The salary ranges of certain University of Wisconsin System officials will be adjusted due to two policies the Board of Regents approved Friday.
Sharon Kilfoy, a local Madison artist and an alumna of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says most of the work she has accomplished in her life has included two things: art and kids.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Board met Friday to discuss the NCAA’s role in the future of the “Group of Five” conferences and the possibility of paying student athletes.
Howard Bremer, a patent attorney who helped develop the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s influence in the worlds of research and innovation, died Friday, according to a news release.
University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman Cassidy Fritsch died suddenly Wednesday morning in Aldo Leopold Residence Hall, according to a university release.
The full Board of Regents approved a resolution in a closed session Thursday to increase the salaries of chancellors at 10 of the 14 UW institutions.
Ben Relles, a University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus and the head of programming strategy at YouTube, encouraged students to take risks to discover their true interests at the Wisconsin Rewind Lecture Thursday.
After a jam-packed week of Badger pride events ranging from Air Band at the Terrace to day-long blood and food drives, Homecoming Week at the University of Wisconsin-Madison wraps up this weekend with the annual UW Homecoming parade Friday.
As part of the Memorial Union Renovations, Der Stiftskeller, the area next to Der Rathskeller that serves alcohol, will close starting Monday, and a temporary bar serving bottled beer and wine will open Wednesday along the west wall of Der Rathskeller.
The Board of Regents will hear a presentation of the annual University of Wisconsin System Accountability Report Thursday, which shows second-year retention and six-year graduation rates in the University of Wisconsin System both exceed national averages. However, underrepresented minorities and Pell Grant recipients still fall behind.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank outlined ideas to move the university forward in a speech Wednesday that launched the Fall 2013 University Roundtable Series.
The next University of Wisconsin System President could see an increase in salary under a proposal the Board of Regents is considering.
The Associated Students of Madison Sustainability Committee met Wednesday to discuss the development of their current campaigns, including the possible formation of a “green fund.”
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Department will distribute $5 gift cards to student ticket holders at the Northwestern football game Saturday, according to Associate Athletic Director for External Relations Justin Doherty.
Ben Relles, a UW alumnus and the head of programming strategy at YouTube, will talk with students and community members at this year’s Wisconsin Rewind Lecture Thursday.
Detroit Lions center Dominic Raiola apologized to University of Wisconsin-Madison Marching Band Director Michael Leckrone in a telephone call Monday and indicated he would make a “significant donation” to The Marching Band Fund, a foundation supporting the UW Marching Band.
The over-four-year initiative to create a College of the Arts was dropped in the spring, replaced by a plan that would revamp the Art Institute instead, University Committee Chair Michael Bernard-Donals said at a Faculty Senate meeting Monday.
Stand-up comedian and television host Bill Maher called more than 100,000 Madison-area numbers Tuesday to warn University of Wisconsin-Madison students, faculty and the Madison community about animal cruelty in campus research labs, according to a press release from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Two theoretical physicists received the 2013 Nobel Prize for Physics Tuesday for their discovery of the Higgs boson particle, to which University of Wisconsin-Madison research teams made significant contributions, according to a university news release.
Amid the mixed chants of “Congo is the key to our humanity” and “Go Pack Go,” Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers joined campus organizations to raise awareness of the Congolese mineral conflict on the Memorial Union Terrace Monday.
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