No. 14 Michigan State Ends No. 8 Wisconsin's 7-Game Streak
Malik Hall scored 14 points and No. 14 Michigan State beat No. 8 Wisconsin 86-74 on Friday night to snap the Badgers' seven-game winning streak.
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Malik Hall scored 14 points and No. 14 Michigan State beat No. 8 Wisconsin 86-74 on Friday night to snap the Badgers' seven-game winning streak.
In years past all freshman applicants had to supply their scores to the campus they hoped to attend. The system suspended that requirement for regional campuses in May 2020 and UW-Madison in July 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic worsened.
The Board of Regents' finance committee approved the plan during a meeting at UW-Madison, setting up a final vote before the full board on Friday.
Police who were stumped by the theft of a rare pine tree in November from the University of Wisconsin Arboretum said Friday that they have cracked the case.
After Wisconsin trailed by 13 points with less than three minutes left, D'Mitrik Trice nearly brought the Badgers all the way back by scoring 19 points in the final 2:12.
It was the 130th game between the programs. This season's game on Nov. 28 was canceled due to COVID-19 issues in the Gophers program.
Freezing tuition at the University of Wisconsin without adding more state funding to offset the loss has contributed to the system falling behind its peers and hurting its competitiveness, according to a report by the Wisconsin Policy Forum released Tuesday.
The 19th-ranked Hawkeyes scored three touchdowns as the snow picked up in intensity in the second half Saturday, and they pulled away for a 28-7 victory over No. 25 Wisconsin.
Enrollment at University of Wisconsin campuses across the state dropped nearly 2% overall and even more for first-year students amid the coronavirus pandemic that forced most classes online, the system reported on Thursday.
Wisconsin also paused all team activities for at least seven days after a dozen people, including head coach Paul Chryst, tested positive for COVID.
Face masks will be mandatory inside all University of Wisconsin campus buildings statewide under a policy adopted unanimously Thursday by the Board of Regents after interim President Tommy Thompson said there was no way to open safely amid the coronavirus pandemic without the mandate.
University of Wisconsin System officials are offering campuses guidelines for reopening this fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Thursday, Minnesota reported it now has 1,192 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Wisconsin's confirmed cases now stand at 3,875. For the past two weeks, Wisconsin has consistently reported twice the cases as Minnesota.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has approved 2% raises for all 13 system chancellors.
Alabama dropped to No. 9 in The Associated Press college football poll, snapping the Crimson Tide's record streak of 68 appearances in the top five.
Enrollment at the University of Wisconsin dropped 2.6% percent compared to last year.
University of Wisconsin System officials plan to create workgroups to develop recommendations on how to better serve students with mental health needs. The system says student visits to campus counseling centers have increased 55% since 2010. According to data from the National College Health Assessment, 23% of system students reported begin diagnosed with or treated for depression in 2015 and 27% reported being diagnosed with or treated for anxiety.
Wisconsin is 23-10 and faces Oregon in the first round Friday. Duke, a perennial college basketball powerhouse, is 29-5 and boasts freshman phenom Zion Williamson.
UW-Madison's School of Medicine and Public Health had 842 athletes and 1,322 undergraduates complete a survey of their physical and mental health in 2016.
A plan to merge the University of Wisconsin System's two- and four-year schools is proving challenging to execute and likely won't be complete until at least the end of 2019, chancellors and the two-year schools' leader told regents Thursday.
University of Wisconsin System leaders have approved raising nonresident and graduate tuition at three schools.
University of Wisconsin System regents are considering raising tuition for nonresident and graduate students at three institutions next year.
University of Wisconsin students who disrupt speeches and demonstrations could be expelled and campuses would have to remain neutral on public issue under a bill Republican legislators are pushing this week.
There are a number of outstanding high school basketball seniors in the state going to major universities, including Nathan Reuvers.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student who once served prison time for setting fires at two predominantly black churches is recruiting on campus for a local chapter of a national pro-white party, enraging students searching for ways to improve race relations.
