Former UW Badgers basketball coach Bo Ryan is going back to the school where he made his name as a head coach.
Ryan will speak as a distinguished lecturer at UW-Platteville on Tuesday, April 19 at 9:30 a.m. on the basketball court on campus named after him.
The latest project at Dane County’s zoo will showcase the state animal. In a news conference, Henry Vilas Zoo representatives said Wednesday afternoon that its new exhibit will showcase the badger, which is also the mascot critter for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
University of Wisconsin System leaders have quietly canceled a series of presentations on how Republican budget cuts have affected system schools.
A University of Wisconsin System regents committee is set to vote on a plan to raise nonresident and graduate tuition at five campuses.
Patrick Sims, vice provost for diversity and climate at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, decided last week that he had had enough.When he received a picture of a racial slur, scrawled on notebook paper, that had reportedly been slipped under a freshman’s dorm-room door, Mr. Sims did something unusual for a campus administrator. He recorded a video.
In spite of Tuesday’s record turnout, the wait to vote at UW-Madison polling locations remained manageable, officials there said.University officials stressed that delays for the campus locations didn’t hit the one and two hour waits seen at UW-Green Bay and Marquette University at some points Tuesday.“The city clerk’s office tells us the max wait time was about 15 minutes,” spokeswoman Meredith McGlone said.
UW-Madison has issued thousands of free voter IDs to students for the Wisconsin Primary.
By 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, the university had issued a total of 3,332 IDs according to university officials. 750 were issued on Tuesday alone.
The renewed focus on bread-and-butter Democratic principles, especially within organized labor, arrived in step with Sanders’ message, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Barry Burden, director of its Elections Research Center, told CNN.
Wisconsin head basketball coach Greg Gard announced on Monday the addition of former Badger standout Joe Krabbenhoft to his staff as an assistant coach.
Wisconsin head men’s basketball coach Greg Gard has been selected as the 2016 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year, as announced on Monday by CollegeInsider.com.
University of Wisconsin head basketball coach Greg Gard has received a major national coaching award, just four months after taking over the men’s basketball program. Gard has been selected as the 2016 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year, which was announced Monday by CollegeInsider.com.
Quoted: “[Trump] has never worked elites in the state,” said Barry Burden, the director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Elections Research Center. “He has no endorsements, essentially, from any state legislators. He’s tried to talk to conservative talk radio earlier this week and that was a failure.”
(Video) Tele ophthalmology is showing tremendous potential in fighting and curing diabetic eye disease. UW Health ophthalmologist Dr. Yao Liu will talk about her research during a free community talk later this month.
Noted: McDonell said a driver’s license, Wisconsin ID card, a passport or student ID will be accepted, but University of Wisconsin-Madison students will need to get a secondary student ID in order to vote.
Students can get a secondary ID at Union South.
University of Wisconsin head basketball coach Greg Gard is welcoming a popular former Badger to join his coaching staff next year. UWBadgers.com is reporting that former Badger star Joe Krabbenhoft has agreed to join Gard’s staff as an assistant coach next year.
Mentioned: Araceli Alonso, senior lecturer in gender and women’s studies and a faculty associate at UW–Madison’s School of Medicine; computer science professor Gurindar Sohi.
While University of Wisconsin students are beginning to register for courses for the fall semester, one UW professor is looking to reform the registration system so students can easily find classes they are more likely to enjoy. Harry Brighouse, a UW philosophy professor who specialized in educational policy studies, said he believes a better way students can choose their general education requirement classes is through implementing a course recommendation and reviewing system.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) brought stars and everyday supporters out to the Kohl Center Sunday night for a final Dane County rally before Tuesday’s Democratic presidential primary election in Wisconsin.
Even before former defensive backs coach Daronte Jones left for a job with the Miami Dolphins, Leonhard had expressed a desire to coach the Badgers in some shape or form. So when Jones vacated the position in February, hiring Leonhard was a no-brainer.
Police at UW-Madison are investigating a reported sexual assault on Langdon Street.
The UW-Madison Police Department says the reported assault happened between 12:45 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. Sunday at a fraternity house.
Another top in-state prospect has agreed to join the Wisconsin football program.
The Wisconsin State Journal reports that Port Washington offensive lineman Tyler Beach committed to becoming a Badger Sunday, three days after visiting campus.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s band is known throughout the country and the world.
On Monday, UW Band Director Mike Leckrone stopped by Wake Up Wisconsin to talk about the upcoming show.
A life surrounded by and living in crap has its benefits—if you’re a dung beetle. That life is also a boon to livestock, us, and our planet. “By simply digging through, or tunneling through, cow patties, dung beetles aerate them and reduce methane,” said UW-Madison entomologist P.J. Liesch.
First-year UW student and Sellery Hall resident Launa Owens was the victim of the hate speech that prompted a strong and emotional response from Vice Provost Patrick Sims, Madison365 has learned.
April 1 is Black Woman Heal Day, an international movement started here in Madison last year to increase awareness, healing and prevention of sexual abuse of black women around the world. It has also spread to the UW-Madison campus where women from the community and students united Friday to empower themselves and each other.
Noted: University of Wisconsin-Madison finance professor Jim Johannes, who testified in favor of the bill, said it standardizes courts’ interpretation of what is required in order to sue.
“It puts a fork in what you need as evidence when you approach the courts in the pleading stage of a case,” he said. “It provides clarity for the courts. Previously, before this the courts could interpret it any way they wanted to.”
With the Brussels and Paris terror attacks fresh in the minds of Americans some study abroad programs are struggling to fill spots. University of Wisconsin-Madison officials say the recent terror attacks have certainly made students more concerned about traveling, but it hasn’t hurt overall numbers.
Noted: The event was organized in part by Wunk Sheek, a Native American student group on the UW-Madison campus. In March, the group made news after an incident of intolerance on campus, when students mocked a Ho-Chunk Elder, shouting stereotypical war cries during a Native American ceremony.
Diana Peterson, a UW-Madison grad student and Menominee Nation member, said incidents like this show the challenges Native Americans and other minority groups face from discrimination.
“It’s not just with the native peoples, but it’s representatives with other cultures as well,” Peterson said. “It’s frustrating sometimes to see these things on campus.”
Peterson said she hopes to work with UW staff to include more representation from all cultures.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police are investigating a sexual assault that reportedly happened at a fraternity house Sunday morning, according to a release.
Sen. Bernie Sanders told a Madison crowd his administration would be “the opposite of a Scott Walker administration” at a rally to get out the vote. Sanders spoke to 4,400 people, according to UW-Madison Police, one of the smallest crowds he’s drawn since beginning his candidacy.
Noted: First Tee executive director Joe Loehnis, 31, seems almost blueprinted for the job. He’s an accomplished golfer with a shag bag full of other interests, including the cello. He played with the Green Bay Symphony as a teenager, and studied music at Lawrence University while starring for the golf team. He’s currently working toward a master’s in business at UW–Madison.
The presidential race has brought a lot of excitement and debate to Wisconsin this week, but for the law enforcement agencies charged with keeping everyone safe at these events, the visits have also created a lot of extra work.
Madison Memorial football star Jake Ferguson has given a verbal commitment to play football at the University of Wisconsin
Quoted: “What we’re looking forward now toward is getting ready for what is going to happen in the U.S. in the upcoming season,” said Dr. Susan Paskewitz, an entomologist and mosquito expert at University of Wisconsin-Madison. In response to the CDC map, Paskewitz has been working to coordinate an increased mosquito surveillance program in southern and western Wisconsin.
Noted: UW–Madison, which contains more mounds than any college anywhere, does publish maps of local campus mounds. Start your research at lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu.
Officials at the University of Wisconsin are investigating a report of a flier that included hate speech being put under the door of a UW student’s dorm room.
Longtime assistant coach Gary Close announced his resignation from the Wisconsin Men’s Basketball staff on Wednesday to pursue other professional opportunities.
MADISON, Wis. – Since 1966, just four men have spent a season behind the bench as the leader of the Wisconsin men’s hockey program. Starting in 2016, Tony Granato will be the fifth.
(Video) News 3 Sports Director Jay Wilson talks about Tony Granato being named the new head coach of Wisconsin’s men’s hockey team.
(Video) Experience and name recognition increase a presidential candidate’s chances of winning an election. So too does the quality of a candidate’s voice, and for many, the strain of the campaign is audible. UW speech pathologist Kate McConville has some advice on how to combat hoarseness on Live at Four.
Students harassing each other is bad enough. When they disrespect a spiritual leader, that’s treading into deeper territory of racial insensitivity.
It’s also troublesome that this is just one of a recent string of racially charged incidents on the UW–Madison campus.
Another new face will officially join Wisconsin athletics Thursday. The new Badger women’s basketball coach, Johnathan Tsipis, will be introduced Thursday at the Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion at 1 p.m.
University of Wisconsin senior Kelsey Card was named the co-Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week, the conference announced on Wednesday.
Noted: Levy played at UW from 2005-08 and was drafted in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Lions.
The University of Wisconsin will officially announce Jonathan Tsipis as its new women’s basketball head coach on Thursday.
Tsipis comes to UW after four years as the head coach at George Washington.
The loss of All-Big Ten Conference wide receiver Alex Erickson is one the University of Wisconsin football team might be able to overcome.
When Barry Alvarez began his search for the successor to Mike Eaves as University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach, his short list consisted of three names.
Wednesday afternoon one name not on that list, Tony Granato, was officially introduced as the fifth head coach in the program’s modern history.
A recurring theme during the introductory news conference for University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach Tony Granato and his staff Wednesday was their determination to bring in elite level recruits in the coming years.
The No. 1 priority for Gard is filling out his staff. Gary Close informed Gard earlier this week that he was resigning after 13 seasons as an assistant at UW.
Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton was billed $1,355 for her use Monday of a UW-Madison facility for an hour-long campaign stop with a crowd of 250 invited guests.
Noted: In 1998, Burrill donated funds to start the UW School of Business’s G. Steven Burrill Business Plan Competition, a contest whose winners have included Madison biofuels company Virent Energy Systems and Madison online and mobile restaurant food ordering company EatStreet.
The Burrill contest held its final event in 2015.
Throughout his career as University of Wisconsin athletic director, Barry Alvarez has occasionally had to address the perception of short shrift for Wisconsin’s men’s hockey program from the department.
On Wednesday, his best answer to those critics may have been the three men sitting to his right on a stage set up on the Kohl Center’s sheet of ice.
Noted: He scheduled a rally at UW-Madison’s Kohl Center for Sunday night, which would be his third trip to Madison leading up to the Tuesday primary.
Following a standout season that culminated in a pair of top-10 finishes at the NCAA championships, Wisconsin junior Matt Hutchins was selected as 2016 Big Ten Men’s Swimmer of the Year, as announced by the conference on Tuesday.
Hutchins is the first male Big Ten Swimmer of the Year in Wisconsin program history. He is the first Badger to win the award on either the men’s or women’s side since Maggie Meyer in 2011.
Noted: McDonell said all poll workers have undergone training in the hopes of making the process as smooth as possible; however, some analysis done with the UW-Political Science Department found that taking an extra 10 to 15 seconds to check IDs could add a wait time of 40 to 50 minutes for those in line – especially after work.
On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin met with a group of UW-Madison students to discuss the student loan debt crisis and reform legislation introduced earlier this month. The bill will allow student loan borrowers to refinance outstanding debt at lower rates and increase grants to keep up with the rising cost of tuition. Students shared their stories about being in debt from student loans and the impact the plans can have.
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists monitoring a neutrino telescope at the South Pole are celebrating a $35 million commitment from the National Science Foundation to keep the project going for five more years.
(Video) UW Band Director Mike Leckrone previews the band’s 42nd spring concert.
Tony Granato will be introduced as the new Wisconsin Badgers head men’s hockey coach at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Kohl Center.
A University of Wisconsin student was rescued Tuesday from a malfunctioning elevator in a campus residence hall. Firefighters were called to Witte Hall at 9:05 p.m. on a report of a student trapped in an elevator. Her car was found between the fourth and fifth floors.
