Members of the campus community are invited to submit nominations to permanently fill the vice provost for diversity/chief diversity officer position.
Committee begins search for new vice provost, chief diversity officer
Daily Cardinal
Category: UW-Madison Related
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker misrepresents UW research
Badger Herald
Recently, in discussing the University of Wisconsin System’s request for $95.2 million more in state funding, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker and former UW System regent Robin Vos, R-Rochester, commented on the research being done at the University of Wisconsin. He said UW should have “research done in a way that focuses on growing our economy, not on, you know, ancient mating habits or whatever.” Although this comment could be dismissed as a malicious statement against UW, it is important that we discuss why this sentiment is false and potentially detrimental.
Tom Still: Public perceptions of science, tech often filtered through values versus data
Wisconsin State Journal
A leading researcher on the interface between science communications and politics is Dietram Scheufele of the UW-Madison’s Department of Life Sciences Communication. In a recent paper for the National Academy of Sciences, Scheufele said the “knowledge deficit model” of science communications misses the boat.
Doug Moe: The legendary life of the kangaroo kicker
Wisconsin State Journal
As a lifelong Badgers fan, I knew (Pat) O’Dea as an Australian who showed up on the Madison campus in the late 1890s and proceeded to astonish the nation with his kicking exploits on the football field. He could punt the ball 110 yards, and in 1898, O’Dea made a 62-yard field goal against Northwestern. He drop kicked it.
‘Amazing Race’ Recap: UW #SweetScientists survive backstabbing and backbreaking
Capital Times
What’s more painful – getting a deep-tissue massage, or finding out that you can’t trust a professional wrestler? The UW #SweetScientists team of Amy DeJong and Maya Warren got to experience both traumas during Friday’s episode of CBS’ “The Amazing Race,” and still managed to survive and make the Final Four for the globe-trotting reality competition show.
Give thanks for better schools, economy
Wisconsin State Journal
Beyond politics, Wisconsin should feel blessed by generosity. UW-Madison alumni John and Tashia Morgridge just announced a $100 million gift to the university to attract and keep top professors and researchers. That’s on top of hundreds of millions more in past gifts by the couple for UW buildings, research and System-wide student grants.
Four years later: How does Wisconsin’s budget outlook in 2015 compare to 2011?
Capital Times
(Wis. Taxpayer’s Alliance’s) Berry also addressed the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents earlier this month along with Department of Workforce Development secretary Reggie Newson … The two talked about the role of education in Wisconsin’s economic outlook and Newson noted the growing need for more bachelor’s degree-holders in Wisconsin. “The university shouldn’t be figuring out how to fill today’s jobs but how to spawn tomorrow’s quirky thinkers who innovate, who will sometimes succeed and sometimes fail,” Berry told the board.
UVA faculty, students protest campus culture following Rolling Stone expose of fraternity gang rape
Capital Times
Concerns over handling of sexual assault reports at UW-Madison prompted students and faculty to join a national day of action last month demanding better practices in responding to reports of sexual assault on campus, the Daily Cardinal reported. … UW-Madison is considering changes to its procedures for investigating reports of sexual assault on campus, the Cardinal reported.
Madison Metro Transit considers rate increase to fund Wi-Fi
Capital Times
The increase would raise rates from $1.15 to $1.20 per ride and would affect pass programs for University of Wisconsin-Madison employees, UW Hospital employees, UW Associated Students of Madison, Madison College, Edgewood College, Dane County employees, City of Madison employees, St. Mary’s Hospital and Meriter Hospital.
State faces $2.2 billion deficit heading into 2015-17 budget cycle
Wisconsin State Journal
That’s a sizable hole for Walker, who is contemplating a 2016 presidential run, to climb out of as he crafts his budget proposal due out early next year. Achieving a balanced budget will require scaling back program requests, especially if he wants to cut taxes further.
Unions skeptical of discussed changes to Wisconsin employee health insurance
Capital Times
Gov. Scott Walker’s administration has contracted with the Segal Co. to study potential cost-cutting changes to the state’s health insurance plans, including moving to a self-insured coverage program, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Wednesday.
MacIver, NCPA suggest changes to health care benefits for Wisconsin public retirees
Capital Times
A report published by a Dallas-based libertarian think tank and Wisconsin’s conservative MacIver Institute calls for changes to the state’s health care benefit program for public retirees.
UW-Madison could be next sued for affirmative action in admissions, legal group says
Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin-Madison could be next, warns the conservative organization that sued Harvard and University of North Carolina this week over affirmative action policies in admissions.
Got Equality? Madison was ranked one of the top cities in country for LGBT rights
Badger Herald
Madison is a national symbol of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender inclusivity, according to a recent report by the Human Rights Campaign. However, for LGBT activists in the city, there is still work to be done.
UW Health zapping deadly germs with special UV light machine
WKOW-TV 27
Its small and looks a bit like R2 D2, but a new and powerful robotic device is helping UW hospital keep their rooms clean from dangerous bugs like MRSA. It could even eliminate the Ebola virus.
UW professor using stem cell research to find treatment for eye conditions
Badger Herald
Through stem cell research, two Madison men who suffer from a genetic condition that causes blindness and hearing loss are receiving experimental treatment.
Record setting game along with historic donation makes for an exciting weekend for UW
Badger Herald
After a record-breaking weekend, Chancellor Rebecca Blank expressed excitement over both Melvin Gordon’s performance Saturday and the announcement of a $100 million donation to the university.
The scene: Camp Randall Stadium a ‘moving’ experience
Madison.com
[T]he press box at Camp Randall Stadium was making noises a press box shouldn’t really make.
Couple gives UW-Madison $100M
WISC-TV 3
Two University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates have given the school $100 million, the largest gift from individual donors in the schools history.
UW Credit Union may be affected by fraudulent loan case
UW Credit Union says it may be affected by a fraudulent loan case involving Pennant Management, a Milwaukee investment services firm.
UW takes steps toward budget transparency with new report
Badger Herald
In an effort to improve financial transparency, University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank released a simplified breakdown of the university’s $2.9 billion budget this week.
Is This the End of the Line for Perkins Loans?
Chronicle of Higher Education
The Federal Perkins Student Loan Program is in peril.
That is nothing new, of course. Perkins, the nation’s longest-running student-loan program, has been in the cross hairs of budget-cutting and reform-minded presidents and lawmakers for decades. Both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush tried to kill it; President Obama wants to overhaul it.
UW-Madison music professor Richard Davis: Prisoners are the new slaves
Capital Times
Don’t get mired in the enormity of trying to calculate how to make reparations to African-Americans for past centuries of slavery, Jim Crow segregation and discrimination, says a prominent UW-Madison professor. Instead, says Richard Davis, renowned bassist and professor of music, take the opportunity to make amends for the segregation and discrimination that marks American life today.
UW-Madison releases ‘easy-to-navigate’ budget breakdown
Daily Cardinal
In an effort to increase the transparency and accessibility of UW-Madison’s expenditures and revenues, Chancellor Rebecca Blank asked staff to design the Budget in Brief, a summary that breaks down the university’s $2.9 billion annual budget.
Doug Moe: Marsha Lindsay’s hall of fame brand
Wisconsin State Journal
When the UW-Madison Business School wanted to launch an MBA course in brand strategy and marketing, Lindsay was recruited to design and teach it.
Here’s why poll-averaging model’s prediction missed in governor’s race
Capital Times
Brad Jones, the UW-Madison political science doctoral candidate who designed the model and provided updates on it as new polling was released, said the big problem was in the model’s assumption that adjustments for results from previous races would carry over to this election cycle.
UW Credit Union to build second Wauwatosa branch
Wisconsin State Journal
UW Credit Union will build a second Wauwatosa branch at 6510 W. State St.
Family supports UW-Madison research on eye disease
Wisconsin State Journal
A cure for Usher syndrome is far from reality. But Dr. David Gamm of UW-Madison’s Waisman Center is among those working on it. UW System Regent David Walsh, whose family is affected by the disease, helped raise more than $1 million for Gamm’s research. The money jump-started the ophthalmologist’s lab and brought in other grants.
Robin Vos predicts changes to UW System budget
Daily Cardinal
State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester and state Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, addressed changes they would like to see made to the UW System budget in a Wednesday press conference.
UW Med School gets largest ever $70 million grant
Madison.com
UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health has been given its largest grant ever, a $70 million, seven-year grant to continue research on asthma in inner-city children. The grant is from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.
Claudia Pogreba: Let’s heed Paul Fanlund’s call to action
Capital Times
Then there is Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, threatening to tie University of Wisconsin funding to job creation. The university is not a job training school; it is a world-class research institution that is providing us the evidence to implement policies to combat climate change and eradicate disease through stem cell research.
State stung by task force resignations
Madison.com
Noted: One resignee, Julia Sherman of the Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project, called the sit-down with Gottlieb productive, saying “we all left with a feeling that we had been heard.”
Kettle of Fish a slice of Wisconsin in NYC
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In a city of 8.4 million, the Kettle of Fish can be an escape to Wisconsin, just a subway-ride away.
Designer’s apartment is all about the lighting
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Q. You have a degree in interior design from UW-Madison, but lighting design is your specialty. How did you get involved in lighting?
A. When I was in college I heard about an internship at a lighting studio in Madison, and it was the only paid internship that was being offered at the time.
Phil Haslanger: Men are starting to stand up on domestic violence
Capital Times
Notes domestic abuse prevention efforts on campus, including the Lamba Beta Phi-Latin Fraternity Inc., and University Health Service collaboration with the School of Social Work, Domestic Abuse Intervention Services and fraternities to offer a for-credit class each spring called “Greek Men for Violence Prevention.”
Chairs leave UW terrace after year of record thefts
Wisconsin State Journal
The metal sunburst chairs that color the Union Terrace at UW-Madison and announce the end of winter when they arrive in April began disappearing into storage this week with a different message: Winter’s almost here.Their departure brings a seasonal gloom and, this year, a mystery: Why did so many of the terrace chairs get stolen?
UW health launches initiative to make hospitals healthier
Badger Herald
UW Health will fully implement a ban on the sale of sugary beverages, including soda, sweetened juices, energy drinks and sweetened teas and coffees at UW Hospital and Clinics, American Family Children’s Hospital and UW Medical Foundation buildings by the end of the year.
Virgil Abloh, Kanye West’s Creative Director, Puts Street Wear in the Spotlight With His Off-White Line
New York Times
Noted: Those who have known him the longest say fashion has always been a priority. The restaurateur Gabriel Stulman, who owns Fedora, Montmartre, Jeffrey’s Grocery and Joseph Leonard in Manhattan, was Mr. Abloh’s roommate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a co-host of numerous parties there.
Campus Master Plan update coming to campus in 2015
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison is instituting a 2015 Campus Master Plan to update and evaluate previous campus development efforts.
Family planning clinics say state audits could force many to close
Capital Times
Report from the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, collaboration with Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Television, other news media and the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Chris Rickert: Take the Coke, but keep the french fry
Wisconsin State Journal
Many props to UW Health for deciding to stop selling soda and other sugary drinks … (but) … UW’s decision to ditch the cafeteria deep fryers, on the other hand, feels rash.
Voter turnout hard to nail down
Wisconsin Radio Network
Noted: UW-Madison political scientist Barry Burden says midterm elections can be a little odd when it comes to who shows up at the polls. You have some highly engaged voters, but others who tend to only tune-in during presidential years. There’s also less buzz around a race for governor. Burden says “there are, believe it or not, fewer ads and there are actually fewer ads this time than in the last midterm election. There’s also less of the phone calls and door knocking that go along with a presidential year.”
Badgers men’s basketball: UW’s Nigel Hayes a plaintiff in lawsuit vs. NCAA
Madison.com
A lawsuit against the NCAA and major conferences now includes University of Wisconsin athlete Nigel Hayes as a plaintiff, CBSSports.com reported Thursday night.
Grateful for the long run, participant says Madison Marathon will be her 100th and last
Wisconsin State Journal
Janet Hagen, 65, is a retired UW-Madison office assistant.
UW Health to stop selling sugary drinks
NBC-15
If you’re craving a Pepsi or sweet tea, it may be more difficult to find one
Many schools and businesses across the country have chosen to stop selling sugar-sweetened beverages. Now UW Health plans to do the same.
UW Health to stop selling sugary drinks
Wisconsin State Journal
UW Health plans to stop selling sugar-sweetened beverages by the end of the year, becoming one of the first health care organizations in Wisconsin to eliminate sugary drinks as a way of encouraging patients, employees and visitors to consume healthier alternatives.
UPDATE: UW Hospital one of four in the state prepared to treat Ebola
NBC-15
UW Hospital and the American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison are two of four hospitals selected in Wisconsin to care for Ebola patients.
UW Hospital included in Ebola transfer plan
WISC-TV 3
Wisconsin health officials have set up a plan for moving Ebola patients in the state to one of four hospitals.
The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile comes home to roast — err, roost
Oscar Mayer’s roots date to 1883; the company opened in Madison in 1919, 95 years ago, and the first Wienermobile debuted in 1936 when UW-Madison graduate Carl Mayer, nephew of the company’s founder, Oscar F. Mayer, suggested using a 13-foot metal hot dog on wheels to transport the company spokesman around Chicago.
Doug Moe: Real reporter to reel reporter
Wisconsin State Journal
Alex Wehrley — Wisconsin native, 2009 UW-Madison graduate — was working on-air for an entertainment and lifestyle television show called “Oklahoma Live.”
It takes sweet molecule science to concoct your favorite treats like rock candy
Columbus Dispatch
Noted: How those crystals are heated and cooled can make all the difference, said Rich Hartel, a food-science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies candy-making.
Eleni Schirmer and Michael Billeaux: Unions still matter in struggle for a fairer world
Capital Times
Column notes that members of blue-collar and graduate employee unions at UW-Madison will march at 4 p.m. Wednesday from the Institutes for Discovery to Bascom Hall to ask for raises for all campus employees. Authors Eleni Schirmer and Michael Billeaux are graduate students at UW-Madison and co-presidents of the Teaching Assistants’ Association, Local 3220 of the AFL-CIO.
Hip-hop music legend Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels collaborates with emerging Madison artist
Wisconsin State Journal
Amy Alida, a UW-Madison student and a First Wave Urban Arts scholar, also is featured in the song.
Bacon has arrived, and so has a new festival : Wsj
Wisconsin State Journal
Photo caption from story features UW-Madison students John Baynton, Tony Schmitz, Megan Jass and Katie Schultz slicing and packaging bacon at Bucky’s Butchery. UW meat specialist Sindelar also comments.
Charity campaign launches online donation option
Daily Cardinal
For their 2014 campaign Partners in Giving is putting into effect a new online pledging system that allows employees in Dane County to donate money through payroll deductions or credit cards, according to the organization?s website.
UW-Madison seeks applicants for Wisconsin Idea grants
Daily Cardinal
Faculty and staff at UW-Madison can apply for $500 grants to spread awareness of the Wisconsin Idea, which aims to ?improve people?s lives beyond the classroom,? Vice Chancellor for University Relations Vince Sweeney said in a UW-Madison release Thursday.
Game day approaches with concern over drones
WKOW-TV 27
Wisconsin?s homecoming football game at Camp Randall approaches with concern over a repeat launch of a drone over thousands of fans.
Meet David ‘Arjuna’ Meinert
Daily Cardinal
Noted: After graduating from the Monona Grove School District, Meinert studied jazz under renowned UW-Madison music professor Jimmy Cheatham.
Know your Madisonian: Dan Kennelly
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: A graduate of Memorial High School and UW-Madison (and the University of Michigan), Kennelly has the chops to dish local history and neighborhood knowledge.
Apple Picking Season Is Here. Don’t You Want More Than a Macintosh?
New York Times
Noted: Mr. Bussey, 60, began by copying classic reference books like S. A. Beach?s ?The Apples of New York? and W. H. Ragan?s ?Nomenclature of the Apple,? both published in 1905. But his weekend jags to the agricultural library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison began to turn up sources his forerunners had never seen. Almost without planning, he eclipsed them in scope.