A 20-year-old Madison man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly punched two people repeatedly near the UW-Madison campus.
20-year-old Madison man arrested for attacking two people near campus
Daily Cardinal
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MATC plans call for demolishing office building on site of future South Madison campus
Wisconsin State Journal
Rather than renovate the 60-year-old state office building that sits on the site Madison Area Technical College has identified as the future home of an expanded South Side campus, officials plan to demolish the facility and build one in its place.
Board OKs $60 million in state worker health benefit savings, but workers won’t pay more
Wisconsin State Journal
Health insurance premiums for state workers won’t go up next year, but roughly a fifth of the 250,000 workers and dependents will need to change health plans and 1 percent will have to switch doctors.
Man trespasses in UW-Madison residence hall, enters several women’s bathrooms, police say
Wisconsin State Journal
An 18-year-old man entered several women’s restrooms at a UW-Madison residence hall after trespassing in the building early Wednesday morning, UW-Madison Police said.
Campus crunch: UW employees, football fans to play parking lot roulette
Wisconsin State Journal
The Wisconsin Badgers will play the Utah State Aggies at Camp Randall Stadium on Friday night, but the tougher battle might be on the streets and in parking lots.
UW-Madison team wins innovation award for Hyperloop
Capital Times
University of Wisconsin-Madison students didn’t win the global competition to prototype a Hyperloop pod, but they did take home an award for innovative design.
UW basketball player gives firsthand account of Hurricane Harvey
NBC-15
A UW basketball player is from the Houston area and has been down there through this storm.
Making a Difference: The man behind the bells
NBC-15
He’s a man who towers above many of his colleagues at University of Wisconsin- Madison. Although he retired last fall, Lyle Anderson still climbs the stairs of the UW Carillon Tower to be the man behind the bells on campus.
UW professor weighs in on Harvey’s impact on Wisconsin food
NBC-15
CW News at 9 talked with UW Professor of Animal Sciences Dan Schaefer about what he expects for the beef, poultry and produce industries.
Bells and belly buddies: kindness curriculum
NBC-15
A new mindfulness-based “kindness curriculum” created at the UW Center for Healthy Minds shows promising results in early research.
MPD: Phone scam targeting international students
WISC-TV 3
Two young Madison women have been duped out of a total of $5,500, police said Tuesday.
As vaping grows in Wisconsin, adherents and skeptics abound
Madison.com
“Our stance is to go with what we know to be approved for smoking cessation,” said Amy Skora, an outreach specialist for UW-CTRI. “We see e-cigarettes as more of a harm reduction. We don’t want anyone on nicotine for the long term.”
UW students alerted to phone scammers, claiming to be police, demanding money
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison students are being warned by police not to fall for an old scam that involves a pseudo police officer threatening the intended victim with jail time if money is not sent immediately.
UW, 2 other Wisconsin institutions share $5.4 million federal precision medicine grant
Wisconsin State Journal
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute and Medical College of Wisconsin have collectively been awarded $5.4 million from the National Institutes of Health to enroll patients in a nationwide precision medicine initiative.
Ask the Weather Guys: Is UW-Madison involved in hurricane forecasting?
Wisconsin State Journal
It may surprise you to know that UW-Madison is a major contributor to national efforts to monitor and predict these powerful storms.
Losing their footing: More Wisconsin seniors are drinking, falling and dying
Capital Times
“Alcohol is hitting you harder and your balance is a little off because you’re older and your bones are more brittle,” said Julia Sherman, chair of the Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project at the University of Wisconsin Law School. “You add that all together and the danger is obvious in hindsight.”
ACLU creates alternative state flag
WISC-TV 3
The executive creative director on the work is a Wisconsin native and University of Wisconsin alumni.
Celebrating a century at Camp Randall
WISC-TV 3
Friday night when the University of Wisconsin football team kicks of its 2017 season against Utah State (8 p.m. CDT), it will be just a small part of a yearlong celebration of 100 years at historic Camp Randall Stadium.
Freakfest 2017 lineup includes Grammy-nominated DRAM
Badger Herald
Get ready to ’Cha Cha’ on Halloween.
Freakfest announces this year’s varied lineup
Daily Cardinal
While this year’s lineup isn’t as impressive as years past, there are still a handful of performances you’d be a fool to miss.
UW-Madison campus to receive millions in funding to maintain buildings
Daily Cardinal
The state’s budget-writing committee unanimously voted Monday to approve a proposal that would give UW-Madison $60 million to repair and maintain buildings on campus.
Badgerloop team earns innovation award in intercollegiate competition
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison’s Badgerloop, a student organization made up of mostly undergraduate engineering students who aim to determine if hyperloop—a proposed form of transportation—could become a reality, placed high and won an innovation award Sunday at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition II in Hawthorne, Calif.
MATC picks state office building as site for new South Madison campus
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison Area Technical College will buy the soon-to-be-vacated state office building at Park Street and Badger Road, officials announced Monday, and turn the site on the historically underserved South Side into a new campus.
Legislative panel OKs $1 billion for state facilities, including $60 million for UW-Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
The Legislature’s budget-writing committee has unanimously endorsed a $1 billion plan to build and maintain state facilities, including more than $60 million for the UW-Madison campus.
David Wandel: Congrats to professor Shakhashiri
Capital Times
Every so often there is an action that has a perfect reaction. And so it is for an old friend, professor Bassam Shakhashiri. He is the 2018 recipient of the prestigious Grady-Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public.
New mentorship program to help UW-Madison computer science students start companies
Wisconsin State Journal
A new program will start this fall, aimed at turning more UW-Madison students into entrepreneurs and boosting the state’s tech economy.
Foxconn deal could put $1 billion strain on state budget
Wisconsin State Journal
Matt Kussow, director of Badger Advocates, a nonprofit group independent of UW-Madison that rallies state support for the university, said the cost of the Foxconn incentive deal is worrisome — in part because university funding often is targeted in a budget crunch.
Donald Downs and Steve Underwood: Rethink campus speech bill
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor from Downs, a UW-Madison professor emeritus of political science and First Amendment scholar, and Underwood, a retired Madison attorney.
VIDEO: Businesses Prepare for UW Rush
NBC-15
Madison businesses anticipate busy times as students return.
VIDEO: UW professor Jonathan Martin explains Hurricane Harvey
WISC-TV 3
Noted: UW professor and chair of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, Jonathan Martin, explains the potential damage that hurricane Harvey could cause to the coast of Texas.
WARF’s commitment to startups shows robust, sustainable economic strategy
WISC-TV 3
Last week, Erik Iverson, the managing director of UW-Madison’s patent, licensing and research support engine, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, said WARF plans to spend $60 million over the next roughly half-dozen years or so on seed and venture funding to grow young companies.
Wisconsin communities work to prevent future flood damage
WKOW-TV 27
Noted: Steve Vavrus is the senior scientist for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research. He says flood mitigation is important for communities that have experienced flash flooding because floods are likely to continue.
VIDEO: Move-in day at UW-Madison
WKOW-TV 27
A look at move-in day through the eyes of one freshman.
UW Health program provides internship through equity lens
WKOW-TV 27
As students across the country are wrapping up their summer internships, there’s a unique program right here in Madison at UW Health that promotes workforce development through an equity lens.
UW-Madison ‘Move-in Days’ to affect traffic around campus
WKOW-TV 27
UW-Madison students will move back into residence halls and apartments starting this weekend. That will affect traffic on campus.
UW Move-in Begins this Weekend
NBC-15
Video segment on start of the school year..
UW Health’s American Family Children’s Hospital, now 10 years old, continues to expand
Wisconsin State Journal
UW Health previously housed its children’s hospital on the fourth floor of UW Hospital, built in the 1970s and designed for adults. In August 2007, it opened American Family Children’s Hospital, with six floors, separate from but connected to UW Hospital, and designed for children.
Swishing, spitting and evaluating at national dairy product contest at MATC
Wisconsin State Journal
Thursday, the contest shifts to Babcock Hall at UW-Madison, where 14 categories with 270 entries including ice cream, sherbet, frozen yogurt and gelato will be evaluated.
Students start moving into UW dorms on Saturday; expect road closures, traffic jams on campus
Wisconsin State Journal
The annual migration of young people to living quarters on the UW-Madison campus will commence on Saturday, and with it, the congestion and confusion of out-of-town drivers lost on campus.
Badgers to play UCLA in home-and-home series
NBC-15
Many a successful Wisconsin football season has ended in a trip to the Rose Bowl. In 2029, the Badgers are guaranteed to visit Pasadena, albeit in September as opposed to January.
Neo-Nazi gathering planned in Eau Claire called off
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire College Democrats had begun organizing a counter-protest to the event in that city advertised as an NSM barbecue meet-and-greet.
Wisconsin vets lose out on football tickets to special Badger game
WISC-TV 3
Some Wisconsin veterans hoping to score special Badger Football tickets believe they lost out because of a change in the distribution process.
International students sharpen English and explore Madison in new UW summer program
Wisconsin State Journal
As UW-Madison attracts more students from overseas, the university is offering a new summer course that officials say can help ease the transition to college.
Family pleas to President Trump for help to find missing daughter
WKOW-TV 27
28 year old Brendt Christensen, a UW-Madison grad, pleaded not guilty in July to one count of kidnapping in connection with Zhang’s disappearance.
UW-Madison chancellor assigns study group to review school’s KKK history
WISC-TV 3
There’s a new effort at UW-Madison to review how the Ku Klux Klan was connected to campus after recent violence in Charlottesville.
Badgers football: Wisconsin announces home-and-home series with UCLA in 2029 and 2030
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin announced a home-and-home football series with UCLA on Tuesday, with the games set for 2029 and 2030.
WARF to rev up funding for startup companies
Wisconsin State Journal
WARF is blazing forward with efforts to turn UW-Madison discoveries into products on the market, and will triple its spending on entrepreneurial programs over the next several years.
Badgers men’s basketball: Greg Gard says overseas trip was a benefit to his team
Wisconsin State Journal
As far as coach Greg Gard is concerned, the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team checked off a lot of boxes during its journey to Australia and New Zealand.
Rebecca Blank: UW-Madison group will research Ku Klux Klan’s history on campus
Capital Times
Just over a week after a gathering of white supremacy groups in Charlottesville, Virginia, left three dead and led to the quick removal of Confederate memorials across the country, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced Monday she has formed a committee to examine the history of student groups affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan.
Badgers football: Wisconsin ranked 9th in preseason Associated Press poll
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin football program will enter the season as a consensus top-10 team.
Walker touts Foxconn plant at UW Hospital
Madison.com
Walker on Tuesday was joined by University of Wisconsin Hospital doctors and other university leaders on Tuesday to talk about the statewide benefit the display screen manufacturing facility will bring to the state.
Despite overcast skies, Madisonians head outside to catch a glimpse of the eclipse
Capital Times
It has been nearly a century since a total solar eclipse crossed the United States as it did Tuesday, according to UW-Madison’s Department of Astronomy.
A moment of awe as clouds clear in time for eclipse in Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
A collective roar of “oohs” and “aahs” swept across UW-Madison’s Memorial Union Terrace about 12:30 pm Monday as the clouds parted to reveal the emerging solar eclipse.
University of Wisconsin launches group to study history of Klan on campus
Wisconsin State Journal
A history professor and the president of a local mentoring and economic development organization will lead a study group this fall to examine the Ku Klux Klan’s history at UW-Madison, campus officials announced Monday.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank: UW Study Group Will Review History of Student Involvement With KKK
Madison365
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced this afternoon that she has formed a committee to examine the history of student groups at UW affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan.
New Black Cultural Center Open Under New Director Karla Foster
Madison365
Last month it was announced that five-year university employee Karla Foster would serve in a directorial role as the center’s Program Coordinator.
Chancellor Blank orders study of history of KKK at UW-Madison
WKOW-TV 27
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank ordered a study of the Ku Klux Klan’s history at the school, in the wake of the violence in Virginia.
Gov. Walker touts Foxconn plant at UW Hospital
WISC-TV 3
Gov. Scott Walker is touting the potential that a massive Foxconn Technology Group plant could have on Wisconsin’s health care industry.
Family, friends still waiting for answers in death of windsurfer
WISC-TV 3
Family and friends of a windsurfer who died in May when a University of Wisconsin boat collided with him still have many questions about the incident.
UW astronomer weighs in on why eclipse was more than just celestial celebration
WISC-TV 3
Noted: Sanjay Limaye is a senior scientist at the University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center.