Dina Marieâ??s dorm is wallpapered by Bob Dylan and Rolling Stones posters and photographs of her friends and family smiling. When her boyfriend from France calls, Dina Marieâ??s face lights up and her voice switches from English to French. Dina Marie looks like a happy UW-Madison student.
“Are you going to give me my calculus notes?â? Dina Marie asked the man who had just sexually assaulted her. He was about to let her out of his car onto campus. He had already handed over her purse after rummaging through it. She took her notes, which had been lying on the back seat.
The UW System has significantly reduced the online availability of salary data for faculty members.
Since December, the salaries of individual professors are no longer accessible through the Internet, though data will be provided upon request.
Wisconsin and Minnesotaâ??s tuition reciprocity agreement will continue as it exists now, according to a decision made Wednesday by the higher education boards of both states.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will meet today at UW-Parkside to begin their monthly two-day meeting and debate two new initiatives.
After disrupting English Department offices in Helen C. White Wednesday morning in what was described as a fit of rage, a University of Wisconsin student was arrested by campus police for disorderly conduct.
Wisconsin high school seniors thinking about attending the University of Minnesota next year can breathe a sigh of relief today.
A â??noticeable spikeâ? in downtown crime in the first half of 2006 led city officials to push for a separate fund for downtown safety programs. In February, the City Council passed the Downtown Safety Initiativeâ??$100,000 set aside for the Madison Police Departmentâ??s central district.
Director of UW-Madisonâ??s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies Frances Westley announced her resignation Tuesday, effective June 30.
Students and faculty evacuated Van Vleck Hall Tuesday afternoon after an air-handling unit overheated and triggered fire alarms throughout the building.
The date for the Mifflin Street block partyâ??Saturday, May 5â??was set in stone Tuesday night by the City Council.
The racial diversity at the University of Wisconsin can only be characterized as shamefully lacking. Itâ??s no secret. According to university statistics, African-Americans and Hispanics make up a mere 6 percent of the student body.
On Monday, University of Wisconsin law professor Leonard Kaplan finally broke his public silence.
Madison is the No. 1 city to walk in for exercise, according to new rankings released by Prevention Magazine.
The director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies announced her resignation after two years of service to the University of Wisconsin.
Smoke and the smell of a burning odor forced hundreds of University of Wisconsin students to evacuate a campus building Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Alando Tucker picked up the phone, answering a call from teammate Kammron Taylor.
It was then that Tucker heard the news: Taylor had made all-conference second team â?¦ oh yeah, and Tucker was Big Ten Player of the Year.
Members standing on polar opposite sides of the separation of church and state debate recreated the age-old whirlwind of controversy at a panel discussion Tuesday night in Memorial Union.
The Madison City Council voted Tuesday to ban glass bottles May 5, effectively confirming that date for the annual Mifflin Street Block Party.
Annual statistics of reported crimes on college campuses are required by the federal government, but many university police departments say the guidelines are hard to follow.
Crime levels at UW-Madison are comparable with those at other Midwest universities and Big Ten schools, according to statistics filed with the U.S. Department of Education.
“Iâ??m going to pull the hat off. You run and you donâ??t turn around,â? Dina Marieâ??s rapist warned her before he let her go. â??Donâ??t look at my car. Donâ??t look at my license plate. The man pulled off the black hat he had used to cover Dina Marieâ??s eyes. Immediately, she heard the door slam and the car drive away.
Crime levels over the past three years have remained steady in Madisonâ??s central district, but recent violent crime, such as sexual assaults and robberies, has prompted both students and city officials to identify safety as a key issue.
A heightened sense of fear has spread over the UW-Madison community, a sentiment administrators acknowledge and students attribute to high-profile crimes that have shocked the campus and its greater community this school year.
Brisk, winter winds are common throughout Madison this time of year, but due to the growth and expansion of the city, taller buildings built closely next to one another are to blame for the numerous wind tunnels.
Police and city officials are urging student safety following the first reported sexual assault of the semester which took place on Spring Street Saturday morning. The two male suspects are still at large.
One hundred and six days ago (thatâ??s 15 weeks; 2,544 hours; 152,640 minutes, etc.), I sat here and told you that the athletic department did a disservice to UWâ??s football senior class.
Alderman Vereerâ??s comments on the recent Spring Street sexual assault were inappropriate. Too often our society downplays sexual harm when it is not accompanied by additional physical brutality
Members of the University of Wisconsinâ??s Faculty Senate fired questions at the director of the Athletic Board Monday, scrutinizing several recent decisions.
A proposed merger between the University of Wisconsin campuses in Waukesha and Milwaukee would be less cost-efficient than other alternatives, UW System President Kevin Reilly said at a legislative hearing Tuesday.
In a public statement released Monday, a University of Wisconsin professor denied making several controversial statements about Hmong culture attributed to him in a February lecture.
Programs like Colleges Against Cancer allow students to increase awareness and one UW student is doing just that.
Kari Liotta is the survivorship chair for Colleges Against Cancer.
She was diagnosed with cancer in high school–now a cancer survivor, she’s says she’s thankful to live and tell her story to help others.Programs like Colleges Against Cancer allow students to increase awareness and one UW student is doing just that.
Kari Liotta is the survivorship chair for Colleges Against Cancer.
She was diagnosed with cancer in high school–now a cancer survivor, she’s says she’s thankful to live and tell her story to help others.
Madison Police say a UW student is recovering after being sexually assaulted and they need your help in finding the two men suspected of the attack.
University of Wisconsin police are investigating an attack on the campus early Sunday morning.
The UW System Board of Regents released an internal report Friday showing that no updates were given to the Regents at board meetings until 2006 regarding a $28.4 million payroll and benefit information technology project.
The University Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights released a statement Friday saying UW Law School professor Leonard Kaplanâ??s academic freedomsâ??and the academic rights of all UW-Madison professorsâ??must be protected, after Kaplan was accused of making racist remarks regarding Hmong people in his Feb. 15 Legal Process class.
Two men sexually assaulted a female UW-Madison student early Saturday morning on the 1000 block of Spring Street, Madison Police reported.
A veritable Pandoraâ??s Box of ethnic strife has been opened in the wake of law professor Leonard Kaplanâ??s comments.
In an attempt to both inform and highlight research innovation, local business members and campus faculty gathered Friday for a stem cell symposium at the University of Wisconsin.
A law professor at the center of a growing debate about racist comments he allegedly made in lecture spoke out for the first time since the controversy arose at an open meeting Friday.
The University of Wisconsin System neglected to inform the Board of Regents of a failed $28.4 million software project until the system canceled it, according to a report released Friday.
College students from across the country flocked to the University of Wisconsin Friday for the second annual Midwest Student Clean Energy Conference.
A 21-year-old University of Wisconsin student was sexually assaulted early Saturday morning on the 1000 block of Spring Street, according to a report filed with the Madison Police Department.
The recording industry continued its crackdown on illegal downloading Wednesday by threatening to sue what it says are its worst offendersâ??college students.
Mayoral candidates Dave Cieslewicz and Ray Allen focused on Madison poverty at a debate Thursday night at Witte Hall.
More hurricanes are striking the Atlantic Ocean, an historically low area of activity, according to a new study released by scientists from the University of Wisconsin and National Climate Data Center.
A group of higher-education scholars met Thursday to discuss new ways to integrate various academic disciplines at the University of Wisconsin.
A woman alleging she was sexually assaulted at a campus fraternity party spoke with a University of Wisconsin advisor shortly after a police investigation began, according to a representative from a campus support organization.
Discussing issues such as downtown safety, Halloween, the proposed Alcohol Density Plan and Madisonâ??s transportation system, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and mayoral candidate Ray Allen showed students their unique â?? and opposing â?? viewpoints at a debate Thursday evening.
An emotionally charged group of hundreds of students, faculty and community members met Thursday night to address a University of Wisconsin professorâ??s statements about the Hmong community.
By the April 3 city elections, if you don’t know the differences between the candidates for Madison mayor, it’s not because you didn’t have your chance.
The U-W Madison athletic department is celebrating a big milestone. Collectively student athletes are posting the highest GPA in the school’s history, on the heals of a darker spot on the university’s academic record. Last year the basketball Badgers were plagued with ineligibility that likely hurt them on the court, but this year the team is rebounding with the help of additional resources and a dedicated staff.
Wisconsin forward Alando Tucker is one of the five finalists for the Oscar Robertson Trophy.
The trophy is a national men’s basketball player of the year award given by the United States Basketball Writers Association.
University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor’s alleged comments about Hmong stereotypes last month sparked a heated discussion on campus Thursday night.
Four University of Wisconsin-Madison students were recognized by the American Red Cross Thursday for helping pull a mother and two children from a crashed van just moments before it burst into flames.
A UW-Madison instructor may have broken the law when the instructor did not report to higher authorities after a student revealed she was sexually assaulted at a UW-Madison fraternity, WKOW said Wednesday.
A panel of Madison-area entrepreneurs shared their business experiences Wednesday in an effort to tap into the young minds of University of Wisconsin students and promote entrepreneurial awareness.
At the Stetson Law and Higher Education Conference Feb. 19, representatives from colleges and universities around the nation attended an information session about strategies for avoiding liability for negligent management of emergency situations.
The University of Wisconsin is still searching for answers after a review last fall showed more than 80 area employers owe the university $150,000.
Last fall, Susan Fischer with the UW Financial Services asked the staff responsible for work study to do an audit. They found the University was owed more than 100-thousand dollars.
