The newly introduced plans follow concerns from legislators and students against breaking up District 8. The City of Madison is still considering Concept 5b, which would move the Lakeshore dorms and eventually the Spring Street and College Court neighborhoods into District 5 but keep the rest of campus buildings in District 8.
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Attorney general candidate admits removing old podcasts; missing episodes feature Trump critics
Four episodes of a podcast hosted by Ryan Owens — some of them featuring critics of former President Donald Trump — have disappeared from the internet as the Republican candidate for attorney general ramps up his campaign.
Owens on Wednesday offered evolving accounts regarding the removal of the episodes of the University of Wisconsin-Madison podcast.
Wisconsin Schools Called Police On Students At Twice The National Rate. For Native Students, It Was The Highest.
Noted: Levi Massey, Lakeland’s assistant principal, said the district recognizes the disparity and is working to reverse it with “a school culture that creates a greater acceptance for all our students.”
Lakeland, he explained, is collaborating with a top University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher on “culturally responsive interventions” to reduce the school’s disciplinary issues, especially among Native students.
Kathleen Gallagher: AIQ Solutions uses artificial intelligence, machine learning for practical applications. Why isn’t the firm worth more?
Noted: AIQ grew out of work at the University of Wisconsin led by physicist Robert Jeraj and medical oncologist Glenn Liu to optimize therapy in complex medical situations. Its patented technology uses imaging data to automatically identify and locate which lesions in a cancer patient are stable or responding or resistant to treatment — a critical determination because a small percentage of lesions typically drives outcome.
4th Wisconsin voter out of 3 million charged with fraud
The prosecutor, Toney, is running against University of Wisconsin professor Ryan Owens in the Republican primary for attorney general in 2022. The winner will face Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul, who on Thursday dismissed the GOP election investigation as chasing conspiracy theories.
Biden taps Wall Street critic Saule Omarova for key banking regulation post
The Kazakhstan native has diverse work experience. She studied at Moscow State University before earning a PhD from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a law degree from Northwestern University. She worked as a lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell, a top New York firm, where she focused on corporate transactions and advising clients on financial regulation.
Madison writers crowned in annual magazine fiction and poetry contest
Jennifer Fandel, administrator at the UW-Madison Writing Center, which serves 10,000 students a year, topped the poetry division with her poem “The Father.” Fandel also teaches poetry at Oakhill Correctional Institution through the Wisconsin Prison Humanities Project and tutors students in writing at Oakhill through the Odyssey Beyond Bars college program.
Biden to tap law professor who wants to ‘end banking as we know it’ as OCC chief: reports
Omarova specializes in banking law, international finance and corporate finance. She has received degrees from Moscow State University, the University of Wisconsin at Madison and Northwestern University School of Law.
NAACP calls for return of UW-Madison alum’s name to campus
The national headquarters for the civil rights organization, along with two dozen scholars, actors and activists, sent a letter last week urging for the return of award-winning actor Fredric March’s name to a “place of honor” on campus.
Statues Toppled After George Floyd’s Death Return to Wisconsin Following $82K in Repairs
The reinstallations come as a task force works to erect a statue of Vel Phillips on the Capitol grounds. Phillips was the first Black woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin Law School, the first female judge in Milwaukee County and the first Black judge in Wisconsin.
Which University Is Producing Scholars For The Future of Higher Education?
Although other Ph.D. programs that focused on higher education have started to include classes pertaining to MSIs — for example, the University of Wisconsin or New York University — Howard’s program integrates MSI-related topics and issues across its curriculum.
Opinion | Fredric March’s Misguided Antiracist ‘Reckoning’ at the University of Wisconsin
What is it about the University of Wisconsin and race? The administration’s recent decision to move a rock from view because a journalist referred to it with the N-word almost 100 years ago was goofy enough. But there has been more at the school in this vein.
Why Is Ivermectin Used to Treat COVID-19? Fringe Doctors Leading the Charge
Yet two men want you to think that ivermectin could be all we need to treat, or even prevent, any COVID-19 case: Dr. Pierre Kory, a former critical-care specialist at the University of Wisconsin medical center, and Dr. Paul Marik, the chief of critical care at Eastern Virginia Medical School.
Waunakee senior scores perfect 36 on ACT
Where he’ll end up advancing his studies is still yet to be determined. “I’d like to maybe go to Wharton, MIT, or UW–Madison.”
Harvard Says It Will Not Invest in Fossil Fuels
The campaign for fossil fuel divestment at Harvard followed a playbook very similar to the one used in 1986, when Gay Seidman, a Harvard alumna who is now a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, ran by petition on an anti-apartheid platform and was elected
The Man Behind Critical Race Theory
The next defining moment in C.R.T.’s creation came in 1989, when a group that developed out of the Harvard seminars decided to hold a retreat at the University of Wisconsin, where David Trubek, a central figure in the C.L.S. movement, taught.
‘I don’t think I can keep making movies anymore:’ How the events of 9/11 changed one woman’s career
Wanting to do more, Lisa’s thoughts shifted to a career in medicine. That path that would lead her to UW health.
State agency dismisses divestment complaint against UW Foundation
Astate agency this week dismissed a complaint filed against UW-Madison’s private foundation over its investment in fossil fuel companies, citing a lack of enforcement power.
Slotkin, Kinzinger and Crow discuss how 9/11 changed their course and how it continues to influence them as lawmakers.
Like many veterans of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) said the news and images in the days leading up to the Aug. 31 withdrawal from Afghanistan were difficult to absorb. “I knew that it wasn’t going to be a great ending. I was pretty confident of that,” Crow said. “But I’m not sure I really allowed my brain to kind of wrap around that.”
As a student at the University of Wisconsin, he was in the ROTC and an enlisted National Guard member. Crow had planned to stick with the Guard after graduation, but he said the events of 9/11 pushed him to enter active duty. That choice led to two tours in Afghanistan as an Army ranger.
Rep. Jordan: UW game shows “real America” is over COVID-19 safety protocols
One of the most conservative members of the U.S. House of Representatives is pointing to the University of Wisconsin – and, specifically, Camp Randall this weekend – as a sign that many Americans are ready to move on from COVID-19 safety protocols.
Inside Cassie Randolph’s ‘Really Happy’ Life With BF Brighton Reinhardt
According to the first source, Reinhardt has been a huge source of comfort for the University of Wisconsin grad.
Their dads died on 9/11 before their birth. Teens mourn that loss.
“I can’t sit and wonder anymore about what my life would have been like without September 11th happening, if I had known my dad,” said Jack, now a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin, where he’s studying business. “I know how quickly things can change and what can be taken away.”
Core Spaces seeks final design approval at Urban Design Commission
The Oliv is planning to have approximately 1,100 student beds and is pursuing a model to provide affordable student housing for 10% of those beds. Students who receive financial aid to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be able to get a letter from UW verifying that they receive financial assistance. The student would then provide Core Spaces with that letter and be granted the ability to rent a bed at the Oliv at a reduced rate.
For the sake of rural science students in Wisconsin, we have to get broadband right
Noted: One of the best examples demonstrating both the limitations and the potential of broadband for science is our collaboration with the Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Each summer, Morgridge holds a series of Rural Summer Science Camps designed to expose students from isolated settings to some of the world’s top scientists who lead them in cool experiments on campus. They are exposed to exciting ideas and the joy of science. Most importantly, kids walk away from these camps with the confidence in knowing “I can compete at this level.”
Wisconsin’s Taylor Amann was eliminated on ‘American Ninja Warrior’ in the semifinals. Here are her future plans.
Noted: “I had a lot of close calls,” said the University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate. “But I ended up making it to the fifth obstacle, which is not bad.”
Ivermectin for Covid-19: abundance of hype, dearth of evidence
Ivermectin proponents haven’t been content to wait for that research. In striking testimony before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in December 2020, Pierre Kory, a critical care physician who formerly worked for the University of Wisconsin Health University Hospital, described the “immense potency” of ivermectin, characterizing it as effectively a “miracle drug.” “All studies are positive,” he testified, “with considerable magnitude benefits, with the vast majority reaching strong statistical significance.”
Paul Fanlund: Why Cap Times Idea Fest at UW-Madison will be safe, edifying and fun
Typically, my first move to promote Cap Times Idea Fest is to wave my hands about our big names, captivating topics and reputation for putting on an event at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that is both intellectually rewarding and fun.
UW-Madison students witness bomb threat near US Capitol
UW-Madison students studying near the US Capitol said they crossed paths with a man who claimed to have a bomb Thursday. “I don’t know what’s normal for D.C.,” senior Sydney Bobb said. “I would imagine the capital of the country is like the center for a lot of crazy things to happen.”
Iris Apfel Is Almost 100, and as Busy as Ever
She studied art education at the University of Wisconsin. Determined to become a fashion editor, she took a job as a copy girl at Women’s Wear Daily. She then worked for fashion illustrator Robert Goodman and interior designer Elinor Johnson.
6 Laws From ‘the 48 Laws of Power’ Entrepreneur Tyra Myricks Swears by
In the decades since the book’s debut, Greene, a former screenwriter who studied Ancient Greek at the University of Wisconsin, has been called “hip-hop’s Machiavelli” by “The New Yorker” due to the proliferation of references made by notable musicians (Kanye West, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, 50 Cent), and “The 48 Laws of Power” has both been banned from prisons and greenlit to become a Quibi series executive produced by Drake.
Man who claimed to have bomb near US Capitol surrenders after long standoff
Kelsey Campbell, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison visiting Washington as part of a class trip, said she and another student had encountered Roseberry at about 9.20am outside the nearby supreme court building. Campbell said Roseberry had been with his truck, which was parked next to the sidewalk, and had been holding a large stack of dollar bills.
Man surrenders after claiming to have bomb near US Capitol
Kelsey Campbell, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison visiting Washington as part of a class trip, said she and another student encountered Roseberry around 9:20 a.m. outside the nearby Supreme Court building. Campbell said he was with his truck, which was parked next to the sidewalk, and was holding a large stack of dollar bills. “He said, ‘Hey, call the police, tell them to evacuate this street, and I’ll give you all this money,’” Campbell recounted to The AP. “I said, ’No!’ and he threw the money at us and we started running.” Campbell said she and the other student saw some police officers standing nearby. They told the officers what happened, and the officers then went to confront Roseberry.
Gripping biography details how Milwaukee’s Mildred Harnack led resistance to Hitler while living in Berlin
Noted: Born in 1902, Mildred Fish grew up poor on the west side of Milwaukee in a series of boardinghouses, the youngest daughter of an unreliable father. After his death, her mother took her daughter to Maryland for a few years. But Mildred returned here to attend the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where she earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and taught English as a grad student. At UW she also met Arvid Harnack, a visiting scholar from Germany working on his doctorate. They married in 1926.
Warts and all: UW-Madison seeks to shine light on its past acts of discrimination
AUW-Madison student evicted from university housing for dating a Black man. Others expelled amid an administrative campaign to systematically seek out and remove homosexual male students from campus. Abusive conduct by a UW-Madison police officer who led the department for decades with impunity.
Drew Binsky on How He Got Started Traveling the World
His passion for travel started as a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, when he had the opportunity to study abroad in Prague in 2012. He decided then to make seeing the world a priority.
Former Badgers star and Colts running back Jonathan Taylor gives financial advice to Urban Underground youths
Former Wisconsin Badgers star Jonathan Taylor, now a running back for the Indianapolis Colts and brand ambassador for UW Credit Union, recently gave financial advice to an audience of about 30 youths at American Family Field’s Skyy Pavilion.
Taylor went to University of Wisconsin-Madison on a football scholarship and graduated in 2017.
Your Garden May Be Pretty, but Is It Ecologically Sound?
The gestalt and palette of the American prairie show up repeatedly in his work, from the design for the University of Wisconsin Arboretum Native Plant Garden, in Madison, to the stretch of cedar planter boxes on his apartment terrace, which he calls his “compressed prairie” — where he can feel at home among the little bluestem grasses and a succession of forbs, “my old friends from the Iowa roadside.”
UW-Madison professor deletes social media post that some saw as encouraging violence
AUW-Madison professor apologized on Monday for a social media post that some saw as advocating violence against a U.S. senator.
UW-Madison not expecting to receive $100 million gift Foxconn pledged, chancellor says
UW-Madison isn’t expecting Foxconn Technology Group to honor a $100 million pledge made to the university nearly three years ago, Chancellor Rebecca Blank said this month.
Watch now: Mendota Rowing Club program seeks to reverse sport’s lack of diversity
This year the Mendota Rowing Club scheduled three weeks of STEM to Stern training with five participants per session. Club coaches oversee training sessions while collegiate rowers from UW-Madison serve as volunteers, said Melissa Austin, the Madison program lead. After the free initial training, participants can move up to the middle school and high school teams and have their club fees waived.
Watch now: Boulder that provoked controversy removed from UW-Madison campus
Under dappled sunlight filtering through the trees of Observatory Hill Friday morning, workers using a crane removed a large boulder from the UW-Madison campus that had become for many a painful symbol of the university’s racist past.
Steve Schmelzer takes over as Wisconsin parks director, hopes to oversee technology updates for state parks
Noted: Schmelzer has a degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in recreation resource management and also served 14 years in the United States Air Force and the Wisconsin Air National Guard.
Madison police patrol horse returns home after more than two weeks at veterinary hospital
Cooper, a 9-year-old Percheron and member of Madison Police Department’s Mounted Patrol Unit, spent 2½ weeks at the University of Wisconsin Veterinary Hospital due to medical issues. On July 19, Cooper started to show colic symptoms. The UW Veterinary Hospital determined he had a displaced colon that required emergency surgery. Cooper suffered several complications following his surgery, including stomach reflux and an inability to eat.
Q&A: UW Law student Michael Williams aims to help tribes with pursuit of law
Michael Williams, of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, hopes to be a judge and is taking a step toward that goal this fall when he begins his first year at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Williams spoke to the Cap Times about his career plans and misconceptions some have about Native Americans and the law.
Want to Build an Online Sports-Betting Empire? Start With a Gas Station Casino
Noted: Mr. Thomas, 43, said he got a taste of running a business while attending the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He was captain of his college bowling team for two years, and organized an on-campus league five nights a week. “I would call that my entry into entrepreneurship,” he said.
A Remarkable Work of Family History Vividly Recreates the Anti-Nazi Resistance in Germany
Noted: Mildred Fish was born in Milwaukee in 1902; her husband, Arvid Harnack, was German. They met as graduate students at the University of Wisconsin, and eventually settled in Berlin.
Richard Lamm, Governor and Early Abortion Rights Supporter, Dies at 85
Noted: He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1957 and then served two years in the Army. He earned a law degree from University of California, Berkeley, in 1961.
Steve Dolinsky makes reservation with NBC 5 as ‘The Food Guy’
Noted: A native of St. Cloud, Minnesota, and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Dolinsky, 53, worked for stations in Escanaba, Michigan, and Davenport, Iowa, before joining CLTV as a general assignment reporter in 1992.
Impact of giving drew George Family Foundation president to philanthropy
Noted: Malone has a master of arts in business from the Wisconsin School of Business at University of Wisconsin–Madison and a fine arts degree from the University of Southern California. He and his wife and their two daughters, all Midwest natives, will move to Minneapolis this summer.
Burnout symptoms increasing among college students
Noted: At the University of Wisconsin, administrators are acknowledging the mental health difficulties of the pandemic year by urging first- and second-year students to establish healthy coping mechanisms and participate in a 30-day meditation challenge through the Healthy Minds Innovations app (which does not connect students with therapists).
‘Never in my wildest dreams’: Hmong Wisconsinites rejoice over gymnast Suni Lee’s Olympic gold-medal victory
Noted: When she heard the news, Caitlin Yang, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student, took a moment and let the wave of emotion wash over her, alone in her apartment.
Yang, a rising junior and member of the Hmong American Student Association, said Lee’s victory showed that Hmong women could break down gender barriers and defy norms in a culture where parents don’t normally place much importance on athletic achievement.
She hoped Lee’s victory would empower women to “find who they are and what they are capable of and know that they are capable of it,” she said.
Meteorologist Jesse Gunkel, a Wisconsin native, leaves Louisiana gig for job at Spectrum News 1 in Milwaukee
Noted: The attraction probably wasn’t our recent swampy weather; Gunkel was born and raised in Waukesha County, and went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
George Rhoads, Designer of Fantastical ‘Ball Machines,’ Dies at 95
Noted: A painter all his adult life, Mr. Rhoads knew little about electronics and was not an engineer, although he took engineering courses at the University of Wisconsin while he was in the Army.
Wisconsin’s 24 Most Influential Native American Leaders, Part 3
Ron Jetty, a member of the Spirit Lake Dakota and Turtle Mountain Chippewa, is executive director of Information Technology Academy at the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Assistant Director of DoIT Academic Technology.
Wisconsin’s 24 Most Influential Native American Leaders, Part 4
Christopher Kilgour is tribal programs manager for the Information Technology Academy at the UW-Madison, where he coordinates efforts to bring Lac du Flambeau and Oneida youth into IT programs at UW.
Spike in Grad Student Union Petitions Likely With NLRB Changes
Noted: Public-sector graduate student employee unions are much more advanced than their private-sector equivalents, Herbert said, after the first contract was ratified in 1970 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While state laws differ, in general their efforts have been more stable.
With clock ticking on Dane County landfill, focus turns to reducing food waste
“Biogas is losing on the electricity market,” said James Tinjum, an associate professor of environmental engineering at UW-Madison who studies waste and energy. “Unless you have incentives, you’re going to lose money on it.”
‘It’s five years since a white person applied’: the immigrant workforce milking America’s cows
Noted: Green county has seen one of the state’s fastest growths in Latino population, increasing by an estimated 228% from 2000 to 2019, according to the Applied Population Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Monroe is the largest city in Green county and has seen a steady increase of Latino immigrants over 20 years. With a population of only about 10,800, new people stand out, which has made the adjustment, like the farm work, incredibly difficult for some dairy workers.
Frustrating College Access and Enrollment Barriers: Websites and Application Processes
Noted: While some higher education institutions like the University of Wisconsin-Madison and The Johns Hopkins University feature sophisticated and user-friendly websites, and their leaders have instituted efficient, unencumbered application processes, college applicants may encounter inept websites and application processes when applying at many other institutions.
Celebrate the summer Olympics with PBS Wisconsin
Noted: George Poage moved to La Crosse as a young child in 1884. Locally, he was known as a scholar and remarkable athlete. He went on to become the first African American on the UW-Madison track team. But his greatest triumph came at the 1904 Olympics when he became the first African American to medal in the 200m and 400m hurdles. From Wisconsin Life, WPR’s Maureen McCollum talked with UW-La Crosse retired special collections librarian Ed Hill about George Poage’s life as a student athlete in La Crosse.