Category: UW-Madison Related

UW-Madison administrators and students gathered at the Porter Boathouse Wednesday evening to honor UW Foundation President Andrew “Sandy” Wilcox.

Officials at the University of Wisconsin-Stout are disciplining 10 hockey players following the death of a fellow student injured near campus last month. Two players charged in the death have been kicked off the team. Eight other players are suspended for this season but can be reinstated next season.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) ? The Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor, Scott Walker, refused to say Tuesday whether he favors a ban on embryonic stem cell research ? even though he previously told an anti-abortion group he does.

UW-Madison gives out about $2 million in mandatory student fees each year to student organizations, but a student leader says the method for doling out the funds is broken. Matthew Manes said he plans to unveil an overhaul to the system this week. Manes is chairman of the Student Services Finance Committee, the student-run committee that decides which organizations will get the money, known as segregated fees.

The UW Board of Regents met Friday to discuss the collaboration efforts in northeast Wisconsin between colleges in the region and the business community, among other UW matters.

The University of Wisconsin-River Falls will be spending more than $90,000 to create two emergency shelters on campus, thanks in part to a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Madison firefighters kept a diesel fuel spill from flowing into Lake Mendota.

Motorists could have some jockeying to do Friday afternoon and evening in downtown Madison, since several streets will be closed for the UW-Madison Homecoming parade.

Builders are using these golden fall days to restore an octogenarian stone wall, created as part of a national public works project in the 1920s in front of a Near West Side landmark. It?s not a job for sissies.

Quoted: UW-Madison professor of music and homeowner John Stowe

Madison firefighters prevented diesel fuel from getting to Lake Mendota Thursday night after the fuel leaked into a storm sewer and then into a creek that empties into the lake. The spill was reported at 4:58 p.m. Thursday at the Walnut Street Heating Plant, 505 Walnut St., according to a report from the fire department.

An unknown amount of diesel fuel leaked when a fuel truck was pumping the fuel into a tank at the heating plant, which provides steam and chilled water to buildings on the UW-Madison campus.

Dane County has agreed to pay $118,000 to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and three other media outlets to settle a legal battle over records in the case of a murdered University of Wisconsin-Madison student.

The amount owed took more than a year to determine and will cover attorney fees for the outlets, which sought the release of 911 tapes and other records in the case of Brittany Zimmermann, 21. A Dane County judge ruled last year in favor of the media groups in their suit, and most of the records were released.

Four Wisconsin media outlets have reached a financial settlement with Dane County in a lawsuit about the release of 911 calls in the slaying of a student. The outlets successfully sought the release of 911 tapes and other records in the case of Brittany Zimmermann, the 21-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student who was found stabbed in her Madison apartment on April 2, 2008. The 911 calls became important components of the investigation after county officials said a 911 dispatcher mishandled Zimmermann?s minute-long call.

Letter by Michael L. Rothschild, emeritus professor, UW-Madison School of Business.

In this episode, we hear from Romaine Quinn, 20, a second-year student at the University of Wisconsin-Barron County, about going between campus and city hall, where he serves as mayor.

A recent sexual assault incident on the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse campus is on the minds of many students.

A female student at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater was punched in the face last week in what police are calling a hate crime.

Emma Vasseur said she hears the question all the time: ?How did you get that gig??After all, it?s not every UW-Madison student who goes directly from graduation into a job touring with one of the world?s biggest folk music icons.

UW-Madison police are investigating a break-in to the outdoor rentals office at Memorial Union, with the suspect possibly suffering a laceration from the broken window. The break-in and burglary happened sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning, according to the police report.

How do you explain to your insurance adjuster that the dent in the side of your car was caused by a kicking horse? That?s what several car owners are dealing with, including UW-Madison assistant men?s hockey coach Gary Shuchuk, after two University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department horses got loose, kicked and jumped over vehicles at the Kohl Center before being corraled while heading out to West Dayton Street.

The horses were tied up behind the Kohl Center on Tuesday afternoon at about 2:45 p.m., munching on hay while their police officer mounts took a break. The detail was part of the security force in place for President Obama?s visit to Madison and the UW-Madison campus.

In a speech that focused heavily on voters who supported him in 2008, President Barack Obama urged students at UW-Madison to return to the polls again this November to keep fighting for change.

Would it be all right if the Leader of the Free World stopped by your campus for a little while? He wants to surround himself with hordes of enthusiastic young people, toss out a few oratorical gems ? as you know, he?s got the gift ? and reinvigorate his anxious political party. The Secret Service has the usual security concerns, of course, but we?ll pay for any inconvenience. Interested?

Facing the potential for historic losses in midterm elections,President Obama sought tonight to light a fire under his party?ssupporters at a rally in front of thousands of college students inMadison, Wisconsin.

President Barack Obama swooped into this college town Tuesday evening, hoping to rekindle the youth vote that helped propel him to the White House for the benefit of Democrats in next month?s mid-term elections.

A block of Spring Street could stay closed until the end of the year as a result of a construction project in the area, according to Madison traffic officials.

Signs and posters are among the rather lengthy list of items not allowed at President Barack Obama?s rally on Library Mall Tuesday, which is sponsored by the Democratic National Committee. This bothered local marijuana activist and 2012 U.S. Senate candidate Ben Masel, who said it infringes on his right to speak freely in a public space.

It?s not a security issue. The Secret Service does not prohibit signs, just poles and sticks attached to the sign, said John Hirt, resident agent in charge of Secret Service for Wisconsin.

Dear Editor: Spend $3 million to save money at UW-Madison? Before bringing in yet another outsider who does not understand the massive UW machine, why not instead look internally for free?

One block of Spring Street on the UW-Madison campus will be shut down starting Monday and possibly lasting through the end of the year.

Madison police are searching for a suspect after an early morning robbery at the Open Pantry on Regent Street.

UW-Madison officials announced more details about President Barack Obama?s Democratic National Committee political rally on campus Tuesday.

Underground utility work will force the closing of the northbound lane of Charter Street between West Dayton and West Johnson Streets, beginning on Monday, Sept. 27. The Madison Traffic Engineering and Parking Divisions said the repair project will take 2-3 weeks.

Starting on Monday, September 27th, part of North Charter Street will be closed for underground utility repair work. The closure will last up to three weeks.

President Barack Obama will speak at Library Mall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus during his visit Tuesday, said Democratic National Committee spokesman Derrick Plummer.

The state deficit for the 2011-?13 budget could reach $3.1 billion – $370 million more than previously forecast, according to an economist?s prediction. Andrew Reschovsky of the University of Wisconsin-Madison arrived at the projection by building on the work of the Legislature?s budget shop. [Sixth item.]

President Barack Obama?s rally will be outside in the heart of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Tuesday.

University of Wisconsin officials confirmed Tuesday President Barack Obama will visit campus next week for a rally.

President Barack Obama will be coming to the University of Wisconsin campus during his visit to Madison next week. An official with the Democratic National Committee said Tuesday that more details of the Sept. 28 rally, including the exact location, will be released soon.

Dear Editor: You are cordially invited to ?A Century of Challenges? at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22, at UW-Madison in Room 180 of Science Hall, 550 N. Park St. As a lead organizer for this event, I believe it will offer insights vital for our survival and well-being. Not only did speaker Nicole Foss predict the financial meltdown well before it happened, she correctly explained WHY it would occur.

The Wisconsin Energy Research Consortium is the new name for an energy research consortium that started last year in the Milwaukee area. It now has a statewide focus that includes the University of Wisconsin-Madison and aims to make the state a center of excellence for energy, power and controls. Read more about that here.

The Madison World Music Festival is a three-day festival that takes place Thursday and Friday at the UW Memorial Union Terrace and Saturday at the Willy Street Fair, brings together musicians from Mexico, Romania, Kenya, Mali, Kyrgyzstan, Corsica and many more.

The Dog Jog, in its 27th year, benefits area humane organizations, including those in the UW-Madison?s School of Veterinary Medicine spay-neuter program for shelter pets.

Once a year students, faculty, attorneys, historians and others gather at the University of Wisconsin Law School to celebrate the distinguished career of Bob Kastenmeier at a lecture named after our former congressman, statesman, and scholar. Bob was no ordinary member of Congress ? he was never part of the Washington elite. He was too busy fighting for civil rights, women?s rights and peace during his 32 years representing Wisconsin.

….This year the Kastenmeier Lecture is honored to welcome New York Times columnist Bob Herbert. Herbert, a gifted journalist, chose the title: ?Afghanistan: What are we fighting for??

Members of a UW-Madison union plan to picket outside the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, 1300 University Ave., Monday morning. The employees — members of Local 171, Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24 — will be protesting the privatization of food service work at the new research facility, which is scheduled to open in December.

Former Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist will speak at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this week. He will give this year?s memorial public affairs lecture in honor of Paul Offner, a Wisconsin lawmaker and national policy expert who died in 2004. Norquist is a graduate of UW-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs.

Noted: A Madison Area Sports Commission has been created to bring more sporting events and competitions to the area. Board members include Vince Sweeney, vice chancellor for university relations at UW-Madison.

VInternet use at the nine public libraries in Madison increased 23 percent from 2008 to 2009 and is projected to go up 27 percent this year over last based on numbers through August. The steep recent jumps owe to the swollen unemployment ranks due to the economic recession and an increase in people who need jobs but also need training in the basic computer skills now all but essential in finding work. One library uses grant money to hire Writing Lab tutors from UW-Madison for specialized help in writing resumes and cover letters and other volunteers for help in basic computer and Internet skills.

Global economic forces have created a challenging fiscal environment for the state. These same forces have increased the returns from higher education – for example, the more than $1 billion per year in resources the University of Wisconsin-Madison attracts from outside the state and the many local benefits UW-Madison provides through accessibility to higher education for our citizenry. The state, therefore, faces a conundrum: Just when it needs a great research university most, it is finding it difficult to provide the growth in revenues needed to sustain it.

A column by Michael Knetter, who joined the UW-Madison School of Business as its dean in July 2002, and Gwen Eudey, assistant to the dean in the School of Business, who has joint appointments as a senior lecturer in both Finance and Economics at UW-Madison.

Are you out hundreds of dollars and can?t seem to remember what happened to it? The Madison Police Department might be holding it for you. An envelope with hundreds of dollars inside was found a week ago in the 600 block of University Avenue, Madison police said.

High-tail it to the UW-Madison campus on Sunday, Sept. 19 ? and take Fido with you ? for the Dog Jog 2-mile run-walk. The event begins at 10 a.m., rain or shine, in Lot 60, at the north end of Walnut Street.

Another year, another foul stench coming from UW-Madison?s greenhouses. A Titan Arum plant – known colloquially as the “corpse flower” – is getting ready to bloom on campus.

Kevin Reilly chose wisely when he named Michael R. Lovell as interim chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee last week. Now, Reilly, the UW System president, must choose just as wisely as he names a search committee to recommend candidates to replace outgoing Chancellor Carlos Santiago.

The University of Wisconsin System has a new top lawyer. System President Kevin Reilly has appointed Tomas Stafford as the general counsel for the system of 13 four-year universities and 13 two-year colleges.

The University of Wisconsin System has a new top lawyer.

University of Wisconsin police are searching for a man wanted in connection with a sexual assault in a shower at the Natatorium on campus on Thursday night.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has a new interim chancellor. Michael Lovell, Dean of UW-M?s College of Engineering and Applied Science, will step into the chancellor?s role on the second largest UW campus next month, following the departure of Carlos Santiago. UW System President Kevin Reilly announced the appointment of Lovell on Friday, and said he?ll provide strong leadership for UW-M at a critical time. 

MADISON, Wis. ? University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly announced today that Michael R. Lovell has agreed to serve as UW-Milwaukee?s Interim Chancellor. Lovell, Dean of the UWM?s College of Engineering and Applied Science since 2008, will step into the new role next month following the departure of Chancellor Carlos Santiago.

Ancient underground pipes are causing major headaches for construction crews trying to finish work on the UW-Madison campus — work that?s weeks behind schedule and won?t be done until October.

The work on the East Campus Utility Project was supposed to be done before move-in day on campus, which was the last weekend of August. But problems kept cropping up underground, pushing the completion date out to Oct. 4, according to UW-Madison transportation planner Rob Kennedy.

Dear Editor: We, the leadership of the University Religious Workers organization at University of Wisconsin Madison, wish to register our strong opposition to the public burning of the Quran.

Motorists might need an iron will to contend with Ironman. Patience will be a virtue on Sunday, as numerous roads in Madison and Dane County are being used for the Ironman Wisconsin triathlon.

The Dalai Lama is coming through for research at UW-Madison. The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds (CIHM) announced on Wednesday that the spiritual leader has donated $50,000 from his personal trust to the center. His gift follows his appearance in May at the dedication ceremonies for CIHM.

Noted: At Harvard, by comparison, some 250 people work full time on fund-raising, while the University of Wisconsin Foundation has a staff of about 130.