For months, James Thomson rose at 5 in the morning, hours before his day job, and hustled off to a secret scientific project in a lab next to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s in vitro fertilization clinic. His chest felt tight, as if he’d been holding his breath, worrying constantly.
James Thomson’s earth-shattering discovery garnered immense media attention, now he can appreciate the past.
University researchers and Wisconsin Brewing Co. use Sheboygan yeast strain to brew Wisconsin’s first ’wild’ lager.
Former Vice President Joe Biden told a UW-Madison crowd Tuesday the upcoming elections are a referendum on America’s values and what he described as a radically changing Republican Party under President Donald Trump.
Former vice president and potential presidential contender Joe Biden urged students in Madison and workers in Milwaukee Tuesday to vote for candidates of character in what he called a “battle for America’s soul.”
Noted: “Back to School:” Rodney Dangerfield plays Thornton Meloni, a wealthy businessman who heads to college as an adult in the 1986 comedy “Back to School.” Meloni attends Grand Lakes University, but the school is a stand-in for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where many of the scenes were filmed.
Former Vice President Joe Biden is telling college students on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus that if they vote, they can “own” next week’s election.
Wisconsin Democratic candidates joined the former vice president to encourage voter turnout.
Award-winning broadcast journalist and WI union representative comprised panel.
UW-Madison is allocating $11.5 million in central campus funding for faculty and staff pay adjustments for 2018-’19.
Former Vice President Joe Biden was welcomed by over 1,000 people Tuesday morning in Madison during a campaign rally for U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tony Evers.
Former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden called for more civility and dignity in politics during a rally with Wisconsin Democrats on Tuesday, offering a sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump while telling college students on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus they can “own” next week’s election if they vote.
Ryan Karich, a UW-Madison student and another resident at 200 Langdon, said that during the incident he heard yelling from another floor of the house. When he came downstairs and realized what happened, he assisted in calling the police.
Hafner, the UW-Madison education professor, heads up the Minority Student Achievement Network, a national coalition of 27 school districts that share strategies for narrowing the achievement gap. That coalition includes districts in Verona, Sun Prairie, Middleton-Cross Plains and Madison.
Frederic “Ric” Ransom, who is currently chief operating officer at Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina, will assume his new role in December, UW Health said Tuesday.
Quoted: “I was really just grateful that her co-workers recognized what was happening and having other people in the community recognize the symptoms of stroke even if it’s not happening to them,” said Dr. Natalie Wheeler, a neurologist at UW Hospital.
For the eighth time in his 11 seasons leading the program, the University of Wisconsin’s Mick Byrne is the Big Ten Conference Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year.
In the 31 weeks since he was named wrestling coach at the University of Wisconsin, Chris Bono has changed the look of the program and how it is presented.
Now lecturing at UW, Selig reflects on career, important moments in baseball history.
A professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has mathematically concluded what Packer national already knows: Aaron Rodgers is a better quarterback than Tom Brady.
UW-Madison math professor Jordan Ellenberg — author of the bestseller “How Not to Be Wrong” — will make his numbers-crunching case for Rodgers in a pregame feature during the national broadcast Sunday of the match-up between the Green Bay Packers and Brady’s team, the New England Patriots.
Quoted: In the state capital of Madison, Prof. Barry Burden of the University of Wisconsin gives the lay of the political land.“I think a lot of the things we’re seeing on the ground in Wisconsin look like what we’re seeing nationally,” he explained.
Quoted: “Walker is really moderating: all of a sudden he’s for things he’s literally suing the federal government over,” says Mike Wagner, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin. “It’s a smart campaign move given the way public opinion in Wisconsin has shifted. But it’s a tough argument for him to make.”
Guests include Michael Apple, professor of curriculum and instruction, and educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dr. Marcia Slattery, the head of the UW Anxiety Center, talks about how you can help kids with anxiety cope on Halloween.
Quoted: “It’s extraordinarily unlikely that a single product is going to have a positive effect on a whole series of diseases,” said Alta Charo, a UW professor of law and bioethics.
She was employed briefly by Baker Manufacturing Company and then moved to her “best job” as a secretary in the University of Wisconsin, School of Education and the Center for Educational Research.
Lois then began a long career for the University of Wisconsin within the Genetics Department, retiring well into her 70’s.
Speaking to a crowd of more than 1,000 at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Biden addressed Saturday’s shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 people, and the series of pipe bombs sent to prominent Democrats last week, describing them as “forces of hate that have terrorized” Americans. Investigators said two packages with the explosive material were addressed to Biden.
Slideshow of famous scientists, actors and politicians who graduated from or attended UW-Madison.
