The driver of a garbage truck stopped at the 7-11 on State Street Monday when a bystander told him smoke was rising from the truck’s cargo area, the Madison Fire Department said.The driver dumped the burning load onto a nearby UW-Madison parking lot in the 400 block of North Lake Street, where firefighters responded about 11:45 a.m.
Hyperloop is the name of a potential transport system, with the idea of shooting people in pods through a tube at speeds of over 700 mph. Does this sound like a pipe dream straight out of science fiction? Not for Elon Musk. You know him – he’s the owner and innovator of Tesla Motors and SpaceX. But for Hyperloop, he invited over 100 teams from around the world to a competition to present their ideas on how to make Hyperloop work. Well, a team from UW-Madison made the cut.
Madison Police Chief Mike Koval is worried that this year’s Mifflin Street block party may be a bad one.
An investigation into a reported sexual assault near the Madison’s Memorial Union doesn’t support the victim’s claim, police said.
UW leaders have initiated a community conversation on the recent stories of racial climate challenges on campus. We take this as a serious effort by the UW to learn and understand and commit to demonstrable change. It’s an open invitation to the community to discuss campus climate Monday from 6 to 8 at the Urban League. We look forward to the dialogue.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank is inviting members of the community to talk with her Monday about needed changes to the climate for minority students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Blank, along with UW-Madison Police Chief Susan Riseling, chief diversity officer Patrick Sims and director of community relations Everett Mitchell, will host a discussion from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at the Urban League of Greater Madison, 2222 S. Park St.
University of Wisconsin students, staff and faculty are holding a walkout protest Thursday in reaction to recent hate crimes on campus and the controversial arrest of a student.
A first of its kind multi-media presentation inspired by #TheRealUW will take place Friday at University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art. The show was organized by a group of students who wanted to use their art to capture the racial climate and rights movement that has sprung up on the UW-Madison campus and social media.
Hundreds of University of Wisconsin-Madison students, joined by a handful of faculty members, occupied a campus library Thursday to disrupt its studious atmosphere in protest of a graffiti-related arrest.
Kaleem Caire wrote an open letter with his wife, Lisa Peyton-Caire, both of whom are alumni of UW-Madison; Caire is the former head of the Urban League of Greater Madison. They said they’ve watched with growing concern the response of campus leaders to racially charged incidents and believe the incidents should be handled much differently.
Social media roundup from #TheRealUW protest.
Hundreds of University of Wisconsin-Madison students marched through campus Thursday, chanting “education, not incarceration,” to protest the arrest of a student for his alleged role in spraypainting graffiti art around campus.
As a black student, going to a university that cherishes diversity and strives for a more integrated community is extremely important to me.
But this is not why I am a student at University of Wisconsin.
Deshawn McKinney has been selected as one of the 54 students nationwide to receive the Truman Scholarship, which includes $30,000 toward graduate school and the opportunity to participate in professional development programming to help prepare him for a career in public service leadership.
Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are asking for the resignation of officers after a student was pulled out of class to be arrested for vandalism.
University of Wisconsin students were warned to avoid part of the campus in Madison after reports that a man with a knife grabbed two women, who were able to flee unharmed.
UW-Madison campus police are asking for the public’s help to find a man they say grabbed two women while carrying a knife.
University of Minnesota a cappella groups prepared to face-off the UW-Madison’s groups for a first-ever singing competition between the schools. The event, April 23, 2016
MADISON — There was a search on the University of Wisconsin campus Wednesday night, April 20th for a man who had a knife and grabbed two women, according to tweets from the University of Wisconsin police.
School of Journalism and Mass Communication Director Hemant Shah introduced Riseling, who was joined by UWPD Public Information Officer Marc Lovicott and Assistant Dean of Students Kipp Cox. Riseling spent about 15 minutes talking about the recent campus and national climate before discussing the incident.
To prevent this waste, UW-Madison dining halls are taking steps to reduce the amount of food that gets thrown into dumpsters. Associate Director of Dining Julie Luke described how the university is working to achieve this goal.
About two dozen activists, students and professors met in Vilas Hall Tuesday to listen to University of Wisconsin Police Department Chief Susan Riseling discuss how UWPD is working to address the campus’ racial climate.
Bud Selig is just not the retiring type.So even though it’s been 15 months since he stepped down as commissioner of Major League Baseball after nearly 23 years on the job, it would be a stretch to say he’s retired.
Stories of racist incidents on campus have been shared using the Twitter hashtag #TheRealUW for much of the past month … #TheRealUW has allowed students of color to vent their anger and frustration about incidents of racism on campus. It has been exhausting to read and draining to live, they said. #TheRealUW has pushed race incidents into the public sphere, past the bounds of confidentiality or denial that typically protect targets and transgressors alike. Nobody now can claim that they have not heard the stories.
A team of students from University of Wisconsin is headed to New Orleans to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition next month with their innovative wind turbine design.
The Department of Energy hosts competitions on a biannual basis, and this is the first year a team from UW was selected to compete, Scott Williams, research and education coordinator for the Wisconsin Energy Institute, said.
As one of the top universities in the nation for number of students studying abroad, University of Wisconsin must take precautions and considerations when evaluating program safety.
The recent terrorist attacks in Belgium and France have caused UW to reevaluate its travel guidelines and put some of its safety precautions into action. It also caused the university to evaluate the safety of these European study abroad locations.
Another academic year draws to a close this month, and as it ends I have mixed emotions. I’m certainly happy for the graduates, as well as the students who’ve just completed a year of outstanding education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. At the same time, I’m concerned about the racially charged incidents that were reported on the UW–Madison campus this past semester.
Native American students on the UW-Madison campus say a public apology and a letter sent to the entire campus isn’t enough after last month’s heckling at a tribal ceremony.
Chief Susan Riseling of the UW-Madison Police Department issued an apology Friday after officers went into a classroom to arrest a suspect in a rash of graffiti around campus.
UW-Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank says she was upset after she heard that UW police officers entered a classroom to find a suspect in a rash of graffiti cases on campus.
A part of UW-Madison was a bit more colorful Saturday for a special celebration.
Nearly 1,000 students came out to be doused in color dye and water at Gordon Commons on campus, as part of a traditional Hindu spring festival called Holi.
(Video) The University of Wisconsin-Madison police chief apologized Friday to students and a professor after two of her officers arrested a student on vandalism charges after removing him from a class.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison police chief apologized Friday to students and a professor after two of her officers arrested a student on vandalism charges after removing him from a class.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s chief of police issued a formal apology Friday because an officer entered a classroom after a class had started Thursday, and asked a black student to step outside for questioning about 11 anti-white supremacy graffiti statements that popped up across campus in recent months.
A wave of criticism from UW-Madison students and professors prompted an apology from the campus’ police chief Friday afternoon for the way an officer disrupted a class to make contact with a student suspected in a string of anti-racist graffiti.
Photo gallery the year’s Engineering Expo at UW-Madison on April 15.
More than 520 faculty and staff members and graduate students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison have signed an open letter that says the university police department went “well beyond the call of duty” on Thursday afternoon when officers entered a campus auditorium during an Afro-American-studies class and arrested a senior, Denzel J. McDonald, on 11 counts of graffiti. In the letter, the signers said they would “refuse to be silent” and they called for an end of “anti-black racism on campus.”
Differences in the staffs of the Big Ten’s counseling centers often boil down to the needs and budget of the centers, some Big Ten mental health service providers and administrators said.
The arrest of an African-American student on the UW-Madison campus Thursday has prompted a swift and damning response from university faculty, staff and students.
Right now, Seymour’s Ty Majeski feels like a Class AAA baseball player ready to get the call up to the big leagues.
Prompting widespread anger from faculty and students, University of Wisconsin at Madison police on Thursday pulled a black student from class and arrested him for allegedly spray-painting anti-racist messages across campus.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Chief issued an apology on Friday after campus officers interrupted a class to arrest a student earlier this week.
An award-winning, globetrotting science writer will soon be landing in Madison. Alexandra “Alex” Witze, has been named the spring 2016 Science Writer in Residence at UW-Madison, on campus next week to talk with journalism students about the diverse world of science writing.
An art installation protesting rape culture on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and the response from authorities to reports of sexual assault appeared Thursday at the Mosse Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St.
Instead of focusing on their failure to adequately investigate sexual assaults, and instead of working with the greater UW community on the racial tensions, UWPD spent six months hunting down someone addressing the problems UW has failed to address.
In the midst of National Library Week, University of Wisconsin Libraries is working to make updates to facilities and draw more attention to the diverse resources libraries provide.
Orchestrate a night out for the UW-Madison Varsity Concert Band’s year-end show at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights at the Kohl Center, 601 W. Dayton St. Director of Bands Michael Leckrone initiated the annual extravaganza in 1975. This year’s theme is “We’ve Done it Our Way.”
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student was arrested Thursday in connection with at least 11 incidents of graffiti protesting racism that appeared on campus buildings and structures over the past six months and caused in excess of $4,000 damage, according to UW-Madison Police.
UW-Madison police have made an arrest in connection to at least 11 instances of graffiti on the UW campus.
In a release on the UWPD’s website, officials say 21-year-old Denzel McDonald was arrested Thursday. His arrest comes after a six month investigation.
On a campus filled with iconic locations, the Memorial Union Terrace might be at the top of the list.
Noted: the UW-Madison Muslim Students Association’s 12th Annual Orphan Sponsorship Dinner to help orphans around the world. We thank our Muslim neighbors for their warm generosity.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student was arrested Thursday for his suspected involvement in a string of vandalism incidents on campus, with graffiti showing up on campus buildings signed by “God,” according to a release.
Students and experts representing different University of Wisconsin organizations encouraged open dialogue on sexual assault, its impact and common misconceptions in a panel Wednesday.
The students who interrupted a Native American ceremony at UW-Madison are now apologizing.
On March 9, UW officials say someone disrupted a community healing circle outside of Dejope Hall with mock war cries.
Noted: Crews were conducting controlled burns Wednesday in portions of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, including a section of the Eagle Heights Woods, officials said.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students involved in a hate and bias incident on campus issued an apology Wednesday. A Native American healing ceremony for sexual assault victims was cut short when students yelled mocking war cry sounds from their dorms in Dejope Hall. A month after the incident happened several students wrote an apology to the campus community.
Though the Wisconsin spring presidential primary has come and gone, many are still concerned with the “voter suppression” that occurred at polling places, particularly for college students.
Across University of Wisconsin’s campus, students were discouraged from voting because of voter ID hurdles and longer lines.
News spread quickly on UW-Madison campus after authorities say a woman in her 20’s was raped by three men near Memorial Union Friday night. Police say no suspects have been identified and the investigation is still ongoing.
UW students who work to educate their fellow students and to raise awareness are shocked by the attack, but say they’re not surprised.
Officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison plan to award a graduate student who died last year a rare posthumous degree. The State Journal reports 30-year-old Craig Schuff died in October. Schuff had already earned a master’s degree in nuclear engineering and was preparing to defend his thesis to earn a doctorate in electrical engineering.
One of the few remaining empty parcels on State Street is being filled and in a big way. A 5,000-square-foot building is under construction on what had been a small vacant lot in the 600 block of State Street between City Bar and Urban Outfitters. The building is being constructed by M&A CP Towers, owner of The Towers, a student apartment building at North Frances and State streets, and will be occupied by an Under Armour Brand House.
