The Hoofer Sailing Club is celebrating 75 years this weekend. The group, which meets down at U.W. Madison?s Memorial Union, has been around since 1939.
Hoofer Sailing Club Celebrates 75 years
WKOW-TV 27
Author: Kelly Tyrrell
Blackshades the possible hidden risk on your computer
NBC-15
Blackshades, we?re not talking about sunglasses. In fact, the total opposite. Its a type of malware that has made national headlines, and is making some people think twice about what they do in front of their computer.
UW Police call disaster drill a success
WKOW-TV 27
UW- Madison police officials call last weeks disaster drill at Camp Randall Stadium a big success.
UW band to miss football teams Texas kickoff
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin Badgers first football game of the season will be a very big stage in front of a nationally televised audience against SEC powerhouse Louisiana State University. But while the football team and the Badgers nation of fans will be there, the band will not.
UW ranked 25th-best university in world
WISC-TV 3
The Center for World University Rankings has ranked the University of Wisconsin as the 25th-best university in the world.
Scientists test methods to pollinate cranberries
WKOW-TV 27
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are researching alternative methods by which growers can pollinate cranberries.
UW holds simulated terrorist attack training exercise
WISC-TV 3
The concourse of Cam Randall will be a much different scene than fans are used to seeing Thursday as emergency crews simulate a terrorist attack.
New invasive species, crazy worm, found in UW Arboretum
WISC-TV 3
Wisconsin?s newest invasive species, the Asian crazy worm, has been found for the first time on the University of Wisconsin campus, according to a release.
UW researchers closer to turning stem cells to blood
WISC-TV 3
A group led by a University of Wisconsin researcher has made a discovery that could lead to making human blood out of stem cells.
“Fake bombing” scheduled for next week at Camp Randall
NBC-15
A week from today, more than 400 people will be responding to a planned fake bombing at Camp Randall Stadium. The event, “Operation Wisconsin Dawn,” will be the largest and most sophisticated emergency response exercise in Wisconsins history.
Vince O?Hern sells Isthmus
NBC-15
Veteran publisher Vince O?Hern has sold Isthmus Publishing Co. to Jeff Haupt, Craig Bartlett and Mark Tauscher. O?Hern and his wife, associate publisher, Linda Baldwin, will retire from the media company.
UWPD to launch resource for students dealing with sexual assault
WISC-TV 3
Sexual assaults are going unreported on college campuses across the country, and a new study shows not enough students are educated about the seriousness of the incidents.
Is Jump Around the best college tradition?
WISC-TV 3
SiriusXM is hosting the 2nd annual College Sports Nation Tradition Tournament, and the University of Wisconsin?s Jump Around is up against Ohio State in the championship.
Emergency room doctors experience the other side of medical emergencies
WKOW-TV 27
They both save lives, but do so in very different ways. From the moment an accident happens, firefighters and emergency responders are on scene helping victims in the field. Meanwhile, emergency room physicians are waiting at the hospital for patients to arrive.
CUNA Mutual gives $1.2M to Madison School District, UW program for new teachers
Wisconsin State Journal
CUNA Mutual Group has promised more than $1 million to a new program aimed at training and keeping new teachers developed by the Madison School District and the UW-Madison School of Education. When the Madison School Board approved the partnership in March, the university?s School of Education said it would commit $452,000 worth of faculty and staff time and program materials, while the district would commit $498,000 worth of district staff time for the project.
UW-Madison names new Secretary of the Faculty
madison.com
UW-Madison named Steven Smith as the new Secretary of the Faculty Friday. Smith previously served as the associate director of the Global Studies program, and will take over his new position beginning July 7.
Early childhood stresses can have lifelong impact, UW study shows
Capital Times
Dipesh Navsaria, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, said that in order to address the achievement gap, the focus must be on the first 1,000 days of a child’s life. Research shows that significant development occurs in the brain during the first three years of a child’s life, and being read to daily can build and stimulate a base for cognitive and emotional development.
Badgers hockey: Blake Geoffrion’s charity game a smash hit
Wisconsin State Journal
UW athletic officials said approximately $40,000 was raised with proceeds from the inaugural event earmarked for the UW Burn Center, one of 45 in the nation verified by the American Burn Association and the American College of Surgeons. Also on Geoffrion?s list was setting the event on course to becoming an annual deal. Time will tell, but first impressions were excellent.
Badgers football: Gary Andersen has an expanded recruiting plan
Wisconsin State Journal
In an attempt to fortify recruiting efforts in the Midwest, University of Wisconsin football coach Gary Andersen is looking to work multiple summer camps at sites outside Madison starting in 2015. Andersen would prefer to have prospects participate in his instructional camps at Camp Randall, but that?s not always feasible. As such he?s looking to hook up with a small college or two that will put him and his assistants in front of potential recruits in Minnesota and, perhaps, Illinois.
Interviews add up for UW math prof over ‘How Not to Be Wrong’
Capital Times
A concise Wall Street Journal overview of Jordan Ellenberg’s book “How Not to Be Wrong”: “Mr. Ellenberg’s key point: Mathematics is not some strange language used by a few single-minded experts. Rather, it is a powerful extension of our common sense, one that anyone can employ to tackle real-life problems.”
Badgers men’s hockey: Three prospects chosen in NHL draft
Wisconsin State Journal
Defenseman Jack Dougherty, an incoming freshman by way of the U.S. National Team Developmental Program, was taken in the second round (No. 51 overall) by Nashville. Defenseman Matt Berkovitz, who played at Ashwaubenon High School last season and is projected to enroll at UW in 2015-16, was tabbed by Anaheim in the fifth round (123rd overall). Center Matt Ustaski, an incoming freshman who played last season with Langley of the British Columbia Hockey League, was selected by Winnipeg in the seventh round (192nd overall).
Big Ten: Ex-UW assistant coach Donny Pritzlaff and Rutgers eager to make mark on mat
Wisconsin State Journal
Pritzlaff is still well known in Madison as a standout wrestler who was an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin. Ever since he left Michigan in May, after three years as an assistant coach there, for his job at Rutgers, he has been peppered with questions about the ultracompetitive wrestling in the Big Ten.
Chris Rickert: No adapting to degraded Dane County lake quality
Wisconsin State Journal
Emily Stanley, a UW-Madison limnologist and zoologist, acknowledged that it can feel like we?re merely treading water in the Yahara chain of lakes, not making the water clean enough to tread in the first place. She said it could take from three to 10 years to start seeing results from the county?s renewed push for lake health. But the alternative is far worse.
John R. Thurston: Harry Harlow a gifted researcher, understood need to verify findings
Capital Times
The writer, professor emeritus at UW-Eau Claire and a protege of the late UW primate researcher Harry Harlow, defends Harlow’s research techniques.
Ask the Weather Guys: There’s no safe place outdoors when lightning strikes
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Steve Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Badger hockey great Blake Geoffrion hosts scrimmage to raise money for UW Health Burn Unit
WKOW TV
All the proceeds from the game will be given to the UW Health Burn Center. Blake told 27 News he got to know Dr. Lee Faucher during his time in at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Faucher suggested a game to help out the burn center and Blake said he wanted to make it happen.
Cosmic dust may get in way of new evidence of “Big Bang”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In March, BICEP2, a collaboration of physicists, announced that it had found evidence of primordial gravitational waves, ripples in space and time that are considered a “smoking gun” for a period of inflation in the early universe. Quoted: Daniel Chung, associate professor of physics (not in Experts Guide) and Peter Timbie, professor of physics (in Experts Guide).
Former UW football recruit found guilty of sex assault
Channel3000.com
A former University of Wisconsin football recruit was found guilty of third-degree sexual assault Wednesday. Dominic Cizauskas, a former Mukwonago High School football star, was on his official recruiting visit to the Madison campus on Dec. 13-15 when the assault occurred.
UW football player disciplined for giving alcohol to potential recruit
Channel3000.com
The violation of UW-Madison’s recruiting policies came out when sophomore linebacker Leon Jacobs testified in the sexual assault trial of former recruit Dominic D. Cizauskas. Jacobs told jurors his job as the student host of Cizauskas was to “show him a good time.”
UW men’s basketball seventh nationally in home attendance for 14th straight year
WKOW TV
Finishing second in the Big Ten for average attendance last season, UW trailed only Indiana (17,359) who claimed the top spot. The Badgers have now ranked first or second in the league in home attendance for 12 straight seasons. UW has finished first in the conference in the category nine of the last 12 season.
UW-Madison receives $25 million to start new engineering research
WKOW-TV 27
Many experts believe the once thriving manufacturing industry is starting to make a comeback in America. The state of Wisconsin is well known as a leader in manufacturing largely due to the successful College of Engineering on the UW-Madison campus. University officials are hoping that the biggest donation ever to the college will take that notoriety to the next level.
Foundation donates $25 million to UW School of Engineering
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Madison?s School of Engineering received its biggest donation in history Monday.
Anneliese Emerson: Don’t fall for UW’s indoctrination on
Capital Times
The writer believes that “Madison media remain silent while the public is indoctrinated by UW with deceptive promises of breakthroughs for human diseases and false claims that medical progress requires using animals.”
Badgers football: Prep linebacker Nick Thomas says he will play at UW
Wisconsin State Journal
After taking an unofficial visit to the University of Wisconsin on Wednesday, Thomas committed to the Badgers on Thursday. Thomas, 6-foot-2, 215 pounds, started at middle linebacker at Bradenton (IMG Academy) as a junior. He plans to enroll at UW in January 2015.
Which World Cup nation doesn’t have a student at UW-Madison?
Capital Times
The answer: Ivory Coast. The other 31 countries in the tournament had at least one student at UW in the spring semester that wrapped up last month. That includes undergraduates as well as graduate, professional and special students.
Wisconsin football recruiting: A guide to Badgers camp visitors, part 1
Buckys5thquarter.com (via madison.com)
Camps will be held Friday and Sunday, and some sources say the Badgers will get to at least 10 commitments by Monday. Below are the committed and unoffered recruits that are expected to visit Madison this weekend. We’ll break down the offered prospects the Badgers have been chasing and their chances at landing them.
Judge rules that Ho-Chunk’s Madison casino must remove video poker games
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Richard Monette, law professor and director of the Great Lakes Indian Law Center.
UW offering World Cup native language TV broadcasts
Capital Times
The Letters & Science Department of Learning Support Services (LSS) has organized a series of matches in Van Hise Hall. In the opening match between host country Brazil and Croatia, one room carried a broadcast with Portuguese language commentary from Brazilian commentators while next door fans watched the match with Croatian audio commentary.
UW-Madison’s Sara Goldrick-Rab says Obama student loan remedy skirts affordability issue
Capital Times
According to UW-Madison education professor Sara Goldrick-Rab, President Barack Obama?s prescription for student loan debt avoids the real issue confronting higher education: College ? not loan ? affordability. She urged Obama and Warren to focus on driving down the price of college and introducing a debt-free pathway to a two-year college degree.
UW-Madison scientist creates new flu virus in lab
Wisconsin State Journal
Yoshihiro Kawaoka, whose bird flu research sparked international controversy and a moratorium two years ago, has created another potentially deadly flu virus in his lab at University Research Park. Kawaoka used genes from several bird flu viruses to construct a virus similar to the 1918 pandemic flu virus that killed up to 50 million people worldwide. He tweaked the new virus so it spread efficiently in ferrets, an animal model for human flu.
Compound could improve cancer detection, treatment
Wisconsin State Journal
An experimental compound being developed by a Madison company could help doctors better detect and treat many types of cancer, a new UW-Madison study says. The compound, which is thought not to accumulate in healthy cells, ?is essentially a cancer-homing agent to which we can attach many different payloads,? Dr. John Kuo, a UW-Madison brain surgeon and an author of the study, said.
New business accelerator, Madworks, takes off
Wisconsin State Journal
Eleven young companies will participate in a new, 10-week business accelerator program in Madison. Madworks at Campus was developed by the UW-Madison Law School?s Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic, with help from University Research Park and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.
The accelerator took a cue from D2P, the UW?s Discovery to Product program aimed at moving lab discoveries toward commercialization.
FDA backs off claims that wooden boards are unsanitary
Wisconsin State Journal
Cited: Center for Dairy Research.
World Cup: UW’s John Trask says the tournament will reveal the future of soccer
Wisconsin State Journal
?This is really where we kind of learn where the game is and where it?s going, whether it?s systems of play or how to utilize certain players,? said Trask, who led the Badgers to a 14-5-2 record and the second round of the NCAA tournament in 2013, his fourth season in charge of the program. ?It?s really setting up to be an interesting World Cup.?
UW-Madison seeking participants for Alzheimer’s prevention clinical trials
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The first national study to focus on prevention of memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s disease is seeking older Wisconsin residents with normal memory and thinking abilities to be part of a clinical trial through the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. The study is seeking adults ages 65 to 85.
Badger football player on witness list in sex assault trial
WKOW-TV 27
A Badger football player appears on the witness list for next weeks sexual assault trial of former Badger recruit Dominic Cizauskas.
Badgers track and field: Mohammed Ahmed starts final lap on impressive journey
Wisconsin State Journal
Years from now, when a roll call is made of the most impactful performers in UW men?s track and cross country history, Ahmed?s name will probably be read early. Ahmed is a senior who will compete in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters in the NCAA Outdoor Championships that begin today.
Don’t mess with Wisconsin cheese
Wisconsin State Journal
Cited: UW-Madison’s Center for Dairy Research.
Cut UW tuition AND student loan debt
Capital Times
A tuition freeze at a time when higher education is too costly is at best a Band-Aid, not a cure. If elected officials and UW System administrators are serious, they must address the onerous burden created by student loan debt, as President Obama and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., are attempting to do at the federal level.
Cellists move and groove to make sweeter sounds
Wisconsin State Journal
17 cellists are at UW-Madison from points across the country for the two-week National Summer Cello Institute. Their route to better cello playing involves a lot of time away from the instrument, working their bodies in a modified basic training for musicians. The institute is run by cello professor Uri Vardi.
Doug Moe: At 94, some cheers for the woman who studied field goals and slap shots
Wisconsin State Journal
In 1979, Betty Roberts supervised two undergraduate UW-Madison students who convinced hockey star Mark Johnson to participate in their study of the slap shot. Other press reports, dating back to the 1960s, credit Roberts ? today an emeritus professor of physical education at UW-Madison ? and her graduate students with research that helped launch the proliferation of ?soccer style? placekickers in American football.
Badgers men’s basketball: Matt Ferris and T.J. Schlundt join UW as walk-ons
Wisconsin State Journal
Ferris and Schlundt will be two of the three newcomers on a UW team coming off the program?s first appearance in the Final Four in 14 years. Ethan Happ, a 6-8 forward from Taylor Ridge, Ill., is the only scholarship athlete in UW?s 2014 recruiting class.
Badgers men’s hockey: Max Zimmer commits to UW for 2017
Wisconsin State Journal
Zimmer is a 5-foot-10, 165-pounder who will be a junior at Wayzata (MN) High School in the fall and turn 17 in October. He led the team in scoring last season with 30 points (10 goals, 20 assists) in 25 games. One of the top prospects in Minnesota, he said he?s looking to arrive in Madison in 2017-18.
Cheese industry rocked by FDA’s decision to stop use of wood for aging process
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Marianne Smukowski of the UW-Madison Center for Dairy Research.
Toxic algae found in Lake Mendota, UW-Madison says
Madison.com
Toxic algae blooms have shown up in Lake Mendota near UW-Madison’s Memorial Union and the Hoofers Sailing Club pier, according to the university. The university issued a warning to use caution along the shore and not swim at night when the blooms can’t be seen.
Theron Ris: Are scientists immune to monkeys’ agony?
Capital Times
The writer opposes research on depression and anxiety that involves the use of monkeys.
Dr. Murry Cohen: Monkey experiments a question of values
Capital Times
The writer, who wrote a previous column critical of the research of Ned Kalin, professor of psychiatry, responds to a column by Robert Golden, dean of the School of Medicine and Public Health, which defends the research.
Good coaching cinched another title for track and field
Wisconsin State Journal
The writer salutes track coaches Mick Byrne and (outgoing) distance coach Jim Stintzi following UW’s win at the Big Ten outdoor championships.
“Nails’ Tales” statue should be moved, destroyed – Lila Hemlin
Wisconsin State Journal
The writer agrees with Doug Moe’s Wednesday column, “Maybe sculpture was just a mistake,” about “Nails’ Tales,” the football-related sculpture on Breeze Terrace and Regent Street.
Badgers football: Two cornerbacks commit, ending recruiting dry spell in Texas
Wisconsin State Journal
Takadrae Williams, 6-foot-1, 170 pounds, and X?zavien Ausborne, 5-10, 175, high school teammates at Dallas South Oak Cliff, are both relatively new defensive backs who could wind up at cornerback. The Badgers have put an emphasis on replenishing their cornerbacks for the 2015 class.