Forums featuring the final four candidates for director of admissions and recruitment were held last week, giving campus community members an opportunity to meet the individuals who may have a hand in shaping future generations of Badgers. Each forum was one hour long, featuring a 15-minute introduction by the candidate… Read more »

A $500,000 gift donated to the University of Wisconsin Nursing School will assist in constructing a state-of-the art building that will afford nursing students the opportunity to train with the newest technology and gain clinic and patient care experience before entering the work force. Barbara D. and M. Keith Weikel… Read more »

The University of Wisconsin will host a public debate tonight regarding the ethics of monkey research at UW. The debate will present individuals with the opportunity to use communication rather than violence to express their views on monkey experimentation, All Campus Animal Care and Use Committee Chair Eric Sandgren said.… Read more »

A federal judge denied a preliminary injunction Tuesday filed by a University of Wisconsin student group that believes it was unfairly denied funding. Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow claimed their request for funding from Student Service Finance Committee was denied for the 2009-10 academic year because SSFC did not agree… Read more »

University of Wisconsin Physics and Radiology departments have created groundbreaking technology that produces four-dimensional images of the heart, allowing for collection of data nine times faster than traditional technology. The dimensions of the image include all three spatial directions — right-left, up-down, front-back — and the fourth-dimension of time, seen… Read more »

A sharp drop in the amount of funding awarded to the University of Wisconsin based on the number of National Merit and All-State Scholars enrolled has some officials concerned UW is having trouble attracting high-achieving students. The Regent Scholars Fund — which awards $250 to UW for each in-state National… Read more »

A University of Wisconsin graduate student burned his right hand late Thursday night extinguishing an accidental fire he started in a lab in the Medical Sciences Center. The student was cleaning a pipette with ethanol alone in a room with an open flame. The ethanol came in contact with the… Read more »

In light of the devastating earthquakes in Haiti, Associated Students of Madison named today their Haiti Relief Day of Action. ASM, along with Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group, organized a number of fundraisers throughout the campus and city to benefit the Red Cross. On campus, University of Wisconsin students… Read more »