Noted: The drug Co-D is developing, called Triolimus, was developed by professor Glen Kwon at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It contains three proven anti-cancer agents in a nontoxic, nanoparticle carrier, the company said. Patients with the blood vessel cancer, called angiosarcoma, have an average survival rate of less than a year.
Quoted: Barry Burden, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor, said the Marquette and MMAC polls were limited in different ways.
Noted: She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a bachelors of nursing in 1977. She earned a masters in nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1996.
Quoted: Whatever Marchionni’s reasons for working mainly in New York rather than the Lands End headquarters in Dodgeville, the arrangement poses issues, said Hart Posen, a professor of management and human resources at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Members of the Nepal Student Association at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are brainstorming on how to help relatives and friends in the aftermath of the earthquake that has killed 3,700 in their home country.
With 15 spring practices in the books, Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst possesses a better handle on the football team he will lead into the 2015 season.
Where some see a tech bubble, University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student Sam Jacobsen sees opportunity.
When Jay Gallagher saw the first fuzzy image, he figured the camera simply needed focusing.
Noted: Students at the University of Wisconsin, Madison; Oregon State University; and other campuses around the country also make beer on campus.
While he’s still hurting from the defeat that ended his career with the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball program, there have been some moments over the past two weeks that have put a smile on the Josh Gasser’s face.
An economic recovery dominated by the creation of low-wage jobs means that the percentage of Wisconsin residents living in poverty rose in 2013 despite increases in employment, says a new report by the Institute for Research on Poverty at UW-Madison.
Police at UW-Madison are working toward becoming the latest Wisconsin law enforcement agency to equip officers with body-mounted cameras, and will hold public forums to solicit feedback on how the department should use the technology.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department has scheduled two public forums on the use of body cameras by its officers, the Wisconsin State Journal reported Tuesday.
Despite modest improvement in employment, poverty rose slightly in Wisconsin between 2012 and 2013, according to a study released Tuesday by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
A lively debate underway in Wisconsin and across the nation questions the value of public research universities to the state taxpayers who help support them. This debate indicates that many do not understand the role these universities play in driving innovation and keeping the state and U.S. competitive.
Noted: “We believe the deal flow in Wisconsin is more than sufficient,” said David Guinther, a founding member of WISC Partners, an early stage fund launched by UW-Madison graduates who made their mark in Californias Silicon Valley. “Ive seen amazing changes in our ecosystem in Wisconsin since I came back five years ago.”
One philosophical difference between Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst and his predecessor, Gary Andersen, has emerged this spring.
Quoted: Despite the UW System budget cuts now before the Legislature, he remains optimistic. As he said in December, after being named chancellor: “The best test of leadership is tough times.”
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will eliminate about 400 positions, most of them vacant, and will close or restructure several academic programs across campus over the next two years in response to anticipated state budget cuts, Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced on her blog Friday.
A crime warning was issued Friday to University of Wisconsin-Madison students after campus police were notified of an attempted sexual assault of a student at a residence hall.
Two state senators are requesting a public hearing to learn more about the impact Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget would have on University of Wisconsin campuses across the state.
Carl Gulbrandsen, who since 2000 has led the organization that commercializes the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s research, will retire early next year, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation said Thursday.
Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan had received a scouting report on Khalil Iverson from his staff.
Perhaps the most important decision Paul Chryst made not long after agreeing to leave Pittsburgh and return to Wisconsin as head football coach was to retain Dave Aranda as UW’s defensive coordinator.
The painful sight of Sam Dekker sobbing in front of his locker minutes after Wisconsin’s loss to Duke in the national championship game in Indianapolis evoked memories of J.J. Watt’s tearful reaction to UW’s loss to TCU in the 2011 Rose Bowl.
Wisconsin’s ninth practice of the spring ended abruptly and with eerie silence Sunday afternoon at Camp Randall Stadium.
While going through her mother’s belongings after her death five years ago, Cathy Sandeen found a symbol of what can happen in one generation because of higher education.
A 22-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student suffered a broken jaw after police say he was sucker-punched near campus early Sunday.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents finalized tuition increases for nine campuses on Friday, and pushed back against a key lawmaker who blasted UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank for proposing a 35% tuition increase over four years for nonresident undergraduates.
Noted: A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and UW-Madison’s law school, she worked for the federal government before providing legal counsel to former governor Tony Earl. She has been an executive at Miller Brewing and Kraft Foods and also directed the Department of Employee Relations at the City of Milwaukee.
Frank Kaminsky did not help Wisconsin win the national title he and his teammates so desperately wanted.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s four-year plan to raise tuition for nonresident undergrads and professional schools won tentative approval Thursday from a Board of Regents committee.
Two University of Wisconsin-Madison experts on higher education affordability said Wednesday that a plan to increase nonresident undergraduate tuition by $10,000 over the next four years at the states flagship campus likely would reduce the number of lower- and middle-class students from other states and raise the stakes for attracting wealthy students.
Sensing that too many of his players werent executing at the level he expects, Wisconsin head coach Paul Chryst delivered a stern and passionate post-practice speech.
Among the masses watching Monday nights NCAA final, a very select few remembered the last time the Badgers played in the national basketball championship.
Sam Dekker sat in his stall in the Wisconsin locker room, his uniform still on, and, between sobs and sighs, tried to explain as well as he could why the Badgers failed in their quest to win a national championship.
Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan delivered a poignant message to his players minutes after the most bitter defeat of the season, a defeat they may never forget.
Watergate historian Stanley Kutler, who successfully fought for the release of President Richard Nixons secret tapes, has died in Wisconsin. He was 80.
University of Wisconsin-Madison historian Stanley Kutler wasnt content to merely write about history. He made it, too.
Dean of Students Lori Berquam released a proposal Monday detailing a tuition increase for nonresident and international undergraduate students and for several graduate programs at UW-Madison.
No one in the Wisconsin locker room was ready. Not one.
One of most historic seasons in Wisconsin men’s basketball history ended in not-so-great fashion for the Badgers, as they fell to Duke 68-63 in Monday night’s national championship game.
The best season in Wisconsin men’s basketball history will end on the most disappointing of notes.
The package deal has delivered Duke another national championship.
Madison police said five people were arrested on State Street after the Badgers lost to Duke in the NCAA Championship game Monday night.
More than a dozen employees and volunteers at the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County are singing the praises of their boss tonight.
It has been quite the journey for the Badgers and for their fans. Despite the outcome, fans who traveled to Indianapolis for the Championship game say its a season they’ll never forget.
Police said there were no major issues Monday night as fans filed out of the bars on State Street following the Badgers loss to Duke.
The Wisconsin Badgers are devastated after their loss in the NCAA Mens Basketball Championship Game.
The last time the Badgers played in an NCAA championship basketball game, the mascot wasnt named Bucky and the most popular winter sport wasnt basketball, according to fun facts released Monday by UW-Madison in advance of the Badgers showdown tonight with the Duke Blue Devils.
Quoted: “One side is fundamentally rewriting the rules,” says political scientist Ken Mayer of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Faced with the prospects of state budget cuts and two more years of a tuition freeze for in-state undergraduates, nine University of Wisconsin System campuses will seek permission this week to raise nonresident, international, graduate and professional school tuition by as much as 20%.
Badgers fans had staked out seats in taverns, the Memorial Union and other spots with the expectation of seeing Wisconsin beat Duke on Monday night in the NCAA men’s basketball championship game in Indianapolis.
Final Four heartbreak. A remarkable season — arguably the most memorable in the history of the Wisconsin basketball program — ended in the same gut-wrenching manner as last season.
With the need to balance budgets and an aversion to increasing taxes, several states, including our own, are looking to cut back on spending for public universities. The time is right for a thoughtful discussion about the costs associated with higher education. It’s too bad we have near hysteria, instead.
As much as he tries to keep the snapshot in storage — under lock and key so no one can find it — Wisconsin guard Josh Gasser occasionally recalls Kentucky’s final shot against the Badgers in the 2014 national semifinals.
The pain of defeat was obvious in Nigel Hayes eyes, his body language and his words.
Wisconsin teammates Sam Dekker and Frank Kaminsky weren’t waving green and white pom-poms but they noticed fellow Big Ten Conference member Michigan State secured a Final Four berth Sunday.
Wisconsin enters the Final Four boasting the most efficient offense in the country.
Two campuses within the University of Wisconsin System announced Tuesday they are offering employees a voluntary retirement buyout with a one-time payout equal to 50% of an employees annual base salary.
