A former Dean and CEO at UW-Baraboo/Sauk County, Tom became the eighth president at Lake Superior State University on July 1 2014. He received his doctoral degree in archaeology and anthropology at UW-Madison and spent 21 years teaching at various private and public institutions. Dr.Tom was a firm believer that everyone should be afforded access to a liberal arts education.
For the fourth-time this season, Wisconsin men’s track and field standout Morgan McDonald is a Big Ten champion as the sophomore won the 5000 meters to lead the Badgers at the 2017 Big Ten Outdoor Championships on Sunday.
A crowd of roughly 42,000 friends and family of graduates enjoyed the clear and sunny sky for the 2017 Spring Commencement at Camp Randall Saturday.
Nine time Emmy Award-winning producer, co-creator and executive producer of “Modern Family,” Steven Levitan didn’t want to give “cliché advice” to this year’s graduating class.
Column by Rebecca Blank, chancellor, and Marsha Mailick, vice chancellor for research and graduate education at UW-Madison.
Ann served as advisor to UW undergraduates in political science; she served as both staff and board member of the Wisconsin Humanities Committee; she was a member and president of the board of the Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries and volunteered at many of the used book sales.
“We are getting more and more requests from patients who say, ’I want to avoid sedation if it’s not necessary,’” said Dr. Mike Ford, an anesthesiologist at UW Health. “Some patients don’t like the idea of losing complete control.”
The UW System has about 180,000 students, a number that includes young adults of all stripes. It seems politics knows no boundaries when it comes to families and higher education.
A public hearing on a Republican bill to prevent students at University of Wisconsin campuses from disrupting controversial speakers wasn’t exactly a model of the pro-free speech sentiment espoused in the proposal, said some critics who waited hours to have their say.
A UW-Madison graduate who worked as a legal advocate for victims of domestic abuse before heading West to Colorado is returning to become the campus Title IX coordinator.
She worked for UW Madison School of Medicine and Public Health in a capacity that she loved.
Now that school is over at UW-Madison, let the road construction crews on campus.
The Discovery Channel and movies such as “Twister” turn storm chasers into folk heroes, so it’s only right that Hollywood make heroes of UW-Madison professor Susan Paskewitz and her crews for fearlessly hunting Wisconsin’s disease-spreading deer ticks.
Graduating from college is a monumental accomplishment. An accomplishment that Brooke Evans has fought hard for.
Column by Bromley, a professor emeritus of applied economics at UW-Madison.
Much of the wisdom doled out at UW-Madison’s spring commencement ceremony on Saturday came with a punchline — which is perhaps to be expected when the keynote speaker is the creator of one of television’s most popular comedies.
My wife, Marianne, and I are proud investors in Wisconsin’s largest economic engine: the world-class University of Wisconsin System.
He retired from his position in the UW Physical Plant in 1996 to sail the seas.
Saturday, more than 6,000 UW Madison students turned their tassels at Camp Randall.
As thousands of University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates prepare for their next step in life, several shared advice for future Badgers.
Just weeks before the end of the season and the end of the semester, University of Wisconsin-Madison head men’s hockey coach Tony Granato is on his office laptop. Surrounded by hockey sticks signed by the likes of former teammate Wayne Gretzky and photos of his wife and four kids, he’s focused on 500 words.
Dr. Baugh held several professional positions within the University of Wisconsin System, including Executive Director of the “Five-Year” Program (Madison), Assistant Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs/Assistant Professor (Oshkosh) and Senior Academic Planner, Academic Affairs (System Administration – 27 Campuses). He also served as the Executive Director for the Wisconsin Council of Criminal Justice (appointed by the Governor) prior to being appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1981 to serve as the Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
The 2017 commencement at UW-Madison drew thousands of guests to watch the ceremony. And as the graduates toss their caps, their friends and family members are tossing dollars into the local economy.
Commencement student speaker Martin Weiss shares a preview of his remarks.
Students who disrupt speeches on campuses could be disciplined under a bill considered at the Capitol Thursday.
UW administrators seek to guarantee that differing views can be expressed and challenged. They stumble sometimes; but we respect their efforts to ensure that, when exchanges get intense, everyone can be heard.
The fault lines of a national debate over free speech in higher education were on display Thursday during a lengthy hearing on Republican legislation that would require University of Wisconsin institutions to discipline students who interrupt speakers.
The Associated Students of Madison’s Student Judiciary voided legislation Wednesday which would have created a bylaw change for the creation of a financial transparency and ethics subcommittee.
Walker has said he’d be willing to look at more spending from the state’s main account — which also pays for K-12 schools, the University of Wisconsin, prisons, Medicaid and other government operations — to help pay for roads. The transportation fund currently is mostly made up of money from the gas tax and vehicle registration fees.
Freshman Kaitlyn Menz, junior Brooke Wyderski and senior Chloe Miller all earned the recognition. Junior Kelsey Jenkins was named to the All-Defensive Team and senior Sara Novak was the team’s Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree.
As long as travel plans cooperate, Tony Granato will get to see two graduation ceremonies in two states this weekend.
A judge Wednesday reduced the bail for a Madison man who authorities say was driving drunk when he fatally hit a UW-Madison student last month.
The Madison Transit and Parking Commission was unsatisfied Wednesday with a proposal to ban parking mopeds citywide on sidewalks and terraces with some exceptions.
A bill to create a new taxpayer-funded college scholarship for Wisconsin’s brightest students would have another big outcome — decimating a popular program that uses tax dollars to buy natural areas for public use.
In short, students who will not have to show any financial need will get scholarships, the state will pay itself for some 77,000 acres of land it hasn’t been able to sell to anyone else, and money to buy more desirable land will be reduced — and taxpayers will, actually, pay for all of it.
Thousands of students at UW-Madison will get their diplomas this weekend. One of them has gone from U.S. Marine, to Dad, and will soon be a business owner aiming to help parents in Madison.
A former team captain and standout for the Wisconsin women’s soccer program, Marisa Kresge has been hired as UW’s newest assistant coach, as announced Wednesday by head coach Paula Wilkins.
The man accused of hitting and killing a University of Wisconsin-Madison student last month is headed to trial.
Speaking to News 3 on the phone from Chicago at the NBA Draft Combine Hayes said UW-Madison helped shape him, but says he likes to think he helped UW-Madison be better too.
In ruling, Chief Justice Will Olson suggested former chair Carmen Goséy attend training on religious tolerance.
Although the Big Ten is best known for its athletic and academic prowess, it’s now clear the conference is also a renewable energy powerhouse.
UW has started specialty tutoring to help students who haven’t been able to pass the test to get their license.
A new study reveals some startling findings when your child spends too much time on the iPad.
The Badger Track Club is bringing together people of all ages and abilities for an opportunity to train for track and field sports and participate in meets.
There’s a push to keep Wisconsin students in Wisconsin for college. Lawmakers on Tuesday morning introduced their bill for the Wisconsin Merit Scholarship.
Conflicting interests caused Arboretum dispute.
After many UW-Madison students were confused by a May 5 Facebook notification telling them their official senior, junior or sophomore class groups had been “archived,” a university official confirmed to The Daily Cardinal that the school shut down the groups.
Alumni Park—a 1.3 acre park located between Memorial Union and the Red Gym—is set to open to the public Oct. 6.
Quoted: Local architecture historian and UW-Madison professor Anna Andrzejewski described the meatpackers’ presence as “transformative” for the city. “To have meatpacking and a big company come (to the east side) and create such a presence really locked in the idea of this working class industrial east side,” said Andrzejewski, who is also a member of the Madison Landmarks Commission.
Just under a week after opening the Black Cultural Center on campus, UW-Madison released a statement detailing the university’s accomplishments over the past year—particularly those relating to diversity on campus.
High-performing students could receive scholarships worth $5,000 per year to attend Wisconsin’s public universities under a Republican bill backers said Tuesday could keep the state’s top young minds from going elsewhere. But some are questioning the complex model lawmakers have devised to pay for the new scholarships, which would be funded by the proceeds from the sale of public land from one state agency to another.
After graduating from UW-Stevens Point in 1963, Corky took a job at the Wisconsin Union in Madison, where he worked until his “first” retirement in 1995. During his tenure, Corky led the design and construction of the original Union South in 1970 and was the founder of the Badger Bash at Union South in 1972, a Badger Football institution to this day.
The Republican leaders of the Legislature’s budget committee plan to reject Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to self-insure state employees, but find other ways to try to save money under the existing system.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank got a couple of tough questions about free speech during an hour-long conference call with more than 6,000 alumni Monday. Her responses were impressive and should reassure conservatives that the state’s flagship university is committed to encouraging diverse views on campus.
No one who appreciates the high value Wisconsin has historically placed on academic freedom can accept the restrictions state Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum, state Sen. Leah Vukmir, R-Brookfield, and their co-authors have proposed in a pair of speech-code bills that outline schemes for punishing students and restricting the ability of the UW and its administrators to take stands on major issues.
Hundreds gathered on the UW-Madison campus Sunday for the annual “Out of the Darkness” walk. The event helps raise awareness for suicide prevention.
Quoted: “A fairly high proportion who get sick and go to the doctor end up with permanent neurological damage,” said University of Wisconsin-Madison Entomology Professor Susan Paskewitz.
A Republican-backed bill aims to create $5,000 scholarships for students who attend University of Wisconsin System schools.
After graduation, she accepted an assistant professorship at the University of Wisconsin, where she taught, wrote, hosted local radio programs and, worked on her doctorate in Economics.
He spent a short time at Northwestern before landing a position at the University of Wisconsin – Madison as the administrative assistant to the school of music and accompanist for countless student concerts and recitals. He retired from the university in 1987.
