A Mifflin planning group made up of city officials, student representatives and Mifflin residents decided Sunday on ?Mifflin Now, Mifflin Forever? as the theme for the 2012 Mifflin Street Block Party.
University of Wisconsin officials released a second report Friday detailing two alleged cases of sexual assault by former associate athletic director John Chadima against male students in the Athletic Department.
The Badgers are Boston-bound after beating Vanderbilt 60-57 in the third round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday.
University of Wisconsin officials released a report on Friday about additional allegations of improper conduct leveled against a former Athletic Department official.
A UW-Madison student organization dedicated to uniting students interested in filmmaking and helping them prepare for careers in the entertainment industry will screen its original, student-produced film, ?The Plunge?, this weekend.
College students who black out from drinking alcohol can cost large universities roughly a half-million dollars per year in emergency room visits, according to research conducted by two members of UW-Madison?s School of Medicine and Public Health.
It was 1975. A group of three met in New York City?s West 39th Street Garment District. In a relic of a bar, two men and one woman sat around a table. First, a successful business executive, Jerome Chazen. Next, Chazen?s former roommate, Art Ortenberg ? back from university days they spent together in Wisconsin. The third was a woman. A designer by the name of Liz Claiborne. Together, the three hatched a plan.
Our university has a long history of successful shared governance ? something we hold in high regard as active members of the student community. Unfortunately, Interim Chancellor David Ward recently violated shared governance statutes in his failure to acknowledge students? voices regarding our contract with Adidas.
University of Wisconsin athletes receive perks from Rose Bowl tournament officials for coming, but perhaps less commonly-known is a perk athletes can receive when leaving Pasadena: the ability to fly virtually anywhere for free.
It is rare to embrace summer-like sunshine in March in Wisconsin, but plenty of people are doing just that.
A relative of a UW-Madison student wired $4,000 to Peru after a caller impersonating the student said she needed money to be bailed out of jail.
University of Wisconsin students hosted an informational meeting Tuesday to generate theme ideas for the Mifflin Street Block Party, addressing concerns that the party is not community-friendly.
As part of an initiative to overhaul the Human Resources department at University of Wisconsin, the first of two engagement meetings allowed interested campus members to provide input Tuesday afternoon.
Marking the latest development in a case involving an accusation of alleged rape at a fraternity on campus three years ago, a circuit court has denied a former University of Wisconsin student?s appeal.
There?s no doubt that finals week is a stressful time. While most students were holed up in the library cramming for exams, one ambitious group of University of Wisconsin students was dealing with another set of stresses. UW-Hollywood Badgers spent their finals week filming a movie that was the culminating project after a semester of planning.
When UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward learned that a senior athletic department official allegedly sexually assaulted a student, he called Athletic Director Barry Alvarez within hours with a message: Do not ?interfere.?
As a freshman, one of the first things I was told was ?Don?t walk Rapeshore alone at night.? As unflattering as that nickname is, ?Rapeshore? doesn?t only describe Lakeshore Path anymore.
Members of the University of Wisconsin?s student government weighed ways to improve the UW System-wide Lobby Day, following last week?s event at the Wisconsin Capitol.
A man was arrested after he punched three bouncers at Wando?s Bar and Grill early Sunday morning, according to a Madison Police Department report.
Two Madison men have been charged with the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl in an incident that took place in a Langdon Street apartment, while another suspect has not yet been identified.
Police responded to an alleged stabbing of a Madison man in a student neighborhood near Langdon and Henry streets Sunday.
UW-Madison?s primary licensing committee passed a resolution Friday to define a successful mediation period with adidas as occurring only if the company ensures all workers are paid severance by April 15. This deadline is 60 days after UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward initially announced plans to enter mediation with the company.
A UW System official told the Board of Regents Thursday that financial aid for students is becoming increasingly important as the nation trends toward decreasing public funding to higher education, forcing institutions to hike tuition.
When students graduate from Wisconsins public campuses, university officials say they have about $27,000 in loan debt.
This week, a Faculty Senate committee outlined its Commission on Faculty Compensation and Economic Benefits report, a report describing the growing problem that UW-Madison has and will be facing in regards to the salaries and compensation of its faculty. The report states that the salaries of instructors, specifically professors and assistant professors, are significantly lower compared to other Big Ten and public institutions.
A special task force charged with restructuring the University of Wisconsin System met Wednesday to discuss plans to design a new human resource system within the institution.
A $76.8 million project enhancing Camp Randall?s academic and training facilities for student athletes is closer to construction after the Urban Design Commission approved the final phases of the project.
Less than a month until the national spotlight will be focused on Wisconsin?s Republican presidential primaries, figures central to the campaign to reelect President Barack Obama visited Madison Wednesday to encourage students to begin campaign efforts of their own.
UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward told student leaders Monday he feared the UW System could face legal repercussions if it did not enter a period of negotiation with adidas before giving the company an ultimatum to remedy alleged labor violations within 90 days.
The University of Wisconsin made headlines a couple weeks ago when it was named the fifth-best value of public colleges in America by Princeton Review. The university gave itself a pat on the back for this, as it should have. However, we also came out as the 14th best party school in America. Now, I am not opposed to a little partying and drinking, but I realize that the extent to which Badgers do it is ridiculous. I think we as a campus should slow down.
University of Wisconsin students shared their experiences and opinions on the current system of undergraduate advising at an open forum Wednesday afternoon in Bascom Hall.
A special task force on University of Wisconsin System Restructuring unveiled its basic policy goals behind the system?s new Human Resources Design Project at the Capitol on Wednesday.
On Thursday, the University of Wisconsin-Madison community will have the opportunity to honor the memory of Maureen Grant, a former UW Libraries employee of 26 years, by taking part in the campus? annual blood drive.
Students from throughout the UW System met at the Capitol Tuesday to lobby legislators on setting a tuition cap and increasing financial aid.
A higher education report released Monday ranked the University of Wisconsin ?best? for areas including a graduation rate of 49.7 percent and ?worst? for items including a low number of Pell Grant recipients.
Student representatives from the University of Wisconsin System gathered at the Capitol Tuesday, calling on legislators to take more action on education initiatives and participate in more dialogue with the UW System.
Members of Madison?s City Council introduced a resolution to create a permanent position for University of Wisconsin students on an alcohol review committee in an effort to further open discussions between students and city officials.
Strategists with President Barack Obama?s reelection campaign plan to meet with University of Wisconsin students in Madison on Wednesday.
A little over a year after opening, the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery has been named the 2012 Laboratory of the Year for its innovative architecture and laboratory design.
A city planning commission stalled in making a decision on a proposed apartment complex on North Brooks Street Monday because of conflict between city and university building guidelines.
After a report found that faculty salaries at UW-Madison are significantly lower than those at peer institutions, members of the Faculty Senate said Monday they feared professors would leave the university for better-paying offers.
The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery is in the spotlight of international distinction after receiving a multi-national award as an exemplary laboratory on the University of Wisconsin campus Monday.
End Violence on Campus encouraged students Monday night to share their experiences in their dating, partying and sex lives in the process of making a University Health Services video to help students avoid a sexual assault.
The University of Wisconsin Faculty Senate reviewed a report Monday that recommends university officials raise non-residential undergraduate and differential tuition rates while limiting resident undergraduate tuition.
More than 40 students from 10 different University of Wisconsin campuses will be participating in a state-wide lobbying day today sponsored by the University of Wisconsin student government.
Police are investigating the sexual assault of a 21-year-old woman early Saturday, which took place in an alley between State Street and the 600 block of University Avenue.
Additional scholarships will be made available to University of Wisconsin students for the next school year after the campus received a major grant from the National Science Foundation.
A leader of the University of Wisconsin Police Department presented university police challenges in facilitating and monitoring the crowds at last year?s union protests Saturday.
A 21-year-old woman was forced into a poorly lit alley or parking lot and sexually assaulted early Saturday morning, according to the Madison Police Department.
Former UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin will return to Madison March 3 to discuss the impact of new technologies on university education and instruction.
UW-Madison Transportation Services is working on an initiative that would discourage students from driving mopeds from class to class throughout the day, officials said Thursday.
UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward decided to enter a negotiation period with adidas out of fear that giving the company a 90-day ultimatum to remedy its alleged labor violations would result in the company suing the university, according to Labor Licensing Policy Committee Chair Lydia Zepeda.
A retired University of Wisconsin professor will receive an internationally recognized award for his work promoting relations between Germany and the United States.
Wisconsin legislators may take up a controversial bill that would establish single parenthood as a factor contributing to child abuse and neglect.
A prominent Madison attorney, UW alumnus and World War II veteran passed away Feb. 21, and his family, friends and associates will convene to celebrate his memory at a memorial service this weekend.
On March 9 and 10, Playboy will be coming to town looking for “Girls of the Big Ten”.
Police assisted a UW-Madison student who was assaulted on University Avenue between Lake and Francis Streets early Saturday morning.
Katie Cierzan?s flat on the 500 block of West Mifflin Street has been standing 110 years and shows its age with tall pillars and noisy radiators. Even though her house is in good condition, those surrounding it are slanted with crumbling foundations. But Cierzan has made her house and neighborhood her home?and she would like to keep it that way.
In order for Gov. Scott Walker to balance the state budget, the University of Wisconsin has been handed $46.1 million in cuts. As of yet, no UW group is sure how to shoulder the setback, and right now, all anyone can do is plug leaks in the levy while the flood of consequences is ready to break loose.
A University of Wisconsin vice chancellor has been named as February?s winner of the Jefferson Award, a national award honoring community and public service in the United States.
