Category: UW-Madison Related

Noted: Screnock has an undergraduate degree in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MBA from Eastern College in Pennsylvania and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin.

The H7N9 bird flu virus has influenza scientists on edge, due to an unexpected surge of human infections — hundreds of cases — caused by the virus this spring. Some new scientific findings aren’t likely to ratchet down those concerns. Refers also to unrelated work at UW–Madison.

The attorney for the family of the 43-year-old windsurfer killed on Lake Mendota last month said Tuesday morning he will file a motion this week to receive information related to the investigation into the death, according to a news release.

State, county and university officials will be asked to turn over key evidence in the case of a windsurfer who died when he was struck from behind by a UW-Madison rescue boat May 31 in Lake Mendota.

Bruce Haight grew up in Beloit, studied at University of Wisconsin-Madison and went off to California to be an eye doctor.

Noted: Walker will appoint someone to fill out the rest of Brey’s four-year term. The only finalist had been Derek Dominguez, an assistant prosecutor in Wood and Eau Claire counties since graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School in 2012. But Brey’s assistant, LeShea Morrow, recently applied and would likely be considered a favorite for the appointment.

University of Wisconsin-Madison communications tweeted Wednesday night that school officials were aware of and responding to the incident on Lake Mendota.

UW Lifesaving, a rescue service on the lake, notified the 911 center about the incident at 5:45 p.m., a supervisor said.

State officials have settled a lawsuit over a UW-Madison associate dean’s counseling of a drunk driving victim’s daughter, despite the official’s friendship with the drunk driver.

The cuts include a program that provides colleges and universities with funding to support or establish campus-based child care for student parents whose earnings are low enough to qualify them for federal Pell Grants.

A unique water aerobics class at the American Center at UW Health is breaking down barriers for deaf people.

Now a student in his second year at UW-Madison, Roberts was born in Fitchburg, where his parents, Brian and Heather, still live, and attended schools in the Fitchburg portion of the Verona School District since kindergarten.

His lawyers are with the Legal Assistance to Institutionalized Persons (LAIP). They’re not part of the better-known Innocence Project but part of the U.W. law school.

Walker notes Wisconsin is poised to lead on driverless technologies – the UW-Madison was chosen as one of 10 U.S. Department of Transportation testing sites.

Norm Olson, founder of the CDR, credits the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board and the University of Wisconsin-Madison for helping the program take off.

The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association has appointed a new face to the position of chief alumni officer and executive director of the foundation’s branch organization, the Wisconsin Alumni Association.

The University of Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association on Tuesday announced the appointment of a Sarah Schutt as chief alumni officer and executive director of the alumni association.

Lawns are the most grown crop in the U.S.—and they’re not one that anyone can eat; their primary purpose is to make us look and feel good about ourselves.

Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), along with his colleagues Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ), brought together UW-Madison academic professionals, policy makers, and labor representatives from around the country for a discussion on the “Future of Work, Wages, and Labor” at the UW-Madison’s Memorial Union.

Mechanical engineering students from UW-Madison are taking their book work off the page and onto the track for an international race car competition for college students.

“Thirty-one students from a variety of majors within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences worked diligently throughout the 2016-2017 academic year to develop the five-page executive summary, full scale marketing plan and competition presentation,” said Faculty Advisor Sarah Botham.

Noted: Helfer, 29, is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, and a designer for Kohl’s. Harnack, 27, graduated from Illinois State University and is a product development coordinator.

Column: I never personally knew a genius until I came to know Hazel “Hodhari” Symonette at the University of Wisconsin-Madison after I arrived here as a new graduate student, a long, long way from home.

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.)