Steve Kantrowitz, a Yale classmate who is now a history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, questioned that assertion. He wrote on Twitter Tuesday morning, “Perhaps Brett Kavanaugh was a virgin for many years after high school. But he claimed otherwise in a conversation with me during our freshman year in Lawrance Hall at Yale, in the living room of my suite.”
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“Perhaps Brett Kavanaugh was a virgin for many years after high school,” tweeted Kantrowitz, a history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “But he claimed otherwise in a conversation with me during our freshman year in Lawrance Hall at Yale, in the living room of my suite.”
Brett Kavanaugh’s Yale classmate claims Kavanaugh told a different story about his virginity in college than in his Fox News interview
Steve Kantrowitz, a history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who was in Yale’s Class of 1987, said on Tuesday that Kavanaugh told him otherwise when they were freshmen.
Brett Kavanaugh’s Yale classmate claims Kavanaugh told a different story about his virginity in college than in his Fox News interview
Steve Kantrowitz, a history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who was in Yale’s Class of 1987, said on Tuesday that Kavanaugh told him otherwise when they were freshmen.
Stephen Kantrowitz: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Kantrowitz is a professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate classes on 19th century American history. He describes himself as ” a historian of race, politics, and citizenship in the nineteenth-century United States” and says that he is especially interested in the Civil War.
Badger Meter CEO Meeusen to retire at end of 2018, be succeeded by Bockhorst
Noted: Prior to Actuant, he held product management and operational leadership roles at IDEX Corp. and Eaton Corp. Bockhorst earned a bachelor’s degree in operations management, marketing and human resources from Marian University and an executive MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyer Debra Katz: The feared attorney of the #MeToo moment
In a large lecture course about evidence — how to assess and apply it — a student at the University of Wisconsin Law School in the early 1980s stood out to Professor Frank Tuerkheimer.
Racine Zoo employee honored by UW-Madison
The Racine Zoo’s conservation education manager has been named a 2018 Rising Star by the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin and honored for her environmental education work at the zoo.
A judge sided with transgender workers in a Wisconsin health ins – Honolulu, Hawaii news, sports & weather
According to their lawsuit, University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student Alina Boyden and University of Wisconsin Medical School researcher Shannon Andrews suffer from gender dysphoria — the diagnostic term for the distress a person feels when their gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth.
Women silent on sexual assaults
When Christine Blasey Ford came forward to report that President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, sexually assaulted her in 1982, you could cue the response: Why didn’t she speak out then? Why didn’t she go to the police?
-OtherWords columnist Jill Richardson is pursuing a PhD in sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She lives in San Diego.
Florence is a rainfall disaster like Harvey, and it won’t be the last
At the end of August, a series of storms made southern Wisconsin momentarily the wettest place in the United States. Flooding caused an estimated $100 million in damage in Dane County, prompting Gov. Scott Walker to declare a state of emergency. In Madison, which is on an isthmus between two lakes, lake water surged to record highs, flooding streets, houses, and funnily enough, the basement of the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Limnology—the study of inland lakes and rivers.
Farewell to a professional love
In 1960, I entered the journalism profession with a Master’s degree and an addiction to work in a field I already knew that I loved: writing and reporting. I had worked 40 hours a week as editor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus newspaper and almost that much under a fellowship as a graduate student.
Conan/Colbert writer Brian Stack comes back to UW
Brian Stack was just another student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 1980s. A grad student who had done some cartooning for the campus paper at the University of Indiana when he was an undergrad, Stack popped into the Daily Cardinal offices one day to see if they could use some comic strips.
What’s the Matter With Wisconsin?
That legacy in a word is progressivism: seeded by socialist immigrants from Germany and Scandinavia, nourished by liberal icons like Robert La Follette and Russ Feingold, and sheltered by institutions like the proudly lefty University of Wisconsin at Madison, with a campus where granola crunched underfoot like fall leaves.
A tradition of distinction for Fola Lasisi
I was awarded Master’s degree in Civil Engineering of the same university, on fellowship. I later proceeded to the University of Wisconsin, Madison sponsored by the university of Ife and USAID in 1972 where I acquired Ph.D. degree in Agricultural engineering in 1974. Thereafter, I became a professional engineer in Wisconsin USA and a registered engineer in Nigeria in 1974.
Carrie Coon’s Existential Journey to TV Stardom
In college, Coon played Titania in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” but she didn’t consider applying to graduate acting programs until a drama teacher urged her to. She was accepted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Virgil Abloh interview: ‘I now have a platform to change the industry… So I should’
The mood in Virgil Abloh’s new studio in Louis Vuitton’s Paris headquarters tells you everything you need to know about the label’s new artistic director of menswear. Most ateliers, a week before a show, transform into high-stress, high-energy nerve centres where tantrums are commonplace and emotions run high.
Ben Sidran Looks Back on 4 Decades With Live Music Box Set, Shares ‘The Funkasaurus’
Noted: The timing was certainly right, coming right after Sidran had compiled personal papers and artifacts for his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin. “I had gone through all these tapes, so I knew what was there,” Sidran tells Billboard. “I knew where all the great stuff was, so it came together very quickly. I had literally hundreds of tracks to choose from. “
Column: Influx of Foxconn workers may damage job quality for skilled Wisconsinites
Given that Wisconsin’s unemployment rate is so low, it’s time to discuss the quality of Foxconn’s jobs.
Wisconsin professor cycles around the Midwest for solar
On Jim Tinjum’s #bikethewind tour last year, he often saw the installations he visited for miles in advance — turbines towering gracefully in the distance. On his recent #bikethesun tour, covering about 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) of the Upper Midwest, he often had to pedal around in search of his solar destinations.”Some of the sites were nestled in to the landscape pretty well,” said Tinjum, an associate professor of engineering with a specialty in renewable energy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Pups to the Polls: Liberal group rolls out safe-space tactics for campus voter drives
Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison were first to see the dogs on campus, but the pups will be making their way to multiple campuses across the country before the midterm elections. These dogs will have their work cut out for them, as only a little over half of all millennials plan to vote in November.
EatStreet, a food ordering app, adds delivery service for Wauwatosa and West Allis
Noted: The company, founded in a dorm room at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2010, has become a real player in the online food-ordering business across the United States. EatStreet connects diners in more than 250 cities to more than 15,000 restaurants.
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As recurring bands of rain showers continue to saturate the upper midwestern United States, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison takes cover under an umbrella while making her way past a rain-spattered window on the campus in Madison, Wis. Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
$30 Million Poured Into Effort to Energize Young Voters
Students returning to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus this summer were greeted by therapy dogs for petting. Those lured by the chance to ruffle a dog’s ears were then asked to register to vote — a “Pups to the Polls” gimmick that was just one of several similar events being staged in 11 battleground states by the liberal group NextGen America.
Stingl: Several bones from homeless man’s teaching skeleton get a proper military burial
Noted: Born in 1942, Harry grew up on a farm in Manitowoc County. After earning a bachelor’s degree in economics at UW-Madison, he served in the Army as an intelligence special agent in Panama’s canal zone in the 1960s, a tense time as Panama pushed back against American control of the canal.
Milwaukee County assistant district attorney killed in Michigan plane crash
Noted: Dague’s LinkedIn profile features a photo of him standing next to a private plane. He earned his law degree from Marquette University in 1990 after earning a bachelor’s degree in economics and psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
We asked for your selfies with Bucky Badger. Your response blew us away
Readers send in their Bucky selfies.
State Workers In Wisconsin Can Get Transgender Treatments Covered
In another case, two transgender women employed by the University of Wisconsin and covered by the state insurance program have sued the Group Insurance Board and the university’s board of regents, among others, accusing them of discrimination based on their inability to get coverage for gender confirmation surgery. The case is scheduled to go to trial in October, before the same judge who ruled in favor of the patients on Medicaid.
In Wisconsin, State Workers Seeking Transgender Treatment Again Will Be Covered
In another case, two transgender women employed by the University of Wisconsin and covered by the state insurance program have sued the Group Insurance Board and the university’s board of regents, among others, accusing them of discrimination based on their inability to get coverage for gender confirmation surgery. The case is scheduled to go to trial in October, before the same judge who ruled in favor of the patients on Medicaid.
Ex-Cabinet secretary Shalala wins Democratic House primary
Shalala, 77, served eight years as President Bill Clinton’s Health and Human Services secretary. She also was president of both the University of Miami and the University of Wisconsin.
Opinion | Russ Feingold: John McCain Was a Committed Leader. He Was Also Really Fun.
Being with John McCain, who died Saturday afternoon, could be a lot of work but was almost always fun.
–Russell Feingold (@russfeingold), a former Democratic senator from Wisconsin, will be a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this fall.
Ex-cabinet secretary, university head Shalala bids for House
Shalala, former president of both the University of Miami and the University of Wisconsin, is banking that her experience is seen as an asset by voters.
Mayor: More Wisconsin flooding could force hundreds to flee
The rain has caused long-lasting problems on Madison’s isthmus, a narrow strip of land that runs between lakes Mendota and Monona and is home to the Capitol building and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Former Badgers player J.J. Watt provides update on $41.6 million donation after Harvey
A year after Hurricane Harvey, former Wisconsin Badgers defensive end J.J. Watt provided an update Monday on how the $41.6 million donated by people worldwide has the Houston community.
Ex-cabinet secretary, university head Shalala bids for House
Noted: Shalala, former president of both the University of Miami and the University of Wisconsin, is banking that her experience is seen as an asset by voters. The Democratic candidates take similar positions on most key issues — tackling climate change, reducing gun violence, improving health care, overhauling immigration — but none of the others can match Shalala’s lengthy record or familiar name.
Online public policy polling yet to take off in Madison
Noted: John Stevenson, associate director of the UW Survey Center at UW-Madison, called Polco more of a “public input platform” and online “bulletin board.”
Journal Sentinel reporters honored by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Noted: Egan’s book was also selected as one of The New York Times’ 100 notable books of 2017 and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Go Big Read book for 2018. Copies will be distributed to all first-year students for the 2018-’19 school year and the book will be incorporated into some classes.
Top 25 Public Colleges 2018
While the top private schools list is dominated by northeast schools, the top public schools come from all different regions: eight from the South, eight from the West, four from the Midwest and five from the Northeast. Hailing from the South is the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (No. 9), the University of Florida (No. 13), the University of Texas, Austin (No.16), Georgia Institute of Technology (No. 20), and the University of Georgia (No. 23). The Midwest is represented by the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (No. 11) and the University of Wisconsin, Madison (No. 17).
War of the Past, War of the Future: Netflix Tries Both
I have no doubt it’ll be an interesting picture, as Mr. Chazelle is an interesting and energetic filmmaker (although his work isn’t always entirely compatible with my taste). FilmStruck’s Criterion Channel is now showing a chat with Mr. Chazelle, conducted at the University of Wisconsin, as part of its “Masterclass” series of film supplements. The movie he lauds therein is “Chronicle of a Summer,” the 1961 French documentary directed by Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin.
Groups Ask UW-Madison to Require Meningitis B Vaccine
Immunization groups and the mother of a student who died from bacterial meningitis are urging the University of Wisconsin-Madison to require the meningitis B vaccine.
Why Education May Be the Issue That Breaks Republicans’ Decade-Long Grip on Wisconsin
It has been nearly a decade since Governor Scott Walker—who grew up near Darien—and his fellow-Republicans began implementing their vision of conservative austerity and privatization in Wisconsin. The result has been a state more attractive to corporations, with a smaller middle class and deteriorating public infrastructure and institutions—from roads to the University of Wisconsin system to public schools.
Wisconsin House Primary: Can Randy ‘Iron Stache’ Bryce Get His Mojo Back?
And so it is that Bryce, one of the most intriguing figures of the 2018 elections—the Democratic prototype for hyped midterm candidates—seems closer to a nadir than a peak. As of the primary results in Wisconsin Tuesday night, his opponent is another Janesville native, Bryan Steil: a lawyer, a member of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, a 37-year-old with little political baggage, and a seemingly normal conservative Republican.
What primaries in Minnesota, Wisconsin tell us
In Wisconsin, the contested Democratic gubernatorial primary “drew about 20 percent more voters than [the] contested Republican primary for U.S. Senate, even though the GOP race was more competitive and generated far more television advertising,” according to state political expert Craig Gilbert. Especially striking, Gilbert noted, was the fact that the “ultramobilized blue” bastion of Dane County” — including the University of Wisconsin college town of Madison — “produced 40 percent more votes than ever before in a Democratic primary for governor or Senate.”
Day After Evers Wins Democratic Primary, Walker Proposes New Tax Credits
The governor is calling for a new $5,000 credit over five years for college graduates who live and work in Wisconsin as a way to reduce college loan debt. He’s already called for extending a University of Wisconsin tuition freeze for four more years.
Democrats’ hope to beat Walker is former teacher
Evers, 66, has deep ties to the state. Born in the tiny town of Plymouth, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and worked as a teacher, elementary and high school principal, superintendent and regional administrator before joining the state education department in 2001. He’s been state superintendent, an elected position, since 2009.
Madison Firefighters Will Not Participate In Sunday’s Pride Parade
On Friday, OutReach — the organization putting on the Pride Parade — released a statement rescinding the invitation previously extended to the Madison Police Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department and Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney.
The Latest: Democratic attorney to challenge Duffy
Engebretson holds a law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has focused on child custody cases.
Community gathers for Monona National Night Out
The Wisconsin Alumni Association brought their own ice cream truck to hand out free Babcock ice cream and melt away some myths for in-state students about getting accepted to UW-Madison and affording school.
GOP megadonors clash in 2018’s costliest Senate primary
On the Republican side, Ryan has endorsed Bryan Steil, a former Ryan aide and University of Wisconsin regent. But Steil faces four other opponents for the seat, including Paul Nehlan — Ryan’s 2016 primary challenger, who has made a series of racist and anti-Semitic comments.
Primary Briefing: Vermont, Connecticut, Minnesota And Wisconsin
Watch the Republican primary here, too: The GOP will probably nominate University of Wisconsin Regent Bryan Steil, a former Ryan aide who has earned the speaker’s endorsement.
Ryan’s Retirement Fuels Democrats’ Hopes of Picking Up Seat
Steil is an attorney who has worked for a variety of manufacturers in the district. Since 2016, he’s also served as a member of the University of Wisconsin board of trustees, appointed by Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
Organizers: Madison Police Won’t Participate in Pride Parade
OutReach LGBT Community Center board member Jill Nagler told the Wisconsin State Journal that LGBT community members voiced concerns about feeling unsafe with officers participating armed and in uniform. OutReach announced Friday that event organizers are rescinding parade applications from Madison and University of Wisconsin-Madison police and Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney.
Beautiful Michigan Sunset Caused by Smoke
The following is an satellite image brought to us by the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This images shows us the the smoke drift trajectory across the state of Michigan. You can actually see the smoke partially obscuring lake Michigan and Superior.
Then and Now: Milwaukee Latino leaders progress from activism to classrooms and boardrooms
Noted: Salas served briefly as executive director of United Migrant Opportunity Services and has been involved in numerous Latino civil rights issues throughout his life. He earned an undergraduate degree in education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a master’s degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He went on to teach social science at Milwaukee Area Technical College and Chicano and Latino studies at UWM and UW-Madison, and is a former member of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.
Childhood memories led Bayside native to create Spoon Optional, a line of portable soups
Noted: When Fink became a mom, soup became her go-to for getting more vegetables into her meals, too. A graduate of Nicolet High School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she has a background in business and human resources. Food was her fun and family time, not her career.
OutReach withdraws Pride Parade applications from law enforcement
The UW Police Department responded: “We are disappointed in today’s decision by OutReach — in particular because of our continued efforts to find a method of participation that was acceptable to all of our community members (such as marching in the parade without uniforms or police vehicles),” the statement said.
The Perseid Meteor Shower: Nature’s Fireworks
UW-Madison astronomy graduate students give a presentation at 8:30 pm, then will be setting up their telescope for viewing and to answer questions.
Soglin portrays Gov. Walker as puppet in 1st campaign ad
Soglin’s ad says shows Walker toppling the Abraham Lincoln statue at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The latest book by Jerry Apps
“Once a Professor: A Memoir of Teaching in Turbulent Times,” published this year by the Wisconsin History Society Press, draws on Apps’ diaries from the 38 years he spent as a professor of agriculture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and as an administrator for UW Extension.
5 ways to get off the busy bandwagon and make time for what matters
Noted: Zeratsky moved to Milwaukee with his wife, Michelle Zeratsky, in June and lives on the city’s east side. An alumnus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he lived in Chicago and San Francisco, and on his sailboat for eight months, before returning to his home state.