Another Republican mentioned as a potential candidate is longtime Ryan family friend and Ryan backer Bryan Steil, an attorney and member of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents. Steil did not immediately return an email seeking comment.
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The Latest: Republicans Mostly Mum on Run to Replace Ryan
Among those mentioned by Republicans as possible candidates are Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, attorney and University of Wisconsin Board of Regents member Bryan Steil and state Sen. David Craig.
Billionaire Liberal Comes to Wisconsin to Topple Walker
Steyer is an environmental activist from California who spent more than $90 million on Democratic and liberal causes in the 2016 campaign. Through his youth organizing group NextGen Rising, Steyer plans to spend $30 million in 10 states, including Wisconsin, to help Democrats win this year. Steyer visited Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
How ‘Deaf President Now’ Changed America
Roberta Cordano, the current president of Gallaudet, was just the 17th Deaf person in U.S. history to be accepted to law school. She went to the University of Wisconsin–Madison and was on spring break and back home in St. Paul, Minnesota, during Deaf President Now.
Jerry Apps recalls UW campus riots, extension work in autobiography
Apps followed the advice of his undergraduate advisor and stayed in college to acquire his Masters Degree. While there, Apps enrolled in the Introduction to Extension course and the idea of becoming a county extension agent and working with farm people appealed to him.
Records runaround: In Wisconsin, long delays are common for those requesting documents
“In recent years, the volume of requests has increased significantly while the complexity of many requests has also increased,” said John Lucas, UW-Madison assistant vice chancellor of communications, in an email.
New Street in Darbo-Worthington Neighborhood Will Honor Madison Music Legend Richard Davis
Richard Davis, a Madison jazz legend and Professor Emeritus of Bass at the University of Wisconsin where he taught from 1977 until his retirement in 2016, will be honored with a new street in the Darbo-Worthington neighborhood this year.
First, he chronicled history. Then, he made history.
The young Ambrose initially considered following in his father’s footsteps, but he decided to change course after taking an American history class at the University of Wisconsin.Ambrose earned his bachelor’s degree in history at Wisconsin, then moved on the Louisiana State University for his master’s. He would return to Wisconsin for his doctorate.
Patrick Korten, former WTOP reporter, anchor, dies at age 70
DNR Staff Felt Pressure To Approve Wetland Fill For Frac Sand Mining Project
Meteor Timber attorney John Behling was also in contact with high ranking DNR officials. Behling, who is also president of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents, reached out to former DNR Deputy Secretary Kurt Thiede after being frustrated by lower level staff. Behling told WPR it was important to engage the agency at all levels during a permitting process in which he submitted more than 5,000 pages of information.
Costs Increase For Eau Claire Performing Arts Center
On Thursday, a detailed budget was released that showed the project needed an additional $15 million for things like audio-visual equipment and furnishings. Recently hired Executive Director Jason Jon Anderson said the previous fundraising focus had been on securing the $45 million needed for construction of the facility, which will host two theaters along with classrooms for the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and community use.
Cecil Taylor, Pianist Who Defied Jazz Orthodoxy, Is Dead at 89
There was no academy for what Mr. Taylor did, and partly for that reason he became one himself, teaching for stretches in the 1970s at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and at Antioch College in Ohio. (He was given an honorary doctorate by the New England Conservatory in 1977.) Not until the mid-1970s, Mr. Lyons told the writer John Litweiler, did the Cecil Taylor Unit have enough work that the musicians could make a living from it — mostly in Europe.
Trump’s Man on Campus
One successful candidate Turning Point USA backed was Max Goldfarb, who ran for a student panel at the University of Wisconsin that oversees disbursement of student fees. After Goldfarb won, he pushed in a committee hearing to defund the university’s Muslim Students Association. Another committee member objected, suggesting Goldfarb was bringing his Turning Point USA politics into the issue. In the end, the student panel rejected Goldfarb’s motion to completely defund the MSA, but it did slash the group’s budget.
California rain 2018: another Pineapple Express is en route to the Bay Area
Tropical moisture streaming toward the West Coast on April 5. Space Science & Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Know Your Madisonian: Connecting community groups with student volunteers at UW-Madison
For Reuben Sanon, there’s a personal link to be found in the connections that his job helps foster between community groups and service-minded UW-Madison students.
RPT-Mexican presidential front-runner eyes slimmed down Pemex -adviser
In an interview with Reuters, Carlos Urzua, a respected economist trained at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said Lopez Obrador was not resolved to end oil and gas auctions started under the current government, but Urzua said major financial investors he had met with were worried about the energy reform.
3 Ways International Students Can Sample U.S. Graduate Schools
During her junior year at the National Institute of Technology in Tiruchirappalli, India, Soundarya Balasubramani, an Indian national, spent 10 summer weeks in an internship at the University of Wisconsin—Madison.
How to Get In-State Tuition at Out-of-State Colleges
Clark says there wasn’t much of a tuition difference between her two top choices: the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities and the University of Wisconsin—Madison. Ultimately, she chose to attend UM—Twin Cities because the school guaranteed her entry into its undergraduate nursing program as long as she maintained a 3.0 in prerequisite courses. UW requires students to apply to its nursing school later in their college careers.
Carl Rogers’ “Techniques” for Daily Life
I always felt an affinity for Carl Rogers. I studied at both the institutions that he studied and at which he later taught (the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Chicago).
4 Popular European MBA Programs for Americans
“There’s a strong emphasis on social responsibility and service that I find really attractive,” says Thomas Atwell, 29, who will graduate from the program in May. Atwell, who got his undergrad degree at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, says he also likes the fact that the curriculum is mainly taught through case studies that build in a discussion of the ethical implications of strategies and “what the impact of a particular decision might be on workers or the environment.”
Your favorite Disney and Pixar heroes join forces in a new video game from a Wisconsin company
Noted: PerBlue began in a college apartment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2008. The company has raised millions of dollars in venture capital and has more than 40 employees. In 2016, it sold the game “DragonSoul” to GREE International Entertainment for $35 million.
State Settles Sexual Harassment Complaints for $523,000
Another settlement involved a University of Wisconsin-Madison heating plant employee who said that she faced unwanted sexual advances from the facility’s superintendent and was forced to share a locker room with male co-workers, according to the documents. UW-Madison agreed to pay her $250,000 in 2008.
UW Senior Wins Award At National Fashion Competition
We hear from a senior at the UW-Madison who recently won a national award for her work designing a clothing line for Patagonia that encourages kids to explore nature while learning about environmental sustainability.
Man releases book on the Milwaukee Braves
Steele, a former softball coach and an associate professor at Concordia University in Mequon, wrote the book, published by the University of Wisconsin Press and released Tuesday, March 27, for several reasons.
Who is Notre Dame’s Arike Ogunbowale, who twice hit the shot of a lifetime in the women’s Final Four?
Her older brother, Oluwadare or Dare, was a running back at the University of Wisconsin and signed as an undrafted free agent with the Houston Texans in 2017. He has since been an offseason/practice squad acquisition of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Washington Redskins.
These guys think they’ve made the best transit app
Noted: The co-founders’ first project together was an app for students to more efficiently get around the UW-Madison campus.
T-Pain’s New University: Wiscansin
It’s not every university that would boast of being “dead last” in national ratings and having a faculty of 75 “uncertified professors.” But the rapper T-Pain’s new creation, Wiscansin University, isn’t about to challenge the University of Wisconsin or enroll anyone.
Staff at Chicago-based humor site The Onion to unionize
The Onion has been a comedic force since its humble beginnings in 1988 as a student-run publication at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. It grew to national prominence by parodying the gravitas of newspapers with satirical headlines and stories, such as “Drugs Win Drug War.” Money manager David Schafer led a group that bought The Onion in 2001.
Staff of the satire website The Onion has unionized
The Onion was founded in 1988 by two University of Wisconsin students.The paper relocated its editorial operations to Chicago from New York in 2012 and went all-digital the following year.
Monsanto taps ag data sensors created by Madison-based Understory
Noted: Kubicek has a master’s degree in atmospheric science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
YWCA Madison Announces Four Honorees for 44th Annual Women of Distinction Leadership Awards
Kay Simmons has been an outstanding University of Wisconsin-Madison student mentor, advocate, and administrator for over thirty years.
Know Your Madisonian: Analytics keep UW-Madison professor running
It’s a good thing that Laura Albert specializes in analytics. The UW-Madison associate professor of industrial and systems engineering uses it in myriad amazing ways, including social media, but her best use of it may be keeping her wild schedule straight.
Virgil Abloh Biography and Career Timeline
2002: Abloh completes his undergraduate degree in civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. (In 2015, he would return to design commemorative tees for the university.) Rumor has it that on the day of his graduation, he skips his final critique to take a meeting with Kanye West’s then-manager John Monopoly. West and Abloh begin officially working together soon after.
U Prof. David Noble challenged common views of American history
Noble was raised on a dairy farm in Princeton, N.J., where he occasionally delivered milk to Albert Einstein. He later attended Princeton University and the University of Wisconsin.
5 things to know about Louis Vuitton’s new, history-making menswear designer, Virgil Abloh
Although his parents are from Ghana, Abloh was raised in Chicago and attended Boylan Catholic High School. He would later obtain a civil engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and later a Master of Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Grammy-Nominee Andre ‘Bizness Boi’ Robertson Makes Beats Heard By Millions
Robertson recently spoke to students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Memorial Union. He said he hopes young Wisconsinites aspiring to be in the music business understand that persistence is key.
Hype-meister or ultimate democratiser? What Virgil Abloh’s appointment at Louis Vuitton means for luxury fashion
After completing a degree in civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison, and a Masters in architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, on a course designed by Mies Van der Rohe (which he credits with teaching him the value of a multi disciplinary approach), Abloh worked variously as an intern at Fendi, a DJ- an occupation he still frequently practices- and a design consultant to Kanye West, for whom he’s produced everything from stage sets to merchandise.
Who is Virgil Abloh? Kanye West’s fashion protege and Louis Vuitton’s new Artistic Director revealed
Abloh studied for his Masters of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology before receiving his undergraduate in Civil Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
University of Wisconsin grad Virgil Abloh named top menswear designer at Louis Vuitton
Virgil Abloh was named the top menswear designer at Paris-based fashion brand Louis Vuitton Monday.
Pursing a law career later in life, Supreme Court candidate Screnock proudly wears ‘legal nerd’ label
Noted: Screnock was inclined to go to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a visit in high school to a varsity band concert at the UW-Madison Field House sealed his decision.
Virgil Abloh named as artistic director of Louis Vuitton menswear
The Rockford, Illinois-born designer wasn’t formally trained in fashion design but has a degree in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin Madison, and a master’s degree in architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology
Wisconsinites Join Marches Across State, Nation Seeking Gun Reform
The speakers called for gun reform. Jack Larsen, a University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman and organizer, said they want a ban of bump stocks and assault-style weapons, like AR-15s. They also demanded universal background checks for all firearm purchases.
Virgil Abloh, Crown Prince of the Collabo, Lands at Louis Vuitton
The Rockford, Illinois-raised Abloh, who did not study fashion, but earned degrees in architecture and civil engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, also told the New York Times that he plans on relocating his family to Paris to take up the new job.
Louis Vuitton Names Virgil Abloh as Its New Men’s Wear Designer
Virgil Abloh, the founder of the haute street wear label Off-White and a longtime creative director for Kanye West, will be the next artistic director of men’s wear at Louis Vuitton, one of the oldest and most powerful European houses in the luxury business.
Baltimore Sun’s David Zurawik wins Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism
Zurawik, a regular guest on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” has covered media and television for The Sun since 1989. He has a master’s degree in pop culture reporting from the University of Wisconsin and a doctorate in American studies from the University of Maryland.
Meteor captured on video over Madison
The meteor was captured on video from the AOSS North rooftop camera at UW-Madison around 8:00 p.m.
Illinois Nazi wins GOP primary for Congress
Republican Party was unable to draft a candidate against Holocaust denier Arthur Jones, and now he’s won the Republican primary in Illinois’ Third Congressional District. Jones is a former member of the American Nazi Party and, as a student at the University of Wisconsin, founded a conservative newspaper and was active in the Young Republicans and a Nationalist Socialist student group.
Is Running Bad For You?
Monica Lam-Feist, fitness lead at AlgaeCal, ACE certified personal trainer, and former University of Wisconsin-Madison varsity soccer player, gave POPSUGAR her personal rules of staying safe and active as a runner, noting that if you’re running to improve your health, you don’t need to run more than 50 minutes each week to maximize the health benefits.
Idea Fund makes first startup investment
Horne said the Idea Fund was impressed with the team at Curate, which was co-founded in May 2016 by Taralinda and Dale Willis, while Dale was a Ph.D. student in computer science at UW-Madison.
Denounced by His Party as a Nazi, Arthur Jones Wins Illinois G.O.P. Congressional Primary
Mr. Jones is a former member of the American Nazi Party and has been active in the white supremacist movement for years. As a student at the University of Wisconsin, Mr. Jones said, he founded a conservative campus newspaper and attended meetings of both the Young Republicans and a Nationalist Socialist student group.
Holder Visits Wisconsin To Endorse Dallet, Criticize Walker
Holder is scheduled to speak Friday morning to college students and young activists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union.
Autonomous car put to the test at Road America
Road America serves as the testing site. The University of Wisconsin-Madison named the facility an autonomous proving ground last year.
Holder campaigns for Dallet, GOP files complaint
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is continuing his two-day swing through Wisconsin to help motivate voters to support Rebecca Dallet for state Supreme Court.Holder was in Milwaukee on Thursday and on Friday he plans to host a forum on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Jay Ross, lawyer who fought for the rights of musicians including Muddy Waters and James Brown, dies
He went on to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he received a bachelor’s degree in science before going to the University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign and graduating in 1967, according to Mandell.
This is why a would-be Governor of Wisconsin is breastfeeding on camera
Born and raised in Wisconsin, Roys holds a JD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and served in the State Assembly from 2009 to 2013.
Holder coming to Wisconsin ahead of Supreme Court election
Holder’s group, the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, announced Tuesday that he plans to participate in a discussion Thursday in Milwaukee hosted by Black Leaders Organizing for Communities.On Friday, Holder is joining college students and activists on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dallet is not scheduled to attend either event.
Google’s Quantum Computing Party Is as Fancy as Physics Gets
“IBM commissioned a cocktail called ‘gin entanglement,’” said Edward Leonard of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, referring to one of the mechanisms by which qubits compute in a quantum computer. But, you know, with elderflower liqueur instead of superconducting circuits. “It was good,” he said. “A lot like a gin and tonic.”
Holder to Wisconsin to pump judge race
Holder, President Barack Obama’s former attorney general, will do three events across Thursday and Friday, in Milwaukee and Madison. There won’t be explicit campaign rallies: instead he’ll do a roundtable discussion with Black Leaders Organizing for Communities on his first stop, then head to the state capital for a Friday discussion on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to talk about activism and engagement in this year’s elections.
Madison’s municipal philosopher: Carl Landsness brings the moderation
Noted: A Madison native, Landsness was an accomplished student at East High School, class of 1969, and earned degrees in electrical engineering from UW-Madison and Stanford University.
Racially tinged confrontation ends in broken nose, remorse — and lingering sense of violation for former Badgers star Trent Jackson
Were he not a 6-foot-1, 215-pound former collegiate athlete, Trent Jackson wonders how things might have turned out differently one December night when he was accosted by two young white men, one of whom, Jackson said, called him the N-word while the other tried to attack him.