When it comes to sexual assault on college campuses, increased numbers of incident reports can be a good sign; it means victims feel more comfortable coming forward and seeking help.
UW-Madison police are investigating a sexual assault that reportedly happened early Saturday morning.
Nine University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members with expertise in areas ranging from cartooning and dance to medical engineering will highlight their work at a first-ever event called “Big Ideas for Busy People” in Madison later this month.
Sexual assault can happen to anyone, be it a guy or a girl. Typically though, women are the targets. Around 1 in 5 college women will be sexually assault before they graduate. According to a report released by UW Madison on Wednesday there were 20 reported rape cases on campus in 2013.
The Times Higher Education (THE) magazine has today published its 2014/15 world university rankings, placing the California Institute of Technology in top place for the fourth consecutive year. UW-Madison is 29th.
Two young women whose lives were taken will be remembered Saturday at the Brittany Run 5K.
When the Badgers play, does your Facebook page light up with red?
Welcome to my very first recap of The Amazing Race. You might find yourself wondering, “Why is Isthmus covering this particular reality show?” Well, for one thing, it?s because being catty about reality TV is a whole lot of fun. For another, one of the teams consists of Maya Warren and Amy DeJong, who are food science grad students at UW-Madison.
A 20-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student may face paralysis after a diving accident at Lake Mendota.
A 20-year-old UW-Madison student may face paralysis after diving into a shallow area in Lake Mendota Saturday evening, according to a Madison Police Department report.
Judith Davidoff will succeed Dean Robbins as the editor of Isthmus. Davidoff has served as the alternative publication?s news editor for the last three years. Robbins will take a position with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Continuing Studies after the Oct. 9 issue.
The days of navigating orange barriers and black rubber sidewalks on the labyrinth-like treks to class will soon be over as construction on State Street Mall and the Bascom Hill staircase approaches completion.
At first glance, Zofia Stepie??s sketch, ?A Portrait of a Camp Friend ? Wanda,? seems to depict a woman in the prime of her life. Her hair is long, flowing and healthy. She is fully dressed in everyday clothing, and her cheeks are full and round.
Haley Laundrie has made history by becoming the first woman from Jefferson County to win the Miss Wisconsin-USA pageant and she will now go on to compete at the Miss USA pageant next year.
University of Wisconsin-Madison admissions officials say this fall?s freshman class is a big one ? and there are lots of native cheeseheads.
The Class of 2018 at UW-Madison could be huge, if incoming freshmen stay in school and graduate.
As of this week, University of Wisconsin-Madison students who lack the proper identification to vote in the Nov. 4 election can get a free ID card on campus that will allow them to vote.
Shawn Peters, who coordinates teaching and learning at UW-Madison?s Center for Education Opportunity … said he?s neither a saint nor a prude and normally lets bawdy chants and rowdy fan behavior slide. But a UW-Madison men?s soccer game two Fridays ago, when new Big Ten member Rutgers traveled to Madison for its first-ever game in the conference, stands out to him.
No. 6 in the ranking is the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
In a sea of more than 43,000 students, a University of Wisconsin program focusing on suicide prevention is hoping to teach Badgers to care for one another.
The UW-Madison Police Department is investigating an incident in which two portable toilets were destroyed and a vehicle badly damaged by a fire early Saturday morning in Lot 51 on North Mills Street.
Saturday saw a record number of rushing yards for Wisconsin, but running onto the field before anyone else and guiding a charge of more than 300 student musicians was Eva Glisczinski, UW-Madison?s marching band drum major.
The UW-Madison Police Department and the Madison Fire Department extinguished a vehicle on fire early Saturday morning, according to a UWPD crime alert.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student group dedicated to helping students recover from substance abuse received a $10,000 grant from the university to further their efforts Thursday, according to a UW-Madison release.
A suspicious package caused a brief evacuation near LaBahn arena on the University of Wisconsin campus Monday morning.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department is trying to figure out who lit a portable toilet on fire Saturday in Madison ? a fire that quickly spread to a second portable toilet and then damaged two cars.
The upper level has been closed for a number of years because of code problems regarding the height of railings and the need for kickboards to fill the gaps between the seats and floorboards, according to Jason King, UW-Madison associate athletic director for capital projects and operations.
UW-Madison Police made 36 arrests, issued 36 citations and ejected 61 people during the Badgers? 68-17 romp over Bowling Green on Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.
Food science Ph.D. students Amy DeJong and Maya Warren will compete against 10 other teams in various physical and mental challenges as vie to be the first to arrive at the final destination and win $1 million.
The back-to-school party called for costumes, so Trent University students came as ghosts and witches, moving in and out of the redbrick rooming house at 283 W. King St. in Peterborough, Ontario, all night.
The University of Wisconsin is once again one of the top contributors to the Teach for America program, with a total of 52 UW alumni recruited in 2014.
Flu shots at University Health Services will begin next week as the temperatures dip down and flu season settles in.
Wiscards will not make the cut for voter identification in November, but for out-of-state students at the university, there is one more caveat: Non-Wisconsin driver?s licenses won?t work either.
UW-Madison students should be able to pick up the new cards beginning early next week, spokesman John Lucas said. The university recently launched a website to help students understand the new state voting regulations.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison continues to rank among the top 50 universities in the world in the 10th edition of the QS World University Rankings released this week.
Among the 6,279 freshmen the University of Wisconsin-Madison ushered in this fall, the campus also welcomed a newcomer of a different variety in academic leader Sarah Mangelsdorf. The newly appointed provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs arrived in Madison months before the start of the 2014-?15 school year, after serving as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University since 2008.
A reminder for UW-Madison students to be responsible this year.
Students at University of Wisconsin System campuses will be able to request free voter ID cards from their schools to meet new photo ID requirements at the polls, System spokesman John Diamond said Wednesday. At UW-Madison, the cards will be available for pickup starting early next week at Union South, spokesman John Lucas said.
University of Wisconsin System campuses will issue free voter identification cards to students that request them.
Aaron Olver, the new director of University Research Park, nearly had his promising career cut short, but for a little luck and his new wife?s unwavering support.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students without an acceptable form of identification to vote this fall may soon have a new option.
Hip-hop group Atmosphere and indie rock band American Authors will headline the city?s eighth incarnation of Freakfest, organizers of the event announced Monday.
For the first time in the school?s history, University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate students will be able to register for a certificate in French.
John Horn, Director of the Division of Recreational Sports, updated Student Services Finance Committee on the progression of the Rec Sports Master Plan at a meeting Monday.
For the second year in a row, Playboy magazine deemed the University of Wisconsin-Madison the No. 2 party school in the nation.
The QS World Universities 2014/15 rankings, published today, saw MIT maintain its position as the top-ranked university worldwide. UW-Madison is tied for 41st.
An ?Alternative Nobel?-winning Buddhist activist delivered a message with a cutting edge at the University of Wisconsin on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
University of Wisconsin pre-med students have more to think about as the Association of Medical American Colleges has made significant changes to the Medical College Admission Test, commonly known as the MCAT.
Coming in at number two was the University of Wisconsin, followed by West Virginia University, University of Arizona and the University of Iowa.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., introduced new legislation to aid college affordability and vocational training enrollment Friday, according to a statement.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is starting her second year in the university?s leadership role by reaching out to areas of the state beyond just the world of Madison in an effort to emphasize the impact of the university across Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism checks at the UW System?s 13 four-year campuses turned up two additional sites ? UW-Stout and UW-Eau Claire ? at which officials also acknowledge using students arrested for drug activities to make controlled buys.
It is perhaps the least understood school on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Parents and grandparents of University of Wisconsin-Madison students have become the most recent targets of a phone scam, according to a release from the UW Police Department.
Former Gov. Tommy Thompson is delivering the annual Paul Offner Lecture on Sept. 30, UW-Madison announced Thursday.
What?s so funny about the University of Wisconsin-Madison? UW grads went on to create two of the most influential comedy franchises of the last 30 years ? The Onion and ?Mystery Science Theater 3000.?
On the UW-Madison campus, 2,977 small American flags were placed on Bascom Hill, symbolizing those killed after terrorist-hijacked airplanes crashed in to the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a farm field in Pennsylvania. The flags were placed by the College Republicans of UW-Madison, along with College Democrats and the Vets for Vets organization.
Madison is known for a lot of things and recently was honored with another title that will make Bucky proud.
Graphic of UW System campuses drug arrest rates.
Parents of University of Wisconsin-Madison students were warned Wednesday of a phone scam targeting their financial information.
