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"Regents hear from divestment group," Column, Badger Herald, Nov. 17.

A take on the Board of Regents' annual Trust Fund Investments Forum.

On Campus

"Day of decision for UW doctors," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Nov. 17.

Doctors and nurses at the Milwaukee campus of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health are deciding if they will accept an offer to move their job to Aurora Health Care; UW and Aurora say the change would not affect the committment to serving the community, and the employees would retain their duties, salaries, and faculty appointments. Some of the UW employees have filed grievances.

"Panel makes choice for UW-Rock post," Janesville Gazette, Nov. 17.

Interim dean Diane Pillard is recommended for the permanent dean position at UW-Rock County.

"Avery charges aside, group still looking to free innocent," Column, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Nov. 17.

The recent murder charges filed against Steven Avery, who was released from prison after help from the Wisconsin Innocence Project, will not deter the group from continuing its goal to free wrongly convicted prisoners.

"Audit: UW-Madison should improve accounting of private donations," Associated Press, Nov. 17.

An internal audit at UW-Madison finds that some departments should be more precise in accounting for how they spend private donations intended for specific projects.

"UW raises standards as enrollment peaks," Daily Cardinal, Nov. 17.

As the need to manage enrollment becomes greater, UW-Madison is becoming more selective in its application process.

"UW professor earns top science honor," Capital Times, Nov. 16.

Edwin Lightfoot, UW-Madison emeritus professor of chemical and biological engineering, has won the National Medal of Science, the nation's top honor for science and technology.

"Black Thursday full of lessons about race issues," Editorial, Oshkosh Northwestern, Nov. 17.

Commemoration of UW-Oshkosh's "Black Thursday" provides an opportunity to learn more about race relations.

"UW report highlights global warming deaths," Wisconsin State Journal, Nov. 17.

UW-Madison researchers find the effects of global warming lead to 150,000 deaths each year.

State

"Bill would help professors profit ," Capital Times, Nov. 16.

A bill making its way through the Wisconsin Legislature would foster innovation by allowing contracts between research companies and UW System employees.

"New bill may allow UW tuition gift certificates," Daily Cardinal, Nov. 17.

A bill awaiting Gov. Jim Doyle's signature calls for a gift-certificate program to allow people to help students pay for college tuition.

National

"Parents tune in to realities," USA TODAY, Nov. 17.

A "kids will be kids" attitude held by some parents undermines UW-Madison efforts to curb alcohol abuse.

Related: “Tragic lesson: ‘Your life can be altered in a split second'”

"Security Research Consortium wins congressional support," BusinessNorth.com, Nov. 16.

Congress approves a grant to fund the Wisconsin Security Research Consortium, a non-profit group that would improve Wisconsin's ability to attract classified and sensitive federal-research dollars.

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