Unity Health Plans Insurance Corporation is notifying 41,437 members of a portable heard drive missing from the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy, according to reports from the Wisconsin State Journal and Fox47. The hard drive, reported missing to police on December 12, was being used in a benefits program evaluation.
Wisconsin-Madison students succeed in ensuring that their university creates and maintains peaceful ties with Israel, despite BDS and ASA movements.
Chris Cole was a 10-year-old living in suburban New York when four Vietnam War protesters detonated a bomb inside UW?s Sterling Hall in 1970, killing one and injuring three.
Parabens are old-time chemical preservatives ? they were first introduced in the 1950s after bacteria-contaminated facial lotions caused a small outbreak of blindness. Today, they are used in a wide range of personal care items ? from cosmetics to toothpaste, as well as some foods and drugs.
Crimes against people and property happen every day, even here in Madison. Anyone can fall victim to one of these crimes, but there are ways to help protect yourself; and officials say knowing what to do in those situations could possibly save your life.
Making an unpopular decision and accepting the ensuing criticism is part of the job of a university leader. Whether the topic is research priorities, academic freedom, athletics, or, as it turns out, snow days, there is always a range of opinion on a college campus. And there should be, provided the campus nurtures an environment where everyone feels safe entering into the debate.
There?s a reason why President Barack Obama called out Rebecca Blank, chancellor for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, when he spoke at GE?s gas engines plant in Waukesha on Jan. 30.
NEW YORK ? One day last week during a Broncos film session, running back Montee Ball suddenly realized he had covered more ground in his rookie season than his 559 rushing yards suggest.
A body language expert wasn?t needed to determine that something was bothering Sam Dekker on Thursday afternoon.
Jersey City, N.J. ? Thomas Hammock is assistant head coach, running backs coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Wisconsin.
Three weeks after picking a new president, the University of Wisconsin System on Thursday evening released the names of two other leading candidates for the job: former top UW administrator David Wilson and former Republican Congressman Mark Green.
The private health information for more than 41,000 people is missing, after Unity Health Insurance says a portable hard drive containing the information disappeared from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy. The device was first reported missing in December, and the incident has been under investigation by police.
While many University of Wisconsin student-athletes said they understood they were forfeiting a large amount of time and the chance to take a job by signing on to play Division I sports, administrators continue to debate whether they should be compensated.
Barry Alvarez has no problem with athletes at Northwestern trying to join a labor union. It?s their right. But that doesn?t mean the University of Wisconsin athletic director agrees with the move.
James Schmidt hit the ground running July 1 when he began serving as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire ? and he hasn?t slowed down since.
Last Friday the school celebrated Drew Birrenkott Day. It was a day to acknowledge the academic achievements of a McFarland High School alumnus, celebrate education, and recognize Birrenkott?s selection as a Rhodes Scholar.
Attracting and keeping top-tier researchers and scientists is a key goal for Rebecca Blank, chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A new student athletic academic center opens as the final piece of an $86-million project that has kept Camp Randall under construction for over two years.
Drinking remains one of the biggest health risks for college students, with 80 percent of students drinking alcohol, and more than one-third binge drinking.
Noted: Dr. Schlissel?s appointment follows that of Carol L. Folt, who served as Dartmouth College?s provost and then interim president before taking the reins at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill last July. Years earlier, in 2008, Carolyn A. (Biddy) Martin followed a similar trajectory, advancing from provost at Cornell University to chancellor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. (Ms. Martin is now president of Amherst College.)
Students (and plenty of professors) love snow days. But when they can?t get what they want, is that any reason for a blizzard of hate on Twitter?
Despite this harsh winter, researchers at UW-Madison are predicting changes for the future.
Spare a minute from your frenetically busy day to consider the quite different life of the three-toed sloth.
NEW YORK CITY — Nowhere is the fervor for Super Bowl XLVIII whipped any higher, of course, than in the football-mad states of Colorado and Washington, where the Broncos have gone 15 years since taking part in their most recent Super Bowl parade and the Seahawks have never had reason to plan one in the franchise?s 38-season history.
Around 700 people took a much-needed break the cold on Saturday night to at least pretend they were in more tropic climes by attending a luau.
MADISON ? Wisconsin has more meat processing facilities than any other state, and the state is widely known for the quality meat it produces.
Russell Wilson will take snaps next Sunday evening in Super Bowl XLVIII for the Seattle Seahawks, and no doubt many in Wisconsin will be rooting for the second-year quarterback to best Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos.
Several days ago, University of Wisconsin Law School professor and frequent blogger Ann Althouse noted President Obama?s use of the expression “hair on X,” to mean that X is complicated,” from David Remnick?s recent New Yorker profile. Here are the two Obama quotes that she cites:
When the Super Bowl kicks off next Sunday evening, University of Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema will sit down on his couch and make the easiest recruiting phone calls of his life.
In his annual BizTimes Economic Trends forecast for 2014, economist Michael Knetter expects the U.S. economy?s ?long and slow? recovery to continue, but he anticipates that the pace of that recovery will pick up this year.
Attention, Kristen Bell: a researcher at the University of Wisconsin has finally solved why three-toed sloths climb all the way to the forest floor to poop, once every three weeks. (We?ve been lying awake at night trying to figure that one out, so surely the question?s been plaguing everyone?s favorite sloth fan.)
One accomplishment Gov. Scott Walker claimed Jan. 22, 2014 in his State of the State speech is of particular interest to students attending college in the University of Wisconsin System.
This week, the White House received a report from the Presidential Commission on Election Administration. It offers recommendations on a range of election practices, including how to shorten waiting times, accommodate voters with limited English proficiency, and staff polling places. These conclusions, which may well spark federal and state legislation, would not be possible without research support from political scientists. How did that happen?
Are we in the throes of a “zeitgeist” moment, when world leaders and CEOs embrace the role that mindfulness plays in cultivating health, compassion and happiness?Richard J. Davidson, a professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, believes we are, and traveled to Davos for the 2014 World Economic Forum to help spread his belief that health and happiness are not abstract goals, but skills that can be cultivated with just a few hours of practice.
President Obama pledged on Wednesday to develop a “coordinated federal response” to address campus rape and sexual assault, calling for more-transparent enforcement of applicable laws and greater emphasis on developing effective campus policies to prevent and respond to sexual assault.
Diane Nordstrom is in her 24th season in the University of Wisconsin Athletic Communications department and is the primary contact for women?s basketball and volleyball. She also serves as the coordinator of the department?s annual report and is on the UW Athletic Hall of Fame selection committee.
New leadership in the University of Wisconsin System ? UW Colleges and Extension Chancellor Ray Cross recently was named system president ? brings with it an opportunity to forge a new relationship with not only the state Legislature but the people of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin farmers earned about $3.75 billion in profit last year, coming close to the record $3.8 billion earned in 2011.
Danielle Evans, a former Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellow, will join the faculty of the UW-Madison creative writing program as an assistant professor in the fall of 2014. A position opened about a year ago when Lorrie Moore, a revered fiction stylist who was also recognized as a rising star when she came to Wisconsin in the 1980s, quietly accepted a professorship at Vanderbilt University.
Biofuel production focuses on taking the carbon that?s already present in plants and converting it into burnable carbon-based fuels. Most of the carbon in a plant comes in the form of sugars, which can be readily converted into ethanol and less readily modified into other fuels.
A Purdue University engineering student was killed and a peer charged with his slaying Tuesday after a midday shooting in a basement classroom.
Hey you. Yes, we?re talking to you. Do you have dreams of having a sick flow, dangling and sniping your foes, playing killer pranks on your buds and occasionally engaging in sick celes (sic, cellys)?
University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County Dean Tom Pleger announced Tuesday that he has been selected to serve as the next president of Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., pending action by that university?s board of trustees later this week.
It is a communication system University of Wisconsin-Madison police hope they will never have to use in the event of an active shooter situation on campus. It is also a communication system they are confident may save lives if that situation occurs.
Are you kidding? Of course, Whitney Hite would love to have a new competition pool for his University of Wisconsin men?s and women?s swim teams.
Timothy M. Smeeding follows the numbers. He?s an economist and an expert on America?s long battle with poverty.
Over the past few years, instead of highlighting its value to Wisconsinites as an outstanding higher education system and economic engine, the University of Wisconsin System has embarrassed itself by a series of administrative and political gaffes. Consequently, legislators and the public have expressed their frustration and disappointment with what they saw as a pattern of obfuscating issues and ignoring legislative mandates
The holiday spirit could be felt well into January as University of Wisconsin?s Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence initiative received a $35,000 donation from AT&T.
The fundraising and alumni organizations that support the University of Wisconsin-Madison are merging to become more efficient and to “speak with one voice” as pressure mounts on public universities across the country to find private donors.
UW-Madison has pledged a renewed focus on recruiting and keeping low-income students, with chancellor Rebecca Blank visiting Washington, D.C., for a Thursday summit on college access headed by her former boss, President Barack Obama.
“By coming together and stepping up what we?re doing, we can go that much further,” said Rebecca Blank, chancellor at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
WASHINGTON — President Obama and his administration have spent much of the past year pressing colleges to control their prices and contemplating new ways to hold them accountable, much to the consternation of campus leaders. On Thursday, though, he mostly praised them, and they returned the favor.
President Obama and college presidents set aside their differences over the administration?s proposed college-rating system Thursday, convening at the White House for a daylong summit on college access.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has persuaded the University of Wisconsin-Extension in Madison to remove Gideon Bibles from its 137 guest rooms.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank proposed initiatives Thursday to help expand access for low-income students to the state?s flagship university during a White House summit Thursday.
There is an opening on the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents for a non-traditional student representative.
A former University of Wisconsin student was recently arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for allegedly sending graphically violent and sexually explicit threats to a 14-year-old girl on a social networking site.
In the Middle-earth of Tolkien lore, Lothlorien was a “Golden Wood” populated by reclusive elves.
Researchers have been under fire since People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA submitted an open records request to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2009. The request led to two investigations by the United States Department of Agriculture and a probe by the National Institutes of Health?s Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare. (Audio.)
WASHINGTON — President Obama will convene a meeting with more than 100 college and university presidents Thursday — a chance for his administration to pivot away from its stalled legislative agenda to executive actions and also a rare opportunity for White House-level attention for a large group of academic leaders.
