It is just different ways of doing math. Thank you for that brilliant, moving, and site looking up a rigid keynote address. It is what this conference needed. You need not give any apologies for crunching the numbers. I know you are not apologizing. Do not get depressed. We will solve all these questions in the next session. There is coffee upstairs. We will take a 10 minute break. We want you back here in 15 minutes. Thank you very much. [applause] on like the ones to come that will be paddles, unlike the ones to come that will be panels, we will begin with a paper that we will make available. It should be on our web site. Then two respondents. Joel moved to south africa a year ago. He was a Deputy Director for the study of slavery and emancipation. At the opening conference, and i know brian davis is here today, he was there as well, david and i had the great privilege and for me a thrill to speak at that opening conference at the Global Affairs institute. At that conference, if none
Realize in the short term deal with the crisis that families are having, rebuild our economy. The budget we will have come to the floor proposed by mr. Ryan will take us in the wrong direction. With that, thank you, mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the time of the gentleman has expired. Pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until n prom and First Lady Michelle Obama are attending a Memorial Service in texas this afternoon for the victims of last weeks shooting at Fort Hood Army base that killed four people, including the gunman and wounded 16 others. President obama among those delivering remarks this afternoon. That will be live on cspan3 as well beginning at 3 00 p. M. Eastern. Lawmakers yesterday questioned the head of the u. S. Agency for International Development about the organizations funding of a social media platform in cuba, reportedly designed to stir political unrest, while administeror down played the report saying the p
And this mornings cspan bus is on the campus of the university of wisconsin in madison and joining us on the bus is ray cross, whos the president of the university of wisconsin system. Thank you for being here. Lets begin with this distinction of being the president of the university of wisconsins system. What does that mean . Within the university of wisconsin system, greta, theres 13 fouryear institutions and 13 twoyear feeder institutions extension is in all 72 counties, in addition to that, there are 180,000 students throughout the system. 40,000 employees. Its roughly the sixth largest system in the United States, with about a 6 billion budget. Its pretty sizable Higher Education, Public Higher Education operation. What does it mean that you are the president of the system as opposed to a president of just lets say the university of wisconsin, madison, of one site . Part of the theory behind a system is that theyre meant to coordinate and to develop state wide issues, issues that
How big is the university of wisconsin madison . Madison has about 43,000 to 44,000 students. Its probably in the middle of the big ten, sixth or seventh, in that category of big ten. Its the Third Largest recipient of u. S. Dollars, its a major institution, its been ranked in the top five ever since i can remember. It puts a tremendous emphasis on research, and all the work thats being done in Stem Cell Research. And changing those into different heart cells and even retina cells. Research in the biosciences, its a phenomenal institution when it comes to research and energy and areas like that, its been very active in the weather station. I think we have 18 nobel prize winners, engineering and chemistry and medicine and physics, its a Major Research institution. And the university of wisconsin madison, its tuition fees for undergraduate degrees, for in state, youre looking at a little over 10,000. Out of state the price tag is 26,660. The room and board costs come in at about 8,600. W
Thank you so much for your efforts. Theres significant city wide efforts going on. One of the cities leading the way is the city of chicago. We are proud to be joined by chicago commissioner of Public Health. Thank you very much. Would you standup . [ applause ] one of our great partners at the federal level, assistant secretary of defense dr. Jonathan woodson. Dr. Woodson is leading an effort across the military to stop smoking and tobacco use. We can all agree that deserves some applause. Thank you dr. Woodson. [ applause ] we are pleased the local champions and statewide champions are here today. Its an example of the exciting work under way but work we need to accelerate and continue. Today, we meet at a cross roads. Over the past five decades, we are learned what it will take to end the tobacco epidemic and make the next generation tobacco free. Scientists, researchers and policymakers determined what works and the steps necessary to end the tragic epidemic. The question is, what