The Board of Regents seems poised to extend UW-Madisonââ?¬â?¢s ââ?¬Å?holisticââ?¬Â approach to admission, which considers race, to all UW System schools. While I believe in the goals of affirmative action, the board should consider this advice before changing system policy: There are politically expedient solutions to UWââ?¬â?¢s diversity problem.
UW-Madison�s on-campus gallery, The Chazen Museum of Art, announced Monday the team of architects chosen by the state who will design a 62,000 square foot expansion plan, funded by a $20 million gift from the Chazen family in May 2005.
UW-Madison student athletes shattered school records last semester when they scored the highest academic rankings during a fall term in history, school officials announced last Friday.
Undergraduates at UW-Madison�s Business School dreaming of a future filled with plush, high-paying jobs will likely have to pay more in the short term, as the Business School announced to students last Tuesday it would raise tuition in order to remain competitive with other top-notch programs.
Student leaders have begun negotiations with the University of Wisconsin administration to make sure no student organizations go homeless this year.
A $22 million project to build a new laboratory preschool for the University of Wisconsin School of Human Ecology received a sizable boost last week from a university alumnus and his wife.
Thousands of dollars could be deducted from tuition bills around the nation after the U.S. House of Representation passed legislation that would make higher education more affordable.
University of Wisconsin business undergraduates could face a $500 per semester tuition increase if a new proposal announced in an e-mail to Business School students last week passes.
How to solve Wisconsinââ?¬â?¢s ââ?¬Å?brain drainââ?¬Â? Looming over the head of the state Legislature for years, the ââ?¬Å?brain drainââ?¬Â conundrum is a complex problem to solve. One definitively wrong way to solve it? Free tuition.
UW System admission policies are under scrutiny after the Board of Regents postponed a decision to enforce the UW-Madison comprehensive admission process presented by UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley in December 2006.
For the first time in over 20 years, UW-Madison is not the top-producing institution for Peace Corps volunteers.
The University of Washington, with 110 alumni volunteers, narrowly gained the top position over UW-Madison, which had 106 alumni participants. UW-Madison still holds the No. 2 overall ranking, with 2,764 alumni serving since 1961.
For many students, winter break was spent visiting family and friends, but for one UW-Madison student, the break brought heroism.
While backpacking in New Mexico, UW-Madison junior Peter Kottke and his older brother Albert rescued a woman in the Gila National Forest who had been alone for approximately five weeks.
Just days before the fall semester ended, Madison police arrested Antonio L. Pope for the two campus sexual assaults that took place only weeks earlier.
The criminal complaint filed against Pope details the charges against him in the Nov. 29 and Dec. 9 sexual assaults.
A successful career in student leadership at Michigan State University just might lead to a dean of students position at the University of Wisconsin for Timothy Gordon.
As tuition costs continue to rise and college becomes less and less affordable for many students, the debate over the increasing influx of out-of-state students accepted into the University of Wisconsin remains a hot issue.
Two months after retiring from the University of Wisconsin, former Vice Chancellor Paul Barrows is preparing to file a lawsuit against the university.
After a reported rise in textbook thefts on the University of Wisconsin campus, city officials have proposed an ordinance that would require used bookstores to participate in a crime prevention effort.
The possibility of free tuition for University of Wisconsin students who promise to stay in state after graduation has raised many questions about the proposal’s potential implications.
For 20 consecutive years, the University of Wisconsin has produced the most Peace Corps volunteers in the nation.
Concerns about higher education costs in the state rose earlier this month, as the University of Wisconsin slipped 10 spots in a nationwide survey on college affordability.
After years of waiting, all eight of Gov. Jim Doyle’s UW System Board of Regents nominations were finally confirmed by the Wisconsin Senate Jan. 9.
D’s and F’s could become even more costly for some University of Wisconsin students.
A bill that would penalize UW students receiving state financial aid for getting any grade lower than a C could come before the state Legislature in the near future.
Capt. Kevin Kryst, a 2001 graduate of the University of Wisconsin, became the first UW alumnus to die in the Iraq war when he was killed in combat in the Al Anbar province Dec. 18.
Madison police believe they have caught the man who sexually assaulted two University of Wisconsin students on or near campus late last semester.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has come under close scrutiny in recent weeks for considering allowing race as a factor in admissions decisions at all UW System schools.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. ââ?¬â? If there is any goal that the University of Florida has pursued as fervently as a national football championship for the Gators, it is a place among the nationââ?¬â?¢s highest-ranked public universities.
LOS ANGELES — Two years after California voters passed a landmark $3 billion bond measure for stem cell research, not a single bond has been sold and not a penny of bond money has been spent. The fund is caught up in court challenges.But remarkably, the private sector has stepped in to fill the gap with almost unprecedented contributions to state government.
A third stem-cell research company is in the works in Madison, spearheaded by two big names in University of Wisconsin research.
The week after a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student was diagnosed with tuberculosis, scientists at the Madison campus have discovered a protein that could aid in the development of a new medication to fight the human TB infection.
A commission originally launched to examine the future of Wisconsin�s two-year colleges will recommend the UW System consider granting students free tuition if they live and work in the state for 10 years following graduation.
As the end of the semester rolls around and classes meet for the last time, there is still something that must be done before University of Wisconsin students can breathe a collective sigh of relief: evaluations.
Taking its first step to combat University of Wisconsin System policy, the Associated Students of Madison decided Wednesday to reinstate a combined $87,700 for six student organizations with offices located off campus.
Less than a year after insisting he has no plans to leave the University of Wisconsin, Paul Barrows has retired.
Charlie Mohr, a UW-Madison senior and Olympic prospect on UW’s boxing team, took a hard hit during the NCAA middleweight championship on April 9, 1960. He lost the match, retreated to the locker room, suffered a brain hemorrhage and slipped into a coma.
He’s been called an altar-boy, a universally well-liked and wonderful person.
From 1933 to 1960, the UW nighttime hotspot wasnÃ?¢ââ??‰â??¢t Langdon Street, where popular late-night formal dances were routine. It also wasnÃ?¢ââ??‰â??¢t the Plaza Bar and Grill off of State Street or the Memorial Union Terrace.
With costly pranks in the dorms making headlines over the last few years, UW-Madison has increasingly invoked its non-academic behavior policy.
The next friend you make on Facebook could be a man of the law.
Madison police are using Facebook to crack down on campus parties, and may heavily incorporate the website to track gatherings during the Mifflin Street Block Party.
Ah, Wisconsin: the Dairy State, home of the cheeseheadsââ?¬â?a place where cheese curds dominate. However, for Wisconsin cheese makers, it is becoming increasingly difficult to hold on to the title of the nationââ?¬â?¢s No. 1 cheese producer. Itââ?¬â?¢s been a ââ?¬Å?goudaââ?¬Â year for California, which is closing in on Americaââ?¬â?¢s Dairyland.
Embattled UW-Madison administrator Paul Barrows has retired from UW-Madison, a fact revealed at his State of Wisconsin Claims Board hearing Wednesday morning. Barrows asked the university for $124,521 in accrued benefits used while he was on unpaid leave due to allegations of sexual misconduct.
According to a recent Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance report, Madison families make on average nearly $30,000 more than Milwaukee families per year.
A website launched by the governor�s office Tuesday seeks to educate Wisconsinites about the global threats stemming from a pandemic flu breakout.
Though many students scramble to bring home ââ?¬Ë?Aââ?¬â?¢s, they might not have to worry about their not-so-good grades spoiling the holidays. Under an act, parents are forbidden access to a studentââ?¬â?¢s grades unless the student authorizes it in writing.
In the wake of recent abductions and sexual assaults on campus, many students have developed concern about getting home safely from late exams and nights spent at the library. SAFEride services are one way to get home safely, but the limited hours and response time have students frustrated.
The Madison Police Department caught one of two suspects involved in a burglary on the 500 block of West Dayton Street Monday, continuing a recent trend of residential thefts in the campus area.
Underneath the sidewalks and buildings so familiar to University of Wisconsin students lies a maze of terrain even the most seasoned campus veteran might not know about.
The University of Wisconsin Associated Students of Madison initiated a campus safety campaign at the beginning of this semester and discussed the future of the campaign at a press conference Tuesday.
Less than a week after the University of Wisconsin announced three finalists for the permanent dean of students position, Chancellor John Wiley said Tuesday he ââ?¬Å?wishedââ?¬Â he had more candidates to choose from.
As parents and students cope with the ever-rising cost of higher education, many debate whether attending private institutions ââ?¬â? which charge far more than public universities ââ?¬â? is worth the expense. Is the quality of the education better? Will students have more access to their professors? Will those professors be more distinguished? Do students make important contacts that pay off later in life? Are any such advantages worth going deeply into debt?
Criminal background checks are commonplace in the working world. Fortunately, the UW System Board of Regents voted Friday to join the club, adopting a policy requiring background checks for all potential employees.
A UW-Madison postdoctoral biochemistry researcher has been tapped to receive a national fellowship, the university reported Monday.
As incoming speaker of the state Assembly, Mike Huesbcsh, R-West Salem, announced the new committee chairs for the upcoming 2007-Ã?¢ââ??‰â??¢08 legislative session Tuesday, two state lawmakers butted heads over the new head of the College committee chair.
The brain-drain in Wisconsin that was a heated topic of debate during the gubernatorial campaign has pressured state legislators to find ways to keep college educated workers in state. Many students leave the state after graduating from the UW System.
Policy passed by the UW System Board of Regents Friday will allow student organizations to deny membership to students who do not sign an affirmation confirming they subscribe to the basic beliefs of the organization.
Numerous Madison groups, including the Madison Police Department, assembled Monday night in an attempt to counter the problem of crime and violence in the downtown area.
Madison police announced Monday that two recent sexual assaults of UW-Madison students are linked to the same suspect and are warning students to take extra precautions in the coming days.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has lobbied hard for a school of public health at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee throughout the past year. This is understandable ââ?¬â? he is the cityââ?¬â?¢s mayor, and heââ?¬â?¢s actively trying to rectify what he believes is a key liability of Wisconsinââ?¬â?¢s most populous municipality: poor public health.
Free tuition in exchange for 10 years of living and working in Wisconsin ââ?¬â? sound like a fair deal? This is one of many ideas the state education reform commission is considering to improve Wisconsinââ?¬â?¢s schools and economy.
A University of Wisconsin researcher was one of 58 scientists to receive an inaugural award from the National Institutes of Health recently.
A state commission might recommend a huge incentive for University of Wisconsin students to stay in the state after they graduate: four years of free tuition at any UW System school.
