The freshman class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this fall is the largest in school history and includes the most Wisconsin residents in 12 years, university officials announced Wednesday.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison was recently named the #2 party school in the nation. Some are cheering that distinction, but others point to the serious problems associated with the college drinking culture. A public health expert from the UW discusses addressing that culture in a meaningful way.
The Madison chapter of this year?s Wisconsin Science Festival stoked the collective curiosities of students and townsfolk towards modern science and art last week. The four-day science carnival presented exhibits on a variety of topics ranging from chemistry to optics, outer space and cell biology.
A working draft of a performing arts study in Madison was released Monday by Webb Management Services Management Services, Inc., the New York-based company that conducted the study in conjunction with WolfBrown consulting firm.
This flu season, a new smartphone application will help students know when the flu is hitting campus based on data gathered from self-reported symptoms.
After flooding in the Camp Randall Sports Center caused it to temporarily close on Sept. 22, the facility reopened at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Director of Recreational Sports John Horn said.
Dean of Students Lori Berquam sent an all-campus email including University of Wisconsin?s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report Tuesday.
In the email, Berquam said crime numbers on and around campus remain consistent with past years, but the perceived increase in crime could be the result of UW?s increasing communications efforts.
New UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank will kick off the 2013 fall university roundtable series with a discussion about the future of the university.
Yang Sao Xiong?s new position teaching Hmong American Studies at UW-Madison is the first tenure-track post in that subject area in the United States, he says.
At a Memorial Union town hall meeting Sunday evening, Dean of Students Lori Berquam shared something a criminal suspect once told her.
Former WIBA radio personality Peter Boam said his granddaughter will be enrolled at the University of Wisconsin next fall and he can’t believe that UW officials and even alumni allow this behavior.
Interviewed: David Noyce, professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of the Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory.
An unlikely success story continues to unfold daily on Lake Mendota. UW-Madison’s co-ed sailing squad is ranked 20th in the nation, the only non-coastal school in the rankings.
A sudden increase in violent crimes near the UW-Madison campus has prompted students and officials to take a deeper look at safety. The meeting was in response to armed robberies near campus. Madison police say they?ve seen a 30% increase in robberies in that area.
The Rev. Jonathan Melton talks like a realist, which is good given the challenges ahead of him. Melton was hired last year as chaplain of St. Francis House, the Episcopal student center at UW-Madison.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is reaching out to its students in an attempt to help keep them safe.A week of online chats led to Sunday night?s town hall meeting, set up so students could question campus leaders over recent crime.
Madison Police may have shut down the notoriously rowdy, annual Mifflin Street Block Party, but binge drinking during Parents Weekend at the University of Wisconsin went viral this week on YouTube.
One sailor grew up in Rochester, Minn., part of the only county in the Land of 10,000 Lakes without a natural one. Another grew up in Los Angeles, home to dreamy Pacific Ocean waves.Despite the divergent backgrounds, Tom Sorenson and Nathan Jamieson are two of the 40-strong UW-Madison sailing team that takes to the water for hours every afternoon
There?s some regret from Madison Police Chief Noble Wray as he retires with a high-profile homicide that?s as yet unsolved. Brittany Zimmerman, a University of Wisconsin student, was murdered in her downtown apartment in April of 2008.
Two blocks of State Street will be closed for five hours Sunday morning for the setup of a mobile crane that will install rooftop equipment on a building on Frances Street.
Enhanced safety measures have been in place on the UW-Madison campus following the death of an employee in April when a loading dock lift fell on the employee.
An intoxicated UW-student who was texting as she crossed University Avenue was injured after she was struck by a car that did not stop early Thursday morning, Madison police said.
As we?re sure you are probably and hopefully aware, in the past few weeks, the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and its surrounding community has seen an increase in strong-armed robberies taking place in off-campus housing where university students live. Suspects are robbing people at random, often threatening the victims with a weapon.
From homelessness and poverty to setting down the path to a degree, the University of Wisconsin?s Odyssey Project provides free teaching to adults facing financial difficulties to take the first steps into higher education.
In light of an accident-related death of a University of Wisconsin employee last spring, UW Facilities, Planning and Management reviewed their safety procedures and will be taking further precautions regarding safety on campus.
City and campus police officials are stepping up enforcement in response to recent property crimes in the Regent-Vilas-Greenbush neighborhood.
The track, basketball courts and fitness area of the Camp Randall Sports Center will remain closed through Monday after last Sunday?s outdated pipe burst resulted in flooding throughout the facility.
The University of Wisconsin, where several thousand Minnesotans are enrolled annually, ranks among the nation?s top party schools, according to Playboy magazine.
If you?re tired of the mess that is Library Mall, get used to it. It?s going to remain a construction zone for at least four more years.
Noted: Selig has spoken of his plans to teach in retirement, and write a memoir. He has an office in the history department at the University of Wisconsin and has been a regular lecturer at the National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University Law School.
Freakfest organizers announced new additions to the Halloween bash?s line-up on the event?s Facebook page Wednesday, which include Neon Indian, 3LAU, Dirty Disco Kidz, Fort Wilson Riot and Gabe Burdullis.
Dean of Students Lori Berquam, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department and the Madison Police Department held a tweet chat Wednesday as the first in three upcoming events designed to share information and seek community input on campus safety following a recent increase in crime near campus.
Ruth Ozeki shared her challenges and inspiration behind the 2013 Go Big Read book, ?A Tale for the Time Being? with The Daily Cardinal Tuesday.
Bicyclists on the UW-Madison campus who don?t have the proper lights on their bikes at night will be stopped by police and issued…lights?
Not that the University of Wisconsin students need a reason to party, but UW-Madison was named the No. 2 party school in the country, according to Playboy magazine.
Instead of issuing citations, UW police are using a different tactic to encourage students bicyclists to ride safely at night.
A rash of thefts and robberies Downtown and on the Near West Side around the UW-Madison and Edgewood College campuses has prompted police to work together to stop the crimes and catch the criminals.
Claudia Gupta lives on North Lake Street, close to where a suspect was chased after a shot was fired blocks away.
Since then, Gupta has received two timely warnings from the university. Another one has been sent out in the last month. Those messages describe assaults and armed robberies that have happened close to campus, the suspects, and safety tips that students should keep in mind in light of any threat.
The state system?s flagship school packs roughly 30,000 undergrads onto its nearly 1.5-square mile main campus in the heart of the capital city, and with each of the 13 schools and colleges operating independently, the transition can be a confusing one for incoming freshmen.
In 2006, students approved a referendum initiative with the objective of preserving the value of the Memorial Union while upgrading and refurbishing the nearly 80-year-old building, according to the project?s website.
A popular recreational sports facility next to Camp Randall Stadium is closed indefinitely after a water pipe ruptured on Sunday.
Children will have four jam-packed days to learn about science during the third annual Wisconsin Science Festival, beginning Thursday.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, an atheist advocacy group, has issued a seemingly bizarre invite, offering students, faculty and the general public at the University of Wisconsin-Madison the opportunity to ?stone? them at an upcoming event commemorating ?Blasphemy Rights Day.?
A 3-acre lakeside park with picnic spots, gardens, broad grassy plazas and an outdoor classroom-in-the-round will sprout by 2015 in a patch of UW-Madison land now occupied by a parking lot, officials with the school?s alumni association announced Friday.
Work in very dangerous situations. Put in long hours ? 12 to 20 at a stretch ? with a limited number of breaks. Facilitate and manage all aspects of threat assessment. Those lines are taken from a job description for the director of threat intervention services, a new position at UW-Madison.
Police at UW-Madison Police made 26 arrests, issued 27 citations and ejected 64 people during the Badgers? 41-10 victory over Purdue.
Although Stephanie O?Neal didn?t blow a whistle to start the action, no one got to grab a plant until 10:30 a.m. ? sharp. Until then, members of the Wisconsin Hardy Plant Society could only scope out future additions to their gardens at the organization?s annual plant exchange held under blue skies and in an idyllic setting at the Allen Centennial Gardens at UW-Madison on Sunday.
Recently, 30 volunteers helped to clear invasive species and plant native trees at Picnic Point on the UW-Madison campus during a day helping the Clean Lakes Alliance.
Coordinators for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Alumni Association have started finalizing designs for the new Alumni Park, which could break ground summer 2014.
The Camp Randall Sports Center remained closed Monday after an outdated pipe bursting caused standing water throughout the facility overnight on Sunday.
September kicks off flu shot clinics on the UW-Madison campus.
The Madison Police Department and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department are working in conjunction to put more officers on the streets in campus areas that have experienced recent upticks in dangerous crimes, according to MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain.
Flooding at the Camp Randall Sports Center Sunday afternoon closed the recreational facility to students indefinitely.
University of Wisconsin recently awarded seven women the Outstanding Women of Color Award, honoring women for their work in the campus and Madison community.
A college-aged woman was sexually assaulted walking near the intersection of Langdon Street and Frances Street early Sunday morning.
Despite having one of the largest international student populaces in the country with more than 4,000 international students at the University of Wisconsin, some students feel there is not enough conversation regarding the various backgrounds and cultures that many UW students come from.
Madison police are searching for a man who sexual assaulted a college female.It happened around 2:55 a.m. Sunday morning on Langdon St and Frances St near downtown Madison.
A University of Wisconsin student with a nickname of “Silo” is eating his way through school ? competitively.
Fifty-one University of Wisconsin-Madison freshmen who aspire to be engineers aren?t sitting in a classroom this semester, listening to technical lectures and doing canned experiments.
A student in Wisconsin has found an unusual way of paying for his studies. Eric Dahl, nick-named Silo, is a competitive eater and spends his winnings on paying for his education.
