He is co-chairman of Hackfest, a golf tournament fundraiser for brain cancer research at UW-Madison.
Know Your Madisonian: Jason Guttenberg actively seeking a cure
Wisconsin State Journal
Category: UW-Madison Related
Program hopes to train pilots and medics together for med flight
WKOW-TV 27
Aeromedical evacuation is one of the world?s riskiest professions and accident rates are going up. But, the UW College of Engineering Flight Simulation Lab is working to reverse that trend.
UW dairy/meat science research to expand
WKOW-TV 27
The nations largest dairy research center is getting a big makeover.
State seeking to build major archive preservation facility on the Near East Side
Wisconsin State Journal
The archives are now stored at the museums or the Historical Society building on the UW-Madison campus, Risser said.
Grandma robs a bingo hall — on film, and on purpose
Wisconsin State Journal
Actress Lynne Stewart flew all the way to Madison from Los Angeles last week to star in “Bingo Night,” a short comedy being filmed here by an L.A.-based team with UW-Madison roots.
The last moderate: Dale Schultz might be on his way out of the Wisconsin Senate
Capital Times
His description is echoed by Bob Schwoch, a UW-Madison professor of public relations who was an aide in the late 1980s and early 1990s to conservative Democratic Rep. Peggy Krusick and later moderate Republican Sens. Peggy Rosenzweig and Carol Buettner. …(Schultz) claims partial credit, for instance, in Walker?s decision to veto a GOP-authored budget provision to bar the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism from operating on the UW-Madison campus.
At Issue: Underage drinking
Wisconsin State Journal
The bill also prohibits the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and any two- or four-year UW System school from imposing certain sanctions on students who commit an underage violation if they are exempt from a citation
Doug Moe: David Egan has developed mainstream appeal
Wisconsin State Journal
Last month, the Egans were back in Madison, a particularly meaningful return visit, in that David spoke at a seminar at the Waisman Center on the UW campus, where more than three decades ago he attended preschool and was first challenged to keep up with his non-special needs peers, a practice today known as mainstreaming.
After Walker attack, a new labor movement in Wisconsin?
Capital Times
A prime example he cites is the Teaching Assistants Association at UW-Madison, a union that once upon a time had full-time staff to deal with issues of collective bargaining, but has now essentially become an advocacy group for grad students.
Victims pushing for better policies, enforcement in protecting
FOX 5-Washington, D.C.
Laura Dunn was a freshman at the University of Wisconsin. She was out for a night of partying with friends – including two men, who are fellow members of the crew team.
UW officials unhappy with party school ranking
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Madisons ranking as the nations eighth best party school is being met not with a toast but a sigh by those who work to curb underage drinking.
40 Signs You Went To The University Of Wisconsin-Madison
Buzzfeed.com
A listing from Buzzfeed.
Hockey: Gary Suter, Vic Levine to be inducted into state Halls of Fame
Madison.com
Madison native and former University of Wisconsin defenseman Gary Suter will be inducted into the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame in September.
Camp Randall unveils renovations, upgrades
WISC-TV 3
Football season starts in just about a month, and if you?re headed to a UW game, you?ll see some pretty big changes at Camp Randall.
Books :: Cold War University: Madison and the New Left in the Sixties
In Cold War University, Matthew Levin details how the expansion of our eminent Cold War university created a student body of such diversity and vitality that the institution?s very integrity was shaken by its own growth.
A new look inside Camp Randall Stadium
NBC-15
Camp Randall gets a major makeover ahead of football season. It?s a project that started almost three years ago, and now the crew is in stage three. It?s the final one of the $86 million dollar face-lift.
Testing of new Camp Randall sound system draws complaints
Madison.com
Testing the new sound system at Camp Randall Stadium is testing the patience of Near West Side residents.
Bill Lueders: Out-of-state donors buoy Walker
Capital Times
Among some true believers, Scott Walker is not just governor of Wisconsin. He is America?s governor. (Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism article.)
Scientists who split WI lake in half finish 30-year study
WKOW-TV 27
Researchers who used a thick plastic curtain to divide a northern Wisconsin lake in half are wrapping up their 30-year study on air and water pollution.
Doug Moe: The scientist and the ladder
Wisconsin State Journal
Two months later, however ? shortly after the kidnapped infant was found dead ? investigators did reach out to the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) (on the UW campus) in Madison, where Arthur Koehler, a bald, studious looking man who in fact loved the outdoors, worked as a scientist.
Training grenade causes evacuation of UW-Madison building
Wisconsin State Journal
A UW-Madison building was partially evacuated Monday after a training grenade was found by a staff member while cleaning a desk.
Grenade found in building on UW campus
WISC-TV 3
The Dane County Bomb Squad evacuated a building on the UW Campus Monday afternoon, after a staff member found a grenade inside a desk on campus.
Potterton to Serve as UW Short Course Interim Director
Wisconsin Ag Connection
The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences has selected another interim director for its Farm and Industry Short Course program.
Disability Pride event focuses on possibilities
Wisconsin State Journal
(UW?Madison disability studies professor) Ellen Samuels didn?t choose to be disabled. And when a rare genetic condition began to limit her ability to walk in her early 20s, she did not exactly embrace the experience.
Executive Q&A: Espionage agent wannabe Bill Kessler reflects on 35 years running top-ranked Century 21 franchise in Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
?It?s amazing to see how far we?ve come,? said Kessler, who studied Russian history at UW-Madison and originally hoped to become a Cold War spy.
Limits on malpractice awards involving UW doctors challenged
Wisconsin State Journal
A Verona woman who won a $1.8 million jury award for her husband?s death in a lawsuit against a UW-Madison doctor is challenging a cap on damages against state-employed doctors, which limits the payment to $250,000.
Ten years in, a tenure of big changes for Bishop Robert Morlino
Wisconsin State Journal
Construction of a new Catholic student center at UW-Madison, now in the fundraising phase, is his ?most urgent? priority, Morlino said.
UW employee accused of sexual assault in court Monday
WKOW-TV 27
A UW-Madison employee accused of sexually assaulting an exchange student will be in court for a status conference Monday.
UW-Madison Prof to Lead National Dairy Science Group
Wisconsin Ag Connection
A professor from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been chosen to lead the American Dairy Science Association.
Bicyclist killed in crash with SUV identified as Madison man
Madison.com
Noted: The bicyclist killed Wednesday in a collision with an SUV on Madison?s East Side has been identified as John Primm, 22, of Madison. Primm was riding his bike on South First Street when he rode into the path of an SUV driven by a UW-Madison student in her early 20s.
UW Madison professor helps ‘Sesame Street’ reach children of imprisoned parents
WKOW-TV 27
A program called “Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration” works to change that. Its designed for children three to eight years old. Wisconsin is one of 10 pilot states working with the Corrections Department to help children cope and learn why a parent is in jail or prison.
High-speed police pursuit on UW campus ends in crash, arrest
Madison.com
A Verona man was arrested on multiple tentative charges after leading UW-Madison officers on a high-speed chase through campus, ending in a crash into a light pole on Campus Drive, UW police reported.
Police: Man leads chase on campus, officer injured
WISC-TV 3
A 22-year-old man led police on a chase through the University of Wisconsin campus Tuesday night, leading to a crash and an injured officer, according to UW police.
Man wrongfully convicted in ’91 rape now homeless
Madison.com
A man who was freed this month from prison, where he was serving a 102-year sentence for a 1991 rape he didn?t commit, is living in a Madison homeless shelter and doesn?t have enough money to buy the medication he takes for several serious health problems.
Man wrongfully convicted of rape now at homeless shelter
WKOW-TV 27
A man whose conviction for a rape was overturned is now at a homeless shelter in Madison.
4th suspect arrested in Montee Ball attack
Madison.com
The fourth and final person charged in an attack on former Badgers running back Montee Ball is in custody.
Barrage of Cyberattacks Challenges Campus Culture
America?s research universities, among the most open and robust centers of information exchange in the world, are increasingly coming under cyberattack, most of it thought to be from China, with millions of hacking attempts weekly ? including thousands a day at the University of Wisconsin?Madison.
Badgers sports: Deputy athletic director Sean Frazier leaves UW to become athletic director at Northern Illinois
Madison.com
It?s a process that University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez has faced with a mix of uncertainty and pride.
New studies describe risks that cars pose to bikers
Biking in Madison is a pleasure for Devin Giddings, who has traveled on two wheels since childhood. From his home in the southwest of Madison, he makes a 90-minute ride to work in Fitchburg and back every day.
On Preps: Prep sports athletes eligible for free concussion testing
Madison.com
High school sports athletes will be eligible for free concussion testing as part of a research project that is being conducted at the University of Wisconsin.
In the Spirit: Creationists, evolutionists co-mingle at Dane County Fair
Wisconsin State Journal
For many years, Nick Schweitzer thought of the Dane County Fair as simply a place to view farm machinery and eat shaved ice.
Fourth suspect in Montee Ball attack arrested, officials say
WISC-TV 3
The fourth suspect in the Montee Ball attack last August was arrested July 2 in Chicago and is being held in the Dane County Jail.
New grants help UW-Madison’s Odyssey Project
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
The University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Odyssey Project has received two major grants that will support a new program called Odyssey Bridges, which provides expanded services to help more low-income adults complete college degrees.
Barrage of Cyberattacks Challenges Campus Culture
New York Times
Bill Mellon of the University of Wisconsin said that when he set out to overhaul computer security recently, he was stunned by the sheer volume of hacking attempts.
Wisconsin athletics official leaving for Northern Illinois
WKOW-TV 27
UW experts: GOP food stamp bickering endangers the poor
Capital Times
Historically, approving annual funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — previously known as food stamps — has not been a great source of controversy.
Jeff Kunz: Thanks for update on legendary professor Hugh Iltis
Wisconsin State Journal
One of the many joys of living in Madison is reading about the brilliant “gentle (intellectual) giants” at UW-Madison and elsewhere who live and work among us without fanfare.
Madison cold case from 1986 gets warmer
Capital Times
Andrew Nehmer may have tried to tell what happened.The phone in the Open Pantry where the 20-year-old student worked was off the hook. Police speculated that he started to make a call but then realized that he couldnt speak.
UW-Madison names residence hall after Aldo Leopold
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is naming its new residence hall after conservationist Aldo Leopold.
UW-Madison names residence hall after Aldo Leopold
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Madison ? The University of Wisconsin-Madison is naming its new residence hall after conservationist Aldo Leopold.
Sen. Kathleen Vinehout: Pressure on UW to end WiscNet pact out of line
Capital Times
It?s a sad day when political pressures from telephone company lobbyists keep us from working together. It?s frustrating, yet fascinating,? read a recent statement from WiscNet officials.At issue is the decades old relationship between the University of Wisconsin and WiscNet and whether, despite separating from UW, WiscNet will be allowed to contract with the university to provide Internet services.
New Lake Mendota dock finished in Madison
AP
The first piece of the University of Wisconsin Alumni Park – a new dock on Lake Mendota – has been completed in Madison.
Doctor dies after ambulance accident
WKOW-TV 27
The neonatal physician injured in an ambulance crash Wednesday afternoon has passed away.
UPDATE: Doctor dies after ambulance flips on Wis. highway
NBC-15
UW Health is saddened to announce the passing of Dr. Stanley Phillips III, a first year pediatric fellow who died this evening from injuries sustained during a vehicle crash.
Program celebrates 50 years of screening newborns for rare disorders
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
When Tylee Daniels? daughter Tatiana was born at St. Joseph?s Hospital in Milwaukee nearly two years ago, mom knew something was wrong.
UW employee arrested on charges of 4th-degree sexual assault, officials say
WISC-TV 3
Uuniversity of Wisconsin – Madison Police have arrested a UW employee in connection with an incident at the Clinical Sciences Center on Saturday, according to a release.
NICU ambulance doctor died Thursday night from crash related injuries
WISC-TV 3
Dr. Stanley Phillips, 32, of Madison, died Thursday night from injuries he sustained during a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ambulance crash Wednesday.
UW regents approve tuition freeze
Madison.com
Tuition will be frozen for all students attending the University of Wisconsin System over the next two years, while fees and room and board costs will go up, under action taken Thursday by the Board of Regents.
UW flexible degrees green-lighted by accrediting agency
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin System?s new flexible degree option for working adults has earned approval from an accrediting agency, clearing the way for the first degree programs to enroll students later this year.
Doctor injured in ambulance crash dies
Wisconsin State Journal
Dr. Stanley Phillips, a UW-Madison newborn care specialist injured Wednesday in an ambulance crash south of Rosendale, died Thursday night, UW Health officials said.