On one hand, a downturn in the economy has meant difficulties for the University of Wisconsin Colleges, the 13 two-year campuses that are part of the UW System. On the other hand, economic recessions typically lead to increased enrollment, according to David Wilson, chancellor of the UW Colleges and UW-Extension. "We are truly excited this year to have the largest enrollment in the history of the UW Colleges," Wilson said during a visit to UW-Manitowoc on Thursday...

The fall semester at UW-Stout comes with a record. Enrollment has reached an all-time high...

Here's some advice: Don't buy any foods you've seen advertised on television. That was one of the tips of a controversial author speaking Thursday before more than 7,000 people at the Kohl Center in the heart of America's Dairyland. Michael Pollan visited the campus as part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's "Go Big Read" program, after UW chose his book, "In Defense of Food," as the subject of the program...

He isn't an elite athlete or part of a rock band, but journalist Michael Pollan packed the Kohl Center Thursday night with similar star power. Thousands of UW-Madison students, faculty, alumni and community members came to hear Pollan talk about his book, "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto," which was chosen for the university's first common book read program, Go Big Read. His visit sparked a lively debate on campus and beyond in recent days, prompting farmers and food scientists to take issue with Pollan's food claims in newspaper columns, call-in talk shows and on the web...

Two men are recovering this week at UW Hospital after surgeons there performed the state's first domino transplant, an organ-switching procedure that has only been done 100 times since 1996...

Lynsey Marie Addario, a 1995 graduate of UW-Madison and a photojournalist who has "exposed the tragic consequences of human conflict," has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, also called "the genius grant."...

UW-River Falls students, faculty and visitors will soon be seeing some much-needed and welcomed changes to facilities on campus...

Enrollment this fall on the University of Wisconsin-Richland campus is at the third highest level in the history of the campus since it opened in the fall of 1967. Officials say 495 students are enrolled for the fall semester; an increase of 5% percent from a year ago...

Native American groups have prevailed in their efforts to save a culturally significant oak tree on the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus. The tree would have been replaced by blacktop and a loading dock during construction of a new student center. But Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich has agreed to have the architects rework their plans...

The Davies Center Redevelopment Steering Committee and project architects have been directed to develop new plans to preserve the site of the Historic Council Oak tree, UW-Eau Claire Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich said...

On Wednesday, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) staff representative Kevin Kniffin spoke to some of the UW-Oshkosh academic staff and faculty in regards to the advantages and disadvantages of collective bargaining. On May 27, 2008, the state Legislature’s Joint Committee on Employee Relations approved bargaining agreements for the faculty and academic  staff for UW schools...

About 11 years have passed since UW-Eau Claire's last campus-wide climate survey, said David Shih, associate professor of English and Eau Claire's first Campus Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity Fellow. Now, starting Oct. 5, students and staff will have the opportunity to participate in the survey, he said...

Faye Malek isn't surprised new data this week from the U.S. Census Bureau shows Manitowoc County with a higher proportion of elderly than the rest of the state and the nation. And the family living educator at University of Wisconsin Extension's Manitowoc office is doing something about it...

In the search for a new chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, a "search and screen committee" has been formed...

The Chancellor of UW-Eau Claire is asking architects and project planners for new student center design options that would preserve the site of the Council Oak and the tree there...
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Surgeons at the University Hospital in Madison have performed the state's first organ-switching transplant...

Two University of Wisconsin professors received 2009 Cottrell Scholars Awards for excellence in teaching and research, it was announced Thursday...

Students on the U-W Stevens Point campus have been lining up for flu shots. This is the first week the seasonal flu vaccine has been available on campus. The H-1-N-1 vaccine, which is a separate dose, will be available next month...

Marquette University's board of trustees on Thursday approved moving ahead on the first phase of a $100 million College of Engineering facility...

...The 4-year-old New North Inc. fosters collaboration among companies, organizations, educational institutions and local governmental bodies that comprise the 18 counties in the New North region. The Post-Crescent caught up with (Executive Director Jerry) Murphy recently to talk about the workings of New North Inc., and what he sees as the economic future for our region...

As president of the most prestigious of the state-university systems, you have proposed that in-state tuition be jacked up to more than $10,000, from $7,788. Are you pricing education beyond the reach of most students? (Answer) In 2009, U.C. adopted the Blue and Gold Program, guaranteeing that no student with a family income below $60,000 would pay any fees, and this guarantee will continue in 2010. That's the short answer...

Thousands of students and faculty and staff members at the University of California staged rallies and walkouts on Thursday on the system's 10 campuses to protest sharply rising tuition, employee furloughs, and deep cuts in state support for the university...

Efforts to track H1N1 on college campuses this fall have focused almost exclusively on students, but the University of New Mexico has introduced Absence Tracking, a daily survey to keep tabs on the numbers of faculty and staff who call in sick...Health officials at New Mexico say they hope to be able to sniff out an outbreak as early as possible, said Susan McKinsey, director of university communications...