Rockwell Automation Inc. and the University of Wisconsin-Madison are among 73 companies, nonprofits and universities that are investing in building a Midwest Digital Lab for Manufacturing at the University of Illinois.
From a grain of Australian crystal that measures the width of two human hairs, a UW-Madison researcher has unlocked important discoveries about the Earth?s crust ? namely, that it?s at least 4.4 billion years old, meaning Earth cooled enough to be lived on earlier than previously believed.
Chicago has won a $70 million grant from the Defense Department for a research center for digital-manufacturing technology, a new facility that could dramatically raise the city?s profile beyond being a hotbed for startups.
Chicago will be the site of a digital manufacturing institute backed by $70 million in federal money and another $250 million in private and other government funding, giving the city, once a factory town, a better chance to re-establish its credentials as a modern maker of things.
The UW-Madison Athletics Department can afford to carry its own weight and kick in a bigger share of the cost of proposed multi-million dollar improvements to campus recreational sports facilities, the university?s Teaching Assistants? Association is arguing.
The state Assembly has approved a bill that would allow University of Wisconsin institutions to perform classified national security research.
The state Assembly is set to take up a bill that allow University of Wisconsin institutions to perform classified national security research.
A new budget model that aligns resources for UW-Madison with its core missions, while also rewarding innovation and giving flexibility for change and growth, is being recommended by a campus committee.
As a young man, Ray Cross survived Vietnam. Now at the other end of his career, he figures he can handle the state Capitol in his new role as president of the University of Wisconsin System, which he officially starts this week.
A controversial measure to shield University of Wisconsin research from public records requests died a sudden death Monday morning before its first scheduled legislative hearing.
UW-Madison has gone back to the top of the list of schools and universities producing the most volunteers for the Peace Corps.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison now leads the nation as the top producer of Peace Corps volunteers with 90 alumni currently serving in 42 countries, the Peace Corps plans to announce Tuesday in Madison.
MADISON, Wisconsin ? The head of the state Assembly?s colleges committee said Monday he won?t allow the panel to vote on a bill that creates sweeping open record exemptions for University of Wisconsin System research.
A bill to shield University of Wisconsin research from public records requests, scheduled for a first hearing Monday morning, has hit turbulence.
The University of Wisconsin has a long tradition of sending current and former athletes to compete in the Olympics and this year?s games in Sochi will be no different.
Rebecca Blank told the Regents to expect an aggressive push by her in coming years to raise UW-Madison tuition for those groups to the same or near what peers at other schools pay.
Jesse Boell had never handled documents like this before, at least none secreted in salt mines.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank highlighted her key policy focuses in education and tuition at a public meeting with the UW System Board of Regents Thursday.
Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay, said about 763,000 Wisconsin residents are burdened by student loan debt. Passing the legislation, which he called the first of its kind nationally, would provide an incentive for graduates of state colleges to remain in Wisconsin after graduation.
A bill that supporters say would provide student debt relief for Wisconsin residents is under consideration by the state Senate.
Both Apple and Julie Underwood, dean of the School of Education at UW-Madison, share Slekar?s concern over the systematic privatization of education and recognize a role for scholars in the public debate about it.
A thin piece of silicon that serves as the brain of the latest high-end iPhones and iPads is at the heart of a lawsuit the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has filed against Apple Inc.
A billboard battle over Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is bringing national attention to a road-side ad on Capital Boulevard near Wake Forest.
When boxing is in your blood, you will find a place and time to do it. When Badger boxing is in your blood, you will find a way to get it back on campus.
Madison ? Nearly 54 years after boxing was banned at the University of Wisconsin, students once again are getting ready to start sparring and hitting the heavy bag on campus.
UW-Madison has been named one of the best values in higher education for the second time in three months.
Wisconsin is inching forward to provide a unique solution to its roughly 753,000 graduates who come out of college with a degree and thousands of dollars in student loan debt.
STOUGHTON WKOW — A University of Wisconsin, Madison physics lab will close on April 5, after a decision from the Department of Energy came down in late January.
MADISON ? I?ll never forget the first time I saw Russell Wilson.
Chris Cole was a 10-year-old living in suburban New York when four Vietnam War protesters detonated a bomb inside UW?s Sterling Hall in 1970, killing one and injuring three.
There?s a reason why President Barack Obama called out Rebecca Blank, chancellor for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, when he spoke at GE?s gas engines plant in Waukesha on Jan. 30.
Three weeks after picking a new president, the University of Wisconsin System on Thursday evening released the names of two other leading candidates for the job: former top UW administrator David Wilson and former Republican Congressman Mark Green.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison?s athletic department wants a sign swiped from Camp Randall to be returned.
Attracting and keeping top-tier researchers and scientists is a key goal for Rebecca Blank, chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A new student athletic academic center opens as the final piece of an $86-million project that has kept Camp Randall under construction for over two years.
MADISON ? Wisconsin has more meat processing facilities than any other state, and the state is widely known for the quality meat it produces.
An educator instrumental in widening the scope and success of research and graduate programs at UW-Madison is returning to the classroom.
This week, the White House received a report from the Presidential Commission on Election Administration. It offers recommendations on a range of election practices, including how to shorten waiting times, accommodate voters with limited English proficiency, and staff polling places. These conclusions, which may well spark federal and state legislation, would not be possible without research support from political scientists. How did that happen?
Are we in the throes of a “zeitgeist” moment, when world leaders and CEOs embrace the role that mindfulness plays in cultivating health, compassion and happiness?Richard J. Davidson, a professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, believes we are, and traveled to Davos for the 2014 World Economic Forum to help spread his belief that health and happiness are not abstract goals, but skills that can be cultivated with just a few hours of practice.
New leadership in the University of Wisconsin System ? UW Colleges and Extension Chancellor Ray Cross recently was named system president ? brings with it an opportunity to forge a new relationship with not only the state Legislature but the people of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin farmers earned about $3.75 billion in profit last year, coming close to the record $3.8 billion earned in 2011.
A Purdue University engineering student was killed and a peer charged with his slaying Tuesday after a midday shooting in a basement classroom.
In one program for aspiring Wisconsin criminologists at an Indianapolis-based online college, 16 students started classes in 2012. A year later, just one was still enrolled. A program for would-be Wisconsin chefs hosted by a Minnesota online college began with 34 students. A year later, it had dwindled to a class of four.
Timothy M. Smeeding follows the numbers. He?s an economist and an expert on America?s long battle with poverty.
The fundraising and alumni organizations that support the University of Wisconsin-Madison are merging to become more efficient and to “speak with one voice” as pressure mounts on public universities across the country to find private donors.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank proposed initiatives to help expand access for low-income students to the state?s flagship university during a White House summit Thursday.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison employee died after a truck backed into her as she was walking near campus Thursday morning, a news release from the Madison Police Department said.
UW-Madison has pledged a renewed focus on recruiting and keeping low-income students, with chancellor Rebecca Blank visiting Washington, D.C., for a Thursday summit on college access headed by her former boss, President Barack Obama.
A UW-Madison employee died Thursday morning after she was hit by a campus truck backing up near Lake Mendota, police said.
UW-Madison has pledged a renewed focus on recruiting and keeping low-income students, with chancellor Rebecca Blank visiting Washington, D.C., for a Thursday summit on college access headed by her former boss, President Barack Obama.
“By coming together and stepping up what we?re doing, we can go that much further,” said Rebecca Blank, chancellor at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
WASHINGTON — President Obama and his administration have spent much of the past year pressing colleges to control their prices and contemplating new ways to hold them accountable, much to the consternation of campus leaders. On Thursday, though, he mostly praised them, and they returned the favor.
President Obama and college presidents set aside their differences over the administration?s proposed college-rating system Thursday, convening at the White House for a daylong summit on college access.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank proposed initiatives Thursday to help expand access for low-income students to the state?s flagship university during a White House summit Thursday.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is committed to making the university accessible for low-income students, and is in Washington, D.C. to talk about it.
WASHINGTON — President Obama will convene a meeting with more than 100 college and university presidents Thursday — a chance for his administration to pivot away from its stalled legislative agenda to executive actions and also a rare opportunity for White House-level attention for a large group of academic leaders.
For University of Wisconsin-Madison animal sciences professor Mark Cook, there?s an important factor to his long-term success: chickens.
Entrepreneurs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison soon will have a new advocate on campus that should boost the number of ideas that are commercialized, which we think should, in turn, give the state?s economy a boost over time.
In case you missed it, something remarkable is developing in that athletic complex known as UW-Madison.
Deep inside a dimly lit campus laboratory, a 13-year-old calico cat stares ahead. Her tail twitches back and forth slowly. She appears relaxed but focused. Orange, white and black spots splotch her coat, and her white paws stand out against the charcoal-colored surface.
