We?ll find out on Thursday who?s still in the running to become the next president of the University of Wisconsin System.
Finalist list out Thursday for next UW System president
Wheeler News Service
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Kevin Reilly ending chapter as UW System president
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
It?s been a high-profile year for Kevin Reilly, who will leave his job as president of the University of Wisconsin System on Dec. 31.
African storyteller professor left imprint on students
Wisconsin State Journal
Looking back, Harold Scheub sees nothing in his urban northern Indiana boyhood that prepared him for a decade of tramping around the African continent, tape recorder in hand, gathering thousands of spoken stories.
Big Ideas 2013
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Each year, great ideas emerge from Wisconsin?s research labs. Today, we highlight some of the most interesting. (Several are from UW-Madison.)
Soyeon Shim wants to see UW-Madison solve big problems
Capital Times
On a frigid, snowy morning last week, the UW-Madison campus is nearly deserted and Dean Soyeon Shim is using the rare silence in Nancy Nicholas Hall to do some thinking about a paper she?s planning to write. As might be expected for the building that houses the university?s interior architecture program, the space is bright, comfortable and exquisitely designed.
With fewer Badgers fans trekking to Orlando, UW will rely on large Florida alumni base
Wisconsin State Journal
Juston Edwards has a practical if unusual approach when it comes to choosing which University of Wisconsin bowl games to attend: Skip the Rose Bowl, hit the Capital One Bowl.
UW-Madison Pilates certificate among the first of its kind nationally
Wisconsin State Journal
Chloe Smith?s college coursework will include mastering machines known as the Reformer, Cadillac, Low Chair and High Barrel. There will be deep breathing, intense stretching, a lot of sweat and healthy dollops of both pain and pain relief.
Kevin Reilly ending chapter as UW System president
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
It’s been a high-profile year for Kevin Reilly, who will leave his job as president of the University of Wisconsin System on Dec. 31.
Some colleges turning to fixed-rate tuition
Wisconsin State Journal
Tuition experts with the University of Wisconsin System have studied fixed-rate programs, also known as cohort tuition, but there are no immediate implementation plans, System spokesman David Giroux said.
UW DNA facility may help bring final member of WWII unit home
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. -They were like family. Young men who went to war, they fought together, they spilled blood together, and some died together. When World War II ended most came home.
School Spotlight: MSCR, UW-Madison seek to interest students in science
Madison.com
A partnership between Madison School Community Recreation and UW-Madison is engaging elementary students in science with the hope that they see it as fun.
Around Town: Despite snow, big crowd for UW-Madison commencement
Wisconsin State Journal
Before addressing graduates on Sunday, UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank congratulated the commencement crowd at the Kohl Center for simply showing up.
How WARF Plans to Stay Relevant in Lean Times for Tech Transfer
Xconomy.com
Quick, name one of the oldest?if not the oldest?university tech transfer institutions in the country. If your brain automatically took you to a spot in New England or sunny California, think again. It?s the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, or WARF, which was founded nearly 90 years ago in 1925.
Badgers stun Texas in Volleyball Final Four
FOX6Now.com
With University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez on hand, the Badgers Women?s volleyball team stunned #1 Texas in the Final Four Thursday, and became the first 12 seed to reach the championship match in the 33 year history of the event.
Jignesh Patel?s Big Data Revolution
Madison Magazine
“It?s kind of like finding a needle in a haystack.”Jignesh Patel is sitting in a Madison café talking about big data. Between sips of coffee, the University of Wisconsin computer sciences professor uses the familiar expression to explain just what this buzzy tech phrase is all about before launching into a remarkable story about Madison?s connection to its past, present and future.
UW president panel to hand over recommendations
AP
A committee screening University of Wisconsin System president hopefuls is set to hand over finalists? names to a selection committee this week.
Wisconsin basketball is unchanged, but its success is unparalleled
USA Today
When high school coaches across this state visit Wisconsin to watch practice every winter, the same sequence occurs: They see the Badgers pair up ? just two players and a ball ? and engage in the most rudimentary activity, monotonously passing and catching a basketball.
Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance study examines the ‘payoff’ of a college degree
Capital Times
The WisTax study focused on the University of Wisconsin System. Among 2012 freshmen on the 13 UW-System campuses, about 18 percent were required to take remedial math and about 12 percent needed remedial English. Students who needed remedial math exceeded 40 percent at the Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Parkside and Superior campuses. Moving beyond the freshman year, the study examined retention rates. At the Madison, Eau Claire and La Crosse campuses, a combined 93 percent of new freshmen return for their second year. But at the other 10 campuses, a combined 80 percent return for a second year. However, that?s still higher than the national rate.
Despite raises, UW faculty salaries still lag
Madison.com
Even after three years of raises totaling more than $9 million, professors in the University of Wisconsin System still earn less than they could at comparable universities, according to a published report.
In three years, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery has become a crossroads
Wisconsin State Journal
An internationally acclaimed stem cell researcher, a cartoonist and a fourth-grader walk into a building. What could sound like the setup to a joke is something else to staffers at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery: just another day.
EdVest seeks law changes, expansion, holiday contributors
Wisconsin State Journal
Wisconsin?s college savings plan, EdVest, is expanding its holiday marketing while banking on a law change to increase tax-deductible contributions and contributors.
Despite targeted raises, UW faculty pay continues to lag
Gannett Wisconsin
Devinder Sandhu, an associate professor of biology at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, gets a steady stream of job offers for at least $25,000 more in salary, and some of his peers are paid nearly double what he is.
Employee charged with embezzling from UW-Madison SWAP program
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A former University of Wisconsin-Madison employee accused of embezzling more than $140,000 has been charged with felony theft.
UW accountant accused of stealing more than $100,000
Wisconsin State Journal
Police have arrested a former university employee for felony theft for allegedly embezzling nearly $145,000 while working for UW SWAP in Verona, UW-Madison Police said Friday.
Verona woman accused of stealing $144K from UW system
WISC-TV 3
An accountant is accused of stealing more than $100,000 while working for a University of Wisconsin department.
Madison Initiative for Undergraduates enters fifth year
The Badger Herald
A tuition surcharge for an undergraduate initiative allows University of Wisconsin to provide services that state and other funding cuts would have otherwise eliminated.
UW-Madison students to vote on $200 million recreation facilities improvement plan
Capital Times
UW-Madison students will vote in March on a proposed $200 million in facilities improvements that could nearly quadruple the recreational sports line item on their segregated fees statements, from $36.78 per semester to $144.78.
UW-Madison ranks as eighth ‘best value’ among public colleges
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Kiplinger?s Personal Finance has named the University of Wisconsin-Madison is the eighth best value among public universities, the magazine announced Wednesday.
UW-Madison 8th in best value at a public university, survey says
Madison.com
UW-Madison is in the Top Ten again, not in sports but as one of the best values in higher education. Kiplinger?s Personal Finance annual survey of almost 600 four-year colleges and universities puts UW-Madison at No. 8, up five spots from the 2012 and 2011 rankings.
Entomologist Names Wisconsin ‘Bug Of The Year’
Wisconsin Public Radio News
No two years are the same, and while insects are always around, some stand out as particularly interesting or surprising. Phil Pellitteri, an entomologist and head of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Insect Diagnostic Lab, said that when he assessed this year, he realized that while he exceeded the previous year in number of specimens submitted to the lab, 2013 ?didn?t seem that buggy.?
U.S. Colleges Finding Ideals Tested Abroad
New York Times
Members of the Wellesley College faculty reacted strongly when word spread that Peking University might fire Prof. Xia Yeliang, a critic of the Chinese government. Professor Xia, an economist, had visited Wellesley over the summer after the college signed a partnership agreement with Peking University.
Undergrad student loan debt lower than average at UW-Madison
Madison.com
UW-Madison students are usually above average in many areas, but are below average in one area that affects the pocketbook: student loans.
Four new campuses, including Madison, to offer flexible option certificates
Wisconsin State Journal
Four more Wisconsin universities have signed up to start offering certificates in the nascent flexible degree option program, designed to offer a more convenient route to a college degree for working adults and set to roll out with its first batch of five degree programs in January.
UW-Madison studies vision treatment for albinism
Wisconsin State Journal
A treatment being studied at UW-Madison could change the prognosis. Ellie is among nine patients who have taken dopamine, a drug for Parkinson?s disease, to see if it improves their vision.
UW System expects to announce president finalists Dec. 23
AP
University of Wisconsin System officials hope to announce the finalists for the system president position later this month.
Outgoing UW System President Kevin Reilly Bids Farewell To Regents
Wisconsin Public Radio News
Kevin Reilly, the outgoing president of the University of Wisconsin System, bid farewell to the UW Board of Regents on Friday morning.
Walker tells regents he’s ‘committed’ to bolstering UW’s flexibility
wisbusiness.com
Gov. Scott Walker encouraged efforts to increase University of Wisconsin System transparency Thursday, saying those initiatives would help the UW mend fences with the Legislature before the next budget cycle.
Experience: I discovered a new species up my nose
The Guardian
It was about three days after I?d left Africa that the pain in my nose became too severe to ignore. Starting as a dull ache niggling at the edge of my consciousness, it had gradually built in intensity to the point at which I had to stop what I was doing to investigate further.
Manure spills in 2013 the highest in seven years statewide
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin farms this year generated the largest volume of manure spills since 2007, including an accident by the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s flagship research farm in Columbia County that produced a mile-long trail of animal waste.
On Campus: Gov. Scott Walker urges accountability, transparency in address to UW Regents
Wisconsin State Journal
Gov. Scott Walker said he?s committed to giving state universities more flexibility in how they operate but said it will only come about with a more robust dedication to transparency and accountability by campus leaders.
UW-Madison alcohol policy developed last spring to take effect
Wisconsin State Journal
A new policy first rolled out in March concerning alcohol at UW-Madison events will take effect next year and apply a uniform set of standards to university events on and off campus, the university announced Thursday.
UW-Madison can look to Michigan on D.C. presence, access to federal dollars
Capital Times
UW-Madison needs to raise its profile in Washington, D.C., to better compete for federal grant money, officials say.
The next civil rights fight: Scholar Gloria-Ladson Billings believes African American students deserve better
Isthmus
Gloria Ladson-Billings travels the world, speaking and teaching about racial disparities in education. A professor in curriculum and instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her books — including the bestseller The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children — are considered part of the canon for teacher educators. Ivy League schools have tried to lure her away, but she has turned down offers from Harvard and Stanford, where she got her Ph.D.
Chancellor Blank: UW-Madison must compete with ?heavy hitters? for research dollars
Capital Times
UW-Madison is gearing up to be a more influential player in the competition for federal research grant money in Washington, D.C., and Chancellor Rebecca Blank says it?s about time.
CDI to develop muscular dystrophy stem cell lines
Wisconsin State Journal
Cellular Dynamics International, the company founded by UW-Madison stem cell pioneer James Thomson, will develop five induced pluripotent stem cell lines from patients with two types of muscular dystrophy.
UW, UWM scramble to ward off suitors for top professors
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Top professors in the state?s two public doctoral universities are attracting significantly more job offers than a decade ago, and those universities are scrambling to pony up “market pay” to keep them from leaving and taking federal research dollars with them.
PETA protests animal research with ads on Madison buses
Wisconsin State Journal
Graphic ads depicting animal testing began appearing on Metro Transit buses Monday, a decision the transit agency said it is powerless to stop.
PETA launches ad campaign depicting UW animal testing images
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
PETA has launched eight-week ad campaign featuring graphic images of animal testing on more than 130 Metro Transit buses in Madison.
Wisconsin Idea: Past and Future
WXPR-FM, Rhinelander
The Wisconsin Idea is a guiding principle of the University of Wisconsin System, that says the university should have an impact in all parts of the state. The University of Wisconsin-Madison aims to make its presence felt throughout the state. Kate VandenBosch is Dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at UW Madison.
Lodi grad awarded prestigious scholarship; Bulovsky to study politics in London
Portage Daily Register
It?s Lodi to London ? again ? for Andrew Bulovsky, a recipient of the prestigious Marshall Scholarship.
On Wisconsin Diversity: Chancellor Rebecca Blank
Capital City Hues
Dr. Rebecca Blank, who took on the reins of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in March 2013 is no stranger to Big 10 schools. Blank received her economics degree from the University ofMinnesota before earning her Ph.D. in economics from MIT. She held positions at Michigan and Northwestern University.
Number of teachers in training down statewide
Wisconsin State Journal
Since Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican Legislature enacted sweeping changes to collective bargaining and teacher compensation, the number of junior and senior undergraduates enrolled in state teacher-training programs appears to have dropped, state data show.
Great World Texts program puts spotlight on Common Core standards
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
When Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk arrives at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Monday, he?ll be greeted by hundreds of high school students who have spent weeks grappling with the themes of his book “Snow.”
UW officials, national studies ask Congress to end federal cuts from sequestration
Capital Times
Federal sequestration and the impact of those budget cuts on the University of Wisconsin will be on the agenda when U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, visits UW-Madison Tuesday for a public conversation hosted by PROFS, a faculty advocacy group.
Editorial: Boosting Entrepreneurism
WISC-TV 3
Cities seeking to be hubs of innovation ? in other words cities where smart, creative people want to be in the 21st century ? require collaborative partnerships. And if those partnerships include a major research institution and a world renowned patenting, licensing and investing organization all the better.
Field Trip to Malapa
National Geographic
Paleoanthropologist and science blogger John Hawks of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the experts on site at the Rising Star Expedition, analyzing fossils, monitoring activity from the Command Center, and helping tell the story from the senior scientists? perspective. For real-time updates follow him on Twitter @JohnHawks.
2 students from Wisconsin named Rhodes scholars
Madison.com
Two college students from Wisconsin with deep interests in science are among this year?s group of 32 Rhodes scholars from the United States announced Sunday.
Outgoing head of U of W system reflects on career
Minnesota Public Radio News
The president of the University of Wisconsin system, Kevin Reilly, is stepping down from his position after nine years on the job. He hopes to return to teaching and serve as a presidential adviser on education.
2 students from Wisconsin named Rhodes scholars
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Two college students from Wisconsin with deep interests in science are among this year?s group of 32 Rhodes scholars from the United States announced Sunday.
UW-Madison’s IceCube discovery lands on cover of Science magazine
Wisconsin State Journal
From deep below a sheet of Antarctic ice, UW-Madison researchers have identified invisible cosmic objects they think traveled there from black holes or other unexplored places literally galaxies away. They named the 28 extremely high-energy particles ? called neutrinos ? after characters from children?s television.