Gov. Scott Walker dodged questions Wednesday about whether he would need a college degree if he were to run for president but said he would like to finish his studies one day through the flexible degree option now available through the University of Wisconsin System.
Incredibly, the students who operate, intern and volunteer for the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Slow Food chapter manage to do all of this every week during the school semester for a crowd of some 100 people in a church basement on campus.
In a partnership described as ?the Wisconsin Idea come to life,? the UW-Madison School of Education will be working with the Madison Metropolitan School District to improve the quality and diversity of teachers and principals to help close the academic achievement gap.
Wisconsin just jumped from fourth worst to sixth best in the nation for letting the public peruse its checkbook.
It seems that Wall Street Journal sports columnist and UW-Madison alum Jason Gay was in the same frame of mind as much of Madison on Saturday.
The creator of the “hockey stick” graph showing a sharp increase in Earth?s temperature will be speaking at UW-Madison April 17.
One UW-Madison student didn?t make it to see tip-off of Saturday?s Final Four game after he drunkenly passed out in a campus dining hall bathroom and was taken to a local detox center, according to police.
Before members of the University of Wisconsin men?s basketball team fully embrace the task of prepping for next season they need to sit down and talk about the elephant in the room.
Denied admission to UW-Madison because you?re white or Asian? Come, join our lawsuit. That?s the pitch being made by a conservative nonprofit legal group in Washington, D.C., which on Monday launched three websites seeking students denied admission to Harvard, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill or UW-Madison.
While UW has been consistently viewed as a top-notch research school internationally, UK was trying to figure out how to secure more federal research than the University of Buffalo. The week I left Kentucky for my home state, the Lexington paper published a profile of Madison suggesting that if UK wanted to be more like UW, Lexington needed to be more like Madison ? artsy, progressive, intellectual.
Former University of Wisconsin men?s basketball players Mike Kelley and Andy Kowske were backstage at a pep rally at the Milwaukee Theatre two weeks ago when they ran across two members of the current team, Josh Gasser and Ben Brust.
Frank Kaminsky?s full offensive arsenal was on display when the University of Wisconsin defeated Baylor and Arizona last week to advance to the Final Four of the NCAA men?s basketball tournament.
Eyebrows raised and jaws dropped when the members of University of Wisconsin men?s basketball team got their first look at AT&T Stadium on Thursday.
Bo Ryan likes to tell the story about the slam-dunk interview process when he was finally hired as the men?s basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin.
Tony Machi didn?t have to call in sick Friday. But he would have if necessary. Machi, who grew up in Milwaukee but has lived in North Texas since he came down to attend the University of North Texas, remains a Badger at heart. And with his beloved University of Wisconsin men?s basketball team set to play here in the NCAA Final Four, Machi joined an army of Wisconsin transplants at AT&T Stadium on Friday to watch the open practice sessions.
Stan Temple, emeritus professor of wildlife at the University of Wisconsin and fellow of the Aldo Leopold Foundation, is helping people remember the extinction of passenger pigeons during this anniversary year.
The crowd on State Street after the University of Wisconsin men?s basketball team plays in the Final Four Saturday night could be even larger than the 10,000-person party that erupted there last weekend, police say.
Paul was an usher at University of Wisconsin football games in Camp Randall and basketball games held in the Fieldhouse.
Suzanne devoted her career to the University of Wisconsin, working for various departments during her tenure there.
In the UW System, where teaching students how to start businesses was confined to a few lonely programs a decade ago, it is now a trend on most campuses and within UW-Extension.
At one time, the college basketball world would have groaned to see the grind-it-out University of Wisconsin Badgers in the Final Four. There also was a time when those same people would have been thrilled to see the thoroughbreds from Kentucky reach the final weekend of the NCAA men?s basketball tournament.
My, how things have changed.
There wasn?t exactly a buzz in the recruiting world when a pair of prospects from the Midwest gave oral commitments to Bo Ryan on the same summer day back in 2010.
Luke Mich and Becky Rupel had a pretty good idea they?d be sitting in the nosebleed seats for Saturday night?s NCAA national semifinal basketball games.
The buzzer sounded and Traevon Jackson dropped into a squatting position.As Kentucky players sprinted past him and began celebrating, all the junior point guard for the University of Wisconsin men?s basketball team could do was stare at the court.
At some point, Ben Brust will be able to separate the emotions of Saturday night being his last game in a University of Wisconsin men?s basketball uniform from the fact it was also one of the greatest games his Badgers have ever played during his time in Madison.
Stunned Badgers? fans clutched their heads in disbelief Saturday night on State Street as the University of Wisconsin Badgers basketball team fell by one point to Kentucky.
UW?s four-game run to the Final Four, while difficult at times, surprised absolutely no one. It?s never a surprise when a No. 2 seed shows up on the big stage, especially one that impressed everyone along the way with its skill and toughness.
Even in a loss, UW-Madison can consider itself a winner at the Final Four. That?s what Chancellor Rebecca Blank wrote in a blog post on Sunday that pointed out a number of ways the school gained exposure, royalties and possibly even donations through the Badgers men?s basketball team?s run through the NCAA tournament.
After completing his Ph.D., they relocated to Madison, where Robert took employment as an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin.
Amid the shell-shocked sadness, however, the discussion frequently turned to what might well be the most-anticipated season in the school?s basketball history.
The embrace was tight and emotional, Josh Gasser closing his bloodshot eyes and burying his face on the shoulder of teammate Zach Bohannon.
Stanley Kutler is a University of Wisconsin professor emeritus.
As Jonathan Brust packed his Toyota Sienna minivan for the 13-hour journey from Wheaton, Ill., to the Final Four, he took a few extra precautions.
An officer from the Tucson, Ariz., Police Department will be in Madison this weekend to watch how officers here handle crowds after Saturday?s Final Four game, according to a spokesman for Madison police.
Three UW-Madison students have been diagnosed with mumps in cases that don?t seem connected, the university announced Thursday.
On Monday, Downs, 65, will be one of four UW-Madison professors honored at a meeting of that same faculty senate. He and the others will receive the Hilldale Award, given in recognition of contributions to teaching, research and service on campus.
Among the many unknowns as UW-Madison students made their Final Four travel plans this week ? how to get to Arlington, Texas, where to sleep and how to return to Madison ? some, at least, had the certainty of a ticket in hand.
Transgressions that are sure to make Ryan steam include committing a turnover, taking a bad shot, not following one of his rules on defense and letting your opponent grab an offensive rebound.
Polly was a project supervisor for 19 years in the Department of Economics.
Jim Villa, hired Wednesday for the new job of vice president of university relations at the University of Wisconsin System, left no doubt about his allegiances when applying for the job. His references: current Republican Gov. Scott Walker, former Republican governor Tommy Thompson and William J. McCoshen, managing partner of a Madison lobbying firm who served Thompson as campaign manager and secretary of commerce.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is getting ready to host its annual Science Expeditions fair this week.
Jim Villa, a longtime friend and ally of Gov. Scott Walker, has been named vice president for university relations for the University of Wisconsin System.
Since making it to the tournament?s final weekend, the team has squeezed studying and classes in between being bombarded with media attention and attending daily practices.
The visit was a surprise, arranged by Eric, the oldest son who works in data services at the UW School of Medicine. He will never forget the look on his mother?s face when Ryan walked through the door and immediately came over to her wheelchair to give her a hug.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Maraniss will be one of three recipients of honorary degrees at the UW-Madison commencement.
The movement to divest from fossil fuels gained ground at University of Wisconsin-Madison last week, when student government went on record urging the UW Foundation to stop investing in companies profiting from fossil fuels.
No matter how good the power pop or the indie rock, no band can compete with a Final Four tournament slot.
The two schools, which play Saturday for a berth in the national championship game, have plenty in common. Both are flagship public universities and land-grant institutions with a research focus, although Wisconsin has a much larger student body and higher rankings in research dollars and other academic measures.
Wherever they were, Bo?s Army was loud and proud when the Badgers clinched a spot in the Final Four with a 64-63 overtime victory over Arizona in the NCAA tournament West regional final at the Honda Center.
In part, this is the fault of college administrators who have failed to control the cost of education. But we as taxpayers are also to blame. The share of tax dollars used to support our colleges and universities is far less than it once was.
The state Senate is set to vote on a bill that would allow University of Wisconsin institutions to conduct classified national security research.
A University of Wisconsin football recruit pleaded not guilty Monday to a third-degree sexual assault charge stemming from the alleged rape of a woman in her campus dorm room in December.
The Madison School Board on Monday approved a $1.3 million partnership with the UW-Madison aimed at expanding training and improving diversity.
Unlike a Rose Bowl or other bowl games where Badgers fans have three weeks or more to buy a sweatshirt, T-shirt or cap, there is less than a week to gear up for the Final Four. Most area stores didn?t get Final Four apparel on their sales floor until Sunday afternoon, and even those who are not making the trek to North Texas are just plain excited and want to own a Final Four shirt sooner than later.
Bennett knows the buzz of the moment well. He lived the adulation and felt the euphoria while coaching UW to its last Final Four appearance in 2000.
A Kohl Center crowd approaching 10,000 greeted the Badgers, fresh off the plane from California. The fans patiently waited an extra half-hour for the welcome-home show that lasted about 20 minutes. Players and coaches stood on a midcourt stage and soaked in the adoration.
Getting tickets for the Final Four college basketball games in Arlington, Texas, could prove challenging and expensive.
He came to the UW-Madison Department of Mathematics in 1961 and retired in 1999 in order to focus more fully on his research on Noetherian Rings (an area of abstract algebra) and to work with colleagues around the world.
The peer-reviewed study, released March 21 and published online in PLOS ONE, was led by Christopher S. Jennelle, Ph.D., and Professor Michael D. Samuel at UW.
