Bronson Koenig and Marcus Paige faced the same dilemma as high school seniors: stay home to play basketball and instantly become a hero to the fans who followed you for years or leave and risk alienating your state supporters.
The consensus in the Wisconsin locker room after dispatching eighth-seeded Oregon and moving on to the Sweet 16 was that UW’s execution fell far short of the standards set by the staff and players.
Great World Texts in Wisconsin, an initiative sponsored by the UW-Madison Center for Humanities, will host 500 high school students who have spent the year studying Rousseaus autobiography Confessions at its 10th annual conference. The students will have a chance to hear from political theorist and MacArthur Award-winner Danielle S. Allen, author of Our Declaration.
Just a few minutes after his team had dispatched eighth-seeded Oregon to secure a berth in NCAA Tournament West Region semifinals, Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan was asked about the next opponent: North Carolina.
Zak Showalter knows the bench is viewed as Wisconsins Achilles heel.
What cat owner hasn’t wondered what their pet was thinking?
Noted: Marc Cayles educational background is hardly one youd associate with tech start-ups. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he majored in rural sociology.
Whether they can navigate a loaded West Region to reach the Final Four and win a national championship remains unclear.
A leading Democrat predicts devastation if Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $300 million cut over two years to the University of Wisconsin System is adopted.
The more you learn about football and brain injuries, the smarter Chris Borland looks.
Police have reportedly given the all-clear after an early Friday morning bomb threat at UW-Madisons Memorial Union, according to Channel 3000.
Wisconsin senior guard Traevon Jackson will not play in UWs first game of the 2015 NCAA Tournament and has pushed back his expected return until the West Region semifinals, if top-seeded UW advances.
Josh Gasser recalls sitting at home, in the midst of a lengthy recovery from a gruesome knee injury, watching several friends in their final college basketball game as Wisconsin went one-and-done in the 2013 NCAA Tournament.
Quoted: “Given the historical relationship of employment in Wisconsin versus the nation, I would have expected Wisconsin growth to be faster,” said Menzie Chinn, an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Before UW-Madison’s percussion students head off en masse to China, they want to celebrate where they’ve come from.
The best regular season ever for the Wisconsin mens basketball team came with the highest number of fans in the seats in recent years.
UW-Madison police are continuing to investigate a bomb threat made early Friday at the Memorial Union, a threat that closed the facility and area streets for several hours before reopening a few hours later.
University of Wisconsin System officials aren’t saying much now as Republican legislative leaders signal that they don’t want the public authority for UW that Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposes. But in the months leading up to the budget’s release, UW administrators worked early, long and diligently to craft a legal restructuring that would bring them more autonomy and less bureaucracy.
A new legal entity to give the University of Wisconsin System autonomy from cumbersome state rules is appearing less likely by the day, and two more key lawmakers went on record Wednesday as supporting a smaller budget cut than the $300 million over two years proposed by Gov. Scott Walker.
Noted: Fetch was founded in 2013 by Wes Schroll, who was a University of Wisconsin-Madison student at the time. The company says its app provides benefits to three parties: Shoppers gets coupons, award points and expedited check-out; grocers get greater shopper loyalty and engagement; and consumer brands get the ability to deliver coupons to shoppers in the aisle at the point of decision.
As Wisconsin’s coaches studied video of Coastal Carolina, a consensus was quickly reached: the Big South tournament champions look more formidable than a team seeded No. 16 in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker picked the hometown favorite Badgers mens basketball to beat powerhouse Kentucky and go on to win the men’s college tournament.
Noted: The University of Wisconsin-Madison is among 20 universities on record as supporting the bill. Being listed as a supporter doesn’t mean UW-Madison automatically would be among the 25 manufacturing universities, according to Baldwin.
Evidence of hazing — including food deprivation and stints of hooded isolation — prompted the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Wednesday to terminate the Chi Phi fraternity chapter as a student organization.
As the holder of Wisconsin records for minutes played, games played and games started, Josh Gasser is equipped to identify basketball excellence.
Traevon Jackson has taken another small but critical step toward returning to Wisconsin’s lineup.
Six weeks ago, Chris Borland reached out to another linebacker. He didn’t want to dissect the position, didnt want to talk Xs and Os. No, Borland contacted former Green Bay Packers Super Bowl champion George Koonce because he was considering retirement.
Former Wisconsin linebacker Chris Borland, who enjoyed a stellar rookie season in 2014 with the San Francisco 49ers, announced Monday he is retiring from the NFL.
At a meeting between the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents and state legislators in the fall of 2013, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos questioned the role of UW faculty in decision-making. Vos declared that changes to the universitys system of shared governance — the set of practices under which faculty, staff and students participate in significant decisions concerning the operation of their institutions — were a matter of “when, not if.”
Bettors and the NCAA Tournament selection committee agree on at least one thing: The No. 1-seeded teams are the four best in this years tournament.
Wisconsin will not have to take down unbeaten Kentucky to reach the Final Four for the second consecutive season.
After literally pulling his hair out during a game, Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan zip-lines, go-karts, water-skis and sings around a campfire in a new Wisconsin Department of Tourism TV commercial made by a well-known comedy film-making trio.
A mental health researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison won’t take newborn monkeys away from their mothers as part of an upcoming study.
Nine UW-Madison professors recently won an award for faculty at a critical stage in their careers through nomination by departments, Ph.D. major programs and interdepartmental groups, according to a university press release.
Faculty from the Division of Student Life proposed changes to how UW-Madison addresses sexual assault to Associated Students of Madison members Wednesday.
University of Wisconsin students hoping to develop entrepreneurial skills can look to a center on campus that seeks to boost innovations from students.
With University of Wisconsin’s student conduct code regarding sexual assault undergoing major revisions, the dean’s office looked to student government’s largest governing body for support Wednesday.
The University of Wisconsin Police Department is warning students to take precautions against bike thefts — a week after recovering 600 likely stolen bikes.
Amid a statewide decline of dairy farms, the University of Wisconsin is aiming to provide programs to assist young and aspiring farmers.
A former Badgers football player and his twin brother pleaded guilty Wednesday in a string of armed robberies in November.
Jack Ikegwuonu, 28, and his brother, William Ikegwuonu, were charged with robbing five local businesses and with brandishing a firearm in furtherance of the robberies, according to a release.
On one side of the Dave McClain Athletic Facility, former Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon was answering questions from a large group of reporters about whether he peeks at mock drafts to see what spot in the first round of the NFL draft he might be picked.
Tied to teams of horses pulling in opposite directions.Thats how Troy Cross — an associate professor of philosophy at Reed College in Portland, Ore. — sees his dad, University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross.
Born on a farm and still most comfortable on the land, Ray Cross brings a down-to-earth approach to the job of bringing together the UW System and the governor and Legislature.
Several Democratic lawmakers from Madison are holding a listening session Thursday on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to gather public input on the governors proposed $300 million budget cut and new public authority for the UW System.
There has been considerable debate over the past month on the role of a public university and the meaning of The Wisconsin Idea. Recent commentary has ranged from historian John Gurdas eloquent definition of The Wisconsin Idea, to blogger Rick Esenbergs question: “What is it”?
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Academic Staff Assembly has joined the growing opposition on UW campuses to state lawmakers creating an independent public authority for the UW System without it first being studied by a blue ribbon committee.
About 600 bicycles, most of which are believed to have been stolen, were seized by University of Wisconsin-Madison police who executed search warrants at four locations, police officials said Tuesday.
It’s cheaper for an Illinois student to earn a veterinary medicine degree in Wisconsin than in Illinois, and the Illinois student is getting a bargain for a higher-ranked program, according to U.S. News and World Reports 2016 “Best Graduate School” rankings released Tuesday.
Whether they knew him personally, or not, hundreds of students walk out of class Monday morning to show how they felt about how Tony Robinson died Friday night.
Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky is the Big Ten Player of the Year.
Senior Frank Kaminsky was one of four Badgers to earn All-Big Ten honors, while head coach Bo Ryan was recognized by conference coaches, as the Big Ten handed out its season-ending awards Monday evening.
“Hands up! Dont shoot!” was among many things students shouted at the Capitol. Hundreds of students spent the day marching for Tony Robinson. They say it is their duty to have their voices heard, to bring change.
Wisconsin Badgers senior forward Frank Kaminsky was named the Big Ten player of the year Monday.
Offering a frank assessment of American politics, editor-in-chief of Vox.com Ezra Klein said the entire game needs to be changed if any progress is to be made in a system mired in partisan gridlock.
Shouts of “all power to the people” and “no justice, no peace” could be heard echoing from Bascom Hill to Madison East High School to Williamson Street Monday afternoon as community members continued to take to the streets in protest of the death of 19-year-old Tony Robinson.
When you think of Wisconsin athletics, several things immediately come to mind.Whether it’s Barry Alvarez, Bucky Badger or “Jump Around” at Camp Randall Stadium, there are just certain people and traditions that have become synonymous with Badger sports.
After quite possibly the most successful regular season in program history, the Badgers were appropriately rewarded by the rest of their conference in the Big Ten basketball honors.
A filled-to-the-brim Shannon Hall in Memorial Union bustled with UW-Madison students and community members waiting to see the blogger, columnist and accidental entrepreneur who journalism professor Michael Wagner described as “nerd-chic.”
Friday’s officer-involved shooting of 19-year-old Tony Robinson brought out community members of all ages, who converged in a protest Monday to address officials from university, state and city levels.
