Vice President Kamala Harris plans to visit UW-Madison in the coming weeks as part of a monthlong college tour highlighting the Biden administration’s policies, including reproductive rights, climate action and voting rights. (UW-Madison isn’t a sponsor of the event.)
Richard Davis, an esteemed bassist who played not just with some of the biggest names in jazz but also with major figures in the classical, pop and rock worlds, died on Wednesday in Madison, Wis. He was 93.
Wisconsin job numbers reached a record high in July, at more than 3 million. However, a new report from COWS – High Road Strategy Center says beneath the bigger picture is a troubling decline of women participating in the workforce, falling below 60% for the first time since the late 1980s. Laura Dresser, associate director at COWS, dives deeper into the report’s numbers.
UW-Madison political scientist Howard Schweber said Republicans would be much less competitive in Wisconsin if the maps were redrawn.
“A threat to the gerrymander is an existential threat to their hold on power,” Schweber said.
UW Professor of Social Work Kristen Slack will hare her research into programs designed to prevent child maltreatment. She’ll discuss her work with coordinating services and benefits and detail improved strategies for preventing child neglect.
Associate dean for clinical trials at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Dr. Nasia Safdar spoke about “Gracefully Sharing Your Awesomeness with the World” Thursday. Safdar’s talk is part of UWSMPH’s Pathology Grand Rounds series.
When Ken Fitzsimmons remembers Davis’s bass-playing, he can see how “he would just sing under his, you know, under his hands.” Davis played music soft as his heart, but his former students like Fitzsimmons say he was as tough as the blisters on his hands. “Warm and tough.”
The Daily Cardinal spoke with Brooke Harding, B.A. 2014, about her efforts in Ukraine, her time at UW-Madison and what she’s learned from her work with USAID.
The woman was walking home from a friend’s house when investigators maintain Brandon Thompson, 26, attacked her on West Wilson Street near Bedford Street.
The man accused of sexually and physically assaulting a UW-Madison student over the weekend was formally charged and given a $1 million cash bond Thursday.
A criminal complaint filed Thursday in Dane County provides a clearer timeline in what prosecutors called “one of the most horrific sexual assaults in recent memory.”
During the hearing and in the complaint, prosecutors described the extent of the victim’s injuries. The complaint states, as of Thursday, she had been diagnosed with a Grade Two Traumatic Brain Injury and an MRI shows a brain bleed. Initially after the attack, the victim was placed in a medically induced coma and she still has trouble staying awake, the District Attorney’s Office continued.
The Wisconsin Homecoming Committee has planned plenty of events to celebrate Sept. 30-Oct. 7, including a concert with rapper Armani White.
Richard Davis, the internationally renowned jazz bassist who taught at the University of Wisconsin for more than 40 years, has passed away at the age of 93, his daughter Persia Davis confirmed. He died Wednesday afternoon after two years in hospice care.
At a minimum, UW should implement such training. It isn’t costly, takes little time or resources and could help prevent such tragedies as witnessed here.
Budget cuts, skyrocketing rents and fights over free speech and belonging loom as fall classes begin.
Pay raises for Wisconsin state employees that were initially authorized in the budget Gov. Tony Evers signed in July are still awaiting legislative approval, meaning state workers haven’t received the 4% pay bump that was due to activate this summer.
The suspect was identified and arrested using video, witness statements and biological evidence, MPD confirmed.
UW-Platteville and UW-Parkside are the latest UW System schools to announce spending cuts and furloughs to combat deficits.
Richard Davis, the legendary jazz bassist and University of Wisconsin-Madison professor emeritus who lived here since 1977, died Wednesday at 93, according to media reports.
As a bassist, Richard Davis enriched the sound not only of jazz recordings by Eric Dolphy, Elvin Jones and Sarah Vaughan, but also of rock and pop albums by Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon, to name a few.
As a professor for nearly four decades at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he shaped many young musicians, sharing Black history and cultural experience while teaching the finer points of improvising music.
A Republican state lawmaker says legislators cannot know if the University of Wisconsin-Madison is following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling banning affirmative action in admissions because the school won’t publicly disclose how they choose students. His comments came during a public hearing for a GOP bill that would guarantee college admission for highly ranked students.
The man charged in a brutal and random rape of a UW-Madison student last weekend told police that he “saw red” before the attack and remembered hitting the woman repeatedly but could not be sure that he sexually assaulted her, according to a criminal complaint.
A Dane County, Wisconsin, judge ordered Brandon A. Thompson held on $1 million bail Thursday after a brutal attack left a University of Wisconsin-Madison student hospitalized with life-threatening injuries early Sunday morning.
Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, previously told USA TODAY that even if Biden’s age has not affected his ability to do the job, “some members of the public may nonetheless believe he is not mentally sharp enough or that he lacks the necessary physical stamina.”
Davis’ daughter Persia confirmed her father’s death Thursday on both a memorial page and to Madison 365; Davis taught at the University of Wisconsin for over 40 years, but spent the last two years in hospice care. “We appreciate all the love and support the community has shown him over the years,” Persia Davis added.
Davis’ daughter Persia confirmed her father’s death Thursday on both a memorial page and to Madison 365; Davis taught at the University of Wisconsin for over 40 years, but spent the last two years in hospice care. “We appreciate all the love and support the community has shown him over the years,” Persia Davis added.
Parts of the yield curve started inverting in July 2022, yet the economy is still humming along. It’s too early to start calling the bond market a liar, said Menzie Chinn, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Later, Jordan graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Wisconsin, where he was a two-time wrestling champion of the National Collegiate Athletic Association or NCAA.
More than 50 years after a bombing at the University of Wisconsin left one student dead, the FBI has released age-progressed photos of the suspect in its quest for more tips from the public.
Jaime Gluesing started her career as a graduate assistant at UW-Milwaukee and during her three-year tenure (2016-19) climbed the ranks to assistant coach/recruiting coordinator.
Videos submitted by members of the public helped lead police back to a man who claimed to be a witness in the violent assault on a University of Wisconsin-Madison student, a man now accused of attacking the woman early Sunday.
The University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team closed out its coaching staff Wednesday after it announced the hiring of Jaime Gluesing as an assistant coach.
Police in Madison, Wis., are working to identify a suspect after a University of Wisconsin student was violently assaulted. WMTV’s Camberyn Kelley reports.
A bill before the Wisconsin Legislature, Senate Bill 401, will protect the public from the most significant hazards of research on potential pandemic pathogens — without having significant costs or adverse impacts. The bill is commonsense legislation that deserves broad-based support.
Leo Burt was 22 when he was suspected of helping to commit the largest act of domestic terrorism at the time: bombing a mathematics center at the University of Wisconsin.
A suspect is in custody after a University of Wisconsin-Madison student was brutally beaten and sexually assaulted, the Madison Police Department said.
“Some school districts are rightfully going to want to protect vulnerable students,” said Tiffany Green, an associate professor in the department of population health sciences at the University of Wisconsin at Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. “Why would we not want to be proactive in protecting students, protecting teachers, protecting staff?”
“Some school districts are rightfully going to want to protect vulnerable students,” said Tiffany Green, an associate professor in the department of population health sciences at the University of Wisconsin at Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. “Why would we not want to be proactive in protecting students, protecting teachers, protecting staff?”
A 26-year-old man allegedly raped and beat a University of Wisconsin at Madison student and then posed as an innocent bystander after the attack, cops said.
A traffic stop led to the arrest of a 26-year-old man wanted in connection to a sidewalk sex assault that put a University of Wisconsin-Madison student in the hospital with life-threatening injuries early Sunday morning.
Athletic director Chris McIntosh said Wisconsin is working on the volume after fans vented about elevated levels during the Badgers’ 38-17 victory against Buffalo in the season opener.
The University of Wisconsin System announced finalists Lynn Akey, Phyllis King and Felicia McGinty in a release Wednesday, a week after the Regents met to discuss candidates.
A man was arrested Wednesday morning in a brutal assault that took place near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus early Sunday morning.
The man who allegedly attacked a female UW-Madison student Downtown early Sunday remained at the scene and pretended to be a witness, Madison police said.
At a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Police Chief Shon Barnes said Thompson is expected to be charged with first-degree sexual assault, first-degree reckless injury and strangulation, all felonies.
Madison’s police chief gave an update Wednesday afternoon after the suspect in a UW-Madison student assault was arrested.
Fans took to social media after the game to complain about the volume and timing of the music, saying it was both too loud and that it played at the wrong times, sometimes covering the sound of officials.
A man was arrested Wednesday morning in the physical and sexual assault of a University of Wisconsin-Madison student that occurred early Sunday morning.
This weekend the Ironman returns to southern Wisconsin, and among those competing is a University of Wisconsin-Madison student who interns at News 3 Now. Ryan Mares has been training for the Ironman while interning as a newscast producer at the station, and he feels he’s been living a bit of a double life.
Wednesday marks the start of a new semester for students at UW-Madison and following the brutal attack of a female student by a stranger over the weekend near campus, university police are addressing students’ growing concerns around safety.
UWPD Chief Kristen Roman condemned the attack during the news conference. “The violence perpetrated against this young woman Sunday morning was horrific and will not be tolerated,” Roman said. “This is not Madison, this is not UW-Madison, the safety of our Badger community will remain always our top priority we will work collaboratively with our city partners to prevent sexual violence.”
Additional boxes are in locations that receive heavy foot traffic, increasing accessibility.
The Blk Pwr Coalition has met on multiple occasions with University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin’s office, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor told The Daily Cardinal on Tuesday.
Badger fans packed the stadium for the season opener Saturday despite temperatures soaring over 90 degrees.
A woman, who police said is in her 20s, was found with severe injuries Sunday just after 3:15 a.m. between West Wilson and Bedford streets. She was taken to a hospital in critical condition, but police said Tuesday that she is expected to survive.
The mess of metal underwater posed hazards not just to those who fell into the lake but those tasked with getting them out. “Putting our divers into an environment like that where the structure is collapsed upon itself and intertwined is very dangerous for our divers,” Lt. Jon Mast from the department’s Lake Rescue Team said.
Madison police are calling for surveillance footage after a woman was physically and sexually assaulted downtown over the weekend.The woman, now identified as UW-Madison student in her 20s, was attacked on West Wilson Street around 3 a.m. Sunday.
Mnookin and Provost Charles Lee Isbell explained to the freshmen and transfer students how important it is to look out for oneself and that there are resources available to them.
“Well, so there were a lot of people on the pier,” said freshman Jenna Pistono. “We were kind of sitting on the part that is to the left that kind of went down first but there were a lot of guys doing back flips, so a lot of weight on there, and suddenly we just started going under.”
