A decade ago, Thomas Murphy was a college dropout who used alcohol and drugs to deal with undiagnosed depression. Now he?s back at UW-Madison, where he co-leads a chapter of Active Minds, a national student-run group promoting open conversations about mental illness.
A week after I spent a delightful morning with Fred Cassidy in the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) offices on the UW-Madison campus, in September 1999, he sent me a card that ended, “On to Z!”
Amid controversy and student protests, University of Wisconsin Interim Chancellor David Ward announced Friday he will conduct a thorough investigation into allegations of labor rights violations brought against Adidas.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison celebrates Founders Day Monday, marking its 163rd anniversary.
UW-Madison Athletic Department officials are hoping a $76.8 million project to enhance Camp Randall?s academic and training facilities for student athletes will make Wisconsin more accommodating for athletes and enticing for prospective ones.
By the end of this month, Chancellor David Ward might be lucky enough to receive a freshly-baked cake from his friends at the Student Labor Action Coalition.
In an ongoing conflict over labor violations by a company subcontracted by Adidas, the sports giant released a response Thursday denying liability for $3.4 million in severance pay owed to more than 2,800 workers.
Due largely to feedback from students, the University of Wisconsin is changing the way it administers placement tests in order to give students more time to focus on the advising process and registering for classes.
The University of Wisconsin recently announced plans to renovate housing for graduate students, all of whom will have to move out before the project begins in 2014.
Following heated debate, members of a branch of the University of Wisconsin student government voted in favor of a fine of $2,205.87 for the Multicultural Student Coalition following the organization?s third incident of a wage violation.
Officials at University of Wisconsin-Parkside say there will be consequences for the person responsible for recent hate crimes on campus.
Officials at University of Wisconsin-Parkside are promising quick action against anyone responsible for recent hate crimes on campus.
Madison?s Housing Committee voted Wednesday to reject an ordinance aimed at curbing nuisance parties.
The University of Wisconsin Foundation?s endowment grew by 20.7 percent between fiscal year 2010 and 2011 bringing it to a total of $1.87 billion dollars, according to a report released this week.
Every four years, professors from the art department step away from studios, critiques and syllabi and into the spotlight at an exhibition in the Chazen Museum of Art. The first faculty show to be exhibited in the new expansion is Compendium 2012: Art Department Faculty Exhibition. Opening with a preview reception Friday night, Compendium 2012 showcases the work of 34 current faculty and staff artists and 12 emeritus professors, spanning the temporary exhibition galleries in both the Chazen and Elvehjem buildings.
A University of Wisconsin professor broke down the complex relationship between environmental issues and mass media in a lecture Wednesday night at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
A group of University of Wisconsin law students is preparing to travel across the United States as part of a nationwide effort to provide legal assistance to non-profit groups.
A small audience said they were satisfied with a UW committee?s newly proposed unified university disaster management plan to respond to a variety of potential hazards at an open meeting Tuesday.
In less than two years, students can expect a newly renovated Camp Randall stadium, which will include a three-story addition to create facilities for student athletes to train and study.
A University of Wisconsin group working to develop a campus-wide plan to react to possible disasters held an open house on Tuesday aimed at gathering students? ideas and feedback on the plan.
After receiving $5.8 million in funding from the National Institute of Health alone this past year, the University of Wisconsin?s Department of Surgery was recently ranked 12th among all academic surgery departments in the country for research dollars coming into the school from NIH.
It?s expected to be the new hub for all University of Wisconsin student athletes. What is being titled ?Athletic Village” will cost nearly seventy-seven million dollars.
A small explosion in a Chemistry Building laboratory Monday morning injured one UW Staff member when a distillation apparatus shattered, sending out shrapnel and starting a fire.
A planning team consisting of University of Wisconsin staff and consultants are in the middle of a two-year Federal Emergency Management Agency-funded grant to develop a Disaster-Resistant University plan for the Madison campus and outlying properties. The goal of this plan is to help mitigate and minimize potential damage from natural, technological or political hazards or disasters.
A postdoctoral student sustained minor lacerations to the fingers and neck after an explosion and a small fire in the University of Wisconsin Chemistry Building Monday morning.
City and campus leaders explored outstanding issues regarding the construction of a 14-unit student apartment building on the University of Wisconsin campus at a meeting Tuesday night.
A student government committee examined several potential measures Monday night to protect student tenants following recent updates to the proposed Madison Nuisance Party Ordinance.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students can get a jump start on their career with a special event Tuesday.
Madison, Wisconsin ? At 9:34 AM UW Madison Police Dispatchers received a 911 call about a small explosion that happened in a laboratory on the 6th floor of the UW Madison Chemistry Building. Officers from the UW Madison Police Department and Madison Fire Department responded to assist a UW Staff member who had been injured as a result of the explosion.
To a person without a disability, the life of a person with one is nearly impossible to truly comprehend.
By now, everyone has heard that Senior Associate Athletic Director John Chadima resigned after he allegedly sexually assaulted a student employee at a Rose Bowl party. Quickly forgetting the fact that senior athletic officials, including Athletic Director Barry Alvarez, knew of other parties, the athletic department and university handled the situation well. An investigation was completed and released in a timely fashion, and offices are considering multiple alcohol policy changes.
Following the alleged sexual assault of a student by an athletic official after a night of drinking at the Rose Bowl, UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward said Friday departments campus-wide need to review their off-campus alcohol policies.
In front of a record-setting crowd, the Wisconsin women?s hockey team continued to make plain why it?s considered the nation?s best week in and week out.
President Obama released his blueprint for higher education reform Friday which hopes to address the rising costs of tuition across the nation.
The allegations of assault leading to John Chadima?s resignation from the University of Wisconsin?s athletic department earlier this month are prompting a re-evaluation of current alcohol policies on campus.
A national council has filed suit against the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents for refusing to comply with requests to access course syllabi across the UW System?s four-year campuses.
The additional $25.5 million UW-Madison will have to cut over the next two years is already having a major impact on campus, and one of the most tangible ways in which students will feel the cuts is the elimination of 29 for-credit physical education classes after 2012.
As students return to school and head to their routine destinations on campus, they will find one of the campus?s most beloved locations has undergone some changes.
A claim from UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez that former chancellor Biddy Martin attended a past Rose Bowl party hosted by former athletics official John Chadima is disputed.
Chancellor David Ward asked campus officials to examine UW-Madison?s sexual assault reporting process and alcohol policies Wednesday, addressing gaps identified in a recent report that revealed sexual assault allegations against former associate athletic director John Chadima.
On Jan. 10, without notice, the 150-year old oak tree next to the Union Theater was removed. The tree, as well as the glass box theater addition and the ultimate financing of the entire renovation, have stirred a year-long debate. Looking back at the Memorial Union building?s 84-year-long history, the fuss is nothing new.
University of Wisconsin Athletics Director Barry Alvarez released a statement Wednesday on the allegations against former UW Athletics administrator John Chadima:
Officials said referral to authorities of former UW senior athletics official John Chadima?s alleged sex assault at a Rose Bowl party was up to the victim.
The Penn State scandal certainly caught the attention of officials at Wisconsin, compelling them to review and reinforce protocols for reporting sexual assaults and think about how they might handle a scandal of their own.
University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez issued a statement on Wednesday saying that he was disappointed in the “highly inappropriate behavior” of former athletic department official John Chadima and that he wasn?t aware beforehand of a party where Chadima was alleged to have inappropriately grabbed a student.
Officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison said they are reviewing their policies after a report was released detailing allegations that an Athletic Department official grabbed a student?s crotch at an alcohol-fueled party during the football team?s trip to the Rose Bowl.
Madison could lose the WIAA state basketball tournament as Green Bay puts on a full court press to host the games.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison this year ranks third among large universities nationwide in the number of alumni currently serving as Peace Corps volunteers, up from eighth last year.
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have renamed their newest Earth-observing satellite after Verner Suomi, a longtime professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who often is called the father of satellite meteorology.
Wisconsin ranks among the top states in defunding public higher education, a new report shows.
Senior athletic official John Chadima?s allegedly sexually assaulted a student employee during a Rose Bowl party in his hotel suite, a UW-Madison report revealed Tuesday.
Five University of Wisconsin classes have gone digital, and are joining forces with other large universities around the country in an eText pilot program this semester.
While students were away during winter break, the first phase of the Memorial Union Reinvestment Project continued to make progress as the Board of Regents and State Building Commission unanimously approved the project.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has released a report by an independent panel into the alleged misconduct by former UW Athletics administrator John Chadima.
A University of Wisconsin student alleged that an athletic department official grabbed his crotch at an alcohol-fueled party during the football teams trip to the Rose Bowl, according to an independent report released by the school on Tuesday night.
A University of Wisconsin student alleged that an athletic department official grabbed his crotch at an alcohol-fueled party during the football team?s trip to the Rose Bowl, according to an independent report released by the school on Tuesday night.
More than 2,700 people are expected in Milwaukee from Wednesday through Saturday for the Wisconsin EMS Association conference at the Frontier Airlines Center.
Additional cuts to the University of Wisocnsin System and expected tuition hikes pose a threat to the reputation of campuses state-wide, UW System President Kevin Reilly said.
An independent review team met with University of Wisconsin-Madison Interim Chancellor David Ward on Monday and delivered its final report outlining its analysis of the misconduct allegations against former senior associate athletic director John Chadima.
A Wisconsin man who killed his mother and staged her death as an accident has been sent to prison for life.
