Demonstrators supporting People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals displayed graphic photographs portraying a cat used in experiments to protest the University of Wisconsin’s alleged acts of animal cruelty Tuesday.  The group, carrying signs reading “UW: End Cruel Cat Experiments,” gathered at Library Mall yesterday afternoon as PETA worked to raise awareness… Read more »

Earlier this year, Interim Chancellor David Ward chose a combination of art and science for this year’s Go Big Read program in effort to promote innovation in the classroom and the community. Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout, written and illustrated by Pulitzer Prize-nominated Lauren Redniss, was… Read more »

Members of student government listened to members of student organizations speak in open forum as well as approve internal forms in a meeting Thursday night.  The Student Services Finance Committee listened to two representatives from on-campus student organizations looking to be funded by the committee, one being Wisconsin Public Interest… Read more »

This summer, University of Wisconsin researchers and engineers will use a unique NASA drone to conduct hurricane research. Steve Velden, a senior researcher at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, said the drone is a NASA “Global Hawk,” which is a high-flying, pilot-less vehicle that will be instrumented with remote… Read more »

The main institution focused on environmental issues on the University of Wisconsin campus will have a new director in the fall. Paul Robbins from the University of Arizona has been selected as the director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW. Currently the director of the School of… Read more »

A student organization welcomed a philosopher of religion to campus who applied ethics and politics to address the question: “Can you be moral without religion?” Baylor University professor of philosophy and church-state studies Francis Beckwith spoke to Badger Catholic Thursday night on his view of morality and said it is… Read more »

In narrowing down the search for the next second-in-command for the University of Wisconsin System, four finalists have been chosen to vie for the Vice President position. UW System President Kevin Reilly announced the four finalists for the senior vice president for academic and student affairs for the UW System… Read more »

Arguing that the United States is not destined to decline, a professor from Georgetown University came to campus Thursday to present his view on the nation’s foreign policy and future. Robert Lieber, a professor of government and international relations at Georgetown University, focuses his studies on American foreign policy and… Read more »

As March Madness is off to a start, University of Wisconsin has earned the national title in a vaguely similar competition. UW gained the top spot yesterday in the “Influencer Insanity” competition run by Klout, a site measuring online influence, according to a UW statement. For the competition, which measured… Read more »