A University of Wisconsin professor and her students have researched the lives of American soldiers for volunteers in France who are tending to the soldiers? graves.
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Sex assault in UW-Madison dorm investigated
Police are investigating a report of a sexual assault at a southeast campus residence hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus early Sunday.
Fans go the distance to be with Badgers
Maggie Clarke and Paul Krajewski of New Berlin and Gail and Ron Lange of Wauwatosa had tickets to go to the Masters.
UW’s Zach Bohannon has presidential hopes
Chances are good that Zach Bohannon will have no outward impact on the Wisconsin-Kentucky outcome Saturday night.
Badgers’ Frank Kaminsky becomes star in NCAA run
The most pertinent question asked in October about Frank Kaminsky was whether the junior would provide Wisconsin with a consistent inside presence to fill the void created by the departure of three seniors.
UW freshman Hayes disappointed with performance
Freshman Nigel Hayes placed a heavy weight on his shoulders after Wisconsin?s season ended Saturday with a 74-73 loss to Kentucky in the Final Four.
Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky was focus for Kentucky
Throughout the season, the Wisconsin Badgers were far from a one-man team, but when the NCAA Tournament came around, all 7 feet of Frank Kaminsky stood taller than the rest.
Badgers’ Final Four run ends in painful last-second loss
Wisconsin will return home without a national championship, without a storybook ending for head coach Bo Ryan.
Badgers don’t regret last shot vs. Kentucky
One by one, the Wisconsin players insisted they could live with their last shot against Kentucky.
Badgers will remember Final Four loss, but many highlights came first
Ben Brust had just completed his 124th game in a Wisconsin uniform.His last game at UW.
Shine Medical Technologies signs supply contract with GE Healthcare
Noted: A year later, the company forged a $20.6 million cost-sharing agreement that has the National Nuclear Security Administration providing half of the funding, with Shine, the Morgridge Institute and the University of Wisconsin-Madison providing the other half.
Yes, Bo Ryan was ready to coach basketball in the Big Ten
When Pat Richter was hired as athletic director in 1989, Wisconsin was as close to being a basketball school as Florida was to a hockey school.
Wisconsin Badgers fans dig deep for dream trips to Final Four
When Paula McAllister?s husband and son went to the Super Bowl to watch the Packers win the Lombardi Trophy a few years ago, she stayed home.
Early-out in 2013 NCAA tournament inspired Badgers’ 2014 run
Early-morning off-season training sessions can morph into an incongruous mix of heaven and hell.
3 UW-Madison students diagnosed with mumps
Three UW-Madison students have been diagnosed with mumps, but university officials say the cases do not appear to be related, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
High court case delays launch of new Aereo television service in state
Quoted: The company?s future depends on a favorable Supreme Court ruling, said Barry Orton, a telecommunications professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The left’s own law factories
In late April 2013, the American Federation of Teachers-Wisconsin chapter gathered for a post-election “workshop” on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Author David Maraniss to receive UW-Madison honorary degree
Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss will receive an honorary degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison at the spring commencement ceremony May 16.
UW 69, Baylor 52 – Wisconsin mauls Baylor to advance to Elite Eight
Unlike last week at the BMO Harris Bradley Center, Wisconsin didnt have 18,000 red-clad backers roaring in support every move made by Bo Ryans players.
Lovell is latest in series of exits from top UW System jobs
Michael Lovell?s departure from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will leave yet another gap in leadership within the UW System, and launch yet another costly search for a chancellor.
Michael Lovell’s move is a net gain for Milwaukee, business leaders say
While a shock to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the departure of highly regarded Chancellor Michael Lovell for the top post at Marquette University will prove to be a net gain for the area, business leaders said Wednesday.
Michael Lovell’s spirituality played role in choice to lead Marquette
Michael Lovell may not be a Jesuit. And he may not be a priest.
Faith drives UWM’s Michael Lovell to become Marquette’s president
Marquette University searched far and wide for its next president but ultimately found him across town.
Michael Lovell’s message to UW-Milwaukee students, faculty
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Michael Lovell released this statement to students and faculty Wednesday morning after Marquette University announce him as its new president.
Bio: Michael Lovell, incoming Marquette University president
A snapshot of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Michael Lovells career as he prepares to take over as president at Marquette University.
UW-Madison squad car video catches glimpse of meteor falling
There must be something about squad car cameras in Madison. They seem to be in the right place at the right time when celestial drama occurs.
Former GOP presidential candidate Huntsman to speak at UW-Madison
Former GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman Jr. will address graduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s commencement ceremony on May 17.
UW-Madison research casts doubt on whether soda taxes curb obesity
Extra sales taxes on soda may curb soda consumption, but that doesnt mean it reduces calorie intake, according to new research from health economist Jason Fletcher of the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Odds are now good that Wisconsin chemo drug bill will become law
Quoted: “I dont know that thats going to make a difference,” said David Kreling, who studies drug pricing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Ticket demand tepid for Wisconsin Badgers’ Sweet 16 game
Now that the Badgers have moved on to the Sweet 16, they?re losing their home-court advantage.
‘Brain gain’ is what Wisconsin needs to work on
Noted: The Wisconsin Applied Population Lab, part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, reports the state is already the 20th oldest out of 50. By 2020, 24% of the state will be 60 and older; by 2030, more than 27% will be 60-plus.
UW-Madison picks new pharmacy school dean
Steven M. Swanson, a professor of pharmacognosy at the University of Illinois at Chicago since 1998, has been named the new dean of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Walker appointee who is finalist for a top UW System post lacks college degree
One of the finalists for a top University of Wisconsin System post doesn?t have a college degree.
Fans in sea of red cheer UW to victory
It might as well have been Madison?s Kohl Center Thursday ? thousands of Badgers fans cheering for the home team as the Wisconsin band blared “On Wisconsin.”
Prodding officials about open government
Noted: Twice, UW officials pushed language seeking to create blanket exemptions for university research. You?d think that after one embarassing beat-down, they would have learned their lesson. Both measures were stopped in their tracks.
Drought conditions expected to continue
Noted: Despite the higher prices, farmers appear to be reluctant to expand production, according to the Dairy Situation and Outlook report issued by the University of Wisconsin-Madison this week.
Wisconsin’s plentiful civil rights collection to go on tour
Noted: Real earned her master?s degree and PhD in American history at UW-Madison and was part of a small group of volunteers who traveled to the South to collect the papers and memorabilia that started the civil rights archives in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin ‘dreamers’ deserve tuition equity
Noted: My dream was to study mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as try out for its track team.
UW-Madison fined $35,000 over care of research animals
University of Wisconsin-Madison is paying $35,000 in fines to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for violations related to the care of research animals, the university announced Monday in a release.
Public’s help sought in hunt for missing UW-Madison student
Madison police officers have asked for the public’s help in the search for a 21-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student who has been missing since Saturday.
Dominic Cizauskas, expected to sign with UW football program, charged with sexual assault
Mukwonago High School senior linebacker Dominic Cizauskas, expected to be a member of Wisconsin?s 2014 freshman class, has been charged with felony third-degree sexual assault by the Dane County District Attorneys? office.
No. 2 Wisconsin to play No. 15 American in Milwaukee
The NCAA Tournament venue should be familiar to Wisconsin?s players and coaching staff.
Veteran UW-Madison police official fired after investigation
A 17-year veteran of the UW-Madison police department has been fired over improper use of camera and computer equipment, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.
Honors likely for soldier buried with Germans following WWII
Quoted: Military forensics experts from Hawaii and Washington, D.C., likely will arrive in Madison within a month to observe the DNA analysis, said Josh Hyman, director of the UW-Madison DNA Sequencing Facility.
A smarter, ‘passive’ plan to fight CWD
Noted: Stacie Robinson and co-authors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Alberta-Edmonton reported in the journal “Ecological Applications” that 41% of deer from the CWD core area of Wisconsin demonstrated resistance to CWD.
UW-Madison to require Bangladesh producers of licensed merchandise to sign safety accord
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will require all companies in Bangladesh connected in any way to its licensed collegiate merchandise to sign and comply with an acccord aimed at improving worker safety standards.
Ice on Madison lakes thickest in more than a decade
The ice on Madison’s lakes this winter was the thickest in at least 13 years, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher.
Protest against “Indian” team name planned before Mukwonago state game
Noted: Paula Mohan, lecturer at the UW-Madison invites participants to be a part of a peaceful presence to call attention to the harm that race-based mascots can cause to native students throughout the state.
Milwaukee civil rights advocate Vel Phillips to receive UW-Madison distinguished alumni award
Velvalea “Vel” Phillips, the first African-American woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison law school, will be honored later this month with a Distinguished Alumni Award as the campus observes the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act.
Dynamic prof in wheelchair inspires $2 million gift to UW-Madison – JSOnline
Professors who change lives inspire their students to give back. And in many cases, those students give back money to their alma mater.
UW-Madison places 28th in World Reputation Rankings
Reputation is purely subjective, but University of Wisconsin-Madison officials will take this notoriety.
Frank Kaminsky nets first-team all-Big Ten honors
During Wisconsin?s 79-74 victory at Iowa last month, ESPN analyst Dan Dakich noted UW?s Frank Kaminsky was arguably the most improved player in the Big Ten.
Wisconsin study says untreated drinking water has more risk of illness
Noted: Uejio received his PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in environmental studies, where he worked on the study with other researchers from UW-Madison, the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation and the U.S. Agriculture Research Service.
Marquette could create public police department under bill
Noted: The measure wouldnt guarantee that Marquette would join public universities such as the University of Wisconsin-Madison and UW-Milwaukee in fielding sworn officers to keep the peace on campus ? that would ultimately be a decision Marquette would make together with existing law enforcement agencies.
Say awww: Pet therapy helps UW-Madison students cope with stressful exams
As elevators opened on the third floor of Dejope Residence Hall on a recent cold night, students walked out, glanced at the den windows and said, “Awww.”
Lake Michigan’s ice cover sets record; flooding feared
Noted: Flooding also could affect urban areas away from rivers. There is a potential for flooded basements, said Ken Potter, a civil and environmental engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW-Madison isn’t on this list — yet
U.S. News & World Report just came out with its list of most expensive state schools for out-of-state students.And while the University of Wisconsin-Madison isnt anywhere near the top of that list, the cost to attend UW for out-of-state students is likely to rise in the near future to a more competitive rate among Big Ten schools.
New Oscar Mayer iPhone alarm lets you wake to sound, smell of sizzling bacon
Quoted: “From a marketing standpoint it?s a really interesting way for Oscar Mayer to get themselves to the forefront (of the market) in particular with younger people,” said Don Stanley, faculty associate in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Shorewood school adds mindfulness training to improve student focus
Noted: In teachers, the practice can reduce stress and burnout and have ripple effects in the classroom, according to a study published last August by the University of Wisconsin-Madisons Center for Investigating Healthy Minds.
UW students OK $223 million plan to upgrade sports facilities
UW-Madison students have approved a $223 million plan to upgrade recreational sports facilities, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.