This upcoming October and November, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation will host a four-part discussion series that explores the cycle and advancement of innovation, according to a university release.
The UW-Madison School of Education and the UW Center for Investigating Healthy Minds received a $10 million gift Tuesday from 1958 UW-Madison alumna Dorothy “Dottie” Jones King and husband Robert “Bob” Eliot King, who made the donation to recruit faculty that focus on children and their well-being. The university, which is a front-runner in research on mental training strategies and cultivating the healthy minds of children, said it plans to use this money to recruit experienced faculty and continue the research of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds. Chancellor Rebecca Blank said she understands the importance this gift has on not only the university, but the state of Wisconsin. “The University of Wisconsin-Madison has long been involved in research to improve the lives of children, and this gift helps us continue to pursue groundbreaking research in this area,” Blank said in a university news release. The King’s gift will support the matching gift set up by John and Tashia Morgridge.
Congratulations! You have all survived the beginning of another school year at UW-Madison. For freshmen, that meant waiting in line until your calf-high sock tan lines fade just to board the elevator on move-in day. For others, it meant lingering on that treacherous intersection on Charter Street to see if you could score some free tuition. And, for some, the new school year meant Greek recruitment.
This fall, 6,270 new freshmen began calling UW-Madison home, contributing to a fall 2015 total enrollment of 43,405 students, a slight increase from 2014, according to a university release.
A 15-year-old Hawkeye fan was attacked by a Badger fan after the Wisconsin loss to Iowa Saturday, according to a UW-Madison Police Department incident report.
A reported aggravated assault and strong-arm robbery occurred Sept. 30 in a university residence hall, according to a UW-Madison Police Department incident report.
UW-Madison alumnus William C. Campbell has been awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Monday for his part in a medical discovery.
Terry and Laura Fons met on a UW-Madison intramural volleyball team in 1982. After graduation, the two got married and went on to have four children who would eventually create a Badger legacy. All four of their kids—Nathan, Lindsay, Steven and Allie—followed in their parents’ footsteps “by the light of the moon” and joined the Badger family.
Students will have one less thing to grab when checking out at UW-Madison dining halls next week, as University Housing cash registers will no longer print out receipts for each transaction, according to a UW-Madison release.
If a person spends their entire life manipulated by fear, tendencies to back down to intimidation will perpetuate and limit what a person can be, “Breaking Bad” co-star R.J. Mitte said on UW-Madison’s campus Wednesday night.
One of the nation’s oldest student federal loan programs expired due to a lack of Congressional support Wednesday, affecting approximately 1,700 public and private U.S. colleges and universities.
Legendary UW-Madison prankster Leon Varjian died from a heart attack at 64 in his Wood-Ridge, New Jersey home Tuesday, according to a UW-Madison release.
After spending decades helping many UW-Madison students pay for a college education, director of the Office of Financial Aid Susan Fischer will retire this week, ending a career that started by chance in 1979. Fischer earned a degree in natural resources and soils without financial aid.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank launched the first issue of a new e-newsletter Tuesday that focuses on the university’s research projects that have a positive impact on Wisconsin communities, according to Blank’s blog, Blank’s Slate.
UW-Madison undergraduate student and UW Board of Regents member Nicolas Harsy provided the Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee with an opportunity Monday to learn more about how student voices can be heard.
On the one-year anniversary of a nearly fatal accident that left a UW-Madison student paralyzed, 30 students and alumni teamed up to run the Chicago Half Marathon Sunday, raising more than $25,000.
Sounds of explosions reverberate through chemistry classrooms as UW-Madison instructional specialist Jim Maynard breaks the monotony of the traditional approach to teaching by doing live demonstrations of scientific experiments. Maynard develops and facilitates interactive activities for students to receive the most beneficial education experience.
UW-Madison sociology professor Jane Collins took a new look at the 2011 Wisconsin protests when she kicked off the gender and women’s studies department Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series Thursday, presenting her findings on gender and racial inequality within the public sector.
Aliens invaded Madison and overwhelmed human forces Sunday, forcing a group of Marines to secure ammunition and a satellite feed to drive off the enemy. After a series of efforts to deal with the subsequent zombie invasion, the Marines discovered a possible cure and hope to distribute it Thursday.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council met with UW-Madison administration during its meeting Wednesday to examine results of the recently published campus climate survey.
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