University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor finalist Rebecca Blank emphasized the importance of a strong fundraising campaign on a Friday conference call, in which she also spoke about her plans for her position as chancellor when she moves to Madison in mid to late July.
Student Regent Katie Pointer addressed the Associated Students of Madison Student Council Wednesday to discuss Monday’s recommendation of Rebecca Blank as the university’s next chancellor and to give the representatives a chance to voice their opinions or concerns.
Frank Warren, creator of the PostSecret Project, in which people share anonymous confessions on postcards, visited Union South Wednesday as part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
The Madison Opera announced construction of its new facility Wednesday, which will allow all of the company’s administrative offices as well as rehearsal spaces, to be in the same building for the first time.
Organizers for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Revelry festival provided unofficial details about the event Wednesday when they received preliminary approval for a permit to close Randall Avenue for the May 4 event.
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and the State of Wisconsin Investment Board created a fund to invest in information technology start-up companies, focusing mainly in Wisconsin.
Members of the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group delivered a stack of petitions to University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor David Ward’s office Tuesday, requesting Ward review his decision not to sign contracts to fully fund the organization on campus.
The University of Wisconsin System announced Monday a special Board of Regents committee’s official recommendation of Dr. Rebecca Blank as University of Wisconsin-Madison’s next chancellor, pending approval from the full Board April 5.
The Student Services Finance Committee discussed potential changes to its bylaws Monday, which could include significant alterations to the committee’s financial code, as well as the elimination of student hourly positions from student organizations.
Members of the Associated Students of Madison Diversity Committee signed a petition at a meeting Monday urging Chancellor David Ward to take action against Palermo’s Pizza after employees accused the company of labor rights violations.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student, inspired by the increasing awareness of unreported sexual assaults on campus presented anonymously on the UW-Madison Confessions Facebook page, organized a campus safety discussion between a panel of experts and the campus community in Dejope Hall Monday.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a citation in December 2012 from the United States Department of Agriculture after a cat was unintentionally burned during an experiment.
Founder and curator of the PostSecret Project Frank Warren will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Wednesday to speak as part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Dietram Scheufele owns two three-piece, dirt-resistant nanotechnology suits, which he wears when he gives talks on the subject in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison campus hosted a discussion panel Friday to explore the way online courses and teaching technologies could help make higher education more accessible in the midst of rising university costs.
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.
Police arrested a Sun Prairie man on Langdon Street for his fifth drunk driving offense early Friday morning, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department news release.
Police found a University of Wisconsin-Madison student unconscious at the bottom of a stairwell in a downtown building Sunday.
For the first time, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers successfully implanted stem cells generated from skin cells into the region of a monkey’s brain that was affected by Parkinson’s disease, according to a study released Thursday.
University 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.
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