UW System Clipsheet
December 6, 2005
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UW System
"Auburn VP nabs chancellor post," Badger Herald, Dec. 6.
David Wilson, vice president for university outreach and associate provost at Auburn University, has been recommended as chancellor of UW Colleges and UW-Extension.
"Lyall falling into mind-set that privatization of UW is good," Column, Capital Times, Dec. 6.
An analysis of some of the points in former UW System President Katharine Lyall's new book, "The True Genius of America at Risk."
On Campus
"Audit faults UW-Whitewater dean for spending practices," Associated Press, Dec. 6.
A UW System audit released Monday stated UW-Whitewater Dean Lee Jones violated university spending policies.
Related: “Public spending can’t be kept from public,” Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Dec. 5.
"UW-Madison third in nation in tech-transfer value," WisTechnology.com, Dec. 5.
An Association of University Technology Managers report recently ranked UW-Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation third in the nation in the value of faculty inventions in 2004.
"TAA approves terms," Badger Herald, Dec. 6.
The UW-Madison Teaching Assistants Association approved the terms for their 2003-05 and 2005-06 contracts, bringing an end to the multi-year impasse between the group and the state's Office of State and Employee Relations.
"Prostate cancer cut by fruit," Capital Times, Dec. 5.
UW-Madison researchers have found growing evidence that an ingredient in certain varieties of fruit can help fight prostate cancer.
National
"Labs unsure whether to join stem cell bank," Associated Press, Dec. 6.
Negotiations continue between some of the nation's stem-cell laboratories and the WiCell Research Institute regarding federally approved stem-cell lines at the soon-to-be-created national stem-cell bank at UW-Madison.