Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who conduct an annual study of poverty have found jobs and earnings are beginning to rise again as the Badger State recovers from the recession.
UW-Madison Consumer Science Professor Nancy Wong explains the appeal of “secret menu” items to customers and restaurants.
Noted: Also by Flad and also challenging, the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Biochemical Sciences Complex project involved the restoration and renovation of historic buildings, the demolition of an outdated lab facility and the design of a new research tower.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Tuesday students will receive a new competition swimming pool as part of the Recreational Sports Master Plan.
UW-Madison announced Tuesday it plans to build a $26 million competition swimming pool as part of the renovation of the Southeast Recreational Facility SERF on campus.
John Mulligan on Monday assumed the role of interim president and CEO for Minneapolis-based Target. He graduated from Eau Claire Regis High School in 1983 before earning a bachelor?s degree at UW-Madison and a master?s of business administration at the University of Minnesota. He was unavailable for comment Tuesday.
The Faculty Senate wrapped up the 2013-2014 school year Monday afternoon, voting to approve the creation of two different positions in the graduate school administrative offices as well as the framework of the new campus-wide Diversity Plan.
A ribbon cutting Monday for a one-of-a-kind lab on the UW campus.
n Wisconsin, campuses have become increasingly lonely for American Indians. In the last half-decade, other minority groups have seen an increase in enrollment. American Indians, meanwhile, have declined across the University of Wisconsin System four-year campuses, from 982 students in 2009-2010 to 743 students in the 2013-2014 school year. That?s a drop of 24 percent. At the flagship UW-Madison, their numbers have dropped by nearly half, from 206 to 112.
n Wisconsin, campuses have become increasingly lonely for American Indians. In the last half-decade, other minority groups have seen an increase in enrollment. American Indians, meanwhile, have declined across the University of Wisconsin System four-year campuses, from 982 students in 2009-2010 to 743 students in the 2013-2014 school year. That?s a drop of 24 percent. At the flagship UW-Madison, their numbers have dropped by nearly half, from 206 to 112.
Although critics claim affirmative action measures in college admissions give minority students an unfair advantage over their white counterparts, such policies have done little to change the complexion of the University of Wisconsin?s student body, which is 85 percent white.
The new University of Wisconsin-Madison personnel management system has encouraged further development of the Human Resources Design Project strategic plan, according to a university release.
Considering it?s the home of Wisconsin?s flagship state university, Dane County has the highest percentage of residents with at least a bachelor?s degree in the state, 45.8 percent.
With an eight-kilometer run beginning at Capitol Square, continuing down State Street, looping around Picnic Point then finishing on the 50-yard line at Camp Randall and a two-mile walk through campus, the 33rd annual Crazylegs Classic brought thousands of participants together to enjoy a Madison tradition.
Quoted: Economist Jason Fletcher, an associate professor of public policy at the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, has researched how additional sales taxes impact products like soda. He said these taxes do not necessarily correlate to less soda consumption or calorie intake.
Profile of former UW Opera director Karlos Moser, who will reunite his Hyperion Oriental Fox Trot Orchestra for a concert on May 19 to benefit the Karlos and Melinda Moser Opera Ticket Fund, which gets students into live operas for free.
Madison’s Pro Arte Quartet paid tribute to its Belgian roots by premiering a new work by Belgian composer Benoît Mernier. This composition, Quartet No. 3, was commissioned for the ensemble’s centennial celebration.
Ending a memorable 16-season career with University Opera, director William Farlow directed a charming rendition of Hector Berlioz’s comic opera Béatrice et Bénédict at the UW Music Hall on Friday, April 11. The 1862 opera, Berlioz’s last work, is based on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing but features a pared-down plot and additional comedic sections.
Shank will be a visiting assistant professor of violin next fall, with a one-year appointment while a search for a full-time, tenured professor will continue. She replaces Felicia Moye, professor of violin, who has taken a position at McGill University in Montreal.
The University of Wisconsin System received approval from the Legislature?s employment relations committee to begin implementation of new personnel systems across the system Wednesday.
Protesters from 350Madison and the Fossil Free UW Coalition marched down State Street Tuesday to raise awareness about climate change and fossil use use, issues that have been drawn into focus by University of Wisconsin governance groups.
In just two years, high school students taking college entry exams will see some changes and school counselors in our area say that may help improve access for underrepresented populations.
Tyler McIntosh, 25, led Madison police in a high-speed car chase Monday afternoon in an attempt to escape an outstanding felony warrant.
Moser, an acclaimed UW-Madison emeritus music professor and opera conductor, has been standing the whole age thing on its head his entire life. He started on the piano at 4. He entered Princeton at 16. He began doing yoga at 70.
UW-Madison spokesman John Lucas said that generally, adjunct positions at UW System schools require a bachelor?s degree. However, departments and deans can make exceptions, he said, and ?the university would most likely make that exception for non-degreed individuals with significant real-world accomplishments.? Given that UW System faculty and officials weren?t shy about signing the Walker recall petition, though, that still might be a tough nut for an aspiring Professor Walker to crack.
While diversity at University of Wisconsin is slowly increasing, numbers released by the Office of the Provost show this increase continues to be minimal from year to year.
Wisconsin’s dairy industry faces new challenges to its continued prosperity, from environmental pressures on the land and water that sustain it to consumer trends that compel product innovation. Fostering that kind of innovation is the goal of the TURBO project within the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research.
New feature on the regional dialect dictionary started by a UW?Madison prof.
Members of the Open Source Seed Initiative rallied on the UW-Madison campus Thursday, pledging to preserve plant diversity by keeping seeds from their cultivars patent-free and widely available.
A UW-Madison engineering professor is the recipient of the highest honor the U.S. government can bestow on science and engineering professionals.
Find the budgeted salary for any staff member of the University of Wisconsin.
The mix of loans greatly affects total payout, says Susan Fischer, UW-Madison financial aid director. While interest on federal student loans varies from the 3.8 to 6 percent this year to as much as 9 percent, private loans can carry interest rates of 15 to 18 percent, she says.
Spurred by campus irregularities regarding human-resource protocol, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Academic Staff Assembly debated clearer language at a meeting Monday.
Months after its recognition within the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s shared governance structure, the Classified Staff Executive Committee will hold elections for a representative campus congress.
Gov. Scott Walker wants to finish his college course work using a new flexible degree option through the University of Wisconsin System. One problem: There are no immediate plans to offer classes in the fields he?s interested in.
The Onion is turning funny into money as a digital media company.
Following up on promises to make the University of Wisconsin System?s finances easier to understand for the average observer, UW System President Ray Cross presented the proposal to revamp the annual budget process to the UW Board of Regents Thursday.
Sarah Mangelsdorf, dean of the college of arts and sciences at Northwestern, where she is a psychology professor, has been named UW-Madison?s provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced Thursday.
Sean Carroll, a University of Wisconsin professor turned TV producer, wants more people to identify with their inner fish.
University of Wisconsin police are actively investigating a sexual assault that happened in a campus residence hall early Sunday morning, according to a release.
While universities often boost commerce in an area, having a concentrated, highly-educated workforce in a city can also cause stark economic segregation, an effect a recent study found shapes life in Madison.
Hollywood finally recognizes the star potential of University of Wisconsin quarterbacks.
Madison police are putting a safety plan in place ahead of Saturday?s Final Four game.
A representative from the Tucson, Ariz., Police Department will be in Madison this weekend to watch how officers handle the crowds following Saturdays Final Four game.
A two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist is among three who will receive honorary degrees from The University of Wisconsin at this year?s commencement for doctoral, MFA and professional degree candidates.
A national research center led by a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor may help save the Defense Department millions of dollars on the logistics of shipping military equipment, according to a statement Wednesday.
Noted: Paul J. Kundert, president and chief executive of the University of Wisconsin Credit Union, said barring all ATM fees would make students insensitive to the costs of multiple withdrawals, and warned that financial institutions couldn?t absorb the fees either.
The first black woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin Law School returned to campus on the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Wednesday, where she was presented with the Wisconsin Alumni Association?s Distinguished Alumni Award.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department discharged Capt. Peter Ystenes March 12 following the discovery of ?inappropriate? photographs on department equipment, according to a UWPD press release.
A UW-Madison police captain was fired after an internal investigation revealed he used department equipment to take hundreds of inappropriate photos of department employees and members of the public.
Police seized an illegal explosive material that is more powerful than TNT from a downtown residence Saturday afternoon, officials said.
A UW Police spokesperson tells 27 News the subjects of photographs taken by fired police captain Peter Ystenes are being contacted by police officials, with the department?s chief characterizing the photos as inappropriate.
Noted: As for other professional development opportunities for Madison schools staff, district spokeswoman Rachel Strauch-Nelson said the board is set to consider a partnership with UW-Madison?s School of Education. Gloria Ladson-Billings ? a black education professor who was on the board of the proposed Urban League school ? would be the ?lead? in that effort, Strauch-Nelson said, ?so that we can ensure that issues of equity and diversity are the center of all of our core professional development as a district.?
Madison police detectives are continuing to investigate the materials found in a downtown Madison residence Saturday.
The University of Wisconsin Police Department captain that was fired amidst an internal investigation allegedly took inappropriate pictures of the public, officials said.
World-class computer science and electrical engineering schools at the UW-Madison and other colleges are a part of that picture, as well as the availability of former Epic and Sonic Foundry employees who leave and wind up working for young companies.
The gathering draws ridicule and outrage from some, especially political conservatives, who question the need for it and the amount of tax money helping to stage it. Among the two dozen co-hosts of this year?s conference are Madison Area Technical College, UW-Madison and the city of Madison?s Department of Civil Rights. Most co-hosts are paying a fee between $500 and $3,000, according to organizers, although UW-Madison is kicking in $5,000.
Noted: The story’s subject is a cousin of Vice Chancellor for University Relations Vince Sweeney.
The Wisconsin basketball vibe has never been uptight, militaristic or stilted, but they have a reputation for being no-nonsense, efficient. Yet this UW team has more freethinkers and class clowns, and coach Bo Ryan’s approach has mellowed.
The Sunshine Week fortune cookies and their messages serve as a reminder to those elected or appointed to do the public?s business that they work for you ? the voting and taxpaying public. UW-Madison and the UW System did not always remember this wisdom.
