A UW-Madison student who shoved and spit on other students during a dispute in a dorm over the weekend will not face criminal charges for the incident, which helped energize conversations about the campus’ racial climate.
A trio of student brewers from a food and beverage fermentation class were named winners Wednesday of the second-annual Campus Craft Brewery contest. The winning beer, an American wheat ale with white and red wheat, will now be commercially brewed and distributed throughout the state by Wisconsin Brewing Co. in Verona, sponsor of the contest, which is designed to prepare students for work in the food and beverage industry.
Grigsby earned a bachelor’s degree from Howard University and a master’s from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As well as her career in social work, Grigsby taught at UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, Carroll University and Cardinal Stritch University.
The finalists, selected by a search committee, are Linda Scott, associate dean for academic affairs at the School of Nursing at the University of Illinois-Chicago, and Linda Lewandowski, associate dean for academic affairs at the School of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Hefti will read from the book Friday at A Room of One’s Own.
A skateboarder who injured himself in a fall was mugged in a UW-Madison parking ramp by those offering to take him to the hospital, police reported.
An excerpt from the first three chapters of “The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker,” published by The University of Chicago Press in April, written by Katherine Cramer, director of the Morgridge Center for Public Service and a professor in the Department of Political Science.
The Senate approved bills that would increase grants for technical college students; create grants to help two-year students deal with financial emergencies; require the state Department of Workforce Development to coordinate internships between colleges and employers; create coordinators within the UW System to help students find internships; and require colleges to keep students apprised of debt levels.
#TheRealUW hashtag, previously a moribund catchall for sports, was reignited after an incident at Sellery Hall over the weekend, when a resident allegedly spit in the face of an African-American woman who also lived there and derided her for her race, gender and scholarship status.
Following a string of racially related incidents at UW-Madison this year, Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced a set of new initiatives Tuesday to encourage cultural awareness and improve mental health resources on campus.
In its final scheduled floor session, the state Senate on Tuesday won’t take up a bill key to Gov. Scott Walker’s college affordability plan that would have eliminated a cap on the deduction borrowers can claim for paying their student loan interest.
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials are beefing up programs to prevent and respond to hate and bias incidents as reports of an incident involving name-calling and spitting on a student went public over the weekend.
University of Wisconsin forward Luke Kunin was named Monday to the Big Ten Conference All-Freshman men’s hockey team, in a vote of the conference’s coaches and a media panel. Kunin, the only Badger honored, leads the team with 18 goals and ranks second among Big Ten freshmen with 31 points.
UW-Madison officials are considering increasing the training students and staff members get on race and cultural competency, administrators said Monday, as the university investigates two racially charged incidents on campus in the past week.
In advance of Sunshine Week, Gov. Scott Walker is ordering his administration to improve its handling of public records requests, speed up response times and provide mandatory records training for all state workers.
Noted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Ryan Owens said he doesn’t think it will sway many people’s decisions in the state’s highly partisan landscape, unless comments continue to trickle out in the coming weeks.
Two celebrations down, one to go. Two goals achieved, one left to attain. That’s the situation the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team is in heading into NCAA tournament play tonight against Mercyhurst at LaBahn Arena.
Mike worked at the UW-Madison Space and Science Engineering until his retirement.
“Transformations,” opened Friday in Music Hall on the UW-Madison campus and runs again Tuesday.
Under Riseling, UWPD also has been on the forefront of some changes or advances in police practices, becoming the first agency in the state to put computers linked to dispatch in police cars in 1992, and last year being one of the first locally to add body-worn cameras for officers.
Editor and Publisher, a newspaper industry trade magazine, has recognized the Wisconsin State Journal in its annual issue that highlights 10 newspapers across the country, “That Do It Right.” The accolades come from the newspaper’s marketing partnership with the UW-Madison Athletic Department.
In high school near Green Bay, Justin Meyers worked at a hospital, delivering food to patients. In college, at UW-Madison, he joined Air Force ROTC. His dream of becoming a doctor won out over thoughts of being a fighter pilot. But he didn’t know any doctors like him, a Native American. At UW School of Medicine and Public Health, he talked to two Native American doctors who encouraged him to apply.
The University of Wisconsin junior posted personal records in three events en route to a fourth-place finish in the pentathlon at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday in Birmingham, Alabama.
A male UW-Madison student was propositioned for sex in a campus activity center this week, an incident that prompted UW-Madison police to remind students that unwanted advances should not be tolerated or ignored.
The 27th annual institute, April 15-17, is hosted by UW-Madison Continuing Studies, which strives to represent the Wisconsin Idea, said Laurie Scheer, conference director and a faculty member in the Continuing Studies Writing Department.
The University of Wisconsin senior won the pole vault and amassed a Big Ten Conference-record 6,173 points Saturday to win the heptathlon title at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
A female UW-Madison student was cut on the hand multiple times after trying to intervene in a domestic situation Friday night.
University of Wisconsin System regents gaveled a recess again this week when students began protesting against the climate for racial minorities on campus, but officials say they will meet next month with students to talk about diversity and inclusion.
The Badgers (20-12) are in the NCAA tournament for the 18th consecutive season, this time as a No. 7 seed in the East region. They’ll open play at 5:50 p.m. Friday vs. Pittsburgh (21-11) at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, with a possible matchup with No. 2 seed Xavier (27-5) waiting in the second round on Sunday.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved new policies for faculty tenure and performance reviews on Thursday over the objections of professors who said the new rules will make it easier for administrators to deal with budget cuts by laying them off.
Jose Vasquez did not mince words as his fellow members of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents approved a controversial package of tenure policies Thursday. He said he would not tamper with a system that isn’t broken.
A group of people in a UW-Madison dorm room shouted stereotypical “war cry sounds” at a Ho-Chunk elder who had come to the campus for a healing ceremony Wednesday night, according to witnesses and university officials.
The chief of staff for state Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, has been hired by the University of Wisconsin System to oversee the creation of independent charter schools in Madison and Milwaukee.
The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader spoke Wednesday at a gathering hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Healthy Minds. The gathering featured panelists with expertise in psychology, mindfulness and well-being for a 90-minute discussion.
Greg Gard was announced as the next Badgers head coach on Tuesday. The applications were sent to UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez.In a response to an open records request, the UW released the applications of nine of those who applied for the job.
Students enrolled in the AVID/TOPS program in Dane County have continued to show promising results, according to a new report from the Wisconsin HOPE Lab.
With Donald Trump continuing to lead the race to be the Republican Party’s nominee in the 2016 presidential election, a few applicants for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball head coaching position cited his slogans and compared themselves to Trump in their cover letters.
He taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and also as Doctor Honoris Causa at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas. Over his career, Al authored eight books, several monographs, and numerous scholarly articles. His publications are still in use by universities around the world.
University of Wisconsin is offering $250,000 in summer term scholarships, which is 10 times the amount from last year. UW currently offers more than 1,000 different summer courses, but the program will expand with an addition of nearly 100 new summer courses.
Freshman Samantha Heesacker, who has autism in addition to clinically diagnosed depression and anxiety, is one of 23 current UW-Madison students on the autism spectrum and officially registered with the McBurney Disability Resource Center, which makes her college transition different than that of most students.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents is expected to vote Thursday on new policies for faculty tenure and performance reviews, potentially bringing to a close a major piece of the lengthy and controversial process of rewriting tenure protections that started last summer.
Three reporting teams, a Milwaukee reporter and a joint effort of two non-profit news organizations are contenders for the 2016 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics.
The politics behind Gov. Scott Walker’s defunding of the University of Wisconsin and his moves to curtail tenure are explored in “Starving the Beast: The Battle to Disrupt and Reform American’s Public Universities,” a documentary that will have its world premiere March 13 at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
At its meeting Thursday, the Board of Regents will take up the proposal as part of a package of three policies on tenure, post-tenure review and layoffs due to financial emergency or program discontinuance.
He worked for the UW Property Control Office for 25 years, until his retirement.
Gard went from his introductory news conference Tuesday afternoon to helping the Badgers (20-11, 12-6 Big Ten) prepare for the Big Ten tournament. UW will face either Nebraska or Rutgers in a second-round game on Thursday night in Indianapolis.
After spending 12 weeks as an interim coach, Gard was rewarded with a five-year deal that will pay him $1.75 million in the first year and increase $50,000 each additional year. Gard began his news conference by saying it was an “extremely special moment for me” and his family. He went on to thank several people, a group that included family, friends, UW administrators, support staff and former coaches, including Bo Ryan.
Leo was a research assistant at the UW-Madison Horticulture Department for 37 years, focusing on disease resistance, and herbicide and pesticide development. He worked primarily with Wisconsin’s potato and cranberry growers until his retirement in 1987.
After six refrains of “On Wisconsin,” Greg Gard on Tuesday finally made it to the podium inside the Nicholas Johnson Pavilion, connected to the Kohl Center, ending an uncomfortable two minutes of athletic department staff members looking around for any sign of the coach.
In elevating Gard — the Badgers’ interim coach since his mentor, Bo Ryan, abruptly retired in December — to the permanent coaching position two days before the start of the Big Ten Conference tournament, Alvarez followed a tried-and-true formula for success at UW. He hired a coach who has lived and breathed Badgers basketball for decades, who brings unquestioned commitment and loyalty to the program, who fully understands how to function and win at the school.
Ethan Happ began the 2015-16 season as a bit of an unknown in the Big Ten. It didn’t take long for the redshirt freshman forward to make a name for himself and on Monday he was named the conference’s Freshman of the Year by both the coaches and the media.
Gard was named the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Monday evening, the school announced in a news release. The announcement came after the UW Board of Regents Executive Committee met at 5 p.m. and approved a five-year contract for Gard.
Praised by UW-Madison officials as a “dedicated promoter of the Wisconsin Idea,” former Gov. Tommy Thompson will be one of three recipients of honorary degrees from the campus this spring.Photojournalist Lynsey Addario and biochemist William J. Rutter will also receive honorary degrees during a commencement ceremony at the Kohl Center in May, officials announced last week.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison last semester doled out $726,436 in raises and $8 million in research support to retain 40 faculty members who brought outside job offers to the central administration, according to information obtained by the Journal Sentinel through an open records request.
“The Trouble with Tenure” was released by the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute just as members of the Board of Regents prepare to vote March 10 on a package of new tenure policies for UW campuses. The report endorses many of the provisions of draft policies developed with input from a Tenure Policy Task Force and endorsed last month by the board’s education committee.
University of Wisconsin officials, dazzled by the remarkable turnaround engineered by interim head coach Greg Gard and his staff, are preparing to offer Gard a long-term contract to oversee the men’s basketball program. Two sources close to the program agreed UW officials have been blown away by the work of Gard, who has compiled a record of 12-5 in the Big Ten and 13-5 overall since taking over in the wake of Bo Ryan’s retirement on Dec. 15.
Students lined a hallway outside president Scott Flanagan’s office, holding signs reading “We Stand with the Victim,” “Correct the Incorrect Judicial System,” and “If You Love Something, Hold It Accountable.”
Charles Hoslet, interim vice chancellor for university relations since August, is now the permanent vice chancellor, Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced Tuesday.
As she winds down her fifth losing season as University of Wisconsin women’s basketball coach, Kelsey understands her position is in jeopardy.
Recap of social media endorsing interim men’s basketball coach Greg Gard for the permanent position.
