As part of UW?s Year of the Arts, a group of faculty and students from the MFA Lighting Design program will set up lighting designs on various locations throughout campus for the next three days. Tomorrow night?s display is set to appear on Lathrop Hall along University Avenue.
Police arrested one of two young men they say beat and robbed five others in two incidents downtown last month. The 15-year-old male, tentatively charged with two counts of battery, was identified in a photo lineup by two of the victims, Madison police said.
When UW-Madison chemistry lecturer Jeanine Batterton accused 42 students last fall of plagiarism on a written lab assignment in Chem 104, she was floored by the range of ?bizarre excuses? offered by the undergraduates.
Some contended that cutting and pasting information out of Wikipedia ? the Web-based, user-generated encyclopedia ? was OK because no single author writes the entries.Others argued that since the assignment was a group project, and since they didn?t write the part of the report in question, how could she punish them for any wrongdoing?
Crime rates on the UW-Madison campus are at their lowest level in 36 years, according to the UW-Madison Police Department?s 2009 annual report.
UW-Madison students will have plenty of opportunities this week to research career options, hunt for exciting internships or look into study abroad programs thanks to a range of “fairs” on campus.
Like many University of Wisconsin students, junior Lindsay Taylor spent time at the beach last spring break. Unlike other UW students, Taylor visited a beach in Galveston, Texas, to help local community members fix their homes after Hurricane Ike damaged the city.
UW-Madison junior James Richardson scoffed when he checked his bank statement after he paid his last tuition bill. He found a total of $4 left in his account. Although frustrated with his depleted funds, he managed to muster a smile.
UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann will be commemorated at the first of four memorial 5k run/walks October 2 at 9 a.m.
Prosecutors in Minnesota and Wisconsin are investigating dozens of cases in which voters may have illegally cast ballots in both states in the 2008 presidential election. The number in question is a tiny fraction of the 5.9 million ballots cast in the two states, which both have same-day voter registration. But it represents the first look at a practice that some activists feared was widespread, particularly among thousands of college students who live in one state and go to school in the other.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison ranked 16th out of the top 25 colleges recruiters are targeting to hire new graduates, according a new survey in Monday?s Wall Street Journal.
Police on the University of Wisconsin campus are ramping up enforcement of bicycle laws.
It?s been nearly two and a half years since University of Wisconsin-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann was slain in her campus-area apartment.
Madison Police Department held a news conference Monday afternoon regarding the first Zimmermann Memorial 5K, in honor of UW student Brittany Zimmermann who was murdered at her home near campus.
University of Wisconsin police are searching for an approximately 25-year-old man who allegedly sexually assaulted a man in the shower at the Natatorium on Observatory Drive.
Mentions that Eric Bean, a medical student at the University of Wisconsin Madison, led the local competitors with a third place finish, 13 minutes behind Gambles.
UW-Madison ranked among the top 25 schools in the nation according to a Wall Street Journal survey of recruiters who work for the 479 largest public, private, nonprofit and government agencies. UW-Madison checked in at No. 16.
Mentions that math is still Emily Siira’s strong suit, and if everything adds up in her recovery, she hopes to start at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the spring.
Total student loan debt exceeds total credit card debt in this country, with $850 billion outstanding, according to Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of FinAid.org and FastWeb.com, websites that provide information about student aid and scholarships. Consumers owe about $828 billion in revolving credit, including credit card debt, according to seasonally adjusted numbers in a report on July credit from the Federal Reserve.
Beginning next Sunday, Blackhawk Church, the large evangelical congregation on Madison?s Far West Side, will offer two morning worship services every week at a downtown club. About 700 of the congregants each week are college students, with 300 or so of them bused in from the UW-Madison area.
Thirty-nine people were ejected from Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday for poor behavior or breaking the law during the University of Wisconsin?s 27-14 win over San Jose State, police said. Thirty-five of the 39 were UW-Madison students, according to the UW-Madison Police Department.
You might be more likely to get pulled over on the UW-Madison campus this month. Especially if you?re on a bicycle.UW-Madison police officers will be out conducting “concentrated bicycle education and enforcement. “They?ll be stopping cyclists who violate the rules, such as not having lights at night or riding against traffic.
The family of slain University of Wisconsin student Brittany Zimmermann is partnering with the Madison Area Crime Stoppers to host a 5K run and walk slated for Oct. 2.
Don?t mess with Bongo Jesus. The street musician apparently didn?t appreciate others criticizing his guitar playing, as he allegedly committed a string of offenses on State Street Thursday afternoon.
A Florida pastor?s plan to burn Korans is resonating with UW students.Reverend Terry Jones said he?s still undecided on whether or not to go forward with the burning. On Thursday, Jones said he would call off the burning ? welcome news to Muslim students in Madison.
Let?s face it. Madison is more often than not deemed a fabulous university on account of its outstanding academic reputation and its plethora of beer. Yet, there is more to the University of Wisconsin than high GPAs and a nice, cold brew. The unique, passionate, and truly creative minds and personas of the students that bring this campus to life are something to observe with awe. It seems to me that Chancellor Biddy Martin agrees, as this past week she has deemed this fresh school year ?The Year of the Arts?.
After a tenure longer than most deans at other law schools around the nation, the dean of the Law School at University of Wisconsin announced his resignation from the post Wednesday.
Chancellor Biddy Martin emphasized the importance of the University of Wisconsin gaining more independence to decide important issues like tuition increases to a student government group Wednesday night.
The hour when Ariana Kramer will begin her college career is fast approaching – and her parents are in an office supply store, disagreeing about hanging files, of all things.
You don?t know Kevin Solis. Why should you? He?s a quiet but articulate sophomore at the University of Wisconsin, who at first glance is much like any other kid his age. But arriving in Madison by way of the impoverished Los Angeles Unified School District, there?s something unique about Solis.
Bucky Badger?s $4,000 mascot head was stolen last Sunday from the apartment of a UW-Madison student who portrays Bucky at sporting events.
A survey released by the University of Wisconsin?s Division of Information Technology revealed students at UW are more connected than ever.
In the early morning hours of Sept. 6, a University of Wisconsin student woke up missing something important.
Someone took the head of UW mascot Bucky Badger after a gathering at the student?s ?one of several Buckys on campus ? W. Gilman St. apartment the night before.
A federal appeals court has ruled that the University of Wisconsin imposed unconstitutional limits on the activities of a Catholic student group at the school.
If you are Bucky Badger, the last thing you want is to lose your head. That?s exactly what happened Sunday night, when one of the UW-Madison students who portrays the iconic symbol of Wisconsin sports had his 28-pound over-sized Bucky head stolen from his campus area apartment.
The head of Bucky Badger has been returned. A University of Wisconsin-Madison student who?s one of several who play the role of mascot Bucky Badger told police he and his roommates had a get-together with friends at their Madison apartment Sunday night. He said the 28-pound Bucky head was missing when he awoke Monday morning.
Jeremy Crane, 22, started a business derived from all the old furniture you see on Mifflin and Langdon Streets and everywhere in between when the students are moving in and out. The business is called Furnish U, and it?s likely only one of what will be many entrepreneurial successes for Crane.
UW-Madison is making the college experience easier for its student veterans, and that?s because of John Bechtol. He?s the Assistant Dean of Students at UW-Madison and a former professor of military science there.
Shopping for colleges? Location may be more important than you think, according to a new index of 75 “best cities” for college students. “The education and experiences you get extend beyond the walls of the campus,” says Kerry Lynch, senior fellow at the non-profit American Institute for Economic Research, whose 2010-2011 College Destination Index is out Wednesday.
Note: Madison is ranked #6 in its size category.
A thief had a change of heart and returned Bucky Badger?s head.
Noted: Certainly, Brazil?s top universities find they have no shortage of suitors from abroad. A number of Brazilian institutions have signed deals recently with universities elsewhere. The University of São Paulo recently arranged a student- and faculty-exchange agreement with China?s Henan University. In April, the University of Wisconsin at Madison announced a plan to deepen its ties to Brazil and its higher-education establishment.”We have started a series of symposia about Brazil. We are identifying some strategic partnerships with universities in Brazil,” says Giles Bousquet, dean of international studies and vice provost for globalization. “It is a paradigm shift, and that paradigm shift is refocusing the university in educating graduates that are going to see the emerging powers as a key group of partners and Brazil as a key country.”
Madison?s Islamic Center is a busy place. Only a few blocks from campus many students pour in for prayer. They do it with a lot on their mind. Muslim Students Association President Rashid Dar says, “It gets kind of disheartening after a while.”
It was fitting to see two well-reasoned opinion columns in the Daily Cardinal about UW-Madison tuition policy. While Samantha Witthuhn and Todd Stevens had different perspectives, the debate is welcome because, in my opinion, nothing is more important to the future of the university than our relationship with the state and our approach to tuition.
A federal appeals court ruled last Wednesday that UW-Madison was wrong to deny funds to Badger Catholic, a student group for religious activities.
In what has been more than a five-year battle, a federal court in Chicago ruled the University of Wisconsin should not deny religious student organizations funding due to worship, prayer or proselytizing, a suit brought on by the UW student organization Badger Catholic.
Regardless of whether college students are reaching new intellectual heights, their phones are certainly getting smarter. Almost half (45 percent) of UW-Madison students reported owning a smart phone, a handheld Internet device like an iPhone or Blackberry, according to the university?s 2010 Computing Survey.
Quoted: Justin Doherty, assistant athletic director for external relations.
Even for average parents, the letting go is difficult ? more so, they and many others say, than it was for parents of college-bound freshmen in decades past. Robin Kramer recalls how her own parents, who never attended college, dropped her off with a trunk full of belongings at Drake University, also in Iowa, in 1978. She set up her room and attended orientation without them there. “Its just what you did then,” she says. It was much the same for Paul, whose father took him to the University of Wisconsin in 1977 and then went fishing. But some say its often hardest for parents, who remember the days of college when there were fewer support systems in place for students.
UWM has nearly doubled its student housing in the past eight years. Officials say that has led to more students participating in campus activities such as student organizations and intramural sports.
A growing number of UW-Madison students are bringing smart phones with them to school, according to a recent campus survey. The university is hoping to take advantage of the growing presence of the technology by launching its own smart phone application later this fall
It is not everyday University of Wisconsin Chancellor Biddy Martin pops up online for all of Madison to chat with, but on Sept. 1, she did just that.
University of Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema believes the Big Ten Conference?s new divisional alignment will help the Badgers in recruiting.
Be true to your school on Friday, and proudly wear your colors. Friday is College Colors Day, a national event that started in 2005 to celebrate the start of the collegiate school year by encouraging students and alumni and fans to wear the colors of their favorite college or university. UW-Madison?s news service put out a statement on Thursday to get Badger fans to make a fashion statement.
The University of Wisconsin at Madison improperly denied funding for some activities of a Roman Catholic student group, imposing unconstitutional limits on activities involving worship, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
As summer construction continues throughout the University of Wisconsin campus, the new Union South is preparing for the arrival of classes and winter snowfall.
Following the University of Wisconsin?s decision to cut ties with Nike over workers rights concerns early this year, the Board of Regents approved a five-year extension to a major apparel contract with Adidas.
Students and professors hoping to light up between classes on the UW-Stout campus are out of luck. Well, at the very least they?re likely to get the “evil eye.”
Students on this UW System campus in Menomonie voted in the spring of 2009 to make UW-Stout smoke-free and a year later voted to extend the ban to all tobacco products.
Quick facts to questions about the impact of Wednesday?s announcement of divisional placements within the Big Ten for football, starting with the 2011 season.
Here?s more evidence that smoking is slowly but surely heading for the ashtray of history. UW-Stout in Menomonie, about 200 miles northwest of Madison in Dunn County, just banned smoking and the use of all tobacco products on its entire campus, including outside in parking lots, on lawns and sidewalks. The ban kicked in Wednesday. Classes are to begin next week. It wasn?t faculty, administrators and parents who forced the change. It was the students themselves.
The University of Wisconsin football team unveiled its Big Ten Conference schedules for the 2011 and 2012 seasons Wednesday in conjunction with the official announcements of division alignments in the new 12-team structure. One big development is that the Badgers host Nebraska in the Cornhuskers? first game as a Big Ten member on Oct. 1, 2011.
UW athletic director Barry Alvarez says his football program will suffer if a proposed $76.8 million support center doesn?t get built.
