplace: Part 1 Of A 3-part Series
Grace Banamwana and her husband, Agustin, are living the American dream.
Fleeing the violence in their native Rwanda in 1997, they first landed in Platteville.
Discrimination may be a factor, at least in some parts of the state, according to at least one study. In Milwaukee, a UW-Madison research project two years ago found that it’s easier for a white man with a prison record to get a job than a black man without one.
“We all think that we live in a pretty benign state,” said Erik O. Wright, a UW-Madison sociology professor. “Racial inequities in Wisconsin are among the worst in the U.S. and in some particular areas may be the worst.”
New Food Guidelines Not Always Practical
Wisconsin State Journal
Melinda Morgan’s doctor has urged the Madison woman to change her diet because of her high blood pressure and cholesterol.
“Whether it’s nine servings or five, it’s not going to matter if they can’t get it or can’t afford it,” said Marcia Caton Campbell, a UW-Madison associate professor of urban and regional planning who has studied Dane County’s food system. “It doesn’t make a difference.”
UW-River Falls releases finalists for chancellor position
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly recently announced the finalists for the chancellor�s position at UW-River Falls.
Carol Sydney (Barnes) Fraze
Madison.com
Carol Sydney (Barnes) Fraze, age 62, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. Carol worked for the University of Wisconsin until November 1961
Harold B. “Pete” Dwyer
Madison.com
Harold B. “Pete” Dwyer, age 64, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005. Harold worked for UW, retiring in 1993, after working 20 years.
OpGen investors contribute $5 million (WSJ 1/25/05)
OpGen, an early-stage Madison biotechnology company, has received $5 million in venture capital. Investors in the second-round funding include the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
Medical group joins partnering effort (WSJ 1/25/05)
The UW Medical Foundation, a support group for the clinical practices of UW Medical School faculty physicians, has joined the corporate and public entities partnering program of the national Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms.
UW FOOTBALL: Alvarez working on bringing back Chryst
Wisconsin State Journal
Of all the assistant coaches Barry Alvarez has lost during his 15 years at the University of Wisconsin, the departure of Paul Chryst might have hurt the most.
Peace Corps still strong at UW-Madiosn (WSJ 1/25/05)
For Mary Rouse, the fact tht UW-Madison was again at the top of its game in producing Peace Corps volunteers in 2004 proves something she has felt for years: The Peace Corps here is much bigger than any individual.
ISPs vie for Madison’s wireless service
Wisconsin State Journal
Skycable/AOL, SBC, and InSite Wireless, three internet service providers, submitted proposals Tuesday to construct Madison’s Downtown Internet hotspot.
Hotspots already exist at UW-Madison and some area businesses, restaurants and residences.
Medical Researcher Moves to Sever Ties to Companies
New York Times
When Eric J. Topol, one of the nation’s most prominent medical researchers, sought her advice after coming under pressure for his corporate ties, Catherine D. DeAngelis, editor in chief of The Journal of the American Medical Association, said she was straightforward.
“I said, ‘If you’re smart, just give it all up,’ ” she recalled. ” ‘I don’t know how much you get, but whatever it is, it’s not worth it.’ ”
Question race-baced programs (WSJ 1/25/05)
W. Lee Hansen, Madison
In defending its race-based Lawton Scholarship program, the UW System missed an opportunity to educate the public about the appropriate use of race in public programs. It should have but failed to answer these tough questions.
Beware of merger plan’s tax burden (WSJ 1/25/05)
Doesn’t anybody in state government get it? The state must not foist its budget problems onto the backs of local property taxpayers.
by Daniel Finley, Waukesha County executive
Black brain drain costs Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
When Hasina Huntley- Cooper graduated from Verona High School in 2000, she decided she didn’t want to attend UW-Madison and instead chose a black college, North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C.
LaMarr Billups, special assistant to the UW-Madison chancellor, said both black and white students who grow up here often want to leave Madison for college.
Chilean immigrant is medical interpreter
Wisconsin State Journal
Nearly a decade ago, Marcella Darvin was a doctor working at a public health clinic in Santiago, Chile.
Her sister was attending UW- Madison in an exchange program with Catholic University of Santiago. When Darvin arrived in Madison to visit her sister, she met her future husband, Shae. They returned to Santiago but came back to Madison 6 years ago to live permanently.
When the lake ice thunders
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: John Magnuson, UW-Madison limnologist
Ted Iltis was in his Middleton home near Lake Mendota on a recent Saturday morning, sitting at his desk when he heard an explosion and felt the house shake.
There is even a name for it – “lake thunder” – said UW- Madison limnologist John Magnuson, a longtime student of Madison’s lakes, especially Lake Mendota.
UW-Madison student falls from balcony (WSJ 1/23/05)
An 18-year-old UW-Madison student is believed to have suffered non-life threatening injuries aft falling off a balcony Friday night.
UW race-based grants under fire (WSJ 1/23/05)
The University of Wisconsin-Madison System’s program to provide scholarships for minority students is drawing criticism from a national group opposed to racial preferences in higher education, but System officials are defending the program as legal and still necessary.
New food guidelines not always practicle (WSJ 1/23/05)
Quoted: Marcia Caton Campbell, a UW-Madison associated professor of urban and regional planning.
George Henry Brieske
Madison.com
George Henry Brieske, age 68, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2005. He spent his career at UW-Madison in the School of Business serving as both professor and administrator.
Paving the way for more students to volunteer abroad (WSJ 1/24/05)
UW-Madison senior Brynna Larsen saw much that was new and wonderful, she said, when she spent a month doing down-and-dirty community development work in Costa Rica the summer before her junior year.
Doyle walks fine line in contract talks with union
Wisconsin State Journal
The Wisconsin State Employees Union, in an attempt to jump-start stalled contract negotiations, offered to call in a mediator. Gov. Jim Doyle turned down the offer.
Your Views: Alvarez golfs at exclusive club (WSJ 1/24/05)
I am saddened and ashamed that Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez chose to trave to Georgia to golf at Augusta National Golf Course.
Study finds embryonic stem cells contaminated (WSJ 1/24/05)
Washington — The human embryonic stem cells available for research are contaminated with nonhuman molecules from the culture medium used to grow the cells, researchers say.
Gray Matter and Sexes: A Scientific Gray Area
New York Times
When Lawrence H. Summers, the president of Harvard, suggested this month that one factor in women’s lagging progress in science and mathematics might be innate differences between the sexes, he slapped a bit of brimstone into a debate that has simmered for decades. And though his comments elicited so many fierce reactions that he quickly apologized, many were left to wonder: Did he have a point?
Exposure at Germ Lab Reignites a Public Health Debate
New York Times
Last year, while working on a vaccine to protect against bioterrorist attacks, three laboratory workers at Boston University were exposed to the bacteria that cause a rare disease called tularemia, or rabbit fever.
What the semester has in store for the west
Daily Cardinal
As part an overhaul of the university’s landscape known as the Campus Master Plan, new construction projects are now in various stages of completion on the west side of campus.
Suzanne Kalson
Madison.com
Suzanne Kalson, age 57, died on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. She was a secretary for the University of Wisconsin retiring in 2002.
Race-based grants face new debate
Daily Cardinal
Stirring a longstanding local and national controversy, a series of UW System race-based grants has recently provoked both criticism and adulation.
“We believe the law is clear: that it is illegal to have programs for which skin color is an absolute [qualification]; that is, programs where you are not even considered if you have the wrong ethnicity,” said Roger Clegg, general counsel for the Center for Equal Opportunity, a conservative Virginia-based group that monitors state and federal race-exclusive programs.
Lyle G. Kahl
Madison.com
Lyle G. Kahl, age 78, of Poynette, and formerly of Mount Horeb, died on Friday, Jan. 21, 2005. He worked as a security officer at UW-Madison.
Task force recommends reforms
Badger Herald
A task force assembled by the Wisconsin Innocence Project, a program run through the University of Wisconsin Law School, approved measures this month to introduce legislation addressing possible reforms in the criminal justice system.
Men�s crew team to practice in new home
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin men�s crew team will begin practice for the first time in its new home today. The crewhouse, sitting on Lake Mendota next to Adams Hall and the Kronshage residence halls, is now ready to host both the men�s and women�s crew teams as construction winds down.
Women�s teams have already
Said And Said Again
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Former Corrections Secretary and UW-Madison law professor Walter Dickey
UW freshman falls off balcony at College Court
Badger Herald
Eighteen-year-old University of Wisconsin freshman Sean Weas fell from a balcony during a house party at a College Court apartment Friday night, and after two nights in the hospital he has been released with extensive injuries.
Bush takes oath to begin second term
Daily Cardinal
President Bush took the oath of office for a second term Thursday and laid out a historic mission meant to spread freedom and punish tyrannical governments throughout the world.
Emeritus political science professor Charles Jones said of the speech, “It was among the most dramatic inaugural addresses I’ve ever heard, and I’ve heard quite a few.”
Sociology prof. dies of cancer
Daily Cardinal
A UW-Madison sociology professor lost a battle with cancer Jan. 14.
Frederick H. Buttel taught rural sociology for almost 13 years. He retired in November and established the Frederick Buttel Fund, which gave money to the rural sociology department to use for a variety of purposes.
Two possibilities for state school mergers
Daily Cardinal
Two proposals could restructure the University of Wisconsin System in order to alleviate budget pressures.
State partisans clash over legislative agenda
Badger Herald
Republicans and Democrats of the Wisconsin State Assembly clashed on the viability of this yearââ?¬â?¢s agenda a week following Gov. Jim Doyleââ?¬â?¢s promise to return ââ?¬Å?fiscal sanity to state government.ââ?¬Â
UW to utilize new Japanese program
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin recently signed a $200,000 software development contract with the National Institute of Information and Computer Technology (NiCT) in Japan. The contract is intended to promote the development of educational uses for Croquet, an open-source software system.
Jane I. Mills
Madison.com
Jane I. Mills, age 89, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2005. Jane worked as a house mother at a UW fraternity for many years.
Mary Rouse to retire after 38 years at UW
Badger Herald
Mary Rouse, former University of Wisconsin Dean of Students and current director of the Morgridge Center for Public Service, announced her retirement this month from the university after working at UW for 38 years.
Potential bill to reform funding
Badger Herald
U.S. Rep. Tom Petri, R-Wisconsin, with the support of Rep. George Miller, D-California, is planning to re-introduce a bill that would potentially allow students who already receive Pell Grants to be eligible for more money.