One of the oldest trees on the University of Wisconsin campus will be chopped down because of advanced Dutch Elm Disease.
140-year-old tree to be cut down by city
Badger Herald
Author: Kelly Tyrrell
New seg fee rules in regentsâ?? hands
Badger Herald
The Committee to Review Allocable Segregated Fee Policies, composed of five University of Wisconsin System students and five UW System administrators, met for the fourth and final time yesterday to finalize recommendations for the segregated fee policy.
Smoking cause of Bedford fire
Badger Herald
The fatal fire that struck the home of University of Wisconsin students last week was caused by discarded smoking materials, the Madison Fire Department announced Tuesday.
Plant timeline must be adhered to
Daily Cardinal
The finalized agreement on the Charter Street coal plant provides a reasonable timeline for regular decreases in emissions, meaning the plant can no longer reasonably stonewall and subvert efforts to clean up local air.
First finalist for vice provost for diversity visits campus
Daily Cardinal
The first of three finalists for the position of UW-Madison Vice Provost of diversity and climate visited campus Monday night and discussed his role as a leader on diversity issues.
UW coal plant to reduce emissions by 15 percent
Daily Cardinal
An agreement finalized Monday between UW-Madison, the state and the Sierra Club requires the Charter Street Heating Plant to immediately reduce fuel emissions by 15 percent and re-evaluate alternative energy sources to avoid termination.
Forum about student funds draws frustration
Daily Cardinal
Students raised concerns and questions on changes to the segregated university fee policy Monday at a forum hosted by the university.
An epic milestone
Badger Herald
The debate surrounding embryonic stem cell research began in the late 1990s when University of Wisconsin researcher James Thomson first isolated the human stem cell. In the initial process, stem cells â?? some of which have potential to become any kind of cell in the human body and thus hold great potential for curing diseases such as Alzheimerâ??s and Parkinsonâ??s â?? were extracted from a human embryo, destroying it in the process.
Discovery highlights moral, scientific boundaries
Badger Herald
Last week, University of Wisconsin professor James Thomson and Japanese researcher Shinya Yamanaka discovered a method of isolating stem cells without the use, or destruction, of human embryos.
Plant must cut coal usage
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin and the state of Wisconsin reached an agreement Monday to reduce coal use 15 percent at the Charter Street plant by January.
UW names interim dean of continuing education
Badger Herald
After months of unfruitful searching, the University of Wisconsin named an interim vice provost for lifelong learning and dean of the Division of Continuing Studies Monday.
Students show concern regarding seg fee policies
Badger Herald
A large and passionate crowd of University of Wisconsin students and campus community members voiced their concerns in an open forum Monday to discuss proposed changes to the student segregated fee policy â?? a fee included in all studentsâ?? tuition.
Breakthrough should not end embryonic research
Daily Cardinal
A new breakthrough in stem cell research engineered by UW-Madison researchers is not only exciting news for scientists and patients, but has the potential to quell religious and political debates that have plagued the technology.
UW researchers discover new method to produce stem cells: Technique uses skin cells, not embryonic cells
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison researchers announced Tues. Nov. 20, the discovery of a new technique that reprograms skin cells to behave like embryonic stem cellsâ??cells scientists believe could be used to replace body tissues damaged by disease and trauma.
Religious groups favor new stem cell method: Controversy over embryonic cell research remains
Daily Cardinal
Anti-abortion groups in the state support the recent stem cell breakthrough at UW-Madison, although disagreements may intensify on other aspects of the research.
Researchers at UW-Madison announced early last week a technique that can make human skin cells revert to a state similar to embryonic stem cells. Anti-abortion groups Wisconsin Right to Life and Pro-Life Wisconsin oppose embryonic stem cell research and government funding for it.
Ill conceived
Badger Herald
According to a recently released state Legislative Audit Bureau report, 77 percent of University of Wisconsin System faculty did not take a single day of sick leave during the entire year of 2005.
UW examines sick leave concerns
Badger Herald
A special committee met earlier this month to address concerns that University of Wisconsin System faculty report less sick days than other state employees.
Professor suffers Russian mugging
Badger Herald
A University of Wisconsin professor has returned to the United States and is recovering from being drugged, robbed and dumped in a remote Russian park.
UW holding forum on segregated fees
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin students are encouraged to attend a forum Monday to discuss the changes in segregated fee policies â?? a fee included in all studentsâ?? tuition.
UW researcher unveils stem cell breakthrough
Badger Herald
A group of University of Wisconsin researchers announced last week they have successfully reprogrammed human skin cells into cells indistinguishable from embryonic stem cells.
UW Professor Says He was Drugged, Robbed in Russia
WKOW-TV 27
A UW Madison professor is back in the United States and recovering after being drugged, robbed and dumped in a remote Russian park.
UW-Madison Adopts Fair Trade Apparel
WISC-TV 3
Local retailers have helped the idea grow in Madison, and now University of Wisconsin-Madison is adopting fair trade apparel.
UW Files For Patent On Latest Stem Cell Research
WISC-TV 3
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation wants a patent on a discovery one scientist called the holy grail of stem cell research.
UW-Madison Professor Says He Was Drugged, Robbed In Russia
WISC-TV 3
A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor is back in the U.S> and recovering after being drugged, robbed and dumped in a remote Russian park.
Doug Moe: In praise of librarians
Capital Times
TONI SAMEK is not your mother’s librarian, but all things being equal, she wouldn’t mind being your daughter’s. That would indicate a future for librarians, an esteemed calling that inexplicably finds itself under fire from bean counters.
Fire safety near UW is top priority
Capital Times
Fire safety has become a top priority among city and campus officials in the wake of Sunday’s tragic blaze that claimed the life of a young man visiting his brother at an off-campus residence.
UW reports stem cell breakthrough
Capital Times
In a major advance, UW-Madison researchers say they have genetically reprogrammed human skin cells to create cells indistinguishable from embryonic stem cells.
Athletics should share the wealth
Daily Cardinal
The UW-Madison Athletic Department has increasingly become a separate entity from the rest of the university. This hurts everyone involved with the university including students, fans, donors and athletes.
UW first university in Midwest to distribute Fair Trade apparel
Daily Cardinal
The University Book Store announced the arrival of Fair Trade Wisconsin T-shirts Friday as part of a new university licensing agreement.
Recent armed robberies plague city
Daily Cardinal
The Madison Police Department responded to a report of an armed robbery Monday morning from the Badger Campus Credit Union, formerly the UW Employeeâ??s Credit Union, after several separate robberies had been reported the previous week.
University, city officials stress student fire safety
Daily Cardinal
In the wake of Sunday morningâ??s tragic blaze at 123 N. Bedford St., city and university officials continue investigating the cause of the fire and stress the importance of keeping up on fire safety codes.
UW professor pens new journalism encyclopedia
Badger Herald
A University of Wisconsin professor edited a journalism encyclopedia published Monday, collecting the works of several other UW professors and alumni.
Bedford Street blaze reminds tenants to check smoke alarms
Badger Herald
The Madison Fire Department has not yet discovered the cause of a Sunday morning blaze that killed a 23-year-old University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student near the UW-Madison campus, but investigators said the house had no working fire detectors.
Professors know what you REALLY did last summerâ?¦
Badger Herald
Dear Student, your professor added you as a friend on Facebook. We need you to confirm that you are, in fact, friends with your professor.
Regents committee votes to alter UW sick leave
Daily Cardinal
A committee of the UW System Board of Regents recommended altering the stateâ??s faculty sick-leave policy Friday, though nine UW campuses have said they are opposed to some of the possible changes.
UW student-run bus services ready for Thanksgiving travels
Daily Cardinal
As UW-Madison students prepare travel plans to get to and from Madison for Thanksgiving break this week, two student-run bus companies are providing convenient, low-cost services to get home.
One dead, three students injured from house fire
Daily Cardinal
A house fire early Sunday morning on Bedford Street left one dead and three UW-Madison students injured, according to Madison fire officials.
BTN revenue gives $6 mil. for athletics, scholarships, libraries
Daily Cardinal
Chancellor John Wiley and Athletic Director Barry Alvarez announced Friday that revenue generated from the Big Ten Network would be distributed to campus entities outside the UW Athletic Department.
Judge finds campus attacker guilty
Daily Cardinal
A judge found Antonio Popeâ??the man accused of two attacks on women near UW-Madisonâ??s campus last semesterâ??guilty of two felony counts of first degree sexual assault and kidnapping Friday, after Pope pled no contest to the charges.
Update: 1 dies in Bedford Street home
Capital Times
Investigators today were still trying to figure out the cause of Sunday’s campus area fire swept through a nearly 100-year-old house in a student residential neighborhood, which killed a young man who was visiting his brother and injured three others.
Want Big Ten sports? Get a dish
Badger Herald
Forcing cable providers to provide the Big Ten Network makes about as much sense as passing legislation that mandates McDonaldâ??s carry the Whopper. Not surprisingly, this is exactly what the state Legislature is considering.
First Lady touts new college access program
Badger Herald
Wisconsin educational leaders and future college graduates launched the KnowHow2GO College Access Campaign for Wisconsin Friday.
Two teens punch Union employees
Badger Herald
An innocent game may have turned violent at the Memorial Union Saturday when a building manager was allegedly punched and kicked several times by two young males.
Man pleads no contest in UW rapes
Badger Herald
A Dane County man was found guilty Friday of abducting and raping two female University of Wisconsin students in late 2006.
UW nets $6.1 million from BTN
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin will receive $6.1 million in royalties from the Big Ten Network by the end of the 2007-08 academic year, Chancellor John Wiley said Friday.
RIAA asks for more names
Badger Herald
A U.S. district judge granted the Recording Industry Association of America a subpoena Thursday allowing the company to request information on 56 University of Wisconsin System students accused of illegally downloading music.
Campus-area blaze leaves 1 dead, 3 injured
Badger Herald
An early Sunday morning blaze destroyed a house near the University of Wisconsin campus, leaving a UW-La Crosse student dead and three UW-Madison students with burn injuries.
Review: Young dancers power UW show
Capital Times
Good things appear afoot at UW-Madison’s Lathrop Hall.
A recent string of successful dance concerts, including one last month by Jin-Wen Yu Dance, continued Thursday night with the faculty’s fall program.
BTN flap fuels request: Pols want Bucky audited
Capital Times
Three state lawmakers are asking for an audit of the University of Wisconsin athletic department’s contract with the Big Ten Network.
Not just for women
Badger Herald
Laura Sheets, finance coordinator for the Campus Womenâ??s Center, would like to clear up a myth â?? the Womenâ??s Center is not just for women.
Picking up the pieces
Badger Herald
Following the fire at 505 N. Carroll St. Saturday, 30 students found themselves without clothes, books or a place to stay.
Madison lakes need cleaning
Daily Cardinal
Madison is a city that prides itself on its natural beauty. Most of this beauty comes from the five lakes surrounding the isthmus. Unfortunately, these lakes, which are locales of summertime activities and provide majestic vistas, also have foul odors and murky water unfit for swimming in.
Judge finds 34-year-old man guilty of battery, attempted sexual assault
Daily Cardinal
A judge found Paul Aud, the man accused of attacking a UW-Madison student in her Langdon Street building in August 2006, guilty of battery and attempted sexual assault Wednesday after several hours of emotional testimony.
Badgering gone awry
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin officials have spent a considerable amount of time and energy this semester expressing their displeasure with student behavior at Camp Randall Stadium.
Campus in need of communication, collaboration
Badger Herald
he MultiCultural Student Coalition is a dynamic group on campus that extends its services of diversity education to all students on campus with a specific emphasis on social justice and campus climate. This specific focus is meant to respond to students whose needs are often unmet or underdeveloped in an intuitional setting.
Attacker guilty in Langdon assault
Badger Herald
A judge found a Madison man guilty Wednesday of sexually assaulting a University of Wisconsin student in her Langdon Street apartment in August 2006.
Alvarez pushes for tax breaks
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez testified at a Capitol hearing Wednesday in support of a bill that would make donations for preferential seating at UW athletic events exempt from sales tax.
UW-Madison researchers identify biodiesel potential around the world
Daily Cardinal
By sifting through global agricultural data and economic indicators, UW-Madison scientists identified countries best positioned to enter the quickly growing biofuel marketplace.
Fast Talk in the Emergency Department
Daily Cardinal
n the extreme sport called emergency medicine, the patient and physician in the emergency room are locked in a crucial relationship that requires clear and fast communication. In the most severe events, just how well the patient-physician interaction works within the chaotic hospital environment plays a major part in the quality of care delivered to patients.
Tribe approval of mascots not enough
Daily Cardinal
All claims of deference and honor to indigenous populations aside, there are few things in sports more offensive than the caricatures of American Indians that populate a surprising number of college and professional logos.