University of Wisconsin-Madison students and staff are preparing to move into the new the 250,000-square-foot Student Services Tower, a “one-stop shop” for a range of services and activities.
Norovirus has caused an outbreak of diarrhea-causing illness that has sickened at least 140 students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this month, a health official said Thursday.
Madison, Wis. – A few days before he willingly stepped down as president and chief executive officer of the alternative energy company he helped to launch, Eric Apfelbach told a crowd of entrepreneurs they were probably a little bit crazy.
USA TODAY chose five sports, selected to give a mix along gender, revenue-generating and seasonal lines: football, baseball, softball and men’s and women’s basketball. USA TODAY reviewed media guides and school websites at 142 schools â?? the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) schools and 22 Division I schools with standout basketball teams over the past few years, based on USA TODAY coaches’ poll rankings. The result: a list of about 9,300 upperclass athletes on the team rosters during the 2007-08 school year.
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Academic advisers for athletes face complex, pressure-filled jobs that have become more so in recent years as the NCAA eased rules on freshman eligibility while ratcheting up requirements for minimum progress toward a degree. The result is it is easier for an athlete to get into school â?? but harder to stay in.
Some athletes say they have pursued â?? or have been steered to â?? degree programs that helped keep them eligible for sports but didn’t prepare them for post-sports careers.
A USA TODAY study of the majors of juniors and seniors in five prominent sports at 142 of the NCAA’s top-level schools shows athletes at many institutions clustering in certain majors, in some cases at rates highly disproportionate to those of all students.
Students don’t know much about history, and colleges aren’t adding enough to their civic literacy, says a report out today.
The study from the non-profit Intercollegiate Studies Institute shows that less than half of college seniors knew that Yorktown was the battle that ended the American Revolution or that NATO was formed to resist Soviet expansion. Overall, freshmen averaged 50.4% on a wide-ranging civic literacy test; seniors averaged 54.2%, both failing scores if translated to grades.
The Madison Police Department on Wednesday released a sketch of a man they say sexually assaulted a 21-year-old woman while she was jogging on the city’s East Side on Sunday night.
The incident occurred at about 9 p.m. in the 2200 block of East Washington Avenue when the woman, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student, was apparently grabbed from behind by a man.
Citing concerns about student safety, Tennessee State University last week began blocking the gossip Web site JuicyCampus from its campus network, and appears to be the first public college or university to do so.
At least one private institution, Hampton University, has also blocked the site, where users anonymously post insulting messages about their peers.
Leaving home and going off to college used to be an exciting time in a teen’s life.
But more and more, students have to put aside that excitement to worry about the cost of attending college.
A few months ago, if you asked Kendra Bechtol where she was going to college she would’ve told you the University of Miami.
Adam Peterson did not intend to kill Joel Marino, according to his defense attorney.
Marino was killed inside his Madison home in January. Peterson has pleaded not guilty to first-degree intentional homicide.
Assistant Public Defender Dennis Burke says Peterson admits he caused Marino’s death, but Burke says the killing was an impulse act. He will be pushing for a lesser charge. (Audio.)
A proposed new fire safety ordinance is named in honor of University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student Peter Talen, who died one year ago yesterday in a house fire on North Bedford Street.
After record snowfall in Madison last year, the University of Wisconsin announced Tuesday it is stepping up its efforts to combat the elements.
One year to the day after a downtown fire left one young man dead and three others in the hospital, members of the City Council introduced an ordinance to help prevent a fire like that from ever happening again.
Sponsor Ald. Mike Verveer said the motivation to work with the fire department on the ordinance, which tightens restrictions on smoke alarms in city housing, came in particular after seeing the wreckage of the house at 123 N. Bedford St. Peter Talen, 23, a UW-La Crosse student in town visiting his brother on Nov. 18, 2007, died in a fire that spread from the porch throughout the nearly 100-year-old house.
Of equal concern to police are robberies, crimes that have gotten a lot of attention around this city where so many people walk or bike to get around. It’s a common site on campus.
Lieutenant Eric Hollen with the UW-Madison Police Department says, “We have seen an increase in the surrounding area.”
Armed Robberies and strong armed robberies have happened 15 more times in Madison this year than they had at this time last year.
Hollen says, “At any time of day you really have to look at what the situation is.”
A member of the University Police Department for 17 years, Lieutenant Hollen often gets questions from students and concerned parents about how to stay safe.
Members of the Wisconsin Union are approaching the final months of planning for the new south-campus union construction, which will commence after the demolition of Union South in January.
One year after a house fire on Bedford Street killed a UW-La Crosse student and injured three UW-Madison students, city officials are taking action in the form of a new fire-safety ordinance that would create stricter fire-alarm regulations in downtown housing.
University of Wisconsin students are studying abroad in record numbers, an increase that ranks the university 10th among U.S. research universities, according to a report released Monday.
Madison alders and the Madison Fire Department are introducing a new fire safety initiative today, one year after a house fire on North Bedford Street claimed the life of a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student.
UW-Madison officials are being proactive this year in preparing for any repeat of the snowiest winter in Madison’s history, with a variety of snow removal improvements and storm warnings being put in place.
“After last winter, we reached out to the university and sought ideas for how to keep the campus clear and slip-free and studied how other large snow belt campuses deal with snow removal,” said Alan Fish, UW-Madison associate vice chancellor for facilities.
Record numbers of University of Wisconsin-Madison students are studying abroad, an increase that exceeds the national average and places the school among the top 10 U.S. research universities for study-abroad participation, according to an international report released Monday.
Say what? You’re going to take Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s word on where the best places for you to go to school are?
I had vaguely heard that the Shanghai university made an annual list of the best research university’s in the world but didn’t pay it much heed. After all, those kinds of lists often strike me as arbitrary.
I got up this morning still thinking about the matter. After Googling the list, I quickly found that places like the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and the University of Minnesota proudly note that they are fairly high on Jiao Tong’s list.
A 21-year-old woman was sexually assaulted while jogging on the city’s East Side on Sunday night.
The incident occurred at about 9 p.m. in the 2200 block of East Washington Avenue when the woman was apparently grabbed from behind by a man. Victim is a UW student.
The Dane County 911 Center will get nine new staffers in the coming year.
County board supervisors passed the operating budget for the 911 Center to include the nine new staffers, which fits the recommendations made in an independent audit, released 10 days ago.
UW-Madison physiology professor Kevin Strang gave a presentation on â??The Science of Drinkingâ? Friday as part of the Wisconsin Alumni Associationâ??s First-Year Parentsâ?? Weekend.
There’s a lot of fretting going on in sports pages and at the University of Wisconsin athletic department over those dreadful UW students not getting to the football games on time.
Sorry to ask, but what in heaven’s name is the big deal?
As long as the students have paid their money for the lousiest tickets in Camp Randall, whose business is it but their own whether they get to the game in time for the kickoff or arrive fashionably late halfway through the second quarter?
UW-Madison senior Catherine Matloub is frequenting the new American Apparel store downtown not only for what she calls great basic clothing, but to support the company’s powerful immigration stance.
“Madison is a liberal city with ideas and beliefs similar to that of American Apparel in issues concerning the outsourcing of jobs,” Matloub said. “I think that alone will contribute greatly to the overall success of this particular store.”
The Los Angeles-based company is the largest clothing manufacturer in the United States, offering comfortable and versatile clothing and known for its issue advocacy as much as the new looks featured in Web advertisements and display windows.
Just as an outbreak of one type of gastrointestinal illness in Dane County seems to be declining, another is on the rise – among UW-Madison students.
More than 100 students have been reported ill the past week with vomiting and diarrhea in an outbreak thought to be caused by norovirus, Dr. Sarah Van Orman, executive director of University Health Services, said Friday.
Filling the retail space in the largest mixed-use development in city history has been slowed by the economy, but a grocery store still is in the plans at University Square.
Officials with the $140 million Downtown project say they have filled about 55 percent of the project’s 140,000 square feet of retail space and it likely will be full by the end of 2009.
And the biggest tenant could be a grocery store ranging in size from 17,0000 to 28,000 square feet at the corner of Lake Street and University Avenue.
Officials with Executive Management Inc., the developer of the project, say they are pursuing a grocery store to serve the more than 800 residents that live upstairs in the Lucky apartments tower and the thousands of others who live and work around the development.
It’s also in the center of more than $400 million worth of building and redevelopment projects in UW-Madison’s East Campus Gateway development plan.
University of Wisconsin officials scrambled Friday to respond to an apparent growing breakout of norovirus on and near campus.
Though the official tally remains at 63 cases â?? all within the 1,100-person Sellery Hall â?? the virus seems to have spread to several Greek houses and off-campus apartment buildings, including Statesider apartments.
On what would have been slain UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann’s 22nd birthday, her family continues to look for answers to why she was murdered.
Zimmermann was killed in April. Saturday, her family released a statement in honor of her birthday along with another plea for anyone with information to come forward.
What was thought to be a bad string of Norovirus on the UW campus is getting worse as more and more students become sick.
Now the University is warning everyone to take precautions.
If you listen to the people who have had it this virus is actually pretty awful and that’s why students are doing all they can to avoid it, and some wishing the university would have done more.
As a busy UW campus prepares for midterm exams, students are finding one more thing to worry about.
The former president of Monster.comâ??s North American division told a University of Wisconsin student crowd Thursday night their generation will have â??more
The former president of Monster.comâ??s North American division told a University of Wisconsin student crowd Thursday night their generation will have â??more
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents President Kevin Reilly recently announced the UW System must â??tightenâ? its hiring policies in response to current economic instability.
The current fiscal crisis has the UW System facing many potential spending cuts, including decreasing the amount of faculty it hires.
The challenge of alcohol abuse will be met head-on by a new coalition announced Thursday by Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk.
The Dane County Coalition to Reduce Alcohol Abuse includes more than five dozen community leaders, physicians, politicians and citizens, working to significantly reduce alcohol abuse and its effects on the community.
(Dr. Robert Golden, dean of the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, is a member of the coalition.)
By noon on Nov. 4, you could have asked anyone on the streets in University of Wisconsin campus areas if they had voted and around 75 percent would have answered yes. Nearly every person proudly wore an “I voted” sticker and demonstrated enthusiasm for the night to come. When Barack Obama finally was announced as the president-elect, shouting and screaming could be heard from every direction.
Yes we can. Yes we did. We did manage to get out a huge youth turnout rate. We did change the course of our country’s future with our voices. Our generation has constantly been charged with being apathetic toward politics, but on Tuesday we proved we were anything but.
University Health officials confirm three new cases of norovirus on campus. That brings the total number of students infected so far to 48.
Campus officials say they’re still taking precautionary measures, including extensive cleaning, and reminding everyone to wash their hands. Students are concerned the norovirus could become more than a dorm problem.
UW Sophomore Dario Rodriguez just went grocery shopping, but getting to the store wasn’t easy.
“Usually I have to go after class then it’s a 15 minute walk and I take the bus back it takes about 20 minutes,” Rodriguez says.
It’s a familiar story for students who live here at the Lucky Apartments downtown.
About 60 members of the Delta Gamma sorority have had or are recovering from symptoms common to norovirus as the disease that began in Sellery Hall spreads to locations across Madison, including the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, Ogg Hall and Statesider apartments.
Delta Gamma President Christine Binkley said the outbreak within her house began Sunday and has spread throughout the week. Currently no visitors are being allowed inside as they try to stop the spread of the disease.
While his role as chair of the Committee on Colleges and Universities will end in January, state Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, plans to continue to be active in education policymaking.
Even though the Madison Common Council voted to approve a proposed fare increase for Madison Metro services, officials say prices for student bus passes may rise regardless of the result of Wednesdayâ??s city budget debate.
University of Wisconsin students compiled, sorted and packed more than 8,000 pounds of food for donation Wednesday as part of the largest food drive in the universityâ??s history.
University of Wisconsin students and downtown residents have a brighter future in terms of nighttime safety after Madisonâ??s City Council approved the Downtown Residential Lighting Initiative Wednesday night.
At least 45 students who live in the same residence hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have reported falling ill with symptoms of gastroenteritis since Nov. 7, university officials said
The reward for information in the slaying of UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann has grown to $14,000, Madison police said Wednesday.
MADISON, Wis. — As many as 45 students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are sick with the norovirus.
Many of the students lived in the Sellery dorm hall.
Dozens of students at a University of Wisconsin dorm are sick with the norovirus.
That’s the same illness that has broken out on cruise ships.
Freshman Gina Slesar of Pewaukee just got over norovirus.
UW officials say a virus is threatening the health of students. Officials say they haven’t seen anything like this in years. But with winter approaching they’re not surprised that students have shown signs of the Norovirus.
“I am washing my hands thoroughly every single time anytime that I can.”
On the week of what would have been Brittany Zimmermann’s 22nd birthday, the Madison Police Department announced that the private reward fund being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for her April murder has grown to $14,000.
Zimmermann, a Marshfield native majoring in medical microbiology and immunology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was killed inside her Doty Street apartment on April 2.
Within the past nine months, university residence halls have experienced false fire alarms, which officials say put students at risk and cost the Madison Fire Department valuable resources.
UW Health announced Tuesday the launch of AWARE, a statewide coalition to combat Wisconsinâ??s alcohol abuse problem.
The All-Wisconsin Alcohol Risk Education project was initiated by UW Health in response to statistics that place Wisconsin number one in the nation for binge drinking and drinking by high school students, but showâ??s the state trails in penalties for drunken driving.
A forum held by the UW-Madison Greek community Tuesday brought students and administrators together to address issues and concerns regarding downtown safety.
Gov. Jim Doyle announced a re-evaluation of the state budget shortfall Tuesday, projecting a deficit of $5 billion within the next 2 years.
Representatives from University of Wisconsin Health announced Tuesday the formation of a coalition aimed at increasing public awareness of alcohol abuse in Wisconsin and supporting legislation to promote responsible alcohol use.
One week after a robbery outside the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority on Langdon Street, some University of Wisconsin students expressed anger about police response to the incident during a panel of Madison leaders on safety Tuesday.
The Wisconsin biennial budget deficit is expected to drop further into the red than first expected, Gov. Jim Doyle announced Tuesday.
University of Wisconsin health officials are cautioning students in dorms to wash their hands after using the bathroom and before preparing food after what’s being called the biggest outbreak of the norovirus on campus in the last 10 years.
Up to 40 students were sick last weekend with a norovirus, commonly referred to as stomach flu, with the outbreak basically confined to the sixth floor of Sellery Hall, a large high-rise dormitory that houses over 1,100 students on West Johnson Street.
UW Health Services epidemiologist Craig Roberts told The Capital Times the virus is extremely infectious and tends to be most common in confined living areas such as cruise ships, nursing homes or dormitories.
As many as 30 students at UW-Madison have become sick with the norovirus.
Many of the students live in the Sellery dormitory.
