Days after a meteorite struck Russia and left more than 1,000 injured, University of Wisconsin scientists concluded a study of a meteorite that hit Wisconsin with findings of its complex geological history after three years of investigation.
Gov. Scott Walker will release his biennial budget and will give an address at the Capitol about his budget priorities today. Over the past few weeks, he has released parts of his budget, and below is a preview of what he will include in several areas.
Madison police are investigating two more armed robberies near the UW campus early Wednesday morning.
As schools across the country are focused on security, University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Chief Susan Riseling is getting national recognition for her strategy for dealing with a shooter on campus.
MADISON – Dennis W. Presser, age 54, passed away on Feb. 16, 2013 suddenly from natural causes at his home in Madison.
Recreational Sports representatives addressed a student government committee in a Monday meeting, with members saying the need for building repairs to outdated facilities are a critical part of their $2 million budget request for the 2013-2014 fiscal year.
Gov. Scott Walker announced a $129 million investment in public education and an additional $181 million in funding for the University of Wisconsin System would be included in his upcoming budget announcement on Monday.
Madison police search for suspects in three strong armed robberies Monday night.
Three armed robberies near the UW campus Monday night involving pedestrians all appear to be related, according to Madison police.
Donald Nichols, an economics and public affairs professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an adviser to three state governors and a president, has died at the age of 72.Nichols died of liver cirrhosis complications caused by hepatitis C, according to an obituary in the Wisconsin State Journal.
Donald Nichols, an economics and public affairs professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison passed away Friday at the age of 72.Nichols died of liver complications resulting from Hepatitis C. He was born in Madison, Conn., and received his doctorate degree from Yale University.
Mifflin Street Block Party-goers could have another option this year for celebrating the end of the semester.A new event called Revelry is scheduled for May 4 ? the same day as the Mifflin Street party ? and is likely to be centered at UW-Madison?s Union South and the College of Engineering campus, according to 4th District Ald. Mike Verveer.
Board of Regents2013 Meeting Notices for Special Committee MeetingsUW-Madison Chancellor Search and Screen Committee andSpecial Regent Committe for the UW-Madison Chancellor Search Date and Time: Monday, Feb. 18, 2012 | 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Location: 260 Bascom Halll, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Board approved Friday a budget of more than $133 million for the university?s athletic department next year.The budget is a $19 million dollar increase from last year?s budget, which amounted to approximately $114 million dollars.
Donald Nichols, a nationally renowned economist and former director of the University of Wisconsin La Follette School of Public Affairs, died Friday night at age 72.
The University of Wisconsin?s Athletic Board approved an increased budget in their meeting Friday, in addition to announcing major changes to football scheduling for upcoming seasons.
Whether the trend could be due to the state of the United States? economy or increasing demand from employers, the University of Wisconsin experienced a major surge in students graduating with economics majors in the last six years.
David McDonald, the Russian history professor who chairs the search committee to find the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s next chancellor, says he?s happy to be handing off the top five names to a committee of the UW Board of Regents this week.David Giroux, the top spokesman for the UW System, says the identities of those finalists might be publicly disclosed by midweek.
When most Madisonians think of where to view art on campus, the newly expanded Chazen Museum of Art comes first to mind.
It all started with a crushed orange velvet couch.
?This lovely down-filled couch showed up in the bathroom,? said Linda Zwicker, an assistant dean at the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ?And its always been a puzzle ? how the hell did it get in there?
University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism graduate student Erin Luhmann has won a prestigious contest to accompany New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof on a trip to learn about reporting and raise awareness about global poverty in the developing world.
A Senate committee held a public information hearing Wednesday to address education initiatives in the state and look at the issue of meeting workforce needs.
To understand whether life exists on Mars and other planets, University of Wisconsin scientists are contextualizing these planets by first researching the origins and evolution of life on Earth.
Mifflin Street community members and city police officers continued to weigh logistics and concerns over the upcoming Mifflin Street Block Party as well as the alternative event to be held around Union South at a meeting Thursday.
Renowned New York Times journalist Nick Kristof selected a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate Thursday to join him overseas on a journalism tour as part of his eighth annual ?Win a Trip with Nick Kristof Contest.?
From UFO sightings to reports of alien activity, scientists have searched for answers to questions about extra-terrestrial life for decades.
As Madison voters prepare to cast ballots Tuesday in important primary elections for the state Supreme Court and the Madison School Board, it is vital to recognize that the most critical challenge facing school districts across Wisconsin is the assault on public education that has been launched by out-of-state special interest groups and the politicians who do their bidding.
Blame the weather.
Blame the economy.
Blame Scott Walker.
No matter the reason, Wisconsin is among the top 10 states for people moving out, according to the annual survey from United Van Lines. Forbes reported the story recently and it has been widely circulated ? although probably not by many chambers of commerce.
For the vast majority of people, faces are just another part of our lives. Thousands of them can pass by on a single day, yet they vanish from our minds a second after they disappear – a fleeting moment lost in the everyday shuffle.
A University of Wisconsin engineer who creates innovative health promotion technologies was named to the National Academy of Engineering Tuesday.
University of Wisconsin?s housing division is adding a new coed learning community that will be open to students interested in gender issues and sexuality in the upcoming fall semester.
A Senate committee held a public information hearing Wednesday to address education initiatives in the state and look at the issue of meeting workforce needs.
Alzheimer?s disease researchers at the University of Wisconsin identified the first signs of brain function decline, bringing them closer to winning the battle against the disease.
The president of the University of Wisconsin System told The Badger Herald this week that the committee charged with finding a replacement for Interim Chancellor David Ward has interviewed 10 semifinalists so far.
A University of Wisconsin professor and the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin filed a federal lawsuit against Capitol Police over their permitting process Monday.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin are one step closer to finding a cure for carpal tunnel syndrome through the use of video technology to record and analyze workers? upper body movements.
Interim Chancellor David Ward and Dean of Students Lori Berquam said Monday they support a Responsible Action Bill the student government is lobbying for at the state level.
In his fourth State of the Union address Wednesday night, President Barack Obama emphasized his top priority remains on improving the middle class.
University of Wisconsin-Madison professor emeritus David Gustafson was elected into the National Academy of Engineering Thursday along with 68 other new members and 11 foreign associates.Gustafson was inducted into the NAE for his industrial and systems engineering methods to improve care for older patients and people who suffer from lung cancer, severe asthma or drug addiction.
President Barack Obama established a broad foundation of initiatives, ranging from education-based economic reform to gun control in his fifth State of the Union Address Tuesday, which drew mixed responses from University of Wisconsin-Madison?s two college party chairs.
It?s not often in college athletics the interests of schools and the interests of fans align, but that could be the case with Big Ten Conference football in the next few years.
A student government committee finalized plans for an upcoming ethnic studies roundtable and announced the music group that will perform at the event next week.
Madison Metro reported the bus system experienced a slight decline in ridership in 2012, mainly due to a lower level of campus usage.
A Madison Police Department officer addressed possible police strategies for both the planned alternative spring event and the Mifflin Street Block Party in a neighborhood meeting Monday.
A student government committee held a training session for student lobbyists Monday on how to meet with elected officials in an effort to achieve tuition protection and to increase need-based financial aid in the upcoming state biennial budget.
In a new paper, University of Wisconsin-Madison archaeologist T. Douglas Price and a Welsh researcher report that studies of prehistoric teeth found in modern Romania and Serbia indicate farming was introduced to Central Europe by colonizers from the Near East.
WAUSAU – Keith Merwin Hawks of Wausau passed peacefully on Feb. 9, 2013. He was born on the family farm in Marengo to Merwin Nelson and Margaret Lindsay (Mallory) Hawks on Oct. 3, 1922.
The search for UW-Madison?s next chancellor continues on schedule, and seven of the 69 candidates? names are now known. They include no big names and no comically underqualified applicants, as happened when a pharmacist, Fed Ex courier and Epic analyst threw in their names for the football coaching job.The university released the names in response to a State Journal open records request for all candidates who did not opt out of public disclosure.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor and the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin are suing the state Department of Administration over its requirement that demonstrators in the state Capitol obtain permits.
Construction of Madison?s first new general hospital in about 35 years is set to begin in April on the Far East Side, with preparations already under way.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents meetings focused on challenges in higher education, hearing from a UW System administrator on the system?s efforts in closing gaps and a national leader to give the national context.
As part of an almost $100 million investment on workforce training, Gov. Scott Walker announced Sunday he plans to invest $22 million in the University of Wisconsin System in the upcoming state budget.
Various maintenance repairs to University of Wisconsin?s recreational sports facilities will be required next year, causing an increase in student segregated fee funding, according to the Division of Recreational Sports.
Stephen Arant Myrah died of heart disease on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013.
Two inventions that incorporate Wisconsin?s well-known pastimes of hunting and fishing won the top awards Friday at a University of Wisconsin-Madison invention contest for undergraduates.
Lately our fair city has been the recipient of continuous dustings of light snow evoking images of a Brueghel painting. In fact, Thursday was the ninth consecutive day with measurable snow, tying a record set only one other time (Feb. 23-March 3, 2007) in Madison?s history.
First Pamela Whitehorse had her dream catcher featured on the silver screen. This spring, a larger version will grace a wall in the new Dejope Residence Hall on the UW-Madison campus.
Dave and Nancy Schultz left Madison in 1989 to live on an 800-acre estate west of Philadelphia devoted to the sport of wrestling.
The exhibition opening Saturday at the Chazen Museum of Art was ? fittingly ? put together by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as a way to cope with an economic downturn.
