Gay is majoring in astrophysics and says,” It’s just fascinating how the world works.”
Youngest student at UW-Madison, at 13 years old, to host STEM camp next week
WISC-TV 3
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A cause for celebration for some, concern for others: Community reacts to Cephus’ return as Badger
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. – Wide receiver Quintez Cephus will officially rejoin the Badger football team after UW-Madison announced he’s been readmitted to the university. It’s news that’s being met with both celebration and concern.
UW reinstates Quintez Cephus; playing again for Badgers depends on clearing ‘eligibility issues’
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison announced Monday it has reinstated former Wisconsin Badgers wide receiver Quintez Cephus to the university — a year to the day after he told his team he had to step down and face criminal charges.
‘A rock and a hard place’: UW-Madison weighs whether to readmit Quintez Cephus
Wisconsin State Journal
No matter what UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank decides, she will be criticized.
Madison College students prepare to transfer to four-year college through biotechnology internship
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Friday an internship program created for Madison College students that can help them transfer to a four-year college.
UW-Madison moves up in 2019 worldwide rankings of universities
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is ranked high in a list compiled by the Academic Ranking of World Universities.
Madison ranked best college town in nation
Madison.com
Joan Nieson of Sports Illustrated said her rankings focused on college town environment, landscape, food and drink offerings, culture and music scenes as important factors.
Madison named best college town in the country
NBC-15
In celebration of college football’s 150th anniversary, Sports Illustrated has named Madison the #1 college town in the country.
College party rankings: UCSB top liquor school, Wisconsin #1 in beer
247 Wall Street
It should be noted that the hard liquor survey produces different results than the Party Schools list, in which the top spot went to Syracuse University and UCSB finished sixth, and the Lots of Beer rankings, in which first place went to University of Wisconsin-Madison and UCSB didn’t place in the top 20 at all.
Earth’s roaming magnetic poles create longer periods of instability, study says
CNN
“Reversals are generated in the deepest parts of the Earth’s interior, but the effects manifest themselves all the way through the Earth and especially at the Earth’s surface and in the atmosphere,” said Brad Singer, study author and University of Wisconsin-Madison geologist. “Unless you have a complete, accurate and high-resolution record of what a field reversal really is like at the surface of the Earth, it’s difficult to even discuss what the mechanics of generating a reversal are.”
Camera that can see around corners created by UW scientists
Journal Sentinel
Scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Universidad de Zaragova in Spain reported their results Monday in the journal Nature.
African university gets course on pollution problems with help of UW grad team
Wisconsin State Journal
Communities in Sierra Leone will have more tools to combat serious pollution and contamination issues with the help of a course created by graduate students at UW-Madison.
Inside UW-Madison’s renovation of Witte Hall: AC, nongender bathrooms, more lounges
Wisconsin State Journal
University housing officials on Friday provided the Wisconsin State Journal with a sneak peek of the project, which officially wraps up next week. The 2½-year project began in March 2017 and had no construction delays
UW System regents sign off on plan to use $43 million for performance-based funding
The Capital Times
University of Wisconsin System officials are looking to funnel some $43 million to campuses based on how well they hit certain performance metrics, a funding plan that still needs approval from the Legislature’s budget committee before the money can be released.
UW Hospital makes list of top 20 best hospitals in U.S. for first time
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics are now among the 20 best hospitals in the entire nation for the first time ever, according to U.S. News & World Report’s latest rankings released Monday.
Republicans propose limits to how student fees fund UW campus buildings
Wisconsin State Journal
Rep. Dave Murphy, R-Greenville, and Sen. André Jacque, R-De Pere, are working on a bill that would ban student fee-funded building projects from moving forward without a majority of all enrolled students on campus approving the project in two consecutive referendums.
Foxconn at 2 years: Wisconsin factory going up, innovation sites empty
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: In some cases, Foxconn has not met timelines it laid down in its own announcements — announcements that may have been tied as much to political considerations as to actual business needs. And a University of Wisconsin-Madison spokesman said that because of changes at Foxconn there has been “no significant progress” in discussions related to Foxconn’s announcement last August that it would invest $100 million in the university.
Republican lawmakers seek path to ending UW tuition freeze by proposing inflationary increases
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Increases in how much students pay to attend University of Wisconsin campuses would be tied to the rate of inflation under a new bill that seeks to lay the groundwork for ending a near decade-long tuition freeze.
Rules of the road
Isthmus
A year ago, Milwaukee resident Jessie Calhoun noticed the buzz online that electric “dockless” scooters were coming to her city. Although the UW-Milwaukee student was excited to try one out, the scooters were in such high demand that it took weeks before she was able to find one to ride.
If UW tuition freeze is ever lifted, Republican bill caps how much tuition can increase
Wisconsin State Journal
Two Republican lawmakers aim to restrict how much the University of Wisconsin System can increase tuition if and when the undergraduate resident tuition freeze set to enter its seventh year is lifted.
A Piece of IceCube Arrives at the Smithsonian
Air & Space Magazine
Kael Hanson, IceCube’s director of operations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says that some 200 collaborators were in Madison the day the sensor was sent to D.C., so it turned into a farewell ceremony.“It’s a great honor,” Hanson says. “It’s the Smithsonian. It’s an invite-only club.”
UW celebrates 150 years of female graduates
NBC-15
The first six women to receive diplomas from UW were some of the first in the country. That same cutting edge mantra has continued with Badger women ever since.
Celebrating 150 years of women at UW-Madison
WISC-TV 3
One hundred and fifty years ago was a monumental milestone for UW-Madison: that’s when the first women graduated from the university.
UW team helps rewrite evolution of birds with new discovery
Wisconsin State Journal
The fossil, known as Lori, was found in 2001 and shows a deeper evolution of when birds gained the ability to fly as well as confirmed that feathered dinosaurs did exist in North America, according to a report released Wednesday, led and co-authored by UW-Madison researchers.
Rose Lavelle dressed as Mia Hamm for a third-grade book project
The Washington Post
After a standout career at MND, Lavelle attended the University of Wisconsin on a soccer scholarship. In early 2017, the Boston Breakers selected her with the No. 1 pick of the NWSL College Draft.
University of Wisconsin alumna Rose Lavelle scores goal for United States in World Cup final
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin product Rose Lavelle scored a goal on the biggest stage in women’s soccer, the World Cup final, Sunday at Stade de Lyon in Lyon, France. Her strike gave the United States a 2-0 lead over the Netherlands.
Rose Lavelle has been U.S. soccer’s World Cup revelation
The New York Times
At the time, she was a rising junior from the University of Wisconsin spending the offseason with the Seattle Sounders women’s team, a second-tier gig that welcomed amateur players.
UW-Madison may expand physician assistants program to another UW campus
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison is exploring a partnership with another University of Wisconsin System campus to address a shortage of physician assistants in rural areas, the university announced Wednesday.
Under a program offered through UW-Madison’s School of Medicine and Public Health, students would earn a degree through UW-Madison’s physician assistant program by taking classes at UW-Platteville.
‘Challengers, not enemies’: UW-Madison student media celebrates 50 years of competition
Wisconsin State Journal
The great newspaper war that has been a fixture on UW-Madison’s campus for the past 50 years almost didn’t happen.The Daily Cardinal began printing in 1892 and had 77 years of established readership when a new paper, The Badger Herald, emerged in 1969 to serve as some conservative competition.
Madison teams win major funding competition with ideas to raise net incomes of Dane County families
Capital Times
UW-Madison’s effort was known as “DreamUp Wisconsin,” and Berger said last May that the goal was to put about $4,000 in the pockets of Dane County families. The university’s Institute for Research on Poverty led the effort and helped solicit proposals, which all included a partnership between the university and community.
Wisconsin Senate passes state budget, now heads to Gov. Evers’ desk
NBC-15
UW System President Ray Cross also issued this statement: “The budget passed by the legislature makes a significant long-term investment in our campus infrastructure that will benefit students, our faculty, and the state for years to come … I also thank Governor Evers for his steadfast commitment to the University of Wisconsin System during the budget process, and everyone who continues to advocate for a strong UW System budget.”
UW-Madison raising pride flags over Memorial Union, Union South
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison will raise pride flags Thursday at both student unions, likely marking the first time that the rainbow-striped flag has flown outdoors on the main campus.
UW System’s new board president talks tenure, tuition freeze, state budget
Wisconsin State Journal
The new president of the board overseeing Wisconsin’s public universities will likely not move to undo any major changes spearheaded by his predecessors.
Researchers recruit Wisconsinites to contribute to massive biomedical database
Capital Times
The UW-Madison, the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Marshfield Clinic are spearheading a statewide effort to help the NIH build a national biomedical database of unprecedented depth and scope.
UW-Madison precollege programs revamped after alleged sexual assaults, lawsuit
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison has overhauled programming that brings precollege students to its campus after problems in the past two summers raised questions about student safety and oversight.
UW System president hits pay dirt with university pay gap claim
PolitiFact Wisconsin
In the battle over the 2019-’21 state budget, faculty salaries for the University of Wisconsin System have made for their own skirmish.
Budget committee OKs $1.9B in building projects, including $1B for UW campuses
Wisconsin State Journal
The Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee on Tuesday voted to approve about $1.9 billion for state building projects, with about half earmarked for upgrades and renovations at University of Wisconsin System buildings, many of which have gone without repairs for years.
Lawmakers approve $1 billion in building projects for UW campuses, reject funding to replace youth prison
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Republican lawmakers Tuesday approved $1.9 billion in construction projects and building improvements across the state — with more than half being spent on University of Wisconsin System campuses, approving the vast majority of what Gov. Tony Evers wanted for colleges and universities.
Lawmakers Approve $1B For UW System Construction Projects
Wisconsin Public Radio
The Legislature’s state budget committee voted Tuesday evening to approve $1.9 billion for state construction projects, including more than $1 billion for University of Wisconsin System projects.
New leadership elected to UW System Board of Regents
Wisconsin State Journal
The UW System Board of Regents elected Drew Petersen to be its next president, a position that means he will determine committee memberships, sign contracts and represent the Regents in front of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and the state Legislature during his one-year term.
UW System President Cross Continues Push For Increased State Funding
Wisconsin Public Radio
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross said employers in Wisconsin are “screaming” for more talent offered by graduates from state campuses as he continued his pitch for more investment in state higher education.
UW-Madison reviewed admissions policies in wake of national scandal and made 2 changes
Wisconsin State Journal
An internal review of UW-Madison’s admissions policies found no exposure in the “Varsity Blues” admissions scandal that rocked several elite institutions earlier this year.
Trump Administration Sharply Curtails Fetal Tissue Medical Research
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Wednesday that the federal government would sharply curtail federal spending on medical research that uses tissue from aborted fetuses, mainly by ending fetal-tissue research within the National Institutes of Health.
Trump administration restricts fetal tissue research in win for anti-abortion groups
Inside Higher Education
The Trump administration on Wednesday said it would bar scientists at federal agencies from pursuing research using fetal tissue and add new hurdles for researchers on college campuses to renew funding for research using the materials. It also said it would drop a contract with the University of California, San Francisco, to research HIV infection using the tissue.
Pushed by anti-abortion groups, HHS restricts fetal tissue research
Politico.com
The Trump administration Wednesday imposed new restrictions on federal use of fetal tissue obtained from abortions, barring government scientists at NIH from doing such research, and canceling an existing HIV research contract with the University of California, San Francisco.
“There is no evidence that the use of donated tissue from fetal remains has any effect on whether women choose abortions, and no evidence that decades of research using donated tissue has ever led to an increase in the number of abortions,” said Alta Charo of the University of Wisconsin.
Trump’s HHS Bans Government Scientists From Fetal Tissue Research
Buzzfeed News
WASHINGTON — Government scientists must stop research that uses human fetal tissue, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday in a series of new restrictions.
“It is a clear indication that this administration values symbolic statements over research aimed at saving lives,” Alta Charo, a bioethics professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, wrote to BuzzFeed News in an email Wednesday. “Indeed, in one of the greatest ironies, this tissue might be used for research on the Zika virus that can cause devastating birth defects, so a policy aimed at symbolically valuing fetal life may end up devaluing the lives of actual children.”
Man with severe autoimmune disease gets stem cell transplant at UW
Wisconsin State Journal
Charles Beschta developed heartburn, and his breathing became so difficult he had to quit singing in his church choir.
NBC Nightly News’ annual commencement tradition
NBC Nightly News
Features commencement speaker J.J. Watt
GOP Lawmakers Reject Governor’s Spending Bump For UW System
Wisconsin Public Radio
Republican legislators on Tuesday rejected Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed $130 million state funding increase for the University of Wisconsin System, a move that system leadership likened to a kick in the shins.
Press Play: UW-Madison Increasing Student Attention Through Changing Classroom Structure
Wisconsin Public Radio
The University of Wisconsin-Madison hasn’t blocked streaming websites on its campus WiFi, but there’s an effort to increase engagement and attendance in large lecture classes through what’s called the REACH program — Redesigning for Active Learning in High-Enrollment Courses. The program started in 2016.
Republicans OK two more years of UW tuition freeze, reduce funding increase
Wisconsin State Journal
The Republican-controlled state budget-writing committee extended a tuition freeze for undergraduate residents attending University of Wisconsin campuses over the next two academic years.
From astronomy to zoology, UW-Madison science talks inform public
Wisconsin State Journal
Wednesday Nite @ the Lab, which started in February 2006, allows the public to hear campus scientists — and occasionally researchers from other universities — share their expertise.
Badgers assistant Howard Moore walking; son released from hospital after crash
Wisconsin State Journal
Jerell Moore, the son of University of Wisconsin men’s basketball assistant coach Howard Moore, was released from a Michigan hospital on Monday, according to school officials.
5G spectrum and the potential weather forecasting apocalypse
AXIOS
A struggle is brewing between the nation’s weather and climate agencies and the wireless industry concerning 5G spectrum and the reliability of our weather forecasts. “Microwave satellite data is the weather-equivalent of a medical CAT scan,” says Jordan Gerth, a meteorologist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
UW-Madison faculty, staff return to Vilas Hall months after flooding displaced them
Wisconsin State Journal
The fifth floor of Vilas Hall on UW-Madison’s campus has been missing its lifeblood for more than three months after flooding and burst pipes in early February displaced its core tenants.
Graduation 2019: Which cities are best for college grads?
USA Today
Madison is #1. Many of the top 10 cities that received A-minus to A-plus grades were also home to sizable colleges, such as the University of Wisconsin-Madison, North Carolina State University and Texas Tech University.
Education advocates, business group expect funding increase
Madison.com
Advocates for K-12 schools and the University of Wisconsin System were optimistic Tuesday that Republicans will spend more money on education, but they don’t know how much to expect other than something less than what Democratic Gov. Tony Evers proposed.
Budget committee votes to boost wages for prison, state employees
Wisconsin State Journal
Republicans on the state’s budget-writing committee approved a 2% annual wage increase for most state employees Tuesday, plus a 14% boost to the minimum wage for state prison employees.
Madison-area stem cell clinics part of “gray market” under increased scrutiny
Wisconsin State Journal
Dr. Tim Kamp, director of UW-Madison’s Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center, said patients should be aware that the (stem cell) injections carry risks with no proven benefit, as the treatments haven’t been subject to rigorous clinical trials required before federal approval.
Welcome to campus
Isthmus
In mid-March Madison learned that a much-maligned spire will disappear from Camp Randall. But lost in the excitement is news that it’s part of a plan to renovate the nearby Field House and create a large, new, outdoor gathering place.