The Discovery Channel and movies such as “Twister” turn storm chasers into folk heroes, so it’s only right that Hollywood make heroes of UW-Madison professor Susan Paskewitz and her crews for fearlessly hunting Wisconsin’s disease-spreading deer ticks.
The 2017 commencement at UW-Madison drew thousands of guests to watch the ceremony. And as the graduates toss their caps, their friends and family members are tossing dollars into the local economy.
The Madison Transit and Parking Commission was unsatisfied Wednesday with a proposal to ban parking mopeds citywide on sidewalks and terraces with some exceptions.
Conflicting interests caused Arboretum dispute.
Noted: Erisman, an infantry officer who served 10 years in the Marines, including two tours of Iraq, learned of the reading group through a University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni newsletter. His first meeting was at last month’s book group to discuss “Ceremony” by Leslie Marmon Silko.
When she first moved from Monona to Madison’s East Side, 14-year-old Avenna Pickett felt like she didn’t know anybody — until another girl told her about Performing Ourselves.Avenna joined the dance group, which is taught by students from the UW-Madison Dance Department and meets weekly at East Madison Community Center and elsewhere.
Gardeners are already digging in the dirt, and UW-Madison’s Family Gardening Day is designed to help new gardeners get started and energize longtime gardeners. Also, there will be gardening swag.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is celebrating a milestone with one of its new programs.
UW political science professor Ken Mayer asked a group of kindergarteners to come up with the toughest question they could think of. Here’s what they asked
UW-Madison will hold a graduation ceremony this week for a unique program designed to change lives of adults near the poverty leve
UW-Madison and Edgewood College officials announced their participation Monday, joining Madison Area Technical College as anchor partners in the program, which is aimed at helping high school students explore college and career options sooner and in a more deliberate way. Students in the initiative will supplement their learning through themed curriculum developed for the chosen pathway, along with projects and other activities mixed with their regular coursework.
The ground was muddy on Mifflin Street even before the rain clouds came in.
The event was sponsored by the Evidence-Based Health Policy Project, part of UW-Madison’s Population Health Institute.
Ashley Kinart serves as one of few female brewmasters, currently manages Capital Brewery.
Middleton High School senior Madhu Gowda was surprised to find out she’s heading to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair next month in Los Angeles after winning the grand prize award at an earlier contest.
As the nation’s top party school prepares for its annual spring bash, with no campus-sanctioned alternative event this year, there are signs that heavy drinking among UW-Madison students may be declining.
Noted: Blue Sky Science is a collaboration of the Wisconsin State Journal and the Morgridge Institute for Research.
UW-Madison is partnering with the Dane County Sheriff’s Office on a two-year, federally funded study to measure the effectiveness of virtual reality tools and 3-D-capture technology on crime scene investigations.
Noted, featured photo of May Day Pole dance in 1917 on Bascom Hill at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, possibly as part of the graduation day pageantry. (Photo: Courtesy of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives)
Radio broadcasts by famed Wisconsin conservationist Aldo Leopold 80 years ago have been recreated as part of this year’s Earth Day celebration.
The march started at James Madison Park at about 12:30 p.m. and finished at Library Mall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Nigel Hayes is known for his sense of humor, but joking about serious topics is something he doesn’t tolerate.
Twice a month, former and current UW-Madison students trek to little Mazomanie Elementary School here to help students experience what it’s really like to work as a scientist.The adults are members of Biocore Outreach Ambassadors, a student organization that is an outgrowth of the Biology Core Curriculum honors program at UW-Madison. The program, which is typically open to students beginning in their sophomore year, engages students in “inquiry-based science,” in which students ask questions, search for solutions, test hypotheses and evaluate outcomes.
In January, Abbey Conner, a college student at UW-Whitewater, passed away after a brain injury during a pool accident in Mexico.
Art history students Yusi Liu and Alex Polach could be commuting to class this fall on a Metro Transit bus of their own creation.
Incumbent Ald. Zach Wood, District 8, earned 74.2 percent of vote.
UW Health started Centering Pregnancy, a program offering group prenatal visits in an effort to reduce preterm births, in 2014. The program, at a UW clinic on South Park Street, is expanding to UW’s clinic near West Towne Mall.
The Westby area is in for a special treat when the University of Wisconsin Varsity Band makes a special appearance at the Westby Fieldhouse on Saturday, April 8 at 2 p.m.
Immerse yourself in American Indian culture at the annual On Wisconsin Annual Spring Powwow presented by UW-Madison’s American Indian student organization, Wunk Sheek.
UW-Madison’s 15th annual free scientific open house is taking place Friday through Sunday at 21 locations on the UW-Madison campus.
Video: Science and discovery are all over the UW campus this weekend with the Science Expeditions event. The runs from Friday to Sunday.
With next week’s municipal election quickly approaching, Board of Education candidates met with UW-Madison students Tuesday to discuss their plans for the Madison Metropolitan School District.
Madison police are investigating Madison’s second homicide of the year, police Chief Mike Koval said Monday night.
WHITEWATER—A UW-Madison Varsity Band concert in Whitewater raised nearly $7,500 for music programs in Whitewater schools, according to a news release.
Four other model cities were scattered around a lobby at UW-Madison’s Union South Friday night as part of the Hip-Hop Architecture Camp’s premiere night festivities. The use of vinyl records was a nod to the project’s concept, a question framed by organizer Michael Ford: “What happens at the intersection of hip-hop culture and architecture?”
If the U.S. elected its president the way a UW-Madison political science professor thinks is most fair, the Electoral College would be a “charming” instrument of the past. “Even those of you who are U.S. citizens probably have never voted for president directly,” Barry Burden told a crowd of UW-Eau Claire students Wednesday night, “and probably never will.”
TRIUMPH has recruited 69 students between 2010 and 2016. Out of these, 50 have graduated and worked in areas where at least 50 percent of urban patients live in poverty, Haq said. An additional 40 former students are now pursuing primary care specialities.
Misa Sato was well on her way to medical school and becoming a doctor. The Whitefish Bay native was majoring in medical microbiology and immunology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and had taken the medical college admission test.
Segregation can impact a person’s body, mind and health. Not everyone has the same opportunity to be healthy in a city like Milwaukee.
While many people put their faith in Jimmy the Groundhog as to how long winter will be, a better natural barometer can be found at the UW-Madison Arboretum.
Noted: Ashley Lauren Smith, who co-facilitates the fourth grade girls’ group, is a Ph.D. student in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s education policy program. Her research focuses on African-American girls and school discipline.PauseCurrent Time 0:00/Duration Time 0:00Loaded: 0%Progress: 0%0:00Fullscreen00:00Mute
Six women will be honored by UW-Madison on Tuesday as the 2016 Outstanding Women of Color.
Marking the end of Black History Month, the University of Wisconsin community celebrated a dedication and libation ceremony for the Black Cultural Center in the Red Gym.
Building long-lasting connections between University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty and the state, the Wisconsin Idea seminar seeks to carry UW-Madison’s legacy forward and inspire research.
On Wednesday, the city’s Urban Design Commission granted initial approval for the new design of a University of Wisconsin-Madison gym, but asked for updated designs to improve the look of its eastern facade.
The night was the second annual “Race and Faith” event hosted by Pres House at 731 State St. The goal of the evening was to plant seeds of hope and reconciliation through storytelling, especially needed in this time of high anxiety and growing suspicion, Liu said.
White Privilege 101 offered a group of UW-Madison students a lesson Monday on how to use the privilege they may have from their various identities in an open discussion setting.
Greg Gard needs your vote. Gard, in his first full season as Wisconsin’s head men’s basketball coach, is participating in the seventh annual Infiniti Coaches’ Charity Challenge.
Ten middle school teachers from across the state spent the day with University of Wisconsin researchers, co-designing video games that will be used in the classroom.
When Taylor Kilgore joined the Simpson Street Free Press as an eighth grader, she did not see herself as a writer. Nine years later, as she prepares to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, she continues to give back to the organization that helped cultivate her voice.
A group of hundreds of African-American alumni from the University of Wisconsin-Madison called The Collective are collaborating with the university to improve diversity and inclusion efforts on campus.
If you want to hear more about the proposed rebuild of the recreation building on the southeast side of the UW-Madison campus, slide on down to an open house Thursday night.
Competitive dancing was not part of Hayley Stoneman’s college plan. Sure, the 2016 McFarland High School graduate had been dancing competitively since the age of 10, but she figured once she started at UW-Madison, she’d hang up her dance shoes.
As people in Madison gathered at the Overture Center Monday night to pay tribute to the civil rights work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., community leaders know there’s still a lot of work to be done to overcome these disparities.
Traditionally, members of the Madison community recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day through service. This year, several UW-Madison organizations created an event focused on bringing everyone, especially the campus community, together.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s inaugural Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration brought a couple hundred community members and students together at Union South Monday despite the icy weather.
Last summer, more than 800 bicyclists took on The Ride. The event raised more than 150 thousand dollars for cancer research and this week that money will be put to use on the research initiatives of 6 special recipients.
Senior standouts both on and off the court for the Wisconsin men’s basketball program, Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig were each announced this week as candidates for the 2017 Senior CLASS Award, which recognizes notable achievements in community, classroom, character and competition.
Noted: The Urban League and the King Coalition and the UW will collaborate on Youth Service Day on Monday that will happen on the UW campus at the Institutes for Discovery.
Score a hat trick 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday with free ice skating with the UW-Madison women’s hockey team, and Bucky Badger at Vilas Park ice rink, 1602 Vilas Park Drive.
