By the end of the work day, an estimated 100,000 phone numbers in Madison will be auto-dialed with a recorded message from comedian Bill Maher, talking about “the terrible things done to cats” during medical experiments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
By now, you?ve probably heard the inflammatory comments made by Lions center Dominic Raiola to the UW marching band at Sunday?s game. On Monday, the Detroit Lions said they were investigating the matter. And on Tuesday, Raiola issued an apology and will made a donation to the band.
Quoted: The $100 notes are also especially problematic because it?s the most forged American note, according to Lones Smith, an economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has studied counterfeiting. To make matters worst, the $100 notes ? both real and fake ? also last an average of eight years, longer than others, because they?re not used often.
Quoted: The homeless in Madison benefit from an exceptionally generous community and a fairly strong market for low-wage jobs, said Tim Smeeding, an economist and director of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez, all along considered a candidate for the first College Football Playoff selection committee, is expected to be named to that group.
Rodgers is scheduled to participate next Monday in a rally at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to raise awareness about the war in Congo and America?s connection to it.
Noted: Winners of certificates of merit in this year?s awards were the Wisconsin Energy Institute headquarters at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Glen Hills Middle School in Glendale. The awards were presented at the alliance?s annual conference, held at UW-Milwaukee.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been cleared to continue a research study involving cats after complaints that the animals were mistreated.
Amid Wisconsin?s biggest political protests in a generation, the top cops inside the state Capitol sometimes issued opposing orders as they struggled with moments of chaos and weeks of pressure, a new book reveals.In “A View from the Interior: Policing the Protests at the Wisconsin State Capitol,” University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Chief Susan Riseling describes resisting an order relayed by Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs to clear the Statehouse at a moment of high tension early in the protests.
A tick that hitched a ride in a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher?s nostril when he returned from Uganda last year may be a disease-carrying species that someday could pose a threat in the U.S.
A new book debuting Tuesday aims to help parents navigate the dangers and benefits of the Internet and social media, based on research at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison.
Noted: Sector67?s secret weapon: Many members of the Fauxrarri team are engineers and former members of the Wisconsin Hybrid (http://vehicle.slc.engr.wisc.edu/) and Formula Hybrid (http://fhybrid.slc.engr.wisc.edu/) teams at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: CDI was founded in 2004 by Dr. James Thomson, a pioneer in human pluripotent stem cell research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison alone received $620 million from federal taxpayers last year to fund some 4,000 research projects, said Kim Moreland, who heads the university?s grants and contracts office.
Noted: Shortly after taking office in 2011, Walker canceled plans to burn renewable biomass at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The school?s power plant had come under fire for high construction costs and other problems.
Madison Police may have shut down the notoriously rowdy, annual Mifflin Street Block Party, but binge drinking during Parents Weekend at the University of Wisconsin went viral this week on YouTube.
Quoted: “Without the shared planning and the cooperation of the state government, it?s much harder for them to be ready to implement this complicated law,” said Rachel Grob of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who has studied differences in how states are implementing segments of the law.
Today’s high school juniors and seniors still get phone calls and piles of brochures in the mail from colleges and universities across the country, but social media and technology are changing the recruiting game.
If Congress allows the government to shut down on Tuesday, the nations investments in scientific research and technological innovation will suffer irreparable harm, resulting in a loss of crucial projects, new technologies and jobs for Americans.
Quoted: The acquisition probably means that AT&T will have a more robust network in central Wisconsin, said Barry Orton, a telecommunications professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will use social media and a town hall meeting this week to raise awareness and address student and parent concerns about campus safety in the wake of multiple armed robberies near campus since the start of the school year.
There were numerous winners with local ties at last night?s Emmy Awards, chief among them Steve Levitan, creator of “Modern Family.”Levitan is a University of Wisconsin-Madison alum.But there was also another not remarked upon UW connection when James Cromwell won as best supporting actor in a miniseries or movie for “American Horror Story: Asylum.”
A University of Wisconsin student with a nickname of “Silo” is eating his way through school ? competitively.
It was a big night for TV with Wisconsin ties at Sunday?s 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards.”Modern Family,” created by Steve Levitan, who went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, won the Emmy again for best comedy series ? for the fourth straight year.
Fifty-one University of Wisconsin-Madison freshmen who aspire to be engineers aren?t sitting in a classroom this semester, listening to technical lectures and doing canned experiments.
Officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have issued an “all-clear” after gunfire near campus prompted a lock-down.
The robbery that led to a lockdown at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was not random, Madison police said Thursday.
The Pacific 12s decision Monday to reprimand the officials who worked Wisconsins two-point loss to Arizona State and admit the crew mishandled the final 18 seconds of the game did not surprise the UW players.
Milwaukee native Glen Pommerening?s political career took him all the way to Washington, where he served in the U.S. Department of Justice, but the relationships he built as a state legislator and Wisconsin sports fan kept him firmly rooted in the Badger State.
Gerald Kocken of De Pere bought his first telescope 15 years ago, and he didn?t stop there.
A fake Bucky Badger was spotted this week in the Capitol rotunda holding a sign that said: “Let Freedom Sing.”
Noted: Helping to educate cheesemakers about Hispanic cheeses is the University of Wisconsin Center for Dairy Researchs Luis Jimenez-Maroto, a native of Mexico City.
A private meeting last week between representatives of Marshfield Clinic, the University of Wisconsin System and UW-Stevens Point has sparked rumblings that the Marshfield Clinic may be trying to quietly build support for a controversial second dental school in Wisconsin.
Noted: Landau graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and after moving to San Francisco he was at various times a film distributor, author, playwright and member of the San Francisco Mime Troupe.
Noted: While offering a reduced price on Sept. 11 is more apt to offend someone than doing the same thing on Veterans Day, the Wisconsin golf club promotion could have been much worse, said Kathleen Culver, associate director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
It?s that time of year again, when college recruiters swarm high schools across the country, touting their latest college rankings to woo the best and brightest prospective students. At the same time, critics line up to tell high school students and parents why they should ignore the rankings.
On the same day that U.S. News & World Report announced college rankings, a different college list came out. CraftBeer.com announced 15 craft beer obsessed college football towns.
Wisconsin?s staff likely won?t know until later in the week whether fullback Derek Watt will be ready to play Saturday at Arizona State.
Wisconsin fans surely havent forgotten the days when the Badgers would have struggled to slow spread attacks even if they had tried to sneak a 12th defender on the field.
Tuition and housing arent the only financial headaches facing this years crop of college students ? add textbooks, which nationally cost students hundreds of dollars a year on average and continue to rise in price faster than inflation.
Wisconsin?s Derek Landisch is better prepared for his second college start than he was his first.
Locating Alex Erickson on the Wisconsin sideline Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium shouldnt prove too taxing.
Senior Jared Abbrederis, who remains Wisconsin?s only consistent threat at wide receiver, is poised to open the season as the No. 1 punt returner.
Among Montee Balls many strengths was his ability to handle an onerous workload.
Massachusetts isn?t exactly the first school that pops into your head when you think football tradition. But here are five football ? and other facts ? about UMass.
Charley Molnar?s first season as the head football coach at Massachusetts was an educational experience.
Wisconsin coach Gary Andersen hasnt been shy about experimenting with his personnel in an effort to get the teams best athletes on the field, even if their roles are limited or foreign.
Wisconsin?s depth chart for the opener against UMass on Saturday offers a few surprises.
Badgers beat writer Jeff Potrykus answered your questions about the football team.
Tyler Marz was given a limited but critical role on Wisconsin?s offensive line in 2012.
When Sojourn Shelton enrolled at UW last winter after graduating early from Plantation (Fla.) High School, his first thought wasn?t finding a place to warm up.
Lands Ends only stand-alone Canvas brand store, located near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, has closed after almost four years in business.
Aside from the daily documentation of each move made by Wisconsin?s quarterbacks, perhaps the most scrutinized unit during preseason camp was the offensive line.
Last August, Gary Andersen was preparing for his fourth season at Utah State, and Bret Bielema was preparing for his seventh at Wisconsin.
Gary Andersen hasn?t won a game as Wisconsin?s head coach.
Linebacker Chris Borland recently completed his fifth preseason camp at the University of Wisconsin, the first four under Bret Bielema and the last under Gary Andersen.
One of the more entertaining position battles during Wisconsins preseason camp probably drew the least attention:Conor ONeill vs. Derek Landisch.
One play, during a red-zone drill, doesn?t provide enough evidence from which to draw a definitive conclusion.
Tanner McEvoy still views himself as a player who delivers the football to others, preferably through the air.
During a coaching career that began in 1990 at Grand Rapids (Mich.) Community College, Jeff Genyk has worked with kickers and punters for eight seasons.
