A female University of Wisconsin student said administration is not doing enough after she was injured while intervening in an altercation last weekend.
The student, Elizabeth Olguin, was injured while intervening in an apparent act of partner violence March 11. She is calling on the university to issue a stronger response against Joseph McDonald-Hardy, the UW cross-country runner who was charged with a misdemeanor.
Wisconsin women’s hockey sophomore Annie Pankowski received the Elite 90 Award for having the highest cumulative grade-point average at the 2016 NCAA Women’s Hockey Frozen Four on Thursday.
A zoology major with a 3.85 cumulative grade point average, Pankowski received the award during a banquet at the Portsmouth Harbor Event Center.
Wisconsin women’s hockey players Ann-Renée Desbiens, Annie Pankowski and Courtney Burke were each named 2016 CCM Division I Women’s Hockey All-Americans.
Desbiens was named a first-team All-American on Thursday at the NCAA Frozen Four Banquet, while Pankowski and Burke were each named to the second-team. All three Badgers earned their first All-America accolades of their respected careers.
The month of March may be all about the Madness, but it’s also National Athletic Training Month.
In honor of this month, the Department of Kinesiology at UW-Madison is busy collecting data about high school athletes.
“There’s certain orthopedic injuries that used to be reserved for baseball players with 20 years of experience,” assistant professor, David Bell, said.
“Now they’re seeing them in kids that are 14 and 15,” he continued.
(Video) We wanted to know how UW Health’s Med Flight program bills their patients. New at 6, Kathryn Larson’s got you covered on why officials say their model prevents price gouging. Unlike those air medical service providers described in the story, Med Flight is a not for profit, and they say that makes a big difference.
Mike Eaves has been relieved of his duties as the UW Men’s Hockey coach after 14 seasons, according to Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez.
Madisonians throw out names from Wisconsin history daily—and often without even realizing it. We trek to Camp Randall for Badgers game day, skate on the frozen lakes of Tenney Park and trudge up the incline of Bascom Hill. But who are the faces behind the names?
Badgers basketball forward Nigel Hayes is at it again at the NCAA Tournament. Last year, Hayes and some of his fellow teammates went viral after they became fascinated with the news conference stenographer. The interaction between Hayes and the stenographer continued throughout the tournament.
University of Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez has fired men’s hockey coach Mike Eaves after 14 seasons, UW Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez announced Friday.
University of Wisconsin Police Department met with UW National Alliance of Mental Illness members to discuss how UWPD addresses mental health issues and what students can do to reform the stigma surrounding mental health issues.
UW-Madison Police are investigating another racist incident on the UW-Madison campus.
Racist graffiti was reportedly found in a bathroom at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Monday.
Police said it was reported just after 7 p.m They believe the vandalism happened sometime between 3:30 p.m – 7 p.m. that day.
A student will not face charges in a reported racial incident on campus
UW-Madison Police were called to Sellery Hall Saturday just after 2 a.m. for an incident between four students.
Police said 19-year-old Matthew Hsieh got into an argument with three female students who were reportedly playing loud music and talking loudly.
A group of students at U-W Madison proved that college students can do a lot more than drink beer, they’re pretty good at brewing it, too! 18 students in the food science program faced off today at U-W’s Babcock Hall as part of their fermentation studies class.
The UW Police Department is investigating after someone sprayed graffiti on the outside of Memorial Library Wednesday evening.
The words “White Supremacy is a Disease. – God” can be clearly seen still Thursday morning as students head to class Thursday morning.
Add this to the ever-growing list of outdoor music events you must attend: carillon concerts. A University of Wisconsin–Madison tradition since the bell tower was erected in 1936, on Bascom Hill overlooking Lake Mendota at 1160 Observatory Dr., the concerts are held regularly on Sunday afternoons throughout the year (the current series runs through May 1, with performances starting at 3 p.m.). And the musician responsible for wrangling more than 50 bells into a melodious sound? Lyle Anderson, who was appointed University Carilloner in 1986.
Noted: Taking a page from Doors Open Milwaukee, our city is holding its own Doors Open Madison tour on April 24. Most site tours are self-guided and include several UW–Madison buildings—the Education Building, the Observatory and the Carillon Tower—plus other places like the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, the YWCA and guided tours at the MGE cogeneration plant and Bascom Hill.
University of Wisconsin police are investigating vandalized property at the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery that was reported Monday night. Graffiti of a stick figure hanging from a tree by a noose was found in a men’s bathroom. The N-word was written out next to the image, officials said.
Graffiti declaring that “White supremacy is a disease” was left on Memorial Library at the University of Wisconsin Wednesday night, according to University of Wisconsin police.
The Steven Burrill Business Plan Competition had an iconic aura on the University of Wisconsin campus. Some of Madison’s most prominent millennial entrepreneurs competed in the contest: Jon Hardin, Matt Howard, Chris Meyer, Nathan Lustig, Troy Vosseller, and Forrest Woolworth. From 2007 to 2013, Burrill Business Plan entrepreneurs raised at least 117M and create at least 290 jobs.
Is Wisconsin entering the NCAA Tournament with a bench that is running on empty?
The numbers suggest the answer is yes.
UW’s reserves peaked during the Badgers’ 67-59 victory on Feb. 24 at Iowa by contributing 23 points, eight rebounds and four assists in 50 minutes.
Citing “a troubling string” of hate and bias incidents, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced she would accelerate the hiring of two mental health professionals dedicated to diversity and climate, roll out a program to teach students cultural competency and step up efforts to encourage students to report such incidents.
With many students using #TheRealUW to voice their experiences with racial prejudice on campus, a discrimination expert said there are caveats that come with greater media attention.
University of Wisconsin psychology professor Markus Brauer, an expert on discrimination, said greater visibility means students’ perceptions of racial prejudice on campus will have a concrete impact on the racial climate.
A team of students in the College of Engineering at University of Wisconsin took first place and won $2,000 at a regional competition to develop clean energy snowmobiles last week.
The challenge asked students to redesign the powertrain of a conventional snowmobile to be as clean and quiet as possible, while maintaining power and affordability.
UW-Madison freshman Synovia Knox was in a Sellery hallway with several friends from the 9th Cohort of First Wave the night before their Line Breaks performance that covered issues of racism, classism and sexism—when a male resident shoved her and spat in her face.
During the assault, the aggressor, who was intoxicated, hurled hateful language about race and socioeconomic status at Knox and three other First Wave scholars: Maryam Muhammad, Nora Laine Herzog and Francisco Velazquez.
Suzy Favor Hamilton was back in Madison Tuesday for the first time since her secret life as a Las Vegas escort was revealed.
The former Olympian and University of Wisconsin runner was the keynote speaker for this year’s awards banquet for the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Many of you might be getting to ready to opt out of the Wisconsin spring weather for somewhere nicer, but with the recent Zika virus outbreak, there’s growing concern over travel, even for women who are not pregnant.
Doctors say women who want to become pregnant and men also need to be cautious when it comes to traveling to areas with active Zika virus transmission. Dr. Kathleen Antony, a maternal fetal medicine physician at UW Health, says the good news is that past Zika infections don’t seem to impact future pregnancies, but there’s a catch for women and men.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank says she is taking action after several recent cases of discrimination on campus.
In an open letter to the UW-Madison community, Blank announced several expanded or accelerated initiatives to which she intends to devote time and resources.
A male was beaten and robbed by a group of five others after they offered to take him to a hospital for medical treatment, according to a release from University of Wisconsin police.
Rural counties have higher rates of smoking, obesity, child poverty and teen births, as well as higher numbers of uninsured adults than their urban counterparts, according to the report, a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. Large urban counties have lower smoking and obesity rates, fewer injury deaths and more residents who attended some college.
“What we think is going on here is that … in rural areas, there is a smaller population, fewer businesses, fewer taxes — and they’re struggling to offer as many opportunities as urban,” said lead researcher Bridget Catlin [senior scientist and director of MATCH]. “All of this has a significant impact on health.”
A 23-year-old Madison man was arrested Monday on suspicion of fourth-degree sexual assault after a student was sexually assaulted Wednesday.
A trending hashtag has popped up on Twitter following University of Wisconsin-Madison’s third incident of discrimination in the last month. Students are using #TheRealUW to share their own experiences of discrimination on campus, saying they would otherwise go overlooked by the university.
After three hate incidents occurred within one week, University of Wisconsin students created a platform to share stories about the importance of including students of color.
#TheRealUW began trending on Twitter shortly after a hate incident occurred Sunday. According to a Facebook post by Karie Le, the Vietnamese victim, a middle-aged white man spat on her and told her to “go back to China” outside the Student Activity Center.
Donald Trump’s rhetoric throughout the 2016 presidential campaign has sparked outrage from members of the American Muslim community, and for Muslim UW student Alaa Fleifel, it has sparked fear.
“When people get riled up about hating Muslims, eventually Muslims are not seen as human, [and] they become easy targets,” Fleifel said. “I honestly have felt somewhat unsafe.”
Amid a presidential campaign that has centered on issues relating to Islamic extremism, Fleifel’s comments echo the sentiments of many in the UW Muslim community.
UW-Madison freshman Synovia Knox still can’t believe what happened early Saturday morning at Sellery Hall. She and a group of friends had returned after grabbing some late night food and were met by her frustrated neighbor who started shouting profanities and racially charged comments.
UW-Madison officials are investigating another instance of insensitivity at a campus dorm.
Three students say they were pushed and spit on at Sellery Hall over the weekend. Campus police say they do not consider it a hate crime right now, but they did give out a ticket for disorderly conduct.
The leaders of the highest-profile athletic programs at Wisconsin know all about the pride and pressure that come with coaching in their home state. Football coach Paul Chryst is a native son, just like Greg Gard, newly minted as the full-time basketball coach. Both also were former Wisconsin assistants.
A possible pilot study would investigate the effects of mindfulness training on Madison police officers. MPD Chief Mike Koval says he’s working with the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin to plan the project to determine how mindfulness training affects a police officer’s physical and mental well-being.
After making an immediate impact with the Badgers in 2002 — being named a second-team freshman All-American — Brandon Williams became one of the leading receivers in the Big Ten as a senior, surpassing 1,000 yards receiving and returning two punts for touchdowns. Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in 2006, he also played for the Steelers and Rams before returning to Madison. Since then he’s become a financial guru and sports commentator, and host of the popular Gridiron GQ podcast.
Tickets for the Badger men’s basketball game against Pittsburgh in St. Louis on Friday sold out before they were available for public sale.
Faculty and University of Wisconsin police are looking into their third incident of discrimination on campus in the past month after a group of students were pushed and spit on in Sellery Hall. Synovia Knox and Francisco Velazquez were walking to their dorm room in Sellery Hall with two other women when they were confronted by another resident, who they say began yelling at them and said they didn’t belong because of economic status.
UW-Madison freshman Karie Le reported to university officials and took to social media Sunday to detail a Saturday night incident of discrimination, which is now the third incident of bias to be reported in the last week.
Le, who is Vietnamese, said she was spat on by a middle-aged white man outside of the Student Activity Center at around 7 p.m. Saturday night. The man then told her to return to China, and the roughly five other men he was with laughed at Le.
University Housing is leading an investigation into an incident of discrimination that occurred early Saturday morning in Sellery residence hall, according to an email sent to First Wave Scholars from Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer Patrick Sims.
A student reportedly pushed three residents of Sellery Hall at roughly 2 a.m. The aggressor also spat on one of the students, according to an email sent to Sellery Hall residents later Saturday morning.
Less than three weeks after a town hall meeting to address a racially charged incident, UW officials are now investigating a second one. This instance occurred at a Native American ceremony on the UW campus earlier this week.
The Wisconsin men’s basketball team (20-12) received the No. 7 seed in the East Region and will face 10th-seeded Pittsburgh (21-11) in the first round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament on Friday at Scottrade Center in St. Louis. The game time will be announced later Sunday evening.
UW-Madison officials are investigating the disruption of a campus, Native American ceremony, with unidentified hecklers using mock war cries to drown out a tribal elder’s solemn singing.
Officials say the interruption of a community healing circle at a fire pit outside DeJope residence hall with approximately fifty people participating happened Wednesday.
(Video) Noted: Worse are the slurs and hate-speech right here
in Madison. The heckling of a Ho-Chunk elder on the
UW campus, and the city’s tanking as the 10th worst
city for anti-Black tweets are the most recent examples.
A little over a month after UW students posted pictures of Hitler to a Jewish student’s dorm, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is investigating another act of intolerance. At Dejope Hall on campus, an important Native American ceremony was cut short, Wednesday night.
Students from inside the dorm started shouting mocking war cry sounds, upsetting everyone at the event.
A UW male student was sexually assaulted Wednesday at 6 p.m. According to a police report, the student was on the fourth level of the Student Activities Center, 333 East Campus Mall, when a man approached him and asked for help.
A UW student received a cut hand after an attempt to intervene in what appeared to be an incident of partner violence Friday night. UW Madison police confirmed to News 3 Saturday that two UW-Madison students witnessed what appeared to be partner violence outside 45 N. Randall Street.
Wisconsin fans may wonder why CBS’ NCAA men’s basketball tournament selection program didn’t show the Badgers reacting to their bracket assignment. Fifteen minutes before CBS announced Wisconsin would play in St. Louis, the players started to see on Twitter that someone had leaked the entire NCAA bracket online.
The Himawari geostationary satellites, operated by Japan’s meteorological agency, captured the sight of the moon’s shadow traveling across the Earth. Yasuhiko Sumida, a scientist visiting the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, stitched them together into the video above. It was shared on the CIMSS Satellite Blog.
Despite visible discontent from faculty members in the room, the UW System Board of Regents passed three resolutions regarding tenure policy at its meeting Thursday.
Noted: Dr. David Drake starts his mornings when the campus is just lit by a few headlights and street lamps. He’s on the look out for coyotes, the animals you hope you don’t see in your backyard. He leads the UW-Canid Project. “At least with some of our preliminary data, the coyotes are concentrating a lot of their time and activity to green spaces within the urban landscape,” said Dr. Drake.
Quoted: Katherine Cramer, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, has been conducting extended conversations about voter attitudes with people in her politically competitive state since 2007.
“Things have definitely gotten worse in Wisconsin in terms of the overall mood,” she said. “It’s become a different place. People are more on edge, more distrusting of each other and their government.”
Officials at UW Madison have another racially-based investigation on their hands. They say a Native American elder was heckled while a group was on campus for a healing ceremony.
Noted: While the UW School of Medicine and Public Health has included addiction in its curriculum for decades, this is the first course offered solely focused on the issue. In addition to heroin, the course also teaches students about alcohol addiction.
“We recognize the need now to train practitioners not only to make better decisions about initiating prescriptions but also on following patients to make sure that treatment is actually right for them,” said Dr. Richard Brown, a professor of family medicine and community health.
We just never get tired of this one. Every year the more than seventy-one hundred employees at state agencies in Dane County, the UW and UW Hospital participate in the local component of the State Employee Combined Campaign to support non-profit charities.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has adopted policy changes that will weaken tenure protections. The Republican-authored state budget stripped tenure protections from state law. The regents adopted the statutory language as policy but created a task force to recommend changes.
Leaders from the University of Wisconsin and beyond discussed the science behind meditation and the virtues taught by the Dalai Lama. His Holiness talked about how those practices can help improve mental health.
With mental health care costs expected to soar in coming decades, world leaders in science and health looked for ways to improve global happiness and well-being at a Wednesday panel discussion featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama. UW-Madison neuroscientist Richard Davidson, founder of the Center for Healthy Minds, said the Dalai Lama had interesting insights into modern research.
