Concerns over handling of sexual assault reports at UW-Madison prompted students and faculty to join a national day of action last month demanding better practices in responding to reports of sexual assault on campus, the Daily Cardinal reported. … UW-Madison is considering changes to its procedures for investigating reports of sexual assault on campus, the Cardinal reported.
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Most public schools on 5-day break for Thanksgiving
UW-Madison and Madison Area Technical College will be closed Thursday and Friday, while Madison Edgewood College will end classes at noon on Wednesday for a 4 1/2-day holiday.
UW-Madison professors honored for science achievements
Four UW-Madison professors have been elected as fellows to the American Association for the Advancement of Science AAAS, the university announced on Monday.
On Campus: UW-Eau Claire senior wins Rhodes scholarship
UW-Eau Claire is the only University of Wisconsin System school to have a Rhodes winner other than the flagship UW-Madison, which has had 31 winners.
Madison Metro Transit considers rate increase to fund Wi-Fi
The increase would raise rates from $1.15 to $1.20 per ride and would affect pass programs for University of Wisconsin-Madison employees, UW Hospital employees, UW Associated Students of Madison, Madison College, Edgewood College, Dane County employees, City of Madison employees, St. Mary’s Hospital and Meriter Hospital.
Thousands in Dane County may benefit from Obama’s immigration order
Stacy Taeuber, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School and director of its Immigrant Justice Clinic, comments.
Tech and Biotech: UW students win a national contest for colorizing 3D printing; Wisconsin ranks 25th on Milken’s tech index
A team of UW-Madison students and recent graduates who devised a new way to add colors to 3-D printing won the $12,500 top prize in the Collegiate Inventors Competition.
Chris Rickert: Praying that bishop has a First Amendment come-to-Jesus moment
For the record, public events at UW System facilities can’t be closed to the public.
Analiese Eicher: Progressives should follow Pocan and lead on student loan debt reform
There is no doubt that supporting student debt reform is good politics for Rep. Pocan, whose congressional district is anchored in Madison and features the state’s flagship public university. But it is also a smart for progressives in Wisconsin and nationally, with 40 million Americans, including nearly 1 million Wisconsinites, directly affected by student loan debt that now exceeds $1.2 trillion.
Richland Center proud it’s become UW-United Nations
For decades, the school has welcomed a large contingent from around the world — at least compared to its peers. They mix with American-born students who hail mostly from surrounding rural communities.
UW-Madison police investigating on-campus sexual assault
UW-Madison police are currently investigating a reported sexual assault outside of a campus academic building Saturday night, according to a UW-Madison Police Department report.
$500,000 for Edgewood College residence hall boosts students with developmental disabilities
The memory of her autistic son — who thrived at Edgewood College in a program for students with developmental disabilities — has led a Middleton woman to make a $500,000 gift for a new residence hall at the school.
State faces $2.2 billion deficit heading into 2015-17 budget cycle
That’s a sizable hole for Walker, who is contemplating a 2016 presidential run, to climb out of as he crafts his budget proposal due out early next year. Achieving a balanced budget will require scaling back program requests, especially if he wants to cut taxes further.
Unions skeptical of discussed changes to Wisconsin employee health insurance
Gov. Scott Walker’s administration has contracted with the Segal Co. to study potential cost-cutting changes to the state’s health insurance plans, including moving to a self-insured coverage program, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Wednesday.
UW-Madison students plan to open campus food pantry to help needy classmates
Students at University of Wisconsin-Madison are trying to open an on-campus food pantry to assist students forced to choose between buying food and paying the rent.
More charges filed against former UW student for alleged sex extortion
Five more criminal charges were filed Thursday against a former UW-Madison student who allegedly tried to extort three women for sex using ads on Craigslist in which he pretended to be a woman.
UW System names Milwaukee chancellor finalists
The finalists are Gail Hackett, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Missouri-Kansas City; Mark Mone, UW-Milwaukee’s interim chancellor; and William “Mike” Sherman, senior vice president and provost and chief operating officer at the University of Akron.
UW-Madison deans say Morgridges’ $100 million gift is a ‘game changer’
The donation of $100 million to support development of UW-Madison faculty was big, blazon-it-on-the-Camp-Randall-scoreboard news. But its long-term impact will be even bigger, say University of Wisconsin-Madison deans.
UW-Madison full-time freshmen by Wisconsin high school
Interactive page showing enrollment by high school.
Badgers football: Gary Andersen named semifinalist for coach of the year award
University of Wisconsin football coach Gary Andersen has been named one of 20 semifinalists for the Maxwell Football Club Collegiate Coach of the Year Award.
MacIver, NCPA suggest changes to health care benefits for Wisconsin public retirees
A report published by a Dallas-based libertarian think tank and Wisconsin’s conservative MacIver Institute calls for changes to the state’s health care benefit program for public retirees.
Know Your Madisonian: Henry Sapoznik
For several decades, Sapoznik has worked to unearth klezmer music, archive it, and bring it to the public. For those efforts, Sapoznik — director of UW-Madison’s Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture — was named one of the Jewish Daily Forward’s “2014 Forward 50.”
UW-Madison could be next sued for affirmative action in admissions, legal group says
The University of Wisconsin-Madison could be next, warns the conservative organization that sued Harvard and University of North Carolina this week over affirmative action policies in admissions.
What will happen to Knapp house, the original Wisconsin governor’s mansion?
The mansion may be sold by the Wisconsin Department of Administration, but officials have been vague about what they’re considering. The potential sale has some fretting about the landmark’s future.
UW Dean Julie Underwood: It’s time to rejuvenate commitment to public education
To be clear, we realize there continue to be major gaps in achievement in schools across Wisconsin, and we must continually strive to find better and more effective ways to make sure every child has access to a free, high-quality education. But disinvesting in public education is not the answer.
Paul Soglin, council members move to add e-cigarettes to Madison smoking ban
Doug Jorenby, clinical services director at UW-Madison’s Tobacco Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, told the State Journal in September that “it’s a no-brainer” that switching from regular cigarettes to e-cigarettes reduces harm to the user. But the science on secondhand vapor isn’t clear, he said.
On Campus: ‘Faux Pelini’ gets attention of UW police during Badger football game
Those who attended Wisconsin’s win over Nebraska on Saturday may have missed the fun unfolding on Twitter involving the UW-Madison police department, a well-known college football parody account and whether polar bears are allowed in Camp Randall Stadium.
A game-changing gift for UW
In a word: Wow!
Badgers women’s cross country: UW runs down automatic NCAA Championship berth
The message coach Mick Byrne delivered to his University of Wisconsin women’s cross country team Friday afternoon was simple.
Badgers men’s cross country: Malachy Schrobilgen’s runner-up finish powers UW’s run to victory
Although just a sophomore himself, Malachy Schrobilgen had more experience with the 10-kilometer distance than four of his University of Wisconsin men’s cross country teammates that joined him on the starting line for the NCAA Great Lakes Regional meet on Friday.
Badgers men’s basketball: UW raises Final Four banner, opens season with easy win
The members of the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team couldn’t go anywhere the past month or so without seeing or hearing the hype.
Briana Schwabenbauer: Lawmakers should OK refinancing of student loans
I am a UW-Madison student studying elementary education. To earn my degree and follow my dream, I borrowed $17,000 and I will be paying back $46,000 with interest over the next 20 years. To me, it’s worth it. I
Jennerjohn, Joan Marie Gauchat “Josie”
Joan accepted the position of supervisor and instructor in the Occupational Therapy Department of the UW Hospitals – a position she held for fourteen years.
The scene: Camp Randall Stadium a ‘moving’ experience
[T]he press box at Camp Randall Stadium was making noises a press box shouldn’t really make.
Badgers women’s basketball: Dakota Whyte hopes summer work pays off
Whyte, who is from the Toronto suburb of Ajax, Ontario, prepared for the season by playing for the Canadian National B Team that won the Jones Cup this summer in Taiwan.
Culinary training center the centerpiece of $27.6 million MATC development
Madison Area Technical College will add a new $15.6 million culinary training center at its main Truax campus, allowing the school to increase enrollment in some degree-seeking programs and also expand offerings for other would-be gourmets, be they high school students or “Top Chef”-loving adults, college officials said.
NFL stars, former Badgers players react to Melvin Gordon’s unprecedented rushing performance
Gordon’s stat line in the Badgers’ 59-24 victory at Camp Randall Stadium will go down in college football lore: 25 carries, 408 yards, four touchdowns. No one has ever rushed for more yards in a Football Bowl Subdivision game, and the player whose record Gordon beat by two yards was among the first to send along congratulations through Twitter.
UW lab animal chief cries ‘foul’ over activist tactics to expose monkey care violations
Anyone interested (in) the use of animals in research at UW-Madison can now go to its animal research page and read about incidents involving the escape of 36 primates, deaths of three monkeys and burning of another that brought four citations this fall for failing to comply with USDA standards. But that’s only because of the work of an Ohio-based animal rights group with tactics that Eric Sandgren, director of UW’s Research Animal Resources Center, says are “inappropriate.”
UW Credit Union may be affected by fraudulent loan case
UW Credit Union says it may be affected by a fraudulent loan case involving Pennant Management, a Milwaukee investment services firm.
Editorial: Thumbs Up and Down
Thumbs Down: To Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Burlington, for disparaging University of Wisconsin research.
Curran, Connie R.
Connie was a current member of the UW Foundation board and a distinguished alumna of the year for the School of Nursing. She was an active supporter of the school, endowing a student scholarship and funding Curran Commons, a student gathering-area in the new the school’s new facility.
Badgers’ Melvin Gordon sets FBS single-game rushing record
University of Wisconsin tailback Melvin Gordon set a Football Bowl Subdivision single-game rushing record Saturday, rushing for 410 yards and four touchdowns in just his first three quarters of work as the Badgers jumped out to a 52-17 lead on Nebraska at Camp Randall Stadium.
$100 million gift by John and Tashia Morgridge largest ever by single donor to UW-Madison
Since taking over as UW-Madison chancellor in July 2013, Rebecca Blank has repeatedly stressed the need for significantly more money to attract and keep top professors and researchers. Saturday, the focus on faculty pay got a massive infusion of hope and dollars, with a $100 million gift announced from John and Tashia Morgridge.
UW surgeon champions hands-on tests for doctors
Pugh, director of UW Health’s clinical simulation program, is a champion of haptic technology, the science of touch.
UWPD issues 33 citations to fans during Saturday’s Badger victory
As Melvin Gordon and the Badgers secured their victory over conference-rival Nebraska Saturday afternoon amid snow showers, the UW-Madison Police Department doled out 33 citations to fans in attendance, according to a UWPD report.
Business demands drive diversity efforts at Wisconsin School of Business
Diversity is good for business, which makes it an imperative for U.S. business schools, say Wisconsin School of Business administrators.
UW-Stout student arrested in seizure of 6-plus pounds of marijuana
The UW-Stout Police Department, with support from the Menomonie Police Department and other law enforcement agencies, Wednesday executed a search warrant at an off-campus residence that resulted in the seizure of more than six pounds of marijuana, marijuana-based candy, other controlled substances and $5,200 in cash.
Wisconsin Singers are a study in show business
The young adults who make up the Wisconsin Singers — a show group that travels the state, entertaining audiences with high-energy singing, dancing and polished showmanship — all have full-time commitments as UW-Madison students. Their majors range from education to bioengineering.
Emmerich, Joan McCann
Joan worked at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison for 36 years as a medical technologist and laboratory supervisor.
Andy Baggot: Seeds for UW women’s soccer team’s NCAA berth were planted a year ago
A year after the Badgers were derailed by poor locker room chemistry and a sense of entitlement, they stand unified, determined and, to a degree, fulfilled. UW achieved its stated goal of winning the Big Ten Conference title — its first since 2005 — and secured a No. 4 seed and a first-round home match in the NCAA tournament.
UW-Madison music professor Richard Davis: Prisoners are the new slaves
Don’t get mired in the enormity of trying to calculate how to make reparations to African-Americans for past centuries of slavery, Jim Crow segregation and discrimination, says a prominent UW-Madison professor. Instead, says Richard Davis, renowned bassist and professor of music, take the opportunity to make amends for the segregation and discrimination that marks American life today.
Tom Oates: Avoiding pro distractions paramount for UW men’s basketball team
Through-the-roof expectations aren’t the only new obstacle the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team must overcome if it wants to return to the NCAA Final Four. Other potential distractions can be seen every day at practice, sitting quietly up in the seats, notebooks in hand. Indeed, NBA scouts have been regular visitors to the Kohl Center during UW’s preseason workouts, lured by likely first-round draft picks Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker.
UW to OK in-state tuition for non-resident vets
The University of Wisconsin System’s regents are planning to approve in-state tuition rates for non-resident veterans and their families.
Sales rise for stem cell company CDI but so do expenses
Cellular Dynamics, founded by UW-Madison stem cell pioneer James Thomson, said costs were up due to increased research and development, and expanded sales and marketing of CDI’s stem cell products.
Doug Moe: Marsha Lindsay’s hall of fame brand
When the UW-Madison Business School wanted to launch an MBA course in brand strategy and marketing, Lindsay was recruited to design and teach it.
Badgers volleyball: Unbalanced Big Ten schedule fuels plenty of discussion
This much just about everybody seems to agree on in regards to the Big Ten Conference volleyball schedule — it needs to be fixed. Just how to fix it is the trickier part.
Here’s why poll-averaging model’s prediction missed in governor’s race
Brad Jones, the UW-Madison political science doctoral candidate who designed the model and provided updates on it as new polling was released, said the big problem was in the model’s assumption that adjustments for results from previous races would carry over to this election cycle.
UW Credit Union to build second Wauwatosa branch
UW Credit Union will build a second Wauwatosa branch at 6510 W. State St.
Badgers women’s soccer: UW to host DePaul on Saturday in NCAA tournament opener
The Big Ten Conference champion University of Wisconsin women’s soccer team drew a No. 4 seed and will open the NCAA tournament against DePaul on Saturday at McClimon Field.
Badgers-Nebraska tickets mostly priced over $100 on secondary market
Online ticket reseller StubHub listed more than 1,100 tickets available on Monday afternoon, with only a few available for under $100 apiece.