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Students from REthink Wisconsin -- a group dedicated to sustainability on campus -- are teaming up with UW athletics to start a recycling program called "Wear red, think green, Badgers recycle."...
...In his book, released in July, Bryan works to dispel those unfounded fears as well as clear up some other aspects of nuclear science...
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is set to receive a $1 million gift from a graduate, its largest scholarship contribution ever...
This week, as thousands of University of Wisconsin-Madison students return to school, the campus is buzzing with excitement about the coming year — and Chancellor Biddy Martin is watching and listening...
...Unfortunately, liberal leaders in the Capitol and the UW System have intentionally redirected the system away from its historical role in developing public policy proposals and instead now view the UW System (particularly UW-Madison) as a state-funded tool to be used in partisan political fights. This improper role for the UW System and the well-documented mismanagement of the system in recent years has combined to create a terrible storm in terms of the governance relationship between the two ends of State Street...
A record spike in University of Wisconsin merchandise sales will double the number of grants for low-income students for the 2008-09 school year...
The University of Wisconsin’s School of Engineering will likely receive more transfer students in the coming years due to a guaranteed admission agreement signed in July by UW and Madison Area Technical College...
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will re-examine counseling services on UW campuses after new information about students’ mental health has drawn concern among officials...
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is set to receive a $1 million gift from a graduate, its largest scholarship contribution ever...
David Ward doesn't talk like someone whose title starts with "interim." He speaks about the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's growth agenda as if he'll be there to see it completed. He raises the issue of faculty compensation as something to be addressed now, not when his permanent replacement takes over. Yet Ward, the interim chancellor at UWGB, knows his time is limited. As the start of school draws near, the Green Bay native says moving the university forward is job one...
Freshmen at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater have always spent their first few days on campus learning college survival -- how to join the karate club, cheer like a Warhawk and find English 101. But this year’s orientation added a grim new lesson: how to take out a campus shooter with a book or a backpack...
Carolyn "Biddy" Martin officially takes on the title of chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Sept. 1. She's taking over for John Wiley -- who, just two weeks before his official retirement, unloaded on the state's largest business lobby, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce...
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has launched a new Web site promoting safety as students return to campus for the fall semester...
...On Monday, the band practiced on the dry and dusty field near the Waisman Center where it has temporarily made its home. But this week, their high-kicking heels are expected to hit the pampered cushion of artificial turf, purchased to the tune of $800,000 through donations and ticket sales...
...According to United College Marketing Services, about 9.9 million students will be enrolled at four-year colleges or universities this year. As the party begins for many of them, so does the realization that being in college means being on a budget...
When it comes to Wisconsin families' pocketbooks, the news isn't good, according to a new study by a University of Wisconsin-Madison think tank...
...One in four people in the city of Milwaukee are impoverished, according to the latest Census Bureau report. One in three city children is poor by the federal government's own penurious standard...Can the seven counties of the region move forward when so many people are left behind?...
We all know that binge and underage drinking is a serious problem on our college campuses. As executive director of MADD Wisconsin, I have seen the devastating effects underage drinking has both at our state’s colleges and universities and on our state’s roads. But lowering the drinking age is not the solution...
...Liberal arts colleges make a passionate case that the skills they offer — analysis, writing, argument — are the best preparation for a career in the ever-changing business world. But at a time of surging college costs and rising career anxieties, they're feeling some heat from parents and students to do more to give students a well-rounded resume...
College presidents have long gotten flak for refusing to take controversial stands on national issues. Some say the bold presidents of the past, like the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh and William C. Friday, have been replaced by timid fund raisers. But last month a large group of presidents opened an emotionally charged national debate on the drinking age. In doing so, they triggered an avalanche of news-media coverage and a fierce backlash...
...Following that admissions season, UCLA revamped its system to one based on “holistic admissions,” with more emphasis on considering the entirety of the candidate and slightly less on grades and test scores. The idea was to take an overall look at an applicant, not to use a formula. The new system led to a rebound for black enrollments, but now UCLA is facing a different kind of criticism...