Some University of Wisconsin Medical School students are getting an early dose of reality and at the same time, helping those in need. Some future physicians are learning patient care through a lesson plan taking them out of the classroom into the doctorâ??s office by providing health care to those struggling to make ends meet.
A protest over tuition costs turned violent Thursday on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus, with protesters allegedly throwing ice and snowballs at police and officers responding with pepper spray.
Anger over rising tuition and school budget cuts boiled over as students across the country staged rowdy demonstrations that led to clashes with police and the rush-hour shutdown of a major freeway in California.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is pledging to help a new university in Kazakhstan get started.
A UW-Madison law school student group is trying to stop a Wisconsin Dells resort from continuing to use tigers in a magic show and from building a hotel lobby habitat for the animals.
Marquette University President Robert Wild plans to retire next year. The 69-year-old arrived at Marquette in 1996 and is one of the universityâ??s longest-serving presidents. He wants to retire June 30, 2011 or when a successor takes office, whichever comes later.
A UW campus newspaper confronted its critics Thursday after running a controversial ad on its Web site. The Badger Herald accepted a Holocaust denying ad on its Web site last week.
Students and faculty members in California staged dozens of protests on Thursday, marching in major cities and attempting to blockade freeways in the broadest demonstration yet of anger against state budget cuts to the nationâ??s largest public-university system.
In an unprecedented day of national protest across all sectors of education, the epicenter proved to be this college town where the seeds of student activism were sown more than 40 years ago.
Angered by increases in tuition and cuts in state financing, thousands of students, parents and faculty members protested across California on Thursday at colleges, universities and even elementary schools to plead for help with the stateâ??s education crisis.
Scattered tuition protests occurred in other states, too, with at least 16 people arrested at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, when protesters tried to force their way into administration offices and threw ice chunks at campus officers, according to a university spokesman.
Quoted: At the same time, German banks also underwrite much of the Continentâ??s debt and exert considerable influence in domestic politics, according to Mark S. Copelovitch, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Germany â??doesnâ??t want its banking sector to go under because Greece has defaulted,â? he said.
At many colleges, itâ??s a standard part of the recruiting process once applicants are admitted. Current students who share individual traits or academic interests help reach out to prospective students with similar backgrounds or interests. This year, the University of Pennsylvania is applying the idea to admitted applicants who are gay.
College students on more than 100 campuses nationwide plan walkouts, rallies and other actions Thursday to protest budget cuts, layoffs and tuition increases, which they say erode quality of education and limit access.
Bringing spirituality to science, the 14th Dalai Lama will attend the public opening of UW-Madisonâ??s Center for Investigating Healthy Minds during the weekend of May 15-16. The center was established by UW-Madison neuroscientist Richard Davidson to try to discover how healthy minds develop.
But before it began operations, Mentor Worldwide LLC decided to abandon the Madison lab, which is valued at $16 million. The company announced Wednesday that they would donate it to the Morgridge Institute, a private research partner with UW-Madison.
Quoted: UW-Madison weather researcher Jordan Gerth.
Dr. Barbara Knox, director of UW Childrenâ??s Hospitalâ??s Child Protection Program, and Dr. Vincent Fish, a psychologist who teaches at UW-Madison, both testified in the case.
Nearly $9 million in borrowed federal dollars and investment from local businesses and government will go toward expanding broadband Internet access in the Madison, Middleton and Monona areas, Gov. Jim Doyle announced Wednesday. Funding for the work is coming from a $5.1 million grant through the federal stimulus act and $3.7 million from local city and school district coffers; UW-Madison; Dane County; Xiocom Wireless, which operates MadCity Broadband; and others.
The Dalai Lama plans to visit a healthy minds center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May. The visit will be the eighth time the Dalai Lama has come the Madison area since 1979. During the two-day trip he will celebrate the public grand opening of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds on May 15 and give a public speech the following day.
It sure seems like Gov. Jim Doyle promised 50,000 Wisconsin schoolchildren more than he could deliver, but his spokesman insists the promise is being fulfilled. Itâ??s too soon to tell.
Still, a number of studies now suggest that low vitamin D levels are associated with allergies and asthma, says James Gern, MD, vice chair of the committee that chose which studies to highlight at the meeting and professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
The Dalai Lama plans to visit a healthy minds center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May.
Quoted: Economist Morris A. Davis of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business estimates that the price of U.S. land used for houses and apartments nearly tripled from the beginning of 2000 to the end of 2005.
Annette Kaufman had a feeling something was wrong when a close friend sent her an early-morning text message Feb. 27. The friend asked Annette for the Web address of her daughterâ??s blog.
A bill that would increase legislative oversight of the University of Wisconsin Systemâ??s use of eminent domain lacks enough votes to make it to the Assembly floor.State Rep. Fred Kessler, D-Milwaukee, said the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security will not vote on the bill before the legislative session ends next month.
Questions continue to surround whether Tommy Thompson will make a run for the U.S. Senate. UW-Madison political scientist Charles Franklin says there are increasing signs the former Wisconsin Governor will enter the race.
Students and staff on the University of Wisconsin – Madison campus are protesting an ad in a student newspaper that links readers to a website denying the Holocaust.
Issues of free speech, advertising and the Holocaust clashed on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Wednesday as about 150 students rallied to honor the victims of the Holocaust and call for an end to an ad in a campus newspaper.
The Dalai Lama will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in May. The new Center for Investigating Healthy Minds has invited the Dalai Lama to attend its two-day grand opening celebration on May 15-16 at the Waisman Center, according to a press release from the university.
Itâ??s a beautiful spring afternoon on the University of Wisconsin campus. Youâ??re done with classes and donâ??t want to have anything to do with homework. After all, that 20-page research paper due in three days can always wait a little longer.
Chancellor Martinâ??s op-ed addressing the controversy surrounding the Heraldâ??s publication of the Holocaust denial ad (â??Truth and Scholarship Greatest Tools in Combating Falsehoodâ?) is a breath of fresh air for those committed to UW-Madisonâ??s core belief in the â??sifting and winnowingâ? of ideas and the freedom of speech that goes with it.
Edward “Ed” Malcheski, age 89, of Madison, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. Ed served as extension dairy specialist at the University of Wisconsin from 1951 to 1955, and farm director at WISC-TV from 1961 to 1972, where he claimed he was the star of stage, screen and the barnyard.
A plan to build an on-campus practice and competition rink for the University of Wisconsin menâ??s and womenâ??s hockey programs has been shelved indefinitely. The announcement Tuesday prompted discouraged expressions from those affected by the delay, starting with UW menâ??s coach Mike Eaves. â??It is disappointing,â? he said. â??Thereâ??s no question about that.â?
Before UW-Madison graduates foray out into the real world, students have a last chance to put some polish on their table manners. The Spring Etiquette Dinner, sponsored by the Letters and Science Career Services office, will be held Tuesday, Mar. 9
Special license plates honoring Marquette University would be created under a bill that has passed the Wisconsin Legislature. It now heads to Gov. Jim Doyle for his consideration. Other special plates recognize the Green Bay Packers, endangered resources, Freemasons, the military and the University of Wisconsin.
Citing a lack of progress on its fund-raising drive, the University of Wisconsin has postponed plans to build a $25 million ice arena and make upgrades to the facilities for its swimming programs, athletic director Barry Alvarez said in a statement Tuesday. As of last week, $6 million had been gifted to UW for the project, whereas Alvarez told the Wisconsin State Journal he needed $8 million on hand to proceed.
Two Wisconsin colleges are trying to determine who distributed racist flyers on their campuses. “White pride” flyers turned up at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh on Monday and last Thursday at St. Norbert College in De Pere.
Whether itâ??s avoiding bars frequented by students or politely declining the occasional social invitation, professors often make an extra effort to establish boundaries with their students. But social networking sites, which are often more public than they may appear, are lifting the veil on the private lives of professors in ways they may not have expected.
A plan to build an on-campus practice and competition rink for the University of Wisconsin menâ??s and womenâ??s hockey programs has been shelved indefinitely.
Two Wisconsin colleges are trying to determine who distributed racist flyers on their campuses.”White pride” flyers turned up at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh on Monday and last Thursday at St. Norbert College in De Pere.
A University of Wisconsin project that would include a new ice arena, locker room and team room functions for menâ??s and womenâ??s hockey and swimming programs has been delayed until further notice.
Thanks to some excellent reporting by a collaborative effort between the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Reporting and the UWâ??s Journalism School, the issue of sexual assault on campusâ??and how itâ??s dealt with (or not)â??was brought to light yet again in an article in Mondayâ??s Badger Herald.
City leaders want Madison to be a test sight for Google. At Tuesdayâ??s council meeting Mayor Dave Cieslewicz introduced legislation to support the cityâ??s bid to be one of the cities to try the companyâ??s super high-speed Internet service.
Jessie Vetter hasnâ??t had a lot of time to sleep lately. When she hasnâ??t been on the ice…sheâ??s been celebrating with teammates after the U.S. came away with the silver in Vancouver.” Itâ??s weird being back and you know being away from my teammates.”
In response to a Holocaust denial ad running on the Badger Herald Web site, the UW-Madison campus is hosting two events this week. A panel discussion entitled “Journalism, Ethics and Sensitivity” will be held from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, March 4. In addition, beginning at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, UW Hillel will hold a Library Mall event designed to remember the Holocaust. Chancellor Biddy Martin, who has a doctorate in German Studies, wrote a guest column in the Herald today on the importance of rejecting the adâ??s message.
Quoted: Nicola Ferrier, engineering professor at UW-Madison.
Barring a small miracle, either in the form of a cashierâ??s check or a change of heart, a planned practice rink for the University of Wisconsin menâ??s and womenâ??s hockey teams wonâ??t be built anytime soon. UW athletic director Barry Alvarez set an early-March deadline for raising $2 million in gift funds toward the $25 million facility, which is scheduled to break ground this spring and be completed in 2012.
Wisconsin high school students who earn a â??Bâ?? average and promise to be good citizens could be eligible for grants between $250 and $2,500 during their first two years of college, Gov. Jim Doyle announced Monday. It will be up to Doyleâ??s successor to seek funding for the governorâ??s signature college access program â?? known as the Wisconsin Covenant â?? and the next Legislature to appropriate that money. University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly also promised to help Covenant scholars, by providing them with financial aid counseling, advising, and considering their status as a Covenant scholar in admissions.
It was a year ago at this time that I thought Lisa Stone should be fired as University of Wisconsin womenâ??s basketball coach. That Stone had failed to deliver a quality, consistent product in that time suggested to me that a change was needed. The decision by UW athletic director Barry Alvarez to retain Stone has been validated on multiple fronts this season. Stone was voted Big Ten Coach of the Year by her peers, an honor well-deserved. Good for Stone that sheâ??s figured things out. Good for her for proving me wrong.
High school students who complete a new Wisconsin program to promote college attendance will be eligible for annual grants worth $250 to $2,500 for their first two years of college, Gov. Jim Doyle said Monday. Doyle also said Wisconsin Covenant scholars would be eligible for additional aid during their final two years, with the amounts depending on the availability of funding. At a news conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Doyle said the grants for low-income students, when paired with other state and federal aid, would be more than enough to cover tuition and fees. And he said the $250 grants for others would recognize their accomplishment and slightly reduce their financial burden.
Upon taking over as Big Ten Conference commissioner in 1989, Jim Delanyâ??s penchant for progressive thinking was tested almost immediately by the conferenceâ??s powerful old-guard coaches.
Ecologists used to be able to use environmental factors such as precipitation, soil type and tree structure to predict the plants that might be found in wooded areas.
But those days are gone because of the overwhelming influence human activity now has on plant life composition, according to the research of a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor who will speak in Baraboo Thursday evening.
Eyleen Chou couldnâ??t hear the screams.She did not see the buildings collapse as lives and entire families were wiped out in an instant. Surveying in fields 70 miles north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering student felt only a tremor Jan. 12 as a 7.0-magnitude earthquake ripped through the countryâ??s capital city. But she still feels the aftershocks from the tragic event.
Barring a small miracle, either in the form of a cashierâ??s check or a change of heart, a planned practice rink for the University of Wisconsin menâ??s and womenâ??s hockey teams wonâ??t be built anytime soon.
The technology you have at your fingertips may be ruining your memory and killing your creativity. A University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher said computers and electronic devices are creating digital distractions that could be affecting your life in a way you might never expect. “I donâ??t like to waste time. Iâ??ve got a lot on my plate,” student and business owner Jonathen Nothen said.
Also relieved, many UW students with family in Chile. UW-Madison students Patricio Mendoza and Javier Vera are graduate students at the UW. Mendoza is from Santiago, Chile… about ten hours from the epicenter in Concepcion, Chile.
Madison firefighters put out a “small” fire in a wall in Grainger Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Monday afternoon.
High school students who complete a new Wisconsin program to promote college attendance will be eligible for annual grants worth $250 to $2,500 for their first two years of college, Gov. Jim Doyle said Monday.
Governor Doyle announced Monday students in the Wisconsin Covenant program could receive up to $2500 per semester during college to help them afford tuition and fees.
Rape is the most under-reported crime in the country, especially on college campuses. The University of Wisconsin is trying to change that, and to prevent more rapes before they happen.
The numbers arenâ??t pretty, according to an in-depth review by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. Center staff reviewed the most recent rape statistics on UW System campuses, and found that only 188 rapes were reported in 2008, the most recent year for which numbers are available. But national surveys of college women predict there were probably more than 3,000 sexual assaults on the systemâ??s 13 campuses.
