UW System/Top Stories
Universities get $8.8 million for dairy research, Feed navigator, Aug. 8
Morrobel-Sosa named UW System vice president for academic and student affairs, Madison365, Aug. 7
National
Where You Went to College May Matter on Your Loan Application, Wall Street Journal, Aug. 8
The Global Evidence Against Free College, Inside Higher Ed, Aug. 8
A New Dropout Risk: Students Responsible for Aging or Sick Relatives, Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 7
As U.S. college admission process opens, scandal weighs on low-income students, Reuters, Aug. 7
Big Chill With China Takes Its Toll On Flow Of Money, People And Ideas, NPR, Aug. 7
On Campus
EAU: Shouting Matches members enjoy tuneful ‘conversation’ (interviewing UW-Eau Claire employee Brian Moen), Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Aug. 8
GRB: Kids in need receive school supplies, Fox11online.com, Aug. 7
LAX: Game, set, match: UW-L removes tennis courts as new Green Island facility moves along, La Crosse Tribune, Aug. 7
LAX: Wisconsin Small Business Development Center at UW-L to host entrepreneur training program. La Crosse Tribune, Aug. 7
LAX: $3.9 million upgrade could update heating building at UW-La Crosse, WKBT, Aug. 7
MAD: Earth’s roaming magnetic poles create longer periods of instability, CNN, Aug. 8
MAD: Major surgery’s impact on brain is smaller than feared, Wisconsin State Journal, Aug. 8
MAD: Madison artists discuss how to create theater that represents ‘evolving America’, Capital Times, Aug. 8
PKS: Racine Community Foundation awards spring grants, Racine Journal Times, Aug. 6
PLT: Former Pacelli standout McNiff named UW-Platteville head coach, Stevens Point News, Aug. 7
RVF: UW-River Falls takes part in Chinese language and culture program at River Falls Montessori, RiverTowns, July 30
STO: UW-Stout hosts first conference on growing use of nutraceuticals, Agrinews, Aug. 7
STO: Undergrads finish sixth summer of lake research, Chetek Alert, Aug. 7
STO: NAWIC announces scholarship golf tournament, Winona Post, Aug. 7
STO: Jennie-O promotes alumnus Myers, West Central Tribune, Aug. 7
SUP: UWS hosts third Mini-Track Meet of the summer, FOX 21, Aug. 6
SUP: Girls soaring to new heights at air and space camp (camp hosted by UW-Superior’s Transportation and Logistics Research Center), FOX 21, Aug. 6