From changing Easter dinner, sliding church services, or bringing extra TV’s into a baby shower, NBC 15 viewers have shared over a dozen cancelled or pushed events.
Many events cancelled, pushed for Final Four game
NBC15
Category: Community
Madison low-wage workers prepare for national day of protests on April 15
Capital Times
Four local workers — in fast food, retail, home care and food service at UW-Madison — told their stories Tuesday outside the McDonald’s restaurant on Regent Street during an announcement of plans for local one-day strikes and marches.
Patrick Durkin: Steven Rinella embodies philosophies of perceptive hunting
Madison.com
That four-week course, “The Land Ethic Reclaimed: Perceptive Hunting, Aldo Leopold and Conservation,” is part of UW-Madison’s “Massive Open Online Course” series, or MOOC. The course ran from late January to late February, and remains available online at http://moocs.wisc.edu/mooc/landethic/, but interaction with instructors is no longer available.
Golf: University Ridge to open for season Wednesday … with Final Four t-shirts in pro shop
Madison.com
UW’s golf course opens for the season Wednesday with tee times available after 11 a.m. The practice facility will also open Wednesday, starting at 10 a.m.
Science on Tap Discusses Great Lakes Ecosystems, Water Quality
WXPR-FM, Rhinelander
Science on Tap this week is looking at water quality in the Great Lakes.Director of UW Madison’s Aquatic Sciences Center Jim Hurley says the nature of Great Lakes pollution has changed over the years, now coming from more diffuse sources instead of point ones.
Mosinee native Trista Stankowski-Drengler reaches milestone in her medical career
Wausau Daily Herald
MADISON – MD-to-be Trista Stankowski-Drengler smiled after she opened the envelope on Match Day and saw she’ll be serving her residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics.
Q&A: Nate Moll owns the ‘thumbs of @UWMadison’
Madison.com
UW–Madison Social Media Specialist Nate Moll talked to the Cap Times about how he got his job as the “thumbs of UW-Madison” and how he tries to bring “inspired goofiness” to his work.
VA program records veterans life stories to personalize medical care
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Pyle began volunteering this month as part of public service requirement for a literature and medicine class at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She’s graduating in May with a degree in neurobiology and is applying to medical schools. Pyle is enjoying the experience so much that after her class finishes, she plans to continue volunteering until she goes to medical school next year.
Thomas J. Givnish: Great universities and great communities build each other over generations
Capital Times
Column by Givnish, the Henry Allan Gleason professor of botany and environmental studies.
Union construction to cause early Terrace closure
Daily Cardinal
Moving from its first to second phase, the Memorial Union Reinvestment project will focus on exterior changes, like reviving Alumni Park and “overhauling” the Terrace, causing it to close from the beginning of September until summer 2016, Marketing & Communications Coordinator for the Memorial Union Reinvestment Anna Johnson said.
Part of Union Terrace to close for renovation
WISC-TV 3
Anna Johnson, marketing and communications coordinator for the Memorial Union reinvestment project, told News 3 that the west end of the terrace adjacent to the remodeled theater will remain open during the project, and the new terrace area will open early in the summer of 2016.
Madison startup wants to help millennials unplug — starting with summer camp
Capital Times
A native of New Berlin and a University of Wisconsin-Madison grad, Bown came up with the idea for Unplugged Events last summer during an outdoor-based leadership training session in California’s redwood forest.
A college application-turned-film festival winner
Wisconsin State Journal
2015 Wisconsin Film Festival preview. Screenings will be held at various campus locations April 9-15.
Dane County ranks among healthier counties in state
Channel3000.com
Dane County ranks among the healthier counties in Wisconsin, according to an annual ranking released by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Great World Texts hosting 10th annual conference for Wisconsin students
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Great World Texts in Wisconsin, an initiative sponsored by the UW-Madison Center for Humanities, will host 500 high school students who have spent the year studying Rousseaus autobiography Confessions at its 10th annual conference. The students will have a chance to hear from political theorist and MacArthur Award-winner Danielle S. Allen, author of Our Declaration.
UW Writers’ Institute gives pro and newbie writers the chance to connect
Capital Times
The 2015 UW-Madison Writers’ Institute intends to show aspiring writers that there are many more out there, all grappling with the same things.
Coyotes creep closer to Madison homes; researchers support co-existence
WKOW TV
At the crack of dawn, Wildlife Ecology assistant professor David Drake and his team of researchers are finding coyotes and red foxes in unique habitats: in suburban backyards, in city parks, along well-traveled, campus paths. The animals are turning up in traps set by Drake and team members, as they try to gauge the scope of these species of wildlife’s spread into an urban setting.
WIAA tourney brings millions of dollars to Madison
Channel3000.com
More than 82,000 tickets are sold for games at the Kohl Center – and more than 6,000 cars park around the venue, bringing in $30,000 for UW Transportation Services.
Report: more sex assault victims opting not to report to police
NBC15
University of Wisconsin Police had six reports of sex assault in 2014, up from three reports in 2013. But spokesman Marc Lovicott says despite the increase in reports, he knows sex assaults are under-reported according to national statistics.
Rebekah Willett | Movers & Shakers 2015
Library Journal
Through her research, teaching, and mentoring of grad students at the School of Library and Information Studies SLIS at the University of Wisconsin-Madison UW-M, Rebekah Willett works to narrow the gulf between the often enclosed academic arena and the outside world. “By offering students [opportunities] in ‘real world’ situations, I aim to connect their experiences to theories and ideas we’re covering in class,” deepening both, she says.
Enough blame to go around in Robinson shooting
Madison Magazine
Here in “idyllic” Madison, Wisconsin, we are regularly told we have one of the most “livable” cities in the U.S. … but livable for whom? It was apparently not livable for Tony Terrell Robinson. Post written by Gloria Ladson-Billings, professor and Kellner Family Chair in Urban Education.
Thousands heading to UW campus for … science?
Madison.com
Thousands of young people are heading to the UW-Madison campus this weekend, but not for the state high school basketball tournament.
Talking hurricanes with Kerry Emanuel at UW
Madison.com
Kerry Emanuel, professor of atmospheric science at MIT, will deliver the sixth Len Robock Annual Lecture on March 24 at 7 p.m., in the DeLuca Forum in the Discovery Building. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Businesses cash in on Badger fever
NBC15
From t-shirt sellers, to bakers, to local drink makers, businesses are cashing in on March Madness.
Cycle for Sight raises money for UW research
WKOW TV
Cycle for Sight is an indoor cycling event that raises money for vision research at the McPherson Eye Research Institute at UW-Madison. Quoted: David Gamm, associate professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences.
UW students of color say anger will translate to action
Capital Times
For many students of color on campus in particular, the shooting feels close to home. At the same time, the event has sparked many to recommit to work for racial justice in the community.
Studio offers expression after shooting
WISC-TV 3
Video segment about Wheelhouse Studios on the UW campus letting people use art to react to the police shooting of Tony Robinson.
‘Spider-Man,’ ‘War of the Worlds’ UW alum screenwriter returns to campus for film screening · The Badger Herald
Badger Herald
UW professor David Bordwell and the UW Cinematheque invited Pewaukee native and UW alum David Koepp to Madison to screen three of his films, during which he discussed his inspiration and challenges throughout his career.
South Madison Partnership will allow students to spread the Wisconsin Idea
Badger Herald
Column about the community center by Megan Stefkovich, a freshman majoring in biology.
UW-Madison’s Mark Hetzler takes the trombone in new directions
Wisconsin State Journal
On Monday, Hetzler and his experimental band Sinister Resonance … will perform at High Noon Saloon. On Wednesday, Hetzler, an associate professor of trombone at UW-Madison, also will lead a benefit concert intended to raise morale and money for Brittany Sperberg, an outstanding university student whose music studies have been sidelined by a severe and yet-to-be diagnosed illness. On Friday and Saturday, Hetzler will be performing in more free concerts, this time with his fellow members of the UW Brass Quintet.
Young, Gifted and Black Coalition debates sheriff on jail renovations
Daily Cardinal
The Dane County sheriff and the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition debated the ethics behind the renovations to the Dane County Jail Thursday on UW-Madison’s campus.
Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney defends need for jail renovations in debate
Madison.com
Sheriff Dave Mahoney defended the need for renovations to the Dane County Jail, calling the current facilities “dangerous,” in a debate that about 330 community members attended Thursday on UW-Madison’s campus.
First night of Line Breaks Festival featured Tony Robinson tribute
Capital Times
The question hung in the air Wednesday as lights dimmed in the Overture Center’s Promenade Hall on the first night of performances for the ninth annual Line Breaks Festival. The answer presented by performers – students in the UW-Madison’s First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Learning Community – evolved over the course of the evening.
Kids, weirdos and supper clubs: What’s coming to the 2015 Wisconsin Film Festival
Wisconsin State Journal
The festival takes place from April 9 through April 16 at several UW-Madison locations, including Union South and the UW-Cinematheque, as well as the Capitol Theater and Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.
People often unaware of where their water comes from
WXPR-FM, Rhinelander
This week is Groundwater Awareness Week. A University of Wisconsin expert says the public often is unaware of the volume of our water resources and where drinking water comes from.
Black Lives Matter lecturer uses pop culture, current events to illustrate challenges black people face
Badger Herald
Addressing “ratchetness” and respectability, Dr. Brittney Cooper spoke on racial justice and self-expression to illustrate the challenges black people face as part of the Black Lives Matter lecture series Tuesday.
UW Madison Police seeks help finding bike owners
WMTV NBC-15
Police discovered over a thousand bicycles, and confiscated 600 of them with identifiable serial numbers. The bikes are now sitting in a storage unit, owned by UW Police.
UW Police suspect 600 stolen bikes; probe target denies wrongdoing
WKOW-TV 27
The searches took place across two counties and include a Muscoda bike shop, an apartment in the Town of Madison, a storage unit in the City of Madison, and a farm in the Town of Windsor.
UW police have about 600 bikes, now seeking their owners
Wisconsin State Journal
With nearly 600 bicycles sitting in storage, UW-Madison police are hoping that people who have had bikes stolen from them anywhere in Dane County will come forward and reclaim them.
Black feminist scholar explores respectability, ‘ratchetness’
Daily Cardinal
In Tuesday’s installment of the spring Black Lives Matter Speaker Series, black feminist scholar Brittney Cooper challenged the idea of respectability in a talk to UW-Madison students and community members.
UWPD recovers hundreds of stolen bicycles
Daily Cardinal
After a 10-month-long investigation, the UW-Madison Police Department is seeking charges against two men for stealing hundreds of bicycles around the Madison area, Chief Susan Riseling said at a news conference Tuesday.
Monona Sustainability Committee, mayor introduce Year of the Bike
Monona Cottage Grove Herald-Independent
Following the success of the Year of Water and the Year of the Lakes, Monona Mayor Bob Miller on Monday declared 2015 as the Year of the Bike in the city. The vision began, Miller said, when he met with Maggie Grabow from the Global Health Institute at University of Wiscosnin-Madison. Grabow has done an extensive amount of research on the benefits of biking.
Helping children thrive outside the school day
Noted: A UW-Madison study identified the problems associated with unsupervised children during after-school hours.
Madison students mobilize to protest Tony Robinson killing
Isthmus
More than a thousand protesters packed into the Capitol rotunda Monday morning to protest the death of Tony Robinson, the unarmed teen shot and killed by a Madison police officer last Friday.
Protests continue in Madison after shooting; police chief apologizes to community
The Washington Post
A rally on the campus of the University of Wisconsin took place Monday before students marched to the state capitol, and the demonstrations and actions remained calm and peaceful, with no reported arrests or other issues.
UW, high school students plan walk-outs in wake of teens shooting
WKOW-TV 27
More than 100 UW students have signed up to stage a walk-out this morning from classes after an unarmed teenager was shot by a police officer Friday.
Students, faculty gather to process Tony Robinson shooting
Daily Cardinal
At a gathering hosted by the Multicultural Student Center Saturday, more than 50 UW-Madison community members sat in a circle with bowed heads, sharing a moment of silence for Tony Robinson.
Local students planning to walk out of class for Monday rally to protest Tony Robinson shooting
Madison.com
Brandi Grayson, a leader of the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition, told Madison.com about 300 to 400 UW-Madison students are planning to march from campus to the Capitol, and students from all of Madison’s public high schools and Sun Prairie High School are also invited to come down to the Capitol to join in the protest.
Progress seen, but still many barriers for transgender students, UW-Madison study finds
Madison.com
A first-of-its-kind UW-Madison study has dug deep into the lives of transgender high school students in Wisconsin, finding both hopeful signs and dire circumstances.
Career Corner: Parents influential in children’s career choices
Wisconsin State Journal
Career Corner is a monthly column written by staff members of the UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies.
UW-Madison Police seize hundreds of bikes in theft investigation
Madison.com
UW-Madison police this week seized nearly 600 bicycles — many believed to have been stolen — from four locations around Madison and in Muscoda, the culmination of an investigation that started in May with a letter from a prison inmate, according to search warrants filed in Dane County Circuit Court.
UW-Madison marching band dazzles at Wausau East
MyFoxWausau
Wausau East High School received a special musical visit Sunday afternoon.
Wausau Welcomes Rare Performance by UW-Madison Varsity Band
WSAW-TV, Wausau
Hundreds of Wausau Badger fans welcome the U-W Madison Varsity Band, as they put on a high-energy show Sunday in the Wausau East High School gym.
High speed chase results in multiple charges
Daily Cardinal
UW Police Department engaged in a 20-minute high-speed chase Thursday at 2:20 a.m., resulting in the arrest of a Madison man, according to a UWPD press release.
Simon Balto provides glimpse of history, stresses change still to be made during Black Lives Matter talk
Daily Cardinal
The last year’s outrage over police brutality and racism that has led to the national Black Lives Matter Movement is not a recent development, but part of a long history of inequality in the justice system, according to Madison musician and historian Simon Balto.
20-min. high-speed chase ends in Madison man’s arrest
Channel3000.com
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department said an officer responded to a report of a truck swerving and running stoplights at 2:20 a.m. The officer spotted the truck at Monroe Street and Woodrow Street and attempted to stop the driver.
Wisconsin Public Broadcasting goes door-to-door amid cuts
Channel3000.com
The first time for the long-planned, but new, Wisconsin Public TV door-to-door campaign, at the same time as their usual membership drive, comes as Governor Walker, who himself has appeared on Sesame Street, proposes cutting the state agency and the UW System — that partner to run public broadcasting — by millions.
Driver arrested after high-speed pursuit
NBC15
According to the UW-Madison Police Department, a UWPD officer was responding to a report of a truck swerving and running stoplights at approximately 2:20 a.m. The driver would not stop and took officers on a chase that lasted more than 20 minutes. At times, the driver reached speeds that exceed 100 miles per hour.
Local drone company supports proposed FAA regulations
NBC15
Noted: UWPD spokesperson Marc Lovicott says, “These are really neat toys, they’re great pieces of technology, but at a cost to a certain extent. We worry about the people on the ground and what damage it could do.”
SPASH graduate to perform with UW Varsity Band
Stevens Point Journal
WAUSAU — The University of Wisconsin Varsity Band is bringing its rousing, high-energy show to central Wisconsin on Sunday, and 2014 Stevens Point Area Senior High graduate Caitlyn Emrick, a freshman tuba player with the band, is excited to perform near her hometown.