The University of Wisconsin-Superior hosted the April meeting of the Board of Regents last Thursday and Friday. Michael Morgan, UW System Senior Vice President for Administration and Fiscal Affairs, discussed UW System’s 2013-15 budget priorities. His PowerPoint presentation is here. Morgan…
Legislative Task Force on UW Restructuring to Meet Wednesday
The Special Task Force on UW Restructuring and Operational Flexibilities will meet Wednesday, April 11 The meeting will be held from 9 am to 12:30 pm in Room 412 East of the State Capitol. The meeting will focus on three areas — the…
UW-Madison Research Expenditures Rank Third in Nation
The University of Wisconsin-Madison continues to rank third in the nation among research institutions, according to statistics from the National Science Foundation. The university spent $1.03 billion on research in 2010, behind Johns Hopkins University ($2 billion) and the University…
PROFS WRS Forum
Video from the PROFS forum on the Wisconsin Retirement System is now available on WisconsinEye. The forum featured three panelists — emerita professor Karen Holden; attorney Keith Johnson (Reinhart Boerner Van Duren, s.c.), former legal counsel to the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB);…
Legislative Update
The 2011-12 regular legislative session ended March 16, drawing to a close one of the most divisive and contentious sessions in recent memory. Many of the bills that PROFS monitored and lobbied on were not acted upon, effectively killing the…
PROFS Forum Available Online
The PROFS forum on the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) will be available to watch live via Discovery WebEx. The password for the PROFS WRS Forum is 32712. You may be asked to run Java Applet installer, which will take about…