Noted: The latest crop of contest finalists will present Tuesday at the 15th annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference at Union South in Madison, where 500 or more people will gather to hear speakers, panel discussions and more over two days ending Wednesday afternoon.
Noted: The UW Board of Regents decided to sell the Mansion Hill property due to costly renovations. The UW-Madison Physical Plant estimated it would cost nearly $1.9 million to renovate the facility and make it compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, UW System Administration capital planning and budget representative Ellen Rosner said.
When hundreds of students entered College Library in December 2014 for a silent die-in protest, it not only brought the Black Lives Matter movement to the University of Wisconsin campus, it also informed an emerging “beyond neutral” practice at the library.
The secret ingredient to building a robust investment fund for startups might just be Badger pride. That’s the idea behind a new venture capital fund called Bascom Ventures, anyway.
University of Wisconsin-Madison is receiving more applications from international students as nearly 40 percent of colleges across the country report receiving fewer such applications.
State Rep. Jesse Kremer (R-Kewaskum) says a bill he is pushing that would create stiff penalties for some student protesters in the University of Wisconsin System is aimed at protecting free speech on campus. That may be his intent, but the effect more likely will send a chill over the free speech of all students, faculty and staff.
NBC Nightly News takes a look at some of the best moments from this year’s commencement ceremonies across the country. UW-Madison is featured.
The 4,832-square-foot building, purchased by the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1950 after the governor’s residence was relocated to Maple Bluff, was most recently used for graduate student housing as the Knapp Graduate Center.
The National Science Foundation’s Directorate of Engineering recently awarded a $1 million grant to the College of Menominee Nation and UW-Madison to further collaborate in engineering education and research, campus officials said Thursday.
The crane will be used at the construction site for the UW-Madison Music Performance Center.
The conference component, to primarily be held in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Gordon Commons, will be packed with seminars on topics ranging from social media strategy to composition techniques. It currently boasts a roster with speakers and educators like Vig, the rocker Kip Winger, jazz pianist Ben Sidran, and president of Warner Bros.’ music operations Paul Broucek.
Every year, hundreds of pink plastic flamingos roost on UW-Madison’s Bascom Hill. Although this tradition has become a fundraiser for the university, it began decades ago as a prank.
Assembly Republicans moved closer to creating tougher penalties for University of Wisconsin student protesters Tuesday, advancing a bill that would suspend or expel students who disrupt speakers.
The Assembly’s higher education committee passed an amended version of a Republican-backed campus speech bill Tuesday that requires University of Wisconsin System institutions to punish students who take part in disruptive protests.
Legislative critics say a controversial campus free speech bill advanced by an Assembly committee Tuesday intrudes on the University of Wisconsin System’s authority to run its campuses.
Assembly Republicans moved closer to creating tougher penalties for University of Wisconsin student protesters Tuesday, advancing a bill that would suspend or expel students who disrupt speakers.
A student’s lawsuit against a University of Wisconsin administrator who had been exchanging text messages with a motorist who struck and killed the student’s mother in 2013 has been settled for $200,000, reports the Wisconsin State Journal.
LYNDA BARRY and Ann Telnaes were marquee winners at the National Cartoonists Society’s 71st annual Reuben Awards on Saturday evening in Portland, Ore.
While things remain grim for many law schools, the one at the University of Wisconsin recently landed among the top 50 in a much-watched metric: the percentage of graduates who landed real lawyer jobs.
The Legislature’s budget committee has rejected a plan to cut tuition on University of Wisconsin campuses, although a freeze on tuition increases will remain in place for another two years.
Madison (WKOW) — State officials have settled a lawsuit over a UW-Madison associate dean’s counseling of a drunk driving victim’s daughter, despite the official’s friendship with the drunk driver.
A new public policy center at University of Wisconsin-Madison named for former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson is a great idea, said Donald Moynihan, director of the La Follette School of Public Affairs on campus.
BOULDER – College is called the best four years of your life. For former Colorado Avalanche, now University of Wisconsin head hockey coach Tony Granato, it could be considered the best four decades.
Simon and Krenz have been great friends for the majority of their lives. Both excelled at prep track and field during high school and ran cross country as well.
But both took different paths to join the rowing team. The duo started school at UW-Madison last fall.
At UW-Madison, along with others across the country, student activists have rallied to start a conversation to change the culture on college campuses. They have argued that racism is an issue on campus, and one not discussed nearly enough.
How do Jewish students take on a student government council that seems determined to sanction Israel, establishing it as the perfect example of evil in the world, making the effort to vote against that idea personally dangerous and morally corrupt?
UW-Madison students considering a career in retail will soon have access to a 38-year veteran of the retail and apparel industry. The Kohl’s Center for Retailing has announced that Lorna Nagler will serve as the Alumni Executive in Residence for the fall semester.
UW-Madison accounts on other social networking sites did not appear to be affected, nor were the many other UW-affiliated accounts on Twitter, according to spokesman John Lucas.
Monumental moments that riveted Madison in 1967.
The University of Wisconsin at Madison’s Twitter account, @UWMadison, was hacked early Wednesday morning and published some bizarre tweets before the university regained control of it, according to a university news release.
Noted: Should the bills become law, they may encourage wider awareness of the crime both among law enforcement and civilians. In a statement to NBC News, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department seemed unaware of the term’s existence altogether: “’Stealthing’ is a not a term we’re familiar with, so thanks for the explanation,” police spokesman Marc Lovicott wrote. “We have not investigated a case like that before.”
The main Twitter account for UW-Madison was hacked Wednesday morning and university authorities are working with Twitter to resolve the issue, UW-Madison spokesperson Meredith McGlone said.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Twitter account has been hacked, UW police reported Wednesday morning.
Over the past year, several colleges have improved access to menstrual products on their campuses, including in some men’s and gender-neutral restrooms. That last detail has prompted some conservative websites to take note.
A crowd of roughly 42,000 friends and family of graduates enjoyed the clear and sunny sky for the 2017 Spring Commencement at Camp Randall Saturday.
Nine time Emmy Award-winning producer, co-creator and executive producer of “Modern Family,” Steven Levitan didn’t want to give “cliché advice” to this year’s graduating class.
A public hearing on a Republican bill to prevent students at University of Wisconsin campuses from disrupting controversial speakers wasn’t exactly a model of the pro-free speech sentiment espoused in the proposal, said some critics who waited hours to have their say.
A UW-Madison graduate who worked as a legal advocate for victims of domestic abuse before heading West to Colorado is returning to become the campus Title IX coordinator.
Now that school is over at UW-Madison, let the road construction crews on campus.
Graduating from college is a monumental accomplishment. An accomplishment that Brooke Evans has fought hard for.
Column by Bromley, a professor emeritus of applied economics at UW-Madison.
Much of the wisdom doled out at UW-Madison’s spring commencement ceremony on Saturday came with a punchline — which is perhaps to be expected when the keynote speaker is the creator of one of television’s most popular comedies.
Saturday, more than 6,000 UW Madison students turned their tassels at Camp Randall.
As thousands of University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates prepare for their next step in life, several shared advice for future Badgers.
UNDATED (WSAU) – Skylar Witte, a 19-from Schofield, competed in the Miss USA pageant over the weekend in Las Vegas. She’s a DC Everest graduate and is currently a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The fault lines of a national debate over free speech in higher education were on display Thursday during a lengthy hearing on Republican legislation that would require University of Wisconsin institutions to discipline students who interrupt speakers.
Commencement student speaker Martin Weiss shares a preview of his remarks.
The Associated Students of Madison’s Student Judiciary voided legislation Wednesday which would have created a bylaw change for the creation of a financial transparency and ethics subcommittee.
When Lakshmi Sridharan moved from India to Madison in the late 1960s to attend graduate school at UW-Madison, the local Indian American community looked much different than it does today. There were no Indian restaurants, no colorful Holi celebrations, no theaters showing Bollywood movies. On campus, the community was so small and close-knit that whenever someone’s relative from India would visit, all the Indian students would get together to share news from home and eat traditional foods.
The Madison Transit and Parking Commission was unsatisfied Wednesday with a proposal to ban parking mopeds citywide on sidewalks and terraces with some exceptions.
Thousands of students at UW-Madison will get their diplomas this weekend. One of them has gone from U.S. Marine, to Dad, and will soon be a business owner aiming to help parents in Madison.
In ruling, Chief Justice Will Olson suggested former chair Carmen Goséy attend training on religious tolerance.
Although the Big Ten is best known for its athletic and academic prowess, it’s now clear the conference is also a renewable energy powerhouse.
After many UW-Madison students were confused by a May 5 Facebook notification telling them their official senior, junior or sophomore class groups had been “archived,” a university official confirmed to The Daily Cardinal that the school shut down the groups.
Alumni Park—a 1.3 acre park located between Memorial Union and the Red Gym—is set to open to the public Oct. 6.
Just under a week after opening the Black Cultural Center on campus, UW-Madison released a statement detailing the university’s accomplishments over the past year—particularly those relating to diversity on campus.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank got a couple of tough questions about free speech during an hour-long conference call with more than 6,000 alumni Monday. Her responses were impressive and should reassure conservatives that the state’s flagship university is committed to encouraging diverse views on campus.
No one who appreciates the high value Wisconsin has historically placed on academic freedom can accept the restrictions state Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum, state Sen. Leah Vukmir, R-Brookfield, and their co-authors have proposed in a pair of speech-code bills that outline schemes for punishing students and restricting the ability of the UW and its administrators to take stands on major issues.
Hundreds gathered on the UW-Madison campus Sunday for the annual “Out of the Darkness” walk. The event helps raise awareness for suicide prevention.
Noted: “Funny speeches are best,’’ said Negrut, the speech maven. She points approvingly to Modern Family sitcom creator Steve Levitan’s You Tube video previewing his speech this month at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It features MF’s Phil Dunphy (Ty Burrell) announcing Levitan as the speaker, but claiming never to have heard of him.
