The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee spent down more than twice as much money in fund balances as UW-Madison in the last fiscal year, and no longer has money set aside as a rainy day reserve, according to a report that the UW System Board of Regents will discuss at a meeting Thursday in Madison.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student was beaten and robbed inside her room at a residence hall on campus, university police said Monday.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police say they’re looking for a man who punched a teenage Hawkeyes fan in the face following the Badgers’ loss Saturday at Camp Randall.
Jason Kidd and his players felt right at home on the University of Wisconsin campus this week.
Three scientists from the U.S., Japan and China, including a University of Wisconsin-Madison alum, won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering drugs to fight malaria and other tropical diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people every year.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison would drop its cap on nonresident enrollment through 2020 while continuing its promise to save a minimum of 3,500 seats in each freshman class for Wisconsin residents, under a proposal to be considered next week by the UW System Board of Regents.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin researcher Anita Mukherjee published a paper in March evaluating whether private prisons save states money. She suggests one of the major issues with the system is contracts.
Quoted: Dr. Michael Fiore and Timothy Baker, tobacco researchers from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, wrote in a commentary in the journal that the study shows the potential for a policy to cut nicotine that “could help to end the devastating health consequences” of smoking.
Noted: Earlier this week, University of Wisconsin-Madison public affairs professor Donald Moynihan wrote that he hoped the new civil service reforms wouldn’t become a new Act 10. According to Moynihan, the approach Walker is taking in supporting the civil service modernization bill is “echoing the divisive tactics of Act 10.”
Noted: Wisconsin colleges and universities have produced 46 Rhodes Scholars since the program’s inception in 1903. Thirteen came from private colleges; 31 came from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Rhodes program usually draws students from private schools and big research institutions.
Matthew Desmond’s “genius grant” was made in Madison and Milwaukee. Desmond, 35, is a sociologist who earned his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and whose groundbreaking work on the impact of eviction on the urban poor came from his granular research in Milwaukee.
Russ Feingold may be the Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin in 2016, but it was U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) who dominated the stage Saturday when she laid out a liberal vision for the country in a rousing speech before hundreds of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been ranked 16th among all universities in the world for its number of venture capital-backed entrepreneurs by Pitchbook, a Seattle research firm for private equity and venture capital activity.
Quoted: The flight technology has advanced rapidly. Brian Luck, an assistant professor of biological systems engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison, has an aerial drone that someone could fly safely with little practice or training.
A new report from The Education Trust shows private colleges in Wisconsin generally do a better job of graduating low-income students than public universities, but at a significantly higher net cost to students and their families.
We’re told to work hard and play hard in order to succeed. But earlier this year I almost learned the hard way that unbridled demands on my time and energy could have fatal consequences.
Francis Halzen, a physicist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and leader of the giant neutrino telescope known as IceCube, has won the 2015 Balzan Prize, an award worth about $775,000.
Award-winning University of Wisconsin-Madison Physicist Francis Halzen will discuss The IceCube Project and the hunt for neutrinos at Marquette University’s annual George V. Coyne, S.J. Lecture at 4 p.m. on Oct. 1.
A bill banning certain types of research using fetal tissue from abortions and allowing others likely lacks the votes needed to pass the state Assembly, Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday.
Using a Jell-O-like substance and stem cells to create a structure that mimics human brain tissue, scientists in Wisconsin have offered a glimpse at how we may one day test the safety of both pharmaceutical drugs and commercial compounds.
More than one in four female undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who participated in a national survey said they had been sexually assaulted since entering college, often by a friend or acquaintance.
Work or play, it’s great to be a Badger. A number of recent rankings — both silly and serious — have placed the University of Wisconsin-Madison among the world’s best universities.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has announced a $22 million gift to elevate undergraduate engineering programs at the campus.
Noted: BioForward honored two of the state’s successful life sciences leaders: Hector F. DeLuca, a University of Wisconsin-Madison vitamin D researcher who has received more than 1,000 patents and developed 12 pharmaceutical products, received the inaugural Hector F. DeLuca Scientific Achievement Award. Through his work, DeLuca has touched the lives of virtually everyone at UW-Madison, and of millions of people around the world, said Carl Gulbrandsen, managing director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which does patenting and licensing for UW-Madison.
Noted: In May 2012, the Senate Finance Committee opened a bipartisan investigation into the financial ties and requested records from 10 organizations, including a University of Wisconsin-Madison group, as well as some individuals with financial ties to several companies that make opioids.
Noted: Reidar Aamotsbakken, who co-founded Swift with Heidenreich, is Cellara’s chief technology officer. Along with many other technical positions, he was previously director of the medical device program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Cellara, which is developing software for stem cell researchers, said in May it had raised $470,000 of funding.
The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate said Tuesday that he wants to pass a bill banning the sale of tissue obtained from aborted fetuses, but he doesn’t know yet how it would apply to research.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Meg Jones wore a GoPro video camera while playing with the University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni band – she played in the actual band many years ago – before Saturday’s game against Miami of Ohio at Camp Randall.
Noted: Unlike many states that are angling to be bioscience centers, Wisconsin has a good foundation. Between the University of Wisconsin-Madison — the state’s life sciences research juggernaut — and a consortium of schools in the Milwaukee area, universities here generate a strong talent pool and attract nearly $1 billion of research funding, Ernst & Young’s report says.
Noted: Reilly attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned a degree in political science with a certificate in environmental studies. He was interested in energy policy analysis. But this was in the early 1980s and there were few jobs in the field since the country was in a steep recession.
The University of Wisconsin System has eliminated 36 positions from administration and academic affairs offices as part of streamlining efforts to become more efficient and nimble, according to UW System President Ray Cross.
The state’s largest business lobbying group on Thursday came out against a bill banning research on tissue from aborted fetuses, further clouding the future of legislation key Republicans hope to pass this fall.
Quoted: While the results still need to published, it is clear that it is a landmark study that will change medical practice, said James Stein, a professor of cardiology and director of the preventive cardiology and advanced hypertension program at the University of Wisconsin – Madison Hospital and Clinics.
If you’re reading today’s Journal Sentinel story on the major discovery in South Africa of Homo naledi, and find yourself wanting to learn more about the newest member of our family tree, check out the documentary put together by NOVA and National Geographic.
When the guiding mission of the state’s public higher education system for more than a century was on the line in January, stunned educators accused Gov. Scott Walker of trying to kill the Wisconsin Idea in his proposed state budget. The debate drew national attention.
A 47-year-old man with a history of mental illness was arrested on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Thursday after attacking two people, stopping traffic and banging on vehicles, according to campus police.
Audio interview: In today’s Wisconsin Life, we’ll hear about a couple who started a second career after losing their jobs…they got into the ice cream business. And we’ll learn about the programs offered at UW-Madison for adult learners looking to continue their education.
When the guiding mission of the state’s public higher education system for more than a century was on the line in January, stunned educators accused presidential candidate and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker of trying to kill the Wisconsin Idea in his proposed state budget. The debate drew national attention.
Two Republicans dissented Wednesday on parts of a bill allowing certain types of research using fetal tissue and banning certain other types, falling short of blocking the proposal but provoking a surprised reaction from the committee’s GOP chairman.
The excitement had been building for weeks, first as Alia Gurtov responded to a Facebook post seeking skilled and “skinny” paleontologists, then as she learned she was one of six women chosen, and finally now, as she crept through a South African cave, approaching a new chamber believed to hold clues to our earliest history.
The University of Wisconsin’s ongoing adult education arm wants the authority to grant business degrees.
Research could continue in the state on longstanding lines of tissue derived from abortions but University of Wisconsin-Madison officials say some science could be hindered, under a bill that Republican lawmakers are poised to advance Wednesday
Noted: Authors Jay Smith is chairman of Teel Plastics Inc. and the president emeritus of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents. Kevin Conroy is chairman and CEO of Exact Sciences Corp. Both are members of the Board of Visitors for the Waisman Center at UW-Madison.
Even before the sun crept over the horizon, the streets of Fort Worth coursed red. Cardinal-clad Wisconsin Badgers supporters and crimson-adorned Alabama fans filled the streets, pooling at the Sundance Square plaza at the heart of downtown.
Corey Clement recalls the last game that piqued his interest as much as Wisconsin’s season-opener against No. 3 Alabama.
Editors’ note: In March 2014, students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison approved a $223 million referendum to overhaul the campus recreation facilities, badly in need of improvement. Since then, the recreation program has been busy planning, fundraising, vetting architects and much more. As the project progresses, Alex Peirce, UW-Madison Rec Sports Coordinator of Marketing and Communications, will be offering an inside look at the process of coordinating such a monumental planning effort.
Noted: CDI was founded in 2004 by stem cell pioneer James Thomson, who is also a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor. The company went public in 2013.
The high-stakes race to find a seat in a chemistry class at three University of Wisconsin System campuses began anew Wednesday with the start of another academic year. But one campus did get some good news in the new state budget approved over the summer.
Noted: The lead sponsor for both bills in the Assembly is state Rep. Andre Jacque (R-De Pere), who is also sponsoring a separate bill to ban the use of aborted fetal tissue in research at University of Wisconsin System.
Tuesday was a critical day for Wisconsin offensive linemen Hayden Biegel and Walker Williams.
Noted: GrocerKey is the brainchild of Jeremy Neren, who started an on-demand grocery service, Munchie Delivery, after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2005.
A University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee researcher in the School of Freshwater Sciences will use a portion of a new $20 million grant to study the effect that exposure to nanoparticles has on fish and animals.
A couple who worked their way through the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 1970s are donating $10 million to their alma mater for need-based scholarships and endowed faculty positions in the schools of education and business to help future students get a similar education.
There are different ways to measure how well children with incontinence are doing in overcoming the condition.
A Madison-based research hub devoted to evaluating the environmental effect of nanotechnology has received $20 million in National Science Foundation funding over the next five years.
Nearly 700 University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members have signed a letter to the editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel arguing that a bill being considered by the Legislature to ban the use of fetal tissue and cells would not only close off avenues of hope for patients, it would send a message to biomedical scientists and the biotechnology industry “that Wisconsin is no place to do business.”
Quoted: Menzie Chinn, an economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies world markets and China, said Walker is taking the wrong approach at a time of economic instability.
Noted: The Institute for Personalized Learning, housed at Cooperative Educational Service Agency #1, has received the grant from the Joyce Foundation to partner with University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers for the study, according to an announcement Monday.
A former Dane County assistant district attorney who serves as the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s director of community relations is facing criticism because he suggested that shoplifters at “big box” retailers with insurance should not be aggressively prosecuted.
Two hours after successfully escaping police custody, police say 21-year-old Sean M. Riemanapp decided he needed a ride.
