American Family Children?s Hospital is ranked in this year?s U.S. News and World Report?s top 50 pediatric hospitals in the nation, according to a release.
American Family Children?s Hospital listed in U.S. News annual rankings
WISC-TV 3
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More than 3,000 rare maps now online, Wisconsin Historical Society says
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Madison ? Wisconsin Historical Society officials say they now have more than 3,000 digital versions of rare maps and atlases online.
WI Newspaper Association President Kent Eymann: Lawmakers wrong to attack journalism watchdog
Capital Times
Dear Editor: The Wisconsin Newspaper Association strongly supports the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism?s work with the University of Wisconsin-Madison to provide essential experience for student journalists and shine the light on issues of importance to our citizens.
More mosquitos expected this year
WISC-TV 3
A snowy winter and a rainy spring in Wisconsin have helped breed more mosquitoes.
Photos: Memorial Union area under construction
Portions of Memorial Union and the Library Mall area are still under construction. Check Mike DeVries? photos from the area.
UW System regents to vote on pay raise proposal
WKOW-TV 27
The UW System Board of Regents is expected to vote Friday on a proposal that could eventually lead to pay raises for all UW System employees.
UW System regents to vote on pay-raise proposal
WISC-TV 3
The regents of the University of Wisconsin System are expected to vote on a proposal that could eventually lead to pay raises for all UW System employees.
UW looks at 2 options for flexible degree program
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin System is looking at two options for working adults hoping to finish college degrees through its new Flexible Option program.
UW officials say budget cuts represent challenge
WISC-TV 3
Officials with the University of Wisconsin System say it will be a challenge for UW universities to deal with expected budget cuts, but they?re committed to figuring out a way to make things work.
Move to quash journalism center bashed
WISC-TV 3
A conservative radio talk show host and a moderate Republican state senator are both bashing a move to quash an investigative journalism center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
UW regents blame lack of financial transparency
WISC-TV 3
Several regents of the University of Wisconsin System say UW officials should have been more transparent about their financial numbers, so lawmakers wouldnt have felt blindsided by news of a cash surplus.
GOP lawmakers want to boot investigative journalism center off UW-Madison campus
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Madison — The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism would have to leave the UW-Madison campus, under a Republican motion before the Legislature?s budget committee.
UW regents to discuss impact of budget cuts
WISC-TV 3
The regents for the University of Wisconsin System will be meeting for the first time since a legislative committee voted to slash the UW budget.
Wis. journalism group stunned by budget provision
Madison.com
Silicon Valley Badgers bring expertise back to Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Journal
A group of UW-Madison alumni is trying to create a fund that would boost entrepreneurship in Wisconsin, one of the alums said Wednesday.
There is no right or left when it comes to press freedom
Capital Times
Why, yes, we do agree with Charlie Sykes, who has described the Joint Finance Committee?s absurd assault on the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism as ?petty, vindictive and dumb.?
Don’t boot center from campus
Wisconsin State Journal
The Legislature?s petty attempt to evict the Center for Investigative Journalism from the UW-Madison campus has quickly backfired.
Students in UW flexible degree program will pay a bit lower tuition than traditional students
Wisconsin State Journal
(0) CommentsStudents enrolling next fall in the University of Wisconsin?s new flexible degree programs for working adults will pay $2,250 for a three-month ?all you can learn? block of time, allowing motivated students to zip through multiple courses much faster than allowed in the traditional semester-based model.
Center for Investigative Journalism targeted in state budget
WKOW-TV 27
A provision added to the state budget would mean the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism might not be housed at the University of Wisconsin anymore.
Bail bondsmen, Lake Michigan among special-interest items in budget plan
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Madison ? After an all-night round of closed-door meetings, Republicans early Wednesday loaded up the state budget with a grab bag of new policies, including allowing bail bondsmen to operate in Wisconsin.
GOP lawmakers want to boot investigative journalism center off UW-Madison campus
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Madison — The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism would have to leave the UW-Madison campus, under a Republican motion before the Legislature?s budget committe.
Center for Investigative Journalism targeted in state budget
WISC-TV 3
The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism could no longer be housed at the University of Wisconsin under a provision added to the state budget.
Economist chosen to be next dean of UW-Madison’s largest college
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The chairman of the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been selected as the next dean of the College of Letters & Science, the flagship university?s largest academic unit.
David Blaska says ‘hidebound’ education system needs ‘a good goosing’
Capital Times
You didn?t think the controversy over school vouchers would cool down as Gov. Scott Walker works to close a deal with Republican lawmakers that would expand the program statewide, did you?
Madison stem cell company Cellular Dynamics International files for IPO
Wisconsin State Journal
Cellular Dynamics International, created by UW-Madison stem cell pioneer James Thomson in 2004, plans to sell its stock on the public market, the first Madison company to go public in si
‘Say yes to the dress’: UW grad Carrie Coon turns to local expert for Tonys outfit
Capital Times
This Sunday, the girl who wore shin guards to her first theater audition swaps her cleats and uniform for gold heels and a vintage gown on the Radio City red carpet.
Kurt R. Hendrickson: Dr. Zdeblick should be admired, not criticized, for his success
Wisconsin State Journal
I take exception to the criticism of Dr. Thomas Zdeblick. He has invented devices and improved procedures related to spine surgery. People who are successful in America should be admired.
Allen Ruff and Steve Horn: The end of ‘open records’ at UW?
Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has requested that the state Legislature grant it an exemption to Wisconsin?s long-standing open records law. The proposed legislation, if passed, would directly limit public access to university records and sources of information and diminish independent scrutiny at a time of increasing privatization and corporate influence over the state?s flagship university.
Center for Investigative Journalism targeted
Madison.com
The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism could no longer be housed at the University of Wisconsin under a provision added to the state budget.
Madison stem cell company Cellular Dynamics International files for IPO
Wisconsin State Journal
Cellular Dynamics International, created by UW-Madison stem cell pioneer James Thomson in 2004, plans to sell its stock on the public market, the first Madison company to go public in six years.
UW researchers find another way to ease arthritis knee pain
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers treating pain have found a way to sweeten up therapy by injecting sugar water into the knees of arthritis sufferers.
Madison police aim to curb ‘misconceptions’ about college life among new freshmen
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Daily Cardinal reports that the Madison Police Department will increase its patrol numbers during the first five weeks of the school year this fall to curb unruly behavior and address “misconceptions” about college life held by incoming freshmen at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Eric A. Johnson: Health threat of raw milk should be focus, not retail legislation
Wisconsin State Journal
It is surprising the debate on the sale of raw milk has centered on retail legislation when the real threat is transmission of disease.
Rick Sanson: Being able to walk again trumps how the surgeon is paid
Wisconsin State Journal
I have been following the case of the lawsuit and investigation against pioneering spinal surgeon Dr. Thomas Zdeblick of UW-Madison for the past year. It boggles my mind why anyone would pursue this.In 2008, my daughter shattered her fifth cervical vertebrae in an auto accident. She was given a 5 percent chance to walk again.
A big week for entrepreneurs
Wisconsin State Journal
Wisconsin has a low ?business birthrate.?Fewer people than in most states ? about 180 out of every 100,000 adults ? started businesses in Wisconsin last year, according to a recent Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity.
Wisconsin needs to pursue alternatives to coal, study finds
Capital Times
A new study from the UW-Madison?s Wisconsin Energy Institute calls for the state to take a new approach to energy policy as costs continue to climb and alternatives aren?t being pursued fast enough to replace the state?s dependence on coal.
UW-Madison drops lawsuit against Adidas
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has dropped its lawsuit against Adidas over alleged missed severance payments to factory workers in Indonesia.
Andy North hosts benefit for UW Carbone Cancer Center
WISC-TV 3
The fifth annual Andy North and Friends took place in Wisconsin Dells Sunday and Monday, raising $910,000 for the UW Carbone Cancer Center.
WISC Editorial Agenda 2013 – “Our” State Budget
WISC-TV 3
Our editorial agenda for the year consists of individual issues we named Our Climate, Our Schools, Our Government and Our Region, to emphasize the importance of some semblance of shared goals. It seems to us we can disagree on a lot of things but still have some sense of a common good. We?re having a hard time finding that in the proposed state budget currently being discussed by the state legislature?s Joint Finance Committee.
Assembly bill would prohibit research using fetal cells
WKOW-TV 27
bill aimed at outlawing the use of fetal body parts in research and experiments is causing a lot of concern within Wisconsins bio-tech industry.
Big Ten expected to add Pinstripe to bowl lineup
WISC-TV 3
The Big Ten is expected to announce an agreement on Monday with the Pinstripe Bowl played annually in Yankee Stadium in New York, according to reports Sunday.
Without aid, Wisconsin colleges hard to afford
WKOW-TV 27
As tuition rates increase, its becoming more unaffordable for some students to pay for their education.
UW-Madison HR plan meets legislative roadblock, leaving immediate future in doubt
Wisconsin State Journal
A sweeping plan to grant UW-Madison more flexibility in how it classifies, recruits, pays and evaluates its 20,000 employees has run into a legislative roadblock just a month before its planned July rollout, leaving administrators and union chiefs with the same question ? now what? ? but different reactions.
Paul Fanlund: Are the best days at Camp Randall in the past?
Capital Times
When one writes about watching the Badgers play football at Camp Randall Stadium, there are two immediate perils.One is to veer into codger land, a way-back place where the bratwurst tasted better and when the ?Portage Plumber? ? a fellow in red-striped bib overalls who clownishly paraded around the mostly empty stadium ? was regarded as cool.
Skills gap in Wisconsin? This study can’t find one
Capital Times
Sit in at any economic development conference in Wisconsin these days and you?re bound to hear talk about the ?skills gap.?
UW education dean warns school boards that ALEC seeks to wipe them out
Capital Times
ALEC is still at it, Julie Underwood, dean of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, cautions in ?School Boards Beware,? a commentary in the May issue of Wisconsin School News.
Bill: Veterans could get priority school registration
WISC-TV 3
Military veterans would be given priority over other students when registering for classes at all University of Wisconsin campuses as well as the states technical colleges under a bill making its way through the Legislature.
UW scientists reprogram cells to study Down syndrome
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Researchers at University of Wisconsin-Madison have reprogrammed cells from people with Down syndrome and used them to seek greater understanding of what goes wrong in the disorder.
Great carp caper: Koi missing from UW pond
Madison.com
Cops are carping about koi gone missing on the UW-Madison campus.
Something fishy going on at UW-Madison
Madison.com
Police at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, are investigating something fishy.Authorities say that sometime between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, someone made off with eight large koi fish from the campus garden pond. Only two of the pond?s koi fish remain.
Veterans would get priority in registering for UW, tech college classes under new bill
Wisconsin State Journal
A bill that would give military veterans priority registration for classes at Wisconsin universities and technical colleges will get a vote at a state Assembly committee meeting Wednesday morning.
UW-Madison Police search for missing koi
NBC-15
UW-Madison Police are searching for eight missing koi that appear to have been stolen from the Botany Gardens.
On Campus: Student loan rate battle headed for a summer showdown in Washington
Wisconsin State Journal
If Congress does nothing, a task it has proved capable of, interest rates for federal student loans would double for next year?s freshmen, from the current 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. A deadline of July 1 looms before the rate hike, leaving politicians of both strains agreeing something needs to be done before then.
Barry Alvarez says he hopes service groups will keep selling concessions at UW games
Capital Times
The nonprofit groups that sell food and drinks at University of Wisconsin sports events at Camp Randall Stadium and the Kohl Center are in limbo with the contract for concessions management out for bid.
How meditation can make the world a better place
Capital Times
Helen Weng, like thousands of other Madison residents, is reaching the end of that long crawl toward a Ph.D. Unlike many of the University of Wisconsin?s underpaid grad students, Weng already has had a taste of the limelight that is usually reserved for full-fledged professors.
UW-Madison seeks limits on open records regarding research
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Madison ? The University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking to limit the state?s open records law ? potentially through language slipped into the state budget ? to keep some research information from the public until it is published or patented.
In bipartisan vote, lawmakers recommend UW System tuition freeze
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Madison ? The Legislature?s budget committee in a bipartisan vote Thursday froze tuition and tax dollars for the University of Wisconsin System over the next two years and delayed new flexibilities promised in the last state budget, leaving public universities to fund several new initiatives from recently discovered cash reserves that triggered a firestorm at the Capitol.
Mystery book store to reopen with new name, location, approach, new owner says
Wisconsin State Journal
The Madison bookstore formerly known as Booked for Murder is reopening June 15 as Mystery to Me, under a new owner who plans to make plenty of changes.?A lot of people think I?m just changing the name,? said Joanne Berg, who?s retiring soon after a long career in admissions at UW-Madison.
Severe congestion expected on inbound Campus Drive starting Tuesday
Madison.com
Motorists using the main thoroughfare into the UW-Madison campus and Downtown from the west might want to consider other routes beginning Tuesday.
Big day in Madison Thursday for UW System
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Thursday will be a day of reckoning for the beleaguered University of Wisconsin System as the Legislature?s budget-writing committee debates how much money to give public universities in the 2013-?15 state budget.