Gov. Jim Doyle and UW- Madison administrators Wednesday escalated Wisconsin’s race with California for stem-cell supremacy.
They said state and private dollars will be used to build a $375 million institute on campus to centralize research aimed at curing diseases such as Alzheimer’s and diabetes.
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle announced plans Wednesday to invest nearly $750 million to support human embryonic stem cell research and other medical experiments.
Gov. Jim Doyle on Wednesday sharply criticized the University of Wisconsin System, saying officials there had not offered realistic options for trimming administrative costs during a recent budget exercise and that he himself might have to find places to cut.
Gov. Jim Doyle announced plans Wednesday for a $375 million institute for stem cell and other biomedical research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The institute is part of a nearly $750 million plan to bolster the state’s position in the growing biotech field.
State agencies have proposed eliminating at least 1,500 jobs to comply with Gov. Jim Doyle’s order to showhow they can cut costs, a plan they warn would curtail state services. Some departments enclosed letters with their plans asking the governor to spare the jobs. (11/17/04 Capital Times print edition)
Gov. Jim Doyle today announced a $375 million research institute for the UW-Madison campus to help the state compete in the field of stem cell research. The proposal will need to be approved by the Legislature as part of the state budget…. The governor is also asking the Legislature to invest $1.5 million in Alzheimer’s disease research.
State agencies have given Gov. Jim Doyle blueprints for cutting more than $150 million and at least 1,400 jobs over two years, but some officials complain that those moves would cripple their agencies.
Mentions a 2000 survey of 421 executives by University of Wisconsin-Madison emeritus professor Jon Udell that found that corporate and personal income taxes were a small factor in how businesses rated the state’s competitiveness, with other factors accounting for 89% of their rating.
Gov. Jim Doyle is set to unveil today a multifaceted strategy to maintain Wisconsin’s importance in the growing scientific fields of stem cell research and biotechnology.
Drugs to treat cancer and epilepsy, and sugar substitutes that can be used to fight bacteria were some of the products touted by 33 companies seeking to match up with potential investors at the Wisconsin Life Sciences and Venture Conference on Tuesday at Monona Terrace.
MILWAUKEE ââ?¬â?? At the State University of New York in Albany, Carlos Santiago helped forge a partnership between IBM and the campus that led to the creation of a $1.5 billion “center of excellence.”
Now that he’s taken up residence in Wisconsin, Santiago sees no reason why UW-Milwaukee can’t aspire to do the same.
Freshmen will have a tougher time getting into the University of Wisconsin System next fall if the university must take a sizable cut in the next two-year state budget, System officials said this week.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will deal with budget cuts if they come, but they could certainly harm student access and research, a top campus official said today. Vice Chancellor for Administration Darrell Bazzell said it’s unclear how the campus would digest another massive budget cut, or how big that cut would be, but it would have undesirable impacts for the university’s mission. (11/16/04 Capital Times print edition)
Enrollment cuts and faculty reductions would be necessary under a new round of base budget cuts, the University of Wisconsin warned today. The warning was part of the UW System’s answer to Gov. Jim Doyle’s request for ways to cut 10 percent of administrative costs at each agency. (11/16/04 Capital Times print edition)
State budget director Dave Schmiedicke said the Wisconsin Historical Society doesn’t need to close its popular museum on the Square to meet the budget-cutting goals of Gov. Jim Doyle.
State employees are being told to use Enterprise Rent-A-Car when a state fleet car is not available for business.
Starting up a business takes money, but too often, Wisconsin entrepreneurs are starved for cash needed to build a business.
Millions of college students are passing up the opportunity for financial aid.
Is there anyone who couldn’t usa an extra million dollars?
Leaders of 33 young technology companies are practicing their pitches as they prepare for the Wisconsin Life Sciences & Venture Conference in Madison on Tuesday and Wednesday.
More than 935 local and state law enforcement workers could soon be voting on whether to split off from one of Wisconsin’s largest union groups, under a decision by state officials.
“Dear Editor: On the heels of our final Badger football home game of the season, I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you to the nearly half-million fans who supported us at Camp Randall Stadium this fall….You are the best fans in all of college football….” (Barry Alvarez, 11/15/04 Capital Times print edition)
Six months ago, Gov. Jim Doyle directed all state agencies to submit plans for cutting non-federally funded administrative costs by 10 percent. Those plans are due today, and the first three submitted indicate it will be a painful process.
Gov. Jim Doyle is expected to announce soon a strategy to keep Wisconsin at the forefront of stem cell research, despite a California vote to spend billions in public dollars on the effort.
Gov. Jim Doyle says he plans within the next two weeks to announce a strategy to expand the state’s position in the tantalizing but still-unproven realm of stem cell research.
Quoted: Scott R. Craven, wildlife ecologist at UW-Madison.
At his age, Chad Zdroik’s parents already were raising a family near the central Wisconsin potato farm where his father grew up and worked. Zdroik, a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, plans to pursue a career in magazine design or film production, maybe in New York or Los Angeles or Chicago, somewhere he sees a diversity of culture and a breadth of opportunities.
The State Historical Society will submit a new budget to the Department of Administration today calling for the closure of the Wisconsin Historical Museum on Capitol Square.
Starting up a business takes money, but too often, Wisconsin entrepreneurs are starved for cash needed to build a business.
A state appeals court Thursday upheld a decision that UW-La Crosse didn’t violate the state open meetings law in naming Veterans Memorial Stadium and its field after a former coach.
There’s no disagreement that state labor negotiations on 2003-05 contracts have slowed. The question is, are the negotiations at an impasse?
Sharp tuition increases and tight state budgets have not stopped salaries from continuing to climb for higher education leaders at top public and private institutions nationwide.
UW police and several other agencies across the state are trying to deal with a defibrillator recall that has forced them to shelve the lifesaving devices.
WATERTOWN – The Wisconsin Historical Museum on the Square will be history if a plan approved Thursday by the Historical Society Board becomes part of the state budget.
The UW-Madison Office of Corporate Relations will launch a program today that aims to create and support start-up companies that would capitalize on the research and technology produced at the university.
Democrats will need a strong social movement if they hope to recapture control of U.S. government, an election reform advocate said Thursday night at UW-Madison.
This September, Rebublicans and Democrates in Congress passed The Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act.
UW Health researchers are recruiting women to test a new drug that could build bone mass, staving off osteoporosis or undoing some of its damage.
In times of tight budgets and an increasing need to keep quality instructors from leaving for better paying institutions, Kevin Reilly has a daunting task in front of him as the new president of the University of Wisconsin System. Since taking office in September, Reilly said he’s already working on ideas to address such issues.
UW System Prsident Kevin Reilly told members of the Rotary Club of Madison that his first 2 1/2 months on the job have been “a little bit like drinking out of a fire hose.”
Officials at the Wisconsin Historical Society are considering whether to close the organization’s museum on Capitol Square as they look for ways to cut costs.
David Olien, a longtime deputy to former University of Wisconsin President Katharine Lyall, will step down from his position in March….After he stops down, Olien will spend one year as a regent professor, researching issues like fund raising and changes in public institutions. (11/10/04 Capital Times print edition)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 21st century gold rush is on in California after voters approved $3 billion for human embryonic stem cell research. At least one out-of-state biotech company is already making plans to move to California…And universities are hoping to recruit some of the field’s brightest minds to take part in the biggest state-run research project in U.S. history. (Provost Peter Spear is quoted in this article in the 11/10/04 Capital Times print edition.)
The Wisconsin Historical Museum on the Capitol Square could be one of the casualties of continued state budget cuts.
Assembly Speaker John Gard was unanimously re-elected to his leadership post by Assembly Republicans Tuesday. Gard, R-Peshtigo, is known for hard-line stands and comments that have offended some people. But his colleagues say he is an effective leader who is leading the state toward fiscal responsibility and is clear about the party’s goals.
Sen. Dale Schultz, the moderate Republican who was elected Senate majority leader in an upset Tuesday, quickly awarded three key appointments to champions of the hard right.
What’s the spot on the UW-Madison campus nearest to your heart?
Assembly Speaker John Gard’s quick criticism of a University of Wisconsin budget request drew return fire today. Last week, the UW Board of Regents endorsed seeking domestic partner health insurance for lesbian and gay employees, and Gard quickly denounced the idea by calling it a “raw deal for students.”
In two upsets Tuesday morning, both Republicans and Democrats in the state Senate picked dark-horse candidates to lead them.
Fans hoping to enjoy a leisurely tailgating breakfast at the UW-Madison football team’s Saturday destination in East Lansing, Mich., face a five-hour limit on their pregame gatherings.
Elton D. Aberle will end a 38-year academic career next year when he retires as dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, UW-Madison announced Monday.
People with glaucoma, a disease that can lead to blindness, might some day be better able to treat their illness, thanks to an agreement between UW-Madison and a North Carolina biopharmaceutical company.
While students sold baked goods for “poor chancellors” outside Van Hise Hall Friday, the UW System Board of Regents formally recommended a 5 percent salary raise for UW personnel. Provided the state chooses to accept the salary increases for staff and denies funds to pay for them, the recommendation stands to increase UW student tuition 5.5 percent.
While the salary raise would not go into effect this year, it represents a 2 percent increase over the salary raise the Board of Regents requested this summer.
No Wisconsin student can claim that in the past year they haven�t been directly affected by rapidly rising tuition costs. Repeatedly, the University of Wisconsin has been forced to tell its students that, because of the Governor, Legislature and Board of Regents, more money will be needed in the form of tuition hikes.
A group of patients with neurological diseases have rented an airplane with a banner to fly over the Badgers football game today.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved a large construction project Friday: the final part of the multi-year Healthstar initiative, which is changing the face of west campus Medical School buildings.
Student frustration about proposed raises for university chancellors boiled over briefly at the start of Friday’s UW Board of Regents meeting.
After deliberating Thursday, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents decided Friday to recommend the state increase compensation for UW System faculty, staff and academic leaders.
Katie Neuberger already had Badger basketball player Mike Wilkinson’s signature on the white Badger shirt she wore with his number, 54.
Just what the doctor ordered – a lawyer.
That’s not quite the prescription at two Madison clinics. But they do house a free legal service for senior citizens, and doctors are encouraged to refer patients who might benefit from a consultation.
