Category: UW-Madison Related

Campuses have always had their boldface names: professors who?ve logged time in a White House cabinet, opined on ?PBS NewsHour? or written Pulitzer Prize-winning best sellers. To this venerated lot we can add the academic blogger. A remarkable variety of scholars have achieved blogosphere fame, particularly those devoted to subjects related to the public sphere ? politics, economics, legal affairs. Law school bloggers are practically their own category.

?I think a lot of us have a desire to catch the issue of the day and put a personal stamp on it, and we?re in a good position to do so,? says Ann Alt house, who teaches at the University of Wisconsin Law School and whose eponymous blog (tagline: Don?t you love Althouse?) is often one of Technorati?s Top 25.

“Call your state legislator and tell them not to take any money from #UNH,? wrote the Twitter user @PrezHuddleston on Friday. ?One phone call can make a difference think Safe Rides.”

Mike Lovell, a rising academic star who was lured to run the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee?s engineering department in 2008, has been tapped to become the university?s next chancellor.

MILWAUKEE (AP) – A search committee is recommending that the interim chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee take over the job permanently.

Michael Lovell is in line to become the next chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Lovell is the former dean of UW-Milwaukee?s College of Engineering and Applied Science who has served as interim chancellor since October.

If you want some exercise before delving into chocolate bunnies, consider participating in the Second Annual Spring Sprint for the Arb at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 16, starting at the UW Arboretum Visitor Center, 1207 Seminole Hwy.

An 18-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in the 300 block of West Dayton Street early Sunday morning.

A Madison Police Department report said police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted, punched and choked an 18-year-old woman on the 300 block of West Dayton Street Sunday evening.

MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department said it is investigating a sexual assault/strangulation that occurred last year.

Women from throughout the state will gather at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this Friday evening (April 8) and Saturday (April 9) for La Mujer Latina Conference.

This is the 15th conference designed to celebrate the accomplishments of Latinas and to discuss and raise awareness about a wide variety of issues, ranging from education, family politics, leadership, immigration, the arts, health care and the media.

Anyone interested in learning more about the history of academic freedom in the University of Wisconsin System should check out this document. The six-page report outlines the various laws, institutional rules or policies, and Board of Regents history on this topic.

Newly released documents show the urgency and breadth of the FBI?s effort to quickly identify and apprehend those responsible for the deadly bombing of Sterling Hall on the University of Wisconsin campus in 1970. The files were released to The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act following the death last year of one of the bombers, Dwight Armstrong.

?Consider dangerous,? the memo warned. ?Case is to receive continuing attention even through holiday weekend approaching.? The urgent FBI memo was issued on Sept. 4, 1970, just days after four men bombed UW-Madison?s Sterling Hall, the worst incident of domestic terrorism at the time. That same day, the FBI put the men ? Karl and Dwight Armstrong, Leo Burt and David Fine ? on the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Offering insight into the FBI?s response after the bombing, the agency released more than 600 pages of documents from Dwight Armstrong?s FBI file in response to records requests from the State Journal and other news organizations. Armstrong died last summer, making his FBI file public record.

In August 2010, Ron Kraemer accepted the position of vice president for information technologies and chief information officer (CIO) at the University of Notre Dame, following a 14-year career at the University of Wisconsin, most recently as its CIO and vice provost for information technology.

Patricia Wells is living a food lover?s dream, writing cookbooks and running her own French cooking school. But it?s a dream the Milwaukee native never imagined.

As a child, she aspired to be a journalist. A graduate of Pius XI High School, she worked as a Milwaukee Journal “copy girl” and studied journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison were followed by stints at The Washington Post and The New York Times.

WHITEWATER, Wis. — As part of a green initiative, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Instructional, Communications and Information Technology (iCIT) Department has launched a new recycling program to reduce technology “e-waste.”

The campus-wide program called TREE, which is short for “Technology Repurposing and Electronics E-cycling,” is designed to properly handle e-waste. E-waste is a term for electronic products, such as computers, printers and cell phones that are nearing the end of their useful life.

In response to the GOP?s open record request for professor William Cronon?s e-mails, the Faculty Senate passed a resolution supporting academic freedom.

Madison police are stepping up efforts this month to combat vehicle break-ins downtown, since April appears to be prime time for thieves hitting parked cars. The initiative, Project 403, started on April 1.

The dean of the business school at Truman State University in Missouri has been recommended to be chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. The University of Wisconsin System announced Friday that Renee Wachter had been selected by a search committee to serve as chancellor of the Superior campus.

Luna the labradoodle took an unexpected and very chilly dip in Lake Mendota on Tuesday after falling through what?s left of the ice, before being pulled to safety by the Madison Fire Department lake rescue team. The rescue happened just before noon on Tuesday near Picnic Point on the UW-Madison campus, according to Eric Dahl, spokesman for the fire department.

Minnesota should buy Wisconsin and its intellectual wealth. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker already is selling Wisconsin to the Kochs but for much less than what Minnesota could offer. Think of the equity Wisconsin has: its people, its property, its ideas and the marketplace size it controls; Wisconsin has enormous wealth. Seriously, our state of Minnesota should go head-hunting right now for the talent at the University of Wisconsin.

William Cronon asserts that Gov. Scott Walker, elected by a comfortable margin last year by the Wisconsinites Mr. Cronon deems as wise and progressive, is not Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. Except that he makes the comparison twice.

Members of the Madison community gathered at the Orpheum Theatre Saturday afternoon for “Talking Peace Corps,” a celebration of the organization that included a lecture by Peace Corps Director and UW-Madison alumnus Aaron Williams.

Police are investigating the apparent homicide of a 23-year-old man they believe occurred Sunday morning on South Park Street.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps and the University of Wisconsin?s historically strong tradition of providing volunteers to serve abroad, the organization?s national leaders and UW alumni spoke about their personal experiences on campus Saturday.

Madison Police Department officials are investigating the apparent homicide of a 23-year-old Madison man who was stabbed to death a few blocks off the University of Wisconsin campus early Sunday morning.

One block of North Lake Street on the UW-Madison campus will be closed to through traffic on Tuesday and Wednesday due to construction.

Twin brothers were arrested Friday after a Langdon Street fight that was apparently tied to the popular dance video “Teach Me How to Bucky.” Steven and Andrew Schecher, 21-year-old twins from Madison, were both accused of battery after an incident early Friday morning in which one man was knocked unconscious, the Madison Police Department reported.

Tuesday, a federal judge tossed out the proposed settlement in the lawsuit over Google?s vast book-digitization project.

In an effort to cut departmental costs, UW-Madison has signed a contract with Huron Consulting group to examine the university?s financial productivity.

Following closely on the heels on the Board of Regents? endorsement of a plan for greater autonomy for all University of Wisconsin campuses, 13 UW System chancellors signed a letter submitted to the state Legislature urging policymakers to consider the Wisconsin Idea Partnership and to retain the system as a unified body.

University of Wisconsin officials have hired the Huron Consulting Group to ensure campus operations are working at maximum efficiency and to help restructure UW?s human resources system should the campus become a public authority.

Thomas Beaumont, a veteran chronicler of presidential politics and the Iowa Caucuses, has been named Des Moines Correspondent for The Associated Press. Beaumont graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1989 and earned a master?s degree in journalism from the school in 1993.

Campus and near west side motorists should expect traffic delays from Thursday through Saturday thanks to the closing of a one-block stretch of Old University Avenue. The Madison Traffic Engineering and Parking Division said a construction company is erecting a tower crane in the 1500 block of Old University Avenue near Breese Terrace, forcing the closure of the eastbound traffic lanes and the westbound left turn lane onto Breese Terrace.

Noted: “Also in the Governor?s budget is a plan to privatize the University of Wisconsin Madison. People who work at UW Eau Claire told me they think this is a very bad idea. ?We are afraid Madison will become unaffordable for average Western Wisconsin students,? the man said. ?And the Governor will use this plan to make the rest of the UW campuses far inferior; starving us of resources and making it harder to attract good faculty and students.?

Quoted: Howard Schweber, a professor of political science and legal studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Two UW-Madison graduates are among the four New York Times journalists released by the Libyan government Monday, according to the Times. They were released into the custody of Turkish diplomats and crossed safely into Tunisia, according to the Times, six days after they were captured while covering the conflict. The UW-Madison alumni are Anthony Shadid, Beirut bureau chief for the Times, and Lynsey Addario, a photographer.

The Libyan government freed four New York Times journalists on Monday, six days after they were captured while covering the conflict between government and rebel forces in the eastern city of Ajdabiya. They were released into the custody of Turkish diplomats and crossed safely into Tunisia in the late afternoon, from where they provided a harrowing account of their captivity.

View a chart of Scott Walker’s influence on board appointments.

Amongst the many cuts in Governor Walker?s budget is one clearly good idea: the New Badger Partnership, converting UW-Madison to a public authority.

Four New York Times journalists who were reported missing while covering the Libya conflict have been found, the newspaper said Friday. The Times reported on its website that the four were captured by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi and will be released Friday. The journalists include UW-Madison graduates Anthony Shadid and photographer Lynsey Addario.

TRIPOLI, Libya ? The Libyan government released four New York Times journalists on Monday, six days after they were captured while covering the conflict between government and rebel forces in the eastern city of Ajdabiya. They were released into the custody of Turkish diplomats.

Like many Western journalists, the four had entered the rebel-controlled eastern region of Libya over the Egyptian border without visas to cover the insurrection against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. They were detained by forces loyal to Colonel Qaddafi in Ajdabiya.

Four New Your Times reporters, including two graduates of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, were released Monday to the custody of Turkish diplomats, according to the Times.

The New York Times said four of its journalists who were reported missing while covering the Libya conflict have been found.

The father of Anthony Shadid, a New York Times correspondent missing in Libya, said his son told him “not to worry” Monday, one day before he and three journalists disappeared.

“I told him it?s so crazy there, no one knows who?s friend, who?s foe,” Buddy Shadid told the Associated Press. “But he said he knew what he?s doing. We?re all just praying for his safety.”

Anthony Shadid, Stephen Farrell, Tyler Hicks and Lynsey Addario were reporting on the fighting in the eastern part of the country, the Times said in a statement Wednesday.

A festival that started five years ago is now an institution in the Greenbush Neighborhood. The fifth annual Greenbush Day Celebration, which honors the neighborhood?s past, present and future will be held Tuesday, March 22 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Welcome Center located at 21 North. Park St.

Two Pulitzer Prize winners who are UW-Madison graduates are among four New York Times journalists missing in Libya, the Times is reporting. They are reporter Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and photographer Lynsey Addario, who has won a Pulitzer and a MacArthur Fellowship, the Times is reporting.

Two University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates are among four New York Times journalists missing while covering the fighting in Libya. The Wisconsin State Journal reports Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Anthony Shadid and photographer Lynsey Addario are both UW-Madison graduates.

The New York Times has sought the help of the Libyan government in trying to find four journalists, including two graduates of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who are missing in the country.

Various media, including the New York Times, are reporting this afternoon that four New York Times journalists are missing in Libya.

Two of the missing journalists are University of Wisconsin graduates. They are Anthony Shadid, a former Washington Post reporter who has won two Pulitzer Prizes for his coverage of U.S. military action in Iraq, and Lynsey Addario, a photojournalist who received a 2009 “genius award” recipient from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and UW-Madison graduate Anthony Shadid is among four New York Times journalists missing in Libya, the Times is reporting. The Times reported on its website that it was in contact with the journalists on Tuesday.

The latest law school rankings from U.S. News & World Report are out, and the list is pretty ho hum ? at least among the elite schools.

University of Wisconsin Law School fell seven spots, from No. 28 last year to tie for No. 35 this year.

A 52-year-old man told Madison police he was attacked by four men while on a downtown street early Thursday morning, suffering a stab wound to the back. The victim was treated and released.

“He told an officer he was walking on North Lake Street when four men jumped him,” said Madison police spokesman Joel DeSpain.

Although attending a University of Wisconsin Badgers football game turned out to be one of Steve and Beth Sternitzky?s worst experiences, their medical emergency ended up showing them how much others care.

A construction project on the UW-Madison campus will turn a block of North Lake Street into a one-way street for about two years. The Madison Traffic Engineering Division announced the southbound lane of North Lake Street between West Dayton and West Johnson streets is shut down as of Monday — for the Gordon Commons project.

Late last fall, when Don Gray was helping plan a conference in Madison this month on the impact of the Peace Corps in Africa – an event honoring the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Peace Corps – an interesting thing happened.

Gray and his wife, Joan, were compelled to return to Malawi, the African country where they first served some 45 years ago.

A suspected drunken driver got into deeper trouble early Friday morning when he allegedly tried to wrestle a Taser away from a UW-Madison police officer trying to make the OWI arrest.

A man who police say is a chronic trespasser was arrested again Wednesday morning when he was found hiding in a basement laundry room of an apartment building on the near west side, Madison police reported. Duardo Smith, 43, no permanent address, was arrested for criminal trespass to a dwelling at 8:34 a.m. Wednesday in the multi-unit apartment building on North Randall Street, police said.

….Court records show Smith has been arrested 20 times since 2008 for criminal trespass to property, unauthorized presence, being in a building after closing hour, trespass to land and violating restricted use of student centers or unions.

WASHINGTON ? She was a French major at the University of Vermont, looking for a summer job in Burlington so she wouldn?t have to go back home to Dutchess County in New York state?s Hudson Valley.

As faculty leaders in research and discovery at UW-Madison, we are writing to share our support for the additional flexibilities Chancellor Martin has been seeking through the New Badger Partnership.