UW System Clipsheet

"UWSP to host climate forum," Stevens Point Journal, Sept. 11.

Some of the smartest minds in Wisconsin will be at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point this winter to craft a response to the threat of global climate change. Lt. Gov. Barb Lawton organized the forum as part of the state's Green Economy Agenda. She said it's the first of its kind in the country. Elected officials, researchers, business professionals, environmentalists, educators and others are invited to share what is being done right now to combat climate change and to formulate a long-term strategy for Wisconsin, Lawton said...

"Carolyn Martin visits with The Capital Times (video)," Capital Times, Sept. 11.

Carolyn "Biddy" Martin visited The Capital Times recently to talk about her new job as chancellor of University of Wisconsin-Madison...

Watch: http://www.madison.co.../news/stories/304313

"ASM, Nass in hopes of solidifying relationship," Badger Herald, Sept. 12.

Leaders from the Associated Students of Madison met with Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, this week in efforts to forge a relationship between the University of Wisconsin and the Legislature...

"U. Wisconsin dean apologizes for calling tuition 'cheap,'" The Maneater, Sept. 12.

School of Business Dean Michael Knetter apologized for calling University of Wisconsin tuition "cheap" Wednesday, after being quoted in an article printed in the Wisconsin State Journal Tuesday...

"Prof challenges Smith on way out: Martin says faculty dean lacks attention to hiring women and minorities," The Harvard Crimson, Sept. 11.

Government professor Lisa L. Martin, who served as the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’s first diversity dean and chair of the Standing Committee on Women, has left Harvard for the University of Wisconsin at Madison, criticizing Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith’s commitment to hiring minority and female professors on her way out...

"Kim to lead Morgridge Institute for Research," Capital Times, Sept. 11.

Sangtae Kim, who currently serves as a professor of both mechanical and chemical engineering at Purdue University, was named the executive director of the new Morgridge Institute for Research -- the private half of the twin Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery...

"Morgridge Institute for Research executive director named," Wisconsin State Journal, Sept. 11.

Sangtae "Sang" Kim, a scientist from Purdue University with a background in the pharmaceutical industry, was named executive director of the Morgridge Institute for Research, the private part of a $150 million public-private research building under construction on the UW-Madison campus...

"Exploring campuses abroad," Badger Herald, Sept. 12.

Northwestern may have gone Middle Eastern, but officials at the University of Wisconsin are not as eager to open “brick and mortar� campuses overseas...

"UW entrepreneurship program ranked 13th on top 50 list," Daily Cardinal, Sept. 12.

Wisconsin School of Business’ entrepreneurship program is one of the best in the country, according to a national survey published recently by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine...

"Dave Zweifel's Plain Talk: Madison campus is in good hands," Column, Capital Times, Sept. 12.

Our editorial board met UW-Madison's new chancellor, "Biddy" Martin, last week for the first time and came away feeling that the university is in good hands. There's no question that Martin is moving carefully during these first weeks of her tenure...But she is shouting form the mountaintops her belief that if Wisconsin is to retain its world-class university status, it needs to find ways to keep its star-studded faculty...

"Groups advocate more financial help for non-traditional students," Wisconsin Public Radio, Sept. 11.

Working adults in Wisconsin who go back to school usually don't qualify for as much financial aid as recent high school graduates. A new report from a family advocacy group says such aid needs to better accommodate older, non-traditional students...

"Lawrence University receives $2.5M bequest," The Business Journal of Milwaukee, Sept. 11.

Lawrence University in Appleton has received a $2.5 million bequest from an anonymous donor marking the third gift of more than $1 million received by the university in the past six weeks...

"Texans can prepay for college once more," USA Today, Sept. 12.

Once again, Texas parents can lock in current college tuition rates and start paying now — even if their would-be graduates are infants. Comptroller Susan Combs on Wednesday unveiled the Texas Tuition Promise Fund, which allows parents to start paying undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees for their children's future education. Enrollment is open to all Texas residents...

"SAT prep services get into video games," USA Today, Sept. 11.

With SAT scores at their lowest level in years, two of the country's largest test-prep course providers are pairing with video game companies for the first time, to give students another way to practice for these oft-dreaded exams...

"Keep students, get grants, get paid, Kent State faculty told," USA Today, Sept. 11.

Kent State University is offering financial bonuses to professors if they help student retention numbers and attract more research dollars, an incentive usually given to school presidents and top administrators...

"'Promoting social justice' not our job, says Cambridge official," Associated Press, Sept. 11.

The government should provide more money for higher education but should not meddle or try to use Britain's universities to enhance social mobility, a senior official at the University of Cambridge told other educators Wednesday...She said a university's core mission was to educate and lead research, not provide social mobility. But by carrying out this mission and diversifying the makeup of the student body, the university does end up playing an important role in enhancing social justice, she said...

"Congressional hearing over public access filled with high drama," Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 12.

A life-and-death battle is going on over public access to federally financed research—life for taxpayers and many scientists, and death for publishers. Or so each side claims. That battle, whose outcome will affect many university researchers, kicked into high gear on Capitol Hill yesterday, as the combatants debated the merits of a bill that would curtail the National Institutes of Health's public-access policy...