Navigating through downtown Thursday night was tougher than usual with thousands of fans heading to the Kohl Center for the boy?s state basketball tournament.
Thousands of fans visit Madison for boy’s basketball tournament
WKOW-TV 27
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UPDATE: UW Official: No Evidence of Fraud in Overpayments
NBC-15
A University of Wisconsin System official says there?s no evidence of fraud following the discovery that the UW System overpaid $33 million for health insurance premiums and pension contributions over the past two years.
UW official: No evidence of fraud in overpayments
WISC-TV 3
A University of Wisconsin System official says there?s no evidence of fraud following the discovery that the UW System overpaid $33 million for health insurance premiums and pension contributions over the past two years.
UW official: UW lands not at risk of being sold
WISC-TV 3
he governors latest budget proposal would allow for the sale of state property to help pay down the states debt, but a University of Wisconsin System official says UW lands arent likely at risk.
Police work with Eagle Heights community
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin Housing and police are working with residents of the Eagle Heights neighborhood after the arrest of three suspects in connection with an incident in the area late Tuesday night.
College dean search narrows
Badger Herald
The search for University of Wisconsin?s next dean of the College of Letters and Science has reached a new stage, narrowing down to a target range of eight to 10 finalists from both inside and outside the university.
First baby functionally cured of HIV
WKOW-TV 27
On Sunday, researchers from Johns Hopkins announced that a toddler in Mississippi is the first child to be “functionally cured” of HIV.
UW regents discuss proposed new 2-year budget
WKOW-TV 27
The University of Wisconsin System board of regents is meeting to discuss the governor?s proposed two-year budget.
Henry Vilas Zoo Mourns Loss of Casey the Chimpanzee
NBC-15
Henry Vilas Zoo is mourning the loss of Casey, a 31-year-old male chimpanzee, who passed away following a physical examination and diagnostic procedures. The examination was part of a preventive medicine program to evaluate his general health and was a collaborative effort between Henry Vilas Zoo animal and medical staff and the UW School of Veterinary Medicine, including Board Certified Veterinarians in Zoological Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Cardiology.
Public input sought on University Ave. corridor
A group is seeking public input on a study of transportation on the near west side.
UW regents to discuss proposed new 2-year budget
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin System board of regents is meeting to discuss the governors proposed two-year budget, which includes $181 million in new taxpayer investments in the UW System.
UW-Madison chancellor finalist Michael Schill known as fast-rising higher ed administrator
Wisconsin State Journal
Michael Schill looks at the Wisconsin Idea and sees himself reflected in it.”I immediately became enamored because it fits a lot of what I did with my life prior to going into administration,” said the candidate for UW-Madison chancellor, who will be on campus Thursday for a day of interviews and meetings.
Group draws up idea for mural at maligned Humanities Building
Wisconsin State Journal
For 85 years, the UW-Madison students who?ve made up the Wisconsin Union Directorate Art Committee have taken it upon themselves to select, install and promote the art shows that rotate through the galleries of Memorial Union.This year, however, committee director Carly Herzog and her group want to do something different.
UW-Madison chancellor finalist Nicholas Jones would aim to build bridges
Nicholas Jones knows bridges. As an engineer, the finalist for UW-Madison chancellor has published dozens of studies on the durability of different types of spans in withstanding wind and vibrations. But he points to another type of bridges, those the engineering dean at Johns Hopkins University has helped build between academic departments, to make his case for the Madison job.
TAA joins campaign urging UW to divest from fossil fuels
Daily Cardinal
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching Assistant?s Association voted Monday to support a UW-Madison environmental group?s cause to persuade the university to end its investments in fossil fuel interests.
Former adidas workers speak to UW students about fight for severance pay
Daily Cardinal
More than 80 University of Wisconsin-Madison students gathered Tuesday to listen to two Indonesian workers from an adidas-contracted factory share their struggles to get severance pay, in an event hosted by the Student Labor Action Coalition.
Blizzard of activity keeps chancellor candidate Nicholas Jones busy in UW visit
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison chancellor candidate Nicholas Jones spent a busy day on the snowy, sloppy campus Tuesday, noting that he felt a similar intellectual energy and spirit of cooperation he feels at Johns Hopkins University, where he?s dean of the engineering school.
UW-Madison police take 3 into custody following reports of gunshots
Wisconsin State Journal
W-Madison police took three people into custody in investigating reports of gunshots fired at Eagle Heights-University Houses Tuesday night.UW police said in a news release that “a number of calls” came in reporting shots fired in the University Houses area about 9:30 p.m. and shell casings were found in the area.
Bucky’s no-shows: 25 percent of purchased tickets go unused for UW games
Capital Times
Rainey Briggs has held season tickets to University of Wisconsin men?s basketball games for the last six years.He hasn?t been to an exhibition or non-conference game in about five years even though they account for more than half of the home schedule.
Sequester to cost Wisconsin hospitals, research one billion dollars
Badger Herald
Estimates say the federal sequester cuts will cost Wisconsin hospitals one billion dollars over the next 10 years, or $2 million each week, according to a Wisconsin Hospital Association statement.
Increasing female mortality rate found at national level
Badger Herald
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin found an increasing female mortality rate at a national level in a study one researcher called the first of its kind.
Finalist for UW chancellor visits campus – WKOW 27: Madison, WI Breaking News, Weather and Sports
WKOW-TV 27
UW-Madison welcomed one of four finalists to be its next chancellor.
Nicholas Jones is currently the dean of the engineering school at Johns Hopkins University.
3 persons of interest in custody after shots fired near campus
WKOW-TV 27
Madison Police continue to investigate the shots fired near the University Houses area Tuesday night.
Report of Shots Fired on UW-Madison Campus
NBC-15
On Tuesday, March 5, there was extensive police activity in the Eagle Heights community in response to gunshots reported around 9:30 p.m. in the University Houses area.
Police arrest 3 after reports of shooting near UW campus
WISC-TV 3
University of Wisconsin-Madison police said UW Hospital is back open after an emergency with a possible armed person in an area on the far west end of campus.
On Campus: UW-Madison serves up new alcohol policy
Wisconsin State Journal
A new UW-Madison alcohol policy would ban booze at events where less than two-thirds of guests are of legal drinking age and require a professional server at events with more than 50 people. It also would require that smaller events that feature booze be over in two hours and that all booze but beer be served in small, clear cups commonly used for serving wine.
Faculty offer criticism of campus initiatives
Daily Cardinal
The Faculty Senate heard reports Friday on the progress of two campus initiatives, Educational Innovation and changes to university alcohol policy, both of which received criticism from various faculty members.
UW-Madison chancellor finalist Nicholas Jones would aim to build bridges
Wisconsin State Journal
Nicholas Jones knows bridges. As an engineer, the finalist for UW-Madison chancellor has published dozens of studies on the durability of different types of spans in withstanding wind and vibrations. But he points to another type of bridges, those the engineering dean at Johns Hopkins University has helped build between academic departments, to make his case for the Madison job.
Alcohol policy under fire
Badger Herald
A proposed University of Wisconsin alcohol policy change, which was spurred in part by a university-funded party at the center of an Athletics Department investigation last year, was met with concerns about its effect on academic department gatherings at a Faculty Senate meeting Monday.
Soglin: Sequester will hurt city, UW System students
Badger Herald
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin spoke out Monday against the federal sequester, arguing in a press conference the massive federal spending cuts put in place after Congress did not reach a compromise could affect nearly 1,000 University of Wisconsin System students.
Students talk bipartisanship in D.C.
Badger Herald
Not every politically-inclined University of Wisconsin student has the opportunity to travel to the nation?s capital and meet with leading U.S. government officials, but that dream became a reality for one undergraduate last week.
John Wiley – Artist 1
Retired UW-Madison chancellor John Wiley has been pursuing his hobby as a welder since shortly after being named chancellor in 2001. Among his major projects are a trefoil knot table, front, and a Mobius strip, back, which are on display in the lobby of the Marina Condominiums on East Wilson Street.
Jeremy Beckham: UW?s cruelty to cats should be stopped
Capital Times
Academy award-nominated actor James Cromwell and I were recently arrested for protesting at a meeting of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents for its failure to take action to end horribly cruel and wasteful experiments on cats at UW-Madison. UW?s response has been to distort, deny and dismiss well-documented cruelty in its laboratories and attempt to silence dissent about the issue.
Some people go fishing, former UW chancellor John Wiley welds large pieces of metal
Wisconsin State Journal
Ben Sidran was looking for just the perfect note to fill a longstanding void in his landscaping.”After living in the house 20 years and looking at the bare wall under the sunroom window, we felt it was time to have a trellis designed to make better use of a difficult space,” Sidran said.
Tom Still: Sequester puts research funds in peril
Wisconsin State Journal
Embedded in the national debate over automatic cuts in the federal budget ? the sequester ? is a question that could hit Wisconsin harder than many states: What is Washington?s role in fostering innovation?
Health Sense: Want to impact big health problems? Get involved
Wisconsin State Journal
It can take a lot of effort to eat well, exercise regularly and try to stay healthy, especially this time of year.For individuals, addressing public health problems ? such as obesity, health illiteracy and cancer ? can seem even more daunting.
Quick Question: Should state employees who smoke be charged $50 a month more for their health insurance?
Capital Times
On general principle it?s reasonable to expect people who engage in risky behavior to pay more for their health insurance. On the other hand, that (surcharge) increases the cost of smoking quite a bit. I?m not a smoker and I have a limited amount of sympathy for them, but the amount employees should pay for their health insurance should be subject to negotiation between the state and their union.?
Public worker retirees take another pension hit
Capital Times
Longtime participants in the Wisconsin Retirement System will see another cut in their monthly pension checks as the state continues to smooth out losses from the 2008 stock market plunge.
Paul Fanlund: Why UW?s chancellor choice matters more than you think
Capital Times
This week and next, the four finalists for chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be interviewed by a committee of the UW Board of Regents with a selection expected in April.
Campus fire results in multiple evacuations
Badger Herald
A fire broke out in a University of Wisconsin building on University Avenue Thursday morning.
City committee continues State Street reconstruction plans
Badger Herald
A city committee convened for the first time in nearly a year to begin making plans for reconstruction of the 700 and 800 blocks of State Street.
Wisconsin Union representatives ask for seg fee increase
Badger Herald
The Wisconsin Union addressed members of student government about their need for a slight increase in segregated fees to fix maintenance concerns at a meeting Thursday.
UW Grad Set To Make NFL History
NBC-15
Lauren Silberman has scant chance at making the NFL.
Silberman never kicked anything more than a soccer ball in an organized game and she just started practicing long-range field goals.
Classes resume after fire at UW medical center
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
With two exceptions, classes are resuming today at the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Medical Science Center following a fireThursday.Two Friday courses, gross anatomy and undergraduate physiology, were relocated, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. The fire started at 8 a.m. on the fourth floor of the building at 1300 University Ave. The cause remains under investigation.
Update: Most activities to resume after fire at UW’s Medical Sciences Center
Wisconsin State Journal
Activity is expected to return pretty much to normal Friday at UW-Madison?s sprawling Medical Sciences Center, one day after a fire canceled classes and displaced scores of workers.
Doug Moe: Recalling a UW chef who was a cut above
Wisconsin State Journal
The first time they honored Carson Gulley on the UW-Madison campus ? by putting his name on a building ? it was 1966, and Gulley, a celebrated chef, had been dead four years.
11 ways the budget sequester could affect Wisconsinites
Wisconsin State Journal
No one can say with certainty how the automatic spending cuts that kick in Friday will affect Wisconsin. Some federal services will continue uninterrupted; others will be scaled back as furloughs begin, likely next month. Here are some of the changes officials say are likely over the next few months if Congress doesnt reverse the cuts.
Classes canceled Friday at fire-damaged UW Medical Sciences Center
Wisconsin State Journal
A fire Thursday morning at the UW Medical Sciences Center building has resulted in classes being canceled in the building for Friday.
UW students to dance the night away for Children’s Hospital
The Harlem Shake and Gangnam Style will be on full display Friday night at the UW-Madison Memorial Union, and for a good reason.
Jane Goodall to be keynote speaker at Earth Day conference in Madison
Madison.com
Jane Goodall will be the keynote speaker at the seventh annual Nelson Institute Earth Day conference April 15 at Monona Terrace, UW-Madison said in a news release.
Dance marathon to raise money for hospital
Daily Cardinal
University of Wisconsin-Madison students can show off their best dance moves at the fifth annual Wisconsin Dance Marathon Friday to raise money for the American Family Children?s Hospital.
Three-alarm fire at Medical Sciences building
Daily Cardinal
The Madison Fire Department reported no injuries after it extinguished a three-alarm fire at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical Sciences building Thursday morning.
Candidate emphasizes liberal arts
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin chancellor search finalist Nicholas Jones, the current dean of the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, is no stranger to UW or Badger sporting games.
UW System selects new top official
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin System has promoted an official to the top financial position, replacing the interim vice president who was also a finalist for the spot.
Students detail Revelry event
Badger Herald
The student leaders behind Revelry, the student body?s first official end-of-the-year celebration, announced Wednesday the musical event will take place at Engineering Mall and Union South Plaza from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 4th, the same day as the Mifflin Street Block Party.
Committee targets cell phone reception at Union South
Badger Herald
A grassroots committee of student government that examined cellphone reception at University of Wisconsin found that Union South, Dejope Hall and athletic facilities need the most reception improvement through a campus-wide survey.
UW Students Attempting to Provide an Alternative End of the Year Party to Mifflin
NBC-15
Wisconsin Union Directorate and Festival Organizers held a pressconference to share additional finalized details Concerning RevelryStudent leaders of the arts and musical festival, Revelry, shared the latest updates and answer any questions about the event.
Fire knocked down at UW Medical Sciences Center
WISC-TV 3
A three-alarm fire in the University of Wisconsin Medical Sciences Center at 1300 University Avenue has been extinguished, according to Madison Fire Department spokeswoman Lori Wirth.
On Campus: UW-Madison chancellor finalist Kim Wilcox also up for Wyoming job
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison may lose one of its four finalists for chancellor as Kim Wilcox, provost at Michigan State, will find out as early as today if he?s the new president at the University of Wyoming.
Walker sees little impact from cuts
Badger Herald
Gov. Scott Walker and other Republican governors criticized the president?s across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to take effect this week during a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Friday.