The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s police officers are expected to be wearing body cameras this fall, but the police chief first wants to get public input on how officers should use them.
Loether grew up on a dairy farm and is set to graduate from UW-Madison with a degree in animal sciences, focusing on reproductive psychology.
“Threads” is an annual event that showcases work from the Textile and Fashion Design Program in the UW-Madison’s School of Human Ecology. It bills itself as an event that encourages involvement from students spanning a plethora of academic disciplines, from sciences to music and design.
Katie Kowalsky hadn’t always known she wanted to be a cartographer. In fact, she started out as an economics major at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but somewhere along the line, stumbled onto cartography. Doing so was the “best mistake” she ever made, she writes at her blog. Kowalsky goes on to explain why cartography was such a perfect fit for her:
Video: Students working with the Office of Sustainability are separating recyclables for trash to see how much is being mistakenly mixed with waste.
The Badger Herald student newspaper in the University of Wisconsin campus will go from printing twice a week to once a week. In a note from the editor published Thursday, Aliya Iftikhar said the change will “foster creativity among the staff by continuing to move away from the stagnant structure of daily print newspapers.”
Youtube video with caption: When a group of freshmen at University of Wisconsin-Madison signed up for an introduction to engineering design class they expected to get a grade, but they got more than that. They got an understanding of life.
The former Green Bay Packer and NFL legend will play at Camp Randall Stadium this summer, the day after his induction ceremony into the Packers Hall of Fame … The all-star flag football game will be held July 19 and will feature several former teammates and other ex-NFL players … No ticket or other information is yet available, according to a statement from the UW Department of Athletics.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department has already decided it’s moving ahead with the idea and now needs to determine policies … UW-Madison police decided to go forward with the devices after a couple years of considering them and trying one out. The department recently received a grant to purchase 10 more cameras and, if all goes well, it will pursue more. While the department waits for the cameras to arrive, it’s asking for input on how to use them.
Before arming her police officers with body cameras, University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Chief Susan Riseling is asking for public input on how and where officers should use them.
A UW-Madison police officer used a stun gun on an intoxicated man Wednesday afternoon, according to a release from the UW-Madison Police Department.
A group of seniors are keeping their minds young by attending college courses. It’s all because of a law; it was present in the 1970s through the 90s, and it came back after high demand in the 21st century. The law passed again in the year 2000, and more than a decade later, hundreds of seniors are attending university classes for free.
The UW-Madison Police Chief is seeking the public’s input on the department’s use of body cameras. For the past year, officers have been testing out one camera, and the department recently ordered ten additional cameras that will arrive this summer. The new cameras will be used by patrol officers.
In a news release Wednesday afternoon, UW-Madison said Alpha Epsilon Pi violated Student Organization Code of Conduct policies and was terminated.
A Madison man was hit with a Taser and arrested after running from police and ending up on the Memorial Union Terrace Wednesday afternoon, police said.
After a number of high-profile, police-involved shootings across the country, many law enforcement agencies are equipping officers with body cameras, including UW-Madison police. The UW-Madison Police Department already ordered body cameras for officers, 10 to start, which will cover most on-duty patrol officers.
A group of seniors are keeping their minds young by attending college courses.
UW-Madison interim vice provost and chief diversity officer Patrick Sims now has the title on a permanent basis.
UW-Madison police used a Taser in the process of arresting an intoxicated man who created a disturbance Wednesday at Memorial Union.
One of two Jewish fraternities at UW-Madison has been kicked out of campus life for repeated misconduct, the university announced Wednesday. Alpha Epsilon Pi is the second fraternity ousted by the university this semester after no terminations had occurred since 2006.
A fraternity chapter at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been kicked off campus after breaking the terms of its suspension.
Tixora, a ticketing service for intercity buses started by four University of Wisconsin – Madison students, has won first place and $10,000 in the school’s G. Steven Burrill Business Plan Competition.
As conversations continue about police shootings and accountability nationwide, some Madison area law enforcement agencies are grappling with how and whether to move forward with body cameras.
What Dietram Scheufele describes as society’s unanswerable questions, such as global climate change, stem cell research, healthcare and the future of our military, all have an inherently scientific core. This has led him to devote much of his career to researching the way that scientific information is shared and viewed, Scheufele said. Scheufele is a professor of Life Sciences Communication.
For the upcoming fall term, 17 percent of applicants were men, which is an increase from 11 percent last year, said Karen Mittelstadt, director of admissions and advising for the School of Nursing.
Wisconsin Brewing Company’s Inaugural Red beer hit taps late last week, but it wasn’t made by their brew master. It was made by students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Quoted: Jim Steele, professor of food sciences.
Second item: Christopher Bradfield, a UW-Madison oncology professor, has been named interim director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery.
Nationally, there are predictions of more and higher-paying jobs for recent graduates, but in Wisconsin job growth has lagged. For this and other reasons, young professionals in the state may likely find it difficult to land the job they want.
Running unopposed, former Finance Committee Chair Madison Laning, a UW junior, will succeed Genevieve Carter as next year’s Associated Students of Madison chair. She will take on the role as ASM’s leading voice during a time of impending financial hardship for UW.
Two years after the City of Madison stopped sponsoring the 46-year-old University of Wisconsin tradition, Mifflin saw an increased turnout.
The Associated Students of Madison started its 22nd session Friday, electing Madison Laning as the new chair.
UW-Madison’s Indian and Nepali student groups came together Saturday to raise money for the victims of the Nepal earthquake.
Hahn, assistant dean for admissions and academic services of the Graduate School, has served as interim vice provost since June 2013, following the retirement of Joanne Berg.
Officers from the City of Madison and UW-Madison police departments reported a relatively calm day overall with only a few arrests and citations, mostly for alcohol-related issues.
University of Wisconsin engineering student Ty Mejeski became the first person to earn 10,000 iRating points on (simulated online racing game) iRacing’s skills-driven rating system — a feat no other racer has accomplished on the site.
For the past 17 years, Bethany United Methodist Church has leased space to UW-Madison for the UW Preschool Lab, bringing the church $90,000 per year. That business relationship will soon end. In January, the university announced it will be consolidating its two preschool sites at its campus location on Linden Drive.
A study involving the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health says students who post more on social media about drinking before college actually did more binge drinking their freshman year. The study, which was conducted with the University of Washington, involved 338 incoming college freshmen between 18-19 years old, recruited during the summer at both campuses.
Demonstrators had to be escorted out of Bascom Hall Thursday night by UW Police. Officers assisted with a Student Labor Action Coalition rally that began at Library Mall.
Everybody’s getting ready to STRUT!At the Madison Children’s Museum last week, staff and visitors worked to craft a giant chicken puppet to come alive on Downtown streets. In Mazomanie, stilt-walkers from the Wild Rumpus Circus rehearsed their high-altitude trot. Meanwhile, UW-Madison broadcast an invitation to any and all to don their zaniest regalia and join the promenade Saturday.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student was charged Thursday with third-degree sexual assault for an incident at a campus dorm, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
Nine students involved in a sit-in on the UW-Madison campus over the issue of sweatshop labor were escorted out of Bascom Hall Thursday by campus police when they refused to leave the building, according to university officials.
Nicholas H. Ralston, 20, of Neenah, was accused by an acquaintance of assaulting her as she slept, according to a criminal complaint filed in Dane County Circuit Court.
Hoping to cash in themselves on history’s most expensive boxing match, UW-Madison boxing club officers hope the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao ‘Fight of the Century’ excitement pays off with new club members.
Devil’s Lake State Park near Baraboo has been set up with a six-lane, 2,000-meter course to host a regatta on Saturday and more races Sunday, and park officials are expecting hundreds of people to attend.
University of Wisconsin is seeking input over what the future of campus should look like as it begins to revise the Campus Master Plan, which will focus on spaces between campus buildings and areas that haven’t been developed. Quoted: “We know the most sustainable building is the one we don’t have to build,” said Gary Brown, director of campus planning and landscape architecture.
Noted: On Aug. 8 and 9, Rickaby ran through the Downtown and UW campus areas, attacking and grabbing the breasts and buttocks of women he encountered.
It’s been an especially difficult time for Nepalese students on UW-Madison’s campus. Most have lost family or friends. Surendra Prajapati says thankfully his immediate family is okay, but those first few days following the quake were scary.
After a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on Saturday, decimating villages, turning houses upside down and triggering an avalanche, Madison residents anxiously awaited news from their loved ones in the devastated country.
What started as a way to show young students how a college classroom feels has turned into priceless moments for a University of Wisconsin professor and the kids involved.
“A few of us lost our houses.” Members of the Nepal Student Association at UW Madison are raising money and awareness for earthquake victims in Nepal. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed at least 4,000 people in their home country. There are about 20 students and faculty members from Nepal on campus and more than 200 Nepali immigrants living in Madison
After a devastating earthquake hit Nepal Saturday, some people in Wisconsin are trying to raise money to help with relief efforts.
Though the disease can be a difficult battle for the person that’s diagnosed, it’s also a trying time for the kids. That’s why a group has stepped in and created Camp Kesem and they have a chapter here in Madison run by UW students. On Saturday a fundraiser was held to raise money to send kids to Camp Kesem for a week free of charge.
Video: News 3 at Noon talked with Wren Singer (director of undergraduate advising) about the UW Advising office which will benefit from the UW Badgers spring game on Saturday.
A 19-year-old was taken into custody Friday in connection with a reported sexual assault in a Madison dorm, police said. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department said Friday afternoon that Nicholas H. Ralston, of Neenah, was arrested on tentative charges of third-degree sexual assault.
At the start of his Intro to American Government class, political science professor Ken Mayer braced himself as nearly two dozen kindergartners demanded answers to the toughest questions they could think of.
Nepali students studying in Madison are devastated to hear of the massive earthquake that killed more than 1,800 people in their home country.
One day after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the country of Nepal, students at UW-Madison are brainstorming ways to bring in donations. “We first wanted to make sure our families were okay, but then we wanted to help,” Nepal Student Association President Surendra Prajapati says.
UW-Madison student Nicholas H. Ralston was arrested Friday in connection with a campus sexual assault reported April 18.
Members of the Nepal Student Association at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are brainstorming on how to help relatives and friends in the aftermath of the earthquake that has killed 3,700 in their home country.
Column about the UW–Madison appearance of “MeatEater” author and TV/podcast host Steven Rinella.
