UW System Clipsheet

April 26, 2006

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UW System

"Student research reaches Rotunda," Badger Herald, April 26.

UW System undergraduate research took center stage at the annual Posters in the Rotunda event; speakers said expanding such research will result in a broad range of benefits for Wisconsin.

Related: "UWGB undergrads show off work in Madison," Green Bay Press-Gazette, April 26.

On Campus

"Forum to push for decision about UW," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 26.

A working group assessing the educational needs of the Milwaukee and Waukesha areas has nearly completed its review and expects to have a report ready by June, according to UW System's Don Mash.

"Transfers could boost diversity," Editorial, Wisconsin State Journal, April 26.

An editorial supporting a UW-Madison plan to allow qualified students to transfer to the campus from Madison Area Technical College on the grounds that it could help increase UW diversity and the number of students from lower-income families.

Editorial not available online.

Related: "Does this mean we get a baseball team?," Editorial, Badger Herald, April 26.
Also: "Transfer agreement bad for UW," Column, Badger Herald, April 26.

State

"Keeping the knowledge here," Editorial, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 26.

An editorial urging Wisconsin's leaders to harness the potential for economic growth that comes from some of the university's scientific advances.

"Stem cell boost," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 26.

Gov. Jim Doyle said the market for stem-cell research could yield 100,000 jobs and announced the state's intention to control at least 10 percent of the market by 2015, offerng $5 million to help recruit top stem-cell researchers.

"Task force combats homelessness in Waushara County," Oshkosh Northwestern, April 26.

UW-Extension is among the partners seeking solutions to help a growing number of homeless.

"Tax-limit gimmick deserves a burial," Editorial, Wisconsin State Journal, April 26.

Proponents of the proposed Taxpayer Protection Amendment, a bill that would limit the amount of tax revenue state agencies could use and, according to UW System officials, severely handicap the university's ability to provide quality education, should drop efforts to pass such a measure.