Ye Du and Cecilia Miao arrived in Madison four years ago feeling alone and anxious, knowing almost no one, not trusting their English and lacking basic knowledge of their new home.
A big-time school deserves a big-time graduation ceremony. And nothing says big time like Camp Randall Stadium.
Three cheers for last Monday?s editorial, ?Hey, Bucky: Find a new chant.?
Madison police are investigating whether a suspect in an armed robbery Wednesday is linked to dozens of similar crimes.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is continuing her campaign to boost pay for faculty and staff.
Lingering questions related to UW-Madison?s change next spring from four weekend graduation ceremonies indoors at the Kohl Center to one outdoors at Camp Randall Stadium:
Before she became pregnant, Theresa Edelman, a little person from a St. Paul-Minneapolis suburb, consulted UW-Madison?s Dr. Richard Pauli about potential risks.
Brittany Ammerman recently embarked on two life-altering journeys. In one, her eyes were constantly closed. In the other, they were wide open.
A bratwurst placed suggestively between two ketchup cups. Two cupcakes nestled side by side. These decorations, among others, adorned UW-Madison?s Bascom Hill on Oct. 18 ? giving a sly wink to the parts of the human anatomy they resembled.
Jim went on to become a football legend of his time at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
The list of 20 secondary violations submitted by the University of Wisconsin to the NCAA for 2012-13 includes two references to social media.
Their bond began to form through messages exchanged both on Twitter and their cell phones, and it only grew stronger once they officially met upon arriving in Madison in June.
A new study of the full genetic code of a common human virus by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison dramatically confirms of the ?out-of-Africa? pattern of human migration previously documented by anthropologists, and studies of the human genome.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank plans to consolidate graduation ceremonies this spring into a single event at Camp Randall, the university revealed Wednesday.
Madison?s annual Halloween celebration on State Street appears to be turning another corner with this year?s Freakfest.
After nearly a quarter-century away, UW-Madison?s graduation ceremony will return next spring to Camp Randall Stadium, a move that will consolidate nearly 6,000 graduates and 40,000 guests at the same outdoor event, scheduled for noon on May 17.
Before Kelly Sheffield agreed to become the University of Wisconsin volleyball coach last December, he had an important phone call to make.
History suggests it would be foolish to get all panicky in light of the latest outings by the University of Wisconsin men?s hockey team.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank believes professors here are likely to take jobs at other universities if they don?t get a pay hike.
Whalen, a UW-Madison employee, was not ticketed for the crash, according to municipal court records, although police recommended in January that she be cited for failure to control speed.
Howard Bremer never knew what was coming when he answered his phone across half a century at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).
The national debate lasted seven days, or until another weekend of college football games turned the Debacle in the Desert into just another final score to be fed into the BCS computers.
Sophomore running back Melvin Gordon still regards it as one of the most difficult things he has ever had to do.
While I generally enjoy his columns, I found absurd sports writer Andy Baggot?s suggestion in his Tuesday column that the “Jump Around” tradition be used as leverage to change student section behavior regarding “the chant.”
After a two-month listening tour to start his tenure, Madison Area Technical College president Jack Daniels has started the process of forming a new strategic plan and working with employees on a new handbook, he told the State Journal editorial board.
State Journal higher education reporter Dan Simmons discusses current hot-button issues in Wisconsin higher education.
Snuggle House backers have gone to pains to emphasize that the physical and emotional intimacy they?re selling does not include sex ? and there?s research suggesting that this won?t be a barrier to business success, according to UW-Madison sociology professor John DeLamater, an expert on human sexuality.
A Madison bicyclist was injured Monday when he collided with a Metro Transit bus on the UW-Madison campus.
Several people, all much smarter than me, have come forth with a reasonable solution to the irreverent cheer from students at University of Wisconsin football games.
While the sight of huge old trees collapsing under their own weight with every windstorm is horrifying for loggers, that landscape is exciting for ecologists such as Don Waller, botany professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Nothing says the University of Wisconsin and Madison like … a maple leaf?
A group of UW-Madison students has asked the city to consider a more stringent local historic district for the area, and the Landmarks Commission has determined such a district meets city standards.
He served for many years as the manager of the Blue Bus Clinic at the University Health Service. He later worked in the cardiovascular area of University Hospitals and Clinics, and retired in 2006.
Don was a professor of Rural Sociology at UW-Madison. In his 35 years as a faculty member, he made a host of important contributions to his department, the UW campus, and the state as a whole.
Pat continued his 31-year career as a data communications specialist for the UW-Madison.
Dorothy Allison, the author perhaps best known for the 1992 novel ?Bastard Out of Carolina,? will lead a writing workshop Thursday on the UW-Madison campus .
It?s interesting to note that the selection for this year?s Go Big Read, with the theme of global connectivity, is a continent-spanning work of fiction written by a woman whose grandparents were dairy farmers in Stevens Point.
As UW-Madison political science professor Barry Burden noted, there?s lots of time left for Burke to stake out positions, and the ?no promises? pledge may be more a matter of ?semantics.?
Activity monitoring doesn?t work on all cows because some don?t show signs of heat, and others may not ovulate at all without a hormonal boost. Klessig said it has been effective with 95 percent of his herd ? well above the 70 percent that Paul Fricke, a UW-Madison dairy science professor, said is typical.
?Eat chips!? ?Fondue!? OK, that?s not exactly the back-and-forth chant that takes place at University of Wisconsin home football games. But we wish it were so.
A broader, more inclusive idea of ?diversity? will animate a new initiative to make UW-Madison a dynamic community preparing students for the global society of the 21st century.
It will be interesting to watch how legislative Republicans react to a recently introduced bill aimed at providing some relief to Wisconsin students saddled with large debt.
UW-Madison?s School of Nursing will increase enrollment when it opens a new building next year. Nursing programs at Edgewood College, Madison Area Technical College and Herzing University also have been expanding.
College campuses across Wisconsin are grappling with electronic cigarettes, a relatively new product that more young people are trying and using.
University of Wisconsin men?s basketball coach Bo Ryan?s arm was a little sore after spending five hours shaking hands and posing for pictures with the 2,090 students who showed up for Thursday?s ?Shooting Down Cancer? event at the Kohl Center.
“Alcohol does not make somebody perpetrate,” said Sarah Van Orman, executive director of UW-Madison?s University Health Services. “But alcohol does put people in a situation where they?re not able to protect themselves. We do know that perpetrators use alcohol as a tool, and it affects the ability of other people to be good bystanders.”
Jack E. Daniels, the new president of Madison Area Technical College, is straightforward about his challenges and priorities.
Wisconsin artist Jill Sebastian?s proposed design for a “memorable and iconographic” sculpture to anchor the State Street Library Mall has been in the works for the better part of this year.
A bill that would tackle student loan debt ? a topic Congress has been unwilling to touch ? was introduced Wednesday by two Democratic lawmakers. Whether it will gain support among Republicans remains unclear.
The intersection of Langdon and Park Streets closed at 6 a.m. Thursday and will reopen at 3 p.m. Thursday, according to a news release from the Madison Traffic Engineering and Parking Divisions.
As the partial shutdown of the federal government drags on, attention has shifted to the looming Oct. 17 deadline when the Treasury will be out of money, and unable to raise more unless the House of Representatives authorizes an increase in the debt ceiling.
Patricia McConnell, an expert on animal behavior, is not against hunting and even raises lamb for food. But the University of Wisconsin-Madison zoologist and author is appalled by what she regards as blatant cruelty to animals sanctioned and abetted by the state.
No one was hurt or arrested during the ruckus, which happened at about 2:45 a.m. Friday at a residence in the 600 block of Mendota Court, a one-block street of apartments and Greek houses near the UW-Madison campus.
Long before going to the doctor, people who feel sick may go to Google and tell the search engine of their health woes. This year UW-Madison is hoping to capitalize on the same dynamic to get ahead of its own flu outbreaks on campus, using students and smartphones.
Although Kurt Squire, a professor of curriculum and instruction at UW-Madison and the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, has done research with older students showing that pairing an iPad game about a concept with reading about that same concept improves understanding of the concept more than does pairing the reading with a diagram or picture about the concept.
Defaulting on student loans is a national problem, but apparently not on the UW-Madison campus.
The University of Wisconsin System?s board of regents on Friday approved large increases in the pay ranges for certain top positions, drawing swift criticism from a top Republican lawmaker.
Howard Bremer, who was instrumental in extending UW-Madison?s prowess in the worlds of research and invention, died Friday at the age of 90.
The presidents of St. Norbert and Ripon colleges recently wrote a column, ?True student-athletes are in Division III,? extolling the virtues of NCAA Division III student-athletes who are ?students first, athletes second.?
The shutdown of the federal government is threatening $36 million in monthly payments for research at UW-Madison, says PROFS, an advocacy group for faculty.
