Gov. Jim Doyle announced Wisconsin’s plan to invest in biotechnology and health science industries Tuesday at the Genetics/Biotechnology center on Henry Mall. With recent major contributions toward research in California, the governor, along with UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley, emphasized the need to intensify Wisconsin’s own biomedical findings.
The Associated Students of Madison Halloween 2004 Committee hosted a ââ?¬Å?Saving Halloween Open Forumââ?¬Â Wednesday night, allowing students to describe their experiences on Halloween and offer their opinions of what should change in future celebrations.
Almost three weeks have passed since Madison�s infamous Halloween weekend, but many city officials and students are still questioning what exactly happened and discussing how a riotous celebration can be prevented during next year�s festivities.
The University of Wisconsin System could face a $28 million budget cut next fall, triggering enrollment reductions of an estimated 1,650 full-time students. The cut would also mean the university could afford fewer staff members and would lose $14.6 in tuition revenue, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
Gov. Jim Doyle announced a proposal Wednesday afternoon to construct a $375 million research institution on the University of Wisconsin campus called the ââ?¬Å?Wisconsin Institution for Discovery.ââ?¬Â
UW-Madison School of Business professor James M. Johannes has been named senior associate dean of the school.
As part of Madison’s 2005 city budget, hiring an alcohol policy coordinator with UW-Madison, to start after April.
BERKELEY, Calif. – At the birthplace of the free speech movement, campus radicals have a new target: the faculty that came of age in the 60’s. They say their professors have been preaching multiculturalism and diversity while creating a political monoculture on campus.
Madison police costs for Halloween released Wednesday landed within the amount budgeted.
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Five UW-Madison students were among eight men charged Wednesday with beating another student so badly last summer that he required plastic surgery to rebuild his nose.
People in the market for original art at reasonable prices could find a basrgain at the annual fall art sale at the Memorial Union through Friday.
Dane County businesses expect to see their profits grow twice as fast in 2005, according to a study released Wednesday.
Companies expect profits to increase 3 percent in 2005, more than double the rate they forecast a year ago, the Dane County Economic Survey found.
As a center of technological innovation, Wisconsin competes with any region in the country, but the state’s growing biotechnology sector needs an influx of capital and experienced executive talent to thrive, according to a panel of venture capital managers.
Gov. Jim Doyle and UW- Madison administrators Wednesday escalated Wisconsin’s race with California for stem-cell supremacy.
They said state and private dollars will be used to build a $375 million institute on campus to centralize research aimed at curing diseases such as Alzheimer’s and diabetes.
For UW-Madison senior Nick Howard, the knowledge that national experts are predicting a banner year for news college graduates in the job market is about as useful as getting a good horoscope for the day.
Out of the thousands of sociological details Wolfe gets right, you pick out some he gets wrong (thus establishing your superior hipness). Wolfe takes risks in his novels to describe the moral climate of the age.
Drugs to treat cancer and epilepsy, and sugar substitutes that can be used to fight bacteria were some of the products touted by 33 companies seeking to match up with potential investors at the Wisconsin Life Sciences and Venture Conference on Tuesday at Monona Terrace.
Although the latest data shows binge drinking and drinking-related consequences are decreasing at UW-Madison, the university’s Policy Alternatives and Community Education project is continuing its campaign to eliminate late-night drink specials at downtown bars.
The Halloween Planning Committee, which met throughout the past year, will meet once again today, this time to craft plans for next year’s Halloween.
Though the meeting was previously planned and is not a response to the chaos of this year’s celebration, October’s events will remain a focus.
Despite the dissolution of the UW-Madison Division of Student Affairs, the shift of Plan 2008 initiatives to the Provost’s Office will not result in the initiatives “get[ting] lost in the cracks,” said UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley.
Freshmen will have a tougher time getting into the University of Wisconsin System next fall if the university must take a sizable cut in the next two-year state budget, System officials said this week.
Steve Dulin is no scientist. He’s an electrician working on the Overture Center for the Arts in Downtown Madison.
The human race suffers from an odd paradox. The majority of the global community decries violence as despicable, abhorrent conduct and bases their social norms on that premise. Yet many line their living room or movie theatre seats like a Roman Coliseum, glued to the aggression on the screen.
Gordon Smith, a University of Wisconsin Law School professor, decided in September to utilize a personal passion and growing Internet trend for educational purposes. Today, Smith sees his creation as a growing success.
Half of American adults agree college students are taught with a liberal bias, letting in the possibility to influencing students, according to a survey in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Two college students in Colorado died recently from the effects of binge-drinking on campuses in Boulder and Fort Collins.
According to the New York Times, 1,400 college students ages 18 to 24 die annually as a result of alcohol abuse.
Signs decorated Bascom Hill Tuesday as part of Native American Heritage Month. The signs, which are positioned again today, represent various Native American tribes present at the University of Wisconsin and is one of many efforts made by UW students to educate their peers about Native American culture
Binge-drinking continues to be an object of criticized debate in the city of Madison, as the Policy, Alternatives, Community and Education (PACE) group met yesterday for its second quarterly meeting to discuss alcohol abuse on the University of Wisconsin campus and the effect on students and the city.
When people think of onions they tend to think of bad breath and watery eyes. But what they sometimes overlook are onions’ many health benefits.
According to UW-Madison professor of nutritional sciences Pete Anderson, eating onions has been shown to lower cholesterol, benefit the health of the heart and reduce the risk of cancer. Onions contain thiosulfinates, chemicals that, among other benefits, appear to decrease the risk of a heart attack by limiting the degree to which blood platelets stick together.
The feeding habits of a well-known dinosaur have become more defined thanks to UW-Madison senior Daniel Hyslop, who discovered a leftover dinosaur bone that indicates the Tyrannosaurus rex may have ripped meat off the bones of its prey rather than eating prey whole, bones and all.
When UW-Madison Professor Susan Kidd-Webster looked at a recent edition of the New York Times, she saw a headline stating a “homeless” person assaulted someone.
“Do other articles typically say ‘housed’ person assaults somebody?” she asked.
Monday evening, Tom and Doris Smeltzer gathered at the Health Science Research Center, 750 Highland Ave., to share the story of their daughter, Andrea Smeltzer, a young woman from California who lost her struggle with bulimia at the age of 19 after a 13-month battle.
“Andrea’s Voice: Eating Disorders From a Daughter’s Insight and a Parent’s Perspective,” was put together by Andrea’s parents in an attempt to educate students and parents around the country about eating disorders while keeping their daughter’s memory alive.
We are firm believers in the method of consistent reminding. One rally, one article and one protest are not enough to send a message. The student body must continue their plea for help.
University of Wisconsin students are stuck with a hefty tuition bill every semester. Students must pay their bill in one large chunk whether it be through financial aid, hard-earned cash or gracious parental assistance.
As part of their Hunger and Homelessness Awareness week, the Wisconsin Student Public Interest Group conducted ââ?¬Å?Food Swipe 2004ââ?¬Â Monday in all University of Wisconsin cafeterias.
The Madison City Council will debate Mayor Dave Cieslewicz�s yearly budget during a meeting tonight.
The City Council members look to amend 30 sections of the proposed operating budget, many portions of which affect University of Wisconsin students.
Earl J. Fredrick, age 75, died on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, at the University Hospital due to complications from a recent heart attack. Earl was a Sigma Nu Fraternity member, and a UW gymnast.
Charles “Chuck” Bishop, age 44, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, Nov. 12, 2004. Chuck was employed by UW Madison at the Primate Research Center.
State budget director Dave Schmiedicke said the Wisconsin Historical Society doesn’t need to close its popular museum on the Square to meet the budget-cutting goals of Gov. Jim Doyle.
State employees are being told to use Enterprise Rent-A-Car when a state fleet car is not available for business.
Starting up a business takes money, but too often, Wisconsin entrepreneurs are starved for cash needed to build a business.
Much hoopla has been raised at UW-Madison over a Nov. 5 vote by the UW System Board of Regents to hike the salaries of top university figures across the state.
Millions of college students are passing up the opportunity for financial aid.
Is there anyone who couldn’t usa an extra million dollars?
Leaders of 33 young technology companies are practicing their pitches as they prepare for the Wisconsin Life Sciences & Venture Conference in Madison on Tuesday and Wednesday.
More than 935 local and state law enforcement workers could soon be voting on whether to split off from one of Wisconsin’s largest union groups, under a decision by state officials.
Lynn Ann Pederson, age 29, died on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004. She was employed at UW Station Internal Medicine Clinic for the last six years.
Professor Emerita Joyce S. Steward died on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004. Professor Steward was a faculty member in the UW-Madison English Department beginning in 1966, until she retired in 1982.
New pregame and in-game features will enhance the Kohl Center experience for spectators at UW-Madison athletic events, such as tonight’s exhibition between the 21st-ranked Badger men’s basketball team and UW-Platteville.
The Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Fla., has always coveted a chance to land the University of Wisconsin football team.
In the midst of ongoing competition among public universities to remain at the forefront of the research field, administrators with a proven record are highly valued and sought. UW-Madison recently lost such an administrator to the University of Minnesota, a comparable national research university.
The days are growing shorter and the wind is regaining its winter ferocity in Madison, intensifying the hunger and aggravating the despair of the capital city’s less fortunate residents. Behind the counter at Grace Episcopal Church’s, 116 W. Washington Ave., food pantry, Jim and Hanna Bailey greet those in need with provisions, warm smiles and kind words.
UW-Madison has long had a reputation as a top school for academics and athletics, but within the student body there is a more prominent tradition the administration is not so proud of-the reputation of being an alcohol-rich university.
Dr. Arthur H. Robinson, a geographer who improved on the venerable Mercator projection for drawing the round Earth on a flat map, died on Oct. 10 in Madison, Wis. He was 89.
Global warming is liquefying the Arctic two times faster than it is heating the rest of the planet in what may be an omen for worldwide climate disasters in the next century, according to an eight-nation study released last week.
With the re-election of President Bush and the presence of a more conservative Senate and House of Representatives, some college students and higher-education experts have expressed concern that a business-driven administration will serve the needs of profiteers of the system rather than beneficiaries.
A new initiative designed to help University of Wisconsin students, staff and faculty create, support and sustain new companies was announced Friday.
The State Historical Society will submit a new budget to the Department of Administration today calling for the closure of the Wisconsin Historical Museum on Capitol Square.
The University Health Service�s new Violence Prevention Specialist, Carmen Hotvedt, begins her first day of work today, bringing new ideas on how to properly address sexual and domestic abuse issues on campus.
R. Timothy Mulcahy, associate vice chancellor for research policy, professor of pharmacology and associate dean for biological sciences at the University of Wisconsin graduate school, has announced he is leaving his top research post.
Starting up a business takes money, but too often, Wisconsin entrepreneurs are starved for cash needed to build a business.
