Category: UW-Madison Related

Noted: Among the changes, the DNR would transfer management of some properties to other organizations and turn over work to others. One example would be to transfer genetics forest work to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It might also merge some duties with the state Department of Transportation. DOT handles registration of trailers; DNR registers boats, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles.

A computer science major at the University of Wisconsin-Madison working towards a degree in computer science, QuHarrison Terry recently quit school to pursue his dream. He’s finding out real quick that being a full-time entrepreneur is an exhilarating – yet intimidating – life decision. His company is supported by Gener8tor.

Noted: A UW-Madison School of Nursing graduate, Murphy worked as a nurse for many years at the old Methodist Hospital and in the emergency room at its descendant, Meriter Hospital.

As a basketball player for the University of Wisconsin in the late 1980s, Trent Jackson was in on the beginning of the transformation from Big Ten doormat to Final Four contender. Following a basketball career in Europe, he served as CEO of the Boys and Girls Club and later founded the ROUGH Foundation and ROUGH Sportswear to help athletes and other youth through their journeys, no matter how rough. (Jackson is senior director of development at the UW Foundation.)

Noted: She received her master’s degree in microbiology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and as a parent came to see food as a great way to get people involved in science.

Leon Varjian, the celebrated Madison prankster who died last year, earned his spot on the calendar Tuesday as City Council members unanimously voted to declare Feb. 23 Leon Varjian Day.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is about to take a closer look at the use of nonhuman primates in all federally funded U.S. research labs. ScienceInsider has learned that, in response to a congressional mandate, the agency will convene a workshop this summer to review the ethical policies and procedures surrounding work on monkeys, baboons, and related animals.

Noted: Meissner went on to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and forge a 20-year career at General Motors and Harley-Davidson analyzing the complexities of pickup trucks and heavy motorcycles.

Noted: According to his law firm bio, Hanrahan has extensive experience in commercial litigation and has done work in employment law, shareholder rights, personal injury and divorce. He is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Reset of letter to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel from Matt Hora, an assistant professor of adult teaching and learning in the department of liberal arts and applied studies.

Noted: While expensive, it’s projected to have already saved nearly $10 million, according to an analysis by the Robert M. LaFollette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

UW-Madison alumna and freelance journalist Anna Day left Bahrain on Tuesday, one of four arrested Sunday for covering demonstrations in the Middle Eastern country commemorating the fifth anniversary of Arab Spring.

A lawyer for four American journalists who were detained in Bahrain, including UW-Madison graduate Anna Day, says they are leaving the country soon despite facing charges.

Noted: According to an article from the Summer 2014 issue of OnWisconsin, Anna Therese Day is a 2010 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Jim Leary, the UW-Madison professor of folklore and Scandinavian Studies and Mount Horeb resident, was nominated in the category of Best Album Notes. Leary’s project, “Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937-1946” was released by the University of Wisconsin Press and Dust-to-Digital in July. The Grammy went to Joni Mitchell for “Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting to be Danced”

James Rawlings, Brian Kelley and Adam Diedrich Steltzner are now members of an organization that’s part of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, the science part chartered by Pres. Abraham Lincoln in 1863.

Noted: And over at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a rooftop camera at the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences also recorded brief footage of a zooming burst of light Monday evening. That video, posted to YouTube, had more than 36,000 views as of Wednesday morning.

Six business students or graduates of UW-Madison have also entered guilty pleas for their roles with the ‘investors group’ that included arranging the purchase, transportation and sale of 19 loads of marijuana from California. The packages ranged in size from 5 to 50 pounds.

A group of health care providers from Dean Clinics recently returned from a 10 day trip to Nicaragua.

Dr. Trent Thompson made the trip along with Physician Philip Bain and Physician Assistant Jeff Welsch. They were accompanied by a cardiologist from Oconomowoc and undergraduate students from the University of Wisconsin and University of Virginia.

Noted: Faulkner grew up in New Jersey and earned an undergraduate degree in math at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. In the 1960s, she came to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for graduate school in computer science — and now is one of the best examples of the economic benefits of a state’s having a respected university.

Feature on professor of educational policy studies and sociology Sara Goldrick-Rab.

A new study from the HOPE Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison argues that policy makers need to test the impact of the state’s premier college financial aid program before deciding how to distribute funds going forward.

To watch the evolution of Hurricane Alex between January 6 and 14, click on the screenshot above. That will launch an animation of false-color imagery acquired by the GOES-13 weather satellite showing water vapor in the atmosphere. Blue, white and green colors show where water vapor is highest. (The animation is from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, which runs the ever-awesome CIMSS Satellite Blog.)

(Video) For the first time, an international competition is being held on American soil. The competition judges the quality of sausages and ham, and is being held at the UW’s Institutes for Discovery hosted by the UW Meat Sciences Extension. Over 2,500 sausages and hams were submitted for evaluation.