Category: UW-Madison Related

In a taped conversation, former White House counsel to President Richard Nixon, John Dean is heard confronting Nixon about the Watergate Scandal.

The lecture hall was packed Friday night when John Dean, former counsel to President Richard Nixon, gave a lecture on ethics to UW law students.

University of Wisconsin established the first tenure-track teaching position in Hmong American Studies in the nation earlier this year, pioneering the new area of study.

Some traditions can transcend time. That?s what UW-Madison student Kait Vosswinkel has found while viewing the campus through a camera lens.

Design plans for the next phase of the Memorial Union Reinvestment project moved forward after Union Council voted to approve the latest update to the layout at a meeting Thursday.

Tuesday morning marked the beginning of the first government shutdown in 17 years, but unless the shutdown continues for a long time, the effects on the day-to-day life of University of Wisconsin students will not be extensive, experts said.

The Madison chapter of this year?s Wisconsin Science Festival stoked the collective curiosities of students and townsfolk towards modern science and art last week. The four-day science carnival presented exhibits on a variety of topics ranging from chemistry to optics, outer space and cell biology.

After flooding in the Camp Randall Sports Center caused it to temporarily close on Sept. 22, the facility reopened at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Director of Recreational Sports John Horn said.

Dean of Students Lori Berquam sent an all-campus email including University of Wisconsin?s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report Tuesday.

In the email, Berquam said crime numbers on and around campus remain consistent with past years, but the perceived increase in crime could be the result of  UW?s increasing communications efforts.

Yang Sao Xiong?s new position teaching Hmong American Studies at UW-Madison is the first tenure-track post in that subject area in the United States, he says.

At a Memorial Union town hall meeting Sunday evening, Dean of Students Lori Berquam shared something a criminal suspect once told her.

A sudden increase in violent crimes near the UW-Madison campus has prompted students and officials to take a deeper look at safety. The meeting was in response to armed robberies near campus. Madison police say they?ve seen a 30% increase in robberies in that area.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is reaching out to its students in an attempt to help keep them safe.A week of online chats led to Sunday night?s town hall meeting, set up so students could question campus leaders over recent crime.

Enhanced safety measures have been in place on the UW-Madison campus following the death of an employee in April when a loading dock lift fell on the employee.

From homelessness and poverty to setting down the path to a degree, the University of Wisconsin?s Odyssey Project provides free teaching to adults facing financial difficulties to take the first steps into higher education.

City and campus police officials are stepping up enforcement in response to recent property crimes in the Regent-Vilas-Greenbush neighborhood.

Freakfest organizers announced new additions to the Halloween bash?s line-up on the event?s Facebook page Wednesday, which include Neon Indian, 3LAU, Dirty Disco Kidz, Fort Wilson Riot and Gabe Burdullis.

Dean of Students Lori Berquam, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department and the Madison Police Department held a tweet chat Wednesday as the first in three upcoming events designed to share information and seek community input on campus safety following a recent increase in crime near campus.

Instead of issuing citations, UW police are using a different tactic to encourage students bicyclists to ride safely at night.

Claudia Gupta lives on North Lake Street, close to where a suspect was chased after a shot was fired blocks away.

Since then, Gupta has received two timely warnings from the university. Another one has been sent out in the last month. Those messages describe assaults and armed robberies that have happened close to campus, the suspects, and safety tips that students should keep in mind in light of any threat.

In 2006, students approved a referendum initiative with the objective of preserving the value of the Memorial Union while upgrading and refurbishing the nearly 80-year-old building, according to the project?s website.

Children will have four jam-packed days to learn about science during the third annual Wisconsin Science Festival, beginning Thursday.

Recently, 30 volunteers helped to clear invasive species and plant native trees at Picnic Point on the UW-Madison campus during a day helping the Clean Lakes Alliance.

Coordinators for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Alumni Association have started finalizing designs for the new Alumni Park, which could break ground summer 2014.