The school announced Thursday that alumni John and Tashia Morgridge have agreed to match up to $70 million of donor gifts intended to establish or enhance endowed professorships or chair funds.
A University of Wisconsin System regent committee approved spending $32.6 million Thursday to cover cost overruns for two UW-Madison construction projects.
Billionaire Badgers John and Tashia Morgridge announced another gift to their alma mater Thursday that will support up to $70 million in matching donations for faculty recruitment and retention at UW-Madison.
Last week, the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene at UW-Madison received a sample from a patient who had Novel coronavirus — but the lab couldn’t confirm that themselves.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Chemistry received the 2020 Diversity Award from the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.
UW-Madison reduced its annual water consumption over the past decade, and campus sustainability efforts may be a leading cause.
A group of University of Wisconsin faculty and community members created “Our Shared Future,” a heritage marker, to educate UW and its surrounding community about the Ho-Chunk people and their history with the university.
The Madison and Dane Co. Public Health Department released new information about the Dane County patient who contracted coronavirus, in hopes of offering reassurances to University of Wisconsin community.
Madison police arrested a 21-year-old man who posed as an athlete at UW-Madison and stole property from a student after making regular appearances at Witte Residence Hall.
Letter to the editor: I would suggest that the Board members make a point of regularly shadowing the direct service staff — nurses, social workers, CNAs, respiratory therapists, etc. — to get a clear picture of what their shifts look like.
According to UW Health, it’s program had the most non-directed kidney donors in the country last year.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletics spokesman Patrick Herb said in a news release Thursday that Erik Helland, director of strength and conditioning, resigned his position Thursday afternoon. Helland had been the strength and conditioning coach for the Wisconsin men’s basketball program since 2013.
A University of Wisconsin men’s basketball strength and conditioning coach, Erik Helland, resigned Thursday after a school probe into allegations that he used a racial epithet around at least one Badgers player.
Erik Helland, the strength and conditioning coach for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team, resigned Thursday after officials concluded an investigation regarding his use of a racial epithet in front of players more than a month ago.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison men’s basketball coach resigned Thursday after the university confirmed he used a racial slur in front of players while telling a story about his time working in the NBA. It wasn’t directed at any specific players, the university said.
Quoted: “It’s very similar to when you have two apartments next to each other,” said Jordan Gerth, a meteorologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. “To some extent, the sound in one unit is confined, but if it gets too loud, it bleeds over.”
The Statue of Liberty tradition began with a prank in 1979 by the Pail and Shovel Party, which was led by UW-Madison alumni Leon Varjian and Jim Mallon ’79. Varjian and Mallon made a campaign promise that, if elected to the Wisconsin Student Association, they would bring the Statue of Liberty to Madison.
