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When queried about a proposed clinic which would offer second-trimester abortions, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Carolyn "Biddy" Martin said Monday she has received "a lot of phone calls from people on both sides of the issue"...When asked how she might vote at Wednesday's meeting, Martin said, "I don't know. First, I'm going to listen to the discussion"...
At the University of Wisconsin Faculty Senate meeting Monday, Chancellor Biddy Martin said as a member of the Authority Board, she will have a vote to decide whether UW Hospitals and Clinics would provide second-term abortions...
Some might call it pork, but the University of Wisconsin-Madison is asking for cow cash.Dairy researchers want $2.5 million to make life a little easier for the university's cows. Their barn was built in the 1950s, and the stalls were designed for smaller dairy cows. Improved genetics have made research cows a little "beefier," and they don't fit in their stalls. Gov. Jim Doyle said it is a needed expansion...
Could cold, hard cash help cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases? The Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison hopes so. Modeled on the X Prize awards for technology innovations, SAGE today announced $50,000 in prize money in the UW Climate Leadership Challenge...
Researchers at Marshfield Clinic want to speed up their understanding of rare diseases and find cures -- by learning how to store, share and use medical records created by universities and clinics across the country. The clinic, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Michigan are taking part in a pilot project led by Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland to test the effectiveness of a system...
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point's Hyer Hall might be making way for a suite-style dormitory. The Stevens Point Plan Commission on Monday approved two motions to demolish Hyer Hall and build a new suite-style dormitory in its approximate location...The estimated $35.5 million project won't be paid for by taxpayers, said Carl Rasmussen, campus planner for UWSP. Instead, the project will be funded by students who will pay more to live there, he said...
A new Waste Management Center might be on its way to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point that could include a pilot wastewater treatment plant and an adjoining recycling center, but could come at the cost of parking spaces...
A statewide coalition of nine education organizations is set to launch publicly today a major push to substantially increase state support of education and to fix problems that it says are undermining the quality of schools in Wisconsin. The coalition includes the politically influential Wisconsin Education Association Council teachers union and comes at a time when both houses of the Legislature have come under Democratic leadership...
Lawmakers want more oversight of how Gov. Jim Doyle’s administration plans to spend the money expected to flow to the state from a federal economic stimulus bill. Democrats and Republicans alike say the federal money -- up to $4.3 billion or more for Wisconsin -- is so vast and will move through the state treasury so rapidly that the Legislature has a responsibility to make sure the money is used appropriately...
...So (Krista) Ginger sat down with a group of key players within the justice system and state government, including the Department of Veterans' Affairs, and mental health professionals. After much brainstorming and research, they developed the Wisconsin Veterans Intervention Program (WI-VIP).WI-VIP has three components. The first utilizes law students. The Frank J. Remington Center at the University of Wisconsin Law School will develop and facilitate an outreach program to assist in a whole range of problems facing returning vets, from housing, divorce and drug dependency...
...More broadly, "I think we're going to be forced to think about how families recruit and enroll students, how families pay for colleges, in very, very different ways than we have heretofore," said Nathan S. Mueller, a principal at Hardwick~Day, another consulting firm. "We're still fundamentally approaching paying for college the same way we did 20 to 25 years ago.... Their resources relative to your costs are much different than they were 20 to 25 years ago." He took on the way colleges traditionally respond to student need. "Need is a number that's not relevant for the neediest students and not relevant to the least needy students," Mueller said. "For maybe a third of your incoming freshmen it has some relevance for the way aid is awarded to them"...