While violent political upheaval and rioting in Egypt continues to intensify, the six University of Wisconsin students studying abroad in Alexandria were safety evacuated to Prague, Czech Republic, Monday.
The Big Ten Network will air a new television show produced by UW-Madison to showcase the success of the Chinese Champions Program.
Associate Director of UW-Madison?s La Follette School of Public Affairs Donald Moynihan has been elected to the Policy Council of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.
The UW Foundation grew by 13 percent between June of 2009 and June of 2010, after falling 23 percent the previous year according to a study done by the National Association of College and University Business Officers and the Commonfund Institution.
Have the inevitable discussion about rising tuition with one of your well-informed peers, and chances are they?ll read you a veritable riot act of legislative abuses that the state?s flagship school did nothing to deserve: prison spending now totals roughly three-quarters of education funding, and state support of UW-Madison, currently hovering around 18 percent, is at an all-time low.
The University of Wisconsin Athletic Board weighed the issues of NCAA standards for academic ineligibility and the possibility of screening students for sickle cell in the future on Friday.
Recent University of Wisconsin research results may disappoint residents looking for signs of the apocalypse in the deaths of 200 cows in central Wisconsin earlier this month.
The University of Wisconsin has seen a drastic increase in the amount of private funds flowing into programs on campus though UW Foundation.
With the due date for the New Badger Partnership Advisory Committee?s recommendations for the chancellor quickly approaching, members worked to solidify a final document of principles for the Faculty Senate?s consideration.
As political protests in Egypt become increasingly violent, University of Wisconsin officials are bringing students currently studying abroad in Egypt home and have indefinitely suspended programs scheduled to depart for Cairo later this week.
Residents of the State-Langdon Neighborhood Association debated the potential height of the proposed remodeling of the St. Paul Catholic Student Center and Residential College Thursday.
The UW-Madison Morgridge Center for Public Service has given $334,739 to UW-Madison education, environment and health faculty through 11 matching grants.
To provide more support for underserved students, the Morgridge Center for Public Service at the University of Wisconsin awarded 11 grants totaling $334,739 to faculty members launching community-based service learning projects.
Representatives from State Street?s St. Paul Church diffused worries about the possible height of the faith-based residence hall at a State-Langdon neighborhood meeting Thursday.
A Republican-supported bill to crack down on voter fraud by requiring photo identification to vote is drawing ire from Democrats and other organizations who claim the bill would do more harm than good.
A proposal for a four-story building aimed at young professionals and families for Mifflin Street has created a growing student outcry asking a city commission to keep the tradition of student housing at Mifflin alive.
University Health Services has launched a drop-in counseling program in an effort to remove barriers for UW-Madison students who need help, but may not be inclined to seek traditional counseling services.
Dr. William Clancy, who developed ACL and PCL reconstruction techniques now used worldwide, is returning to the UW-Madison community to treat student athletes and serve as the new chair of the sports medicine division at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
After officials from both the University of Wisconsin and the Beijing Sport University hailed the Chinese Champions Program a success, the decision to extend the program for an additional three years will coincide with the release of a film documenting the athletes? experiences.
Only weeks after Time Magazine named the University of Wisconsin the nation?s ?most buzzed about university,? another publication has ranked UW as the fourth most influential college on Twitter, closely following Stanford, Syracuse and Harvard.
Following up on his promise to cut wasteful spending, Gov. Scott Walker issued an executive order Friday requiring Cabinet secretaries to meet with state workers to identify instances of fraud, waste and abuse.
A group of UW-Madison researchers received approximately $4.7 million from the United States Department of Agriculture to educate regional K-16 students in energy and ecosystem concepts as well as oversee the students in leading their own bio-energy research.
UW-Madison researcher James Thomson has been named co-winner of the King Faisal International Prize for Medicine for his continuing work to advance stem-cell research.
As issues of sustainability and alternative energy sources continually enter political discourse and influence local and national policymakers, a team of University of Wisconsin professors has received a $4.7 million grant to fund sustainability education programs in rural Wisconsin.
While the lasting positive effects of having a true mentor are hard to quantify, President Barack Obama?s decision to award a University of Wisconsin professor for his mentoring efforts provides recognition for years of a job done well.
Plans to build a biomass boiler on the University of Wisconsin campus were nixed Thursday, leaving proponents of the plan dismayed at the loss of a potential new energy industry in the state.
With budget cuts likely for county and university services throughout the next several years, the candidates for the highest office in Dane County have a wide range of opinions on how the county should interact with the University of Wisconsin.
Morgridge Institute and University of Wisconsin researcher Jamie Thomson recently received the King Faisal International Prize in Medicine for his groundbreaking stem cell research, a prize that often marks a stepping-stone on the road to a Nobel Prize.
As Wisconsin?s projected budget deficit approaches $3 billion, the UW System is preparing for significant cuts in coming years.
Would you jump off a bridge because everyone else did? What about walk in the street? It turns out doing both could be dangerous.UW-Madison officials have launched a campaign asking pedestrians not to walk in the street when avoiding construction of the new School of Human Ecology building on Linden Drive.
Around this time last semester, the University of Wisconsin administration introduced the idea for the New Badger Partnership, an equivocal vision of the university?s future, to the campus.
As most students rush to learn and review course material for finals, University of Wisconsin winter 2010 graduates have finally earned the right to whisper their deepest aspirations in Abe Lincoln?s ear atop Bascom Hill.
For the first time, a new case manager will be able to provide University of Wisconsin students with more complex mental health issues multifaceted social and academic support while remaining on campus.
On Friday, the Board of Regents voted to request a 2 percent pay increase for faculty and academic staff at all UW System institutions, at the behest of UW President Kevin Reilly. This will be a part of UW?s budget request to the Legislature.
A department on the University of Wisconsin campus dedicated to educating faculty and staff on effective technology use has a new director, UW?s Division of Information Technology announced Friday.
Books are not often thought of as an art form. Then again, these are not mere books.The compendiums slaved over by monastic scribes in candlelit halls were not merely text upon paper. Illuminated manuscripts were carefully crafted, elaborately decorated pieces of medieval artwork. And while these European gilded texts were crafted for elite patrons, they?ll soon be on display for all to see at the Chazen Art Museum.
While the holiday season signals the appearance of a wide range of activities meant to give back to the community, few can claim they spent 43 years donning a red Santa suit to greet children in the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics.
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics halted efforts to offer second trimester abortions at the Madison Surgery Center, citing the safety and privacy of patients as the main reason, officials announced Monday.
In the newest installment of the ongoing saga between the University of Wisconsin and a Catholic student group, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents filed a request with the United States Supreme Court to appeal funds allocated to the UW student organization for religious activities.
A University of Wisconsin alumus who played a pivotal role in the construction of a World War II Memorial will address UW graduates at both ceremonies on Sunday, Dec. 19, UW officials announced Friday.
Students and community members gathered to celebrate the success of one University of Wisconsin department?s college-bound technology education academy, which dramatically increases students? success after college and teaches essential study skills.
With the Rose Bowl only 19 days away, the University of Wisconsin?s Athletic Director clarified UW?s ticket distribution policy at Friday?s Athletic Board meeting.
After a semester spent experiencing all Madison has to offer, the eight members of the 2010 Chinese Champions program are heading home to Beijing.
Joe McCormick, future owner and developer of the building at 640 N. Henry St., and Randy Bruce, a partner in the Knothe & Bruce architecture firm, presented revised renovation plans for the current home of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity at a neighborhood meeting Wednesday.
Vice Chancellor of Admissions Darrell Bazzell, Assistant to Chancellor Don Nelson and Dean of Students Lori Berquam responded to an ASM request to have input on the Badger Partnership at the open forum section of the Associated Students of Madison meeting Wednesday night.
The UW-Madison Athletic Department was ranked No. 10 in the country for the most revenue generated among college athletic departments nationwide in 2009-?10.
Like so many other issues, Chancellor Martin?s new Badger Partnership proposal all boils down to one thing: Money. Or, rather, a lack thereof. Over the past 10 years, the amount of UW Madison?s budget coming from the state has declined at least 10 percentage points. That translates to millions of dollars. Now throw in multiple years of economic woes and the overwhelming election of state government officials who do not place higher education funding high on their priority list and you have the perfect context for administrative turmoil and uncertainty about the future. Whatever happens, one thing is for sure: Tuition is going to increase. In an attempt purported to minimize that increase, Biddy has proposed the Badger Partnership, which would partially sever this great institution from the state. In almost any other context, this plan would have virtually no chance of being adopted. However, given the current environment, it could very well represent the best hope for the university.
A hacker exposed the Social Security numbers and names of 60,000 University of Wisconsin students earlier this fall, University of Wisconsin officials announced Thursday night.
Wisconsin officially lost its high-speed rail money following an announcement by the U.S. Department of Transportation Thursday.
A University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents committee approved a recommendation for a 2 percent pay increase for UW System employees during a meeting on Thursday.
By publishing a list of 38 names in a 100-word anonymous opinion piece, The Badger Herald garnered national media attention and over 1,0000 website comments Monday.
Attention all former high school over-achievers: Your past honor roll status has effects past college admission, according to a UW-Madison study.
She spent years in hiding, forging papers and fleeing imprisonment in Nazi Germany. Expelled from high school for her Jewish heritage, she fled Germany and ultimately landed in Madison. Now after her death, Vera Croner is giving almost $500,000 to UW-Madison.
Some people have been raised with gospel music as a significant part of their lives. Others were not introduced to the style until ?Sister Act? took the screen in the ?90s ? their experience with the soulful genre continuing to develop in the new millennium with 2005?s so-so film ?The Gospel? (Rob Hardy), or even Christina Aguilera?s track ?Makes Me Wanna Pray? on Back to Basics. Regardless of background, the University Gospel Choir in Madison is one fun, safe space for anyone on campus who possesses the singular, internal spark of musical joy.
An ongoing research study done on the University of Wisconsin campus for the past 50 years is now being called the seminal study on the ?baby boomer? generation by its researchers.
After gathering feedback from University of Wisconsin students and staff, UW?s Division of Information Technology upgraded UW?s web based e-mail system to make it more user-friendly for next semester, DoIT announced Tuesday.
As the local spring primaries draw nearer, two new competitors entered the races Tuesday for Dane County executive and mayor of Madison.
The University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly has proposed a 2 percent pay increase for UW System employees for the next two years.
The UW-Madison Faculty Senate discussed the 2009-?10 annual reports for Public Representation Organization of the Faculty Senate (PROFS INC.) and the Recreational Sports Board Monday.
By publishing a list of 38 names in a 100-word anonymous opinion piece, The Badger Herald garnered national media attention and over 1,0000 website comments Monday.
