University of Wisconsin students and community members learned about campus safety and how to prevent and act in dangerous situations from a panel of city and campus officials at a meeting Monday night.
This past week the University of Wisconsin School of Education and Center on Wisconsin Strategy kicked off a ten-day series of conversations about public education issues called Ed Talks Wisconsin. It?s an impressive effort engaging top academics and researchers, local officials, writers and community leaders in the interest of diverse views and vigorous debate. We welcome it. The University should absolutely be part of every aspect of this critical community effort. We appreciate their stepping up.
A fire at the Porter Boathouse, a University of Wisconsin-Madison rowing facility, caused $10,000 in damages Sunday morning, according to a city of Madison press release.Madison firefighters responded to a fire alarm around 9 a.m. and noticed smoke coming from a back room of the boathouse, according to the press release.
A 21-year-old UW-Madison student was found unconscious and bleeding at the bottom of a stairwell early Sunday morning on the Near West Side, Madison police reported.Police responded to to 411 Hawthorne Court after a call about 1:40 a.m. Sunday reported a man was found at the bottom of the stairwell.
(0) CommentsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor David Ward said in a statement Thursday he has not signed contracts to fully fund a campus organization because the request does not adhere to UW System policies.
The head of State and the Spiritual Leader of Tibet, Dalai Lama is expected to visit Wisconsin in May this year. He will be addressing the people on May 15 event of “Change your Mind Change the World 2013” at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Sixty University of Wisconsin employees last year received more than the $12,000 in extra academic pay allowed by the state, including some educators who pulled in more than $20,000, according to a published report.UW System officials said some data are skewed by inconsistent record-keeping, and in other cases schools had no choice but to pay extra because teachers were pressed into duty following unexpected vacancies.
University of Wisconsin records show 60 employees exceeded statutory limits for extra academic pay in 2012, a Gannett Wisconsin Media review found.
Most professors who had just co-written an op-ed column on their research for The New York Times might choose to dwell on that accomplishment, but not Dominique Brossard.Instead, my conversation with Brossard last week was more focused on some humorous, spot-on commentary from a Milwaukee entertainment website affiliated with The Onion. The headline read: ?Awful online comments hurt understanding of news, reports local news site filled with awful online comments.?
A University of Wisconsin System official says there?s no evidence of fraud following the discovery that the UW System overpaid $33 million for health insurance premiums and pension contributions over the past two years.
A University of Wisconsin System official says there?s no evidence of fraud following the discovery that the UW System overpaid $33 million for health insurance premiums and pension contributions over the past two years.
This may be the first time in history that a search for a new UW-Madison chancellor has run concurrent with the conclave in Rome to select a new pope. If I had to choose, I?d pick being chancellor over being pope. No, the outfits aren?t as cool, it?s not a lifetime appointment, and your word most definitely is not taken as infallible.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has taken the plunge into the brave new world of massively available, free online course offerings.
A group is seeking public input on a study of transportation on the near west side.
W-Madison police took three people into custody in investigating reports of gunshots fired at Eagle Heights-University Houses Tuesday night.UW police said in a news release that “a number of calls” came in reporting shots fired in the University Houses area about 9:30 p.m. and shell casings were found in the area.
UW-Madison police say three people are in custody after shots were fired near campus housing Tuesday night.
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin spoke out Monday against the federal sequester, arguing in a press conference the massive federal spending cuts put in place after Congress did not reach a compromise could affect nearly 1,000 University of Wisconsin System students.
Academy award-nominated actor James Cromwell and I were recently arrested for protesting at a meeting of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents for its failure to take action to end horribly cruel and wasteful experiments on cats at UW-Madison. UW?s response has been to distort, deny and dismiss well-documented cruelty in its laboratories and attempt to silence dissent about the issue.
With two exceptions, classes are resuming today at the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Medical Science Center following a fireThursday.Two Friday courses, gross anatomy and undergraduate physiology, were relocated, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. The fire started at 8 a.m. on the fourth floor of the building at 1300 University Ave. The cause remains under investigation.
The University of Wisconsin System has promoted an official to the top financial position, replacing the interim vice president who was also a finalist for the spot.
Conservationist Aldo Leopold is being celebrated this weekend by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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.”
