Attention Badger alumni: You?ll be hearing soon from new University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank.
New UW-Madison chancellor says private fundraising effort is coming
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Fourth and State: UW’s Rebecca Blank
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A video interview by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, with Chancellor Rebecca Blank.
Dane County farmer gives coach Gary Andersen his biggest welcome yet
Madison.com
A Dane County farmer is giving the University of Wisconsin?s new football coach, Gary Andersen, a big welcome. Really big.
With Thousands Of Students Moving In Or Out, UW Tries To Minimize Waste
Wisconsin Public Radio News
UW Moving Days took place again in Madison to keep items that can be reused or recycled out of landfills, as thousands of students move in or out of their apartments this week.
Still: Baldwin?s visit illustrates value of R&D to human health, economy
wisbusiness.con
Tammy Baldwin readily admits she has a soft spot for academic researchers and the federal dollars that often help to support them. Her grandfather was a UW-Madison biochemist who worked at the Institute for Enzyme Research for decades.
UW-Madison steps up funding for out-of-state veteran students
Wisconsin State Journal
Last spring, Sam Hughes applied to college after finishing a nearly eight-year stint in the Air Force that included a tour in Afghanistan. The 27-year-old Virginian got acceptance letters from two elite schools ? UW-Madison and Columbia University ? but couldn?t believe the cost difference.
Scientists Disclose Plans To Make Superflu In Labs
Wisconsin Public Radio News
First, two teams of virologists created more dangerous versions of the deadly H5N1 flu. Now they want to give the H7N9 virus, which has already sickened at least 134 people and killed 43 people in Asia, a few new capabilities: drug resistance, faster transmission between people and the ability to sneak past the immune system.
Walker announces new UW agriculture research, science centers
WISC-TV 3
Gov. Scott Walker announced plans Wednesday for new University of Wisconsin buildings for dairy and meat science, according to a release.
UW-Madison Dairy Research Center to be Renovated
Wisconsin Ag Connection
Future students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s dairy and meat science program can look forward to learning in a state of the art facility. On Wednesday, Governor Scott Walker announced renovation plans for the The Babcock Hall, Center for Dairy Research, and the Meat Science and Muscle Biology Laboratory. The work is expected to be completed by 2018.
UW-Madison receives high marks
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been recognized in a number of recent college rankings, including the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) survey, “Fiske Guide to Colleges,” and Livability.com?s top college towns.
Scott Walker: Renovations to proceed at UW dairy, meat science buildings
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Before auctioning off cattle, pigs and sheep at the governor?s annual blue ribbon livestock auction at the Wisconsin State Fair, Gov. Scott Walker announced Wednesday that proposed renovations of University of Wisconsin-Madison buildings for dairy and meat science research will go forward as planned.
How about a UW System president with a strong business background?
Capital Times
They haven?t formed a search committee yet to replace Kevin Reilly as president of the UW System, but already there are calls to hire someone with private sector credibility who can work with a Republican-controlled statehouse.
The 25 Best Bloggers: Deborah Blum, Elemental
Time.com
?Macabre? is not an adjective that applies to many blogs of any sort, let alone ones by Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalists. In the case of Deborah Blum?s Elemental, one of Wired?s science blogs, it fits ? because her primary subject is poison, and most often poison that?s intentionally administered in the hopes of killing someone.
Ward: Sustaining Strategic Transitions in Higher Education
Educause Review Online
The pendulum has fallen off its pin and is stuck in the mud. We must find ways to stimulate and scale change across institutions?as well as to sustain those changes?if we are to create models that can serve the expanding needs of our learners.
‘Corpse Flower’ In Bloom At UW-Madison Greenhouse
Wisconsin Public Radio News
University of Wisconsin-Madison?s titan arum ? or ?corpse plant? ? is, at this writing, in full bloom, but the time to see and smell the rare, foul-smelling plant is limited.
Stinky corpse flower ?Dennis? in bloom at UW-Madison
WITI-TV, Milwaukee
The Titan Arum plant began blooming inside UW-Madison?s D.C. Smith Greenhouse around noon on Thursday, August 1 and should reach full bloom sometime Thursday evening.
A new look inside Camp Randall Stadium
NBC-15
Camp Randall gets a major makeover ahead of football season. It?s a project that started almost three years ago, and now the crew is in stage three. It?s the final one of the $86 million dollar face-lift.
Taffora named to lead UW-Madison legal team
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison has selected Raymond Taffora, former chief deputy attorney general at the state Department of Justice, as the new vice chancellor for legal affairs.
Reilly to leave UW System presidency, says decision his own
WKOW-TV 27
UW System President Kevin Reilly will leave his position at UW to advise the American Council on Education (ACE) in January 2014 and return to teaching.
UW System President Kevin Reilly announces departure
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly is leaving his job after nine years defined by soaring enrollment gains, steep cuts in state funding, large tuition hikes and fierce political battles. He?ll leave at the end of the year to advise the American Council on Education and return to teaching.
After year of turmoil, UW System President Kevin Reilly to leave job
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Just months after being lambasted by the Legislature, University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly announced Tuesday that he will leave his job at the end of the year.
U. of Wisconsin System Chief, Who Battled to Keep Flagship, Will Resign
Chronicle of Higher Education
Kevin P. Reilly, whose presidency of the University of Wisconsin system has coincided with some of the state?s most contentious debates about the role of the flagship campus and the future of collective bargaining, will resign from his position in January after more than nine years at the helm, university officials announced on Tuesday.
Reilly leaving in December as UW president
AP
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly announced his resignation on Tuesday, following a tumultuous six months that saw an angry backlash from the Republican-controlled Legislature over how the university was handling its money.
On Campus: UW a behemoth in getting federal money, a relative pipsqueak in paying for it
Wisconsin State Journal
What is surprising: the University of Wisconsin System?s ranking in both categories. It?s a behemoth in getting money, ranking ninth nationally in 2011 with $594 million in federal money. But it?s a relative pipsqueak in shelling out the cash its peers do to win influence and feed the D.C.-to-Madison pipeline. — Also: With Rebecca Blank starting as UW-Madison chancellor, it?s time to announce awards to her fellow finalists for the job, who made high-profile visits to campus in the spring:
Training grenade causes evacuation of UW-Madison building
Wisconsin State Journal
A UW-Madison building was partially evacuated Monday after a training grenade was found by a staff member while cleaning a desk.
Grenade found in building on UW campus
WISC-TV 3
The Dane County Bomb Squad evacuated a building on the UW Campus Monday afternoon, after a staff member found a grenade inside a desk on campus.
Think big to control the cost of college
Wisconsin State Journal
Interim UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward prioritized this (customized learning via technology) effort. That?s something new Chancellor Rebecca Blank must continue.
Limits on malpractice awards involving UW doctors challenged
Wisconsin State Journal
A Verona woman who won a $1.8 million jury award for her husband?s death in a lawsuit against a UW-Madison doctor is challenging a cap on damages against state-employed doctors, which limits the payment to $250,000.
College Enrollment Falls as Economy Recovers
New York Times
The long enrollment boom that swelled American colleges ? and helped drive up their prices ? is over, with grim implications for many schools.
Millner: Take time to visit UW campuses ? they are the UW system
Chippewa Herald
For more than 150 years, Wisconsin taxpayers have invested in our public colleges and universities, producing an enduring resource that benefits every Wisconsin family and the whole state economy. Today, that cherished resource faces critical challenges and change.
Editorial: University of Wisconsin being micromanaged? Absolutely
Appleton Post-Crescent
In their meeting last month, some members of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents lamented that the state Legislature was micromanaging the board.
UW-Madison chancellor’s first day on the job
Madison.com
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank greeted prospective students and members of the media during her first day on the job Monday in front of Bascom Hall.
New UW chancellor Rebecca Blank’s husband a right-wing think tank fellow
Incoming UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is a veteran of the Clinton administration who was tabbed by President Barack Obama to run the U.S. Commerce Department.
UW-Madison archaeology trip to Troy postponed until next summer
Wisconsin State Journal
An archaeology trip to the ancient city of Troy led by UW-Madison researchers has been postponed until next summer because of an unexpected move last week by the Turkish government to suspend permits for archaeology work this summer.
New UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank arrives on campus
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank arrived on campus Monday for her first day on the job and a week of immersion before taking a a long-planned family vacation.
New UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank to tackle daunting challenges starting July 22
Isthmus
When incoming University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank officially enters Bascom Hall on Monday, July 22, she?ll face a steep learning curve.
UW-Madison in spotlight at State Fair this year
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, with its focus on science, engineering and agriculture, will take the spotlight for a whole day at the Wisconsin State Fair this year.
UW researcher calls cyberattack attempts ‘shocking?
WISC-TV 3
The number of cyberattack at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is shocking, even to its top researchers.
Barrage of Cyberattacks Challenges Campus Culture
America?s research universities, among the most open and robust centers of information exchange in the world, are increasingly coming under cyberattack, most of it thought to be from China, with millions of hacking attempts weekly ? including thousands a day at the University of Wisconsin?Madison.
Frazier To Lead NIU Athletics
WNIJ-FM
NIU has a new athletic director. Sean Frazier was introduced Tuesday as the new athletic director at Northern Illinois University. Frazier has spent the past six years in the athletic department at the University of Wisconsin and has served as the deputy director since 2011.
UW Hospital and Clinics repeats as state?s top hospital
WKOW-TV 27
wo Madison hospitals are mentioned in the U.S. News and World Report of the best hospitals in the country.
UW-Madison names residence hall after Aldo Leopold
AP
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is naming its new residence hall after conservationist Aldo Leopold.