(0) CommentsThe University of Wisconsin-Madison chapter of the Teaching Assistants? Association recently launched a campaign to increase graduate students? incomes to make UW-Madison a more attractive place for graduate students.
(0) CommentsOver 100 University of Wisconsin System students gathered in the Capitol Monday to lobby state legislators for a cap on tuition increases and a larger investment in financial aid.
The Teaching Assistants? Association at UW-Madison has informed members that its staff will be laid off due to hardships resulting from Gov. Scott Walker?s 2011 collective bargaining law.
University of Wisconsin students are asking legislators to cap tuition increases.
University of Wisconsin students are asking legislators to cap tuition increases.
Willie Ney, a self-described ?multicultural activist? on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in the 1990s, heard teens performing poetry and saw revolutionary potential.
A study issued by the National Bureau of Economic Research in February found that greater racial diversity on college campuses correlates with higher earnings for their graduates. The paper, authored by professor Jason Fletcher of the Yale School of Public Health and professor Barbara Wolfe of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, pointed out that its findings may offer an economic argument for colleges such as UC Berkeley to increase their numbers of students from underrepresented minorities.
DAYTONA – UW-Madison senior Kevin Meister snapped several amazing photos just moments after debris came flying toward fellow spectators at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday.
Four out-of-state finalists have emerged in a national search for the next leader of Wisconsin?s flagship university, including acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Rebecca M. Blank.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly announced the finalists for the position of chancellor at UW-Madison on Thursday after a 25-member search and screen committee winnowed the field of candidates.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly announced the four finalists for the chancellor position Thursday.
The four finalists are Dr. Rebecca M. Blank from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Dr. Nicholas P. Jones from Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Michael H. Schill from University of Chicago Law School and Dr. Kim A. Wilcox from Michigan State University, according to a UW Communications statement.
Gov. Scott Walker?s proposed $181 million in investments for the University of Wisconsin System would help ensure tuition increases are ?very modest,? a UW System spokesperson said Thursday.
By this point, the ?UW Madison Confessions? Facebook page should need no introduction. The page, which allows anyone to post confessions anonymously through an online survey system, has gained 13,698 likes in less than 10 days since its creation on Feb. 11. According to the administrator of the page, who is remaining anonymous, it is a great place for debates and funny stories.
We had a story in this morning?s paper about UW-Madison?s launch into the new world of massive open online courses, better known as MOOCs. The news had the unfortunate fate of landing the same day as Gov. Scott Walker?s budget address, pushing it down the front page a bit.
One Madison woman has made it her life?s mission to help families in Africa. Now she?s taking UW-Madison students along on her journey.
It?s a long way from a village in Kyrgyzstan with no running water to a table in the Memorial Union?s Rathskeller on the UW-Madison campus.But our story today connects them, through Erin Luhmann, a UW-Madison graduate student of journalism from Minnesota.
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse?s chancellor wants the creators of a Facebook page to take down an image he says is inappropriate in the wake of a student?s recent death.
By this point, the ?UW Madison Confessions? Facebook page should need no introduction. The page, which allows anyone to post confessions anonymously through an online survey system, has gained 13,698 likes in less than 10 days since its creation on Feb. 11. According to the administrator of the page, who is remaining anonymous, it is a great place for debates and funny stories.
A Minneapolis-based real estate company released its final proposal for the apartment building slated to replace the Stadium Bar Wednesday.
In an effort to keep pace with continuously advancing educational technology, the University of Wisconsin announced Wednesday it will offer four massive, open online courses, two of which will start this fall.
The Madison Police Department outlined police involvement in the 2012 Mifflin Street Block Party in an event summary released Wednesday.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Minnesota are among a growing number of universities offering free online courses through their websites.
(0) CommentsAron Ralston, the outdoorsman who famously amputated his own arm after being trapped beneath a boulder, spoke at Union South Wednesday as part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate Distinguished Lecture Series to discuss his accident and the effect it has had on his life.
(0) CommentsA 20-year-old woman was forcibly robbed on the south side of campus Tuesday, bringing the total number of thefts in a recent string of muggings to four, according to police reports.
Starting next fall, anyone with an Internet connection will be able to take a few UW-Madison courses ? taught exclusively online by high-profile professors ? for free.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Minnesota are among a growing number of universities offering free online courses through their websites.
Gov. Scott Walker will release his biennial budget and will give an address at the Capitol about his budget priorities today. Over the past few weeks, he has released parts of his budget, and below is a preview of what he will include in several areas.
Madison police are investigating two more armed robberies near the UW campus early Wednesday morning.
As schools across the country are focused on security, University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Chief Susan Riseling is getting national recognition for her strategy for dealing with a shooter on campus.
Three strong-armed robberies near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Monday night involving pedestrians all appear to be related, according to Madison police.
Recreational Sports representatives addressed a student government committee in a Monday meeting, with members saying the need for building repairs to outdated facilities are a critical part of their $2 million budget request for the 2013-2014 fiscal year.
Mifflin Street Block Party-goers could have another option this year for celebrating the end of the semester.A new event called Revelry is scheduled for May 4 ? the same day as the Mifflin Street party ? and is likely to be centered at UW-Madison?s Union South and the College of Engineering campus, according to 4th District Ald. Mike Verveer.
HAMDEN ? They rap, they beat, they slam. They are the cream of the crop of student poets who have raised hip hop to an art form that combines it with theater from a program that has become The Juilliard School of its genre.
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. – A student from Mahtomedi is trying to get his chance to fly into space, and you can help.Jake Rohrig went to the University of Wisconsin, Madison to pursue a degree in its Astronautical Engineering program.
Whether the trend could be due to the state of the United States? economy or increasing demand from employers, the University of Wisconsin experienced a major surge in students graduating with economics majors in the last six years.
University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism graduate student Erin Luhmann has won a prestigious contest to accompany New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof on a trip to learn about reporting and raise awareness about global poverty in the developing world.
Mifflin Street community members and city police officers continued to weigh logistics and concerns over the upcoming Mifflin Street Block Party as well as the alternative event to be held around Union South at a meeting Thursday.
Renowned New York Times journalist Nick Kristof selected a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate Thursday to join him overseas on a journalism tour as part of his eighth annual ?Win a Trip with Nick Kristof Contest.?
Blame the weather.
Blame the economy.
Blame Scott Walker.
No matter the reason, Wisconsin is among the top 10 states for people moving out, according to the annual survey from United Van Lines. Forbes reported the story recently and it has been widely circulated ? although probably not by many chambers of commerce.
For the vast majority of people, faces are just another part of our lives. Thousands of them can pass by on a single day, yet they vanish from our minds a second after they disappear – a fleeting moment lost in the everyday shuffle.
University of Wisconsin?s housing division is adding a new coed learning community that will be open to students interested in gender issues and sexuality in the upcoming fall semester.
The president of the University of Wisconsin System told The Badger Herald this week that the committee charged with finding a replacement for Interim Chancellor David Ward has interviewed 10 semifinalists so far.
Interim Chancellor David Ward and Dean of Students Lori Berquam said Monday they support a Responsible Action Bill the student government is lobbying for at the state level.
A student government committee finalized plans for an upcoming ethnic studies roundtable and announced the music group that will perform at the event next week.
A Madison Police Department officer addressed possible police strategies for both the planned alternative spring event and the Mifflin Street Block Party in a neighborhood meeting Monday.
A student government committee held a training session for student lobbyists Monday on how to meet with elected officials in an effort to achieve tuition protection and to increase need-based financial aid in the upcoming state biennial budget.
Various maintenance repairs to University of Wisconsin?s recreational sports facilities will be required next year, causing an increase in student segregated fee funding, according to the Division of Recreational Sports.
Two inventions that incorporate Wisconsin?s well-known pastimes of hunting and fishing won the top awards Friday at a University of Wisconsin-Madison invention contest for undergraduates.
The exhibition opening Saturday at the Chazen Museum of Art was ? fittingly ? put together by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as a way to cope with an economic downturn.
A recent crackdown on the sale of unlimited bus passes to unauthorized users has yielded hundreds of confiscations.
MADISON ? Scott Resnick always wanted to be involved in politics, but there is some irony at work as the 26-year-old begins a campaign to keep his seat on the Madison City Council.
Who hasn?t, perhaps on the cusp of a late-night dream, come up with the perfect idea for something new, an invention that would, if not change the world, certainly make you a fortune?
University Health Services said they will not be requesting a budget increase through student segregated fees for the following fiscal year in a proposal given at a University of Wisconsin student government meeting Thursday.
Yet another proposal for new student housing was brought before a city body Wednesday as the Mansion Hill Neighborhood Association considered plans to convert a church-owned school building on West Johnson Street into student apartments.
As mental health issues continue to move into the national forefront, a University of Wisconsin student government committee announced Tuesday it will work to promote the awareness of such issues this semester.
The University of Wisconsin System is in the national spotlight for being the first public university system to roll out a flexible option for working adults that awards degrees based on competency – not time in a classroom.
Despite statewide talks of rising tuition and cuts to state funding, The Princeton Review has again named University of Wisconsin as one of the best values in higher education in the nation.
The Peace Corps announced Tuesday the University of Wisconsin boasted the third highest amount of Peace Corps volunteers for 2013.
As students made their way to classes on a typical winter day yesterday, some paused along with faculty and alumni to celebrate University of Wisconsin?s Founders? Day, marking the 164th year since the start of classes.
After months of deliberation over logistics and concerns voiced by community members, Madison?s City Council approved a proposal to build a six-story student apartment building in the Langdon Street neighborhood Tuesday evening.
Four years after the construction of the Student Activity Center, the facility will undergo massive renovations in response to student demands and complaints.
