A Voter ID law and presidential candidates’ failure to show up in the state contributed to a surprising drop in voter turnout among Wisconsin college students, said Barry Burden, director of the Elections Research Center at UW-Madison.
Dr. Mark Schroeder, a longtime anesthesiologist at UW Health, has surrendered his license after the state launched an investigation into a complaint about his behavior.
The study, by researchers at Indiana University, the University of Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota, found that plant inspections worked well when they were conducted by someone new, rather than by an investigator already familiar with the manufacturing facility.
Nestled in among the vending machines in the Student Activity Center on UW Madison’s campus, there’s an unlikely form of fast food.
The Wisconsin men’s hockey team finished with 12 more win last season than the year before and the high standard carried over to this year. The Badgers come in ranked No.12 in the USCHO.com preseason poll.
We’ve all heard the phrase “happy cows”, but a study being done at UW-Madison proves just what it takes to help bovines achieve udder bliss.
A cancer researcher in Madison will receive a $185,000 grant to study breast cancer.
This semester, international students were met with an additional challenge: Coming to a country whose leadership has been outspokenly anti-immigrant.
11.2 percent of registered voters in Dane and Milwaukee counties were deterred from casting ballots in the 2016 presidential election because of Wisconsin’s Voter ID law, according to a survey conducted by a UW-Madison political science professor.
Badgers head coach Paul Chryst commented on some of the social issues that are sparking conversation within the NFL.
Democratic state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, a farmer from western Wisconsin who has spent the last decade in the Legislature, launched her run for governor Monday, saying she wants to expand health care coverage, fix the school aid formula and make tuition free at all of the state’s technical and two-year colleges.
Column: How is it that it remains virtually unimaginable that the governor of this state, a governor confirmed three times by Wisconsin voters, cannot appear at the state’s flagship institution to address the most consequential legislation in the state’s history without a potential riot?
Headline News (HLN) will be following in the footsteps of ESPN’s Game Day this weekend, setting up shop at UW-Madison to show how Badger fans put on some serious tailgating.
One is a series of articles highlighting innovation in the Madison area marketplace series. Many of the stories have UW-Madison roots.
Nearly 17,000 registered voters in Dane and Milwaukee counties may have been deterred from voting in the 2016 presidential election because of the state’s voter ID requirement, according to a UW-Madison study released Monday.
“There is a shift from a faculty version to a student-targeted version,” Valerie Donovan, a suicide prevention coordinator for UHS, said.
As part of their continued effort to facilitate acceptance and inclusiveness in the UW-Madison community, campus administrators are accepting applications for a program in which select faculty members advise others on best practices for creating a welcoming classroom environment.
SSFC also voted to grant eligibility status for Adventure Learning Programs.
UW will wait for more information and guidance as process continues, Blank said.
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, the Madison community came upon swastikas spray painted on a historic site near the Gates of Heaven Synagogue in James Madison Park.
After transferring from the two-year UW-Baraboo/Sauk County campus, where tuition and other expenses were low enough that jobs on and off campus covered his bills, Luke Moat had accepted that he’d need to take out loans to attend the more expensive UW-Madison.
Gloria Ladson-Billings, professor of education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says it’s all too easy for teachers to make assumptions about students of color.
She worked for the UW Medical Center as director of outpatient services.
Photo gallery with a look back at what the campus and city looked like during several years filled with protests and violence such as the Dow Chemical riot and the Sterling Hall bombing.
Column: [B}ased on my research about the skills employers seek in today’s job applicants, it is clear that Republican hostility to these courses is detrimental to Wisconsin’s ability to educate and train a competitive workforce. In fact, opposition to multicultural education in the state’s public colleges and universities will negatively impact one company in particular: Foxconn.
Blank appeared on a recent segment of Sunday political talk show “UpFront with Mike Gousha” with UW Colleges and UW Extension Chancellor Cathy Sandeen. The pair weighed in on the budget, a new one-year free tuition program for first generation students and the proposed Foxconn plant, expressing optimism about all three.
Dan Olszewski, director of UW-Madison’s Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship, said the biggest challenges startup companies face are finding its target user and effectively marketing to them.
Sexton’s praise for the care he received at UW Health underscores its designation as one of 303 LGBTQ care-affirming facilities in the 2017 Healthcare Equality Index by the Human Rights Campaign.
Republicans can and will quibble with the mostly left-leaning UW-Madison over what its professors teach, what kinds of activism its students engage in, and which speakers are welcomed to campus and which draw protests.
Ten to 20 courses will take part in the pilot, and officials say it could spread across campus if there is enough interest from students and professors. UW-Madison’s student government passed legislation pledging its support to the program last week.
A new program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison promises to cover tuition and fees for first-generation college students from Wisconsin who transfer from one of the university system’s two-year colleges.
Some students who transferred to UW-Madison this fall got a pleasant surprise in the form of free tuition, under the new Badger Promise program.
Friends of a beloved windsurfer who died on Lake Mendota are coming together for another memorial, as they wait for answers about why he was killed.
A new program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison promises to cover tuition and fees for first-generation college students from Wisconsin who transfer from one of the university system’s two-year colleges.
Wisconsin Public Radio reports that two University of Wisconsin-Extension agents Greg Blonde and Ryan Sterry have developed the Corn Silage Pricing App, which uses data from national and local reports to estimate prices.
Expensive clothing stores and high-end espresso bars unaccessible for broke college students.
While members of campus recognize issues of racism, police brutality, some are concerned with graphic images in Eneale Pickett’s video.
UW-Madison’s class of 2021 is the largest in school history, according to a university census taken on the 10th day of classes.
Three UW-Madison Jewish students are suing the Associated Students of Madison’s Student Council for violating ASM bylaws by acting on legislation that would have required the university to divest from Israeli companies on the same day it was brought forth last year.
Ryan Ring has been involved in student government ever since seventh grade, and when he arrived at UW-Eau Claire in 2015 he settled into committees on the student government association before working his way to a student senate position.
Students graduating from UW-Superior this year will be leaving a far different school than the one they applied to.
A new program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison promises to cover tuition and fees for first-generation college students from Wisconsin who transfer from one of the university system’s two-year colleges.
University Health Services is holding free flu shot clinics throughout the semester, and the first clinic took place Thursday on Bascom Hill.
A Republican state senator wants an investigation into a University of Wisconsin-Madison student’s video depicting actors wearing anti-police slogans decapitating a pig-like person wearing a police uniform.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is signing the nearly three-month late state budget into law, a move that will allow him to transition into re-election mode.
Madison Police are investigating the latest hate incident in the state, which comes hours before the celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student released a controversial video portraying police officers being beheaded after they put an American flag noose around the neck of an African American man Friday.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is realistic about the prospects for passing a bill by the end of the month to extend the Perkins Loan program, which provides subsidized loans to low-income college students, including $14 million worth of aid at UW-Madison.
Berquam met with the Muslim Student Association to discuss resources available to students who report instances of hate crimes.
Author Natasha Bowens travelled across the country meeting with farmers of color.
After swastikas were found spray-painted on a historical marker near a synagogue at James Madison Park early Wednesday morning, UW-Madison leaders and student organizations were quick to denounce the vandalism.
State Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, called for local law enforcement to take action against UW-Madison student Eneale Pickett, who released a video earlier this week promoting his clothing line that Nass says is racist and anti-police.
Gov. Scott Walker issued 99 partial vetoes of the state’s two-year budget on Wednesday, rejecting several highly-anticipated additions to the bill, which was written by the Republican-held Wisconsin Legislature.
Invisible disorders are seen on campus more often than students may realize, according to Lisa Webne-Behrman, a psychologist at University Health Services.
A UW junior says the clothing line is meant to start conversations about social justice, but many are calling messages on the clothing offensive, especially to law enforcement.
UW–Madison: Kindergartners starting school this year across the state enter the educational system with widely different preparation levels.
Student government hopes to reduce cost of classroom materials for students.
Known for controversial ’All White People Are Racist’ apparel, Eneale Pickett plans to address racism within law enforcement in upcoming line.
Students could pay a lower price for books next semester after the Associated Students of Madison adopted legislation Tuesday that launches a new textbook affordability pilot on campus.
Edward Van Gemert, vice provost for libraries and a university librarian, will retire in May 2018, the university announced Tuesday.
