If you buy only one yodeling book this year, it will probably be ?Yodel in Hi-Fi,? written by Bart Plantenga. After paying your $34.95, if you turn to page 57, you can read this:?Wisconsin is home to a robust blend of yodeling cultures: Swiss Americans in Monroe, scattered cowpoke yodelers, polka party yodelers, the Hmong, some Swedes, some Native Americans.?
Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank may serve in the Obama administration, but her recommendation to be the new chancellor for the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus has an enthusiastic Republican proponent: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
UW-Madison will turn to a familiar face as its next leader, announcing Monday that acting U.S. Commerce secretary Rebecca Blank will be its next chancellor.She was a finalist in 2008 when the job went to Biddy Martin.
Forty years ago Sunday, the University of Wisconsin-Madison men?s hockey team defeated Denver, 4-2, in Boston to win its first National Collegiate Athletic Association hockey title.
ALLOUEZ – Thomas C. Thompson, 70, of Allouez, died on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, due to complications of many illnesses.
For the last two years I?ve had the pleasure of being the alder for the 8th District, which encompasses most of the UW campus and undergraduate student housing. Many of my constituents are voting for the first time and I?ve had the opportunity to be their first interaction with local government.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison campus hosted a discussion panel Friday to explore the way online courses and teaching technologies could help make higher education more accessible in the midst of rising university costs.
A fire at the Porter Boathouse, a University of Wisconsin-Madison rowing facility, caused $10,000 in damages Sunday morning, according to a city of Madison press release.Madison firefighters responded to a fire alarm around 9 a.m. and noticed smoke coming from a back room of the boathouse, according to the press release.
A 21-year-old UW-Madison student was found unconscious and bleeding at the bottom of a stairwell early Sunday morning on the Near West Side, Madison police reported.Police responded to to 411 Hawthorne Court after a call about 1:40 a.m. Sunday reported a man was found at the bottom of the stairwell.
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – UW Madison scientists say a recent stem-cell experiment could lead to a future cure for Parkinson?s disease.Neuro-scientist Su-Chun Zhang said his team converted skin cells from a rhesus monkey into early brain cells ? and they then implanted them in the same monkey?s brain.
(0) CommentsThe University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents acknowledged a spelling error Thursday in the contract for the University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor position that gave the job to singer Rebecca Black and not Dr. Rebecca Blank.
(0) CommentsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor David Ward said in a statement Thursday he has not signed contracts to fully fund a campus organization because the request does not adhere to UW System policies.
MIDDLETON – Jeanne Schiro, age 66, of Middleton, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2013.
UW-Madison scientists transplanted brain cells derived from monkeys? skin into the monkeys? brains and watched the cells develop into mature brain cells, according to a new study.The findings, published in the journal Cell Reports, illustrate the potential for personalized medicine, where treatments are designed for each individual patient.
The four finalists for the UW-Madison chancellor position are Rebecca Blank, Michael Schill, Nicholas Jones and Kim Wilcox. Below are details on their current and past work. Click on their names for transcripts of their interviews with The Daily Cardinal. Below their biographies, click the link to read about their visits to campus.
For the first time, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers successfully implanted stem cells generated from skin cells into the region of a monkey?s brain that was affected by Parkinson?s disease, according to a study released Thursday.
he Education Optimists has weighed in on Rebecca Blank. And she?s not quite right for UW-Madison chancellor, writes blogger Sara Goldrick-Rab.Goldrick-Rab, a faculty senator and associate professor of educational policy studies who has been handicapping the four finalists for the top spot at UW-Madison, says Blank failed the litmus test that finalist Michael Schill aced when she met him at a reception March 7.
Members of the Madison and campus community began to mourn the loss of University of Wisconsin psychology professor Bryan Hendricks this week. Hendricks died Friday morning at the age of 66.
The last finalist candidate who could become University of Wisconsin?s next chancellor visited campus Wednesday to lay out her priorities of maintaining funding for the university, leveraging new educational technologies and expanding community outreach.
A rocker turned researcher is making music to save lives.
For University of Wisconsin-Madison student Chloe Brown, taking the stage at the Morgridge Engaged Scholarship Summit isn?t just an opportunity to present the results of her research on mentorship.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives will host the seventh annual Line Breaks Festival March 13-20, which features nightly performances from UW-Madison students.
MADISON – Elena V. Reyes, age 79, passed away on March 11, 2013, at UW Hospital.
PricewaterhouseCoopers presented the University of Wisconsin-Madison business school with over $1.1 million Wednesday to help pay for another professor within the school and programs to support students.
If you ask The Education Optimists, Michael Schill is the guy for UW-Madison.Sara Goldrick-Rab, faculty senator and associate professor of educational policy studies, pledged to assess each of the four candidates for chancellor.
Rebecca Blank said she?s had enough of the political battles in Washington, D.C., stressing in her visit to UW-Madison on Wednesday that she?s always considered college campuses her home and promising to use lessons learned as a top official in the U.S. Commerce Department if chosen as chancellor at UW-Madison.
Fans go wild when he steps onto the football field. Nearly 80,000 people watch him as he rallies the crowd and represents the University of Wisconsin with pride. The adoration for Bucky, or Buckingham U. Badger, is felt in the stadium throughout the entire game.
Out of the University of Wisconsin System?s thousands of salaried employees, 60 surpassed a soon-to-be eliminated cap on how much extra work they can be paid for.
The University of Wisconsin will welcome the Dalai Lama to campus in May to participate in a panel moderated by nationally-acclaimed journalists Arianna Huffington and Daniel Goleman.
In its ongoing struggle with the University of Wisconsin chancellor?s office, Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group gathered signatures from 10 percent of the university?s population for its petition asking the chancellor to respect the organization?s allotted funding.
The last finalist to be the next chancellor of UW-Madison will be on campus on Wednesday.
The Dalai Lama is scheduled to visit Madison along with other international thought leaders to take part in a series of panel discussions in May as part of the ?Change your Mind Change the World? event at the Overture Center.
Julie K. Underwood, dean of the School of Education of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and 1976 graduate of DePauw University, will discuss “The Privatization of Education” in a March 21 presentation at the Racine Marriott Hotel. The program, which is free and open to the public, is previewed in the Racine Journal Times. “Underwood will explore four challenges of privatization of education in America, and what they mean for the future of public education in this country,” it reports.
A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering students won the Clean Snowmobile Challenge for the fifth time last week.The competition, hosted by the Society of Automotive Engineers, asked teams to reduce snowmobiles? emissions and noise, while still maintaining low costs and high performance. The competition included representatives from multiple universities.
We would like to express our sincere appreciation for sports fans and businesses in the greater Madison area that helped us roll out the red carpet for the visiting student athletes, families and fans in Madison recently for WIAA wrestling, hockey and boys basketball tournaments.
The head of State and the Spiritual Leader of Tibet, Dalai Lama is expected to visit Wisconsin in May this year. He will be addressing the people on May 15 event of “Change your Mind Change the World 2013” at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
VERONA/ MARSHALL – Elsner, Patricia A. (Coughlin) (Pat) (Ma), age 72, of Verona and formerly of Marshall, passed away surrounded by her family on March 9, 2013, at St. Mary?s Care Center in Madison.
Five years ago, Rebecca Blank came to UW-Madison as a finalist for the chancellor job that went to Biddy Martin. Now Blank is back as a finalist for the same job after serving in Washington, D.C., as a top official in the U.S. Commerce Department.
Sixty University of Wisconsin employees last year received more than the $12,000 in extra academic pay allowed by the state, including some educators who pulled in more than $20,000, according to a published report.UW System officials said some data are skewed by inconsistent record-keeping, and in other cases schools had no choice but to pay extra because teachers were pressed into duty following unexpected vacancies.
The third finalist for the University of Wisconsin?s top job visited campus Monday and emphasized the importance of taking risks as a leader.
A student government committee addressed details of the more than $4 million transportation budget for the next fiscal year Monday, which could still see an increase in the cost of Madison Metro services to students.
Members of the Langdon Street community introduced a petition calling for the neighborhood to be designated as a local historic district, an effort organizers said would preserve the character of the neighborhood, in a city committee meeting Monday night.
Several UW-Madison graduate programs are ranked among the nation?s best in the 2014 edition of U.S. News and World Report?s ?Best Graduate Schools.?
Senior forward Jared Berggren knows exactly what to expect from coach Bo Ryan when the University of Wisconsin men?s basketball team returns to practice today to begin preparations for the Big Ten Conference tournament.
Kim Wilcox was greeted at UW-Madison Monday by intermittent snow flurries and, in one case, a massive hug from an old friend as the Michigan State provost made the rounds as a finalist for chancellor.
If you ask The Education Optimists, Michael Schill is the guy for UW-Madison.Sara Goldrick-Rab, faculty senator and associate professor of educational policy studies, pledged to assess each of the four candidates for chancellor.
Kim Wilcox was greeted at UW-Madison Monday by intermittent snow flurries and, in one case, a massive hug from an old friend as the Michigan State provost made the rounds as a finalist for chancellor.
University of Wisconsin administrators are in the early stages of developing a plan for a College of the Arts, which would provide a more cohesive and centralized home for the arts on campus.
After the decision was made to end the SAFEcab program last year, groups across campus are promoting a new city ordinance that allows private cabs more access to the State Street area late at night.
Officials from the University of Wisconsin and Madison Area Technical College will sign a reverse transfer agreement Monday, allowing credits to transfer between both of the higher education institutions.
The public was invited to tour the University of Wisconsin-Madisons newly refurbished Dairy Cattle Center Saturday morning.
Participants in the University of Wisconsin-Madison study were given one of three definitions, each of which framed nanotechnology differently. One definition highlighted nanotechnology?s novel applications, another focused on its risks and benefits, and a third touched on both applications and risks and benefits. The researchers then assessed the participants? level of support for nanotechnology and their level of engagement?their interest in learning more.
Officials from the University of Wisconsin and Madison Area Technical College will sign a reverse transfer agreement Monday, allowing credits to transfer between both of the higher education institutions. The reverse transfer agreement will go into effect this fall and will permit Madison College students who have earned at least 30 credits to transfer to UW in order to fulfill remaining requirements
Reporter Dan Simmons? recent article “UW task force suggests changes to alcohol policy” highlights once again UW-Madison?s ability to deal with a very well defined and readily resolvable problem only by organizing a high-powered task force to develop policy.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly has announced four finalists who are being considered for the position of chancellor at UW-Madison. Read the press release from UW System.The finalists are: Rebecca M. Blank Nicholas P. Jones Michael H. Schill Kim A. Wilcox
When I found out the other day that Harry Miller had retired from the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), my immediate reaction was, “How can he do this to me?”
Most professors who had just co-written an op-ed column on their research for The New York Times might choose to dwell on that accomplishment, but not Dominique Brossard.Instead, my conversation with Brossard last week was more focused on some humorous, spot-on commentary from a Milwaukee entertainment website affiliated with The Onion. The headline read: ?Awful online comments hurt understanding of news, reports local news site filled with awful online comments.?
As the outgoing provost of Michigan State University, Kim Wilcox may be well positioned to understand the culture at UW-Madison, another land-grant public research university with a high-profile athletics program.
Chancellor finalist and current dean of the University of Chicago Law School Michael Schill laid out his vision to keep college accessible and to empower University of Wisconsin students through communication and shared governance in a visit Thursday.
The University of Wisconsin could lose about $35 million dollars in research funding over the next year, the UW System?s president said Thursday.
