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"'We're not reaching enough people': UW official," Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Aug. 8.

UW System Board of Regents President David Walsh said Wisconsin must be able to serve more students and it is the university's challenge to convince Wisconsin's legislators to reinvest in public higher education.

"Citizens need to defend UW from opportunists," Column, Capital Times, Aug. 8.

A columnist calls on all UW System alumni to stand up for the university at a time when some seek to disparage it.

On Campus

"Medical college adds doctorate in public, community health," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Aug. 8.

UW-Milwaukee and the Medical College of Wisconsin will partner to create and deliver the curriculum for a new collaborative doctoral degree in public health.

Related: "Medical College, UWM to collaborate on public health program," Business Journal of Milwaukee, Aug. 8.

"A skeptic on 9/11 prompts questions on academic freedom," New York Times, Aug. 1.

A UW-Madison lecturer with controversial views about 9/11 has sparked intense debate among Wisconsin legislators, university faculty and staff, and the state's citizens about whether such views constitute grounds for dismissal.

Related: "5 years later, Sept. 11 conspiracy theorists says they're gaining momentum," Associated Press, Aug. 7.

State

"Funding cut a bad way to retaliate," Editorial, Sheboygan Press, Aug. 7.

An editorial stating that the Ozaukee County Board was "dead wrong" to cut funding from its UW-Extension program to protest a UW-Madison hiring decision.

Related: "Controversial UW teacher, theorist spurs funding cut," Ozaukee County News Graphic, Aug. 8.

"Audit released looking at state's economic development programs," Associated Press, Aug. 7.

A review by the Legislative Audit Bureau suggests that the UW System and Wisconsin Technical College System take steps to make the public aware of their economic development activities.

National

"California lashes out at Wisconsin," Column, Stevens Point Journal, Aug. 8.

Wisconsin Technology Council President Tom Still says California firms attempting to challenge the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation's stem-cell patents are only doing so because WARF will not donate its intellectual property to the west coast for-profit labs.

"U.S. Senator asks more than 100 college presidents for details on earmarks (Subscription Only)," Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 8.

Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is seeking details on Congressional budget allocations for certain colleges and universities, saying such earmarks are "the gateway drug to [federal] overspending."

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