University of Wisconsin-Madison are hopeful the long-awaited Nicholas Recreation Center will open by the beginning of fall semester, according to updates from state and university officials.
February 17, 2020
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Higher Education/System
Is she a Wisconsin resident? That simple question is at the heart of a former UW-Milwaukee student’s downward slide.
A former student of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee says the school inaccurately listed her as an out-of-state student, a decision that has crushed her financially and emotionally, and all but ended her goal of getting a degree.
Campus life
UW fraternity hosts hockey fundraiser for epilepsy research
igma Alpha Epsilon hosted its fifth annual boot hockey tournament and raised $15,000 for a local non-profit, Lily’s Fund.
Battle for Bascom snowball fight hits UW-Madison campus
Students from the Lakeshore and Southeast sides of campus played against each other for the chance to win over Bascom hill.
Student protest challenges UW-Madison’s investments in fossil fuels
With Bascom Hall as their backdrop and braving cold weather conditions, UW-Madison students held a peaceful protest Thursday calling for the university to divest from fossil fuels.
UW climate activists join nationwide demands for fossil fuel divestment with Bascom Hall ‘die-in’
Lying outside Bascom Hall on the coldest day of the year to date, students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison demonstrated Thursday that they were “dying to divest” from the fossil fuel industry.
Q&A: Colin Steck reels them in for the UW fishing team
Steck, 20, is president of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Fishing Team. He’s been juggling classes and preparation for the College Fishing National Championship in Central Florida, a three-day bass competition starting on Feb. 26.
Crime and safety
Former Badger Marcus Randle El arrested in Janesville double homicide
Marcus Randle El turned himself into police in Chicago on Saturday afternoon with members of the Janesville Police Department on hand at the time. The 33-year-old Randle El is facing two counts of first degree intentional homicide.
Former UW-Madison football player arrested in connection to double homicide
Marcus Randle-El, 33, turned himself into the Chicago Police Department on Saturday and was taken into custody. He is currently facing two counts of first-degree intentional homicide.
Arts & Humanities
UW professor moves from poetry to field hockey with a bit of witchcraft
Amy Quan Barry is an English professor at UW-Madison who has written four books of poetry and a novel about Vietnam. Her new book, due out March 3, is something completely different.
Health
A look inside new UW Health Burn Center
We’re getting an inside look at UW Health’s new Burn and Wound Center.
WATCH: UW Health set to open new burn care facility
UW Hospitals will open a new Burn and Wound Center next month. The $5.8 million dollar facility can hold eleven patients for extended stay treatments of up to three months
Athletics
Here’s what you need to know about tickets to the Wisconsin-Notre Dame football game at Lambeau Field
University of Wisconsin officials on Friday released ticket information for the Badgers’ non-conference football game against Notre Dame on Oct. 3 at Lambeau Field.
Opinion
Letter: Cancel ‘Jump Around’ if chant continues
Letter to the editor: This chant should not be allowed in this family friendly setting. Building on the current “quid pro quo” (this for that) popularity, we could develop a strategy to eliminate this rude chant.
UW Experts in the News
Project in the works to save the Kenosha Dunes
“Our dunes here is a glacial till,” said (UW–Madison professor of civil and environmental emgineering) Dr. Chin Wu. “Once it is eroded, it will not come back. … Based on my estimation, there will be no Kenosha Dunes in five years if nothing is done.”
The pressure teens face when it comes to sexting each other
Quoted: “I think it’s important for us to realize that this behavior is unusual,” University of Wisconsin-Madison Educational Psychology Professor Bradford Brown said.
Study: Increase in online dating users
Quoted: “We’re just hardwired for loving and emotional connection. So I think online dating can be a great way to really effectively meet that need,” says Dr. Shilagh Mirgain, a distinguished psychology at UW Health.
Obituaries
Fallon, John Francis
John served two years in the US Army Medical Service Corps before enjoying a long tenure as a scientist, teacher and mentor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the Department of Anatomy and later the Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology.
Girard, Jacquelyn J.
Her years at UW-Madison included directing major events at UW School of Business, where she taught so many young people the art of hospitality. Eventually on the leadership team that planned and built the Fluno Center.