Since making the Recording Industry Association of America’s list of alleged major offenders of illegal downloads a year ago, the University of Wisconsin-Madison remains vigilant. That’s according to Brian Rust, Communication’s Manager with the UW Division of Information Technology. UW Madison’s standing in the most recent RIAA list has remarkably improved.
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, known as WARF, learned this week the U.S. Patent and Trademarks Office upheld two of its valuable patents on stem cells. That’s critical for WARF, since it means the foundation can expect to collect huge sums of money on licenses and royalties associated with stem cell lines discovered at the UW.
“This is the center of the universe when it comes to stem cell research. It’s a very exciting area,” said WARF’s managing director Carl Gulbrandsen.
At a recent open forum soliciting input on the design of the new Union South, one of the architects posed a seemingly simple question: â??What makes a place uniquely Wisconsin?â? Initially, I thought it would be an easy question to answer.
One of the finalists for the position of University of Wisconsin vice provost of diversity and climate has accepted a position at another university, narrowing the field of candidates from three to two.
Student representatives said Tuesday they are currently crafting plans to remove the State and Langdon Street area from a neighborhood association in the wake of a controversial alcohol policy proposal.
Trapeze Network announced Monday its plans to install a new campus-wide wireless network at the University of Minnesota, putting the university one step ahead of UW-Madison in wireless coverage.
A UW-Madison junior was charged with disorderly conduct Monday, and ordered both to stay away from Bascom Hall and to have no contact with a UW-Madison assistant dean after allegedly threatening him in the building last month.
A University of Wisconsin student was ordered to stay away from Bascom Hall Monday at an initial court appearance stemming from a February confrontation with a UW assistant dean.
A University of Wisconsin student who allegedly threatened an assistant dean in Bascom Hall has been charged with disorderly conduct and ordered stay away from Bascom unless he has a class there or has written permission to be there.
Alan B. Dubrow, 20, was arrested at Bascom Hall after he allegedly threatened to beat Assistant Dean Ervin Cox and made threatening gestures toward another member of the staff of the Dean of Students Office. Dubrow’s actions took place on Feb. 21, a week after the tragic shootings on the Northern Illinois campus.
A grant available for the next school year sounds like a college student’s dream come true, but it may be too good to be true.
The Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) grant program was established by Congress to encourage bright college students to go into the teaching profession, especially in schools in low-income areas.
The grant provides $4,000 per year to undergraduate students willing to commit to earning a degree in education and then teaching full time for four years in high-poverty schools in a specific subject area. Mathematics, science, foreign language, special education, bilingual education and reading specialists are among the high-need fields.
….But if the student does not fulfill the terms of the grant, it would immediately be converted to an expensive unsubsidized loan, with interest accumulated from when the loan began, University of Wisconsin-Madison officials warned.
RAPIDLY, THE financial distinction between a public higher education and a private college or university is disappearing. At a time when education may be most important – the golden ticket to tomorrow’s high-tech economy – costs are rising faster than families can absorb.
Several factors come into play.
One, clearly, is the unwillingness of legislators to maintain levels of public funding. At one time, for example, the University of Wisconsin system received about three-fourths of its funding through state sources. Today, it’s about half – and falling.
(MADISON) Next month, University of Wisconsin-Madison students can show if theyâ??d help put up money for bringing Iraqi students to campus. Backers of the idea say a slight increase in tuition could bring anywhere from two to five scholars from that country to finish their degrees here.
The Iraqi Student Project is a nationwide effort with more than two dozen colleges and universities trying to sponsor up to 40 qualified students in the first year of the program. The projectâ??s goals include waiving tuition for selected students, so the next step would be finding money to support
After fewer arrests, attendees and the physical space of Halloween on State Street with its â??Freakfestâ? adaptation, the City of Madison can now boast another reduction related to the eventâ??its cost.
The number of student detoxification visits spiked this year, causing some university officials to wonder whether severe winter weather led to stir-crazy students, or if it is yet another sign of risky drinking behavior on campus.
It will be several weeks before coroner’s officials in Arkansas can make an official determination of what caused the death of a Madison marathoner who collapsed eight days ago as he crossed the finish line of a 26.2-mile race.
Adam Nickel, 27, had no medical problems that would have caused concern about him running marathons, his family said after his death on March 2 in Little Rock, Ark. It was his sixth marathon.
Nickel’s mother, Cynthia Nickel of Kaukauna, said the day after Nickel’s death that an emergency room physician told her Nickel may have died from a potassium buildup, which can cause abnormal heart rhythms. But Pulaski County, Ark., Coroner Mark Malcolm said today that results of Nickel’s autopsy last week were inconclusive and he hoped that toxicology tests would shed light on the cause of Nickel’s death. The tests should take about four weeks to complete, he said.
Once, most South Padre spring breakers visited nearby Matamoros, Mexico, for the touted “Two Nation Vacation.”
But news of gun battles between soldiers and drug cartels in Mexican border cities this winter appears to have reached even the frigid campuses of the upper Midwest. Tourists have not been targeted, but students and tourism officials on both sides of the border say spring breakers are keeping their toes in U.S. sand this year.
Proposed changes to the University of Wisconsin Systemâ??s non-academic misconduct policy would make it easier for university administrators to penalize students for misbehaving off campus.
According to a report recently released by a UW System policy revision committee, the proposed policy changes to Wisconsin Administrative Code UWS 17 would make explicitly clear that university officials can sanction students for off-campus misconduct, including municipal violations, if that misconduct adversely affects a substantial university interest.
MADISON, Wis. — Health officials said they are seeing a high level of flu activity in the area, and they said they don’t expect cases to taper off for three to four more weeks.
Clinics like University Health Services on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus have been busy in last couple of weeks as the number of people reporting flu-like symptoms increases.
A status report on the Madison man who died after finishing an Arkansas marathon.
27-year-old Adam Nickel collapsed last Sunday at the finish line of the Little Rock Marathon.
Preliminary autopsy results do not show exactly how the UW graduate student died.
The coroner’s office is waiting for additional reports. That could take up to five weeks.
The UW System Board of Regents heard a tuition and financial aid report Thursday, weighing options to balance accessibility with the quality of UW System schools.
University of Wisconsinâ??s Search and Screen Committee asked members of the university community Thursday afternoon what they desire in the next chancellor, with responses ranging from supporting environmentally friendly policies to improving faculty retention.
A University of Wisconsin System advisory group Thursday called differential tuition one of the best tuition and financial aid alternatives.
When you picture someone booking bands, you think of a hardened pro, wheeling and dealing and probably smoking a cigar.
But the people booking one of the state’s busiest music venues are in their teens and early 20s, with little to no business experience.
The student union at the University of Wisconsin-Madison hosts more than 160 music programs, 35 weeks a year. At both Union South and the Memorial Union, students handle the nuts and bolts of concert promotion through the music committe
MADISON â?? University of Wisconsin System officials are considering the merits of charging students from well-off families higher tuition to subsidize their lower-income peers.
The Board of Regents debated the issue Thursday as part of a wide-ranging discussion on tuition and financial aid.
When campus police got word that a masked student had a gun at his desk during class, armed officers immediately confronted him, confiscated it and found out others on campus were carrying weapons as well.
But instead of averting a real threat, University of Nebraska authorities found a toy gun that shoots foam darts being used for what amounted to an elaborate game of tag.
Thousands of players, mostly on college campuses, have participated for years in versions of the 24/7 battle to “eliminate” all other players. But some say the game â?? known widely as “Assassin” or “Assassins” â?? is ill-suited and possibly dangerous in times when campus shootings are fresh in people’s minds.
Barry Alvarez thanked them, Bo Ryan told them they were special, Marcus Landry let them know he appreciated themâ?¦ and Penn State just couldnâ??t stop them.
For the first time in the history of the University of Wisconsin, musical groups Redefined, The MadHatters, Tangled Up In Blue and Fundamentally Sound will take the stage together, one group right after the other, during a new trailblazing show on Friday at the Union Theater.
â??Big Ten Champions.â?
That was the chant from the crowd of students that flooded the floor after the final buzzer. That was the message the Kohl Center video board boldly proclaimed. Thatâ??s what the Wisconsin Badgers are.
UW-Milwaukee senior Amanda Maslowski was one of about 80 undergraduates from throughout the University of Wisconsin System who came to the Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday to share the findings of their research at the annual Posters in the Rotunda, an event designed to spread the word about student work to alumni, legislators and other state leaders.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The state Assembly has approved a bill that would block financial aid for college students convicted of drug crimes.
The bill would change state law to mirror restrictions on federal financial aid for those who are convicted of manufacturing, distributing or delivering controlled substances.
The UW System Board of Regents is holding a session today to talk about issues related to college affordability and access to public higher education.
While no action will be taken during the meeting, David Giroux, spokesman for the System, said the meeting is an extension of the System’s overall strategic planning and will begin conversation regarding broad ideas such as tuition strategies. The discussion about the report will be mostly “blue sky thinking,” Giroux said, focusing on the realm of possibility regarding the issues.
As tuition at UW-Madison has steadily increased over the past decade, access to higher education has declined for qualified lower- and middle-income students.
Students voiced their concerns Tuesday at a forum hosted by the Offices of the Dean of Students with proposed changes to state laws addressing student conduct.
Wisconsin Union administration sent an e-mail to its student staff Tuesday, announcing plans to host listening sessions for employees in response to a letter written last week that voiced complaints about Union management.
The Wisconsin Capitol building will once again find itself full of young researchers today eager to present their findings to state leaders.
The Wisconsin Union will hold a series of forums in the coming weeks to hear student employeesâ?? concerns with management and operations in the facilities, officials announced Tuesday.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents is taking a closer look at how affordable a college education is at its schools.
A Regent spokesman says overall, a college degree at a UW college is affordable. However, he says the system doesn’t offer much financial aid to those who struggle to afford it. The Regents will discuss raising tuition for certain campuses or programs.
The cause of death for a former Kaukauna man who died Sunday after running a marathon in Little Rock, Ark., remained unknown after an autopsy performed Monday.
Adam Nickel, 27, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, collapsed after crossing the finish line of the Little Rock Marathon and never regained consciousness.
A power outage Monday at Van Vleck Hall forced the university to cancel classes in the building for the day. Numerous buildings on campus experienced a power outage after a roof drain failed and water flooded the basement of Van Vleck.
UW-Madison pharmacy student Adam Nickel died shortly after completing a marathon Sunday, according to race officials. Nickel, 27, collapsed just after he crossed the finish line at the sixth-annual Little Rock Marathon, race officials said.
Despite rising costs at colleges across the country, a weak national economy and the imminent Wisconsin state budget shortfall, UW-Madison officials said most students will not see an impact on their student loans.
Juniors Joe Dillenburg and Zach Jones both began attending the University of Wisconsin after serving in the U.S. Army. While Dillenburg fought in Iraq and Jones served in Afghanistan, they both have dealt with physical and mental health problems resulting from their deployments.
A University of Wisconsin Pharmacy School graduate student died late Sunday morning immediately after finishing the Little Rock Marathon in Little Rock, Ark.
A clogged roof drain and a large amount of melting snow caused an electrical outage in Van Vleck Hall early Monday morning, forcing officials to cancel all classes held in the building.
UW-Madison students who have classes scheduled in Van Vleck Hall will be able to attend their classes today, after a power outage Monday forced the university to cancel classes in the facility.
The outage was caused by flooding early Monday morning when water leaked into the basement of the building. Van Vleck is home to the university’s math department.
Transformers were damaged in the basement of Van Vleck, which also knocked out power to a half-dozen other buildings.
Megan Severson needed to get in touch with her mother ASAP.
So she sent her a text message.
“This afternoon I sent my mom a text message to see if she put money in my account so i can pay my rent. I didn’t get out until about when the banks closed,” Severson says.
MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison officials are blaming melting snow for causing a power outage that forced the cancellation of classes at Van Vleck Hall on Monday. The outage also caused sporadic network problems around campus.
The outage began early Monday morning and electrical engineers investigated the problem to ascertain the cause of the outage and repair electrical service. Officials said that there’s also a “small amount” of flooding in the building’s basement, according to a UW news release. Officials eventually blamed the problem on a transformer, which is being replaced on Monday.
When the University of Wisconsin faculty members answered a survey a year ago, most indicated that maintaining access to the university for lower-income students was a big concern. And now those faculty members are doing something about it, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
The percentage of students from families with incomes in the bottom 40 percent of all Wisconsin families dropped from 26 percent in 1994 to 21 percent in 2005, the article says.
The concept and reasoning behind UW-Madisonâ??s new WiscAlert text messaging alert system are well thought out, but the system has flaws that need to be overcome to be a success.
The UW System revealed a new code of conduct Feb. 26 that allows the universities to expand their punishment of students for their off-campus behavior.
After a gunman burst into a lecture hall and opened fire at Northern Illinois University last month, many students have asked if universities should lock down their campuses during emergencies.
An emergency alert e-mail takes almost 20 minutes to reach the thousands of UW-Madison students and faculty. A text message could shorten that to a few.
WASHINGTON — Many college students across the nation will begin to see higher costs for loans this spring, while others will be turned away by banks altogether as the credit crisis roiling the U.S. economy spreads into yet another sector, student lenders and Wall Street firms say.
But most students in Wisconsin won’t feel a thing, university and finance officials said today in interviews.
….The situation in Wisconsin is much better than in many other states, so student loans will not be much of a problem here, according to UW-Madison and Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corp. officials.
Susan Fischer, director of student financial services at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said today that just 200 students out of about 17,000 who have loans have lenders who will no longer lend.
Adam Nickel had everything going for him. He was set to begin his last year of UW’s demanding pharmacy program. He was an accomplished runner and had just reached his fundraising goal for an upcoming charity marathon, which he was running in honor of his grandmother.
On Sunday, Nickel’s promising life came to an end as he crossed the finish line in Little Rock, Ark.
“All I know is he crossed the finish line, he gave a smile and dropped,” his mother, Cynthia Nickel of Kaukauna, said today.
Nickel, 27, who was running his sixth marathon, finished 18th in a field of 1,600. He was pronounced dead 21 minutes after crossing the finish line.
The state Senate voted in favor of allowing the University of Wisconsin to construct an addition to the School of Veterinary Medicine late last week.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will discuss a set of strategies Thursday for improving the UW Systemâ??s tuition and financial aid policies.
Some things just never get old.
For the Wisconsin track team, winning the indoor Big Ten championship is one of those things.
Dear Editor: The University of Wisconsin administration has once again stepped out of line with our tuition dollars in hand — this time with its proposal to fund electronic ID scanners for local bars.
According to the chancellor’s office, “This is the university saying we are concerned about underage drinking.”
In our opinion, all the university is saying is that they do not know why we are paying them so much for tuition every year. Students are paying for an education, not to help offset costs that local businesses incur to comply with the law.
Is the administration really that out of touch with the students who pay the bills?
The University of Wisconsin System is looking at a variety of tuition options as a way to increase access to college while also gaining more revenue if state budgets slide.
An advisory committee will recommend to the Board of Regents on Thursday that it consider tuition stratification — charging more for institutions in high demand — and differential tuition — charging more for more expensive programs such as engineering, which is already being done to some extent.
The UW System also already uses tuition stratification to some extent, charging higher tuition for UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee than for other four-year universities and charging less for the two-year UW colleges than the four-year institutions.
LITTLE ROCK, Ara. — Officials said that there is no word yet on what caused the death of a Little Rock Marathon runner. The 27-year-old Wisconsin man died after completing the 26.2 mile race.
Adam Nickel, 27, was attending graduate school, studying pharmacy, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He collapsed shortly after he crossed the finish line in Little Rock and died later at University Hospital.
Nickel was running his sixth marathon; his official Little Rock time of 3:02:26 is considered an elite time. He was preparing for a spring event in San Diego as part of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team In Training, as a tribute to his grandmother.
