The Letters & Science Department of Learning Support Services (LSS) has organized a series of matches in Van Hise Hall. In the opening match between host country Brazil and Croatia, one room carried a broadcast with Portuguese language commentary from Brazilian commentators while next door fans watched the match with Croatian audio commentary.
As part of her doctoral dissertation at the University of Wisconsin, a pianist named Yeaji Kim has come up with a complete 3D musical score that can be used by blind students.
A former University of Wisconsin-Madison student pleaded guilty to possessing improvised explosive devices Thursday.
As part of her doctoral dissertation at the University of Wisconsin, Yeaji Kim has come up with a complete 3-D musical score that can also be used by blind students. Kim was born blind and discovered Braille scores are incomplete.
17 cellists are at UW-Madison from points across the country for the two-week National Summer Cello Institute. Their route to better cello playing involves a lot of time away from the instrument, working their bodies in a modified basic training for musicians. The institute is run by cello professor Uri Vardi.
Northern Illinois University alumnus Joshua Moon Johnson? director of LGBT Services and the Non-Traditional Resource Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara?has been named assistant dean of students and director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Multicultural Student Center (MSC).
Toxic algae blooms have shown up in Lake Mendota near UW-Madison’s Memorial Union and the Hoofers Sailing Club pier, according to the university. The university issued a warning to use caution along the shore and not swim at night when the blooms can’t be seen.
Noted: 23. Visit the Babcock Hall Dairy Store on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Arrange a tour or just stop in for the signature orange custard chocolate chip ice cream or another flavor…or purchase cheeses made on site. If you?re there at lunchtime, try the Bucky Melt sandwich: Salami, Wisconsin-style havarti, pickles and onions on lightly buttered white bread.
A ?special consultant? has been hired to run the Oregon Police Department.
Brett Eby is not fond of the Highlander, the 10-story apartment building at 121 W. Gilman St., which he has called home for the past year.
UW-Madison rocks Twitter, a new study found.
Nestled on an isthmus that?s home to both buttoned-up politicians in the state Capitol and more liberal-leaning college students just a short walk away, Madison lives up to its endearing unofficial motto as ??77 square miles surrounded by reality.??
The university was recently ranked as the second-most influential U.S. university on Twitter, according to a report by Times Higher Education on a study conducted by internet marketing firm Coldlime, reports UW-Madison News.
April 4th, 2004, is a date Laura Dunn has never forgotten. That was the day the Midwestern preacher?s daughter who didn?t believe in sex before marriage says she lost her virginity to not one but two University of Wisconsin-Madison athletes.
The other day, a friend sent Bad Doug a recent newspaper story from the National Post in Canada that caused Bad Doug to slap his hand to his forehead and exclaim: ?Maybe it was all a mistake!?Bad Doug is given to brooding, and in recent years few things have caused him to brood more than the sculpture outside Camp Randall Stadium known as ?Nails? Tales.?
The new public library at the corner of Hillgrove Avenue and Poplar Place in La Grange is built of red-stained wood and has a brown shingled roof, but it sits on a post and will never hold more than two dozen books.
Referring to the very rich of the Gilded Age, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, ?They are different from you and me.? Likewise, the Millennials and Gen X are different from their baby boomer predecessors.
In late April, the CBS program ?60 Minutes? aired an extraordinary report titled ?Saving the Children,? about Sir Nicholas Winton, a 104-year-old (now 105 ? his birthday was May 19) Englishman who in 1939 helped 669 children, mostly Jews, escape Nazi persecution in Czechoslovakia through a program called Kindertransports. Renata Laxova was one of those kids. Laxova, 82, is an emeritus professor of genetics at UW-Madison.
Jeffrey Novak will become university housing director on July 21, taking over for Paul Evans, who is retiring after working in the division at UW-Madison for 36 years.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is bringing its personnel management system into the 21st century to remain competitive and efficient ? a tactic that HR consultants say is being replicated by other higher learning institutions across the nation.
MADISON, Wis. ?A sex scandal involving a University of Wisconsin-Madison student from Ozaukee County is growing.
Sorority and fraternity recruiting drives are under scrutiny at the UW-Madison, with officials considering pushing back their traditional pledge recruiting start time to later in the fall or even eliminating it.
A police captain took thousands of pictures and videos of unsuspecting women using University of Wisconsin, Madison, Police Department equipment over a span of more than six years, an internal investigation found before the 17-year veteran was fired in March.
A UW-Madison student from Saukville has been charged with attempted sexual assault on accusations he pretended to be a woman in a Craigslist personal ad in order to force another woman into a sex act with him, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.
A presentation regarding the Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) was made at a Marshall School Board meeting May 21.
University of Wisconsin-Madisons police chief says a captain she fired took thousands of photos and video of unsuspecting women over the course of six years.
UW-Madison officials are considering changing the traditional recruitment drive by fraternities and sororities early in the fall semester, either moving it deeper into the fall or eliminating it altogether. Some in the Greek community say the proposed changes would significantly threaten their existence.
Warning: Do not bring lovers of The Lorax to UW Library Mall right now.
A UW-Madison Police Department captain took thousands of photos and videos of unsuspecting women over more than six years before he was fired in March, according to an internal investigation, and could face criminal charges.
Noted: At the University of Wisconsin, Madison, a pioneer in the bait bike movement, the police department saw a 40 percent drop in reported bike thefts on campus in 2008, its first year using the tactic. The police there also use social media, but mainly to put out the word about the bait bikes, not to shame the perpetrators by posting their photographs, said Marc Lovicott, a spokesman for the department. But he sounded impressed by the tactic. ?Interesting ? we haven?t gone that far,? he said, adding that they might.
UW-Madison Assistant Dean John Bechtol works in the center for vets and military members.
A group of UW-Madison students are working to expand a Styrofoam recycling program in Madison.
MADISON ? University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is proposing a one-year plan to cover tuition costs of high school students who take UW classes offered in their schools for college credit.
Kanit Kuevibulvanich, with the Thai Student Association (TSA) at UW-Madison, says the divide in the country between pro and anti-government supporters is a “very delicate” topic. He says because of that, it is rarely discussed between TSA members. But Kuevibulvanich is also confident the situation will be resolved peacefully.
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross on Thursday proposed a one-year plan to cover tuition for students in Wisconsin public high schools who take UW courses through a dual enrollment program aimed at jump-starting their college careers.
A Dane County judge denied a motion to suppress evidence from sexual assault exam in a sexual assault case against a University of Wisconsin football recruit.
A UW-Madison student was arrested earlier this month after he allegedly posed as a woman seeking another woman for a relationship, then threatened to expose intimate details about a female student on the Internet unless she performed a sex act on him, according to search warrants.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank?s annual pay is a far cry from what former Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee took home in the 2012-?13 academic year because of deferred compensation in his contract when he retired.
Students who are military veterans using the federal GI Bill have more than quadrupled in enrollment at UW-Madison since 2005.
The University of Wisconsin Class of 2014?s commencement ceremony marked the end of the graduates? journey as Badger students and the start of their journey as Badger alumni.
When she started at UW-Madison in 1979, Susan DeMerit remembers her dormitory mates arranging their class schedules so they wouldn?t miss ?General Hospital.? They didn?t bother with fake IDs because they didn?t need them. The drinking age was 18.
Men and women walked into Camp Randall for the last time Saturday as student, and walked out alumni.
Camp Randall filled with black gowns, colorful tassels and proud parents this afternoon.
The University of Wisconsin Class of 2014?s commencement ceremony marked the end of the graduates? journey as Badger students and the start of their journey as Badger alumni.
It felt like a game day, with some 50,000 people packed in to Camp Randall.
Another year of exams and major papers is barely in the rear view mirror for University of Wisconsin-Madison students, and officials at the flagship already are thinking about next year ? including how to better detect cheating.
University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate who sacrificed attending her graduation to be at the competition was named Alice in Dairyland 2014, according to a release.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students are preparing for Saturday?s graduation ceremony by decorating their mortarboards and sharing photos of their handiwork on social media. Check out this collection of painted, bejeweled and bedazzled graduation caps.
The strong social media community on the UW campus is exhibited in full force in the weeks leading up to graduation ? and this year, for the first time, it will play a part in the atmosphere of the day itself.
With blue skies and billowing clouds contributing to a contagious, upbeat vibe, UW-Madison held its spring commencement outside at historic Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday for the first time in a quarter-century.
The center consists of business offices and specially designed spaces for use by federal and state officials, employers, and other agencies to assist student veterans, active duty students and more. Campus officials say there are around 600 prior-service veterans and current military members enrolled during a typical semester.
Video story of grand opening on campus Thursday.
When she started at UW-Madison in 1979, Susan DeMerit remembers her dormitory mates arranging their class schedules so they wouldn?t miss ?General Hospital.?… Thirty-five years later, DeMerit?s classmates watch ?Game of Thrones? on their smartphones.
A new center devoted to helping University of Wisconsin student veterans and military members opened its doors today.
Commencement calls for celebration, but it can have young adults asking what?s next?
Agrace, Wisconsin?s largest nonprofit community hospice and palliative care agency, is adding Michael Johnson and Everett Mitchell to its board, effective May 1, 2014.
A UW-Madison graduate student has launched a business she hopes will propel college rideshare boards into the mobile world.
Noted: “This is really a big piece of my life, and it took a lot to give it up. But now that I see that they appreciate it, it was worth it,” said Schellpeper, 28, who is graduating this summer from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A new office for student veterans is opening this week on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
A brand new sculpture is now on permanent display in downtown Madison.
