Category: UW-Madison Related

University of Wisconsin alumnus Brett Holmgren now spends his days working with President Barack Obama and other top government officials to ensure our nation’s security.

Donna Friedsam agreed. Friedsam, a policy director at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, said that prohibiting coverage denials while dropping the coverage mandate could “collapse the individual insurance market” in the United States.

Ecologists at University of Wisconsin-Madison led a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Oct 21, demanding Venus flytrap be recorded as an endangered species in accordance with the Endangered Species Act.

The Wisconsin Alumni Association honored three alumni with Distinguished Alumni Awards this fall. Racine native Doris Feldman Weisberg, former Food Network producer and educator, was among those honored.

What started as a prank from a satirical political group, the Pail and Shovel Party Student Government, in the fall of 1979 has turned into an annual philanthropy event for UW-Madison.

Noted: Ashley had wanted to live in Chicago since visiting the city as a high school student at Divine Savior Holy Angels. She majored in journalism and strategic communication at UW-Madison and got her first job at nearby Lindsay, Stone & Briggs.

Indigenous students at UW-Madison are assisting protesters at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota by raising funds and donating items such as lanterns, sleeping bags and firewood.

The last time we heard from Sara Goldrick-Rab, her business cards read “professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.” This time around, she has a different title.

Noted: Steve Morton, who grew up in the University Heights neighborhood, got his doctorate in chemistry at UW-Madison shortly after his parents purchased the property. He said he then moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he taught at Otterbein University before he returned to Madison to work with various scientific projects at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. He stayed there until he retired.

Trying to nail down why Wisconsin’s state universities have become more expensive for students is kind of like the chicken and the egg dilemma.

Noted: A Navy veteran, Mr. Martin earned a bachelor’s degree in economics at the University of Wisconsin in 1989 and a master’s in information systems at George Mason University in 2004.

In the sea of University of Wisconsin students who returned to campus this fall, UW also welcomed hundreds of exchange students from around the world to begin their study abroad experiences in Madison.

Noted: Those included a UW-Madison police captain who “ran the registration plate of a woman that he thought might be interested in him” and left a card on her car, according to an email sent by a department official to the state. The officer was suspended, the email said.

Noted: Catlin is a 2011 Marquette University graduate, with a degree in psychology and philosophy. Andersen and Fehrenbach are University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates with degrees in biological systems engineering and geography.

UW-Madison sophomore Skylar Witte was crowned Miss Wisconsin USA 2017 earlier this month after competing against 41 other women for the title.

It’s usually pretty exciting to see UW-Madison in a movie, whether it’s recognizing Bascom Hill in “Back to School” or hearing the school referenced in “Away We Go.”

PETA officials are encouraging people to avoid circuses that feature performing animals after a USDA inspection at Circus World in July found that one of its elephants appeared to have trouble walking. Following the USDA inspection, Kurt Sladky, a professor of Zoological Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, was brought in to examine Bunny, but he found little wrong with the elephant.

Former Madison Police Capt. Cheri Maples, a one-time finalist for the chief’s job, was the bicyclist hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being hit by a van Thursday in Fitchburg.

Noted: He graduated from Madison in 1967. He was in Sigma Chi at the university, and wrestled too. He says triathlons are a lot different than wrestling.

For the general population, satellites are simply there to help watch T.V., text, for the conspiracy theorists, spying or for a Skynet-esque takeover. But for UW-Madison professor Tracey Holloway, satellites are a tool for improving peoples’ lives.

Noted: The University of Wisconsin–Madison continuing studies department has offered a professional life coaching certificate since 2012. The university is the only academic institution in the Midwest with a program accredited by the International Coaching Foundation.

Today, most young people have no idea what occurred back in those days and some are surprised that right here — Madison and the UW — was the epicenter.

Noted: Ten Eyck grew up working at the orchard but left the farm to get a biology degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and UW-La Crosse. He lived in Wyoming and Alaska after school and even spent two years working at Epic Systems. Spending time away made him realize he missed being a part of the family business.

As it turns out, Bucky is a Libra.

Nichole Von Haden, a UW grad, is this week’s National Geographic Educator of the Week. She created a comprehensive unit on watersheds that promotes critical thinking across multiple disciplines. The unit uses a local context as a gateway for students to understand global problems. Nichole is an educator mentor in Madison, Wisconsin.