The organization that manages patents for the University of Wisconsin is filing a lawsuit against Apple accusing the company of using a patented invention in its latest iPhone and mobile devices.
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Princeton Review names UW-Madison ?best value? university
The Princeton Review named University of Wisconsin-Madison one of the top 75 ?best value? public higher education institutions in the U.S., according to a university news release.
Judges orders Wis. couple in prayer-death to jail
At Thursday?s hearing, Byron Lichstein, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-director of the Wisconsin Innocence Project, asked Huber to throw out the couple?s jail sentence. The judge denied the motion.
Classified Staff Executive Committee discusses bylaws, future congress
University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Classified Staff Executive Committee deliberated over the group?s bylaws and the structure of the committee?s future congress at a meeting Thursday.
President Obama struggles with pronunciation of Chris Abele’s name in shoutout
Noted: Obama also welcomed University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Becky Blank, a former Obama administration official.
Records detail AG candidates Brad Schimels drunken driving arrest
Noted: Ozanne’s campaign consultant, Melissa Mulliken, said Ozanne was cited by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police and that records of the violation no longer exist. The UW-Madison police chief, Sue Riseling, confirmed the agency does not maintain such records.
Unity: Missing drive includes info on more than 40K members
Unity Health Insurance said Thursday morning that a missing hard drive could compromise patient information for more than 40,000 members.
Sustainability, green construction central to Memorial Union Reinvestment project
As construction continues at the Memorial Union, a project estimated to cost $53 million, sustainability and environmental efficiency are at the forefront of the company?s plans.
Why we sleep: a new answer from UW scientists
Two University of Wisconsin, Madison scientists have put forward a new hypothesis on why we sleep. During sleep, they say, the brain weakens — not strengthens — the connections among brain cells to allow the brain to reset, and strangely enough, the result is better memory.
UW researchers predicting less snowfall in future
Despite this harsh winter, researchers at UW-Madison are predicting changes for the future.
School Spotlight: McFarland launches ‘Life of a Spartan’ with Rhodes Scholar’s help
McFarland High School honored Rhodes Scholar Drew Birrenkott and kicked off its new ?Life of a Spartan? club in a combined ceremony, hoping he would inspire current students … Birrenkott plans to graduate from UW-Madison in May and then spend at least two years studying at Oxford University in England. The scholarship ? he?s the first McFarland graduate to win one ? is valued at about $50,000 a year.
Major changes to school report card proposed, including closing poorly performing schools
The new formula still uses the achievement and achievement gap score categories. But it would use a method of calculating student growth developed at UW-Madison, known as ?value-added,? which seeks to evaluate school performance while accounting for student demographics.
Pearson becomes Master Meat Crafter
Ashland?s Andrew Pearson, from Sixth Street Market, was among 21 people who were awarded the distinction of a Master Meat Crafter on Jan. 17 at UW-Madison.
With death of transgender student, a community mourns and redoubles its efforts
Mindy?s death comes as initiatives across the community ? from new policies at Madison schools to groundbreaking research at UW-Madison ? are rapidly improving the landscape for transgender youth.
Classified Staff Executive Board looks to lay groundwork for committee
UW doctors make breakthrough in breast cancer research
Doctors at the University of Wisconsin have made a major breakthrough in breast cancer research by identifying how the cancers spread to the brain.
UW-Madison establishes revised alcohol policy
University of Wisconsin-Madison instituted a revised campus-wide alcohol service policy at the start of the spring semester, according to a university news release.
Common Council approves of State Street redesign and public safety grant
Madison Common Council gathered Tuesday evening to approve the redesign of the 700 and 800 blocks of State Street and authorize a $60,000 grant from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for alcohol enforcement in 2014.
Hammes hired to help determine whether arena should be replaced or renovated
Noted: The division also worked with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in connection with the construction of the Kohl Center and was named the owner?s representative for the new $975 million Minnesota Vikings football stadium in Minneapolis.
UW ranks 8th in Kiplinger’s Best Value in Public Colleges
Kiplinger Magazine ranked the University of Wisconsin eighth out of 100 schools in its 2014 ranking of Best Values in Public Colleges this year, focusing on the university?s academic quality in relation to costs and financial aid.
Reports shed light on Great Lakes water levels
Scientists are reporting new findings about the relationship between evaporation, precipitation and changing water levels in the Great Lakes.
UW-Extension exec to serve as interim chancellor
The University of Wisconsin-Extension?s interim provost will take over as chancellor on an interim basis, replacing the current chancellor who?s been named to head the entire UW System.
Catching Up: Spill, idea hatched at UW, struggles but expands
It was December 2009 when Heidi Allstop, then a UW-Madison graduate student in psychology and business, needed someone to talk to about the stresses of student life and figured other students probably did, too.
New free clinic focuses on gynecological care
When Dr. Katherine O?Rourke started her residency at UW Hospital, one of her first patients was an uninsured woman in her early 50s. The woman, who had advanced cervical cancer, died within weeks.
UW’s Blank part of Obama education summit
The University of Wisconsin will be part of a national plan to make sure all children have the chance at a higher education.
UPDATE: UW truck’s warning alarm sounded before collision
Madison police officials say a UW delivery truck?s back-up alarms were sounding, before the truck?s fatal collision with a UW staff member on Mendota Court near the Memorial Union.
UW chancellor takes part in White House forum | News – Channel3000.com
University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank was one of 100 college presidents at the White House Thursday taking part in a forum on costs and accessibility.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award recipient announced
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin and Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced (Hazel) Symonette, a program development and assessment specialist at UW-Madison, will receive the award at the 29th annual City-County Martin Luther King Jr. Observance on Monday.
Atheists persuade UW-Extension to remove Bibles
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has persuaded the University of Wisconsin-Extension in Madison to remove Gideon Bibles from its 137 guest rooms.
3 inhale toxic fumes at Madison company
Hazardous materials handlers and firefighters responded to Mentor Biologics in University Research Park Thursday evening where chlorine dioxide had spilled.
LSU-Alexandria chancellor candidate Hong looking to take on challenge
A candidate for chancellor of Louisiana State University of Alexandria says her experience at a university with similar challenges and student population has prepared her for this new opportunity.
Flight problems scrap Honduran trip by UW students
Flight problems at Chicago O?Hare forced more than thirty UW-Madison students to scrap their participation in a long-planned medical mission to Honduras.
Development could move WIAA, UW swim meets off campus
The future of competitive swimming on the UW-Madison campus is unknown, as students prepare to vote on a referendum project that threatens the WIAA state meet and UW events.
U.S. court nominee from Wisconsin reassures Senate panel
Noted: He received a law degree in 1998 from the University of Wisconsin law school and was a faculty member at the University of Notre Dame. He received a doctorate in 1986, a master?s degree in 1984, and a bachelor?s degree in 1979, all from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.1
As frigid weather moves in, some perspective from even colder climates
To Matthew Newcomb, a veteran of UW-Madison?s South Pole-based Ice Cube observatory, it will be a reminder of the warmer times he spent at the bottom of the world.
Harvey K. Littleton, Pioneer in Glassworks, Dies at 91
Harvey K. Littleton, an artist who helped found the so-called studio glass movement in the United States, developing and teaching do-it-yourself techniques that freed glassblowing from the cumbersome protocols of factory production and made molten glass almost as easy to work with in the studio as wet clay, died on Dec. 13 in Spruce Pine, N.C. He was 91.
Peaceful Christmas welcome after open heart surgery during pregnancy
The ordeal came as Dr. Nick Haun worked long shifts as an internal medicine resident at Meriter, UW Hospital and Madison?s Veterans Hospital. He?ll be chief resident next year, imparting lessons to less experienced doctors.
Badgers football: Touchdown in Orlando is UW’s Christmas present
Temperatures in the low 70s greeted the University of Wisconsin football team as it landed in Orlando on Christmas Day to begin preparations for the Capital One Bowl on New Year?s Day against South Carolina. (Look at Badger football trip via Storify.)
UW-Madison awards $3.65 million in community grants
UW-Madison?s medical school has awarded $3.65 million to 16 communities for projects designed to improve the health of the citizenry.
School Spotlight: MSCR, UW-Madison seek to interest students in science
A partnership between Madison School Community Recreation and UW-Madison is engaging elementary students in science with the hope that they see it as fun.
Good turnout for UW commencement despite snowy weather
Despite the winter storm thousands of friends and family members made it to this year?s UW Winter commencement ceremony to cheer on the graduating class.
Snowy weather doesnt stop UW-Madison graduates
Slippery conditions and long, slow drives were all too common stories at this years University of Wisconsin – Madison winter graduation ceremony.
Health Sense: New meningitis vaccine and other updates
Princeton University is letting students receive a meningitis vaccine not approved in the U.S., following an outbreak of a meningococcal bacteria strain that killed a UW-Madison student this year.
Union-covered Wis. workers to get 1 percent raise
Five groups of unionized state workers that negotiated their pay raises with Gov. Scott Walker?s administration are poised to receive the same 1 percent raise that non-union workers got in July.
In the Spirit: UW atheists add ‘Flying Spaghetti Monster’ deity to Capitol display
Hoping to make a point about “ridiculous” religious displays on public property, the Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics at UW-Madison (AHA) added their own display Monday to the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda.
UW accountant accused of stealing more than $100,000
Police have arrested a former university employee for felony theft for allegedly embezzling nearly $145,000 while working for UW SWAP in Verona, UW-Madison Police said Friday.
Verona woman accused of stealing $144K from UW system
An accountant is accused of stealing more than $100,000 while working for a University of Wisconsin department.
Two Reasons Why Millennials Are Uniquely Positioned to Spur Positive Social Change Worldwide
While some wonder if millennials can even survive in the real world, Steven Olikara, president of the Millennial Action Project (MAP), believes that millennials are actually the best-equipped to overcome the current polarization in Washington, and spur positive social change worldwide.
Chris Rickert: Closing the achievement gap: Not failing, but too slow
A UW-Madison investigation of the program over the last four years shows participation in AVID/TOPS is correlated with higher attendance rates and grade-point averages and other measures of academic success.
Dave Zweifel: Book reveals cops’ role in keeping Capitol protests peaceful
During the height of the crackdown on the so-called Solidarity Singers over the summer, I ran into longtime state Sen. Fred Risser, who for the past several days had watched the Capitol Police arrest dozens of people, handcuff them and haul them off to jail.
Dayne officially inducted into College Hall of Fame
Former Wisconsin running back Ron Dayne was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame as a member of the 2013 class Tuesday at the National Football Foundation Annual Awards Dinner in New York City.
UPDATE: Former student arrested on UW-Stevens Point campus
A former student has been arrested for venturing onto the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in violation of a restraining over court records indicate has been overturned.
Former Badger inducted into College Football Hall of Fame
Former UW Badger Ron Dayne is being honored at the National Football Foundation?s 56th Annual Awards Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.
The University Club: More than a century of hospitality
The stately, historic building at the bottom of Bascom Hill on State Street has been home to The University Club since 1907.
Busta benefit has record-setting year, generates $55,000
The 11th annual David Busta Basketball Tournament and Silent Auction once again proved successful as the benefit attracted many families, friends and community members to the Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School Saturday, Nov. 30.
City residents express opinions on leaf sculpture details for Library Mall redesign
City residents got a chance to voice their opinions regarding the final design for Library Mall and the 700 and 800 blocks of State Street, including potential colored lights on the leaf sculpture and the location of food cart vendors, at a public meeting Thursday.
Simple containment controls lacking in two huge 2013 manure spills
Noted: This year Cain was assigned to oversee cleanups of two of the four largest manure spills in the last 15 years ? at the biodigester site near Waunakee last month and at UW-Madison?s Arlington Agricultural Research Station in February.
Madison’s police chief job likely to be attractive outside department
Michael Scott, director of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing at UW-Madison, said this week that he plans to apply, citing the department?s ?long, sustained history of both professionalism and progressivism.?
State ranks No. 8 in college grads with loan debt
A new report says two out of every three people who graduate from a Wisconsin college do so with student-loan debt, saddling the state with a dubious No. 8 national ranking.
Minimum Wage – President Barack Obama, Pope Francis and the fight against income inequality
Noted: Wisconsin?s richest 1% enjoyed a boost of $168,773 in 2012 dollars from 1996 to 2010, according to the Center on Wisconsin Strategy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The bottom 40%? They saw their real income fall by $2,407.