Dan Simmons
WBUR
Milwaukee, WI, United States
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'I Healed A Broken Soul': Billy Mills' Unexpected 1964 Olympic Win
For Billy Mills, who lost both his parents and faced racism growing up, the Olympic 10,000 meter race was about much more than a medal. → Read More
Five Years After Sandy Hook, Push to Bring Guns Into Ohio Schools Gains Strength
Educators are training to repel mass shooters in districts across the state. But policies vary widely, and parents don’t always know whether the schools they send their kids to have armed staff or not. → Read More
Five Years After the Sikh Temple Mass Shooting, He's Fighting Hate with a License Plate
When you see the black Toyota Camry waiting in the next lane at a red light or parked at the gas pump, and your eyes and curiosity get caught by the Wisconsin vanity plate — I AM SIKH, it reads — that is very much as its owner intends. The smiling young man behind the … → Read More
Faculty uneasy about working at UW after cuts, tenure changes
Mahesh Mahanthappa is one of two high-profile departures from the chemistry department this year. → Read More
Regents keep tenure, again vote down proposal to fight changes
Regent Mark Bradley railed against the proposed changes, saying they were introduced without any consultation with university faculty and administrators. → Read More
UW System Regents committee rejects proposal to fight controversial tenure changes by Legislature
The vote came after a sometimes contentious debate in a room filled with faculty, some wearing tape over their mouths, who are bitterly opposed to changes that would make it → Read More
UW System Regents won't fight controversial tenure changes by Legislature
The vote came after a sometimes contentious debate in a room filled with faculty, some wearing tape over their mouths, who are bitterly opposed to changes that would make it → Read More
Ray Cross: no plans to resign as UW System president
Cross said he's not going anywhere as president despite claims by some that he failed to get the desired results from the Legislature. Cross disagrees. → Read More
UW cut trimmed but tenure, shared goverance changes infuriate faculty
The lawmakers restored at least in part two key operating flexibilities that were included in Walker's public authority model. → Read More
Lawmakers reject Scott Walker plan to ax for-profit college board
Opponents of the measure pointed out that the board takes no state money and even returns 10 percent of revenue it collects from the colleges back to state coffers. → Read More
Tenure, shared governance at UW face uncertain future as Legislature tinkers with Scott Walker budget
The future for tenure and shared governance in the state isn't altogether clear, and recent comments have revealed a deep disconnect between university staffers and top Republican lawmakers. → Read More
UW public authority is dead though some flexibilities may survive
The public authority proposal was the second piece in Walker's controversial budget proposal for the system. → Read More
UW public authority is dead, lawmaker John Nygren says
The public authority proposal was the second piece in Walker's controversial budget proposal for the system, the other being a historic $300 million cut that he and others said could → Read More
UW-Madison chancellor: Scott Walker's proposal will mean cuts of 400 jobs, programs
Chancellor Rebecca Blank said the cuts announced Friday will start to help bridge but not fill the budget hole. → Read More
Scott Walker's move to ax for-profit college board comes with unanswered questions
"DOA has now totally changed course," wrote a lawyer for the Legislative Reference Bureau in a Jan. 8 email to another LRB staffer, noting the agency had directed the elimination → Read More
UW-Madison claims $15 billion in state economic impact
UW-Madison and its affiliated UW Hospital and Clinics has an economic impact of $12 billion, supporting 158,350 jobs and generating $687.9 million in state tax revenue. → Read More
Scott Walker asks lawmakers to keep UW autonomy, cap tuition; John Nygren says authority still 'dead in our caucus'
Nygren called the funding and tuition cap proposals “good ideas” but said he still opposes the switch to a public authority because it’s happening without adequate time and understanding among → Read More
Walker asks lawmakers to keep UW autonomy, cap tuition; Nygren says authority still dead to him
"Many legislators and stakeholders agree that this kind of price control is not compatible with the agile, market-driven and competitive entity the state needs us to be," Cross said in → Read More
On Campus: Badger Herald goes under with "Tunnel Bob"
Yes, he still haunts the underground tunnels at UW-Madison -- all 20 miles of them -- despite past citations and security measures meant to keep him and others out. → Read More
UW regents approve tuition increases
The increases would affect out-of-state undergraduates and graduate students in select programs. → Read More