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The state budget recently passed by the Legislature depends on anticipated money from a state lawsuit against the Ho-Chunk Nation for casino revenue, which the Ho-Chunk Nation denies it owes; a ruling is expected in the next several months.
UW-Stevens Point may leave some faculty positions vacant to make up its share of a $25 million funding lapse for the UW System in the state budget that recently went into effect.
UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow is working with the state Legislature to create a modified Growth and Access Agenda for the campus; if approved by the campus Student Senate next week, it will go to the Board of Regents for approval in December.
Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, a former teacher and two-term governor of the state of Kano, Nigeria, visited UW-Platteville last month; Chancellor Markee anticipates establishing research collaborations and faculty/student exchanges with the state of Kano.
David Chidsey credits UW-Marathon County - and two music teachers there in particular -- with helping him get his life back on track after an injury and to begin a successful and fulfilling musical career, performing and teaching.
J.R. Salzman, now a student at UW-Stout, was a world champion logroller until he sustained serious injuries serving in the Iraq war; this profile describes how he is working to rehabilitate and also deal with the traumas of serving in the war.
UW-Stout engineering students are visiting a Turkish company to help improve its facility for building wheelchairs for people with low incomes.
The National Institutes of Health ordered UW-Madison to stop a researcher's work on a non-infectious form of the Ebola virus, citing the lab did not have a high enough safety rating; however, the federal government is conducting similar research in a lab with an even lower safety rating.
The Wisconsin Covenant Foundation, which was endowed with an initial $40 million gift from a nonprofit group, hopes to double that money to fund financial aid for students who meet the program's criteria for going to a Wisconsin private, public, or technical college.
Related: "Doyle announces $40 million donation for Wisc. Covenant," Daily Cardinal, Nov. 2.
Also: "Grant establishes Wisconsin Covenant Foundation," Wisconsin Radio Network, Nov. 2.
Lawmakers are proposing a bill that will allow fans to watch college football games on cable, such as this Saturday's game between Wisconsin and Ohio, which will only be available on the Big Ten Network.
UW-Milwaukee Professor Bryan Kennedy was elected president of the American Federation of Teachers-Wisconsin last week; in this role, he will work for collective bargaining rights for UW System faculty and academic staff.
New student-loan regulations announced by the Education Department yesterday aim to clarify lending relationships between universities and lenders, and between state and federal law; they will take effect in July.