The former UW-Madison student whose alleged sexual assault at a campus fraternity party is under Madison police investigation told 27 News she informed one of her instructors during the fall, 2006 semester of the alleged sex assault.
The Badger women’s basketball team plays tomorrow in the Big Ten tournament.
It’s a game one former Badger would give anything to be playing in.
In some sense Shawna Nicols life has come full circle in just the last 6 years.
The former Badger women’s basketball player had a short playing career that covered 3 years, two coaches and a whole lot of pain on the court that has changed her life forever.
Itâ??s a stereotype. When the scientist finally isolates the protein and solves the age old conundrum, he yells â??Eureka!â? in a fit of joy. These days, however, that shout is immediately followed by a call to the lawyers.
Gov. Jim Doyle said Tuesday he supports a plan permitting Madison and other cities to offer more domestic partner benefits to employees and same-sex partners.
A water main break caused the streets of Madison to crumble Tuesday and left a massive hole at the intersection of North Lake and State Streets, adjacent to student-laden Library Mall.
A UW-Madison Safety Task Force may soon form after a private safety summit held Tuesday in Bascom Hall analyzed current campus safety and plans for improvement.
As a national leader in foreign language studies, the University of Wisconsin made an effort Tuesday evening to help UW students discover the plethora of opportunities available to students who can communicate in different languages.
More than a quarter of Wisconsin school districts responding to a statewide survey have considered consolidation or dissolution as a result of budget shortfalls in the past few years.
A new cancer support center named for a former Saturday Night Live comedian is scheduled to open in Madison early next year.
Despite a reported increase in administrative salaries nationwide this past year, administrators at the University of Wisconsin continue to earn less than their peers around the country.
Student government leaders might vote today to formally join many University of Wisconsin students in opposition of a hotly contested alcohol policy recently introduced by university administrators affecting all registered campus organizations.
Administrators at the University of Wisconsin took a step yesterday to address campus safety under the direction of its new permanent dean of students.
UW-Madison is a nationally renowned institution of higher education, well known for its research, outstanding faculty and beautiful campus.
However, one thing that usually slips through the cracks in UW-Madison recruiting measures is the severe problem the university has with the retention of students of color. In trying to increase the level of diversity on campus, UW-Madisonâ??like many state schoolsâ??falls short in graduating minority students.
Research has shown that students of color leave the university due to campus climate. Thus, research serves as evidence of racial problems on a predominantly white campus.
From the stories coming out about a University of Wisconsin law professor, it seems that UW-Madison has its very own tenured Michael Richards. Unlike Richards, however, UW law professor Leonard Kaplanâ??s remarks targeted Wisconsinâ??s Hmong minority. Also unlike Richards, Kaplanâ??s remarks, however insensitive they may seem in the lack of context in which we are seeing them, were not racist.
A licensing committee prepared a statement Friday urging the University of Wisconsin to cut its clothing ties with Adidas after the Student Labor Action Coalition delivered a giant paper mache boot to Chancellor John Wileyâ??s office last week.
SLAC has been a longtime supporter of the rights of workers in a particular El Salvador factory that produces Adidas clothing.
While the factory closed more than two years ago, several investigations said nearly 63 workers remain unpaid and on a blacklist.
Low-income students continue to face increasing difficulties with getting into college and having the resources to complete a degree, according to new research conducted at the University of Wisconsin.
Patrizio Piraino and Matthew Steinberg, researchers from the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education, have been dissecting the factors contributing to the decline in enrollment of lower-income students.
In the search to fill an administrative position at the University of Wisconsin, officials aim to find the most qualified applicant who will ease smoothly into the university system.
When the university recently appointed Lori Berquam as the dean of students, administrators knew Berquam could fit into the system because she had experience working as the interim dean of students. And the transition into a high-profile administrative position may be easier for someone already familiar with UW.
After losing his appeal with the Federal Appeals Court Friday, a former University of Wisconsin administrator is moving on to other legal action.
Dr. Paul Barrows, former UW vice chancellor, lost his case in the Federal 7th Circuit Court of Appeals after arguing UW violated his 14th Amendment right to due process by placing him on unpaid administrative leave after sexual harassment allegations in 2004.
University of Wisconsin Law Professor Leonard Kaplan has faced accusations of making derogatory remarks about the Hmong community in his class, and now he could face questions about his position as a tenured professor.
UW Political Science Professor Donald Downs said since Kaplan is tenured, he is able to take more risks with his lectures than when he served as an assistant professor.
With nearly two feet of sticky and wet snow expected to cake the University of Wisconsinâ??s streets and walkways, crews are working at fever pace to ensure safe conditions for todayâ??s classes.
Even with most of the campus buried under the heavy snow, Amy Fisher of UW Communications said students should plan on business as usual.
â??As of right now, the campus will be open and classes will be held â?? itâ??s extremely rare that we would close,â? Fisher said. â??Iâ??d be really surprised if [classes] were cancelled.â?
Quoted: Mark Rank, professor of social welfare
Another one bites the dust.
Wisconsin’s miserable record with computer systems claimed another victim this week when it was revealed that the state Department of Revenue is junking a sales-tax tracking system that cost $28.2 million.
Get out the old abacus and we’ll tote up the damages. Let’s see, the University of Wisconsin System abandoned its $26 million payroll computer payroll software system last year after it generated not one paycheck.
IT can take years, sometimes decades, for the commercial applications of a scientific or intellectual breakthrough to become apparent â?? like the notion that brainless bacteria communicate through networks to cause diseases that can also wreak social or economic havoc. [. . .]
Quorum sensing has captured the interest of a new generation of scientific researchers. One of them is Helen E. Blackwell, an organic chemist and an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She received her bachelorâ??s in chemistry in 1994, when quorum sensing was on the rise, and then earned a doctorate in organic chemistry at the California Institute of Technology and received a post-doctoral appointment at Harvard, but she did not hear of quorum sensing until she joined the faculty at Wisconsin in 2002.
The law school dean the University of Wisconsin at Madison sent an e-mail message to students and faculty members last week apologizing for the hurt caused by a professorâ??s anti-Hmong comnents during a class lecture, while also saying that no harm had been intended by them.
â??All of us in the Law School administration deeply regret this unfortunate course of events,â? wrote Kenneth Davis, the dean. He added that the professor involved, Leonard Kaplan, â??feels deeply sorry that his classroom remarks have caused so much pain for some of his students.â? Of the law school more broadly, the dean said: â??I can assure you that the school takes very seriously the professional conduct of our faculty, both in and out of the classroom. The Law School also takes very seriously our long-held core values of diversity, fairness, and respect for all.â?
The room was almost silent, completely absent of all sounds typical of a university classroom setting. There were no backpack zippers. No dropping lecture trays. No papers shuffling. Instead the instructorâ??s sole voice at the front of the room was heard over the heavy exhaling of her 10 students dressed in leotards, tights and tank tops.
Members of the Minnesota state Legislatureâ??s Higher Education and Work Force Development committee debated a bill Wednesday that has the potential to make Wisconsin residents pay the University of Minnesotaâ??s higher in-state tuition rate.
Most would think it absurd to step out into the snowy and frigid weather wearing sandals, but after enjoying the luxurious spa treatment of a pedicure during the winter months, that is exactly what women are forced to do.
Lawmakers and activists encouraged the Wisconsin State Investment Board to divest from companies that facilitate genocide at the Capitol Wednesday.
A bipartisan bill spear-headed by state Sen. Shelia Harsdorf, R-River Falls, and state Rep. Fredrick Kessler, D-Milwaukee, stipulates that state money be invested in companies that donâ??t indirectly fund genocide in Sudan.
Members of the Student Labor Action Coalition delivered a giant boot to Chancellor John Wiley Wednesday, urging him to â??give Adidas the bootâ? in protest of alleged workersâ?? rights violations in Adidas factories.
Newsflash: The University is not proposing a new alcohol policy because you were too hung-over to make that 8:50 class last Friday morning. Rather it is because we have a definite alcohol problem on this campus.
Keeping secrets is a bad idea. First, facts are hardly ever worse than rumors. Second, secrets usually donâ??t stay secrets forever.
University of Wisconsin officials highlighted their comprehensive student information database Wednesday, nine years after the system was first implemented.
More than 1,600 University of Wisconsin students traveled to foreign countries to study abroad in 2004-05 â?? and with the help of a $100,000 contribution, even more will have the opportunity in the future.
A state lawmaker introduced legislation Monday that would make Election Day in November a state holiday.
College students at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse held an open forum Tuesday to discuss the cityâ??s proposal to institute a public intoxication ordinance.
In a symbol of political protest against the alleged genocide in Sudan, Wisconsin legislators introduced a bill Wednesday that aims to divest state funds from companies associated with the countryâ??s central government.
The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery research program put the dreams of some researchers into motion Wednesday as the institutes announced the winners of the Discovery Seed Grants competition.
Alando Tucker and Joe Chrnelich are separated by 23 seasons on the UW basketball floor, but the two still share something in common.
For many University of Wisconsin students, bar time on a Saturday morning means time to stumble home after a long night of drinking and maybe devour some after-hours Ianâ??s Pizza or Taco Bell along the way.
The president of a University of Wisconsin fraternity Wednesday responded to allegations of a sexual assault at a party in his fraternityâ??s house last December.
Nineteen state legislators asked the state attorney general Wednesday for a formal opinion on the legality of using race and ethnicity as factors in University of Wisconsin admissions decisions.
Put down that beer and trade it for an ice cold sodaâ??the new alcohol policy brought forth by the Office of the Dean of Students and the Student Organization Office looks to severely limit alcohol consumption among student groups. At least that is what the controversy makes it seem like so far.
Another case of campus sexual assault has arisen.
According to WKOW TV, an anonymous UW-Madison student said she was the victim of a sexual assault on Dec. 9, 2006.
The Wisconsin state Senate confirmed Milwaukee banker Michael Falbo as a UW System regent Tuesday, replacing former Regent Gerard Randall, who refused to step down after Gov. Jim Doyle rescinded his position in 2003, the Associated Press reported.
Brian Buhler, 39, was formally charged in Dane County Circuit Court on 11 counts Tuesday afternoon after turning himself into the Dane County Jail, four of which were for the robbery of two Witte Hall students Feb. 6.
A coalition of student leaders held a press conference Tuesday evening at Memorial Union to voice its opposition to a proposed alcohol-consumption policy.
Earlier this week, students learned of a new proposal by the University of Wisconsin administrators that would set limitations on the amount of drinking done by student groups.
A panel of experts met with students Tuesday evening to discuss current and past issues surrounding the world of public radio.
For the first time in four years, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will be made up of a governing body fully confirmed by the state Legislature.
Wisconsin users of the popular iTunes music downloading service will be required to pay new state taxes next year for every song, music video or television episode purchased â?? at least under the current version of Gov. Jim Doyleâ??s proposed budget.
A group of University of Wisconsin students officially pledged Tuesday night to fight a proposed university policy that would limit the consumption of alcohol by student organizations.
The man who allegedly attacked a University of Wisconsin student in Witte Hall Feb. 6 was charged on four counts by the Dane County Circuit Court Tuesday.
The Madison Police Department is investigating an alleged sexual assault at a University of Wisconsin fraternity party last semester.
1990 Badger football co-captain Nick Polczinski died Feb. 16 at age 39 in his Oconto Falls home, Gannett Newspapers reported Monday.
Students protested a proposed alcohol-consumption policy at a meeting Monday evening at Memorial Union, complete with pitchers of beer.
The current draft of the policy would restrict â??student groupsâ? from providing alcohol at certain group-related events.
A season already packed with laurels and team records reached an ultimate high Tuesday.
For the first time in program history, the University of Wisconsin menâ??s basketball team is ranked No. 1.
On Monday, September 4th, 2006 â?? the first day of the fall semester, exactly one week before the fifth anniversary of the demolition of the World Trade Center â?? The Badger Herald published an editorial entitled â??Stay Classy, Barrett.â?
Spring break is coming up, and if youâ??re anything like me, itâ??s been on your mind since Jan. 22.
Warmer temperatures Monday left some University of Wisconsin students sitting in lecture halls boasting a few new leaks.
With nearly 500,000 deer killed, the 2006 deer-hunting season recorded the third highest harvest in Wisconsin history, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
