University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez announced on Monday the restructuring of the coaching staffs for men?s and women?s track and field and cross country.
Jeffrey Novak will become university housing director on July 21, taking over for Paul Evans, who is retiring after working in the division at UW-Madison for 36 years.
Every student in the class of 2014 has a story: a struggle, a moment of victory; a parent or friend they?d like to thank; an exam they?d like to forget, and a wish fulfilled. UW-Madison footage is included.
UW-Madison officials are considering changing the traditional recruitment drive by fraternities and sororities early in the fall semester, either moving it deeper into the fall or eliminating it altogether. Some in the Greek community say the proposed changes would significantly threaten their existence.
A Middleton man has finally outflanked the U.S. military in his determined two-year campaign to bring home the remains of a World War II veteran who had served with his grandfather.
MADISON ? University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is proposing a one-year plan to cover tuition costs of high school students who take UW classes offered in their schools for college credit.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank Wednesday told a gathering of over 60 members of the Chequamegon Bay Chapter of the Wisconsin Alumni Association that their alma mater has grown into one of the preeminent institutions of higher education in the United States and the world.
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross on Thursday proposed a one-year plan to cover tuition for students in Wisconsin public high schools who take UW courses through a dual enrollment program aimed at jump-starting their college careers.
Harvard and Yale researchers called Tuesday for an end to animal research into bird flu, worrying that the virus could escape and trigger a global epidemic.
Public health experts have warned that controversial experiments on mutant viruses could put human lives in danger by unleashing an accidental pandemic.
Avian flu experiments risk unleashing an accidental global pandemic putting the lives of millions across the world at risk, public health experts have today warned.
The University of Wisconsin Class of 2014?s commencement ceremony marked the end of the graduates? journey as Badger students and the start of their journey as Badger alumni.
When she started at UW-Madison in 1979, Susan DeMerit remembers her dormitory mates arranging their class schedules so they wouldn?t miss ?General Hospital.? They didn?t bother with fake IDs because they didn?t need them. The drinking age was 18.
Men and women walked into Camp Randall for the last time Saturday as student, and walked out alumni.
Camp Randall filled with black gowns, colorful tassels and proud parents this afternoon.
The University of Wisconsin Class of 2014?s commencement ceremony marked the end of the graduates? journey as Badger students and the start of their journey as Badger alumni.
It felt like a game day, with some 50,000 people packed in to Camp Randall.
The strong social media community on the UW campus is exhibited in full force in the weeks leading up to graduation ? and this year, for the first time, it will play a part in the atmosphere of the day itself.
Kim, now 33, is among 22 students awarded a doctorate this month from the UW-Madison School of Music. At the core of the dissertation that helped her earn a Doctor of Musical Arts degree is Kim?s development of a ?Tactile Stave Notation? system for reading music.
With blue skies and billowing clouds contributing to a contagious, upbeat vibe, UW-Madison held its spring commencement outside at historic Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday for the first time in a quarter-century.
Video story of grand opening on campus Thursday.
When she started at UW-Madison in 1979, Susan DeMerit remembers her dormitory mates arranging their class schedules so they wouldn?t miss ?General Hospital.?… Thirty-five years later, DeMerit?s classmates watch ?Game of Thrones? on their smartphones.
The project, called Yahara 2070, will test various scenarios of how potential societal, governmental and technological changes could affect the watershed.
Commencement calls for celebration, but it can have young adults asking what?s next?
As the Earth?s oceans have warmed over the last three decades, the grounds for destructive hurricanes have crept northward finds a new study, published by three of the world?s leading tropical weather experts. Two are from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
MILWAUKEE (WITI) ? The average college student in Wisconsin graduates with $30,000 in loans! Help may be on the way ? but the idea is controversial.
Graduation season is officially upon us. Wednesday night, students who are part of a special program at UW-Madison celebrated their achievements with teachers, family and friends.
Student leaders at UW-Madison say athletic department officials did not disclose the full picture of their plans for campus facilities when students threw their support behind a March referendum that approved a $223 million upgrade of recreational sports facilities.
A new on-campus competition pool that will benefit the University of Wisconsin men?s and women?s swimming and diving programs is moving forward.
MADISON, Wis. — The Legislature?s finance committee approved a new policy governing University of Wisconsin System surpluses on Tuesday, wrapping up a nasty clash between Republicans and UW officials over the system?s massive balances.
After much back-and-forth about whether or not the University of Wisconsin would get a new competition pool as part of the rec center renovations planned to begin this decade, the university announced today that the Southeast Recreational Facility (SERF) will, in fact, include a new pool.
Sexual assault is an issue at any age, but it?s even worse for college students.
The Legislature?s finance committee is set to vote on the University of Wisconsin System?s new policy for reporting surpluses.
WASHINGTON — From huge state universities to small colleges and the Ivy League, 55 schools across America are facing federal investigation for the way they handle sexual abuse allegations by their students.
Federal investigators are checking whether 55 colleges and universities illegally handled sexual violence and harassment complaints, the U.S. Department of Education said Thursday. UW-Whitewater is among them.
WASHINGTON — Vice President Biden said on Tuesday that the USA?s colleges and universities have a moral responsibility to “step up” efforts to prevent sexual assault on campuses.
As the White House pushes its campus sexual assault prevention efforts this week, colleges and universities once again find themselves in the crosshairs of an administration that has sought time and again to hold institutions more accountable.
In efforts to end sexual violence on university and college campuses, a White House task force issued a number of recommendations for schools on Tuesday.
Despite comparatively low numbers of reported assaults, national research indicates that 1 in 5 female students is attacked. Occasional surveys of UW-Madison?s more than 43,000 students show similar rates, even though an average of only 16 campus sexual assaults were formally reported each year from 2010 through 2012, said Dr. Sarah Van Orman, executive director of campus health services.
Sarah Van Orman, executive director of University Health Services at University of Wisconsin-Madison, said sexual assault prevention and response is very much a collaborative effort on the UW campus. The Not Alone report was very well done, Van Orman said, adding that the findings will be useful for campuses.
The phone at the Rape Crisis Center in Madison rings about 2,000 times a year from victims seeking help. Kelly Anderson, the center?s director, knows there are many victims out there who never call.
WASHINGTON ? Reacting to a series of highly publicized rapes on college campuses, the White House on Monday released guidelines that increase the pressure on universities to more aggressively combat sexual assaults on campus.
Jean Chatzky remembers Madison.
The Obama administration unveiled stringent new guidelines on Tuesday designed to help colleges combat sexual assault and provide victims with a “road map” to file complaints against institutions that fall short in their responses.
Lawns can be the frame around a home or a colorful garden. To keep them looking good and thriving however, they take a fair amount of attention. That means more chemical treatments and watering than some homeowners feel comfortable using.
After a year of intense conflict and scrutiny, the Legislature?s audit committee on Thursday unanimously approved a new University of Wisconsin System policy for managing and clearly explaining year-end fund balances and rainy day cash reserves.
Annie E. Clark and Andrea Pino were not satisfied with changing only how their school handled sexual assaults. They wanted to start a national movement.
This week?s Supreme Court ruling allowing Michigan voters to ban race-based public university admissions was cheered by some opponents of affirmative-action practices, but it is too soon to tell if it will build momentum that leads to additional state bans.
The image of the University of Wisconsin is bolstered by a number of contributors including, we hope, life-changing research, renowned and respected scientists, record numbers of Peace Corps volunteers and more. But there is no question Badger athletics and Bucky Badger himself are part of that image. And more often than not, where there are Bucky and Badger sports teams there too is the UW Varsity band?usually more memorable than all.
A former University of Wisconsin football recruit accused of sexually assaulting a student on campus was allowed to participate in his high school?s state basketball championship at the Kohl Center by Chancellor Rebecca Blank and UW-Madison Police Chief Susan Riseling.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and the UW System will have their own personnel systems separate from the state, starting July 1, 2015.
In the wake of Tuesday?s U.S. Supreme Court decision, one Wisconsin lawmaker pledged to offer legislation to ban affirmative action policies in the state.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and the UW System will have their own personnel systems separate from the state, starting July 1, 2015.
Tuesday?s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action has prompted state Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, to call for ending all race and gender preference programs in the state.
Dozens of applicants denied admission to UW-Madison have contacted a non-profit legal group soliciting clients for a potential lawsuit because race is among the many factors the state flagship takes into account in its admissions decisions. The potential lawsuit is looming against a backdrop of a major U.S. Supreme Court decision Tuesday upholding Michigan’s ban on using race as a factor in college admissions.
Leaders in higher education, upset by Tuesday?s Supreme Court decision upholding Michigan?s ban on race-based preferences in college admissions, said the ruling would nudge them further along the path of finding alternative means to promote diversity in their student bodies.
In the wake of Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision, Glenn Grothman said he would seek to bring back legislation to ban affirmative action policies in the state, which he has proposed in the past without success.
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld voter-passed bans on racial preferences in public-college admissions in a case involving a challenge to Michigan?s 2006 adoption of such a measure.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected a challenge to the measure approved by Michigan voters in 2006 to bar public colleges and universities from considering race in admissions.
“The battle to restore a proper relationship between man and his environment, between man and other living creatures, will require a long, sustained political, moral, ethical and financial commitment far beyond any commitment ever made by any society in the history of man. Are we able? Yes. Are we willing? That?s the unanswered question.”
