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UW-Madison Changes Policy On Alcohol Citations
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – University of Wisconsin-Madison officials are now requiring most students who get an alcohol-related citation to take a course on the risks of alcohol abuse. Tom Sieger, prevention...
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Conservative Group Targets UW-Madison Admissions
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A conservative group says blacks and Hispanics are more likely to get admitted to the University of Wisconsin-Madison even though they have lower average test scores than whites...
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Attorney Accuses UW-Madison Of Discrimination
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The president of a conservative group that claims the University of Wisconsin-Madison discriminates against prospective white and Asian students called on Republican Gov. Scott...
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Explosion At Wis. Chemistry Building Injures 1
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A small explosion inside a laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry building has sent one person to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. University...
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Records: 20 Wis. Docs Disciplined Over Sick Notes
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Newly released records show the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s medical school disciplined 20 doctors for writing sick notes for protesters during last years’ labor...
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Good Question: Are Home-Schooled Students Better Off?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – One of the standouts in this year’s National Spelling Bee was home-schooled 6-year-old Lori Anne Madison. Home-schoolers only make up about 2 percent of American students. But, as...
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Obama To Make Push For Early Voting In Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Barack Obama will fire-up his Democratic base during a rally Thursday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he’s expected to urge his supporters to vote early....
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Wisconsin Scientists Help Search For Alien Life
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are helping search for evidence of alien life not by looking into outer space, but by studying some rocks right here on Earth....
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Student, St. Paul Native Dies From Bacterial Meningitis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A University of Wisconsin-Madison senior from St. Paul has died just days after being hospitalized for bacterial meningitis. Henry Mackaman, 21, was an economics and English double...
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Scientists Help Wis. Farmers Create Greener Dairies
(credit: CBS) PRAIRIE DU SAC, Wis. (AP) — Cows stand patiently in a tent-like chamber at a research farm in western Wisconsin, waiting for their breath to be tested. Outside, corrals have been set up...
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Good Question ‘Reply All’: Christmas Edition
Sara from Bloomington, Katie from Savage and Elisabeth from Owatonna asked: Why do we decorate with lights at Christmas? This tradition goes back to Germany in the 1700s when people used real, live...
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Wisconsin Wins Inaugural Big Ten Hockey Tournament
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Mark Zengerle’s rebound goal in overtime lifted Wisconsin to a 5-4 victory over Ohio State on Saturday night in the inaugural Big Ten hockey championship game, earning an...
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UW Students Launch Petition To ‘Jump Around’
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates think they’re the cream of the crop and will rise to the top — and they want to hear it one last time. The school’s 2014 graduates have...
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Chefs, Breeders Pair Up To Produce Tastier Veggies
VERONA, Wis. (AP) — There’s a good chance that many of the suddenly trendy vegetables that foodies latch on to in the next decade will benefit from research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison....
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No. 14 Wisconsin Beats No. 22 Minnesota 34-24
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With Paul Bunyan’s Axe back in his team’s possession for another year, Melvin Gordon jumped for joy in the locker room after a victory over a bitter Big Ten rival. A Wisconsin win...
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Professor Warns Off Prospective Students From Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor is under fire for encouraging prospective students to go elsewhere because she believes academic freedom is in jeopardy in Wisconsin....
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UW-Madison Able to Accept Unlimited Number Of Out-Of-State Undergrads
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Madison will be able to enroll an unlimited number of out-of-state undergraduates beginning next fall under a plan that the UW System Board of Regents...
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Wisconsin Student Wins Rhodes Scholarship
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A University of Wisconsin-Madison student says winning a Rhodes Scholarship is a “surreal” experience. Twenty-two-year-old Colin Higgins of Middleton is among 32 American men and...
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Ejected Wis. Fan Sends Police 20 Dozen Coconut Doughnuts
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin-Madison Police say a California man sent them 20 dozen coconut doughnuts as payback after officers threw him out of a Badger football game Saturday....
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Italian Police Suspect Homeless Man In Death Of UW Student
ROME (AP) — Rome police detained a homeless man on suspicion he pushed a 19-year-old American student into the Tiber River after a fight, as details emerged about Beau Solomon’s final hours in the...
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Pope Francis Meets Parents Of Deceased UW Student
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis met on Wednesday with the parents of a U.S. college student whose body was found in Rome’s Tiber river this week, after apparently either being pushed or tumbling into the...
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Defense Questions Homeless Man’s Role In Wis. Student’s Death
ROME (AP) — The lawyer for a homeless man accused of pushing an American student into the Tiber River in Rome said Thursday his client wasn’t the only one on the riverbank at the time, suggesting that...
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Wis. State Senator: UW Diversity Outreach Is ‘Sinister’
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican state senator says a new diversity outreach program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is “sinister.” Sen. Steve Nass made the comments Thursday in reaction to UW...
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Edina Man Faces 34 Counts In UW Madison Sexual Assault Case
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – An Edina man accused of sexually assaulting fellow students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison appeared in court Thursday afternoon. Alec Cook, 20, is now facing 34 counts,...
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Hearing Set For Edina Man Facing Charges In UW Sexual Assault Case
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment involving five women, including some he met at classes, will be...
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Minn. UW-Madison Students Urged To Get 2nd Bacterial Meningitis Vaccine
Minnesota students attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison are being urged by health officials to get a second round of vaccinations while on winter break.
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Suspended UW-Madison Student Accused Of Sexual Assault Out On Bail
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A suspended University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of sexually assaulting and harassing women is out on bail. Twenty-year-old Alec Cook of Edina, Minnesota, was released...
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UW Madison Faculty Challenges DNR Climate Change Revision
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison professors are ripping the state Department of Natural Resources for scrubbing language from its website that declared human activity is...
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Wisconsin Students Demand Free Tuition For Black Students
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s student government is demanding free tuition for black students. The Associated Students Of Madison adopted a resolution Wednesday saying...
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UW Madison Student Accused Of Several Sexual Assaults Expelled
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A UW-Madison disciplinary committee has decided to expel a student accused of sexually assaulting and harassing nearly a dozen women. UW-Madison spokeswoman Meredith McGlone sent...
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Police Refer More Charges Against UW-Madison Student
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police have referred more charges to prosecutors against a UW-Madison student already accused of sexually assaulting and harassing nearly a dozen women. Alec Cook of Edina,...
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Judge Orders Apple To Pay Wis. Research Foundation $506M
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has ordered computer-maker Apple Inc. to pay more than $506 million in a patent infringement case brought by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation after the two sides...
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SCOTUS Justice Kagan Visiting UW-Madison
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is set to visit the UW-Madison campus. Kagan is scheduled to speak late Friday afternoon in a campus theater. She’s expected to talk about...
View ArticleEdina Man To Plead Guilty In Sex Assaults Of Wisconsin Students
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who is accused of sexually assaulting and stalking female students is expected to plead guilty Wednesday....
View ArticleUW Regents Set Hearing On Protest Punishment Policy
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System regents have scheduled a public hearing on regulations enacting a policy that calls for suspending and expelling students who disrupt campus...
View ArticleSurvey: Quarter Of Women At UW-Madison Sexually Assaulted
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More than a quarter of University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate women who responded to a new survey say they’ve been sexually assaulted. UW-Madison was one of 33 colleges that...
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UW-Madison Uses Robots To Deliver Food To Students
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is using rolling robots to deliver food.
View ArticleBlack UW Students Want School To Remove 70-Ton Boulder Due To Racial Slur...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Black students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison want the school to remove a 70-ton boulder from campus because its nickname is a racial slur. The Wisconsin State Journal...
View ArticleDavid Kahl Charged With Killing UW-Madison Student To Stand Trial
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man charged with killing a University of Wisconsin-Madison student in 2008 has been ordered to stand trial. A Dane County judge on Thursday ruled there was enough evidence to...
View ArticleUniversity Of Wisconsin-Madison Moves Rock Seen As Symbol Of Racism
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin removed a large boulder from its Madison campus at the request of minority students who view the rock as a symbol of racism. Chamberlin Rock, on the top...
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