It is time we check our preconceptions about Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget cuts at the door and actively try to understand both sides.
College Republicans: Campus should address budget with healthy debate
Badger Herald
Author: Kelly Tyrrell
Newly minted MBA? It’s the best job market in years
BBC News
Times are good at the Wisconsin School of Business.
In a positive sign for its newly minted graduates, job postings so far in 2015 are up 36% from the year before. What’s more, the Madison, Wisconsin-based university hosted more than 300 companies during a career fair in December, where recruiters competed for top talent. The school’s master of business administration programme expects the best results in years in placing graduating students in full-time jobs.
Other business schools are reporting similar upswings.
SLAC continues to pressure chancellor to end relations with JanSport
Daily Cardinal
The Student Labor Action Coalition held a rally Friday pressuring Chancellor Rebecca Blank to cut licensing ties with VF Corporation, the parent company of JanSport.
Fellowship targets undergraduate community leaders in alternative learning
Daily Cardinal
To WOECF Graduate Project Assistant David Lassen, the fellowship is a way to make the Wisconsin Idea manifest locally for communities around the state. “There’s a lot of folks that are interested in this idea of taking the university to the state,” Lassen said. “I think there are a lot of people who are anxious to actually do it but don’t know how.”
Quoted: Joshua Morrill, senior evaluator in DoiT’s Academic Technology; Paul Robbins, director of the Nelson Institute.
Concerns arise over Board of Regents power with UW System changes
Badger Herald
More information about the UW System public authority model was brought to light Thursday and further fueled a heated debate surrounding the potential shift to increased autonomy for system officials in exchange for decreased state funding. Quoted: Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of educational policy and sociology.
UW student sexually assaulted in Southeast dorm
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin Police Department issued a crime warning Monday morning after a student was sexually assaulted while sleeping early Sunday morning.
Budget hearing centers on education cuts
Daily Cardinal
Members of the state’s budget committee met Tuesday to hear testimony from state agencies on Gov. Scott Walker’s recent budget proposal.
Hayes for days: Nigel showcases humor and charisma
Daily Cardinal
Often overshadowed by stars Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker, Nigel Hayes is regularly forgotten as one of the integral pieces in the Badgers’ frontcourt. After winning the Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year last season, Hayes has continued to develop as a solid-all around forward.
UW gears up for postseason tournaments
Daily Cardinal
With winter sports regular seasons wrapping up, postseason preparations are in full swing.
Forum ‘confronts campus rape,’ outlines actions UW should take
Badger Herald
Panelists at a campus-wide forum on ‘Confronting Campus Rape’ Monday said the University of Wisconsin System has failed to address the issue properly and called for policies which better protect victims of sexual assault. Quoted: Anne McClintock, professor of English and gender and women’s studies; Cecilia Klingele, assistant professor of law; Claudia Card, professor of philosophy
Budget panel explores effects of public authority model
Daily Cardinal
Although varying in political disposition and opinions on the budget cuts, members of the panel consisting of UW-Madison faculty and Associated Students of Madison Vice Chair Derek Field agreed on the effects a public authority model would have on undergraduate education. Quoted: Noel Radomski, director of WISCAPE; Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of educational policy studies and sociology
UW student reports sexual assault
Channel3000.com
The student told police Sunday evening that an acquaintance entered the residence hall room while the student was sleeping and committed the assault. Police said the assault occurred in a southeast residence hall. The assault was initially reported to Residence Life.
Kitchen appliance helps patients escape a lifetime of pain
Channel3000.com
UW Hospital performs surgery for chronic pancreatitis by blending up organs and reintroducing cells into the body. It is one of a few facilities in the country that is known for performing the eight-hour procedure. Noted: Luis Fernandez, associate professor of surgery; Nancy Radke, senior transplant coordinator for UW Health.
Kentucky No. 1, change hits rest of AP Top 25
NBC15
Virginia remained at No. 2, but the next three spots changed after Gonzaga and Wisconsin lost. Wisconsin dropped a spot to No. 6.
UW research teams helps develop efficient heating, cooling system
Badger Herald
A research team from University of Wisconsin has partnered with Johnson Controls, a global energy company headquartered in Milwaukee, to develop more efficient heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems for large commercial buildings.
Right to work latest move in GOP transformation of state
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
With their embrace of right-to-work legislation, Republicans are advancing their four-year transformation of Wisconsin, weaving conservative policies and politics into the fabric of a state where the Progressive era has yielded to the age of Scott Walker.
This Republican revolution arguably represents the greatest reordering of Wisconsin’s politics in a century, encompassing everything from allowing the concealed carry of handguns, putting new rules on abortion providers and rolling over once powerful union foes.
UW entomologist studies what “bugs” us
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin “bug guy” Patrick “P.J.” Liesch has the creepiest, crawliest email inbox on campus.
Liesch, assistant faculty associate in the Department of Entomology, has been the solo “bug guy” in the Insect Diagnostic Lab for roughly one year. His role consists mainly of handling questions from the public, but he also teaches and conducts statewide outreach.
UW Health research team closes in on cure for blindness
WISC-TV 3
In a research lab at the McPherson Eye Research Institute, Dr. David Gamm and a team of researchers are looking for a cure and treatment for blinding diseases.
Campus celebrates Diversity Day, raises questions about permanence of diversity programs
Daily Cardinal
Associated Students of Madison’s Diversity Committee hosted the second annual Diversity Day Tuesday, featuring workshops, performances and seminars by groups on campus to address topics related to diversity.
Two UW professors receive Sloan Fellowships for math, computer sciences research
Badger Herald
Two professors at the University of Wisconsin have been selected for Alfred P. Sloan fellowships to support their research in mathematics and computer sciences.
Blank, university faculty express optimism amid frustration at undergraduate budget forum
Daily Cardinal
Tension was evident in Union South’s Varsity Hall Monday during a public forum discussing the ramifications Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed UW System budget cuts could have on UW-Madison undergraduates.
UWPD explores privacy issues while drafting policy for body cameras
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin Police Department has equipped one officer with a body camera on a trial basis and plans to outfit more when a delivery of 10 more cameras arrive. Until then, UWPD is exploring privacy issues through developing a new policy.
United Council of UW Students address Walker’s budget cuts at Capitol
Badger Herald
With a focus on diversity and scholarship programs and students “starving to study and studying to starve,” the United Council of University of Wisconsin Students addressed Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget cuts at the state Capitol Monday.
UW-Madison student activism combats racism through history
Daily Cardinal
The deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner in 2014 sparked an ongoing insurgence of race-related activism by young adults across the country, beginning in Ferguson, Mo., and eventually reaching UW-Madison’s campus.
To walk, ride or peddle: Numbers show student transportation tends to be environmentally friendly
Badger Herald
While campus transportation trends appear to reflect an environmentally and tech conscious student body, challenges remain to support the public transportation options students rely on to efficiently get around campus.
UW professor uses Fulbright award to study wildlife conservation in Sweden
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin ranks fifth nationally among faculty participating in the Fulbright Scholarship Program. One recipient, UW professor Adrian Treves, seeks to bring the harmony he found between nature and society in Sweden back home.
UW researches ways to draw women toward science majors
Badger Herald
In response to stark inequalities that remain for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, female leaders at University of Wisconsin are moving forward with steps to address these issues.
Explained: What does the public authority mean for UW System?
Badger Herald
Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget proposal released last month includes a drastic shift of authority from the state to the UW System – especially with regard to tuition, procurement and construction – the implications of which remain unclear even to system officials.
State Democrats come to Blank’s defense amidst criticism
Daily Cardinal
State Democrats defended Chancellor Rebecca Blank Thursday after Republicans attacked her Wednesday for “playing politics” with her university.
UW ranks second in nation for number of Peace Corps volunteers
Badger Herald
Down one spot from last year, University of Wisconsin was recently ranked second among the nation’s universities as one of the top producers of Peace Corps volunteers, with 69 active graduates in six disciplines.
UW graduate students push for more women in computer programming
WKOW-TV 27
There are games for just about everyone nowadays, but according to the International Game Developers Association, less than a quarter of game developers are women.
Reception celebrates new and promoted UW-Madison faculty of color
Daily Cardinal
University community members met Wednesday in the Pyle Center for the annual Faculty of Color Reception to celebrate the hiring and promotion of professors of diverse backgrounds. This year, 40 faculty members were promoted and 26 were hired.
Visually impaired researcher uses her personal journey to motivate her study
Badger Herald
Annika Konrad, a University of Wisconsin graduate student in English, realized at a support group meeting that those who are visually impaired struggle with communication.
Republicans slam Blank for ‘bringing Washington politics to Madison’
Badger Herald
The co-chairs of the state Legislature’s budget committee slammed University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank Wednesday for “bringing Washington politics to Madison.”
Budget proposal includes plan to opt out of health coverage
WISC-TV 3
Gov. Scott Walker is proposing that state employees be offered $2,000 a year to opt out of state health insurance coverage.
Frigid Northeast linked to warming Arctic, Rutgers climate scientist asserts
Lehigh Valley Live/The Express-Times
Scientists at Rutgers and Wisconsin universities are linking climate change and extreme weather, such as this winter’s persistent cold snaps gripping the Lehigh Valley and beyond.
Gov. Walker, eyeing a 2016 bid, picks new fight in Wisconsin: Universities
Washington Post
Gov. Scott Walker has cited his experience battling unions here four years ago as proof that voters appreciate a political leader willing to “go big and go bold.” So as he woos supporters around the country for a possible presidential bid, Walker (R) is once again picking a fight against a powerful institution at home — public universities.
UW-Madison graduate students updated on proposed budget cuts effects
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Darrell Bazzell talked to graduate students Tuesday about Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget cuts to the UW System.
UW receives federal grant to study e-cigarette use
Badger Herald
A University of Wisconsin research center has received a $3.7 million federal grant to study e-cigarette use patterns and health-related issues, as e-cigarette popularity continues surging but their health effects remain largely unknown.
UW researchers discover more effective method to obtain geothermal energy
Badger Herald
A team of geoscience researchers from the University of Wisconsin are in the process of discovering more effective methods of obtaining geothermal energy, renewable energy from the heat generated by the earth’s interior.
Walker wants treasurer to be on UW board
WISC-TV 3
Gov. Scott Walker wants the treasurer of his new political committee to serve on the board that oversees the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics even though Democrats say the appointment is inappropriate.
Funding for Rec Sports Master Plan comes under question
Daily Cardinal
Rec Sports’ 2015-’16 budget presentation Monday raised questions about possible complications in the organization’s projected plans for updating and replacing recreational sporting facilities on the UW-Madison campus.
UW must address research funding crisis
Badger Herald
Like many of my fellow Badgers, I am constantly impressed by the incredible production of academic research that is undertaken and led by some of the greatest minds in the country at University of Wisconsin. Ranked fourth nationally in 2013 for annual research expenditures, UW places an emphasis on the importance of discovery and furthering the Wisconsin Idea.
UW holds forum to begin conversation on biomedical crisis
Badger Herald
After a paper found that biomedical research is “an unsustainable, hyper competitive system,” the University of Wisconsin began a campus-wide conversation Monday launched by Chancellor Rebecca Blank.
UW would be able to keep research secret under Walker’s proposed budget
Badger Herald
A provision in Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget would allow the University of Wisconsin System to keep the details of its research secret.
UW faculty, students gather on Valentine’s Day to protest UW System cuts
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin students and faculty carried more than boxes of chocolates and roses this Valentine’s Day as hundreds gathered with signs of protest at Library Mall to speak out against the state’s proposed budget cuts to the UW System.
Minnesota, Wisconsin reciprocity hangs in the balance with proposed budget
Badger Herald
Gov. Scott Walker’s University of Wisconsin System budget proposal could give the UW more autonomy over a number of systems which are currently run by the state, including the Minnesota reciprocity system, which provides residents of Minnesota near in-state tuition rates at UW schools and vice versa.
Measles outbreak could cause state of emergency if it reaches Madison
Badger Herald
In the wake of a national measles outbreak, Madison public health officials are concerned about the health of students and residents who are not immunized.
Explained: What happens next with Walker’s proposed budget?
Badger Herald
Gov. Scott Walker’s state budget proposal — announced late January — is set to go into review by the Joint Committee on Finance in the coming weeks, a body with a large Republican majority and considerable legislative authority.
Protesters decry Walker budget cuts at UW-Madison rally
Several hundred University of Wisconsin-Madison students, faculty and staffers braved subzero temperatures to protest Gov. Scott Walkers proposal to cut $300 million over the next two years from the UW system.
The changing face of the legal profession
Even as falling law school enrollment leads to a merger, among Middle Eastern and South Asian Americans there is growing engagement with the field.
Cuts to UW System could seriously hurt state’s economic growth
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Wisconsin is in a fight to create good-paying jobs for the 21st century economy. Wisconsin’s trend of declining household incomes only will be offset if we can generate new, good-paying jobs and stop the exodus of college graduates to other states. The recent proposal to cut $300 million from the University of Wisconsin System’s budget, in the absence of a concrete plan to ensure that our standards of excellence remain intact, will strike a blow to a key source of potential economic growth and undercut a major opportunity to translate the system’s scientific research into new, high-growth companies and jobs.
Scott Walker’s risky college experiment
Bloomberg
It’s hard to believe that Governor Scott Walker’s proposal to cut $300 million from the University of Wisconsin’s budget over the next two years would allow the school to maintain its quality.
Here’s a Wisconsin Idea: Don’t make me take classes I don’t need
Watchdog.org
Perhaps saving students money by cutting courses the undergrad doesn’t want or need doesn’t fall in line with the “Wisconsin Idea” the state’s higher ed establishment has been so breathlessly defending in recent weeks.
Walker said he is open to extending tuition cap for UW past 2017
Badger Herald
Gov. Scott Walker said he would be open to extending his proposed tuition freeze for the University of Wisconsin System Thursday.
UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank discusses layoffs, sick leave at forums
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Between a late-night meeting with third-shift employees and daytime forums with faculty, staff and students, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank this week has been fielding questions ranging from how soon potential layoffs could happen to whether sick leave could be threatened under Gov. Scott Walkers proposed budget.
UW South Madison Partnership opens
WKOW-TV 27
The UW South Madison Partnership is open for business.
Walker suspends merit raises to deal with budget gap
NBC-15
Gov. Scott Walkers administration has suspended merit raises and retention pay increases to help deal with a $283 million budget gap that must be plugged by the end of June.
Sweet scientists ask for help naming new Babcock ice cream flavor
WISC-TV 3
The “sweet scientists from CBS’ “The Amazing Race” are back, and this time they’re asking for help from their fans and supporters.
UW’s TA union: Strike ‘not off table’ over Walker budget cuts
WISC-TV 3
Leaders from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s teaching assistance union said there is a possibility they would walk off the job in response to Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut the UW System’s budget by $300 million.