The No. 2 Badgers defeated Minnesota State-Mankato 8-1 to clinch the program’s fifth Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular-season title, their first since 2011-12, in front of 2,273 at LaBahn Arena.
The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team crushed Minnesota State, 8-1, at the LaBahn Arena in Madison to win its fifth regular-season WCHA title.
The University of Wisconsin athletic department expects to lose $3 million from the absence of a seventh home game during the Badgers’ upcoming 2016 football season and likely won’t receive a previously expected $1.5 million in state funds to assist with a new roof for the Kohl Center.
Like other colleges and universities across the country, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is attempting to prevent sexual assaults by stepping up educational programs and awareness campaigns.
UW-Madison has one of the world’s largest and oldest collections of fungus, but it wasn’t until a week ago that fungi collected by one of America’s most famous scientists was accidentally rediscovered in decades-old cabinets on campus. George Washington Carver, an African-American scientist and educator best known for his research on peanuts, also studied and collected microfungi, a type of fungus that does not form a mushroom.
A scientific breakthrough had the whole physics community on the edge of their seats Thursday morning, when National Science Foundation announced the observation of gravitational waves caused by a merger between two black holes. Interviewed: Sebastian Heinz and Peter Timbie
As the Zika virus continues to make headlines around the world, researchers here in Madison are working hard to find answers to questions surrounding the outbreak. Next Monday they are hoping to start their research on the virus’ effects.
“I’m excited about this in the same way a meteorologist would be excited about a hurricane,” said David O’Connor. He’s one of the professors heading the Zika virus study at UW, and there are many reasons why he is passionate about this study.
University of Wisconsin’s Cooperative Extension — the division that provides practical programming to farmers, families and youth in rural and urban areas across the state — estimates it will need to cut 80 positions to cover an annual $3.6 million cut in state funding.
Researchers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory–or, LIGO–announced today that it has the first official detection of gravitational waves. This discovery helps solidify Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity. Interviewed: Sebastian Heinz, Professor of Astronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW-Madison researchers plan next week to start monkey studies of Zika virus, which has caused an outbreak apparently linked to birth defects in Latin America and the Caribbean.
When folklorist Jim Leary was growing up in Rice Lake, Wis., in the 1950s and ’60s, old-time ethnic music was everywhere. You could dial up the local radio station, WJMC, and hear live broadcasts of Scandinavian music by the Eric Berg Band. The nearby ski lodge was a venue for Slovenian accordion music. Polka star Whoopee John was a frequent visitor from his home base a few hours away in New Ulm, Minn.
University Health Services announced Tuesday it is seeking funding for initiatives focused on gender-based violence prevention within Greek life and the campus community as whole.
Sarah Van Orman, UHS executive director, unveiled plans at a press conference to address 12 issues a UW task force identified to curb sexual assaults. Using new and existing programs, UHS aims to improve prevention strategies, increase bystander intervention and change the culture around gender-based violence, she said.
The new efforts UHS suggested would be implemented in the fall and cost University of Wisconsin $400,000, Van Orman said. UHS requested a $45 increase to student segregated fees Monday.
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is the recipient of the nation’s first endowed chair focused on plant breeding for organic crops, representatives of Organic Valley and Clif Bar & Company said today at a ceremony at the State Capitol. The endowment will be funded in perpetuity with a $1 million gift from the companies and matched by a $1 million gift from UW graduates John and Tashia Morgridge.
In the wake of the AAU Sexual Assault and Misconduct Climate Survey that revealed one in four undergraduate females were sexually assaulted, University of Wisconsin-Madison officials have developed a plan to address the issue. UW-Madison was one of 27 campuses that participated in the survey.
Shaun Marcott, an assistant professor of geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is a co-author of a new article in Nature Climate Change that tracks the grim long-term effects of climate change on sea level, UW-Madison News reports.
UW-Madison University Health Services will spend an extra $400,000 next academic year for additional staffing and new or expanded programs aimed at reducing student-reported rates of campus sexual violence.
A UW-Madison alumnus and current board member of the UW Foundation has been selected to serve as interim vice chancellor for finance and administration. Michael Lehman, a 1974 graduate of the School of Business, will start work on March 7, the university said on Tuesday.
Fresh produce isn’t usually on the menu for astronauts in space, but some University of Wisconsin-Madison botanists are working with NASA to get astronauts gardening.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison released a plan for addressing sexual violence Tuesday, a document that comes in the wake of a 2015 survey that found high rates of sexual assault at the school.
UW-Madison’s Jorge Osorio, Matthew Aliota and Jonathon Patz speak about the spread of Zika virus, funding issues in infectious disease research, the interdisciplinary nature of the work, and the role of climate and climate change in the global spread of the virus.
The outcome of a highly charged debate over changes in faculty tenure protections within the University of Wisconsin System is a matter of opinion.
Campus officials would have greater authority to fire professors under new tenure policies approved Friday by a committee of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.
A controversial set of policies governing tenure at University of Wisconsin System schools that critics say threaten academic freedom were endorsed without debate Friday by a Board of Regents committee.
UW-Madison is digging into its pocketbook to keep other schools from stealing away faculty members.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank told the UW system Board of Regents the university has spent almost $8 million in the past six months to fight off outside offers.
She said 85 percent of faculty members who received offers have been retained.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison spent $8 million the last six months of 2015 fending off attempts to raid some of its most productive and accomplished faculty after international attention over state budget cuts and possible changes to tenure protections created faculty unrest.
University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank said she spent $8 million in six months protecting top faculty from poaching by other universities.
UW-Madison has spent at least $8 million since last summer to retain top professors after state legislators cut higher education funding and changed faculty tenure policies, Chancellor Rebecca Blank told the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents on Thursday.
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials announced that former Badger and current Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson will be the 2016 spring commencement speaker. The announcement was made in a YouTube video that was posted Monday.
The University of Wisconsin says Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson will return to Madison this spring to give the school’s commencement address.
Former University of Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilson will return to Camp Randall Stadium this spring to deliver the commencement address to UW-Madison’s class of 2016.The university announced Wilson will address the graduates at the May 14 ceremony in a video posted online Wednesday afternoon.
University of Wisconsin-Madison professor John Hawks is part of a team that made one of the greatest fossil discoveries of the past half century.
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin says Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson will return to Madison this spring to give the school’s commencement address.
County officials voiced concerns Tuesday about the impact of a $3.6 million cut in funding for county programs provided by the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension.
While budget cuts are occurring on campuses across the University of Wisconsin System this year, the system’s own annual report released Monday said its financial standing “remained relatively strong” as of June 30, the end of the last fiscal year. That’s just a snapshot in time, UW System officials said, and it does not account for $250 million in state budget cuts that will come into play between this fiscal year and next.
MADISON — The University of Wisconsin System’s net worth has increased.
Fire investigators are still looking into what caused a fire at the Memorial Union on the UW-Madison campus Thursday afternoon.
Memorial Union was evacuated Thursday afternoon as crews worked to put out a fire in the attic, officials said.
Madison firefighters were at Memorial Union shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Thursday to combat the fire which was extinguished by 4 p.m., said Madison fire Department spokeswoman Cynthia Schuster. According to Schuster, the fire was discovered underneath roof tiles of the Union. A portion of tiles had to be removed to put out the fire and some water damage occurred on the fourth floor of the building as a result. The cause has not been determined and the fire remains under investigation.
One of the top officials at UW-Madison is stepping down.
Darrell Bazzell is leaving his job as the Vice Chancellor for Finance in March. According to a press release from UW-Madison, Bazzell will become the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at the University of Texas at Austin in mid-April.
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s vice chancellor for finance is leaving to take a job at the University of Texas.
Both schools posted news releases Tuesday saying Darrell Bazzell will leave Wisconsin in March and begin a stint as senior vice president and chief financial officer at the University of Texas at Austin on April 18.
Live at Four talks to UW-Madison’s Kristen Bernard and Matthew Aliota, both experts on Zika virus. Aliota is part of team that confirmed the Zika virus in Columbia and is working to find a way to stop it.
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s vice chancellor for finance is leaving to take a job at the University of Texas.
Darrell Bazzell, UW’s vice chancellor for finance and administration and a former secretary of the Department of Natural Resources, said he sees the job as an opportunity to move closer to his family in the Houston area, and a chance to take on a new role after 31 years in Wisconsin state government. Bazzell has been vice chancellor since 2003.
Bazzell, 57, vice chancellor of finance and administration, said Tuesday he will become senior vice president and chief finance officer at the Texas campus, a role similar to but more focused on finances than his role at the UW. His last day at UW-Madison will be March 6.
President Gregory L. Fenves named Darrell Bazzell, vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as senior vice president and chief financial officer of the University on Tuesday. Bazzell will assume his new role at UT on April 18.
Wisconsin legislators are proposing a bill that would ensure sexual assault victims and others who report such crimes can’t be cited or disciplined for underage drinking.
Wisconsin legislators are proposing a bill that would ensure sexual assault victims and reporters can’t be cited or disciplined for underage drinking.
Legislation being proposed at the Capitol provides “ticket amnesty” for underage drinkers who report sexual assaults on UW campuses. With sexual assault remaining the most under reported crime, Attorney General Brad Schimel backs the legislation.
UW-Madison’s “The Why Files,” a pioneering, popular online magazine devoted to scientific questions, has closed after 20 years due to state budget cuts, according to a “bye-bye” post on Thursday.
UW System President Ray Cross met for two hours on Thursday with representatives from the United Council of University of Wisconsin Students — the same group that held a protest during a meeting of the UW Board of Regents last month … On Friday, state Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, sent out a press release blasting Cross for “wasting time appeasing the political correctness crowd.”
An influential Republican state senator has criticized Ray Cross, president of the University of Wisconsin System, for meeting with student leaders last week to talk about how to improve the climate for minority students, The Wisconsin State Journal reported.
On Thursday afternoon, a group of student activists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison finally got what they’ve been asking for since December: A meeting with Univ. of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross and other top administrators to discuss their concerns about the well-being and inclusion of minority students throughout the system.
After crossed signals scuttled efforts to talk last month, students advocating for a more inclusive racial environment on University of Wisconsin campuses sat down Thursday with UW System president Ray Cross. They emerged with a promise to meet, at least partially, the first in a list of student demands.
Members of the state Assembly’s higher education committee sparred Thursday over the best way to help students manage the cost of going to college, with Republicans putting forward a package of bills that include new financial aid funding and a tax break for some student loan borrowers, and Democrats arguing for a plan to let graduates refinance their debt.
UW System president Ray Cross, who testified in support of the entire package, said the bills are “a good start” and will “undoubtedly be of benefit” both to current UW students and graduates living throughout the state.
College affordability is getting lots of lip service at the state and federal level — though it’s not clear that such talk will translate into action, given partisan divisions on the issue.
(Walker) also announced plans to work with the University of Wisconsin System to explore providing a three-year degree program that would start in high schools and continue on some UW campuses. He lauded high school students’ high ACT scores and the impact of his tuition freeze for the University of Wisconsin System, enacted in the 2013-15 budget and extended in the 2015-17 spending plan.
Gov. Scott Walker promised during his State of the State speech Tuesday to help more people find work and attain college degrees faster as he works to bolster approval ratings that sank after his failed presidential bid.
Come spring, University of Wisconsin Health in Madison plans to move one of its Med Flight helicopters to Iowa County in order to improve response times in southwestern Wisconsin.
Republicans and Democrats agree college needs to be more affordable for students, who in 2014 reportedly graduated with an average debt of $28,810.
