Thompson creates UW System presidency transition team

June 24, 2020 8:21 am Leave a comment

Tommy Thompson has tapped two figures from his past to lead a transition team as he prepares to take over as the University of Wisconsin System’s interim president next week.

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$126M UW gym on Building Commission agenda Wednesday

May 19, 2020 2:59 pm Leave a comment

A rendering of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's $126 million gymnasium project that's scheduled to go before the state Building Commission on Wednesday. If approved, the new gym would replace an outdated building on the UW-Madison campus. (Rendering courtesy of UW-Madison)

Plans for a $126 million gymnasium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus are on the agenda for a meeting of the Wisconsin State Building Commission on Wednesday.

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Regents OK more than $200M in campus projects (UPDATE)

May 7, 2020 2:59 pm Leave a comment

Campus officials at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire are asking for $3.8 million to fix the HVAC system at Karlgaard Towers.

University officials on Thursday were set to consider plans to fix a faulty HVAC system at a dorm in Eau Claire and to build a $121 million gymnasium in Madison without disturbing an adjacent Native American burial ground.

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5 UW campuses phase out coal as heating source this year

March 9, 2020 11:24 am Leave a comment

Five University of Wisconsin campuses are phasing out coal as a heat source this year and will start using a combination of natural gas and heating oil.

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Regents OK $32.6 million in UW-Madison construction overruns (UPDATE)

February 6, 2020 5:58 pm Leave a comment

A rendering showing plans for the Meat Science and Muscle Biology Laboratory now being built at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The UW Board of Regents on Friday agreed to increase the budget for the project to $57 million, up from $49.5 million. Similarly, the board approved increasing the budget for the Babcock Hall Dairy Plant and Center for Dairy Research to $72.6 million, up from $46.9 million. State Sen. Steve Nass, a Republican from Whitewater, complained on Thursday that the increases were unacceptable. (Rendering courtesy of Potter Lawson)

A state senator is crying foul over roughly $33 million in cost overruns on two University of Wisconsin System buildings projects.

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Lawmakers advance tax breaks for UW Hospital projects

February 6, 2020 2:02 pm Leave a comment

A state Senate committee has given a favorable recommendation to legislation that would ensure contractors get the same tax breaks when they buy materials for UW hospital projects as they now receive for other sorts of nonprofit work.

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Making Wisconsin ‘the Silicon Valley of water’

June 18, 2019 4:00 pm Leave a comment

a fishing boat cruises on the Milwaukee River near Lake Michigan, an area designated for cleanup because of decades of toxic pollution. The Obama administration announced an updated 5-year plan for restoring the Great Lakes on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, calling for accelerated efforts to address toxic pollution, invasive species and farm runoff and restore plant and wildlife habitat. (AP Photo/John Flesher, File)

"The Silicon Valley of water." Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? Turning Wisconsin into just that is the goal of the University of Wisconsin System's Freshwater Collaborative, which would bring together the university's 13 campuses into a first-of-its-kind research hub specializing in water topics.

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State building commission approves more than $40M worth of new projects

June 6, 2018 4:51 pm Leave a comment

The Wisconsin Building Commission approved more than $40 million worth of construction projects on Wednesday.

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UW System budget calls for fee hikes for UW-Eau Claire dorm (UPDATE)

July 5, 2017 10:04 am Leave a comment

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is counting on proposed fee increases in the UW System 2017-18 budget to help cover the costs related to the construction of a new dormitory and renovation of the campus’s existing ...

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