The University of Wisconsin-Madison was ranked fifth in the world in communications and media studies in the newly released 2017 QS World University Rankings.
UW-Madison media studies ranked 5th in the world
Capital Times
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Bills backed by anti-abortion groups would ban research using aborted fetal tissue
Wisconsin State Journal
Research groups — including UW-Madison, UW Health, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and BioForward, which represents the state’s biotech industry — said the fetal tissue research ban would prohibit lifesaving research already regulated under federal law.
Cross says budget proposal ‘best in a decade’ for UW System
Wisconsin Radio Network
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is offering high praise for the governor’s state budget proposal.
Clyde Stubblefield among 3 getting honorary degrees at UW spring commencement
Wisconsin State Journal
The late “Funky Drummer” Clyde Stubblefield, along with educator and philanthropist Tashia Morgridge and sociologist Cora Marrett, will be receiving honorary degrees in May from UW-Madison.
NOAA Sea Grant Cut Could Slow Climate Adaptation
AP
As President Trump moves to rein in federal efforts to slow warming, his administration is also mulling cost-saving measures that would leave coastal Americans more vulnerable to rising seas, heavier deluges, acidifying waters and other effects of climate change.
NOAA cuts would hit Wisconsin weather, water safety and jobs
Wisconsin State Journal
Proposed cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also could affect some of the roughly 20 climate change researchers at UW-Madison who receive federal funding, but Wisconsin relies on agency dollars more heavily in the other areas.
Universities respond to new executive order on immigration with concern
The Washington Post
University leaders greeted President Trump’s revised executive order on immigration with a mix of relief and deep concern Monday — relief that some provisions were eased from his January order, which had been frozen by the courts, and concern that its overall impact will damage the country’s longtime status as a destination for the world’s top scholars.
6 women honored by UW as 2016 Outstanding Women of Color recipients
Wisconsin State Journal
Six women will be honored by UW-Madison on Tuesday as the 2016 Outstanding Women of Color.
UW-Madison scientists seek to improve health, environment with microbiome research
Wisconsin State Journal
From diabetes, asthma and tooth decay to lake algae, dairy production and panda reproduction, UW-Madison researchers are studying how tiny bugs in our guts, our mouths and a variety of ecosystems help or harm.
UW-Madison could see smaller share of new spending on higher education
Wisconsin State Journal
New funding for higher education in Gov. Scott Walker’s state budget proposal would reverse years of cuts and boost University of Wisconsin System schools that have been slashing costs in recent years.But experts say two changes that System leaders and state lawmakers are considering this year could shrink the share of new funding that winds up at UW-Madison, and instead send more of that money to the System’s other campuses.
White House proposes steep budget cut to leading climate science agency
Washington Post
President Donald Trump’s administration is seeking to slash one of the government’s premier climate science agencies by 17 percent, delivering steep cuts to research funding and satellite programs, according to a four-page budget memo obtained by The Washington Post.
Epic recruiters come to UW looking for engineers and English majors alike
Capital Times
Annika Collier took more classes about Swedish than she did in computer science while attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the seven years she’s worked at Epic Systems, the giant Verona-based company that specializes in complex medical software, that’s never been an issue, she told a small room of UW students at the Union South.
Badgers football: Wisconsin reveals plans for ‘Camp Randall 100’ celebration
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez said he peers out his office window “about every day” to reflect on how much Camp Randall Stadium has developed since he took over as the football program’s coach in 1990.
UW tops all schools in producing Peace Corps volunteers
Wisconsin State Journal
Laura Linde has taken the Wisconsin Idea south of the border, and the children in a small village in Nicaragua couldn’t be happier.
UW-Madison ranked first in number of Peace Corps volunteers
Daily Cardinal
With 87 UW-Madison graduates currently volunteering worldwide, UW-Madison ranks first among large schools on the Peace Corps 2017 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list.
Campus leaders dedicate Black Cultural Center at conclusion of Black History Month
Daily Cardinal
Nearly two years after students demanded greater diversity and inclusion at UW-Madison, the Black Cultural Center was dedicated to “voices from the future,” as Hazel Symonette said, in a ceremony Tuesday.
Wisconsin higher ed leaders welcome proposed funding but worry about details
Inside Higher Education
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s latest two-year budget proposal has been received relatively warmly by higher education leaders, considering it calls for continuing to freeze tuition and then cutting it.
UW provides critical services for student-parents to continue pursuing higher education
Badger Herald
Brandon Shields had to consider a cost most students don’t have to think about when deciding to attend the University of Wisconsin for his Master of Business Administration — the price of childcare.
Republican proposes raising UW tuition by inflation, income
AP
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A key Republican legislator says Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to cut University of Wisconsin System tuition would force taxpayers to pay more and lawmakers should instead consider tuition increases based on inflation or increases in family income.
Optional Student Fees? In Wisconsin, Students Are Divided on the Idea
Chronicle of Higher Education
A line of 70 to 80 students stretches out near the F.H. King Farm every summer in Madison, Wis., when a University of Wisconsin at Madison student organization gives away its produce.
Rebecca Blank: UW employees should get same pay boost in budget as other state workers
Capital Times
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said Wednesday she will encourage legislators to treat state employees consistently on pay increases in the 2017-2019 budget, meaning increases for UW employees should not be tied to savings from the state moving to a self-insurance model for health insurance.
In a time of division, could science find a way to unite?
Christian Science Monitor
Those who disregard science and scientific consensus as not for them simply don’t have the knowledge – the facts, according to this thinking. And, as Dietram Scheufele, a professor of science communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison pointed out in a talk at the AAAS meeting, in the current “fake news panic” that mentality can fuel an impression that “if they just had the correct facts, they could make better decisions.
Researcher urges action in Wisconsin on driverless cars
Beloit Daily News
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Most cars on Wisconsin roads will be driverless two decades from now, a University of Wisconsin researcher says. “They’re coming, whether we like it or not,” engineering professor David Noyce said at an Assembly committee hearing on the future of autonomous cars Wednesday.
2 UW scientists win Sloan Fellowships
Wisconsin State Journal
Two UW-Madison professors have been selected to received Sloan Research Fellowships, one of the more prestigious awards young researchers can get.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker unveils $803 million capital budget
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Gov. Scott Walker unveiled an $803 million capital budget Tuesday, laying out a series of building projects ranging from a veterans home in King to a crime lab in Milwaukee.
Scott Walker recommends $803 million in state building projects
Wisconsin State Journal
He rejected about $93 million in projects at UW-Madison and $31 million for a new, 72-bed skilled nursing facility in Madison for veterans, which was recommended in 2015 by a state veterans task force.
Walker recommends $803 million in state building projects
AP
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday recommended spending $803 million on building projects across the state, which would be the smallest total spent on new construction, repair and renovation since he took office in 2011.
Pregont: It’s time to reinvest in the University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
There are many reasons that Prent Corp., founded 50 years ago by my father in Janesville, has grown into the world’s leading designer and producer of custom thermoformed packages for the medical device industry. I can honestly say, however, that without the contributions by our employees, our company would not have been able to achieve the success that we have enjoyed in these five decades.
Governor Walker proposes $803 million Capital Budget
Wisconsin Radio Network
The state Department of Administration has released Governor Scott Walker’s proposed Capital Budget. The proposal for the 2017-19 budget period calls for $803 million in total projects, with about $450 million in new bonding.
UW expands diversity initiative to reach all SOAR students
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin Dean of Students Lori Berquam outlined plans to expand the Our Wisconsin diversity training program to include all incoming students attending Student Orientation, Advising and Registration in a telephone conference Monday.
In Donald Trump era, UW prof’s rural Wisconsin insights gain national prominence
Wisconsin State Journal
Kathy Cramer’s journey to the center of the political landscape began with road trips to corners of Wisconsin many people only drive through — if they drive there at all.
Madison’s Plan Commission approves Duck Blind rebuild, SERF demolition
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison’s Plan Commission granted permission for the Madison Mallards baseball team to rebuild the Duck Blind section of the city-owned Warner Park stadium at its Monday meeting, as well as approving a demolition permit for UW-Madison’s Southeast Recreational Facility.
Paula Bonner stepping down as Wisconsin Alumni Association’s longtime leader
Wisconsin State Journal
Paula Bonner likes to dust off an old quote from former UW-Madison Chancellor Donna Shalala when she talks about the power and influence of alumni at colleges and universities.
UW-Madison expanding diversity training program
Wisconsin State Journal
Nearly all new UW-Madison students will be encouraged to participate in a diversity training program next year after about 1,000 students participated in the program this past fall.
UW eyes Scott Walker proposal to ‘hold faculty accountable’ by tracking teaching hours
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin System officials and faculty leaders say they’re reviewing Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to monitor the workloads of university faculty, including the number of hours they spend teaching.
UW-Madison Program For Future Entrepreneurs Skyrockets
Wisconsin Public Radio
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is trying to better teach students how to become entrepreneurs. It comes at a time when the state fares poorly in national rankings for its lack of business startups.
University of Wisconsin student government demands free tuition for black students
AP
Black students should be offered free tuition and housing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison because blacks were legally barred from education during slavery and university remains out of reach for black students today, the student government said Wednesday.
ASM calls on administration to provide reparations for black students in form of free education
Badger Herald
In an attempt to push University of Wisconsin officials to act on their diversity and inclusion rhetoric, Associated Students of Madison passed legislation Wednesday calling on the administration to reevaluate admissions criteria and pay reparations to black people in the form of free education.
Students concerned for campus fallout if allocable fees become optional
Daily Cardinal
“A disaster,” is how Sally Rohrer, a student government leader, described the provision in Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal to make allocable segregated fees optional.
Editing Human Embryo Genes Could Be Allowed Someday, Scientific Panel Says : Shots – Health News : NPR
National Public Radio
Scientists could be allowed to make modifications in human DNA that can be passed down through subsequent generations, the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine say. “It is not ready now, but it might be safe enough to try in the future,” R. Alta Charo, a bioethicist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who co-chaired the committee, said. “And if certain conditions are met, it might be permissible to try it.”
Blank: Investing in Wisconsin’s college students
Green Bay Press-Gazette
I am very appreciative of the new investments Gov. Scott Walker is proposing for the University of Wisconsin System.
Percent of UW-Madison graduates who take on student debt decreases
Wisconsin State Journal
Of students who earned a bachelor’s degree in the 2015-16 academic year, 53.4 percent graduated with no debt, a 3 percent increase from the previous year, according to a report released Tuesday from the university’s Office of Student Financial Aid, though some graduate and professional students saw their average debt increase.
Rebecca Blank calls Scott Walker’s budget ‘very promising’
Capital Times
Two years ago, Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal had University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank warning about possible layoffs. This week, she called Walker’s 2017-2019 proposal “a very promising budget.”
Human gene editing receives science panel’s support
New York Times
“If we have an absolute prohibition in the United States with this technology advancing, it’s not like it won’t happen,” said R. Alta Charo, a bioethicist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and the committee’s other leader. “We see an advantage of setting out a stringent regulation that guards against the uses that people are most fearing and signals to the rest of the world what it should look like when it’s done right.”
UW Medical Students Address Urban Doctor Shortage
WTMJ Ch 4 - Milwaukee
There’s a shortfall of doctors in urban communities. The University of Wisconsin has diagnosed the problem, and is working to fill the gap with a program sending medical students to under-served cities.
Scott Walker wants law requiring UW officials to protect offensive speech
Capital Times
As political polarization across the country fuels ideological confrontations on college campuses, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Gov. Scott Walker is proposing a law to require UW officials to protect offensive speech.
Experts see flaws in Scott Walker’s plan for UW System performance funding
Wisconsin State Journal
Experts say a good system of performance-based higher education funding, which ties money to how colleges measure up in certain categories, judges universities based on a few criteria, with a focused set of goals in mind.
Gov. Scott Walker’s budget offers more need-based aid for UW resident undergrads
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
While the governor and state lawmakers have frozen tuition for resident undergrads at University of Wisconsin System campuses since 2013 to help hold the line on student loan debt, the state hasn’t raised need-based financial aid since 2010-’11.
Scott Walker’s budget could pull funding from politically active UW student groups
Madison.com
The student fees Gov. Scott Walker would make optional pay for passes that give UW-Madison students unlimited rides on Metro Transit buses and a student government that has called for administrators to declare the university a “sanctuary campus” for undocumented immigrants.
Republican legislators again focus on banning fetal tissue research in Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Journal
Republican state lawmakers are renewing their push to ban research on aborted fetal tissue in Wisconsin, with one proposal circulated this week branded as ineffective by the staunchest anti-abortion forces.
Students across UW System question segregated fees proposal
Daily Cardinal
For the first time, all UW System students may be allowed to opt-out of allocable segregated fees, due to a budget proposal from Gov. Scott Walker. Touted as increased freedom of choice, students from multiple system campuses are concerned about the outcome for student organizations.
Appeals court keeps Trump’s travel ban halted
Inside Higher Education
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday to keep in place a temporary restraining order barring the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order banning entry into the U.S. for nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Wisconsin lawmakers set for debate over some proposals in Scott Walker’s budget
Capital Times
Republicans are largely supportive of Walker’s higher education proposal, but Democrats say it doesn’t do enough to make up for past cuts.
Scott Walker proposes 5 percent tuition cut, new performance funding for UW System
Wisconsin State Journal
Gov. Scott Walker’s state budget proposal would cut University of Wisconsin System tuition by 5 percent in the 2018-19 school year and provide $100 million in new funding for the System, the governor’s office announced Tuesday.
Walker touts plan to cut tuition and boost UW funding
Badger Herald
Gov. Scott Walker laid out his state biennial budget proposal Wednesday, calling for an increase in education funding and a tuition cut for University of Wisconsin in-state undergraduates.
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker proposes surprisingly liberal budget
Chicago Tribune
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a conservative Republican, put forward a surprisingly liberal budget Wednesday that includes a huge boost in funding for schools, sizable tuition cuts for college students and increased tax breaks for the working poor.
State Insurance Board OKs Switch To Self-Insurance For State Workers
Wisconsin Public Radio
The state’s Group Insurance Board voted Wednesday to adopt a self-insurance model for state and local government employees, sending the controversial plan on to the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee for final approval.
Walker Proposes $76B Budget For 2017-2019
Wisconsin Public Radio
Gov. Scott Walker unveiled a two-year $76 billion budget Wednesday that laid the blueprint for his likely 2018 re-election campaign, calling for a new round of tax cuts and a tuition cut, along with increased spending on public schools and the University of Wisconsin System.
Fees opt-out, three-year bachelor’s degrees, required internships part of Walker’s tuition cut plan
Capital Times
In-state undergraduate students at University of Wisconsin System schools would see a 5 percent tuition cut under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed 2017-19 budget, set to be unveiled in full on Wednesday.
Scott Walker proposes 5 percent tuition cut, new performance funding for UW System
Wisconsin State Journal
Gov. Scott Walker’s state budget proposal would cut University of Wisconsin System tuition by 5 percent in the 2018-19 school year and provide $100 million in new funding for the System, the governor’s office announced Tuesday.