Category: Campus life

Two men, one armed with a handgun, stole marijuana and a safe from a downtown house in a home invasion on Thursday night, Madison police reported. The incident was reported at 11:10 p.m. at a residence in the 200 block of Langdon Street, police said.

The ideas are grabby, even if they never make it to the marketplace: a pedal-powered lawnmower, a snorkel device that allows the user to remain underwater for up to five minutes, a wheelchair suitable for ice and snow, and powered windows for someone with disabilities.

Those were some of the projects judged Wednesday in the third annual Engineering, Mechanics and Aeronautics design competition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Lyle Knudson has decorated the walls inside his Marrowstone Island home with framed photographs of family, places, fruit trees (he is an arborist) and from his World War II service.

The nine participants, a mixture of athletes and coaches whose resumes are packed with Olympic medals and world championships, didn?t play a single snap, run a single race or swim a single lap for the Badgers this fall. Instead, they took part in a rigorous academic and cultural immersion program aimed at preparing them to become international leaders in athletics, while also developing their English-speaking skills.

U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, will speak at UW-Madison?s graduation on Sunday at the Kohl Center. Kaptur is a UW-Madison alumna and the senior woman in the 112th Congress.

While the holiday season signals the appearance of a wide range of activities meant to give back to the community, few can claim they spent 43 years donning a red Santa suit to greet children in the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics.

In the newest installment of the ongoing saga between the University of Wisconsin and a Catholic student group, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents filed a request with the United States Supreme Court to appeal funds allocated to the UW student organization for religious activities.

MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering students are using their ingenuity to compete for thousands of dollars in prizes on Wednesday. Their unique inventions will appear during the Engineering Mechanics and Astronautics Fall Design Competition. Some examples include a pedal-powered riding lawn mower, a green garbage disposal and an attachment for wheelchairs that increases traction in slick conditions.

Madison police believe there may be a connection between the unsolved homicide of UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann and an early morning break-in at a University Avenue tavern months later involving three Madison teenagers with gang ties, the State Journal has learned. Assistant City Attorney Roger Allen confirmed there is a “possible connection” between Zimmermann?s April 2, 2008, strangulation and stabbing death in her Downtown apartment and the July 9, 2008, break-in at the Blue Moon Bar and Grill, 2535 University Ave.

Katie Muratore, a 20-year-old biology major at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, wore a calf-length overcoat with a fur-lined hood and hid her face behind a thick scarf as she hurried along a walkway between the campus and state Capitol. She usually takes the bus to class, but everyone else had the same idea Monday and she couldn?t find any room.”It?s like sardines on the bus today,” Muratore said.

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering students are using their ingenuity to compete for thousands of dollars in prizes on Wednesday.

The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether UW-Madison must pay for student activities involving prayer, worship and proselytizing.

The owner of a Madison business broken into in the summer of 2008 told WKOW 27 News a police detective recently followed up on the crime, but said nothing about a possible link to the 2008 homicide of UW student Brittany Zimmermann.

In the newest installment of the ongoing saga between the University of Wisconsin and a Catholic student group, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents filed a request with the United States Supreme Court to appeal funds allocated to the UW student organization for religious activities.

A University of Wisconsin alumus who played a pivotal role in the construction of a World War II Memorial will address UW graduates at both ceremonies on Sunday, Dec. 19, UW officials announced Friday.

Students and community members gathered to celebrate the success of one University of Wisconsin department?s college-bound technology education academy, which dramatically increases students? success after college and teaches essential study skills.

A new development is surfacing in the April 2008 murder of UW student Brittany Zimmermann.

Representative Tammy Baldwin was the keynote speaker at this years Information Technology Academy Holiday Luncheon held Saturday, Dec. 11.

UW alumni overwhelming have positive memories of their alma mater, according to the findings of new survey.

In barely more than a week, the bustling UW-Madison campus will be reduced to a ghost town as the first half of the school year ends and students head home for winter break. As usual, the university has seen its fair share of controversy and excitement, but there are some events that stand out from the rest.

You may not be familiar with Groundwork Madison or Operation Welcome Home, local grass-roots groups working for racial justice, but you probably heard about the ruckus last spring when Take Back the Land Madison placed a family in a townhouse left vacant after a foreclosure.

Z! Haukeness was one of the band of local activists who worked in support of the high-profile action, which dovetails with his efforts at Groundwork, a white, anti-racist collective; and Welcome Home, a community of homeless people and their allies. Haukeness, 29, is a native of tiny, homogenous Strum, Wis., who came to UW-Madison for its Afro-American Studies program and never returned home.

Joe McCormick, future owner and developer of the building at 640 N. Henry St., and Randy Bruce, a partner in the Knothe & Bruce architecture firm, presented revised renovation plans for the current home of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity at a neighborhood meeting Wednesday.

A hacker exposed the Social Security numbers and names of 60,000 University of Wisconsin students earlier this fall, University of Wisconsin officials announced Thursday night.

Records with the names and identification card numbers of 60,000 people affiliated with UW-Madison were hacked into, compromising Social Security numbers. UW-Madison became aware of the problem Oct. 26 and notified the mostly former students, faculty and staff members in a letter dated Nov. 30, said UW-Madison spokesman John Lucas.

SheWired has teamed up with the LGBT Campus Center at the University of Wisconsin, Madison to deliver a series of stories about bullying and a forum to offer ideas for peaceful action to counter the epidemic.Here?s a piece by Kasandra Brown (pictured above), sophomore at University of Wisconsin — Madison.

Noted: Students at UW School of Medicine and Public Health provide free care on Saturday mornings through a MEDiC clinic at Access Community Health Centers? site in the Villager mall.

Dean of Students Lori Berquam and other university officials addressed the student government?s concerns regarding the proposed Badger Partnership at a meeting Wednesday night.

Recent college graduates have borrowed at a much higher rate than their counterparts did more than a decade ago, a trend also happening at one of the state?s major universities.

Susan Fischer is the Director of Financial Aid for the UW-Madison. She says one reason for the uptick is that since 1996, the government has simply provided more opportunities for students to borrow.

Students at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville are condemning an outbreak of racially motivated hate crimes on campus this semester.More than 200 students marched on campus Tuesday. The students stepped out of class during finals week to attend the rally organized by graduate students.