Steven Swanson is the new dean of the UW-Madison pharmacy school, the university announced Friday.
On Campus: UW-Madison names new pharmacy dean
Wisconsin State Journal
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On Campus: Gov. Walker names new UW regents, Tech College board rep
Wisconsin State Journal
Gov. Scott Walker on Friday named three people to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents and one to the Wisconsin Technical College System Board.
College basketball’s real billion-dollar winners
CNN Money
No one is likely to win the Warren Buffett-backed $1 billion prize offered by Yahoo and Quicken Loans to whoever can pick a perfect NCAA bracket. But there will still be big-dollar winners after this year?s tournament.
Tour the Milky Way in 20 billion pixels
CNET
NASA has launched an interactive map of the Milky Way galaxy, constructed over 10 years from over two million infrared Spitzer images.
Wisconsin scientists create dramatic 360-degree portrait of Milky Way
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A team of Wisconsin scientists has stitched together a dramatic 360-degree portrait of the Milky Way that reveals never-seen-before details of our galaxy.
Bo knows coaches
Philly.com
The forgotten team in the Villanova-St. Joe?s-UConn pod is Milwaukee. Such oversights are common for 15-seeds with a schedule strength resembling the weight of an NBA power forward (230).
Friend, former chief of staff of Gov. Scott Walker up for top UW job
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin System named five finalists for the position of vice president for university relations, including the president of a Milwaukee real estate group who is closely allied with Gov. Scott Walker.
Public’s help sought in hunt for missing UW-Madison student
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Madison police officers have asked for the public’s help in the search for a 21-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student who has been missing since Saturday.
On Campus: UW-Madison fined $35,000 for violations of animals in research
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison has been fined more than $35,000 by a federal agency for seven violations of federal animal research treatment standards, the university announced Monday.
UW Research Lab Fined For Animal Welfare Act Violations
Wisconsin Public Radio News
The University of Wisconsin?s animal research lab has agreed to pay more than $30,000 in fines for violating the federal Animal Welfare Act.
UW-Madison fined by USDA
Wisconsin Radio Networks
Officials with the University of Wisconsin Madison say the campus will pay over $35,000 in fines to the USDA, for violations that involved the care of research animals.
PETA criticizes settlement with UW-Madison over animal welfare at labs
AP
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has paid a $35,000 fine to settle several animal research violations, including burning a cat and euthanizing a dog without notifying the supervising veterinarian.
UW-Madison signs safety accord to protect Bangladeshi workers making Bucky apparel
Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will require all of its licensees that source, produce or purchase goods in Bangladesh to sign and comply with the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh for the production of UW goods.
Students missing out on financial aid
WKOW-TV 27
University of Wisconsin Senior Katie DeYoung works in the financial aid office, answering questions about a process she?s very familiar with.
UW-Madison to require Bangladesh producers of licensed merchandise to sign safety accord
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will require all companies in Bangladesh connected in any way to its licensed collegiate merchandise to sign and comply with an acccord aimed at improving worker safety standards.
UW-Madison to require Bangladesh producers of licensed merchandise to sign safety accord
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will require all companies in Bangladesh connected in any way to its licensed collegiate merchandise to sign and comply with an acccord aimed at improving worker safety standards.
Dynamic prof in wheelchair inspires $2 million gift to UW-Madison – JSOnline
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Professors who change lives inspire their students to give back. And in many cases, those students give back money to their alma mater.
UW-Madison places 28th in World Reputation Rankings
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Reputation is purely subjective, but University of Wisconsin-Madison officials will take this notoriety.
UW-Madison real estate center gets $2 million gift
Wisconsin State Journal
Milwaukee real estate developer and UW-Madison alumnus Mark Irgens has made a $2 million gift to advance the academic mission of the university?s James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate.
Future bleak for influential, UW-based Center for Problem-Oriented Policing
Capital Times
The future of the influential UW-Madison-based Center for Problem-Oriented Policing is in doubt after federal officials pulled funding after 13 years.
Veteran entrepreneur to direct Discovery to Product initiative at UW-Madison
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The former chief executive of several early-stage technology companies has been named to head the Discovery to Product project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Laura Damon-Moore & Erinn Batykefer | Movers & Shakers 2014
Library Journal
Inspired by a discussion about creative advocacy in their first library and information studies class, ?Information Agencies and Their Environments,? at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2010, Erinn Batykefer (r.) and Laura Damon-Moore conceived the Library as Incubator Project (LaIP).
Are state systems endangering our public flagship universities?
Inside Higher Ed
For much of the past century, public higher education in the United States has been governed by various forms of state university control. These ?systems? and their governing boards define and harmonize the educational interests and needs of their respective states with campus strategic plans, allocate state resources, oversee capital development, and try to buffer institutions from excessive intrusion by politicians and state agencies — important roles all.
Paul Fanlund: Crisis in Crimea is far from black and white, says UW expert
Madison.com
David McDonald is an esteemed Russian history scholar on sabbatical from his job at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW students OK $223 million plan to upgrade sports facilities
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
UW-Madison students have approved a $223 million plan to upgrade recreational sports facilities, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.
UW-Madison narrows search for next provost to four finalists
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The search for the next chief academic officer of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been narrowed to four finalists, who will give public presentations on campus starting March 13.
Proposed law would bring national security research to UW
Wisconsin State Journal
Classified national security research could be done by University of Wisconsin System professors if a bill currently before the Legislature passes.
UW rec sports facilities rebuild has critics questioning athletics funding, transparency
Capital Times
The TAA raised the question of athletics? contribution to the project last week when it blasted an email campus-wide urging students and staff to petition Athletics Director Barry Alvarez to have his department pay half the cost of the rebuild.
$50 million UW-Madison accelerator closing in Stoughton
Wisconsin State Journal
A $50 million electron accelerator in Stoughton will make its last loops next Friday after federal funding cuts in 2011 gouged the UW-Madison research center of $5 million a year. The Synchrotron Radiation Center?s already diminished staff, estimated at a dozen, will lose their jobs.
Meet the Scientist Behind the Bus
WORT-FM, Madison
Have you seen the controversial Madison Metro bus signs depicting UW-Madison?s cat experimentation? What experiments are being done and why are animal rights groups upset? Find out more about why the experiments have caused such a controversy on this edition of A Public Affair!
From Bangladesh to Bucky: UW revisits licensing and workers’ safety policies
Badger Herald
After a factory collapse in Bangladesh killed 1,134 workers last year, the University of Wisconsin is in the process of reviewing workers? safety in factories around the world that produce clothing emblazoned with Bucky and the Motion W.
Editorial: Vote ‘yes’ on Rec Sports referendum
Daily Cardinal
Any one of the 83 percent of students who stepped foot into any of University of Wisconsin-Madison?s recreational sports facilities last year can tell you they leave much to be desired.
Ilana Friedman talks Badger hockey, life as an out athlete
Bucky's 5th Quarter
Senior Ilana Friedman has no stats on the books as a Wisconsin Badger. A Middleton, Wis., native, she spent her freshman year at Vermont before transferring to UW-Madison. She dressed for every game her sophomore season, though she never saw ice time. She hasn?t been on the bench since then.
UW Rec Sports, Chancellor Blank weigh in on costs to upgrade facilities
Capital Times
A campus-wide email blast by the Teaching Assistants? Association calling on the UW Athletic Department to pick up half the cost of a $223 million upgrade to recreational sports facilities was forwarded 600 times on Monday, the first day it was sent out, says the TAA.
4.4 billion-year-old crystal is oldest piece of Earth
CNN
(CNN) — From a sheep ranch in Western Australia comes the oldest slice of Earth we know.
Rockwell, UW-Madison contribute to manufacturing hub in Chicago
Milwaukee Business Journal
Rockwell Automation Inc. and the University of Wisconsin-Madison are among 73 companies, nonprofits and universities that are investing in building a Midwest Digital Lab for Manufacturing at the University of Illinois.
Important cosmic finding made in Madison by way of Australia
Wisconsin State Journal
From a grain of Australian crystal that measures the width of two human hairs, a UW-Madison researcher has unlocked important discoveries about the Earth?s crust ? namely, that it?s at least 4.4 billion years old, meaning Earth cooled enough to be lived on earlier than previously believed.
Chicago’s UI Labs wins $70 million manufacturing grant from Defense Dept.
Crain's Chicago Business
Chicago has won a $70 million grant from the Defense Department for a research center for digital-manufacturing technology, a new facility that could dramatically raise the city?s profile beyond being a hotbed for startups.
Chicago wins bid for $320 million manufacturing hub
Chicago Tribune
Chicago will be the site of a digital manufacturing institute backed by $70 million in federal money and another $250 million in private and other government funding, giving the city, once a factory town, a better chance to re-establish its credentials as a modern maker of things.
TAA asks UW Athletics to beef up its ‘measly’ offering to rebuild campus rec facilities
Capital Times
The UW-Madison Athletics Department can afford to carry its own weight and kick in a bigger share of the cost of proposed multi-million dollar improvements to campus recreational sports facilities, the university?s Teaching Assistants? Association is arguing.
Assembly OKs bill allowing UW schools to perform classified research
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The state Assembly has approved a bill that would allow University of Wisconsin institutions to perform classified national security research.
Assembly to take up UW classified research bill
Madison.com
The state Assembly is set to take up a bill that allow University of Wisconsin institutions to perform classified national security research.
UW-Madison needs new budget model, committee says
Madison.com
A new budget model that aligns resources for UW-Madison with its core missions, while also rewarding innovation and giving flexibility for change and growth, is being recommended by a campus committee.
‘Me again:’ Ray Cross makes a second home at the Capitol
Wisconsin State Journal
As a young man, Ray Cross survived Vietnam. Now at the other end of his career, he figures he can handle the state Capitol in his new role as president of the University of Wisconsin System, which he officially starts this week.
On Campus: Public records exemption for UW dies under fierce opposition
Wisconsin State Journal
A controversial measure to shield University of Wisconsin research from public records requests died a sudden death Monday morning before its first scheduled legislative hearing.
UW-Madison tops list of Peace Corps volunteering
Madison.com
UW-Madison has gone back to the top of the list of schools and universities producing the most volunteers for the Peace Corps.
UW-Madison regains status as top producer of Peace Corps volunteers
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin-Madison now leads the nation as the top producer of Peace Corps volunteers with 90 alumni currently serving in 42 countries, the Peace Corps plans to announce Tuesday in Madison.
Wisconsin legislator nixes language creating record exemptions for UW research
AP
MADISON, Wisconsin ? The head of the state Assembly?s colleges committee said Monday he won?t allow the panel to vote on a bill that creates sweeping open record exemptions for University of Wisconsin System research.
On Campus: Steve Nass doesn’t support bill to shield UW research from public records law
Wisconsin State Journal
A bill to shield University of Wisconsin research from public records requests, scheduled for a first hearing Monday morning, has hit turbulence.
Badgers in Sochi
The Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin has a long tradition of sending current and former athletes to compete in the Olympics and this year?s games in Sochi will be no different.
New UW-Madison chancellor calls for tuition hike for nonresidents, professional students
Wisconsin State Journal
Rebecca Blank told the Regents to expect an aggressive push by her in coming years to raise UW-Madison tuition for those groups to the same or near what peers at other schools pay.
Real WWII Monuments Men included Wisconsin librarians, archivists
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Jesse Boell had never handled documents like this before, at least none secreted in salt mines.
Chancellor praises innovation at UW-Madison campus
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank highlighted her key policy focuses in education and tuition at a public meeting with the UW System Board of Regents Thursday.
Student loan refinancing bill draws packed hearing, questions about its effectiveness
Wisconsin State Journal
Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay, said about 763,000 Wisconsin residents are burdened by student loan debt. Passing the legislation, which he called the first of its kind nationally, would provide an incentive for graduates of state colleges to remain in Wisconsin after graduation.
State Senate Considers Student Debt Relief
Wisconsin Public Radio
A bill that supporters say would provide student debt relief for Wisconsin residents is under consideration by the state Senate.
Speaking up: Madison’s education academics get involved in the argument over education reform
Capital Times
Both Apple and Julie Underwood, dean of the School of Education at UW-Madison, share Slekar?s concern over the systematic privatization of education and recognize a role for scholars in the public debate about it.
Lawsuit accuses Apple of infringing on UW patent
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A thin piece of silicon that serves as the brain of the latest high-end iPhones and iPads is at the heart of a lawsuit the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has filed against Apple Inc.
Fake typo brews bustle over Russel(l) Wilson billboards
NewsObserver.com
A billboard battle over Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is bringing national attention to a road-side ad on Capital Boulevard near Wake Forest.
Boxing comes back to the University of Wisconsin
WISC-TV 3
When boxing is in your blood, you will find a place and time to do it. When Badger boxing is in your blood, you will find a way to get it back on campus.
UW student wins long fight to return boxing to campus
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Madison ? Nearly 54 years after boxing was banned at the University of Wisconsin, students once again are getting ready to start sparring and hitting the heavy bag on campus.