The online ordering market for restaurants has a new competitor today. A startup called EatStreet has made it to Series A by targeting the secondary markets across the U.S. for its expansion. The $2 million round was led by Cornerstone Opportunity Partners, and includes participation from Great Oaks VC, Independence Equity, and the Wisconsin-based accelerator generator.
In the eyes of Rebecca Blank, the acting Secretary of Commerce and one of four finalists in the Chancellor search and screen, a federal agency is not unlike the University of Wisconsin.
Actor James Cromwell has been charged with a civil ordinance violation for allegedly disrupting a university meeting in Madison to protest animal testing.
For UW-Madison Police Chief Susan Riseling, the idea that people caught in a mass shooting might have to find a way to fight for their lives is not a new concept.
I, too, am opposed to cruelty to animals during medical research. But I take issue with Thursday?s letter by a PETA member stating cats at UW “had their heads cut open and had steel rods screwed to their skulls.” Due to a recurrent brain tumor, I?ve had two craniotomies. So I, too, have had my head cut open and had steel rods screwed to my skull to hold it steady during surgery. That?s how brain surgery is done.
Those interested in learning from top scholars from schools around the U.S. including the University of Wisconsin Madison will have more course offerings to choose from. UW, along with the University of Minnesota and a host of other schools are partnering with Coursera to offer a “massive expansion” of on line courses. The courses are offered free of charge and with no credit. Millions have taken advantage of courses prior to the latest expansion. UW Madison Vice Provost says the university would rather be in the game than on the sidelines watching.
It?s almost as if there?s an arms race in online education. Which MOOC platform can expand the fastest? Place your bets now. On the heels of edX?s announcement that it will be expanding internationally with the addition of six new schools (bringing its total to 12), Coursera is doing some addition of its own.
Two providers of massive open online courses are expanding their course catalogs to try to find a larger global audience.
There has never been a female NFL player, but for the first time ever, there?s a woman who is going to give it a shot. Lauren Silberman is going to participate in the New Jersey regional combine on March 2-3 as a kicker after playing club soccer at the University of Wisconsin.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Wednesday it?s joining the MOOC movement, piloting four courses to the masses via the web that anyone in the world with a computer can take for free.
Over the last year, elite American universities have raced to stake out a place in the new world of free online courses ? and now, universities around the globe are following suit.
Madison police search for suspects in three strong armed robberies Monday night.
Three armed robberies near the UW campus Monday night involving pedestrians all appear to be related, according to Madison police.
Madison Metro reported the bus system experienced a slight decline in ridership in 2012, mainly due to a lower level of campus usage.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents meetings focused on challenges in higher education, hearing from a UW System administrator on the system?s efforts in closing gaps and a national leader to give the national context.
A University of Wisconsin school of veterinary medicine employee is facing felony charges and a potential $10,000 fine after reportedly abandoning her pets after being evicted, according to a criminal complaint.
James Cromwell, the Oscar-nominated actor who starred in “L.A. Confidential” and “Babe,” was arrested Thursday morning with protester Jeremy Beckham of PETA for shouting during a University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents meeting, calling campus research on cats torture, not science.
As auditors continue to sort through errors that prompted $33 million in benefit overpayments for University of Wisconsin System employees during the transition to a different payroll and personnel system nearly two years ago, new details emerged Thursday about the embarrassing and expensive debacle, including the revelation of an additional $1.1 million loss because of even more overpayments.
Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell spent an hour at the Dane County Jail on Thursday after he and another man disrupted a UW Board of Regents meeting to protest research on cats.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police arrested Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell for disorderly conduct after he disrupted Thursday?s UW System Board of Regents meeting to draw media attention to the university?s alleged use of animal cruelty during experiments.
A University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents committee had difficult questions for administrators of its human resources system, which overpaid more than $33 million in benefits and retirement payments.
Three similar reports of theft occurred on the University of Wisconsin campus over the past two weeks, according to the UW Police Department.
Nationally acclaimed actor James Cromwell was arrested on campus Thursday after loudly voicing support for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal?s ongoing animal cruelty case against the University of Wisconsin at a UW System meeting.
The University of Wisconsin Police Department is warning motorists about thefts of catalytic converters from vehicles parked in campus parking lots.
The University of Wisconsin System has lost an additional $1.1 million due to glitches in its new payroll and benefits system.
Madison?s City Council voted Tuesday to approve a highly contested demolition of three residence buildings in the Langdon Street area to make way for a new student-oriented apartment complex.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly announced four finalists for a top UW administrative position Friday, according to a UW System press release.Michael Morgan, David Miller, William Decatur and Tim Propp were named finalists in the search for the next senior vice president for administration and fiscal affairs for the UW System.
A developer has scaled back a proposal to replace three aging apartment buildings with a large student housing project in the Langdon Street area near UW-Madison, but city planning staff and the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation still oppose it.
After years of trying, the city?s effort to develop a $7 million to $9 million, world-class agricultural and biology research center on the Southeast Side ma
To a certain segment of the population, Tom Wopat will forever be “Luke Duke,” one of the lead characters on the 1980s TV series, “The Dukes of Hazzard,” which focused on the comical misadventures of a couple of reformed redneck moonshiners. But Wopat?s greatest triumphs have occurred about as far – philosophically and artistically – as you can get from formulaic weekly television.
University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni donated $10.2 million during the university?s 2012 first annual ?Share the Wonderful? giving campaign, exceeding the campaign?s target goal by $200,000.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has ranked the most buzzed-about university on the Internet for the second time in a row, ahead of Harvard, Columbia and Stanford. UW-Madison is 16th.
Saying he wants to give Wisconsin students the same opportunities he had, Milwaukee money manager Albert “Ab” Nicholas said Thursday he has created a new foundation with a $50 million endowment that will provide scholarships for selected high school basketball players to attend University of Wisconsin System schools.
A Madison judge improperly issued a restraining order against a former legislator?s son, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.The 4th District Court of Appeals rejected University of Wisconsin System officials? argument that Jeff Decker repeatedly disrupted campus meetings, ruling he was legally exercising his constitutional right to protest the use of student fees.
MADISON ? A Madison judge improperly issued a restraining order against a former legislator?s son, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
Madison police said they arrested an out-of-control patron who attacked two employees at a campus bar early Wednesday morning.
Dear Editor: Did anyone notice the column, ?Investing in Guns,? in the Jan. 19 issue of the New York Times? The author, Joe Nocera, describes the creation of an equity firm that sought university and pension fund investments and it appears that many of these billions of dollars were invested gun companies, which are now the Freedom Group; it is the largest manufacturer of guns and ammunition in the U.S.
The state auditor will immediately start a comprehensive review of the University of Wisconsin System?s payroll, benefits and human resources systems after a joint legislative committee unanimously approved the measure on Tuesday.
Noted: “We also worked with the University of Wisconsin System on a new flexible degree program called UW FlexOption to help adult learners earn degrees in targeted fields. Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree. For many, time and money are the barriers to finishing that degree.”
The president of the University of Wisconsin System said hes embarrassed by a recent audit finding the system overpaid for health insurance premiums and pension contributions by nearly $33 million over the last two years.
MILWAUKEE ? A Milwaukee man serving a life sentence for homicide is getting a new trial after the Wisconsin Innocence Project accused the man?s attorney of mounting a bungled defense.
MADISON – It appears a Madison robbery suspect may be trying to ruin Bucky Badger?s reputation.
A new report said the University of Wisconsin System overpaid health insurance premiums and pension contributions by nearly $33 million in 2011 and 2012.
MADISON ? The Madison/Dane County King Coalition is pleased to announce that the official City of Madison & Dane County observance of the 2013 King Holiday will feature Reverend Everett Mitchell of Christ the Solid Rock Baptist Church as this year?s Master of Ceremonies along with a performance by The University of Wisconsin-Madison?s First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Learning Community.
The University of Wisconsin System is experimenting with a new “flex” program that allows non-traditional students to obtain course credits through massive open online courses (MOOCs), online classes, and assessment.
Dear Tell All: I?m trying to make sense of the revelation that Madison-based track legend Suzy Favor Hamilton secretly worked as a high-priced prostitute in Las Vegas for the past year. I?ve followed Favor Hamilton from her days as a running phenom at the University of Wisconsin through her Olympic appearances. With her wholesome cover-girl looks and personality, she was America?s sweetheart!
Noted: The Terrace, Rathskeller and Sett.
The National Council on Teacher Quality announced on Thursday that it had settled a lawsuit against the University of Wisconsin system in a dispute stemming from the advocacy group?s controversial effort to rank teacher-preparation programs nationwide.
Some call it abusive. Others call it gaming the system. But if you?re a public employee in Wisconsin, it?s perfectly legal to receive both a pension and a paycheck ? unless we make some changes. A recent Legislative Audit Bureau report shows that thousands of public employees in Wisconsin who retired are back working ? sometimes in the same or similar jobs ? and earning both a paycheck and a state pension.
Joan Bunke, a Des Moines Register film critic who covered the city?s arts and entertainment scene for decades, died Monday, according to a Des Moines funeral home. She was 78 and a UW-Madison graduate.
I still haven?t gotten my head around the whole Suzy Favor Hamilton story and I?m not sure I ever will.
The UW-Madison School of Education has worked with Favor Hamilton for “several years” in a one-week summer camp to encourage middle school-age students to pursue college, Associate Dean Dawn Crim said. Favor Hamilton had been scheduled to lead the “Movin? Minds” camp in July. Her name was on the camp?s website Thursday, but by Friday it had been removed.
The Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association has revoked its contract with its spokeswoman Suzy Favor Hamilton.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison recently approved to pay its next chancellor up to $522,000 a year, which would move the university from near-lowest to the middle of the pack among what other Big Ten public institutions pay their leaders.
Just three years after David Wilson was named president of Morgan State University, the Maryland institution?s Board of Regents voted last week not to renew his contract.
Athletic director emeritus and former University of Wisconsin-Madison athlete Pat Richter will join Chancellor David Ward as the keynote speaker at the winter commencement ceremony Dec. 16.
An alleged drunken driver chased by police in downtown Madison early Sunday morning jumped out of his pickup truck while it was still moving, and the truck crashed into a tree while narrowly avoiding a crowd of about 50 people, police said.
MADISON, Wis.- A Madison man bailed from his truck while it was still in gear, endangering about 50 people in the area early Sunday morning, according to police. A Madison police officer was trying to stop a truck on State Street at about 2:45 a.m. and called off a short pursuit. The officer reported seeing the truck turn onto West Dayton Street and go through two intersections at about 40 mph. A short time later UW-Madison police reported the truck was found at the intersection of Dayton and Park streets.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents approved the UW-Madison HR redesign plan and slightly increased the cap on out-of-state freshman enrollees Friday.
At a public meeting Thursday night UW-Madison?s Police Chief Susan Riseling and others criticized plans to replace Madison?s Stadium Bar with an eight-story building with apartments and commercial space.
