The University of Wisconsin at Madison might be called a victim of its own successes. The state’s flagship institution has recruited prominent faculty, but has been forced to enter bidding wars with wealthy private institutions just to retain them. On top of that challenge, budget cuts and cost increases have made it difficult for the university to fill positions vacated by retiring baby boomers, leaving faculty lines open and forcing the university to cut course offerings. The challenges facing Wisconsin are systemic, and they have only been exacerbated by the economic downturn, according to Biddy Martin, who was named chancellor a little more than six months ago...
UW-Eau Claire will see staff cuts and students likely will wait longer to get into classes as the university deals with a $3.64 million cut proposed by the governor. Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich said the impact on staffing numbers still is not known, but the 5.76 percent cut in the university's $63.1 million general operating budget cannot be made by simply cutting back on supplies or other smaller expenses...
A recent campus survey highlights divisions at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh over how to deal with millions of dollars of anticipated spending cuts. UWO administrators expect an order by summer to trim anywhere from $5 million to $7.7 million as the state looks to fill a multi-billion dollar budget deficit. But as they pored over the 472 surveys from faculty, staff, students and the general public, it became clear each established and entrenched segment of the university population is looking to others to bear the brunt of cuts...
When Derek Jose enrolled in the University of Wisconsin's Stephen L. Hawk Center for Applied Security Analysis in September 2007, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was racing to 14,000 and the program's freshly minted grads were settling into investment jobs that paid an average of $84,000 plus bonuses. Now, Jose is 28, newly married, burdened by $60,000 in student loans and on the cusp of graduating into an investment world shattered by a calamitous bear market...
A state lawmaker says the UW-Madison is trying to "soak" students with a proposed tuition surcharge. State Representative Scott Suder says the plan to charge students an extra $250 a year, if their family makes more than $80,000 a year, amounts to a tax on students. He says it's not fair to raise the expectations of what students have to pay, after they've already started attending the school...
...In addition to making a UW education affordable for more people overall, the initiative would also dedicate a portion of the funds to improving the undergraduate experience and thus the quality of the university overall. Among the proposed ideas, most notable to us is the dedication to making high-demand “gateway” courses more accessible, improving the flawed and insufficient advising system and having more classes taught by the tenure-track faculty who help make this university so prestigious to begin with. Improving access to these courses would save families money by enabling students to graduate on time, as would improving the state of our advising system...
There’s some not-so-happy news for cows on the UW-Madison campus. A $3 million proposal to remodel the bovine living quarters likely won't be getting state funding in the next two years, after state Department of Administration officials rejected the proposal for inclusion in the capital budget...
The University of Wisconsin-Madison history department has hired a professor in American military history, finally realizing a dream of the best-selling author Stephen Ambrose, who donated money for the position more than a decade ago...
...Carolyn Bell is in charge of finding House Fellows like Jon. She says with the economy slumping and more people, including college students trying to find a job, House Fellows positions are becoming more popular...
For nearly 40 years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Trace Research and Development Center has developed technology used around the world, with the goal of making technology accessible to as many people as possible, no matter their age or disability...
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This week marks one year since University of Wisconsin student Brittany Zimmermann was murdered in her off campus apartment. The case sent shockwaves through the Madison community because of its brutal nature and the fact that Zimmermann placed a 911 call for help. Police were never sent...
University of Wisconsin officials are planning to honor slain student Brittany Zimmermann with a ceremony at the campus bell tower on the anniversary of her death. Thursday, April 2, marks one year since Zimmermann was murdered at her downtown home...
...Computer experts say Conficker worms, estimated to be in at least three million computers across the world, are set to receive instructions on Wednesday, April 1...Even in an intensely watched setting like the UW-Madison campus, information technology staff discovered 20 computers infected with Conficker. "Twenty out of 40,000 isn't too bad," said UW It spokesperson Meg McCall...
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will partner with the world's largest manufacturer of wind turbines to conduct wind energy research. The agreement announced Wednesday calls for Denmark-based Vestas to sponsor as many as 10 graduate and undergraduate engineering students working on wind technology projects...
Two people have been arrested after the death of a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student, who apparently mixed alcohol and prescription drugs. A man and woman, also UWM students, were arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance...
