Category: Campus life

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has received a $28-million pledge of artworks and cash from patrons of its on-campus art museum, reports the Wisconsin State Journal. The gift from Jerome and Simona Chazen includes 30 pieces by major 20th-century painters, including Robert Motherwell, Roy Lichtenstein, and David Hockney, that will join the permanent collection at the Chazen Museum of Art.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren visited Madison this weekend.

Warren stopped by UW-Madison to rally voters in support of former senator Russ Feingold, who’s running for his old seat again, which was taken by Sen. Ron Johnson in 2010.

A new group on campus is trying to tackle the issue of sexual assault, by encouraging men to be part of the solution.

“We’re Better Than That”- Men Against Sexual Assault is a relatively new group on campus and so is their approach to tackling to tackling the problem.

“We want men to take on this issue of sexual assault, but we want them to take it on no because they feel compelled but because they feel like it’s their responsibility,” said Hasan Nadeem, one of the group’s founding members. “It’s their issue.”

A power outage affected “a significant amount” of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Saturday, an official said.

University of Wisconsin-Madison communications spokesman Chris Barncard said the extent and cause of the power outage wasn’t clear at about noon but crews were working to restore power.

UW-Madison police spokesman Marc Lovicott said the department received reports of loss of power at about 11:15 a.m. The outage was focused on the southwestern portion of campus.

JANESVILLE — The J.P. Cullen Foundation is donating $250,000 in honor of J.P. Cullen’s birthday to the department of neurosurgery at UW-Madison.

Efforts to retain and improve retail space along the State Street corridor, around the Capitol Square and on King Street could soon get a boost from the city.

Recap of college affordability talk Saturday with U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts and former Sen. Russ Feingold.

A 40-year-old Madison man accused of “upskirting” women secretly recorded more than 300 victims, according to a criminal complaint.

Steven J. Johanowicz is charged with four counts of capturing an image of nudity without consent and invasion of privacy-surveillance device.

Videos of more than 300 woman were found in an investigation of a Madison man accused of taking upskirt videos around downtown Madison. The stores around the University of Wisconsin campus are where police believe Steven Johanowicz, who has worked in downtown Madison for nearly 16 years, snapped the photos of most of his victims.

The Associated Students of Madison Student Council met with UW-Madison administration during its meeting Wednesday to examine results of the recently published campus climate survey.

Dean of Students Lori Berquam and University Health Services Executive Director Sarah Van Orman informed the council of the survey’s key results and gave recommendations for using those findings to address sexual assault and sexual misconduct on campus.

The survey, conducted by the Association of American Universities last spring, aimed to assess the prevalence of sexual assault on college campuses nationwide, as well as ask for students’ perceptions of campus climate and knowledge of campus resources for these issues.

College boxing, decades removed from the days when fedora-clad fans filled smoky arenas to watch the sport, is making a comeback.

A UW-Madison student faces a felony false imprisonment charge, and misdemeanor charges in connection with a sexual encounter with another student Sept. 13.

18-year old Charles Wolf was released on a signature bond after a Monday appearance in Dane County court.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department received a report of a sexual assault at a fraternity house off campus Saturday.

Officials said the sexual assault reportedly happened early Saturday morning, and bystanders intervened to stop the situation.

The sexual assault was reported to a Campus Security Authority, and not to law enforcement, which means there is no active criminal investigation, police said.

UW-Madison police are looking to help victims of sexual assault feel more comfortable about coming forward to report it. It’s part of a campaign called “Tell Us,” and for the second year, police are using various forms of media to let the campus community know they’re here to help.

A video on YouTube shows members of the UW-Madison police force. They are all saying things like “Tell us” and “We are here to help. The video is meant for victims of sexual assault.

An 18-year-old was arrested Friday in connection with a sexual assault on campus last weekend. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department said Charles W. Wolf was taken into custody on suspicion of fourth-degree sexual assault and false imprisonment. Police said a woman reported she was sexually assaulted during the early morning hours Saturday at a UW-Madison residence hall. Police said the woman and the attacker were acquaintances.

Crews were investigating a report of smoke in a campus building Saturday, an official said. Dane County dispatch said Madison firefighters responded to a report of smoke at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Computer Sciences building at 1210 W. Dayton St. at 11:42 a.m.

Division fire chief Ron Schwenn told News 3 there was a fire in the ventilation duct two floors below ground. He said the fire was in an air-handling unit for a computer system; the motor caught fire.

About a block away from Camp Randall on a Badger game day, Schwenn admits, is a particularly bad place for a fire to start.

The “Companion” app lets you select a contact from your phone, choose your destination and your friend can watch in real time to make sure you get home. NOTED: UW police warn students shouldn’t rely on technology alone. “These are all really good things. They are smart safety tools but we need to make sure people are also being aware of their personal safety and not just using this as a security blanket,” UW Police Department spokesman Marc Lovicott said.

Progressive folk hero Elizabeth Warren will campaign in Madison with Russ Feingold later this month, promoting college affordability measures.

A 7-Eleven convenience store is being proposed at State and Lake streets, across the street from a Walgreen’s and State Street Mall. The store would not sell gas but instead cater to foot traffic that is largely students and others associated with UW-Madison.

UWPD spokesman Marc Lovicott said the campaign, launched in August, is intended to move the focus of anti-sex assault messages from women’s behavior to men’s. A past campaign, for example, urged women to report assaults, he said.

In 1896, the head of the College of Agriculture was (and remains) an important person on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

Two separate sexual assaults were reported last weekend on the University of Wisconsin campus.

UW police said both assaults were in residence halls during the early morning hours of Sept. 12 and were reported to police on Sunday and Monday.

Police said that in both cases, the people involved knew one another.

Some professors in the University of Wisconsin System are expressing concern over a survey they received via email about faculty tenure this week.

Noted: Ballering says an offer to sell the property came up somewhat suddenly, adding that he is not sure if there will be an effort made to buy space on the UW-Madison campus for a new Steep & Brew location. Their Steep & Brew cafe on Odana Road will remain open and multiple locations across the UW campus will still carry Steep & Brew products.

This is the lowest ranking UW-Madison has had in 10 years. The university was ranked No. 1 in 2008.

The recipe is often credited to Carson Gulley, the celebrated chef of the university’s residence halls from 1927 to 1954 and Madison’s first celebrity chef. Most recently it was offered as a dessert at the Memorial Union’s Lakefront on Langdon, and has also been available through the university’s catering and through UW-Extension events.

In a climate where fake IDs are readily available to college students, all that stands between underage students and the bars on a busy Friday night are the bouncers.

Grant Hattenhauer, a bouncer at Chaser’s, turns away between 50 and 60 fake IDs every night.

While thousands of people filled Camp Randall for kickoff Saturday morning, police dog Odin and his handler Sgt. Brent Plisch’s work began hours earlier, running security sweeps on the venue to ensure spectators’ safety.

Odin, a Czech-born German Shepherd trained in obedience, human trafficking and explosive detection, has been with UW-Madison Police Department since 2010. He is part of the three-dog K9 Unit that performs approximately 175 deployments every year on campus, from securing venues before events and responding to bomb threats to performing dignitary protection for high-profile guests such as the president and Dalai Lama.

The University of Wisconsin has fallen from No. 2 to No.8 in the most recent party school ranking from Playboy Magazine.

Katharyn May, the longest-serving dean on the UW-Madison campus, announced Friday that she will leave the position late next year after 15 years of service. May, dean of the School of Nursing, said she will remain with the school as a member of the faculty.

Police say 40-year-old Steven J. Johanowicz of Madison was arrested on a tentative charge of Invasion or Privacy.

They say his arrest is part of an ongoing investigation that’s being conducted by the Madison Police Department and UW-Madison Police Department.

UW Police shot a man with a stun gun, after some bizarre behavior in the campus area.

Officials say it all started around 2:20 p.m. Thursday, when Madison Police was called about a man throwing punches near State Street and North Park Street. The man allegedly tried to hit the person twice who was calling 911. Both Madison, and UW Police sent officers to the area.

Madison police said 40-year-old Steven J. Johanowicz was arrested Thursday morning on a tentative charge of invasion of privacy.

The arrest is part of an ongoing investigation between the Madison and UW-Madison police departments, according to a news release.

A man who reportedly attacked two people on the University of Wisconsin campus Thursday was arrested after being hit with a Taser for not cooperating with police, according to a release. Police responded to the Education Sciences Building at 1025 W. Johnson St. around 2:45 p.m. for a report of a battery, according to the release.

A 47-year-old man with a history of mental illness was arrested on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Thursday after attacking two people, stopping traffic and banging on vehicles, according to campus police.