University of Wisconsin ? Madison has been hailed as one of the friendliest university for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered students.
UW ranks among friendliest universities for LGBT students
WISC-TV 3
Author: gbump
High levels of bacteria, blue-green algae close three Madison beaches
Capital Times
People are responsible for the pollutants, but how much gets in and how much trouble they cause are ?largely driven by weather,? explained Trina McMahon, a UW-Madison civil engineering professor who studies the lakes, for a story in the Murky Waters series.
UW-Madison lab may help bring WWII soldier home
WKOW-TV 27
he DNA lab at the University of Wisconsin may help bring the final member of a World War II unit home.
Research at UW System institutions has big impact in Wisconsin
WKOW-TV 27
University of Wisconsin System president Ray Cross says he wants to grow university-based research and design at UW System institutions.
Police, jails becoming de facto health care providers
WISC-TV 3
?It leaves us with kind of a hollow feeling when we can?t help somebody, when we can?t get them the medical help, psychiatric help that they need,? University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Chief Susan Riseling said.
UW Health joins statewide partnership
WKOW-TV 27
UW Health is joining health care systems across the state to form a one-of-a-kind partnership.
Woman who shot herself after hours-long police search has died, UW police say
Madison.com
UW-Madison Police said S. Jean Gibson died at a local hospital from her injuries.
Badgers football: UW-LSU opener in Houston nearing a sellout
Madison.com
More than 69,000 tickets have been sold for the University of Wisconsin football team?s season opener with LSU at the AdvoCare Texas Kickoff at NRG Stadium in Houston.
Andy Baggot: Two of UW’s hockey heroes get their due with U.S. Hall of Fame selection
Madison.com
It?s spectacularly appropriate that Brian Rafalski and Jeff Sauer are going into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame together.
Badgers sports: Legendary track coach Ed Nuttycombe earns national Hall of Fame nod
The legendary University of Wisconsin men?s track and field coach, who retired a year ago, was selected as part of the 2014 Hall of Fame class, the USTFCCCA announced on Wednesday.
Funding shortfalls deny state aid to 41,000 eligible Wisconsin college students
Capital Times
Shortfalls in state funding meant that more than 41,000 Wisconsin students did not receive need-based financial aid for which they were eligible, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau reports.
UW-Madison?s Darrell Bazzell says Shell will stay open during rec facilities rebuild
Capital Times
UW-Madison students will have access to the ?Shell? while other recreational sports facilities on campus are renovated, says Darrell Bazzell, vice chancellor for finance and administration.
UW-Madison expects second-largest class in 9 years
WMTV
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is expecting its second-largest class of state-resident freshmen in nine years this fall.
Woman UWPD sought suffers self-inflicted gunshot wound
Channel 3000
A woman shot herself on Madison?s west side Tuesday afternoon six hours after police put out an alert for residents to avoid the area.
UW-Madison is only public university on list of Top 20 LGBT-friendly colleges
Capital Times
UW-Madison is among the nation?s most LGBT-friendly college campuses, says The Princeton Review. The campus ranked 7th in a list of the 20 most LGBT-friendly campuses, LGBTQ Nation reports.
Democratic attorney general candidates debate at UW Law School
Capital Times
The three candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for Wisconsin?s attorney general debated at the University of Wisconsin Law School on Tuesday.
Woman suffers life-threatening injury after shooting self, police say
Wisconsin State Journal
A woman who led police on a day-long search through fields and woods on Madison?s West Side after causing a disturbance at a nearby clinic shot herself Tuesday afternoon as authorities closed in, UW-Madison police said.
UW-Madison hits application record, with overall and Wisconsin numbers up from last year
Wisconsin State Journal
Total applications for incoming freshmen increased by about 400 for Wisconsin residents from the previous year, the university announced Tuesday. In-state freshman enrollment is expected to hit about 3,700, down slightly from last year but still the second-highest it?s been since 2005. Total freshman enrollment won?t be released by the school until after classes begin.
American Family gift to create distinguished chair at UW-Madison
Madison.com
American Family Insurance has gifted $675,000 to the UW-Madison School of Business to create a distinguished chair in risk management.
Column: Trout Unlimited chapter learns on UW campus
Appleton Post-Crescent
For the past three years, we have been members of a new student Trout Unlimited organization on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Sexual assault case prompts UW football recruiting rule changes
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Sexual assault case prompts UW football recruiting rule changes
Channel 3000
The University of Wisconsin football program will no longer let freshman players serve as student hosts for recruits after an incident in December 2013 led to sexual assault charges.
On Campus: Paddle with a prof this week and next
Wisconsin State Journal
Outdoor learning takes to Lake Mendota for two more sessions this summer in UW-Madison?s ?paddle with a professor? lecture series. The guided trips offer people a chance to learn more about the history and topography of the lake while taking in its dreamy sunset views.
UW-Madison fellow publishes report on environmental unknowns of hydraulic fracking
Capital Times
A UW-Madison conservation biologist and fellow is among a group of researchers to publish a report on how little is known of the booming fracking industry?s impact on the wildlife and the environment.
Lake Erie algal blooms similar to those found in Madison lakes
Capital Times
While algal blooms are common in Madison lakes, UW-Madison?s Center for Limnology director Steve Carpenter said in a question-and-answer interview it is ?exceedingly unlikely? the blooms would lead to contaminated tap water around Madison.
Attorney general candidates set for last debate
Madison.com
Jefferson County District Attorney Susan Happ, Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne and state Rep. Jon Richards of Milwaukee are scheduled to meet at the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s law school on Tuesday (at noon).
UW-Madison ranked No. 8 party school in US
Madison.com
Wisconsin came in No. 8 in the annual Top 20 listing of the best party schools by the Princeton Review, one of four Big Ten Conference schools to make the list.
Local researcher has connection to ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone
WKOW-TV 27
Back home in America, a UW-Madison PhD candidate is watching the situation very closely.
Man gets six years in prison for home invasion robberies in Madison
Madison.com
A man who was convicted of two home invasion robberies in the Downtown and UW-Madison areas last year, and implicated in others, was sentenced Monday to six years in prison.
Chris Rickert: Killing baby monkeys + skimping on mental health = pretty depressing
Wisconsin State Journal
Researchers at UW-Madison are poised to begin a study that involves depriving newborn rhesus monkeys of their mothers and then comparing their brains with the brains of rhesus monkeys who were not deprived of their mothers. The idea is to see how early deprivation ? in this case, the lack of motherly love ? affects brain growth and may contribute to the development of anxiety and depression.
UW-Madison doctor weighs in on Ebola outbreak
?Bringing people back to this country makes sense because of the resources that are available to treat that aren?t there.? said Dr. Nasia Safdar, Medical Director of Infection Control at the UW-Madison hospital.
Local group has ties to Ebola outbreak
NBC-15
Fears over the deadly Ebola virus are growing, and those fears hit home for a group of UW-Madison students.
Scammers steal over $4K from UW-Madison staff worker, police say
Madison.com
A UW-Madison staff worker was bilked out of more than $4,000 by scammers who threatened him with arrest if he didn?t pay unpaid taxes, police reported.
Wisconsin voter ID ruling creates confusion
Madison.com
No one knows yet how Walker?s administration will react to the court?s order, said Barry Burden, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor and expert in voter ID laws who testified at the federal trial.
Mandley, Irving
Madison.com
He was employed by the University of Wisconsin Physical Sciences Laboratory.
Russell, William T. M.D.
Madison.com
He was a clinical faculty member of the UW and an active member of the Wisconsin Medical Society and the Interstate Family Medicine organization.
Visitors react to Picnic Point graffiti
WKOW
Graffiti is a foreign concept to the surroundings of the serene, secluded setting of Picnic Point on the UW-Madison campus, but police investigators are trying to find who is responsible for tagging the surface of a fire circle at the location.
BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation allows earmarks to UW research
Wisconsin State Journal
BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation is creating a fund within its investment portfolio that will let donors specify that their money will go to companies directly tied to the UW-Madison.
UW School of Music to start charging for concerts
Wisconsin State Journal
The UW School of Music, which in recent years has annually presented hundreds of concerts by top-notch musicians for free, will begin charging for its most high-profile performances in 2014-15.
UW-Madison researcher predicts that income gap will catalyze union comeback
Capital Times
Bruised but not broken by losses at the ballot box and in the courtroom, labor unions will find new ways to organize and ratchet up their influence to the point where legislatures and courts will be forced to recognize that workers? rights need to be respected, predicts Barry Eidlin, a post-doctoral fellow in sociology at UW-Madison.
Hay, Gloria Ann (Bittner) Ph.D.
Madison.com
She taught at levels from elementary (St. Joseph School, Racine, Wis.) to college (Business Institute at UW-Madison).
Goldberg, Alan S.
Madison.com
He spent most of his career working in information technology for the State of Wisconsin and UW-Madison, retiring from state service in 2012.
Wisconsin-grown barley production increasing for state craft brewers
Barley research is being conducted by UW-Madison in collaboration with UW Extension and the University of Minnesota at the Peninsular Agriculture Research Station just north of Sturgeon Bay. Work there has been ongoing for 10 years, but this year?s crop of more than 30 varieties on three acres was wiped out, along with other crops, during a July 14 hail storm.
Ocean Spray bogged down with legal challenges
Capital Times
Kyle Stiegert, an agricultural economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the law, which allowed small farmers to collude to combat large agricultural businesses in the early 1900s, was ?a good law at a good time period.?
UW-Madison’s Picnic Point tagged with graffiti, police say
Madison.com
The vandalism was reported on Wednesday, and most likely happened between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday afternoon, UW-Madison police said in a news release.
Badgers football: UW opens at No. 14 in preseason coaches poll
Madison.com
The Badgers, who finished the 2013 season at No. 21 in the coaches poll, will open the 2014 season at No. 14 in the preseason rankings released Thursday by USA Today.
Former State Journal reporter Ron Seely wins national award
Seely left the State Journal in 2013 after 34 years to teach journalism at UW-Madison and to work part-time at the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.
Mark Pocan to introduce another bill aimed at tackling student loan debt
Capital Times
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, will wade further into the escalating student loan debt crisis by introducing his second bill to lessen the financial burden on borrowers Tuesday.
Court dismisses case against UW-Stout official
Madison.com
A state appeals court has rejected a lawsuit filed against the University of Wisconsin-Stout heads groundskeeper by a student who fractured her ankle after slipping on ice.
Love, Vincent Oral “Vince”
Madison.com
Vince retired from the University of Wisconsin Physical Plant
Badgers football notes: Barry Alvarez disputes Big 12 commissioner’s claim about lack of rules enforcement
Madison.com
One of the more explosive outbursts of the college football media day circuit came last week when Big 12 Conference commissioner Bob Bowlsby railed against the NCAA and its enforcement arm. ?Cheating pays,?? he said.
Fall recruiting won’t change for UW-Madison fraternities and sororities
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison will not move forward with a controversial proposal to delay the traditional fall recruiting period for fraternities and sororities.
Tom Oates: UW protects on-field asset, takes out insurance policy for Melvin Gordon
Madison.com
No, there is no Montee Ball-like Heisman Trophy campaign for Gordon going into the start of fall camp. But in line with an NCAA rule that some schools might not even be aware of, UW paid for an insurance policy that will protect Gordon should he be injured this season.
University of Wisconsin student has sights set on curing colon cancer
USA Today
Keven Stonewall isn?t your average 19-year-old college student. Sure, he likes to hang out with his friends, loves music ? everything from Beethoven to Kanye West ? and is involved in campus activities. But he also might cure colon cancer one day.
On Campus: Poison blogger Deborah Blum leaving UW-Madison for MIT
Wisconsin State Journal
Plus: DeLuca retiring after four decades
Andy Baggot: Some Big Ten non-revenue teams likely in jeopardy
Madison.com
Not all is hunky-dory with this autonomy model for college athletics, the engaging lifestyle being pursued by the five biggest conferences in the NCAA.
Study seeks parents for new study
Marshfield News-Herald
Stephen Small, University of Wisconsin-Extension human development and family relations specialist and professor of Human Development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has studied the process of wisdom to better understand how people can make wiser decisions in their everyday lives. The research has involved dozens of interviews and builds on the recent work of scientists, as well as sages and philosophers across the ages.
Peterson, Bernadine Helen
Madison.com
In 1965 she joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the School of Human Ecology.
Badgers football: Media poll picks UW to win Big Ten’s West Division
Madison.com
Gary Andersen?s second season as coach of the University of Wisconsin football team is shaping up to be even better than the first, based on a poll of 29 media members who cover the Big Ten Conference.
Friction eases between Madison medical giants as new bosses take helm
Wisconsin State Journal
New leadership for the Meriter Hospital medical system has helped quell a bitter feud with the rival UW Hospital network, leading to expanded and easier access to care, representatives of the local health care giants announced Friday.