UW System Clipsheet

October 4, 2005

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UW System

"Regents must follow through on reforms," Column, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Oct. 4.

A column urging the UW System Board of Regents to make good on proposed changes to employment policies and practices.

"UW hopes to keep educated workers in state," Marshfield News Herald, Oct. 4.

By connecting lower-income and nontraditional students to educational opportunities, the UW System's freshman-sophomore UW Colleges can help build a better Wisconsin economy, Interim Chancellor Margaret Cleek said.

On Campus

"Stem cell lab praised," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct. 4.

Wisconsin's new National Stem Cell bank will not only add to the state's prestige when it comes to biotechnology, it will also bring in new money, research and business.

Editorial: "Remaining the nation's leader" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct. 4.
Related:Stem-cell bank to open here,” Wisconsin State Journal, Oct. 4.
Editorial:Stem-cell bank a boon for UW” Wisconsin State Journal, Oct. 4.

State

"Rep. calls for public hearing in Barrows case," Daily Cardinal, Oct. 4.

State Rep. Steve Nass has called for a public hearing regarding possible misconduct by UW-Madison officials.

"State should support stem cell research," Editorial, Racine Journal Times, Oct. 4.

An editorial supporting a likely veto of a bill that would ban human cloning in Wisconsin, which Gov. Jim Doyle said would severely restrict stem-cell research.