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The Board of Regents unanimously approved UW-Milwaukee's proposals for graduate-level schools of public health and freshwater sciences; if the Legislature also approves the proposals, students could enroll in the new programs as early as fall 2009.
The Board of Regents approved a differential tuition plan for engineering majors at UW-Madison starting in the fall.
Editorial praising UW System President Kevin P. Reilly for donating much of his raise toward a need-based scholarship fund for UW System students.
Related: "Thumbs Up," Editorial, Appleton Post-Crescent, June 7.
Expresses the view that the state-mandated veterans tuition remission program should be covered by state dollars; of the 5.5 percent raise in tuition at UW four-year institutions, 3 percent will cover the costs of this program.
Related: "Undergrads shouldn't shoulder load," Editorial, Racine Journal Times, June 7.
Several UW campuses, as well as state department stores, are providing gender-neutral restroom facilities.
An interview with UW-Madison's next chancellor, Biddy Martin, currently provost at Cornell University.
Watch: http://www.wpt.org/np...ow/647HAN_martin.wvx
Related: "New UW chancellor will face skeptical legislators," Wisconsin State Journal, June 8.
Kikkoman Foods Inc. will establish a research and development laboratory and an environmental studies scholarship in cooperation with UW-Madison; the new laboratory will open in the fall of this year and will be located at University Research Park.
Researchers report that an understanding of science is not the foundation for the majority of public attitudes about embryonic stem cell research and other topics.
In February, a nationwide consortium of land-grant universities broadened its reach by publicly launching "eXtension," a website containing advice, research and information traditionally only offered by local extension offices.