For the past ten years scientists have been planning and building an ambitious experiment to explain the mystery of what produces the cosmic rays and elusive particles known as neutrinos, which constantly pepper our planet.
Thirty-five people were arrested and more than 100 were ejected from the Ohio State game, but Saturday night?s celebratory rush onto the field at Camp Randall Stadium following the Badgers? 31-18 victory resulted in only one minor injury, UW Police said.
Quoted: UW-Madison political science professor David Canon.
Quoted: UW-Madison Space Place Director Jim Lattis.
Call this the curious case of the woman in apartment 605A, and the same woman in apartment 802. Xi Luan, a UW-Madison engineering student from China, arrived in Madison in 2009 and found a cheap, simple apartment ? 605A ? at 215 N. Frances St. Furnishings were rudimentary, conditions acceptable but not extraordinary, rent exceptional at $360 per month.
Chad Lee, the young Mount Horeb resident who is challenging six-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, in the Nov. 2 election, said in a debate Sunday night his opponent is a failure. Lee, 27, who owns and operates a residential and commercial cleaning business, told the 110 people who filled a room in UW-Madison?s Grainger Hall, that he has “no lifelong dream to be a politician, nor do I have a dream to be a lifelong politician.” The debate was a Global Affairs Forum organized by the United Nations Association-Dane County and nine other civic groups.
Students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater are rallying after a woman was punched in the face while wearing a T-shirt that said “Legalize gay.” Between 50 and 100 people gathered Friday afternoon to raise awareness of hate crimes.
For years Vince Sweeney would extol the value of athletics to the broader purposes of the University of Wisconsin. That was part of his job as an associate athletic director. Now in his new role as vice chancellor for university relations, Sweeney is even more convinced of that value. And when it comes to value of an athletic event, the football game between the 18th-ranked Badgers and top-ranked Ohio State at Camp Randall Stadium is immeasurable. “I would say that for one 36-hour period it?s the center of the college sports universe,” Sweeney said.
Saturday morning marked the first time in more than six years that Kirk Herbstreit co-hosted a taping of “ESPN College GameDay” on the University of Wisconsin campus.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
We know science is booming at UW-Madison. Less heralded publicly, perhaps, are the arts. But if science is the big dog on campus, then the arts are like a terrier, a steady companion over the years, now barking for attention. Enter The Year of the Arts. A brainchild of former Chancellor John Wiley, he wanted to point the spotlight on arts and humanities on campus. Last year, the university declared it the Year of Humanities. This year, it?s time for the arts to shine. So, appropriately, the theme for The Year of the Arts is ?Illuminate.?
Quoted: Steven Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Quoted: Panel member Scott Rankin, an associate professor of food science at University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the tests aren?t a fail-safe method of assuring that raw milk is safe. But the testing and other panel recommendations are aimed at protecting public health.
Quoted: ?This is a three-term incumbent who most people see as a really decent guy and a decent senator to boot,? says Ken Mayer of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
One of the most beloved arts, entertainment and recreation venues in the city is about to get a makeover. The University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Memorial Union is embarking on a renovation that could result in major changes to the 1928 building.
Former University of Wisconsin Madison Chancellor Donna Shalala was in Madison Friday to highlight the future of nursing.
No. 1 Ohio State will take on the No. 18-ranked Wisconsin Badgers Saturday night. Adding to the excitement of playing the top team in the country on prime-time television is the fact that ESPN?s College Gameday crew is here and will broadcast live on Saturday morning from Camp Randall.
Mildred Fish-Harnack, a Wisconsin-born scholar who is considered a heroine in Eastern Europe because of her efforts leading Nazi resistance in Germany during World War II.
UW Police reported only one minor injury after students rushed the field at Camp Randall after the win over top-ranked Ohio State Saturday night.
Noted: The summit was hosted by the Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative, created in 2007 by the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department has released their game day statistics for the Wisconsin vs. Ohio State football game.
Students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater held a rally on Friday to celebrate diversity and to protest a recent anti-Gay attack.
It may be hard to believe, but we are already past the peak for fall color season. This Saturday at the UW Arboretum, families took a tour to learn how leaves turn color.
Ohio State is one and done as No. 1, after Wisconsin bullied the Buckeyes all over the field then celebrated by jumping around on it with a few thousand friends.
Making bullying unacceptable is the goal at the UW Madison. Along with participation in a national ?Stop the Silence? effort, Dean of Students Lori Berquam is initiating a campus conversation on bullying, harassment and respect issues as they relate to LGBT students.
A historic moment at Camp Randall, led fans to rush the field as the seconds ticked down at the end of the 4th quarter. The Badgers beat top ranked Ohio State 31-18. Following the last minute interception, fans in the student section started to rush the field.
Beating top-ranked Ohio State elevated the spirits of Wisconsin?s players and coaches to a level they hadn?t experienced in some time.
The 31-18 victory allowed UW (6-1, 2-1 Big Ten Conference) to move up in both national polls Sunday – eight spots to No. 10 in The Associated Press poll and five spots to No. 11 in the USA Today coaches? poll.
Quoted: John Wiley, former UW-Madison chancellor and a member of the StudyBlue board.
Quoted: Paul Mitchell, associate professor of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
It wasn?t a surprise when thousands of fans rushed the field after the Wisconsin Badgers? stunning upset victory over No. 1-ranked Ohio State at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday night. School officials said Sunday they expected it.
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin wants to hear from the public on the Badger Partnership.
On a sunny fall Friday, I was invited to the Islamic Center of Madison Area (ICMA), the mosque closest to downtown, to see how some members of the UW campus Muslim community worship. Located at 21 N. Orchard St., the Center is quietly tucked behind Palis Cafe on Regent. Walking by, one barely notices the two-story, gray stone building with quaint flowering planters out front.
MADISON ? J.J. Watt had no guarantees that his college football career would continue past his freshman year at Central Michigan. He just believed.
Interview: We talk to Scott Keeter, director of survey research for the Pew Research Center, about his organization?s findings. We also talk to Charles Franklin, co-founder of Pollster.com and a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Madison will be one of 50 U.S. cities participating in ?China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections? at 5:45 p.m. Monday at the Edgewater Hotel. The event is sponsored internationally by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and locally by the Madison Committee on Foreign Relations and the UW-Madison?s Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy.
Putting on a presidential rally is thirsty work. UW-Madison is billing the Democratic National Committee for the following for President Barack Obama?s rally on Library Mall last month: $990 for portable toilets, $1,273 for bottled water, $632 for parking. University spokesman John Lucas said those charges are in addition to the $10,500 the university has already charged the DNC.
Noted: The authors ? Anthony Leiserowitz and Nicholas Smith of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communications and Jennifer R. Marlon of the Geography Department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison ? conclude that widespread misconceptions ?lead some people to doubt that climate change is happening or that human activities are a major contributor, to misunderstand the causes and therefore the solutions, and to be unaware of the risks.?
Quoted: It was expected that Sean Duffy and Julie Lassa?s race for the open 7th District seat and Steven Kagen and Reid Ribble?s for the 8th ? a swing district with a Democratic incumbent who?s only served two terms ? would be attractive to outside groups, said Barry Burden, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor.
Working with others, I spent much of the last year trying to get the Dane County Board of Supervisors to sponsor a study of experimenting on monkeys here in Madison, the “Monkey Experimentation Capital of the World.” I learned a few lessons along the way
Mildred Fish-Harnack is a woman WISC-TV has profiled before. The Wisconsin-born scholar is considered a heroine in Eastern Europe, leading a Nazi resistance effort that saved lives. She was one of the only Americans executed in Nazi Germany during the war. Now her efforts with the resistance group, the Red Orchestra, are part of an on campus exhibit by Franz Rudolph Knubel open through December 1.
The UW-Madison is crowing about a new study of university news coverage that says the university was mentioned 6,995 times in New York Times articles between 1945 and 2005. That ranks the UW-Madison 19th among U.S. universities and second among Big Ten schools.
Quoted: Bed bug bites cause itchiness and sometimes rashes. Because they?re mostly an indoor species, Wisconsin?s climate isn?t expected to hurt their numbers. And UW-Madison entomologist Phil Pellitteri says most people will likely put up with the pests, because they?re so costly to control.
Like two seasons ago, UW will rely on more than one running threat because the staff is growing more comfortable using John Clay 6.0 ypc, 115.3 ypg, nine touchdowns and freshman James White 7.7 ypc, 80.8 ypg and eight touchdowns.
Letter by Tyler Lark, student, UW-Madison.
The last time ESPN College GameDay came to town, it was held on the University of Wisconsin?s grass practice field. But Saturday?s prime-time matchup against No. 1 Ohio State is befitting a grander forum, so the wildly popular weekly football preview TV show will emanate from Camp Randall Stadium. The show, which runs from 8 to 11 a.m. Central time and features the triumvirate of Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso, is free to attend.
Officials at the University of Wisconsin-Stout are disciplining 10 hockey players following the death of a fellow student injured near campus last month. Two players charged in the death have been kicked off the team. Eight other players are suspended for this season but can be reinstated next season.
The Obamamania that gripped college campuses two years ago is gone. An Associated Press-mtvU poll found college students cooling in their support for President Barack Obama, a fresh sign of trouble for Democrats struggling to rekindle enthusiasm among many of these newest voters for the crucial midterm elections in three weeks. Forty-four percent of students approve of the job Obama is doing as president, while 27 percent are unhappy with his stewardship, according to the survey conducted late last month. Hoping to rekindle campus enthusiasm, Obama planned to appear Thursday at a youth town hall being shown live on MTV, BET and other networks. He also is to lead a rally Sunday at Ohio State University, and in recent days he headlined a massive gathering at the University of Wisconsin and a webcast town hall at George Washington University.
Girls are just as good at math as boys but still hear messages to the contrary that may keep them away from certain classes and careers, according to a new review of math skills.
A new report says state and federal governments have collectively lost billions of dollars on college students who drop-out before their sophomore year.
Noted: These funds included an allocation to support foreclosure mediation in and around Dane County, where the Dane County Foreclosure Prevention Task Force, in coordination with the UW-Madison Law School, initiated a mediation program in January.
Chilean students studying here at the University of Wisconsin are following the rescue operations to free 33 trapped miners closely.
The University of Wisconsin-Stout suspended ten of its hockey players in connection with the death of a fellow student in September.
The state of Wisconsin filed a motion with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to join an amicus brief in the case that will determine the state of stem cell research nationwide, Gov. Jim Doyle announced Tuesday.
When the U.S. Supreme Court lifted restrictions on corporate election spending in January, critics predicted floods of corporate cash would pour into this year?s election. What?s known as the Citizens? United decision has been attacked by campaign finance reformers who say it equates speech with money and will allow corporations to buy candidates who will do their bidding.
After its Homecoming game debut Saturday, the music video ?Teach Me How To Bucky? is growing across the Internet as it reached 100,000 views on YouTube and was featured on the University of Wisconsin?s home page Tuesday.
Quoted: UW-Madison education professor Julie Mead, an expert on charter school and school-choice law.
Graduate schools are seeing steady growth as both recent college graduates and people already in the workforce seek to boost their job prospects in a still-dragging economy. “We see an increase in graduate school applications and enrollments whenever the economy really turns south,” says Nathan Bell, director of research and policy analysis for the Council of Graduate Schools. In its report last month, it said the number of applications to U.S. graduate schools grew 8.3% from 2008 to 2009.
The state of Wisconsin wants to file a friend-of-the-court brief to uphold federal funding for stem cell researchers. Gov. Jim Doyle announced today that the state filed a motion to join an amicus brief in Sherley v. Sebelius, a case challenging the National Institutes of Health?s embryonic stem cell research guidelines. At a news conference last month, UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin said as many as two dozen UW-Madison stem cell researchers face disruptions in their research.
The Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor, Scott Walker, refused to say Tuesday whether he favors a ban on embryonic stem cell research — even though he previously told an anti-abortion group he does. Embryonic stem cell research was pioneered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and millions of dollars is spent on it each year in the state. During a Tuesday campaign stop in Madison, Walker said he would direct state money to stem cell research that doesn?t use cells obtained from embryos.
Quoted: The timing of the change in Ribble?s health care coverage is more coincidence than anything, said Thomas Oliver, a professor of population health sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
