UW System Clipsheet
October 7, 2009
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UW System
"UW System official: I'm responsible for IT project," Associated Press, Oct. 6.
The University of Wisconsin System's chief financial officer said Tuesday his job will be on the line if an $81.4 million information technology project fails. The UW System's senior vice president for administration and fiscal affairs, Tom Anderes, told lawmakers he was responsible for the project to install a new payroll and benefits system and assumes he will be fired if it doesn't work...
"Lawmakers want close eye on IT," Wisconsin Radio Network, Oct. 6.
A rebooted legislative panel designed to oversee major IT projects took a closer at the UW-System’s planned $81 million payroll revamp. Among the concerns raised Tuesday by lawmakers on the Joint Committee on Information Policy and Technology, was the project’s lead contractor being under federal investigation...
"On Campus: Legislators want accountability for UW System computer project," Wisconsin State Journal, Oct. 6.
State legislators grilled UW System officials this morning during a hearing on the progress of an $81 million payroll system, asking how the System will prevent cost overruns and calling for the removal of top administrators if the project fails...
"Legislature puts IT project under fire," Daily Cardinal, Oct. 7.
State lawmakers put pressure on UW System administrators Tuesday to provide cost efficiency and oversight measures on both an $81 million payroll and the benefits computer system...
On Campus
"After war, veterans go off to college," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct. 7.
A growing number of veterans are trading their uniforms and weapons for Bucky Badger sweat shirts and books, transforming this campus that was once a hotbed of war protest. As thousands of veterans return home from Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, many are taking advantage of generous educational benefits through the G.I. Bill. And as veterans flood campuses around the United States, they're changing and diversifying the student population in ways not seen since the end of World War II...
"Flu cases drop at UW for third straight week," Capital Times, Oct. 7.
The number of cases of students with the flu continues to drop on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The weekly status report from University Health Services (UHS) showed students coming in to the health clinic with flu-like symptoms was almost cut in half in the fifth week of the fall semester...
"FdL native to boost state health care, biotech efforts," Fond du Lac Reporter, Oct. 7.
A Fond du Lac native will help spearhead efforts to make Wisconsin a leader in health care and biotechnology. Dr. Richard "Rick" L. Moss was recently appointed senior associate dean for basic research, biotechnology and graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison...Moss said his perspective changed when he attended the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh for his undergraduate studies...
"Get off the gravy train," Editorial, MIlwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct. 6.
Doctors should not be paid to promote drugs or medical devices by the makers of those products. When they accept such payments, they risk their credibility with patients, risk clouding their judgment, risk overusing a treatment and risk driving up the cost of medicine. For months, Journal Sentinel reporters have uncovered blatant conflicts of interest involving drug and device makers at the University of Wisconsin. UW has tightened guidelines in recent months and plans to ban doctors from giving talks for drug companies about medications, the Journal Sentinel's John Fauber reports. But despite all the revelations, UW officials risk doing too little...
"UWSP chancellor search panel named," Stevens Point Journal, Oct. 7.
The committee that will recommend five finalists to be the next chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has been named...
"Campus Connection: UW-Madison earns 'B' on green report card," Capital Times, Oct. 7.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a "B" on the College Sustainability Report card 2010, which was released Wednesday by the Sustainable Endowments Institute...
"Students unaware of police cameras throughout State Street," Badger Herald, Oct. 7.
Madison Police Department Capt. Mary Schauf surprised a room full of University of Wisconsin students last week in posing a question she thought was common knowledge...Schauf explained the State Street corridor is monitored 24/7 by cameras that transmit through the Web back to a digital server in Madison’s City-County Building...
"Fishing invention wins UW-Whitewater competition," Wisconsin State Journal, Oct. 7.
Grand prize in UW-Whitewater's second annual Inventors Showcase and Competition went to three Baraboo men who developed a small device that attaches to a fishing rod and displays an orange flag when it detects a fish strike...
"UW-Marshfield campus dean announces retirement," Marshfield News-Herald, Oct. 7.
A leader in both the community and the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County campus, Dean Andy Keogh announced Tuesday he would retire to devote more time to community service...
"Student recital brings UWSP fine arts departments together," Stevens Point Journal, Oct. 7.
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Department of Music will host a joint-student recital featuring new works by music majors Matthew Muelling and Kyle Brooks along with a live visual art performance by student-painter Alex Landerman on Oct. 8 in the Michelsen Recital Hall. “The idea came together last year when Kyle Brooks and I began planning a recital,” said Matthew Muelling. “It began to form and the underlying theme became musicians and artists coming together to support each other"...
"UW-Stout gets grant for cutting-edge medical research," WQOW-TV, Oct. 6.
A professor at UW-Stout is one of few in the state to receive a large grant for cutting-edge medical research. The university will receive more than $300,000 to fund research about immune systems...
"UW-Stout's annual career conference underway," WQOW-TV, Oct. 6.
Hundreds of students or recent grads were seen job hunting at UW-Stout today. The University's annual career conference is underway...
State
"Grad of Lawrence Univ. shares Nobel," Associated Press, Oct. 7.
A graduate of Lawrence University in Appleton has been named one of three winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Thomas Steitz and two others shared the prestigious honor today for their cellular research that contributed to the development of antibiotics...
National
"Despite hard times, colleges are still going green," New York Times, Oct. 7.
Times may be tough, but colleges are not abandoning their efforts to be green, according to the 2010 College Sustainability Report Card, released on Wednesday morning by the Sustainable Endowments Institute...
"Hispanic students aspire to higher education but face barriers," USA Today, Oct. 6.
Nearly nine in 10 Hispanics say it's "necessary" to get a college education to get ahead in life — more than any other ethnic or racial group in the USA. But Hispanic students' plans to get an actual diploma fall well below those of other groups, a survey finds: Fewer than half of Hispanic 18- to 25-year-olds say they plan to get a bachelor's degree, well below the 60% of all young people who say the same...
"Ending federal student aid could cut college costs, speaker says," Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 6.
Is there any way to make colleges charge less?...Two higher-education experts argued that greater openness from colleges about how they spend money would be sufficient to slow the climbing price of tuition. Others said a more radical solution—cutting off all federal student financial aid—would be necessary...
"Administration launches $650M program to boost education," Washington Post, Oct. 6.
The Obama administration on Tuesday announced goals for a $650 million grant competition for school systems and nonprofit organizations with ideas for narrowing achievement gaps, reducing high school dropout rates and improving teacher and principal effectiveness. The competition dovetails with a $4.35 billion grant program for states that the administration calls "Race to the Top." The combined $5 billion in seed money for fixing or improving schools amounts to one of the largest federal investments to date in educational entrepreneurship...
"Community college accountability," Inside Higher Ed, Oct. 7.
Accountability initiatives are not new to community colleges. But because scholars and educators have long disagreed about how to measure and compare the institutions' success in educating students, the Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation and the Lumina Foundation for Education announced Tuesday their funding of an effort to create a national, voluntary accountability system for community colleges...