The indiscretions of college students ââ?¬â? whether it is binge drinking, cheating or hazing ââ?¬â? may be old school, but universities now face the new reality that their students’ misbehavior will eventually be exposed on the Internet.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Patrick Farrell and Nicolet Area Technical College President Adrian Lorbetske signed a transfer contract agreement between the schools on Wednesday afternoon.
Q: What enables ants to find the nearest picnic?
A: From one ant to dozens, it doesn’t seem to take the critters long to overrun your ham sandwich and ruin your picture-perfect picnic.
It starts with an individual ant, which has left the colony on a scouting mission, says Bob Jeanne, a UW-Madison professor of entomology.
The biggest mixed-use development in Madison history will move forward – barely.
After members raised concerns and scrambled to find a solution, the City Council early Wednesday approved $3 million in public assistance for Executive Management Inc.’s 11- story, $190 million University Square project near UW- Madison.
Army Reserve Spc. Andres Dominguez’s university education has included both semesters of study and seasons that are lost – years of service given in a time of war.
The 24-year-old UW- Madison student figures he’s spent six semesters in training and deployments, including a year-long stint in Kuwait and the Middle East with his medical equipment repair unit.
Quoted: Terry Warfield, associate professor of accounting at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Somewhere out there, graduates of UNLV and Miami and Colorado must be having a good laugh. But even in their moments of delight over the troubles of the ââ?¬Å?good guys,ââ?¬Â they have to realize this really isn’t funny. In fact, it’s one of the great wake-up calls in college athletics. When things go bad at Duke and Northwestern at the same time, you can be sure they are going bad on almost every college campus in the nation.
Commentary By Christine Brennan
Quoted: Robert Troxel, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison�s Religious Studies Department.
MADISON, Wis. – University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly disclosed plans on Wednesday for a personnel shake-up aimed at improving the system’s relationship with lawmakers and the public.
Quoted: Norman Webb from the University of Wisconsin.
The University of Wisconsin System announced Wednesday the departure of three of its top communications officials, framing the shake-up as an opportunity to improve public relations.
It just got a little easier for Nicolet students to transfer to UW-Madison.
Quoted: Phil Pellitteri is a bug expert at the UW-Madison.
MADISON – Wisconsin veterans would be eligible for free tuition at University of Wisconsin campuses and the state’s technical colleges under a bill Gov. Jim Doyle said he would sign in the coming days.
The Alcohol License Review Committee voted unanimously to renew Club Majestic’s liquor license.
It’s a club that’s been taking the heat for crime near the Capitol.
If you’re not watching Dallas’ Devin Harris and San Antonio’s Michael Finley square off in the NBA playoffs, you’re missing a good show – and a rare opportunity
Quoted: Timothy Riddiough, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Real Estate.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee announced $5 million in private donations Tuesday from Harley-Davidson Inc., Marshall & Ilsley Corp., Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., Wisconsin Energy Corp. and the dean of the university’s Helen Bader School of Social Welfare.
It�s been nearly five years since President Bush�s executive order limiting federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, and some politicians are calling louder than ever for a bill that would render the order obsolete.
College graduates are landing fat salaries and signing bonuses again as a stronger economy leads to the best college hiring market in years.Employers expect their college hiring for 2005-06 to surpass that of the year before by nearly 14%, according to a study by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).
Quoted: Ben Marquez, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Quoted: Krista Ralston, a University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School professor and director of its legal defense program.
Quoted: Jennifer L. Noyes, who ran the state’s revamped welfare agency in 2000 and 2001 and is now a researcher at the University of Wisconsin.
SCOTT HAROLD SOUTHWORTH: When Chancellor John Wiley of UW-Madison recently expressed his concern with the constitutionality of funding the Catholic student organization with student fees, he sparked an interesting debate.
Drop in on alumni events for squeaky cheese curds and brats, but make sure you change the world, thousands of graduates were told Saturday at UW-Madison’s 153rd edition of commencement ceremonies.
Aside from a couple of party poppers, and the usual cheers shouted down from the balconies as graduates’ names were announced, the morning session at the Kohl Center stuck to a high-minded script.
Age: 57.
Personal: Married to Chuck (Charles); son Tom.
Education: Bachelor’s degree, English and Comparative Literature, UW-Madison; master’s degree, teaching, Monmouth College.
Occupation: Just finished eight years as vice president of marketing and public affairs, UW Hospitals and Clinics; formerly director of corporate communications, Wisconsin Power & Light Co. and Baraboo High School English and drama teacher.
In some UW-Madison dorms, speaking English might get you a talking to or a blank stare.
In the past, students learning German, Spanish, Italian or Japanese have had the chance to live in dorms where their second language is spoken most of the time.
And now, the university hopes students will learn Arabic the same way.
As with most complex issues or organizations, it’s possible to look at the same facts and characterize them in dramatically different ways. It all depends on what you focus on and what you leave out.
“The short answer is: Who knows?” said Michael Scott, assistant professor at UW- Madison Law School and director of the Center for Problem- Oriented Policing. “You can’t tell just from looking at these raw numbers. You have to ask a whole lot of questions about the numbers to get the answers.”
Quoted: Jan Owens, an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Wisconsin.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School assistant professor Michael Scott.
U.W. Poliââ?¬â??Sci Professor David Canon says President Bush wants to take a tough stance on illegal immigration and promote his guest-worker proposal at the same time.
Don’t take the “bird-flu capital” title the wrong way and run screaming for the nearest border.
A “new” technology that has actually been around for 60 years is being used for applications from airline baggage checks to food products to consumer goods and even human beings.
University of Wisconsin Madison Administrator Paul Barrows has been wrongly accused.
Mike Eaves and Mark Johnson’s hockey playing and coaching careers have been intertwined for almost three decades, and this spring the two close friends got to share a very unique experience ââ?¬â? helping their alma mater, the University of Wisconsin, make college hockey history.
BOSTON — This year, college students aren’t the only ones anxious for summer. The academic year that’s winding down has been one of the most contentious in recent memory, and a brutal one for college presidents. Several high-profile leaders including Harvard’s Lawrence Summers lost their jobs, while others are facing unprecedented crises, from hurricane recovery to the Duke lacrosse scandal.
The University of Wisconsin System has put its conversion to a new payroll system on hold after suffering years of difficulties and spending $26-million on it.
Quoted: Ken Mayer, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin.
Quoted: Kevin Kniffin, an honorary fellow at the University of Wisconsin
Quoted: Dr. Jeff Grossman, president and CEO of the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation, Dr. Gary Wendt, vice chairman of informatics at UW-Madison.
Quoted: Keith Knapp, director of the Deer Vehicle Crash Information Clearinghouse at the University of Wisconsin.
Quoted: John Bowen, a professor at the University of Wisconsin.
When I was assigned Christopher Ochoa’s story I wondered kind of person I would find, what kind of person would be left after 12 years behind bars.
(CBS)Ã? About 40,000 men and women are earning their law degrees this spring, but you can bet none of them has a story like Christopher Ochoa’s.
(CBS)Ã? About 40,000 men and women are earning their law degrees this spring, but you can bet none of them has a story like Christopher Ochoa’s.
May 12, 2006 ââ?¬â?Ã? Chris Ochoa never dreamed he would make it to college, never mind law school, but today, at age 39, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a law degree and was elected by his fellow students to be the commencement speaker.
On the heels of a relatively mosquito- free 2005, experts say we’re likely to really feel the bite of a typical buggy summer.
But whether the mosquitoes that carry the dangerous West Nile virus are more plentiful this summer – and which parts of the state could be most affected – is nearly impossible to predict, experts say.
Have you seen the best new public art in Madison?
Better hurry.
Today is supposed to be the last day for “Portals to an Architecture,” a series of arches that has graced the lawn of the UW-Madison Engineering Hall since the beginning of May.
Madison, Wis. – In an impressive display of grant-winning ability, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has received twin grants from the National Science Foundation to address some of the world’s most complex issues, including climate change.
The UW-Madison Odyssey Project will hold a fundraiser Thursday to celebrate its third year.
The program is an intensive, nine-month course in the humanities aimed at low-income Madison residents. Graduates of the two-semester course receive six UW-Madison credits and are encouraged to seek higher education.
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin said Friday it will start work on a $117 million addition next month.
The addition will allow the hospital to add 72 patient beds and expand clinics. The hospital will start renovating its facilities in suburban Milwaukee after it completes the addition project in early 2009.
Looking to build on his victory before a staff appeals committee last month, twice-demoted administrator Paul Barrows this week filed a state claim seeking damages of $211.28 a day until he is restored to the $150,000-per-year consultant’s job he believes he is owed at UW-Madison.
MADISON, Wis. — Thousands of UW graduates walked across the stage during graduation ceremonies Sunday in Madison, but their minds will soon be on job hunting.
Job prospects for graduates are the best they’ve been in six years, since the dot-com bust, reported WISC-TV.
MADISON, Wis. — It’s a short walk across the stage but for a posse of UW students, it’s carrying some extra meaning. This posse isn’t just a group of students, it’s a new program at the UW focused on fostering diversity.
Graduation mixes excitement with apprehension. Thousands will leave behind the place they’ve called home for years as they embark on new challenges and opportunities.
There are five different reports of either robbery or battery in the last week.
All of them happened near the UW campus last Thursday and Friday nights and they’re all similar in nature.
Madison: It’s the ultimate rags to riches story. Christopher Ochoa’s story starts with him in prison rags and ends with a cap and gown.
“Just thinking back last night everything that I’ve been through, and just to get here, it here, it’s been quite a journey,” says Ochoa.
Demoted and disciplined UW-Madison administrator Paul Barrows is asking a state board for make-up pay, for every day since his salary was slashed by Chancellor John Wiley.
In a filing with the State of Wisconsin Claims Board, Barrows argued he’s lost $211 a day since June 2005, when Wiley cut Barrows’ pay by more than half, over sexual harassment allegations.
This graduation weekend is bittersweet. One of the legendary hangouts on the University of Wisconsin campus is leaving.
Paisan’s is moving to make way for a new University building project and after more than five decades on campus, it’ll close its doors Sunday.
