Freelance writer and award-winning journalist Florence Williams wrote her first book about breasts because she was fascinated by how and why modern life changed them. Williams was named the University of Wisconsin?s science writer in residence this semester.
After a factory collapse in Bangladesh killed 1,134 workers last year, the University of Wisconsin is in the process of reviewing workers? safety in factories around the world that produce clothing emblazoned with Bucky and the Motion W.
The Madison Fire Department responded to a report of a chemical leak at a building on the UW Campus Thursday afternoon.
If the Recreational Sports Master Plan referendum is passed and the project overshoots its budget, students will not be called upon to provide additional funding, Rec Sports Director John Horn told the student government at its meeting Wednesday.
The Wisconsin Union Directorate announced Wednesday the second annual Revelry Music and Art Festival will be held on May 3 on Langdon Street, although organizers are still waiting for city approval on the location change.
Student organizers are hoping to make UW-Madisons spring music festival an end-of-the-year tradition on campus.
Dr. Ozioma Okonkwo, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, will begin a two-year project to study the effects of aerobic exercise on the prevention of Alzheimer?s disease after receiving a research grant from the Alzheimer?s Association.
It?s a place for relaxation and support during their road to recovery.
Hilton Madison launches a Carbone Ribbon Room to support the UW Carbone Cancer Center and raise money for cancer research. The room features journals, personal stories and artwork as a way to band together and support those struggling with cancer.
The University of Wisconsin is part of a new effort to make the United States more competitive in manufacturing.
UW-Madison is a research partner with the new “Digital Lab”, based in Chicago.
After a preliminary draft of the new campus diversity plan was released last week, students have voiced concerns regarding its vague language and lack of accountability.
As the vote nears on the Rec Sports Master Plan, which includes updates and renovations to the Southeast Recreational Facility, the Natatorium and the Near East and Near West Fields, the TAA called for UW Athletics to foot half the bill for any Rec Sports updates in a statement Friday.
From a sheep ranch in Western Australia comes the oldest slice of Earth we know.
An international team of researchers led by scientists at UW-Madison have revealed new details on how Earth became habitable.
Melvin Gordon might have been the top running back in the NFL draft if he had not decided to remain in school.
Researchers at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery have developed a spongelike material called an aerogel that could become a sustainable way to clean up oil spills. Quoted: Shaoqin “Sarah” Gong, associate professor of biomedical engineering.
Geology professor John Valley and his graduate student have found the oldest piece of Earth’s crust yet discovered.
With the rise of social media, a public figure?s personal critics are never more than 140 characters away.Student-athletes are among those who feel the sting of ill-advised or critical social posts, which has raised the question as to whether universities should take steps to regulate the sites.
Wisconsin (WKOW) — Yana Groves has lived in the United States since 2007. But she was born in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
The state Assembly has approved a bill that would allow University of Wisconsin institutions to perform classified national security research.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison?s technology department presented a plan to change the campus email system from WiscMail to Microsoft Office 365, to Associated Students of Madison Coordinating Council Wednesday.
A University of Wisconsin committee proposed a new budget model for the university that would allow for more flexibility and the ability to drive funding to departments as students flock to certain majors.
A power surge rippled through the entire city of Madison shortly after noon Wednesday, leaving parts of the campus in the dark and some students trapped in elevators.
Five researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health received a two-year, $100,000 grant each to pursue innovative research and education in health, according to a university press release.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will hold Design Summit 3 Thursday, a forum focusing on ?human-centered design? and innovation, with the intent of fostering conversation between researchers at UW-Madison and associates in the industry, according to a university press release.
This past year a colorful new assortment of notebooks with canine characteristics reached the shelves of the University Bookstore here in Madison. You may have given ?paws? to the WOOF logo as you strolled down the paper aisle in that frantic last-minute rush to fetch some school supplies before the new semester. Perhaps you stopped to admire the howling pup on the cover or even purchased one out of sheer adoration. But you probably didn?t know that ?WOOF? isn?t just what the dog says or merely some vibrant notebook with a dog graphic on it. WOOF Supplies is a charitable organization that seeks to enhance educational opportunities for underprivileged students in the U.S. WOOF is an acronym for ?Working On Our Future,? and it aspires to do just that.
A unique particle accelerator housed in a University of Wisconsin physics lab has attracted scientists from across the world and nation for years, but due to federal cuts the lab has officially been slated for closure on March 7.
Plans for a new University of Wisconsin health clinic are being reworked after a salty reception from officials who claim the original plan offered too much parking and not enough public space.
New solar panels created by Sunpreme and tested at the University of Wisconsin have passed preliminary tests and could be on their way to usage at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in South Pole.
Bob Prezybelski, a doctor with UW Health, says solving simple puzzles can stimulate areas of the brain that are at rest. It can helping to prevent, or delay, the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
University Health Services Executive Director Sarah Van Orman outlined a new policy regarding alcohol service and consumption at university affiliated events at an Associated Students of Madison Shared Governance Committee meeting Thursday.
The student-athletes participated as a part of the Beyond the Game program. The program aims to improve student-athlete graduation rates, post-graduation prospects and activity involvement with classes, seminars and hands-on experiences, such as Science Saturday.
Three finalists were named for the position of director of Discovery to Product, a new partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, according to a Tuesday university press release.
The Associated Students of Madison Diversity Committee hosted a celebration of the ?unity of identities? at Union South Tuesday.
A provision to exempt University of Wisconsin System research from open records requests was removed from a bill to allow classified research on campus Monday.
Newly released research from a UW-Madison professor finds income inequality will continue to go up in the years to come.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank thinks the Board of Regents should consider raising tuition for out-of-state students.
In a statement, Wisconsin football coach Gary Andersen says the Cleveland Browns contacted him about their head coaching position.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has the most alumni currently volunteering in the Peace Corp according to the organizations annual school rankings.
The state Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities held a public hearing on two bills Monday that could affect research and scholarship funds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
University of Wisconsin-Madison alumna Erin Luhmann discussed her experiences and newly gained insights after traveling abroad with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof at a lecture Monday.
Students may soon be seeing more incentives to stay in state for college with two bills proposed in the Legislature to help residents pay for the increasing costs of higher education.
A bill that would allow University of Wisconsin System campuses to conduct classified research that would be exempt from state open records law was taken up in committee Monday.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings goes beyond the classroom in her quest to diminish racial disparities on and off campus.
Two legislators with a medical background have introduced a bill that would require two years of training for medical school graduates before they could receive a doctors license in Wisconsin. The state currently requires one year.
UW announced 25 scholarship recruits and five walk-ons on signing day Wednesday.
Five UW scholarships went to wide receivers on signing day on Wednesday.
Artists from New Berlin cleaned and restored the murals. The Union recently unveiled the improvements to Der Stiftskeller, a 30-tap bar with pool tables and extended seating from the Rathskeller.
Students will vote in March on a referendum to increase a fee future Badgers pay for recreational sports facilities to pay for $223 million in renovations and expansions to the campus? aging fields, gyms, pools and tracks. The proposal was explained Thursday to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents capital planning and budget committee.
Rebecca Blank told the Regents to expect an aggressive push by her in coming years to raise UW-Madison tuition for those groups to the same or near what peers at other schools pay.
Two University of Wisconsin-Madison professors joined the 2014 class of the National Academy of Engineering Thursday, according to a university news release.
A University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents planning committee heard plans and details regarding the Recreational Sports Master Plan at its February meeting Thursday.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank highlighted her key policy focuses in education and tuition at a public meeting with the UW System Board of Regents Thursday.
Accounting giant Ernst and Young LLP announced a pledge of $1.1 million to the Wisconsin School of Business Thursday, a gift the company believes will have a significant return on investment.
UW Hospital and Clinics officials said they are tracking a possible measles exposure in Madison.
Skloot is professor emeritus of theater and drama and Jewish studies.
On February 5, 1849, a group of University of Wisconsin-Madison students paid a yearly tuition of 20 dollars?the current cost of several days? worth of Gordon Commons meals?to secure a place in the newly established institution?s first class, according to a university news release.
George Clooney may be bringing ?The Monuments Men? to the silver screen, but two university of Wisconsin alumni were part of the real life military units tasked with rescuing Europe?s cultural treasures which inspired the film.
The final stage of the $86 million Camp Randall renovation, the Fetzer Center for Student-Athlete Excellence, opened in January as a place for student-athletes to hang out between classes and practice.
Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay, said about 763,000 Wisconsin residents are burdened by student loan debt. Passing the legislation, which he called the first of its kind nationally, would provide an incentive for graduates of state colleges to remain in Wisconsin after graduation.
Quoted: Kenneth Mayer, professor of political science.
