As a busy college campus in an urban area, something is always taking place at and around UW-Madison. In response, students have banded together to create a website to help fellow UW-Madison community members never miss another important event.
Hundreds of UW-Madison students took to Bascom Hill Sunday for a chance to win their dorms some bragging rights on campus.
A college student from Cedarburg has been arrested as a suspect in an October sexual assault in Madison.
For the past 166 years, UW-Madison alumni have celebrated Feb. 5 as Founders’ Day to commemorate the first class held in 1849 and honor the university’s history.
The Madison metro area ranked first in the nation for having the highest percentage of graduates in STEM fields.
UW-Madison unveiled a one-stop website Thursday, promoting the schools flexible and online degree programs.
UW-Madison is making it easier for those wanting to explore how to earn advanced degrees or certificates.
After topping 30,000 student applications last year for the first time, UW-Madison will set another record this year with applications up 8 percent over last year.
While most people still think of college as a bastion for young adults fresh out of high school, a new effort by the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Continuing Studies gives evidence to the evolving role of higher education by making courses for working adults easier to find online.
The governor’s proposed $300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System has UW-Madison officials looking more than ever at alternative solutions to compensate for the anticipated loss in state funds.
Gov. Scott Walker’s suggestion to ask professors in the University of Wisconsin System to teach one more class raised concerns among faculty that the university could lose some of its prestige in research.
Police in Madison are looking for a man they say robbed a bank late Wednesday afternoon.
Officers were called to the U.S. Bank at 389 East Campus Mall just after 4 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the Dane County 911 center.
The UW-Madison Faculty Senate released a unanimously passed resolution Monday stating their disapproval of Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $300 million budget cut to the UW system.
University of Wisconsin School of Business marketing professor Thomas O’Guinn is a commentator in several episodes of a new cable television series about iconic, brand-savvy American business leaders.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police on Monday arrested a man suspected of being a well-known area drug dealer following a two-month investigation.
This year the game, Paul Chryst’s debut as coach, will help fund efforts in the UW Office of Undergraduate Advising. Tickets will go on sale Wednesday for $5 at UWBadgers.com, by calling 1-800-GO-BADGERS or in person at the Wisconsin Athletic Ticket Office.
First, I strongly disagree with the characterization of the original policy as coming “close to constituting a general ‘civility code.’” … Second, in his reference to Dean Soyeon Shim’s comments on Inside Higher Education, Downs mistakenly states that Shim portrays the university’s new policy “as a general civility policy.” … Finally, it is important to recognize that there are a number of ongoing discussions on campus regarding topics such as bullying, civility and inclusion, and to not conflate these distinct conversations.
A Madison man pleaded guilty Monday for the rape of a woman near the UW-Madison campus in August.
After a day-long blizzard, University of Wisconsin-Madison students could have gone to bed Sunday night with visions of a snow day, dancing in their heads.
Currently being said around UW-Madison via the anonymous app “Yik Yak:” “Dear Gordon’s. I ordered my food two hours ago. Wtf,” “So much guac and no one to share it with…,” and “With the anonymity of this app I expected a lot more weirdos on here but…Nope, just me.”
Speaking on WKOW-TV’s “Capitol City Sunday,” UW-Madison Atmospheric Science professor and the president of faculty lobbying group PROFS Grant Petty said Gov. Walker’s comment about teaching more was out of touch with the responsibilities of faculty who he said work an average of 63 hours per week at UW-Madison, combining teaching, research, mentoring and more.
The decision to expand massively the bachelor of business administration program at the Wisconsin School of Business came down to institutional duty, recruiter demand, and simple math. WSB, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was turning down hundreds of applicants to its BBA program every year.
Television journalist Katie Couric will be the featured speaker at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s spring commencement at Camp Randall Stadium on May 16, the university announced Thursday.
Katie Couric, the longtime “Today” show host and former anchor of “CBS Evening News,” will be the keynote speaker at commencement on May 16.
The silver anniversary of that achievement will be acknowledged Saturday night when the Badgers host Minnesota in a Big Ten Conference series at the Kohl Center.
Seeking a person that embodied notoriety, success and philanthropy, the University of Wisconsin’s senior class officers chose Katie Couric as the 2015 spring commencement speaker.
Hoping to improve national and local understanding of sexual assault, the University of Wisconsin will be one of 28 universities that will participate in one of the largest surveys ever conducted on the issue.
Recognizing the importance of Wisconsin’s Native Americans to the state, University of Wisconsin faculty members are reaching out to those communities to strengthen the connection between the state’s flagship university with Wisconsin’s original inhabitants.
UW-Madison announced the featured speaker for this springs Commencement, veteran journalist Katie Couric.
A bill being considered by Republican lawmakers could require chancellors of UW System schools to approve every decision made by student governments that use segregated fees.
A recently introduced anti-bullying policy at the University of Wisconsin is causing concern among faculty and staff, who worry that an abuse of the policy may infringe on free speech and thinking.
Noted: Selig will spend time teaching classes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Marquette University, a diversion for which he has a passion, but quitting baseball cold turkey was never an option. That void would have been impossible to fill.
It was a visionary plan to bring the Wisconsin Idea to the People’s Republic of China — offering non-degree professional training where Chinese needs met the UW-Madison’s expertise. Add some alumni outreach, business development, research collaboration, internship opportunities and student exchanges, and Big Red meets biggest red for mutual benefit.
Overall, there are 2,619 Chinese students at UW-Madison for the 2014-2015 school year, up 159 from last year, which had been the highest. However, the numbers of new freshmen and total undergraduates dropped a bit from last year, with applications down slightly for the coming year as well, Andre Phillips,senior associate director of recruitment and outreach, said. Enrollment of Chinese students grew 356 percent from 2003 to 2013 at UW-Madison as the world’s most populous country reaped benefits of newfound wealth. The trend mirrored national enrollment numbers for Chinese students.
In an effort to further research in veterinary medicine, the University of Wisconsin is looking to expand a newly created animal shelter medicine program with a newly acquired $1.3 million in funds.
The expression of racial frustration in University of Wisconsin’s black students was at its peak at the Black Lives Matter die-in demonstration during finals week in December. As a new semester starts, students and university officials seek to keep momentum going in the movement to change race relations on campus.
Since UW-Madison’s founding in 1848, the university has grown to include 388 buildings spread across 936 acres, said Gary Brown, director of campus planning and landscape architecture.
UW-Madison’s Babcock Hall is home to the Department of Food Science and the Center for Dairy Research, but a corner space in the building has been transformed into a brewery. The system is designed to teach basic food science principals, train and educate would-be brewers, allow professional brewers to experiment and for academics to conduct research.
In an effort to inspire further dialogue about injustice in America, the selection committee for UW-Madison’s common-reading program is seeking book suggestions that address the theme of inequality.
The university said that the closing of the lab was due to the impending retirement of neuroscience professor Tom Yin, not the complaints of any animal rights groups. Yin, 70, decided to retire more than a year ago when his National Institutes of Health grant was up for renewal, a UW spokesman said.
Max Rameau, co-author of a guide to political organizing in the aftermath of Ferguson used by the Madison coalition and a founder of Take Back the Land … will speak on “Forward from Ferguson: The case for community control over the police” at 4 p.m. Friday at UW-Madison’s Elvehjem Building, 800 University Ave., Room L160. The political education and community engagement session will be followed by a rally at 7 p.m. in front of the Chazen Museum of Art., 750 University Ave. The series is sponsored in partnership with Comparative U.S. Studies and the Havens Center at UW-Madison.
The Classified Staff Executive Committee discussed the possible effects of the upcoming state budget Thursday.
Last semester, the Morgridge Center for Public Service, along with United Way of Dane County, AmeriCorps and area school districts, revamped its Achievement Connections program to reach more underperforming high school students in the Madison area.
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials plan to ask students to fill out a sexual assault survey this spring.
When Theresa Sanders was an undergraduate at Wilberforce University during the 1960s, the struggles for racial equality and women’s rights were fully under way. She saw classmates at the historically black college in Ohio board a bus for Cleveland to support Carl Stokes, the first black mayor of a major U.S. city, and take part in bra-burning ceremonies. Sanders wanted in on the action. So she joined a sorority.
How would it feel for two people to live under the same roof but move in different worlds? My “Foreign” Roommate, a short film on Channel C on You Tube to be released Friday, demonstrates that having a Chinese student as a roommate can quickly answer that question.
In addition to hunting down overwhelming loads of required textbooks and materials, students face the challenge of locating all their classes with the start of each semester. This semester, more than 100 UW-Madison students are utilizing the recently launched iPhone app Campus Maps to make finding spring classes fast and easy.
Former Wisconsin Badger running back Melvin Gordon has written an open letter to fans for their support during his three-years with the Badgers.
Researchers at UW-Madison and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently developed a collaborative project to develop new ways of integrating robots into human workforces, according to a university press release.
The UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine raised $1.3 million in grants, gifts and pledges to help fund a Shelter Medicine Program, according to a university press release.
Last December, hundreds of students packed Helen C. White Library chanting “hands up, don’t shoot” in response to racial discrimination in Madison. Tuesday, members of the UW-Madison community filled Varsity Hall in Union South to engage in a campus-wide dialogue on diversity and inclusion.
The first day of spring semester classes was interrupted when the Madison Fire Department was called to the Humanities building at 11:09 am.
Noted: Initially arranged by the Italian Consul General in Chicago, the Madison stop was highlighted by the ambassador speaking to UW-Madison students on campus before heading over to Porta Bella for an impressive reception and lunch served in their new and beautifully decorated Mantova Room, named for Madison’s Italian sister city, Mantova.
UW-Madison’s anti-bullying policy is only a couple of months old, but faculty members already are worried it will be employed to enforce “civility,” thereby stifling dissent and unorthodox speech and thought, says Donald Downs, a political science professor.
The first day of classes in the Humanities Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus got off to a smoky start after winter break Tuesday.
Even before he spoke, Marine Sgt. Jake Wood drew a standing ovation Tuesday from hundreds of those in attendance at a Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
Sparky!, written by Jenny Offill and illustrated by Chris Appelhans, is the winner of the 18th annual Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding writing in a picture book. The award is given by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and will be presented in Madison this spring. In a release, the committee said: “The marvelous humor is never overplayed as Offill skillfully maintains a measured, evenhanded tone and perfect pacing.”
A UW-Madison student was convicted Friday of sexually assaulting another student in her campus dorm room last May.
The free on-campus film series starts this weekend, including “Citizen Kane” on Saturday night.
