Category: UW-Madison Related

Noted: Then in 2012 I decamped to Madison for several months. I had an appointment at the Institute for Research on Poverty (at UW-Madison).

Hobart and William Smith Colleges has tapped a prominent diversity officer, who happens to be one of their alumni, to lead their institution as the next college president. Dr. Gregory J. Vincent, who is currently vice president for diversity and community engagement and a professor in the School of Law at the University of Texas at Austin (UT), will begin his post on July 16.

Noted: A Wisconsin native, Boran received her bachelor’s degree from UW-Madison in 1980 and both her master’s in developmental studies and doctorate in reading, language and literacy from National-Louis University.

1,470 economists signed the letter, including six current or emeritus professors of UW-Madison (Barbara Wolfe, Brent Hueth, David Hansen, David Weimer, Edgar Feige and Kenneth West) and 10 other professors from other Wisconsin colleges.

College students from 10 states across the Midwest converged in Madison to assess local dairy farms and network for the 12th annual Midwest Dairy Challenge.

If I had a sense of myself in high school, I lost it in college. This was the first time I realized that money mattered and how you spent it mattered more, and since my family put value on getting the most out of your car—I thought Ford Taurus station wagons were aces because they lasted forever—I had no idea who I was. I grew up in a town where you didn’t know who had money and who didn’t. The wealthiest families were probably the equine veterinarians, and they drove beat-up Suburbans and Wagoneers. I don’t really remember anyone wearing makeup, save a little cover-up for sweet teen acne. I wore clothes from the Gap or Marshalls, and my hairstyle rode the wave from Magic Mushroom bowl cut to Eddie Vedder shag. (Think about it: When his hair was shorter, the layers were very similar to the Rachel.)

An alumnus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction.Matthew Desmond was cited Monday for his book, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.”

Matthew Desmond was cited Monday for his book, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.”

Former Wisconsin Badgers running back, Montee Ball, is sharing a personal vice.  Ball told Sporting News he started struggling with alcohol his junior year at the University of Wisconsin.

UW Health will offer free head and neck cancer screenings on Friday at the otolaryngology clinic in the atrium at University Hospital.

Former Wisconsin Badgers and current Houston Texans defensive end JJ Watt is proving once again just how classy he is.

Noted: Gonda graduated in 1998 from Winona State University in Minnesota, then completed her master’s of public affairs degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She joined the city’s intergovernmental relations office in 2004 after about four years in the budget office.

A former University of Wisconsin-Madison animal researcher fired for taking two federal officials into a closed room during a tour and not relaying what he told them is appealing his termination.

Noted: He remembers the old days, when Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House and the Braves owned Milwaukee. He’d take his bicycle or catch a car ride from high school to the ballpark, later working games during the summers while on break from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Blank told the “Chronicle of Higher Education” last week that funding from the cut would be better spent on lower-income students rather than the entire student body. She favors increases in student aid, which is targeted based on financial need.

A Stoughton native and UW-Madison alumnus working as a journalist in Russia was among hundreds of people arrested during an opposition rally in Moscow on Sunday.

Noted: Yang graduated from University of Wisconsin Law School in 2009. After a few years in legal services and at Hawks Quindel law firm, she opened her own practice in 2014, concentrating in family law, mediation and Social Security disability and worker’s compensation.

Noted: Bob Harlow, a 25-year-old Stanford University graduate who has lost a Democratic primary bid for Congress in California. Harlow, the only Democrat who’s committed to a run so far, is the grandson of famous UW-Madison psychologist Harry Harlow.

Fatoumata is a University of Wisconsin–Madison sophomore studying journalism and sociology.

Sara H. Quirt Sann, 43, had been a lawyer since 2011, according to her LinkedIn profile, which also lists that she graduated from UW-Madison with a journalism degree in 1996.

Noted: About 15 UW-Madison students participate in a local chapter of the Food Recovery Network, launched more than a year ago after students noticed cafeteria leftovers being shoveled into the trash.

Photo gallery of some of the notable people who graduated or attended UW-Madison.

Noted: The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty regularly uses the state open records law, said Tom Kamenick , deputy counsel. Examples include the group’s efforts to learn about the content of courses at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and attempts to compare the performance of public and voucher schools.

Noted: Katie O’Phelan, a UW-Madison student from Minnesota, started Madison’s St. Patrick’s Day parade in 1998, when it had a committee of one. Her father, John O’Phelan, had organized a St. Patrick’s Day parade in St. Paul, and she was determined to do the same in Madison.

Noted: After graduating from Waukesha North High School in 1999, Viall started college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and ran for the track team. He later transferred to UWM.

There is a waiting list from around the country for Little Mountain and only a few half-pound chunks are available at the Roelli Cheese Store next door to the cheese plant. Little Mountain was developed beginning in 2012 with the assistance of John Jaeggi at the Center for Dairy Research at UW-Madison.

Profiles of important women in state history provided courtesy of the Wisconsin Women Making History, a partnership of the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Wisconsin Humanities Council, Wisconsin Public Television, Wisconsin Media Lab, the University of Wisconsin Women’s Studies Consortium and the UW Gender and Women’s Studies Library.

Noted: Carusi works at UW-Madison in its Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems. She said her top issue is creating “just and equitable schools for all children.”

Noted: “Those WHO statistics are just from some very specific health outcomes where we have some known working equations and models to do it,” said Dr. Jonathan Patz, a professor and director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who participated in the meeting.

“Science and technology play an enormous role in our society, but many media outlets have been forced to reduce their newsrooms and their coverage. There is a great need to promote a better understanding of science and how it works,” said Sean B. Carroll, vice president of HHMI’s Department of Science Education. “We’re proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with the world’s most respected news organization to ensure that the best evidence around important scientific topics is presented clearly and distributed widely.”

The government will pay more than $750,000 to a man who was imprisoned for a University of Wisconsin-Madison student’s death for 25 years before his conviction was overturned.

The League of Women Voters has joined those who are fighting against the use of criminal background checks as part of the admissions process at University of Wisconsin campuses.

The Dalai Lama met and addressed around 500 Tibetan students studying at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, University of Delhi, Indraprastha University, Indira Gandhi Open University, Ambedkar University and others at the TCV Youth Hostel. Professor Richard Davidson from the University of Wisconsin-Madison gave a talk on “Relationship and Function of Brain and Mind” after the address of His Holiness.

A group of 14 UW-Madison students piled into a nine-person van this weekend and crossed the country to join nearly half a million people near the Capitol building for a solidarity march meant to unite the world in social justice movements.

Letter to the editor: The Student Multicultural Center, which includes the Men’s Project, appears to offer a safe place for students to exchange ideas and concerns in a safe environment.

Wisconsin ranks among the worst states in the country for racial disparity in key economic and societal measures including unemployment, poverty, education and imprisonment, according to a report from a national think tank based at UW-Madison.