Controlled burns of prairie land are scheduled on Sunday in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve on the far western edge of the campus, the university said in a news release on Friday.
Controlled burns on tap Sunday on UW campus nature preserve
Madison.com
Category: UW-Madison Related
Engineers buttress Wisconsin industries
Wausau Daily Herald
Quoted, in a story on the importance of engineering jobs and education, John Archambault, assistant dean for engineering student development at the UW-Madison College of Engineering: “It’s really about wanting to help people. It’s a helping profession.”
Mark Pitsch: Final Four isn’t good enough for Kentucky
Wisconsin State Journal
Column contrasting UW, KU athletically and academically. Snippet: As a reporter in Kentucky, I often heard from higher education leaders and politicians that they wished UK had paid less attention to basketball over the last several decades and more attention to academics. At the time, UK was just exploring creating a university research park like the one UW-Madison launched three decades ago.”
Doug Moe: A scary diagnosis, and a special graduation
Wisconsin State Journal
Story of Maggie Stewart, a UW–Madison undergraduate who overcame a brain tumor diagnosis in 2013 to earn her degree in wildlife ecology in December.
Organizers plan legal forums ahead of decision in Tony Robinson shooting
Wisconsin State Journal
The forums are being organized by the African-American Council of Churches, the NAACP of Madison and the UW-Madison law school.
Know Your Madisonian: Paul White
Madison.com
White began at the UW-Madison’s Waisman Center in 1986 and now runs Community Outreach Wisconsin COW,
Badgers arrive in Indianapolis for the Final Four
WKOW TV
Team members wasted little time posting pictures and videos of the road trip to their official Twitter feed, which you can visit right here.
Badgers men’s basketball: University Book Store pulls T-shirt with Nigel Hayes’ words for stenographers due to possible NCAA violation : Sports
Madison.com
University Bookstore has pulled a T-shirt based on Nigel Hayes’ now famous words for stenographers at the NCAA basketball tournament.
Madison low-wage workers prepare for national day of protests on April 15
Capital Times
Four local workers — in fast food, retail, home care and food service at UW-Madison — told their stories Tuesday outside the McDonald’s restaurant on Regent Street during an announcement of plans for local one-day strikes and marches.
UW-Madison alum makes waves in LA
Channel3000.com
There’s been a movement over the last few years to get more Badgers into the entertainment business in Los Angeles. News 3 talked to Richie Schwartz, whose Madison connections got him started in LA.
Q&A: Nate Moll owns the ‘thumbs of @UWMadison’
Madison.com
UW–Madison Social Media Specialist Nate Moll talked to the Cap Times about how he got his job as the “thumbs of UW-Madison” and how he tries to bring “inspired goofiness” to his work.
Dane County ranks among healthier counties in state
Channel3000.com
Dane County ranks among the healthier counties in Wisconsin, according to an annual ranking released by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
State workers should pay more for health care, consultant says
Wisconsin State Journal
State employees should pay more of their health care costs, but shifting from a competitive HMO model to self-insurance isn’t feasible next year, according to a consultant hired by the state.
WIAA tourney brings millions of dollars to Madison
Channel3000.com
More than 82,000 tickets are sold for games at the Kohl Center – and more than 6,000 cars park around the venue, bringing in $30,000 for UW Transportation Services.
Student battling cancer finds match at hospital where he is being treated
Channel3000.com
In January, UW medical student Matt Hoffman began six months of chemotherapy treatment at UW Hospital. It also made UW Hospital his one and only choice for residency.
UW System won’t cover full tuition for Course Options next school year
Madison.com
Cash-strapped Wisconsin school districts next year will have to cover costs of high school courses that earn students college credit after the University of Wisconsin System decided it could not continue to pay for them.
UW fraternity chapter terminated after alleged hazing
Madison.com
The Chi Phi fraternity chapter at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been terminated as a student organization after a university investigation found the organization hazed members.
Investigation: UW-Madison frat made pledges sleep in attic, wear pillowcases over heads, eat discarded food
Madison.com
UW-Madison said Wednesday that it shut down a fraternity for the first time since 2006 after learning of a hazing weekend in December that included a freshman pledge suffering a concussion when an older member hit his head accidentally as the freshman lay in a closed crate meant to simulate a grave, a university official said.
Tech and Biotech: Madison Vaccines adds muscle to its fight against prostate cancer; bb7 boasts a honey of a brew
Wisconsin State Journal
MVI-816 is aimed at men who have been treated for prostate cancer and show a high risk that it will spread. The trial is underway at UW-Madison; now, The Johns Hopkins University and the University of California-San Francisco will participate, too.
Doug Moe: So little time, so many books
Wisconsin State Journal
Jim Dast’s life has been books, but the other day, he found himself talking numbers. It couldn’t be helped. Dast was trying to quantify his work over the past decade managing the biannual book sale of the Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries, the largest used-book sale in Wisconsin.
Know Your Madisonian: Karen Walsh
Madison.com
Noted: Karen Walsh and her husband, Dr. Jim Berbee, $10 million to the UW School of Medicine and Public Health to increase the size of the UW Hospital emergency facility from 34 treatment areas to 50. Dr. Berbee, a Madison native, founded Berbee Information Networks Corp., went on to medical school and now works in emergency medicine in Madison and rural Wisconsin. Walsh, a UW-Madison graduate, spent 23 years with the university.
Kids, weirdos and supper clubs: What’s coming to the 2015 Wisconsin Film Festival
Wisconsin State Journal
The festival takes place from April 9 through April 16 at several UW-Madison locations, including Union South and the UW-Cinematheque, as well as the Capitol Theater and Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.
UW Madison Police seeks help finding bike owners
WMTV NBC-15
Police discovered over a thousand bicycles, and confiscated 600 of them with identifiable serial numbers. The bikes are now sitting in a storage unit, owned by UW Police.
UW Police suspect 600 stolen bikes; probe target denies wrongdoing
WKOW-TV 27
The searches took place across two counties and include a Muscoda bike shop, an apartment in the Town of Madison, a storage unit in the City of Madison, and a farm in the Town of Windsor.
UW police have about 600 bikes, now seeking their owners
Wisconsin State Journal
With nearly 600 bicycles sitting in storage, UW-Madison police are hoping that people who have had bikes stolen from them anywhere in Dane County will come forward and reclaim them.
UWPD recovers hundreds of stolen bicycles
Daily Cardinal
After a 10-month-long investigation, the UW-Madison Police Department is seeking charges against two men for stealing hundreds of bicycles around the Madison area, Chief Susan Riseling said at a news conference Tuesday.
Madison health IT start-up, HealthMyne, draws investors
Established in early 2013, several of HealthMyne’s cofounders are serial entrepreneurs, well-known in Madison. Thomas “Rock” Mackie is director of medical engineering at the UW-Madison’s Morgridge Institute for Research. He was a cofounder of TomoTherapy, whose radiation machines are used to treat cancer and are now part of California-based Accuray.
UW grad David Koepp talks about his ‘Jurassic’ movie career
Capital Times
Noted: Koepp, a Pewaukee native and UW-Madison graduate, has become the go-to writer for a series of wildly successful blockbusters, including “Jurassic Park,” “Mission: Impossible,” “Spider-Man” and the upcoming adaptation of Dan Brown’s “Inferno” starring Tom Hanks.
Madison court condemned racial discrimination nearly a century ago in city’s first civil rights case
Wisconsin State Journal
William R. Harris, an African-American hotel doorman, sat down for a meal on Feb. 25, 1917, in the newly remodeled Boston Cafe at 207 State St. in Madison.
Doug Moe: Inspiring tale reaches from Liberia to Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
There is much more to the story, but Youlo’s long ago dream has come true. He will finish his medical residency in orthopedic surgery at the UW Hospital and Clinics in June.
Local students planning to walk out of class for Monday rally to protest Tony Robinson shooting
Madison.com
Brandi Grayson, a leader of the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition, told Madison.com about 300 to 400 UW-Madison students are planning to march from campus to the Capitol, and students from all of Madison’s public high schools and Sun Prairie High School are also invited to come down to the Capitol to join in the protest.
Report: Donna Shalala to head Clinton Foundation
Capital Times
Former University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Donna Shalala is taking over as the head of the Clinton Foundation just as the charity’s fundraising practices are under the microscope ahead of Hillary Clinton’s likely presidential run.
Catching up: Plan to combine UW Hospital, doctor group continues
Madison.com
A committee working on the integration of UW Hospital and UW Medical Foundation plans to release a reorganization proposal by April, with the goal of approving it by July, said David Walsh, chairman of the UW Hospital board.
Donna Shalala to head Clinton Foundation
POLITICO.com
The Clinton Foundation will get new leadership in the form of longtime Clinton ally and former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala as it continues to face ongoing questions about its foreign fundraising practices, former President Bill Clinton announced in Coral Gables, Florida, on Friday.
Wisconsin Public Broadcasting goes door-to-door amid cuts
Channel3000.com
The first time for the long-planned, but new, Wisconsin Public TV door-to-door campaign, at the same time as their usual membership drive, comes as Governor Walker, who himself has appeared on Sesame Street, proposes cutting the state agency and the UW System — that partner to run public broadcasting — by millions.
Driver arrested after high-speed pursuit
NBC15
According to the UW-Madison Police Department, a UWPD officer was responding to a report of a truck swerving and running stoplights at approximately 2:20 a.m. The driver would not stop and took officers on a chase that lasted more than 20 minutes. At times, the driver reached speeds that exceed 100 miles per hour.
Madison man battling multiple sclerosis hopes to educate others during MS Awareness Week
NBC 15
From the outside, [UW–Madison Biological Safety Officer] Jim Turk looks like a regular guy, but he’s fighting the autoimmune disease that he describes as invisible.
UW Police seize hundreds of suspected, stolen bicycles
WKOW TV
UW Police spokesperson Marc Lovicott says the execution of search warrants Tuesday is part of a months-long investigation into bicycle thefts.
Faculty Senate passes resolutions for shared governance, public authority
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin’s Faculty Senate passed resolutions Monday for shared governance and public authority, and members said they were unable to support a public authority until a commission has had time to evaluate its implications.
SSFC approves Wisconsin Union budget of more than $10,000,000
Badger Herald
With little debate, the Student Services Finance Committee approved the Wisconsin Union 2015-16 budget of $10,586,316 with a vote of 11-0-1. The budget includes a 2 percent increase in segregated fees for the organization which provides recreational, cultural and educational opportunities through offering events and services around campus.
UW Health American Center president shares personal connection to new hospital
Channel3000.com
As president of UW Health’s American Center, Sheehan shares the goal of providing the health care that you’d like loved ones to have with his associates. Sheehan said his wife’s experience taught him a lot about health care.
College Republicans: Campus should address budget with healthy debate
Badger Herald
It is time we check our preconceptions about Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget cuts at the door and actively try to understand both sides.
The art of making a living: Creative entrepreneurs turn their passion into careers : Ct
Capital Times
Madison has become a hub for creative entrepreneurs for a variety of reasons, such as a relatively low cost of living compared to big cities; the university, which attracts creative people; and resources for young families. “Artists have always been entrepreneurial in their nature,” agreed Sarah Marty, who teaches an arts entrepreneurship class, launched in 2008, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “It’s very rare that an artist has been able to just exist and someone else takes care of figuring out their audience … who’s going to buy what they’re doing.
Fellowship targets undergraduate community leaders in alternative learning
Daily Cardinal
To WOECF Graduate Project Assistant David Lassen, the fellowship is a way to make the Wisconsin Idea manifest locally for communities around the state. “There’s a lot of folks that are interested in this idea of taking the university to the state,” Lassen said. “I think there are a lot of people who are anxious to actually do it but don’t know how.”
Quoted: Joshua Morrill, senior evaluator in DoiT’s Academic Technology; Paul Robbins, director of the Nelson Institute.
Budget panel explores effects of public authority model
Daily Cardinal
Although varying in political disposition and opinions on the budget cuts, members of the panel consisting of UW-Madison faculty and Associated Students of Madison Vice Chair Derek Field agreed on the effects a public authority model would have on undergraduate education. Quoted: Noel Radomski, director of WISCAPE; Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of educational policy studies and sociology
Madison’s university evolves into a leader (fourth in a series of 12)
Wisconsin State Journal
The end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th saw times of transition for the Wisconsin State Journal and the University of Wisconsin.
Start me up: With a new hub for venture funds downtown, investors look to cash in : Ct
Capital Times
The Walker administration has focused more on offering tax cuts and credits to the traditional manufacturing sector. Gov. Scott Walker rarely mentions Epic Systems, the most successful tech firm in Wisconsin history, and its 8,000 employees, when touting the state economy. There are also hurdles due to the type of research being conducted at the UW. Of the roughly $1.1 billion in federal grants coming into the university annually, some $700 million is related to biotechnology or biomedical research – two areas that are expensive to commercialize.
UWPD explores privacy issues while drafting policy for body cameras
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin Police Department has equipped one officer with a body camera on a trial basis and plans to outfit more when a delivery of 10 more cameras arrive. Until then, UWPD is exploring privacy issues through developing a new policy.
On Campus: Students vow fight against public authority, UW budget cuts
Wisconsin State Journal
The proposed budget cuts and move to a public authority for the University of Wisconsin System will hurt low-income students, low-wage workers and low-enrollment campuses most, said a statewide students group that vowed on Monday to fight against the changes.
Audit: UW System generated nearly $5 billion in fiscal year
Madison.com
A new audit shows the University of Wisconsin System generated nearly $5 billion in revenue during the last fiscal year, down slightly from the year before.
UW researches ways to draw women toward science majors
Badger Herald
In response to stark inequalities that remain for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, female leaders at University of Wisconsin are moving forward with steps to address these issues.
Explained: What does the public authority mean for UW System?
Badger Herald
Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget proposal released last month includes a drastic shift of authority from the state to the UW System – especially with regard to tuition, procurement and construction – the implications of which remain unclear even to system officials.
Critics: Scott Walker’s redraft of Wisconsin Idea an intentional play to win conservative support
Capital Times
Edgewood College forum last week was among several venues in which Walker’s attack on the progressive ideals of the Wisconsin Idea was dissected in light of his likely bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
UW ranks second in nation for number of Peace Corps volunteers
Badger Herald
Down one spot from last year, University of Wisconsin was recently ranked second among the nation’s universities as one of the top producers of Peace Corps volunteers, with 69 active graduates in six disciplines.
‘Just go for it,’ says ‘Amazing Race’ winner
Wisconsin State Journal
Wire story from the St. Louis Dispatch, hometown paper of Maya Warren, who is completing her doctorate in food science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Scott Walker proposal to close for-profit college board would cost state money, board says
Wisconsin State Journal
The Educational Approval Board will meet Friday morning to discuss Walker’s proposal, which the governor’s spokeswoman said will remove a costly and overly burdensome regulatory process for the schools and put in place enhanced consumer protections for students.
Noel Radomski: Drop UW reorganization from Scott Walker’s budget
Capital Times
Wisconsin legislators should drop provisions creating a new UW System Authority from the biennium budget and take time to analyze the impact of such a drastic move, says Noel Radomski, director of WISCAPE at UW-Madison.
Democrats: Scott Walker’s the one playing Washington politics with UW
Wisconsin State Journal
Democrats said Thursday it’s not UW-Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank who’s bringing Washington, D.C.-style politics to the University of Wisconsin System funding debate. Instead, they said, Republican Gov. Scott Walker and the GOP leaders of the state’s powerful budget committee are playing politics.
Dennis Lloyd selected to head UW Press
Madison.com
Dennis Lloyd, one of two finalists for the job along with Kathy Borkowski, Wisconsin Historical Society Press director, has been named the director of the 78-year-old publishing enterprise, UW-Madison said in a news release.
Chris Rickert: A job market approach to repricing the college major
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank has said certain UW-Madison graduate programs are underpriced. She’s partially right. What she’s not saying is that some UW System programs and majors are overpriced.