That leaves University of Wisconsin Regent Bryan Steil (STYLE) as the only other Republican still publicly considering a run in addition to two other announced Republican candidates.
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Highlights from new NBC News/WSJ poll
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, state Rep. Samantha Kerkman, and University of Wisconsin System Regent Bryan Steil are among the names being speculated about as potential candidates.
Journalist Joan Walsh among Shorewood alumni honored
Noted: After high school, Walsh studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she wrote for The Daily Cardinal newspaper. After college, she worked as a reporter and an editor for the Santa Barbara News and Review, and then she wrote for a progressive political magazine in Chicago called In These Times.
Ryan’s exit scrambles Wisconsin House race
But Bryan Steil, Ryan’s former personal driver and a member of the University of Wisconsin board, has started wooing donors and talking to the state’s GOP delegation, according to CNBC. Steil would be a top candidate if he enters the race.
Southeastern Wisconsin Counties Have Highest Eviction Rates In State
Wisconsin’s southeastern counties have the highest eviction rates in the state, according to a new database compiled by Princeton University researchers.
Ryan Wagner named Wisconsin Badgers men’s hockey MVP at team awards banquet
Ryan Wagner was named the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey most valuable player Saturday at the team’s postseason banquet.
As Ryan Steps Down, Can GOP Hold On to his Seat?
Republicans who may run for Mr. Ryan’s seat include Robin Vos, the Wisconsin state assembly speaker; Bryan Steil, a member of the University of Wisconsin board of regents; and Dave Craig, a state senator from Waukesha County. Former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus also lives in the district.
Priebus Says He Won’t Run for Ryan’s Wisconsin Seat
Other Republicans considering a run in Ryan’s district in addition to Vos include: state Rep. Samantha Kerkman; state Sen. David Craig, a former Ryan aide; and longtime Ryan friend Bryan Steil, an attorney and University of Wisconsin Board of Regents member.
Paul Ryan associate courting donors as he prepares to enter House race
Steil currently is the general counsel and secretary at Charter NEX Films Inc., an independent producer of polyethylene film used for food and consumer packaging. He also is on the University of Wisconsin System’s board of regents.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos Won’t Run For Paul Ryan’s Congressional Seat
A number of other Republicans are still considering running for the seat, including University of Wisconsin System Regent Bryan Steil.
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Vos won’t run for Ryan’s seat
University of Wisconsin Regent Bryan Steil and state Sen. David Craig are both considering running, but haven’t yet announced.
Know Your Madisonian: New court commissioner looked to law school for more career options
Noted: White was teaching high school math in Dallas when he left for law school at UW-Madison in 2005. “I didn’t know anybody up here, had no connections to Madison,” he said. Fortunately, that’s changed with time, and White now has friends to brunch with on weekends and is active in professional organizations. He’s also an adjunct professor of law at UW-Madison.
These $500 leggings are no ordinary workout clothes. They’re Bluetooth smart.
Noted: Holtzman assembled a team of friends with varying experiences to form Torq Labs’ group of six co-founders. The team first met in November 2015. By the beginning of 2016, they had a prototype and established a company, Torq Laboratories Inc. Five of the six co-founders graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The sixth went to UW-Milwaukee.
The Latest: ‘Iron Stache’ Says He Scared Off Paul 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.
Ryan Retirement Sends New Ripples of Uncertainty Through GOP
In Wisconsin, Republicans had no obvious successor in waiting. The most likely GOP candidate for Ryan’s seat is state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, Republicans in the state said. Another Republican mentioned as a potential candidate is longtime Ryan family friend and backer Bryan Steil, an attorney and member of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents.
Priebus Says He Won’t Run for Ryan’s Wisconsin Seat
Other Republicans considering a run in Ryan’s district include: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos; state Reps. Tyler August, Samantha Kerkman and Amy Loudenbeck; state Sen. David Craig, a former Ryan aide; and longtime Ryan friend Bryan Steil, an attorney and University of Wisconsin Board of Regents member.
The Story Collider Celebrates Eight Years of Science Stories
Dr. Jo Handelsman is currently the Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as a Vilas Research Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor. Previously, she served President Obama for three years as the Associate Director for Science in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). She received her Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Molecular Biology and has served on the faculties of UW-Madison and Yale University. Dr. Handelsman has authored over 100 papers, 30 editorials and 5 books. She is responsible for groundbreaking studies in microbiology and gender in science.
Ryan Bows Out: ‘I Have Given This Job Everything I Have’
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.
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.