The Federal Bureau of Investigations has founded a new board addressing national security as it applies to higher education and UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley has been appointed as a member.
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz plans to outline a general strategy today for managing Halloween crowds, citing bar closing times as a lingering sticking point in the plan.
The University of Wisconsin ranks No. 1 in research, according to the Washington Monthly Magazineââ?¬â?¢s first annual college guide, yet falls short in the ââ?¬Ë?social mobilityââ?¬â?¢ category of the review.
This year, the University of Wisconsin�s biggest changes featured more than a talented running back and large construction projects.
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle announced a plan Monday that will save state taxpayers more than $80 million through a new strategy that consolidates bidding contracts. Another goal of the plan is strengthening local businesses owned by minorities and women by encouraging their involvement in the bidding process.
While several Louisiana colleges were forced to shut down for the semester following extensive damage from Hurricane Katrina, every college in border-state Mississippi will offer courses this semester.
To foster outreach and collaborate efforts to protect the nation�s intelligence, University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley has joined representatives from several prominent universities as part of a new advisory board under the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
In the wake of the convictions of three University of Wisconsin-Madison professors this summer, UW Provost Peter Spear confirmed Thursday the university does not perform criminal background checks when hiring prospective faculty.
Paris Echoles, a UW-Madison freshman majoring in education, is currently vying for the title of Youth of the Year in Washington, D.C. in a competition affiliated with the Boys and Girls Club, a national community mentoring program.
The Madison Police Department is considering an option that would keep bars on State Street open past the standard 2 a.m. closing time Halloween weekend.
Recounting imperial atrocities in the Middle East and the rise of the neoconservative movement, vocal critic of the Iraq war and British member of Parliament George Galloway spoke to a crowd of 1,000 Sunday at the Memorial Union Theater. Despite the absence of a key speaker, actress Jane Fonda, Galloway invigorated the largely anti-war crowd.
Hurricane Katrina victims who have transferred to a UW System school this fall will attend classes for free, with the stipulation that if students decide to remain in the UW System for more than one semester, they must then pay for the free credits.
In years past, lines for season tickets formed at the Kohl Center twice during the fall: once for hockey tickets and again for basketball. But this year, an e-mail notification gave students two days’ notice and scheduled both distribution times this past weekend.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Letters and Science now boasts over half a century of instructional technology support.
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bayââ?¬â?¢s Lawton Gallery is hosting a controversial art exhibit, ââ?¬Å?Axis of Evil: The Secret History of Sin,ââ?¬Â this month. The exhibit, which has been monitored by the Secret Service at past showings, features highly provocative art in the form of U.S. postage stamps, including such images as the World Trade Center burning with the words ââ?¬Å?Blame God.ââ?¬Â
The University of Wisconsin System announced Friday it will go forward with a plan to waive fall-semester tuition for any student displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
After heavy criticism, University of Wisconsin Provost Peter Spear decided Thursday to recommend the UW System Board of Regents terminate the employment of two professors convicted of felonies. One of them, Lewis Keith Cohen, was released Sunday from the correctional facility where he served his 30-day sentence.
George Galloway, member of the British Parliament and outspoken critic of the current war in Iraq, pushed for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. and British troops at the Memorial Union Theatre Sept. 18.
George Galloway, member of the British Parliament and outspoken critic of the current war in Iraq, pushed for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. and British troops at the Memorial Union Theatre Sept. 18.
Racism, sexism and homophobia are likely prejudices held by even the most open-minded of us, a distinguished Harvard Professor said Thursday.
At a public hearing Wednesday, opponents of a bill to protect health care providers who refuse to perform certain reproductive-related procedures called the bill dangerous to patients while supporters called the bill necessary for doctors and pharmacists.
A professor convicted of using a computer to facilitate a sex crime will be immediately removed from his position at the Comparative Literature library in Vilas Hall and placed on paid leave, according to UW-Madison Provost Peter Spear.
The University of Wisconsin ââ?¬â? and the public at large ââ?¬â? has known since March that Lewis Keith Cohen is something more than just an unsavory character. He has admitted to charges involving the electronic transmission of child pornography and using the Internet to arrange for a sexual rendezvous with a 14-year-old boy.
As people from around the country come together to support Hurricane Katrina victims, researchers at the University of Wisconsin�s little-known Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies are already busy tracking the next threatening tropical storms, just as they have for decades.
The University of Wisconsin will host the social psychology conference ââ?¬Å?Looking Toward the Future: Discrimination and Prejudice in the 21st Centuryââ?¬Â this weekend. The event kicked off at the Memorial Union Thursday.
As Halloween approaches, State Street taverns are responding to the City of Madison in preparation for a busy and potentially destructive night.
A professor who was convicted of child enticement reported to work at the University of Wisconsin Aug. 22, the first official day of the faculty semester, according to the chair of the Department of Comparative Literature.
For UW Madison’s football team, the word “drive” is usually preceded with the word “touchdown.” However, for the next month, the Badgers will also attach a prefix-food.
Teaming up with the Community Action Coalition For South Central Wisconsin, the Badgers are leading a city-wide food drive. Beginning Sept. 15 and continuing for the next month, the “Yes, We Can!” campaign will encourage Madison elementary school students to donate canned goods and other non-perishable food items to help stock area food banks.
In an effort to provide financial equality for UW-Madison students from low to moderate income homes, state Reps. Joe Parisi, D-Madison, and Spencer Black, D-Madison, met with students on Library Mall Wednesday about their new legislative bill requiring the state to match financial aid to tuition increases.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ophelia swept the U.S. coastline and sparked questions about whether a new natural disaster loomed.
Fortunately, UW-Madison is home to a graduate school research center aimed at helping answer these questions.
Despite the relatively rare public invocation of the process, much hoopla has been made of late over the University of Wisconsin administration�s use of so-called back-up positions. The jobs, veritable fall-back posts for certain employees who lose their discretionary positions for one reason or another, offer some modicum of job security and guaranteed income to those who otherwise might find their names gracing the unemployment rolls on a whim.
Although the University of Wisconsin says the term ââ?¬Å?back-up appointmentââ?¬Â does not exist, the expression has been a sore point for both the state and UW System for the last three months.
As the University of Wisconsin�s Central Campus Utility Project construction ensues along Observatory Drive, a section of the road east of Babcock Drive is closed while workers continue to update the university�s heating and air conditioning.
Three institutes of higher-education research released a report Monday asserting that states must improve how well their public-school systems prepare students for college. The report calls for greater coordination between high schools and colleges, attempting to ensure that what is expected of students in high school correlates with what is needed to be successful in college.
A few doors may have opened for Wisconsin students looking to attend college in other Midwest states after the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents passed a resolution authorizing UW schools to participate in the Midwestern Higher Education Compact�s reciprocity program.
State Reps. Spencer Black and Joe Parisi, both D-Madison, announced legislation Wednesday that would provide more financial aid funding for students.
The Associated Students of Madison passed a motion to lobby against Wisconsin Senate Bill 317 during a meeting Wednesday night.
In the third presentation in a series of talks on primate research Tuesday, members of the Alliance for Animals Primate Freedom Project and the Madison Coalition for Animal Rights asserted that UW-Madison primate research is unnecessary.
Wisconsin Badgers Football linebacker Jammar Crane was charged Monday with a single count of fraudulent credit card use in Dane County Circuit Court.
University administrators, analysts and scholars gathered on the UW-Madison campus Tuesday to debate the future of the university as a public institution as it battles growing budget cuts that limit public funding.
The UW-Madison campus and the surrounding area recently experienced a rash of alleged armed robberies, leaving some concerned.
Five incidents have been reported in the last two weeks, four of which occurred in very close proximity to the campus area.
State lawmakers grilled UW- System President Kevin Reilly on employment practices and policies Tuesday at a public hearing of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee.
Barricades, intense lighting and many additional police officers will be prominent features on State Street on the Friday and Saturday nights preceeding Halloween this year.
After two years of talks, allegations of negotiating in bad faith and a disastrous and illegal two-day strike in April 2004, the Teaching Assistants Association and Wisconsin�s Office of State Employment Relations are still no closer to an agreement for the 2003-05 contract period.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents approved a resolution Friday granting authority to increase the scope and budget of the University Ridge Golf Course Phase III Project to more than $1.19 million in Program Revenue Supported Borrowing.
Construction and funding for various departments in the City of Madison will not cost citizens more money than in previous years as a result of Moodyââ?¬â?¢s Investor Service issuing a ââ?¬Å?AAAââ?¬Â rating to Madison Sept. 13.
The City of Madison Public Safety Board rejected the current keg-registration proposal by a vote of five to two at a meeting Tuesday night.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions gave the Perkins Loan program new hope last week when it approved the loan program as part of the Higher Education Act. The program also received approval from the House Education and Workforce Committee earlier.
The Alliance for Animals� Primate Freedom Project held a presentation to protest the University of Wisconsin�s use of primates for medical research Tuesday night.
A prominent anti-war speaker is testing the mettle of the University of Wisconsin�s dedication to a free marketplace of ideas.
The City of Madison Police Department articulated strategic plans for this year�s Halloween festivities in order to control crowding, crack down on illegal and aggressive behavior and signal the end of festivities during a meeting Tuesday.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly testified before the Joint Legislative Audit Committee regarding the university�s employment policies at the State Capitol Tuesday. The meeting marked the first stage of a nonpartisan audit Reilly requested Aug. 23 to coincide with the system�s internal investigation of its personnel practices.
UW-Madison freshman Sam Melameb, who intended to study at Tulane University this year, arrived on campus from New Orleans last week with “eight articles of clothing and a pair of sandals.” Despite the traumatic circumstances that brought him to Madison, Melameb is responsible to pay tuition to both institutions. According to Tulane University, students who are enrolled for the current semester and are studying elsewhere will not be immediately refunded, despite the school’s temporary closing.
While walking through a university parking lot, two UW-Madison students were robbed around 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, according to UW-Madison Police. The students were walking through Parking Lot 91, 115 N. Frances St., when two suspects approached.
Whether students wish to continue with the sports they played in high school or become involved with new ones, the intramural and club sports offered through UW-Madison present great options for those who lack Division I skills.
The UW System Board of Regents voted Friday to change its employment policies to address criticisms regarding backup jobs and felons, but some state legislators remained skeptical of the proposed changes.
After students voted down last semester’s expensive Union Master Plan for the expansion of the university’s unions, a new round of union planning meetings starts today on renovations to both Union South and Memorial Union.
The proposed keg registration ordinance for the City of Madison could gain momentum from the City of La Crosse�s approval of similar legislation last week.
University of Wisconsin law professor Walter Dickey is settling into his role as the new chair of the UW Athletic Board.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents is considering adding Wisconsin to a list of states including Minnesota and North Carolina, whose public university systems would waive tuition outright for Hurricane Katrina victims, but they must await dialogue with the state Legislature.
