This is the first time in 18 years that Ald. Mike Verveer has not held an annual meeting in advance of the Mifflin Street Block Party, traditionally held the first Saturday in May.
?Styrocycle,? a sustainability initiative conceived by four University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate students and several postgraduate advisors, received $90,000 at the National Sustainable Design Expo held in Washington, D.C., Friday through Sunday, according to a news release.
Twenty thousand dollars a year for college tuition, room and board, books and fees, that?s the in-state price tag you are seeing if you attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
It?s not exactly good biking weather and yet bike thefts have nearly doubled since this time last year. uw police say in most cases it all comes down to the lock.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Police are investigating a rash of bike thefts on campus.
Despite comparatively low numbers of reported assaults, national research indicates that 1 in 5 female students is attacked. Occasional surveys of UW-Madison?s more than 43,000 students show similar rates, even though an average of only 16 campus sexual assaults were formally reported each year from 2010 through 2012, said Dr. Sarah Van Orman, executive director of campus health services.
Sarah Van Orman, executive director of University Health Services at University of Wisconsin-Madison, said sexual assault prevention and response is very much a collaborative effort on the UW campus. The Not Alone report was very well done, Van Orman said, adding that the findings will be useful for campuses.
The phone at the Rape Crisis Center in Madison rings about 2,000 times a year from victims seeking help. Kelly Anderson, the center?s director, knows there are many victims out there who never call.
Bike thefts are up on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, and expensive, high-end bikes worth upwards of $2,000 are being targeted and turned around for cash, campus police said Tuesday.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison named five finalists for the position of University Housing director, according to a university news release.
Since being the site of the first place to isolate stem cells in non-human primates, the University of Wisconsin has continued to pave the way for scientific research in the field.
Students at the University of Wisconsin face lower levels of debt in comparison to national and state averages, a new report shows.
Sticker shock is a common reaction when shopping for any high-end item and if you?ve looked at the cost of college recently, you?ve probably felt it.
WASHINGTON ? Reacting to a series of highly publicized rapes on college campuses, the White House on Monday released guidelines that increase the pressure on universities to more aggressively combat sexual assaults on campus.
Jean Chatzky remembers Madison.
Now financial editor for NBC?s Today Show, a blogger, magazine columnist, and author of eight books about personal finance, Chatzky returned to Madison last week to meet with students, faculty members and others as business writer in residence for the UW-Madison School of Business.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police have arrested a student after a disturbance at a residence hall.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison police officer was injured during a disturbance at a residence hall Monday afternoon, according to a release.
The Obama administration unveiled stringent new guidelines on Tuesday designed to help colleges combat sexual assault and provide victims with a “road map” to file complaints against institutions that fall short in their responses.
A small group at UW-Madison joined college students and labor activists across the globe Thursday in demonstrations urging further safety reforms in Bangladesh garment factories.
UW-Hillel decided to mix it up a little this year for Passover.
The rally kicked off the 80th annual Wisconsin Association of School Councils state student council conferences, which conclude Monday. The students involved were members of their schools? student council or student government organization.
Affirmative action in America appears to be dying by degrees.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison sought to ?uncover and reverse gender bias in biology,? which has led to the creation of a post-doctorate in ?feminist biology.?
Noted: Her son, Vonzell Coleman Jr., had a 4.6 grade-point average and deserved the chance to attend a school where he didn?t have to worry about safety or gangs or nonsense, she said. ?I just want your readers to know that Vonzell is graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison on May 17,? she told me.
On May 1, International Workers? Day, the University of Wisconsin (UW) Madison Teaching Assistants? Association (TAA) will host a “grade-in” at Bascom Hall, UW?s administration building. The event is part of the TAA?s ongoing “Pay Us Back” campaign for higher take-home pay for all graduate employees.
Shank will be a visiting assistant professor of violin next fall, with a one-year appointment while a search for a full-time, tenured professor will continue. She replaces Felicia Moye, professor of violin, who has taken a position at McGill University in Montreal.
Oliver Stone, the director of several popular war films, spoke at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Thursday about his recent Showtime documentary series, ?The Untold History of the United States.?
As a conscious student at the University of Wisconsin, I can confidently say UW isn?t at the top of any diversity lists. Whether we choose to ignore it or not, Wisconsin is far from being as diverse as we like to believe it is.
A family of red foxes has become a fixture on the UW-Madison campus, contributing to scientific research, and becoming an attractions for dozens of students.
When you put 4 engineers in a room, theyre certain to get to work.
Sarah Sandock, Mehdi Shokoueinejad, Yei Hwan Jung and Akshay Kumar are all engineering students at UW Madison… and all part of a successful team.
Annie E. Clark and Andrea Pino were not satisfied with changing only how their school handled sexual assaults. They wanted to start a national movement.
A former University of Wisconsin football recruit accused of sexually assaulting a student on campus was allowed to participate in his high school?s state basketball championship at the Kohl Center by Chancellor Rebecca Blank and UW-Madison Police Chief Susan Riseling.
Peter Nelson worked in information technology for 20 years before leaving the business world to pursue what he calls his “truest love” — teaching.
Set times and locations for acts performing in the Revelry Music and Arts Festival at the University of Wisconsin-Madison were announced Wednesday via the festival?s Facebook and Twitter pages.
While you were out last weekend, the University of Wisconsin Police Department was out doing what they always do on an average Saturday night ? but they were live tweeting it.
Protesters from 350Madison and the Fossil Free UW Coalition marched down State Street Tuesday to raise awareness about climate change and fossil use use, issues that have been drawn into focus by University of Wisconsin governance groups.
At a White House summit on January 16, President Obama called for higher education leaders to commit to the administration?s goal of leading the world in college graduation rates by 2020. In response to the president?s request, more than 100 college presidents and 40 nonprofits, foundations and other organizations announced new commitments in various areas to expand college opportunity.
Motorists will be detoured around Downtown Madison Saturday morning for the annual Crazylegs Classic run and walk.
Steenbock?s on Orchard, the serene fine-dining restaurant hidden inside Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, has a new chef, a new menu and a new look.
A group of foxes has made its home on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, and now campus officials are asking for help in naming them, according to an article posted by the university.
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan heard from Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group members, faculty and staff in a meeting Monday about how to keep textbooks affordable.
MADISON (AP) ? University health officials are warning students about a rise in confirmed cases of mumps at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
For the first time in 33 years, prize money will be awarded to the top three men?s and women?s finishers in the 8-kilometer race that starts on Capitol Square and ends at Camp Randall Stadium.
Confirmed mumps cases are on the uptick at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and one to two students are showing up daily at campus health clinics with possible symptoms of the contagious viral illness, according to the university.
Before garnering national recognition as one of 50 students awarded the 2014 Udall Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-Madison junior Colin Higgins founded the Associated Students of Madison Sustainability Committee and helped run a competition between residence halls to reduce electricity use.
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan heard from Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group members, faculty and staff in a meeting Monday about how to keep textbooks affordable.
After the Spectrum sweater factory collapsed in 2005, killing 64 workers, hardly anything changed to improve factory safety in Bangladesh.
University health officials are warning students about a rise in confirmed cases of mumps at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Members of 350 Madison will join University of Wisconsin-Madison students, faculty and others supporting the university?s divestment from corporations that profit from fossil fuels in a march and rally Tuesday to mark Earth Day.
UW-Madison hopes that new course offerings will bring more students ? its own and others from different colleges ? to campus this summer, boosting enrollment at a time when it typically declines significantly.
University health officials are warning students about a rise in confirmed cases of mumps at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
While diversity at University of Wisconsin is slowly increasing, numbers released by the Office of the Provost show this increase continues to be minimal from year to year.
Promoting research using a feminist lens to approach biology, University of Wisconsin will be home to the nation?s first post-doctorate program in feminist biology this fall after a donation.
What began as a joke between roommates became a reality when two lifelong best friends and juniors at the University of Wisconsin pursued filling a void they noticed in environmentally-friendly outdoor gear.
The festival, an all-day conference organized by UW-Madison?s Distinguished Lecture Series, will showcase “some of the best and brightest ideas and collaborations happening on campus.”
After Gov. Scott Walker called for a two-year extension to the current University of Wisconsin System?s tuition freeze, some critics have called the move short-sighted and an overly simplistic solution to keeping higher education affordable.
Members of the Open Source Seed Initiative rallied on the UW-Madison campus Thursday, pledging to preserve plant diversity by keeping seeds from their cultivars patent-free and widely available.
One in 68 children in the U.S. has an autism spectrum disorder, and the University of Wisconsin?s Waisman Center is researching what happens to these individuals as they reach adulthood and adolescence.
Mumps cases are on the rise on the UW-Madison campus and health officials are on high alert to keep the disease from spreading.
