The James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate can be found on the fourth floor of the UW-Madison School of Business building. To the right of the entrance is a montage of drawings of the legendary professor, who died in 1988, interspersed with several rubrics that have guided generations of real estate developers, appraisers and analysts.
The coordinators of the new Charter Street Heating Plant invited the public to voice their opinions after a presentation detailing the projectâ??s environmental impact Wednesday night.
University of Wisconsin System officials have plans to graduate far more students, and now theyll start talking about how to pay for them.
Since U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb ruled the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional, critics have declared what they think of her: A Marxist. A moron. A disgrace. Crabb, a 31-year veteran of the bench in this liberal state capital, has faced harsh criticism before. In her ruling last month, Crabb said the law creating the tradition being observed Thursday is an unconstitutional call to religious action. Crabb graduated from the University of Wisconsin law school in 1962.
Easing their way into awarding four-year degrees, some community colleges around the country have begun offering applied baccalaureate degrees with a technical, workforce-ready focus. Two-year colleges in Wisconsin, however, are lobbying the state system to let them offer a different kind of applied baccalaureate â?? one with a liberal arts focus and aimed at rural, place-bound adults.
In June, the University of Wisconsin Colleges, the stateâ??s 13 associate-degree awarding institutions, plan to present a comprehensive proposal to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents to introduce the bachelor of applied arts and sciences (B.A.A.S.) degree. If the proposal is approved by the board, the new degree program would be offered on a pilot basis, starting in the fall of 2011, at six of the systemâ??s two-year colleges in cooperation with six of the systemâ??s comprehensive universities.
If you use UW-Madison text messaging, e-mail and the campus phone system, and all three display warnings at the same time, donâ??t panic.
A full-scale test of WiscAlerts, the campus emergency notification system, is coming on Thursday, sometime between noon and 2 p.m., the first time the university is testing all three systems simultaneously. The test will include all 20,000 subscribers to WiscAlerts-Text, 78,000 campus e-mail users and 21,000 Centrex phone users on campus.
The UW-Systemâ??s annual accountability report shows more students enrolled in Wisconsinâ??s public universities and colleges are graduating. But while minority students are enrolling in larger numbers, their retention and graduation rates still trail those of white students.Last year, the UW-System had a record enrollment, with nearly 179,000 students attending its 26 campuses.
Noted: Security officers in such institutions face two crucial problems. One is funding, which ranked first in the survey. The chemistry department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for instance, has one IT person overseeing 1,300 computers used by 500 staff and several thousand students. In such a climate, says departmental chairman Robert Hamers, “itâ??s just very limiting in terms of what you can actually expect one person to do”. Last year, Hamersâ?? department suffered a breach. In the absence of a firewall (now installed), foreign hackers infiltrated 40 computers, installing software that turned those systems into file-sharing servers for copyrighted music, movies and television programmes.
Peter O. Johnson was a relative newcomer to the horse racing industry when he arrived at the sportâ??s mecca on May 6, 2006, and watched Barbaro race to a victory in the Kentucky Derby. As Johnson left Churchill Downs that day, the longtime Madison resident made a vow to sons Peter Jr. and Erik that he wouldnâ??t return until he had a horse in the race. Johnson grew up in Monroe and graduated from the University of Wisconsin. He dated the woman who is now his wife in college, but Peter and Ellen went their separate ways after UW until reuniting some 30 years later following divorces from their respective spouses.
Madison is not merely a transportation hub.
It is a great American city, with a rich history, a bright future and a vibrant heart. That heart is downtown, on the isthmus that separates Lakes Monona and Mendota.
The point here is not to suggest that the cityâ??s neighborhoods to the north, east, west and south are not vital to its character and future. But cities need central reference points, and the isthmus is that for Madison. So the Madison City Council was right to signal that the coming high-speed rail line must have a downtown station.
Public universities including UW-Madison could be required to provide recognition and funds for student groups that limit membership on the basis of beliefs if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of a California campus Christian group.
Phil Porter paints the landscape and buildings of Madison â?? some designed by his great-grandfather, architect Lew F. Porter. The elder Porter supervised construction of the state Capitol and designed buildings at the UW-Madison campus including the Red Gym. Phil Porterâ??s playful paintings often feature two suns â?? one for himself and one for his famous relative.
I recently received the University of Wisconsin Systemâ??s “Fact Book 09-10” in the mail.The publication is designed to “serve as a reference guide to UW System statistics and general information.”
For a stats geek, itâ??s an interesting read.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that Susan Hedman would be the new regional administrator. The Midwest region includes Wisconsin. Hedman graduated from Ripon College in Ripon, and earned a masters degree from the La Follette Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1979. She is also a graduate of the UW-Madison law school and earned a Ph.D. at the schoolâ??s Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies in 1989.
Arnold Weiss, one of five recipients of the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Awards from the Wisconsin Alumni Association, which will be presented Thursday on campus, had an illustrious career in international investment banking. A company he helped create became the worldâ??s largest private equity firm investing in new markets like Korea and South America. But the most striking â?? perhaps the real word is incredible â?? aspect of Weissâ??s resume is something that occurred when he was barely into his 20s. It happened in a dry well behind a farmhouse in Germany, far from any bank vault. Arnold Weiss found Adolf Hitlerâ??s will.
Arnold Weiss, one of five recipients of the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Awards from the Wisconsin Alumni Association, which will be presented Thursday on campus, had an illustrious career in international investment banking.
A company he helped create became the worldâ??s largest private equity firm investing in new markets like Korea and South America.
But the most striking â?? perhaps the real word is incredible â?? aspect of Weissâ??s resume is something that occurred when he was barely into his 20s.
Does Fidoâ??s breath smell like he just ate a dead mouse?
Well bucko, youâ??re in luck. Learn how to brush your dogâ??s teeth and even how to give CPR to your cuddly canine at the second annual UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine open house.
Calling all University of Wisconsin alumni: wear red to show your school spirit.The Wisconsin Alumni Association has designated Friday, April 23 Spirit Day, as part of Alumni Weekend.
….”The Princeton Reviewâ??s Guide to 286 Green Colleges” was released Tuesday and is based on a survey of hundreds of colleges nationwide. It “profiles the nationâ??s most environmentally-responsible campuses.”
Locally, UW-Madison and Edgewood College did not make the cut.
Harrison Schmitt is no stranger to the Capitol City, heâ??s taught graduate courses at the UW. However, Monday night, the astronaut had a different message and a timely one, at that.
Students who are about to graduate often hand down the tricks of stealing music and movies to the next senior class, in a digital rite of passage. At the College of New Jersey, that means surreptitiously finding a new home each year for a computer holding an enormous directory of illegal files on the campus.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation narrowed the possible locations for a high-speed rail stop in Madison down to four Friday.
The University of Wisconsin System has spent roughly $2.7 million over a decade on lobbying in Washington. Marquette University has spent $1.2 million. Both educational institutions racked up six-figure federal lobbying tabs last year alone, records analyzed by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics show.
UW-Stout Chancellor Charles Sorensen is taking heat from students on his campus for announcing that he is working on measures to curb student drinking and the culture of alcohol consumption.
Most people view the iPad as a slick, multimedia entertainment platform, but Gregg Vanderheiden, a university professor, sees other potential uses for Appleâ??s new touch screen device.
“Say you have somebody whoâ??s had a stroke, for example, and they wake up and they canâ??t communicate,” said Vanderheiden, director of the Trace Research and Development Center at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
UW-Madison might cut its popular free bus pass program for employees because of a roughly $1 million deficit in the transportation budget. Thatâ??s one of the changes that Transportation Services Director Patrick Kass is considering to solve what he calls an “unsustainable” business model. Kass will hold a series of forums to discuss the possible changes to services. Last year, the free bus pass program cost the university about $1.3 million. The department distributed about 15,000 bus passes, allowing employees to take 1.6 million free rides.
UW-Madison might cut its popular free bus pass program for employees because of a roughly $1 million deficit in the transportation budget. That’s one of the changes that Transportation Services Director Patrick Kass is considering to solve what he calls an “unsustainable” business model. Kass will hold a series of forums to discuss the possible changes to services. Last year, the free bus pass program cost the university about $1.3 million. The department distributed about 15,000 bus passes, allowing employees to take 1.6 million free rides.
A Pulitizer Prize winner, a network TV news reporter and a judge are among the honorees to be awarded the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Wisconsin Alumni Association.
The awards ceremony will be on April 22 at 5 p.m. in the Wisconsin Union Theater at Memorial Union on the UW-Madison campus.
Add the state high school speech tournament to the perfect storm of traffic congestion in Madison this weekend. With 5,000 students descending on the UW-Madison campus on Friday, campus officials are advising motorists to avoid various streets as dozens of yellow school buses drop off students on Friday afternoon.
Faculty and academic staff of the University of Wisconsin System would be prohibited from using funds to discourage their employees from unionizing under a bill passed by the state Senate Tuesday.
Chancellor Biddy Martin highlighted systematic pay increases and other proposed solutions as methods to improve the University of Wisconsinâ??s retention of faculty at a UW System committeeâ??s meeting Monday.
Nothing represents Badger spirit more than the triumphant sounds of the University of Wisconsin Marching Band. Enjoy the sounds of the group off the field at the annual University of Wisconsin Varsity Band Concert Thursday through Saturday, April 15 through 17, at the Kohl Center, 601 W. Dayton St.
….Friends of UW-Madisonâ??s Lakeshore Nature Preserve along Lake Mendota are having a party â?? a garlic mustard control party.
What better place to hold a “green” running event than the UW-Madison Arboretum?
The first annual Spring Sprint for the Arb is set for this Saturday, April 17, with runners competing on a five-kilometer course that will wind through the Arboretum. Non-runners also are invited to the Spring Sprint to participate in a one-mile trail walk with Arboretum naturalists.
UW-Madisonâ??s recreational sports department spent about $31,000 to lobby for a $60 million state-of-the-art gym expansion, according to a student group opposing the project. If students vote for the Natatorium renovation and expansion this week, the plan is that they would pay $54 more per semester for the next 30 years, beginning in 2013. But UW-Madison officials said they spent the money to inform students about the campaign, not necessarily to advocate a “yes” vote for the project.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has spent thousands of dollars encouraging students to vote this week to raise their fees by $108 per year for a new fitness center. The $31,000 campaign by the Division of Recreational Sports has supported a student organization that is lobbying for the project.
UW-Madison students will vote beginning Monday on a $60 million addition to one of the main campus gyms, a project some students and officials say is needed to keep up with student demand and fitness trends. The expansion, which would nearly double the size of the Natatorium, would cost students $54.19 more per semester for the next 30 years, beginning in 2013. “Someone has to step up so that future generations can have access to the facilities that we never had,” said Mike Bernatz, a student who is leading the campaign for the project, called NatUp. A faction of students oppose raising student fees for the project, but the greatest foe for supporters could be low voter turnout over the three-day-long election.
Madisonâ??s Crestwood Elementary School is taking advantage of its setting adjacent to a wooded area by reviving a tradition of tapping the maple trees growing there. Kate Reilly, the wife of University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly, offered the opportunity to tap the trees around the Brittingham House.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students are voting this week on whether to raise student fees by $108 per year for a new state-of-the-art recreational center. At issue is whether the university moves forward with a $62 million renovation of the Natatorium, which includes pools, gymnasiums, racquetball courts, weight rooms and other fitness equipment.
First it was a pizza party, now Madison has a sweet idea to land Googleâ??s super fast fiber optic Internet. Google inspired ice cream. People got to sample whatâ??s called “Mad Fiber” at the city county building downtown.
As a cancer care researcher, I do not find Dr. Desiree Pardiâ??s choices ironic. I have witnessed many cancer deaths, in my personal life and professionally.
Rocco Landesman, the larger-than-life Broadway producer, was digging into a hefty cheese steak and fries in the Philadelphia train station one night last month, waiting to catch the Acela back to his new home in Georgetown.
University of Wisconsin campuses will be required to get student input before recommending special tuition increases but they wonâ??t need studentsâ?? permission under a policy adopted Friday.
During a meeting in Fond du Lac, the Board of Regents approved a policy spelling out the process campuses must follow before implementing extra tuition increases.
I scream …You scream …We all scream for …Mad Fiber ice cream?
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, Madison Schools Superintendent Dan Nerad and Irwin Goldman, dean of UW-Madisonâ??s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will be providing samples of Babcockâ??s newest flavor of ice cream Friday at noon as Madison ramps up its efforts to land a $97 million high-speed Google fiber-optic network.
Question: Records released last month show Roberta Lund was fired from her job at the state Department of Natural Resources in July after she charged a trip to Las Vegas and other personnel expenses to her state-issued credit card. Who gets the cards and what policies are in place regarding their use? Answer: As of March 31, state agencies and the University of Wisconsin System held 19,932 state credit cards â?? or “purchasing cards,” as they call them â?? according to Department of Administration spokeswoman Carla Vigue. The cards were used to make some $161.7 million in purchases in 2008, with 73.7 percent of those by UW institutions.
The owners of a popular bar said Tuesday they would accept a $2.1 million buyout from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and drop a lawsuit seeking to stop the school from seizing their property for a new music building. The university agreed to pay Marc and Eric Fortney, the owners of Brothers Bar & Grill, within 30 days to acquire the last property it needs to construct a privately funded $43 million School of Music building. The decision to drop the lawsuit came a day before the case was scheduled to go to trial in Dane County Circuit Court, and after a monthslong public relations battle between the bar owners and top university officials. Left unresolved are how much the bar will be paid to relocate and how soon that will happen.
Just one day before their case was scheduled to go to trial, the owners of Brothers Bar and Grill agreed to stop fighting the UW Board of Regentsâ?? attempt to condemn their bar. Owners Marc and Eric Fortney dropped their lawsuit Tuesday against the university and said they would accept the Regentsâ?? offer of $2.1 million, allowing UW-Madison to build its new School of Music facility on the property. The Fortneys, who are UW-Madison alumni, said they agreed to dismiss the case because it was â??the right thing for UW-Madison,â? according to their attorney, Mike Wittenwyler.
An open letter to University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez. On Oct. 14, I received a personal letter from you asking me to renew my commitment to the University of Wisconsin Athletic Departments Badger Fund.
The UW System spent nearly $3 million on lobbying efforts over the past 10 years according to data from a government watchdog group.
The University of Wisconsin System ranked nationally for money spent on lobbying last year, with UW-Madison accounting for a majority portion of the spending.
Letter about “The Choices We Make: Not So Surprising” written by David Henige, Africana Bibliographer, Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
The wedding invitation for Forest “Woody” Shomberg and April Anello reads, “Love: 1 Injustice: 0. “When the two are married on June 5, it will be the culmination of years of waiting for the Madison couple, who were separated for six of the eight years since they met by Shombergâ??s imprisonment for a sexual assault a judge determined he didnâ??t commit. Shomberg, 46, was released in November on the strength of DNA evidence indicating he had nothing to do with the incident on March 8, 2002, in which a UW-Madison student was pulled from State Street and violently groped. Shomberg, whose account that he was celebrating his birthday a few miles away at the time was corroborated by Anello and other friends, was the victim of mistaken identity, the judge found.
University of Wisconsin System leaders are crafting a plan to boost the number of degrees the schools award each year by 30% over the next 15 years, a move that would make the universities even more of an engine that makes the stateâ??s economy attractive for businesses.
UW-Madison-related projects, including the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery at Johnson Street and Randall Avenue; a new student union across from the WID; a new facilities building at 30 N. Mills St.; and the Chazen Museum of Art addition on the east side of campus.
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has found a new way to cut costs with e-mail — by changing the font.
Mentions a study, released last year by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Program on Agricultural Technology Studies, that states that Wisconsinâ??s dairy industry is “undergoing notable structural changes” in that its farms are declining in number, yet getting larger and producing more
Greenbush Day had to have plenty of food: crisp sesame biscotti, savory hush puppies, spicy egg rolls – to represent the Italian, African-American and Asian communities who live there. There was music, too, at the celebration of the storied neighborhood hosted Tuesday by UW-Madison.
….A prominent presence, too, at the celebration was the university, whose expansion has been a second transformation of a neighborhood first remade by urban renewal projects of the 1960s.
Today UW is working partnerships with community organizations to make the â??Bush a learning laboratory that benefits both students and other residents.
A UW campus went “Gothic” during its spring break. Students and Staff returning to UW Green Bay this week were greeted by a different font in their e-mail system. Backers say the small change could save a lot of money and help the school meet one of its green goals.
The hubris in the U.S.-Israeli relationship is embarrassing, writes Will Taylor, UW-Madison.
The Wisconsin Technical College System Board approved a 4.5 percent tuition increase for academic year 2010-2011 at a meeting Tuesday. The change means a student taking 15 credits of liberal arts courses at a Wisconsin technical college will pay roughly the same tuition as a student attending one of the 13 UW Colleges, the University of Wisconsin Systemâ??s freshman and sophomore campuses. Each would pay about $4,270 per year.
A Wisconsin college has found a new way to cut costs with e-mail _ by changing the font. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has switched the default font on its e-mail system from Arial to Century Gothic. It says the change sounds minor, but it will save money on printer ink when students print out e-mails in the new font.
