Category: UW-Madison Related

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!”

The United States Senate passed legislation on Nov. 16 designating the U.S. Post Office located at 2650 North Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Drive in Milwaukee as the “Vel R. Phillips Post Office Building.” Phillips graduated from UW–Madison.

Joe is originally from Iowa City, Iowa. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master’s in international affairs from Georgetown University.

Outside of government, Shalala has been a longtime educator, serving as president of Hunter College and then as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

The federation has multiple educational offerings for staff members, including certificate programs for managers provided through the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Evers also announced Wednesday Carrie Lynch, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s strategic communications specialist, will lead communications for Evers during the transition period.

He was appointed to the Dairy Science faculty at UW-Madison in 1959. . . . Under Allan’s leadership, Wisconsin became the leader in development of the somatic cell testing program in cooperation with DHIA.

More than one professional photographer usually attends the event, according to Alisyn Amant, 19, a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who graduated from Baraboo High last year. The junior prom is held each year in the school gymnasium; there is no senior prom.

On Oct. 10, surgeons at UW performed the rare transplant surgery on the mother and daughter.

Widder, a graduate of UW-Madison who served in the Army Reserves, continues to practice law at his firm in Madison. Beginning with Reynolds, who graduated in 1915, Widder was the third generation to attend the university after both of his parents attended. His daughter became the fourth.

“Education in the family was a given,” Widder said. “It began with Ed.”

At exactly 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 1943, Mildred Harnack (née Fish), Milwaukee native, UW-Madison alum and former UW-Milwaukee instructor, was beheaded.

Shalala served as Clinton’s secretary of Health and Human Services for his entire presidency and has made health care a centerpiece of her agenda. She was president of the University of Wisconsin before that, and after Cabinet service she ran the University of Miami until 2015.

Even more generally, the Foxconn deal isn’t shaping up to be the hallowed deal Walker promised. The Verge found that University of Wisconsin-Madison students worry about intellectual property and academic freedom, as the University and Foxconn agreed on a research partnership that’ll result in “Foxconn-sponsored” but UW-Madison-owned facilities on the engineering campus.

A former University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor has won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in Florida’s 27th District.

Democrat Donna Shalala, a former Cabinet secretary and University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor, Tuesday won a U.S. House seat in Florida that had been held by a Republican.

Shalala was HHS secretary under President Bill Clinton. She also was president of the universities of Miami and Wisconsin and of the Clinton foundation.

“I want to be changing things day in and day out,” Morgan, a University of Wisconsin freshman, said. “You can’t complain if you don’t contribute.”

Evers and his wife also have seven grandchildren. According to his DPI bio, “Born and raised in Plymouth, Wisconsin, Dr. Evers graduated from Plymouth High School and earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree in educational administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Dr. Huggett graduated from UW Madison in 1981. He practiced as a Urgent Care Physician with Dean Urgent Care Centers in Madison from 1988-1990.

Youngquist exhibits her work widely and co-owns Gallery Two in New Orleans’ French Quarter, where she spends a few months out of the year. She holds a master’s degree in art education, which she earned at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, after studying biology as an undergraduate at North Park University in Chicago.

Speaking to a crowd of more than 1,000 at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Biden addressed Saturday’s shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 people, and the series of pipe bombs sent to prominent Democrats last week, describing them as “forces of hate that have terrorized” Americans. Investigators said two packages with the explosive material were addressed to Biden.

Slideshow of famous scientists, actors and politicians who graduated from or attended UW-Madison.

Evers weighed in on the measure during a campaign stop on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. His remarks come amid another resurgence in conversation about gun laws following the shooting death of 11 people Saturday at a Pittsburgh synagogue.

Polls show Evers and Walker to be in a tight race. Former Vice President Joe Biden was coming to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and a Milwaukee union hall on Tuesday for early voting rallies. His visit comes after former President Barack Obama was in Milwaukee on Friday.

Noted: While Tsai, a 2014 graduate of University of Wisconsin Law School, was arguing, Borowski cut him off and took umbrage at some of Tsai’s non-verbal reactions after the judge ruled for the state by imposing a $2,500 cash bail.

New Delhi: After the unceremonious arrest of prominent Bangladeshi photographer Dr. Shahidul Alam, triggered by an interview with Al Jazeera, a group of scholars and lawyers has released a petition demanding his immediate release.

Student groups send record number of messages.

Even after winning the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting and being named a MacArthur Fellow, photojournalist Lynsey Addario still gets nervous when she takes on a new assignment.

Despite the Trump administration’s stance, some schools have taken steps to accommodate transgender students, including opening all-gender bathrooms and housing. The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that the University of Wisconsin at Madison, the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and Brown University are just some of the schools that place free menstrual products in some gender-neutral and men’s bathrooms to help transgender students.