The writer opposes “maternal deprivation experiments” by Ned Kalin, professor of psychiatry.
Julia Orr: Feds should not fund grotesque monkey experiments
Capital Times
Author: Kelly Tyrrell
Health Sense: Should Wisconsin spend more on public health?
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Susan Zahner, associate professor of nursing; Patrick Remington, associate dean for public health (SMPH).
Dairy operations paying top dollar for land in Dane County
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Arlin Brannstrom, farm management specialist for the Center for Dairy Profitability (not in experts list)
Badgers men’s hockey: A final analysis of potential NHL draftees
Wisconsin State Journal
Red Line Report discusses five future Badgers (2014-15) and two projected to be drafted in 2015.
Ask the Weather Guys: Did weather play a role in D-Day?
Wisconsin State Journal
While riding to the Capitol on his inauguration day in 1961, President John F. Kennedy asked President Eisenhower why the Normandy invasion had been so successful. Eisenhower answered, ?Because we had better meteorologists than the Germans.? Quoted: Steve Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professrs of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Badgers football: Summer workouts begin Monday
Wisconsin State Journal
In year two in the program, some things don’t need to be spelled out — like striving to be in better shape than the opposing team every Saturday. This is a much different team than the senior-dominated squad of a year ago. UW had 16 seniors and 25 juniors on its spring roster.
UW-Madison dairy expertise going to China
madison.com
A $1.7 million, three-year agreement means UW-Madison professors and dairy management experts will head to the northeast province of Heilongjiang to design and help deliver a series of courses including milk quality, milking management, reproductive management, feeding and feed delivery, animal health, biosecurity and overall farm management skills for a $400 million dairy training center in China, established by Nestle. Quoted: Pamela Ruegg, professor of dairy science.
Mosquito season off to an annoying start
WISC-TV 3
Mosquito season is off to an annoying start in northern Wisconsin, where the problem has been so bad that one canoeing company has been turning away customers rather than sending them out on a bug-infested river.
Doctors, faith-based groups voice support for EPA’s proposed carbon emission standards
Capital Times
Quoted: Claire Gervais, clinical associate professor of family medicine in the School of Medicine and Public Health.
?Physicians don?t often take the time to weigh in on this sort of thing,? Gervais said. ?But there is concern for the future.? She described the carbon standards as a ?big step forward.?
New DNA technique solves Cottage Grove boy’s medical mystery
Wisconsin State Journal
The tale of how doctors solved Josh Osborn’s medical mystery appeared this week in the New England Journal of Medicine and The New York Times, generating enthusiasm for the new technique, called unbiased next-generation sequencing. It could lead to quicker diagnoses in other life-threatening situations, doctors say. Quoted: James Gern, professor of pediatrics and medicine.
UPDATE UW regents OK 2014-15 budget
NBC-15
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents has approved a budget for this coming school year that freezes tuition but raises fees and room-and-board costs.
International flair, summer fun is all part of Bach Dancing
77 Square
The Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society is a three-week concert series that presents chamber music from around the world ? but always with a clever twist. Co-founder Stephanie Jutt is professor of flute in the School of Music; other performers include piano professor Christopher Taylor.
Just Read It | Christine DeSmet
77 Square
Recommendations of “cozy mysteries” by mystery writer Christine DeSmet, faculty associate in Continuing Studies. She?s the director of the annual Write-by-the-Lake Writer?s Workshop & Retreat (and recent Academic Staff Excellence Award winner).
UW research examines dating, prescription drug mix
WKOW-TV 27
With bold, newspaper ads topped by the question, “Are you DATING?,” UW-Madison researchers are recruiting study subjects to delve into the daily lives of young couples, and the potential impact of prescription drug use, and misuse, on their happiness.
Klausmeier, Herbert John
Madison.com
Herbert John Klausmeier, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, of Farmington Hills, Mich., formerly San Diego, Calif. and Madison, died on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at the age of 98.
Investigation: Fired UWPD officer took thousands of inappropriate photos, videos
WISC-TV 3
Records from an investigation reveal a University of Wisconsin police captain was fired for taking thousands of inappropriate photos and videos.
Madison man writes book detailing life of basketball star parents
WKOW TV
Brian Borland’s father, Glenn Borland Jr., played for the Wisconsin Badgers; his mother, Carolyn Nicholson, changed the face of girls basketball in Iowa. Borland says Wisconsin Men’s Basketball Head Coach Bo Ryan read the book in one sitting, saying he couldn’t put it down.
UW students get $90,000 to expand Styrofoam recycling program
WKOW-TV 27
A group of UW-Madison students are working to expand a Styrofoam recycling program in Madison.
UW-Superior cuts grad programs as deficit looms
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Superior is cutting nearly half of its graduate programs as it deals with a looming deficit.
UW-Whitewater professor sues student over postings
WISC-TV 3
A University of Wisconsin-Whitewater professor has filed a lawsuit accusing her former graduate student of posting defamatory comments about her online.
UW offers funding plan for high school students
WISC-TV 3
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is proposing a one-year plan to cover tuition costs of high school students who take UW classes offered in their schools for college credit.
Judge to allow evidence in UW recruit sexual assault case
WISC-TV 3
A Dane County judge denied a motion to suppress evidence from sexual assault exam in a sexual assault case against a University of Wisconsin football recruit.
High-definition cellphone service coming to Wisconsin
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: Barry Orton, professor of telecommunications and professional development and applied studies.
Overachiever Jared Abbrederis gets NFL shot
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
After a devastating ACL injury in high school, Jared Abbrederis beat the odds, became the greatest player in Wautoma history, a standout at the University of Wisconsin and a fifth-round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers.
UW doctor splits time researching breast cancer, treating patients
WISC-TV 3
We all know cancer is a hard diagnosis to hear but telling someone is also damaging.
EPA water task force to work with UW, other universities
WISC-TV 3
A task force established by the Environmental Protection Agency to curtail farmland pollution that flows into the Mississippi River has reached an agreement with 12 universities, including UW-Madison.
Cory Jennerjohn: Spurs continue to “Badger” their way through NBA playoffs
Wisconsin State Journal
Nationally, the rallying cry for both of these teams is that they are boring and old-fashioned. Neither team has a flashy, flamboyant star that grabs the attention of highlight shows. But all they seem to do is win.
Cellectar files for supplementary stock offering
Wisconsin State Journal
Cited: Jamey Weichert, associate professor of radiology.
Congratulations to all of our area’s college graduates — Karen Natoli
Wisconsin State Journal
The author congratulates UW-Madison graduates and enjoyed coverage of commencement, but “as a faculty member at Madison College, it was frustrating to see the approximately 1,900 Madison College graduates ignored by the media.”
Warrant: UW student posed as woman on Craigslist to extort sex
Wisconsin State Journal
A UW-Madison student was arrested earlier this month after he allegedly posed as a woman seeking another woman for a relationship, then threatened to expose intimate details about a female student on the Internet unless she performed a sex act on him, according to search warrants.
Murry J. Cohen, MD: UW’s monkey maternal deprivation studies are a farce
Capital Times
The author, a Virginia psychiatrist and member of Alliance for Animals, argues that “UW needs to at once ? and forever ? eliminate maternal deprivation from its research activities.”
National reputation grows for Paoli furniture designer Richard Judd
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Tom Loeser, chair of the art department.
UW-Madison grad named Alice in Dairyland
WISC-TV 3
University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate who sacrificed attending her graduation to be at the competition was named Alice in Dairyland 2014, according to a release.
Byrne is off and running at Wisconsin
WKOW TV
Thursday the Wisconsin men’s and women’s track and field teams headed to Purdue University for the Big Ten Championships. The Badgers will be led by first year program director Mick Byrne. Byrne inherited the men’s program from legendary Wisconsin coach Ed Nuttycombe who announced his retirement in June 2013.
Pair of Wisconsin natives earn Big Ten postgraduate scholarships
WKOW TV
Wisconsin men?s cross country and track and field runner Michael Brice and women?s hockey goaltender Ilana Friedman will receive Big Ten Conference Postgraduate Scholarships of $7,500 each. Both will attend law school this fall.
Grand opening of UW’s Veteran Services and Military Assistance Center
WKOW TV
The center consists of business offices and specially designed spaces for use by federal and state officials, employers, and other agencies to assist student veterans, active duty students and more. Campus officials say there are around 600 prior-service veterans and current military members enrolled during a typical semester.
Jim Dine art exhibit arrives at Chazen Museum of Art
WKOW-TV 27
A brand new sculpture is now on permanent display in downtown Madison.
Wagging tails break the stress of UW’s finals week
WISC-TV 3
More than 43,000 students on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus are all feeling the stress and pressure of finals week. You can visually see that stress manifesting on the faces of students as they study in buildings throughout campus.
19-year-old allegedly sexually assaulted woman in dorm room
WISC-TV 3
A 19-year-old University of Wisconsin student has been arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in her dorm room, police said.
New UW communications leader was fired in Arkansas
WISC-TV 3
A newly hired top-level communications director for the University of Wisconsin System was fired last year as University of Arkansas spokesman following a disagreement with that schools president over an open records request filed by a newspaper.
Wisconsin Public Radio cancels Chazen Concert Series
WKOW-TV 27
Wisconsin Public Radios listeners heard a long-running tradition for the last time today.
Competition-sized pool funding added to Rec Sports Master Plan
Daily Cardinal
The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Tuesday students will receive a new competition swimming pool as part of the Recreational Sports Master Plan.
ASM appeals chancellor?s union budget decision to Board of Regents
Daily Cardinal
The Associated Students of Madison approved an appeal Wednesday directed at the Board of Regents, regarding Chancellor Rebecca Blank?s decision to overturn the budget-freeze from earlier in the semester.
National reports says climate impacts on Wisconsin to increase in coming years
Badger Herald
The average Wisconsin temperatures could rise anywhere from three to nine degrees by mid-century, a new White House National Climate Assessment report said this week.
Three finalists for Multicultural Student Center Director position to visit campus
Badger Herald
Three finalists for the assistant dean of students and director of the Multicultural Student Center post will visit the University of Wisconsin next week to meet the campus community.
Legislative budget committee approves UW System financial reporting
Badger Herald
In an effort to improve financial transparency and management, the Legislature?s Joint Finance Committee unanimously approved the University of Wisconsin System?s proposed financial reporting policy.
First Wave seniors reflect on unique and empowering college experience
Badger Herald
For University of Wisconsin seniors Jonathan Williams, Yolanda Pruitt and James Gavins, the First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Learning Community has provided opportunities beyond what any of them could have imagined before college.
From poverty to college, 30 graduate from UWs Odyssey Project
NBC-15
Graduation season is officially upon us. Wednesday night, students who are part of a special program at UW-Madison celebrated their achievements with teachers, family and friends.
Competition-sized pool funding added to Rec Sports Master Plan
Daily Cardinal
The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Tuesday students will receive a new competition swimming pool as part of the Recreational Sports Master Plan.
UW-Madison to build new competition pool
WKOW-TV 27
UW-Madison announced Tuesday it plans to build a $26 million competition swimming pool as part of the renovation of the Southeast Recreational Facility SERF on campus.
Former L&S Dean Gary Sandefur to depart UW after 30 years on campus
Badger Herald
Former College of Letters & Science Dean Gary Sandefur announced Monday he will leave the University of Wisconsin in June and return to his home state of Oklahoma after 30 years of service on campus.
Emails show UW System regents’ concerns over hiring of former top Walker staffer
Badger Herald
Members of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents were uneasy about the hiring of a top ally to Gov. Scott Walker for a high ranking communications job, emails obtained by the Associated Press show.
Faculty Senate votes to approve framework for new campus-wide diversity plan
Badger Herald
The Faculty Senate wrapped up the 2013-2014 school year Monday afternoon, voting to approve the creation of two different positions in the graduate school administrative offices as well as the framework of the new campus-wide Diversity Plan.
AP Source: Big Ten tournament coming to DC in 2017
WKOW-TV 27
A person familiar with the plans says the Big Ten Conference will announce Tuesday that its basketball tournament is going to be held at Washington?s Verizon Center in 2017.
UW Athletics joins “You Can Play” project supporting athletes of all sexual orientations
WKOW-TV 27
The University of Wisconsin has joined “You Can Play”, a project dedicated to ensuring equality, respect and safety for all athletes, without regard to sexual orientation.
UW-Madison cuts ribbon on Johnson Controls Advanced Systems Test
WKOW-TV 27
A ribbon cutting Monday for a one-of-a-kind lab on the UW campus.
Emails show UW regents concerns over hiring Walker ally
WISC-TV 3
Emails obtained by The Associated Press show that the University of Wisconsin Systems decision to hire a close confidant of Gov. Scott Walker raised concerns among at least two members of the Board of Regents.
UW-Madison Police investigating sexual assaults reported at frat house
NBC-15
UW-Madison Police say a woman tells officers she was sexually assaulted twice, off-campus at a fraternity house.
Stem cells allow new way to create muscle cells
Daily Cardinal
Stem cells were first discovered at the University of Toronto in the 1960s and have since become one of the most promising fields in biological research. Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that have the ability to differentiate into a variety of specialized cells under the right conditions.
Wisconsin politicians, administrators, students look for solutions to student loan debt
Daily Cardinal
As both graduation day and Election Day rapidly approach, Democrats and Republicans alike have turned their attention to a national trend toward increasing student loan debt.