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July 18, 2008

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On Campus

"Court deals blow to UW animal-rights museum," Wisconsin State Journal, July 17.

The owner of Budget Bicycle does not have to sell his property to animal rights activists who want to build a museum highlighting alleged cruelty at UW-Madison's primate labs, according to a decision by the Wisconsin Court of Appeals...

"L&S dean leaves UWSP," The (Appleton) Post-Crescent," July 18.

Lance Grahn, dean of the College of Letters and Science (L&S) at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, stepped down to become the provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Ark...

"Transfer agreement to help MATC students to UW College of Engineering," The Capital Times, July 17.

Madison Area Technical College is set to provide its students with a road map for earning access into UW-Madison's highly regarded College of Engineering...

State

"Wisconsin governor taps science advisor [sic]," Wisconsin Technology Network News, July 17.

James Dahlberg, a professor of biomolecular chemistry in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, has been appointed as the first scientific advisor to Governor Jim Doyle.

"Wisconsin governor names science adviser," Associated Press, July 17.

...Doyle has named University of Wisconsin professor James Dahlberg as his science adviser. Doyle signed an executive order Wednesday creating the unpaid position...

"Wisconsin lawmakers seek review of state employee sick leave use," Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, July 18.

State legislators on Thursday questioned whether state employees were abusing sick leave and said they wanted a review of sick leave use by early next year...

"Carroll grant to boost Hispanic enrollment," Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, July 17.

Carroll University has accepted a $100,000 grant from Wal-Mart to boost the university’s recruitment of Hispanic students...

"MSOE reaches westward," Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, July 17.

...MSOE announced plans last week to begin offering expanded bachelor's and master's degrees designed to serve working business professionals in Waukesha County...

National

"States avoid slashing higher ed money," Stateline.org, July 17.

...Despite a tough economic climate, several states are attempting to hold down college tuition — or at least not let increases get out of control — by avoiding deep cuts to higher education, an area that states have been quick to slash in past years when funds were low...

"A New Frontier for Title IX: Science," New York Times, July 15.

...The National Science Foundation, NASA and the Department of Energy have set up programs to look for sexual discrimination at universities receiving federal grants. Investigators have been taking inventories of lab space and interviewing faculty members and students in physics and engineering departments at schools like Columbia, the University of Wisconsin, M.I.T., and the University of Maryland...

"A Federal Idea ... Well-Received?!," Inside Higher Ed, July 18.

...So Thursday, (Under Secretary of Education Sara Martinez) Tucker opened the two-day summit of 150 college leaders, state officials, policy experts and others not with a low-key tinker but with a sweeping proposal to restructure the system for awarding federal financial aid, with the chief goals of greatly simplifying the financial application process and administrative structure; informing students much earlier exactly how much financial aid they would receive; and, ultimately, greatly increasing the number of Americans who enter and complete college, an underlying goal of Thursday's summit and most of the Bush administration's work on higher education...