The Wisconsin Assemblyâ??s Committee on Colleges and Universities heard and unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that offers incentives in the way of tax deductions to those helping pay college studentsâ?? tuition.
Gov. Jim Doyle announced an emergency order to clarify a Wisconsin state statute which allows young adults under 27 to be covered under their parentsâ?? health insurance.
Gov. Jim Doyle passed an emergency rule Thursday to clarify a bill that allows young adults to receive coverage under their parentsâ?? health insurance plans until age 27.
Quoted: Sachin Tuli, co-director of International Programs and a lecturer in the UW-Madison School of Business.
University Health Services has postponed a Nov. 3 H1N1 vaccination clinic due to vaccine shortages throughout the entire state of Wisconsin.
Four more people in Wisconsin have died from the H1N1 flu virus, according to officials with the state Department of Health Services.
The State Patrol will team up with the Madison Police Department inside the city on Friday to help enforce traffic laws on whatâ??s expected to be a very heavy traffic day.
Thousands of motorists will be coming to town for a variety of reasons, including Freakfest on State Street on Halloween on Saturday, University of Wisconsin football at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday and Badger menâ??s hockey games at the Kohl Center both Friday and Saturday.
The state Department of Health Services wants health care providers to stop conducting mass swine-flu vaccinations until vaccine supplies increase.
Wisconsin health officials are urging only those in the most sensitive groups to be vaccinated for the H1N1 flu virus. The new strategy comes as officials expressed frustration over the nationwide shortage of the vaccine.
University of Wisconsin agricultural research stations that conduct research and testing on a variety of vegetables will be sending their food surpluses to local food banks and other food redistributors as the weather gets colder.
For the first time, tuition this fall is being offered and accepted by undocumented residents within the University of Wisconsin System after Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle signed into effect a change of law that allows undocumented residents to receive in-state tuition, making Wisconsin one of 11 states that support this.
When state Department of Natural Resources Secretary Scott Hassett resigned suddenly in the summer of 2007, Gov. Jim Doyleâ??s office announced Hassett was leaving to “write, travel and consult on environmental and regulatory issues.”
The Network for Health Equality in Wisconsin is being established at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health to study racial and other disparities in heart and lung disease in the state.
In conversation, David Wilson uses many of the same buzzwords college administrators across the country are turning to these days.
He speaks about the need to make college “accessible” and “affordable,” especially for groups who traditionally havenâ??t pursued a secondary education, and says the University of Wisconsin Systemâ??s two-year UW Colleges can serve as a “gateway” for students of all backgrounds and ages to pursue a baccalaureate degree. And he talks about the importance of “lifelong learning” and the role UW-Extension plays in helping people from all corners of Wisconsin access university resources.
Behind the jargon, however, is a genuine, lifelong love of learning and devotion to education.
As the Senate heads into session today, the fate of many important bills will be determined.
A new plan announced by the governor Monday will make Wisconsin eligible for billions of dollars in federal education funding.
The mother of murdered college student Brittany Zimmermann joined two state legislators yesterday in announcing a bill to make those arrested for felonies give their DNA to the police. Jean Zimmermann of Marshfield said it would save lives. Her daughter was killed near UW Madison a year-and-a-half ago, and police never found a suspect. The bill sheâ??s supporting would add thousands more DNA samples to a state data-base which already collects them from those convicted of felonies.
When I was a kid growing up in Washington Heights at the northern end of Manhattan, a common rhetorical question indicating frustrated annoyance was: â??So whadya wanâ?? frumme?â?
Those of us who work in higher education sometimes evince that same attitude when we feel besieged by increasingly insistent stakeholders â?? students, parents, alumni, trustees, sports boosters, business leaders, and donors, as well as local, state, and federal elected and appointed officials â?? about what we have done for them lately.
The UI is bracing for some of the worst budget misery in the Big Ten with roughly $50 million in total fiscal 2010 cuts.Across the country, a couple Big Ten universitiesâ?? budgets were spared, though most are still looking for ways to save money.
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin System says it has received $83 million in federal stimulus money so far and that saved or created 137 jobs.
The university reported Thursday that through September it had only spent about $5.2 million of what has been sent in 263 awards. The Madison campus received the most money at $75.4 million followed by Milwaukee at just over $4.4 million.
What appeared to be a suspicious package on campus at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point this morning turned out to be a prop for a class.
Shortly before 9 a.m. maintenance workers observed a student crossing campus with what looked like a rifle bag. The workers followed the student and watched him enter the Noel Fine Arts Center, while campus security was on its way.
PORT EDWARDS — A closed south Wood County facility has attracted the attention of two University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point professors developing a process to turn wood pulp into biofuel.
Don Guay, assistant professor of paper science and engineering, and biology professor Eric Singsaas said the project would greatly benefit from use of the closed Domtar paper mill in Port Edwards.
The Wisconsin Innocence Project and state officials will work together beginning early next year to identify inmates who claim to be innocent and whose cases could benefit from post-conviction DNA testing.
Construction of a new academic building at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh has people buzzing with interest in more ways than one.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Ehlke has been appointed Dane County Circuit Court judge by Gov. Jim Doyle, six months to the day he lost an election to become judge.
Ehlke will fill the vacancy in branch 15 created by the retirement of Circuit Court Judge Stuart Schwartz, who stepped down from the bench on Oct. 2.
IS IT possibly true a conservative student group could have been denied funds from University of Wisconsin-Madison student fees because of objections to its political viewpoints? Oh, surely not.
Just because the group engages in such things as a planned protest against an Al Gore speech in Madison, how could anyone believe decision-makers on the liberal campus might object and pull the plug on money? The rejection, supposedly, is because the club â?? Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow â?? does not provide enough â??direct servicesâ? to students.
Besides, university rules state the fees are to be disbursed in a viewpoint-neutral manner. Itâ??s hard to believe the good folks controlling the pursestrings would consider bending that rule just to stick a finger in the eye on some annoyingly conservative kids.
State lawmakers put pressure on UW System administrators Tuesday to provide cost efficiency and oversight measures on both an $81 million payroll and the benefits computer system.
The University of Wisconsin Systemâ??s chief financial officer said Tuesday his job will be on the line if an $81.4 million information technology project fails. The UW Systemâ??s senior vice president for administration and fiscal affairs, Tom Anderes, told lawmakers he was responsible for the project to install a new payroll and benefits system and assumes he will be fired if it doesnâ??t work.
A rebooted legislative panel designed to oversee major IT projects took a closer at the UW-Systemâ??s planned $81 million payroll revamp. Among the concerns raised Tuesday by lawmakers on the Joint Committee on Information Policy and Technology, was the projectâ??s lead contractor being under federal investigation.
A UW study that used functional magnetic resonance imaging to observe brain responses to aversive pictures in subjects showed what most college students already know: uncertainty about life events is scary.
State legislators grilled UW System officials this morning during a hearing on its $81 million payroll system, asking how the System will prevent cost overruns and calling for the removal of top administrators if the project fails.
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin Systemâ??s chief financial officer said his job might be on the line if an $81.4 million information technology project fails.
UW System Senior Vice President Tom Anderes told state lawmakers on Tuesday he is responsible for the project to install a new payroll and benefits system and assumes he will be fired if it doesnâ??t work.
A new state poll has found that more than a third of Wisconsin adults are mostly opposed to President Barack Obamaâ??s proposed health care reforms, with another 28 percent of adults saying they support the reforms. The poll, conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madisonâ??s political science department in partnership with the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, found that more than 35 percent said they donâ??t know enough about the proposed reforms to respond to survey takersâ?? questions.
Rock County health officials have confirmed the first death of a county resident in connection with the H1N1 flu virus.Officials havenâ??t released information about the personâ??s identity or the circumstances pertaining to the personâ??s death, citing patient confidentiality laws, but said that underlying medical conditions put the person at greater risk for the virus to become fatal.
A new statewide poll has good news for two Milwaukee-area officials who might clash in the wide-open 2010 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.Itâ??s early, and many Wisconsinites donâ??t know them, but Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker hold comfortable leads in their party primaries, according to hypothetical matchups in the University of Wisconsin-Madison survey.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker each held a commanding lead over their possible opponents in a poll for the 2010 governor’s race primaries.
The poll, conducted by UW-Madison for a conservative state think-tank, showed Barrett leading Lt. Gov. Barb-ara Lawton in a hypothetical matchup for the Democratic primary, and Walker leading former congressman Mark Neumann in the GOP contest.
But the candidates remain little known in the state, leaving ample room for changes in public taste, said UW-Madison political science professor Ken Goldstein.
A bill that would ensure geographic diversity on the UW Board of Regents moved one step forward Wednesday.
The state Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee voted to approve the legislation on a vote of 8-4.
The bill creates seven regional districts and would require at least one member of the Regents to live in each district.
MADISON, Wis. — Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler Jr. has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as U.S. District Judge for Wisconsinâ??s Western District.
….Butler has served as a lecturer at the UW law school since he was defeated by Justice Michael Gableman in last yearâ??s race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Critics of coal call it the dirtiest form of energy.Now some area college students are fighting to clean up their campus by switching to a cleaner form of energy. UW-La Crosse has a heating plant that heats steam that is sent to all the buildings on campus to heat them.
A union attempting to organize University of Wisconsin System employees is questioning the administrationâ??s plan to hire an outside consultant to advise top executives on collective bargaining strategy.
Thereâ??s a lot of talk lately about health care, but students at Wisconsinâ??s Private Colleges neednâ??t worry.
The head of the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU) says between 25-30 percent of students donâ??t have health care when they start college, especially now that many arenâ??t covered by their parents who may have lost their jobs â?? and their insurance.
State health officials reported Wednesday that the H1N1 â?? or swine flu â?? so far is no more severe than the seasonal flu in Wisconsin, similar to its effect in the rest of the nation.
Wisconsinâ??s First Lady made stops at some high schools in Northeast Wisconsin to talk with students about the Wisconsin Covenant.She told the freshman class at Green Bay East High that by signing the covenant, students pledge to keep a B average in high school and take classes that prepare them for college. In return, the state assures them a spot at a Wisconsin state school and financial help if they need it.
Thereâ??s a push for the state Supreme Court to intervene in the stateâ??s domestic partner registry battle. Lambda Legal, along with FAIR Wisconsin, filed papers today asking the high court to toss out a lawsuit filed in July by the Wisconsin Family Council.
Chancellor Biddy Martin hosted a reception Monday to mark the expansion of domestic partner benefits for UW System employees.
The Faculty Senate and Academic Staff Assembly celebrated Monday Gov. Jim Doyleâ??s signing into law the state budget bill that authorized domestic partner health insurance with faculty, students and Madison residents Monday.
A UW-Madison student was charged Monday with using the Internet to arrange a meeting for sex with a 15-year-old girl.
But Anthony P. Vanderscheuren, 23, was actually chatting online with Clark County Sheriff’s Detective Jeffrey Baumgarten, who was posing in a Yahoo chat room as a 15-year-old girl on Sept. 2 when he was contacted by Vanderscheuren, according to a criminal complaint charging Vanderscheuren with using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime.
MADISON (WKOW) — The Department of Natural Resources and a team of UW-Madison students are set to begin separate studies of lakes in southern Wisconsin following the discovery of a new invasive species.
On September 11, a team of limnology students cast a net into Lake Mendotaâ??s University Bay and pulled out spiny water fleas. The discovery was a shock to limnology professor Jake Vander Zanden. The invasive species had earlier only been seen in Lake Michigan and portions of Ontario, Canada.
In tough economic times, more college students are seeking financial aid for school, but officials said that there might not be enough money to go around.
The result of the increasing demand is a huge jump in those who qualify for state financial aid grants, but can’t get any. Those running the state’s largest financial aid grant program, the Wisconsin Higher Education Grant, known as WHEG, said the bottom line is more students are having to take out more loans, or not attend college.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents approved the disputed $81.4 million Human Resources System Project Friday and also received news for the first time regarding the Research to Jobs Task Force.
Ever since we put solar panels on our off-the-grid cabinâ??s roof five years ago, I have been awed by how they power every electrical need of that building. Pumping water. Igniting the stoveâ??s burners. Lighting. They require no maintenance other than filling storage batteries with distilled water periodically. If we were on the electrical grid, it would make obvious sense to feed our excess power back into the grid.
The main consulting firm for the UW Systemâ??s proposed $81.5 million human resources project has been under investigation since early August for accounting issues, UW System President Kevin Reilly told state lawmakers Wednesday.
The University of Wisconsin System acknowledged Wednesday the high-priced consultant working on its $81.4 million payroll project is reeling from an accounting scandal that is raising questions about its future.
Wisconsin state employees used credit cards for inappropriate purchases, including a trip to Las Vegas, a laptop computer, a high-definition television, and lodging at a Mexican hotel, auditors said Wednesday.
The University of Wisconsin wants to phase out the coal at the Charter Street heating plant. The university presented its case at a public hearing Wednesday evening.
POYNETTE (WKOW) — One of the two new Canadian lynx kittens at Poynetteâ??s Mackenzie Center had to be euthanized.
A Mackenzie Center employee found the lynx unable to move its back legs. A trip to the UWâ??s vet school revealed the lynx had suffered an irreparable spinal cord injury.
The University of Wisconsin System is moving to suspend a rule that requires sick employees to turn in doctors’ notes as campuses prepare to handle the swine flu.
The Board of Regents is expected to vote Friday to suspend the doctor’s note requirement for employees with the flu or flu-like symptoms this academic year.
The University of Wisconsin System should create seven centers to focus on cutting-edge work in areas such as nanowire manufacturing, creation of drugs from fungi and the conversion of paper mill waste into usable products, a task force report recommends.
The Research to Jobs Task Force, formed by University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly in February, proposed the emerging technology centers and other initiatives for spurring more entrepreneurial education and activity on campuses. The report will be discussed by UW System regents Thursday and Friday, said David Giroux, executive director of communications and external relations at the UW System.
An $80 million update to the University of Wisconsin System payroll computer software, which dates back to the 1970â??s, will be proposed by the UW System President Kevin Reilly next week.
The University of Wisconsin System plans to spend $81.4 million to implement a more efficient payroll and benefits computer system, with the majority going to outside consultants, officials said Wednesday.
