Education

One success of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Reaccreditation Project gave rise to an even bigger challenge: Namely, what to make of tens of thousands of open-ended observations about the university's future? One clever software solution, developed by UW-Madison math graduate student Erik Andrejko, may end...

Spending Wisconsin's share of the $800-million-plus economic stimulus package is shaping up to be heavy lifting. It appears the longer Congress debates how, where and how much to spend on blunting the recession, the less policymakers in individual states such as Wisconsin know exactly what to...

The Wisconsin Legislature will have a lot to think about this year, mainly the worst economy in decades, as it puts together the 2009-11 state budget. One of those things will be the rate of technology transfer from “gown to town,” which was a focus...

Wisconsin is blessed with public and private academic research centers that are contributing to regional economies statewide, notes columnist Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology Council. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, Still asserts that it will be important for job creation and economic...

The Wisconsin Technology Council has issued a report citing the link between academic research and job creation, but whether it's enough for the Legislature to reverse the slide in higher education funding is an open question. According to the report, private and public academic research...

Onalaska, Wis. - Trouble was in, well, trouble. His tongue split in half, and the horse needed medical attention. His owner, Lauren Moore, 17, was there during surgery and made regular visits to the veterinary hospital in the days to follow — but she didn't miss any...

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee officials are lobbying for federal economic stimulus funding for two major campus construction projects: a $44 million update to the Great Lakes water research facility and a $50 million integrated science research building. UWM and Wisconsin's other universities, public and private, are among...