After a factory collapse in Bangladesh killed 1,134 workers last year, the University of Wisconsin is in the process of reviewing workers? safety in factories around the world that produce clothing emblazoned with Bucky and the Motion W.
When the staff of the Daily Cardinal, a student newspaper at University of Wisconsin-Madison, started tossing around ideas for ?unreported stories important to the campus community,? it wasn?t long before they hit on diversity as an issue, says editor Abby Becker.
The University of Wisconsin is part of a new effort to make the United States more competitive in manufacturing.
UW-Madison is a research partner with the new “Digital Lab”, based in Chicago.
Three candidates selected as finalists for the UW-Madison Arboretum director post will be meeting with the campus community over the next two weeks.
As the vote nears on the Rec Sports Master Plan, which includes updates and renovations to the Southeast Recreational Facility, the Natatorium and the Near East and Near West Fields, the TAA called for UW Athletics to foot half the bill for any Rec Sports updates in a statement Friday.
The state Assembly has approved a bill that would allow University of Wisconsin institutions to perform classified national security research.
Harris said he also plans to file a complaint against UW-Madison, to challenge its hiring practices for black faculty and staff.
A University of Wisconsin committee proposed a new budget model for the university that would allow for more flexibility and the ability to drive funding to departments as students flock to certain majors.
A unique particle accelerator housed in a University of Wisconsin physics lab has attracted scientists from across the world and nation for years, but due to federal cuts the lab has officially been slated for closure on March 7.
New solar panels created by Sunpreme and tested at the University of Wisconsin have passed preliminary tests and could be on their way to usage at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in South Pole.
A community college education ought to be free, University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor Sara Goldrick-Rab tells NPR for a report on the funding challenges confronting the schools nationwide.
Patrick Sims, interim vice provost and chief diversity officer at UW-Madison, said the university is committed to partnering with the coalition?s efforts
University Health Services Executive Director Sarah Van Orman outlined a new policy regarding alcohol service and consumption at university affiliated events at an Associated Students of Madison Shared Governance Committee meeting Thursday.
The student-athletes participated as a part of the Beyond the Game program. The program aims to improve student-athlete graduation rates, post-graduation prospects and activity involvement with classes, seminars and hands-on experiences, such as Science Saturday.
Noted: Formed in 2006 around University of Wisconsin-Madison technology, AquaMost was named one of 13 “frac water” firms to watch in the March issue of Global Water Intelligence, an industry publication.
It?s a brotherhood nearly 40 years in the making and Joe Pavelski is thrilled to be a part of its exclusive ranks. Since 1976, every U.S. men?s hockey team to take part in the Olympics has included at least one player from the University of Wisconsin. That streak of 11 consecutive Winter Games will come to life Thursday when Team USA ? which has six former UW players serving in some capacity ? will open the tournament against Slovakia (6:30 a.m., NBC Sports Network) in Sochi, Russia.
Mike Cerniglia has worn a badge as a Dane County sheriff?s deputy, worked for two of the most accomplished coaches at the University of Wisconsin and been a face of the Badgers on radio and television. Somewhere along that career path are lessons that should help him now. Cerniglia is six weeks into his role as executive director of the National W Club, a nonprofit that represents men and women who have won varsity letters competing in sports sponsored by UW Athletics.
Three finalists were named for the position of director of Discovery to Product, a new partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, according to a Tuesday university press release.
A provision to exempt University of Wisconsin System research from open records requests was removed from a bill to allow classified research on campus Monday.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank thinks the Board of Regents should consider raising tuition for out-of-state students.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has the most alumni currently volunteering in the Peace Corp according to the organizations annual school rankings.
University of Wisconsin-Madison alumna Erin Luhmann discussed her experiences and newly gained insights after traveling abroad with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof at a lecture Monday.
A bill that would allow University of Wisconsin System campuses to conduct classified research that would be exempt from state open records law was taken up in committee Monday.
The commissioner of baseball told us again this month that this is it. Really. Seriously. He?s not kidding. He?s not messing with us. His time is up. And he means it.
She won two WIAA state golf titles, played on the University of Wisconsin?s 1994 Big Ten Conference championship team and twice won the Madison City tournament.
University of Wisconsin System campuses are Nos. 1, 4, 10, 17, 19, 23, 30, 36, 39 and 41 in a national ranking of the most on-campus alcohol arrests per 1,000 students.
A month without alcohol was the challenge. For UW-Madison alumna Sarah Probst, “Dry January” tested her more than she anticipated.
UW announced 25 scholarship recruits and five walk-ons on signing day Wednesday.
Five UW scholarships went to wide receivers on signing day on Wednesday.
Artists from New Berlin cleaned and restored the murals. The Union recently unveiled the improvements to Der Stiftskeller, a 30-tap bar with pool tables and extended seating from the Rathskeller.
Students will vote in March on a referendum to increase a fee future Badgers pay for recreational sports facilities to pay for $223 million in renovations and expansions to the campus? aging fields, gyms, pools and tracks. The proposal was explained Thursday to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents capital planning and budget committee.
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.
Two University of Wisconsin-Madison professors joined the 2014 class of the National Academy of Engineering Thursday, according to a university news release.
Accounting giant Ernst and Young LLP announced a pledge of $1.1 million to the Wisconsin School of Business Thursday, a gift the company believes will have a significant return on investment.
On February 5, 1849, a group of University of Wisconsin-Madison students paid a yearly tuition of 20 dollars?the current cost of several days? worth of Gordon Commons meals?to secure a place in the newly established institution?s first class, according to a university news release.
George Clooney may be bringing ?The Monuments Men? to the silver screen, but two university of Wisconsin alumni were part of the real life military units tasked with rescuing Europe?s cultural treasures which inspired the film.
Ernst & Young’s pledge includes $850,000 for the Global Mindset Leaders program and the remaining funds going to other accounting programs. The global mindset idea has two components: academic and extra-curricular activities for undergraduate business students that demonstrate the value of diversity in the classroom, workplace and business environment, and secondly, scholarships to under-represented minority students.
A new audit says the University of Wisconsin Systems payroll and benefits system is at risk for security breaches that could lead to unauthorized payments being made.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate debates? controversy regarding involvement with foreign academic freedom issues were cause for concern at a meeting Monday.
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit against Apple claiming the company?s signature A7 chip infringes upon a WARF patent, according to CNET.
After seeing several large development projects in the area ? including a six-story apartment from the Mullins Group on the 2500 block next to Lombardino?s, a four-story apartment on the 2300 block at the former site of the Ivy Inn and the UW-Madisons massive new $100 million Wisconsin Energy Institute ? the neighborhood initiated a planning process to offer its own vision for the area.
Noted: The two non-voting members would be doctors from the Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, both of which specialize in community-based services.
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.
The organization that manages patents for the University of Wisconsin is filing a lawsuit against Apple accusing the company of using a patented invention in its latest iPhone and mobile devices.
The Princeton Review named University of Wisconsin-Madison one of the top 75 ?best value? public higher education institutions in the U.S., according to a university news release.
At Thursday?s hearing, Byron Lichstein, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-director of the Wisconsin Innocence Project, asked Huber to throw out the couple?s jail sentence. The judge denied the motion.
University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Classified Staff Executive Committee deliberated over the group?s bylaws and the structure of the committee?s future congress at a meeting Thursday.
Noted: Obama also welcomed University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Becky Blank, a former Obama administration official.
Noted: Ozanne’s campaign consultant, Melissa Mulliken, said Ozanne was cited by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police and that records of the violation no longer exist. The UW-Madison police chief, Sue Riseling, confirmed the agency does not maintain such records.
Unity Health Insurance said Thursday morning that a missing hard drive could compromise patient information for more than 40,000 members.
As construction continues at the Memorial Union, a project estimated to cost $53 million, sustainability and environmental efficiency are at the forefront of the company?s plans.
Two University of Wisconsin, Madison scientists have put forward a new hypothesis on why we sleep. During sleep, they say, the brain weakens — not strengthens — the connections among brain cells to allow the brain to reset, and strangely enough, the result is better memory.
Despite this harsh winter, researchers at UW-Madison are predicting changes for the future.
McFarland High School honored Rhodes Scholar Drew Birrenkott and kicked off its new ?Life of a Spartan? club in a combined ceremony, hoping he would inspire current students … Birrenkott plans to graduate from UW-Madison in May and then spend at least two years studying at Oxford University in England. The scholarship ? he?s the first McFarland graduate to win one ? is valued at about $50,000 a year.
The new formula still uses the achievement and achievement gap score categories. But it would use a method of calculating student growth developed at UW-Madison, known as ?value-added,? which seeks to evaluate school performance while accounting for student demographics.
Ashland?s Andrew Pearson, from Sixth Street Market, was among 21 people who were awarded the distinction of a Master Meat Crafter on Jan. 17 at UW-Madison.
Mindy?s death comes as initiatives across the community ? from new policies at Madison schools to groundbreaking research at UW-Madison ? are rapidly improving the landscape for transgender youth.
Doctors at the University of Wisconsin have made a major breakthrough in breast cancer research by identifying how the cancers spread to the brain.
University of Wisconsin-Madison instituted a revised campus-wide alcohol service policy at the start of the spring semester, according to a university news release.
