University of Wisconsin Madison News

Edward Blum, a key player in the Abigail Fisher v. University of Texas-Austin affirmative action case and in the litigation that gutted Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, is at it again.

It has been 16 years since Matt Berge returned to his family's farm in rural Valders with a newly minted degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

There's been an argument going on for at least 100 years over seeds. Should they be free? Or should the people who develop them control, and profit from, their use? If they were shared, we'd have a more fluid development of agricultural technology, because all plant breeders could experiment with the best stuff.

Today's Paper, also known as the e-Edition, is an online replica of the printed newspaper.

Caption: "Jungle Kings" deals with the processing of black and brown men into a world of gangs and prison culture.

Science's ever-turning cogs have been at it again, and this time the cogs in question have been turning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and specifically within its team of plant breeders, led by John Mochon.

CC&N and NEXT Electric have added E.J. Kubick, an executive vice president of MetalTek International in Waukesha, and Kyle Spader, president of the U.S. Division of IEWC Corp. in New Berlin, to its board of directors.

For your information: MNT accounts were not affected by the recent Heartbleed bug, as we were not running a vulnerable version of OpenSSL.

Today's Paper, also known as the e-Edition, is an online replica of the printed newspaper.

The Wisconsin Historical Society will host the final film in a four-part documentary series, "Created Equal: America's Civil Rights Struggle," in Madison on Tuesday, April 22. Selected segments of "Slavery By Another Name" will air at 7 pm in the auditorium of the Society's headquarters at 816 State Street in Madison.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Association of Women in Agriculture recognized special award winners recently for their outstanding service and contribution to the organization.

The dramatic loss of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean due to rapid Arctic warming has altered the polar-region jet stream and helped to bring on extreme weather events of recent years, including the Midwest drought of 2012, record flooding rains of 2013, and the harsh, cold 2013-2014 winter, according to a climate-change expert at Rutgers University.

At the end of April, Dr. Thomas Zenner, 61, plans to retire from his work at the Bellin Health Clinic, local nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Kewaunee after 31 years.

Dr. Donald Socket, UW-Madison Veterinary Diagnostics Lab, and Rich O'Reskie, Oxxion, discussed how to properly clean sanitize calf feeding equipment and the use of chlorine dioxide as a sanitizer on dairy farms at the March 20 Dairyland Veterinary Service producer meeting.

For your information: MNT accounts were not affected by the recent Heartbleed bug, as we were not running a vulnerable version of OpenSSL.

MARX: A HERO FOR OUR TIME? - Suddenly, everyone from the Wall Street Journal to Rolling Stone seems to be talking about Karl Marx.

Research at UW-Madison is showing that the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease might be as much about lifestyle as aging.

It may be a few years before the first daughters head to college, but Michelle Obama is already brainstorming a dorm room checklist while encouraging high school students to dream big about their education beyond graduation.

After Gov. Scott Walker called for a two-year extension to the current University of Wisconsin System's tuition freeze, some critics have called the move short-sighted and an overly simplistic solution to keeping higher education affordable.

Daniel V. Speckhard of McLean, Va. - who has served in a number of high-level diplomatic roles - begins July 1 as the next president and chief executive officer of Lutheran World Relief , Baltimore.