Senator Tammy Baldwin visited the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus yesterday, meeting with researchers from the School of Medicine and Public Health. Baldwin announced she plans to introduce her second piece of legislation, the Next Generation Research Act (below), when the…
Falbo: UW System Must be More Transparent; New President Could be From Outside Higher Education
Michael Falbo, President of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents, appeared on UpFront with Mike Gousha Sunday. Falbo discussed the controversy over UW System cash reserves and the upcoming departure of UW System President Kevin Reilly. Echoing Reilly’s…
Exit Interview with UW System President Kevin Reilly
Outgoing University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly sat down with Steven Walters of WisconsinEye yesterday to discuss his time as leader of the 26 campus system. Reilly discusses the potential separation of UW-Madison from UW System, calling it a…
PROFS Supports Changes to Legislative Redistricting
PROFS recently registered in support of Assembly Bill 185 and Senate Bill 163, legislation that would change the way the state draws legislative and congressional districts every ten years. The bills would shift the work of redistricting from the Legislature…
Falbo: Regents Leading Positive Change for UW System
Newly-elected University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents president Michael Falbo writes in today’s Racine Journal Times that the board will work together to offer clear goals for the university in the face of declining state funding and a push…
Regents to Meet Thursday and Friday
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will meet in Madison on Thursday and Friday, July 11 and 12. Livestream coverage of the two-day meeting is available here. The regents will discuss the 2013-15 biennial budget and approve UW System’s…