We’re still a ways from March, but a team of Badgers is already making a tournament run. A trio of University of Wisconsin-Madison students competed in “Team Ninja Warrior: College Madness” last Tuesday and advanced to the finals, which air this Tuesday on Esquire.
Even as it was losing its stature as one of America’s top five research schools, the University of Wisconsin-Madison had begun lobbying aggressively for state funding to attract more of the kind of high-caliber faculty who drive the nation’s greatest research institutions.
A retired astronaut famous for his role in the 1970 Apollo 13 mission headlined UW-Madison’s winter commencement ceremony for graduates Sunday morning.
UW-Madison has chosen a Madison Police captain to lead the University of Madison Police Department as a new chief.
Astronaut James Lovell returns to Madison to speak at UW-Madison’s winter commencement.
UW-Madison student Alec Cook was released from the Dane County jail Friday, just hours after a judge cut his bail in half, in a case involving more than a dozen sex-related crimes.
UW Madison students are looking ahead to a new chapter, after getting their diplomas Sunday. More than 1,000 students gathered at the Kohl Center bright and early for winter commencement, receiving their diplomas, and getting the once in a lifetime opportunity to hear Wisconsin astronaut and UW Madison Alum, James Lovell speak.
UW-Madison Police Department has named their new police chief.
Noted: Molly Knigge is a swallowing specialist and speech pathologist with the University of Wisconsin Voice and Swallowing Clinic at UW Health.
Final exams and graduation might be a little more difficult this semester at UW-Madison.
A suspended UW-Madison student accused of sexual assault, stalking or harassment of 10 women was released from the Dane County Jail on Friday after his bail was cut in half at a hearing earlier in the day.
UW-Madison has chosen Kristen Roman, a captain and 26-year veteran of the Madison Police Department who has led efforts to improve relationships between law enforcement and the communities it polices, to be the next chief of the campus’ police force.
Excessive force by police against minorities, especially African-Americans, is nothing new in America. But now video evidence verifies the lethal violence occurring to our fellow Americans.
Maybe it’s paranoia, but Tony Granato feels like he knows what people think when they hear one of the classes he’s taking to finish his bachelor’s degree is on coaching.
Last year at Madison365, a nonprofit online magazine, we published our first Black Power list, naming 28 of the most influential African-Americans in Wisconsin.
Quoted: That’s despite students in extracurricular activities being “less likely to use drugs (although not necessarily alcohol) than youth who are not actively involved,” according to UW-Madison professor Stephen Small, who studies adolescent development and parenting.
Jim Lovell brought a love of model rocketry, the rank of Eagle Scout, few finances and hopes of becoming a pilot when he came to UW-Madison in the fall of 1946 for the start of his freshman year.
Quoted: Ryan Owens, a UW-Madison political science professor who specializes in judicial issues, said the effect of Walker’s preference of appointing judges with Federalist Society ties only signals “a commitment to a more conservative judicial principles.”
I am alarmed and disappointed by reports Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum, acting on the wishes of his pro-gun campaign contributors, will again introduce concealed-carry legislation bringing handguns to a University of Wisconsin System campus near you.
Cellular Dynamics International, the company founded by internationally renowned UW-Madison stem cell pioneer James Thomson, plans to leave Madison for Verona.
The Associated Students of Madison—largely made up of those who ran on the activist BlindSide ticket last semester—faced anonymous criticism from a student who questioned their ability to adequately represent all student views on campus.
The Syrian Army took over Aleppo, one of the country’s largest cities, killing hundreds of citizens in the streets Monday. Now, UW-Madison students aim to aid the people of Syria by acting locally.
Six additional criminal charges from five different women were brought Thursday against suspended UW-Madison student Alec Cook, who now faces a total of 21 charges, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
Thursday saw heated debate and discussion at Union South over potential campus carry legislation.
After University of Wisconsin student Alec Cook’s defense attorneys motioned last week to remove a $200,000 cash bail citing the state’s failure to produce new charges, the state added six new charges to the criminal complaint Wednesday.
Thousands of high school seniors are waiting for their college acceptance letters.Students who applied at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay might learn about their acceptance a little less traditionally.
UW-Madison student Alec Cook has been charged with six more crimes, involving five additional victims, to add to more than a dozen sex-related counts.
Donors have helped raise $100 million for student scholarships at the University of Wisconsin-Madison by matching one of the largest individual gifts ever given to the university.
The UW-Madison student accused of several sexual assaults will be in court on Friday, facing more charges.
Donors have helped raise $100 million for student scholarships at the University of Wisconsin-Madison by matching one of the largest individual gifts ever given to the university.
Noted: The University of Wisconsin–Madison professor and developmental biologist Jamie Thomson had recently made history by isolating the first human embryonic stem cell line. It was among the many notable achievements pushing UW–Madison to the forefront of what Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation’s former director Carl Gulbrandsen liked to call “the new economy.” Lauded on the cover of Time magazine in 2001 for his revolutionary science, Thomson founded Cellular Dynamics International to produce stem cells used in drug discovery and toxicity testing. That same year, the Wisconsin Technology Council was created by a bipartisan act of the governor and Legislature.
Prosecutors filed six additional charges Wednesday against Alec Cook, the former University of Wisconsin-Madison student who was already facing 15 charges related to sexual assault claims.
Donors have raised $100 million for student scholarships at UW-Madison by matching one of the largest individual gifts ever given to the university, campus officials said Thursday.
Prosecutors on Thursday added six new charges involving five women to the roll of charges against suspended UW-Madison student Alec Cook, bringing the number of criminal charges he faces to 21.
At least 4 percent of patients under general anesthesia are conscious after doctors insert their breathing tube before surgery, according to a new study led by a UW-Madison researcher.
New charges have been filed against suspended University of Wisconsin-Madison student Alec Cook, bringing to 10 the number of women accusing him of sexually preying on them.
UW-Madison Assistant Professor of Finance, Oliver Levine, talks to News 3 This Morning about reports that the Federal Reserve is about to increase interest rates.
Justin Sydnor is a UW-Madison business professor specializing in risk management and insurance.
The University of Wisconsin has long been among the best research institution in the nation, but recent rankings have some researchers worried about staying competitive with declining financial support.
In December 2014, kids filled the lobby of Bascom Hall as professors and teaching assistants held office hours amid the chaos—meanwhile, just down the hall, UW-Madison administration attempted to work through the noise.
You have to love cats to be Jason Nolen, UW-Madison lecturer and the founder/curator of Instagram’s Cats of Madison. “It makes me seem… maybe a little bit of a cat maniac,” laughs Nolen.
UW-Madison students learning about philanthropy also learned a big life lesson on Monday.
Chef Lisa and Chef Ellen from UW Health joined NBC15’s Meredith Barack to show off some holiday appetizers that are easy and delicious.
I’ve often been asked what the difference between Milwaukee and Madison when it comes to the world of startups. Madison and the UW system represent one of the greatest intellectual brain trusts on the planet; backed up by world-class research.
Noted: Wilde was born in Milwaukee but he lived most of his life near Madison. He studied art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, earning bachelor and master’s degrees from the institution. He taught studio art courses there from 1948 until retiring in 1982.
Wisconsin teammates Ryan Ramczyk and T.J. Watt, both first-year starters, on Monday were named to The Associated Press All-American team.
Noted: Garcia grew up on Milwaukee’s south side and attended WPCA’s youth arts programming. She is an alumna of Milwaukee Public Schools. Before joining WPCA, Garcia served as a program director at Partners Advancing Values in Education. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in English.
Five of the University of Wisconsin System’s longest-serving chancellors were awarded raises this week ranging from 4% to 6%, bringing their salaries to $220,000 to “help keep these leaders on par with their peers,” according to a UW System spokeswoman.
Quoted: The average scores of companies have risen every year as companies strive each year for improvement, said Tom Eggert, executive director of the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council.”Everybody’s continuing to push each other, and it’s really refreshing that we don’t have the same group all the time,” said Eggert, whose University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate students help coordinate the program.
Tuition is going up for thousands of students, faculty are unhappy about a perceived power shift on campuses, and the University of Wisconsin System will ask the state for $78 million to boost money available for pay raises by 2% each of the next two years.
The 15th edition of Curb Magazine, created by a University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism class, was released this week and is all about love in and of Wisconsin.
The attorneys of a former University of Wisconsin-Madison student who is facing multiple sexual assault charges are asking the court to remove his $200,000 cash bail.
A total of 53 student-athletes from the University of Wisconsin have received the honor of earning spots on the fall Academic All-Big Ten teams, the Big Ten Conference announced Wednesday.
The 15th edition of Curb Magazine hit the stands Monday. More than 10 thousand UW Madison alumni will receive a copy of the student-made magazine. It will also be available online and on the iTunes store. Students said they put the magazine together with the entire community in mind.
Every student and employee in the University of Wisconsin System would have to undergo online training on sexual violence and harassment issues under a plan that regents are expected to approve Thursday.
University of Wisconsin System regents are expected to approve raising out-of-state and graduate tuition and give employees raises.
University of Wisconsin officials met with the Associated Students of Madison to discuss the upcoming Black Cultural Center, which will open in the Red Gym in February.
Instead of writing traditional pen and paper letters to a pen pal in an elementary school classroom, school kids can connect with college athletes with software provided by the Chins Up Foundation in Madison.
Religion’s significant role on campus and across the state cannot be underestimated in order to gain a better appreciation for Wisconsin’s culture and climate, according to religious studies professors Corrie Norman, Susan Ridgely and Jordan Rosenblum.
South African scholar Mathodi Motsamayi arrived at UW-Madison in early November with hopes of networking with other scholars and raising awareness of his research during his one-month residency. With one week left, he said he believed his visit has been successful.
