UW-Madison’s chapter of Sigma Chi will be allowed to have alcohol at events starting in mid-October after the university reduced its punishment on the fraternity.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have grown multiple types of retina cells from two types of stem cells, they reported today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
If first-year students must face the trials and yes, sometimes ridicule, of being freshmen, then they should at least be able to band together as a group.
A bill in the state Legislature would require UW-Madison to establish a program called “career conversations” that would introduce middle and high school students to high-tech jobs.
UW-Madison will be able to move ahead with a nearly $53 million addition and renovation to the School of Human Ecology following approval from a state committee Wednesday.
State Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, is criticizing Madison Area Technical College's attempts to rebrand the school to avoid confusion with Milwaukee Area Technical College. Both schools go by the acronym MATC.... >>MORE
UW-Madison scientists have transformed embryonic stem cells into a variety of blood cells, which the researchers say could improve drug screening and bone-marrow transplants.
Some Wisconsin high school students will be able to send their official transcripts to college electronically this year under a new statewide e-transcript initiative.
The Department of Energy has granted $8 million in federal stimulus money to the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center for plant cell wall imaging and sustainability research.
University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor R. Alta Charo will take on a new role as a senior adviser in the office of the commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration.
A network built in the early ‘80s under the leadership of a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor has been recognized by the Internet Society for its contributions as a precursor to the modern... >>MORE
UW-Madison’s robotics team had always been Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition underdogs, but this year the team surprised themselves with a first-place win in the design contest.
UW-Madison has so far received $26.5 million in federal stimulus money for 90 projects ranging from stem cell research and new genetic models for cancer to Antarctic weather stations and... >>MORE
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) chose three University of Wisconsin System campuses to pilot a national initiative to enhance student learning.
A woman using the pseudonym "Jane Doe" is suing the University of Wisconsin-Madison chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity and its national headquarters after she was allegedly drugged and gang raped at a party at the fraternity’s Langdon Street house last... >>MORE
Sixty-four red and white Terrace-style chairs were stolen from a courtyard outside UW-Madison’s Grainger Hall Thursday night, according to the UW-Madison Police Department.
Three UW-Madison buildings and an apartment building were evacuated this afternoon because of a gas leak, caused by a piece of construction equipment that struck a gas pipe, according to the Madison Fire... >>MORE
Applications at the UW-Madison Law School were up by about 5.5 percent this year, and more students than anticipated said they plan to enroll in the fall, said Mike Hall, assistant dean for admissions.
Thirty Wisconsin colleges, universities and schools have pledged to help veterans pay for college by filling in gaps in the federal GI Bill for post-9/11 military members.
University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduates from Wisconsin will pay $745 more during the next academic year, under a 5.5 percent tuition increase and new student fee rates approved by the UW Board... >>MORE
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health is leading a federally-funded partnership to improve emergency medicine for people with HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia.
Dr. Girma Tefera and the medical school’s... >>MORE
Sixty-three percent of Wisconsin residents approve of the way President Barack Obama is handling his job as president, according to a UW-Madison Badger Poll.
The poll, which was conducted over a two month... >>MORE
Human embryonic stem cells could be a step closer to wide use in human studies, thanks to a research-ready cell line developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Madison Area Technical College has been awarded a $100,000 grant to create a new veterans service office, intended to help an influx of new veterans who are expected to enroll under the federal GI... >>MORE
The state of Wisconsin is sweeping nearly $2.2 million from a fund at UW-Madison that pays for programs such as University Health Services, the Wisconsin Union, university housing and recreational sports, which could mean an increase in campus fees to avoid service cuts, an administrator... >>MORE
While Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed items in the state budget, at least one legislator was protesting a university decision to deny a UW-Madison student group funding.
Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow, a... >>MORE
UW System graduate students who are research assistants would have the right to form unions under versions of the budget passed by the state Senate and Assembly.
MADISON — About 30 buildings on the west and central portions of the UW-Madison campus lost power Wednesday morning along with the Charter Street heating and cooling plant, temporarily cutting off air... >>MORE
UW-Madison students: set your alarms. Starting at 8:30 a.m. Monday, undergraduates can log online to http://www.uwbadgers.com/ to purchase one of about 14,000 seats in... >>MORE
Almost all state workers will have to take furloughs, regardless of whether their paychecks come from the state, federal grants, or private sources, under versions of the budget passed by both the state Assembly... >>MORE
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health received a “B” for its conflict-of-interest policies this week on the American Medical Student Association’s annual... >>MORE
A church that owns a private dorm for UW-Madison students wouldn’t have to pay roughly $239,000 in property taxes under an amendment inserted into the state budget last week.
In unusual move, UW-Madison officials apparently asked legislators to remove a $47 million School of Nursing building from the state budget, said Rep. Spencer Black, D-Madison.
UW-Madison’s No. 2 post will be filled by Paul M. DeLuca Jr., vice dean of the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, the university announced today.
State workers who get paid by federal or private funds could be exempt from having to take furloughs, under legislation proposed by Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison.
Gov. Jim Doyle announced last month that... >>MORE
Any difference between girls and boys in math performance is because of culture, not biology, according to a new study published today by two UW-Madison researchers.
In the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Janet Mertz and Janet Hyde find there... >>MORE
The UW System has done well on its goal of producing more graduates than ever before, while falling short on enrolling, retaining and graduating students of color.
That’s according to the System’s annual ... >>MORE
Thousands of state employees who get paid by federal or private funds will need to take 16 days of unpaid time off, according to a document (http://oser.state.wi.us/docview.asp?docid=6977) posted on the Web site for the Office of... >>MORE
Nearly 300 Wisconsin students on the waiting list at UW-Madison have been offered a spot in its freshman class, marking the third time in four years the school has turned to the list.
A $2.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will allow UW-Madison to hire 12 faculty members, with a focus on connections between the West and Asia.
UW-Madison faculty and staff who get paid through federal grants will likely have to take 16 unpaid days off over the next two years, just like other state workers.
President Barack Obama has nominated a UW-Madison alumnus to be the next chair of the National Endowment of the Arts, the largest arts organization in the country.
UW-Madison will get roughly $5 million over three years from the U.S. Department of Energy to study new nuclear energy technology under the Nuclear Energy University Program.
Several residents of UW-Madison’s Witte Hall reported that an unknown man entered their rooms while they were sleeping early this morning, according to the UW-Madison Police Department.
Medicare won’t pay for genetic tests to determine patients’ best dose of the blood thinner warfarin, discovered at UW-Madison and named after the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, or... >>MORE
GREEN BAY -- Four of the 21 players who participated in the Green Bay Packers' rookie orientation camp over the weekend earned undrafted free agent contracts: Cornerback Trevor Ford, punter Adam Graessle, nose tackle/defensive end Dean Muhtadi and offensive tackle Dane... >>MORE
Major League Baseball Commissioner Allan H. “Bud” Selig will deliver the commencement address at four UW-Madison undergraduate ceremonies on Saturday, May 16, and Sunday, May 17, at the Kohl... >>MORE
All UW-Madison faculty, staff and students are advised to cancel nonessential planned travel to Mexico until further notice because of concern over swine flu.
Only at an academic conference at UW-Madison would you find a scholar’s paper called "Ode to a Norwegian Urn" — one of more than 250 parts of an explosion of Scandinavian esoterica that will... >>MORE
