Category: UW-Madison Related

2013: Walker freezes tuition at the University of Wisconsin in his state budget in 2013 and kept the freeze intact for six years.

How did it begin? “I majored in Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I studied abroad, in Prague,Czech Republic. It was my first time abroad and I was like ‘wow, this is cool’. I had a lot of new experiences and met lots of people. I realised I didn’t want a corporate job rather wanted to keep travelling. I got to teach English in Seoul, South Korea, and started a blog for my travel experiences. I worked hard on the blog for two years and struggled for sponsors.

From Jordan Ellenberg, an author and mathematician at the University of Wisconsin, so simple yet so hard: What are these bits?

It was not, however, until 1934 that the first formal prairie restoration was initiated at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Intensive efforts began in 1936. Using workers from the Civilian Conservation Corps, a large patch of former farmland was planted with sod taken from relict prairies.

Following her 2017 graduation from the University of Wisconsin—Madison, Robbins returned to her parents’ home, where she looked through a drawer filled with her old swimsuits.

Wren Logan is a medical resident at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She plans to seek top and bottom surgery so that her body reflects her gender identity.

Noted: Nordby’s professional life was in orthopedic surgery. He and his classmates graduated a few months early from the UW-Madison Medical School so they could help in the war effort. Nordby spent his time doing surgery in Okinawa, Japan, and in what is now South Korea. When he returned to the States in 1947, he began practicing at Madison General Hospital and later partnered with Dr. H. Lewis Greene in a private orthopedic practice.

Noted: After graduating from UW-Madison and declining to seek a third council term in 2007, King earned a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University and law degree from New York University, where he graduated summa cum laude.

Noted: Millennials themselves, Soha Javaherian, a UW-Madison graduate and his wife, who designs the pieces, said their approach appeals to the tech-savvy, younger generation that wants to know their purchases aren’t causing harm.

Noted: Nordby earned his medical degree at the University of Wisconsin and volunteered for the U.S. Army, serving in Okinawa during World War II and South Korea after the war. He served his adopted home of Madison for decades as an orthopedic surgeon, healing thousands of people.

Noted: Toomer entered an agricultural program at the University of Wisconsin—where he was apparently taken by many for a Native American—but dropped out after only a year.

Noted: Emma Sarappo reported Sam Alhadeff, a newly minted University of Wisconsin-Madison alum, created a housing résumé to maneuver the veritable Tetris that is the DC housing game. The document extolled his “roommate perks,” like taking calls from his mother into another room, and language skills—he’s a natural at “reading the room.” Alhadeff successfully secured a home and 15 minutes of Washington, D.C. Housing, Rooms, Apartments, Sublets Facebook fame: His post now has over 1,600 likes and almost 200 comments.

President Donald Trump threw UW-Madison graduate student Laura Minero’s life into doubt when his administration announced in 2017 a plan to repeal an Obama-era program that shields hundreds of thousands of “Dreamers,” including Minero, from deportation.

Noted: A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison doctoral students proposed ideas for the Bellevue depot that include a coffee shop or a brewpub, both of which would draw regional interest.

Noted: Schimel, 53, received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a law degree from the UW Law School. He joined the Waukesha County district attorney’s office in 1990 and was elected Waukesha County district attorney in 2006. In 2014, Schimel was elected attorney general.

My oldest daughter, Mara — who lived in Denmark during her junior year at the University of Wisconsin and for some time after she graduated — always brings the sweet-sour red cabbage (another recipe from the Dale Brown book) in sufficient quantity that there is plenty for everyone to take home.

Tara Tschillard and Lydia Roussos, employees at Wisconsin Public Radio and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, were also thrilled to rediscover the show had a second life online. They recently reminisced over some of the show’s quirky details.

UW-Madison’s Suicide Prevention Council, started in 2013, tries to assist students who need help and improve well-being on campus, Donovan said. Overall, college is considered to be “protective” against suicide, but “there are significant stressors,” she said.

Noted: When she got a degree in meteorology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she was the first in her family to go to a four-year college, and one of the few women studying the subject at her school. While in college, she called Douglas again to land an internship. “A great experience. I learned a lot. And I realized this wasn’t for me,” she says of television. “I knew it wasn’t my cup of tea.”

Clarke says Little Foot’s features most closely match A. prometheus, a species proposed in 1948 by anthropologist Raymond Dart. Yet the designation drew swift condemnation from paleoanthropologists Lee Berger, also at the University of the Witwatersrand, and John Hawks at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. In a paper slated to be published this week in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, the pair argues that the name A. prometheus was originally poorly defined and shouldn’t be used to classify the remains.

UW–Madison alumna Velvalea “Vel” Phillips was the first woman judge in Milwaukee County and the first African American elected to the Milwaukee Common Council and to statewide office in Wisconsin.

Noted: Why Hunt? A Guide for Lovers of Nature, Local Food and Outdoor Recreation was published earlier this year by The Aldo Leopold Foundation. Aldo Leopold, the former University of Wisconsin professor, author of Sand County Almanac and considered by many as the founder of the modern conservation movement, was an avid hunter. 

In attempting to focus on Wisconsin residents, UW risks discouraging out-of-state applicants.

Noted: Among the jobs sought by Mariani Packing Co. in Wisconsin Rapids is a position for food science technician, a job requiring a science background and a bachelors degree. The last three hired by the company have come from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Noted: Thomas is a Milwaukee native who went to MPS’ 65th Street School and graduated from Rufus King High School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He joined Teach for America, the program that recruits college grads to teach in high-needs schools. As a high school teacher in Atlanta, he was named the Teach for America national teacher of the year a decade ago.

Jeremy LaGoo studied atmospheric science at UW Madison, from where he graduated in 2010. He now works at the KTVA-TV in Anchorage, which suffered widespread damage from an earthquake.

Noted: Kidd got his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in 1992. After completing a residency program in anesthesia at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Kidd joined the anesthesiology group in Appleton and began practicing at Theda Clark in 1998.

Mr. Esquivel had initially been tapped to be a deputy finance minister, one of a roster of high-ranking economic officials that also includes Carlos Urzúa, an economics professor with a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as finance minister.

This recent push for more veterans at some of America’s elite schools can be traced to James Wright, a former Marine who served as president of Dartmouth from 1998 to 2009. The son of a bartender who fought in World War II, Wright joined the Marines after high school, later earned a PhD in history at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and started teaching at Dartmouth in 1969.

This twin-tower lakefront hotel, located just blocks from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, beams with Badger pride. The inn has its own ice rink, marina and offers game day extras, like stadium shuttles, tailgate fare and post-game broadcasts.

Two races were targeted. Vaezi, a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin, focused on Grant’s race in California, and Charlotte Robertson, a recent graduate of Ithaca College, targeted the seat of Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. in the northern suburbs of Milwaukee

Tara Roach, a student at the University of Wisconsin, sent us a problem to figure out:I’m graduating this May and have lived with the same group of friends since my freshman year. We’re going different directions next fall and I’m already preoccupied about how different my life will be without seeing them every day. What’s your advice for appreciating the time we still have together without worrying about the future?

Later, when I was teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, my nephew Nick lived with me while attending high school. Each Thanksgiving, I would invite my brothers for the weekend.

~Sheltreese McCoy (she, her, hers) Bowling Green State University 04, University of Wisconsin Madison 11 MS 18 PhD”

Try things on. Be prototypical with yourself…if something doesn’t feel like it works or fits, that’s ok…try something new, even if it’s only kinda slightly maybe new. Wear whatever the f*ck you want, including red lipstick and giant earrings. Question all the things, especially the rules if they are hurting you. All the things are for you despite them treating you like they’re not (study abroad, student government, internships, scholarships, student orgs, majors)…ALL. OF. IT!”