"Regents to receive annual growth report," Daily Cardinal, Feb. 4.
The Growth Agenda for Wisconsin will take precedence at the UW System Board of Regents’ meeting this week as members discuss the document’s proposed “action steps.”...
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Board Of Regents
"De Simone, Kenosha's 'Mr. Bucky Badger,' dies at 90," Kenosha News, Feb. 4.
A bundle of energy, a spark plug, a leader, a personality. A pillar of the community. These were among the descriptors friends and colleagues ascribed to Alfred De Simone, a Kenosha businessman who devoted his energy to scores of causes, most notably the University of Wisconsin System...
On Campus
"Not enough nurses graduating to meet state's demand," Badger Herald, Feb. 3.
The state of Wisconsin will see a drastic increase in nursing shortages if the University of Wisconsin and other nursing programs around the state do not increase their number of graduates, UW nursing officials said Monday...
"University of Wisconsin-River Falls sets a course of action for returning veterans interested in a higher education," Pioneer Press, Feb. 4
UW-River Falls comes to the aid of returning veterans setting their sights on a higher education...
"Groups coalesce around fight to block second-trimester abortion service," Capital Times, Feb. 4.
Just when local anti-abortion groups were wondering how they'd stay relevant with Democrats now in control of the Statehouse and White House, along comes Madison Surgery Center's proposal to offer second-trimester abortions...
"Proposed Madison abortion clinic will meet a true health-care need, some doctors say," Wisconsin State Journal, Feb. 4.
From fetal defects and women’s health risks to late recognition of pregnancy and lack of money, the reasons for second-trimester abortions vary, say doctors who support a clinic that would perform the procedures in Madison...
"Decision expected in U.W. Madison late-term abortion procedures," WISN.com, Feb. 4.
A decision is expected Wednesday on a plan to provide late-term abortions at the University of Wisconsin hospital...
"Furst-Bowe studies education in Singapore," Dunn County News, Feb. 3.
University of Wisconsin-Stout Provost Julie Furst-Bowe has returned from a weeklong trip to Singapore where she helped evaluate five aspects of the Institute of Technical Education...
"Paper firm exec to head UW-based bioenergy initiative," Capital Times, Feb. 4.
A Wisconsin paper company researcher has been chosen to head the Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative (WBI), a public-private partnership formed to make the state a leader in developing clean, renewable energy...
"Paper industry exec Troy Runge to lead Wisconsin Bioenergy Initative," Wisconsin Technology Network News, Feb. 4.
Troy Runge, research director at Kimberly-Clark Corp., has been named director of the Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative. The initiative, a public-private partnership in bioenergy research, is based in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison...
"UWSP community voices opinions on proposed new residence hall," Stevens Point Journal, Feb. 4.
A public meeting to get feedback for an Environmental Impact Statement usually draws more project managers than public members. But when you talk about sustainability, recycling and a new residence hall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, citizens usually outnumber officials.
"UW team finds key to Parkinson's prevention," Capital Times, Feb. 3.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team has unlocked clues on how to possibly prevent Parkinson's disease -- by boosting a gene that prevents a toxic chemical from destroying neurons in a region of the brain that regulates movement...
"Dairy researchers want a barn upgrade," Associated Press, Feb. 3.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are hoping for a slice of federal stimulus money to upgrade the dairy barn...
State
"Governor might delay state budget proposal," WISC-TV 3, Feb. 3.
Gov. Jim Doyle said he might delay releasing his proposal for a state budget if a federal stimulus package isn't ready...
National
"Evidence of the tuition bubble," Inside Higher Ed, Feb. 4.
Commentators have increasingly been wondering if the end might finally be in sight for the many years’ worth of steady and often not-so-slow increases in college tuitions. How much longer, the thinking goes, will American students and parents be able to afford — and/or put up with — rapidly rising prices and expenditures on higher education?...
"University of Cincinnati president reported in line to be SUNY chancellor," Buffalo News, Feb. 3.
The State University of New York system is set to tap University of Cincinnati President Nancy L. Zimpher as its next chancellor, according to published reports...Prior to coming to Cincinnati, Zimpher served as the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she led the university from 1998 to 2003...
"Report: SUNY to offer job to Zimpher," Business Journal of Milwaukee, Feb. 3.
Former University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee chancellor and current University of Cincinnati president Nancy Zimpher will be offered the State University of New York’s top job, The New York Times reported Tuesday...