For a good cause: 5,000 Final Four commemorative Badgers basketballs to benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation

For a good cause: 5,000 Final Four commemorative Badgers basketballs to benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation

INDIANAPOLIS (WITI) -- 5,000 Final Four commemorative Wisconsin Badgers officially licensed basketballs produced by Wilson will be released in an effort to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin.These basketballs are a salute to the winningest team in University of Wisconsin history as they go for their second national title in Indianapolis this weekend.

Police investigating bomb threat at University of Wisconsin

Police investigating bomb threat at University of Wisconsin

MADISON (AP) — Authorities are investigating an overnight bomb threat at the University of Wisconsin.The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police sent out an alert just before 1 a.m. Friday, asking people to leave Memorial Union and avoid the surrounding area.Police issued an update about two hours later to inform the campus community that the situation had ended.The area around Memorial Union has since reopened.No further details have been released.

WOW! Couple gives UW-Madison largest individual gift, $100 million

WOW! Couple gives UW-Madison largest individual gift, $100 million

MADISON (AP) — Two University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates have given the school $100 million, the largest gift from individual donors in the school's history.The university announced John and Tashia Morgridge's donation on the Camp Randall scoreboard after the first quarter of the Wisconsin-Nebraska game on Saturday.

UW student may face paralysis after diving accident at Lake Mendota

UW student may face paralysis after diving accident at Lake Mendota

MADISON (AP) — A 20-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student may face paralysis after a diving accident at Lake Mendota.Madison police say the student dove into water that was about 5 feet deep on Saturday night and hit his head on the bottom of the lake.The Wisconsin State Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1ooqdCl ) the student was paralyzed afterward, but was able to float to the lake's surface and call out to his friends, who brought him to shore while keeping his neck stable.The man remains at a local hospital.

UW-Madison school gets $25 million grant for College of Engineering

UW-Madison school gets $25 million grant for College of Engineering

MADISON (AP) — The Grainger Foundation is giving a $25 million grant the University of Wisconsin College of Engineering to create a new institute.The goal of the Grainger Institute for Engineering will be to create a more interdisciplinary teaching approach and focus on manufacturing advances to boost the nation's economic competitiveness.The commitment is the largest in the college's history and will allow them hire another 25 faculty members, bringing their faculty count to 250.College of Engineering Dean Ian Robertson says it will help them make new discoveries and boost the university's reputation.David Grainger, president and director of the foundation, graduated from UW-Madison with an engineering degree in 1950, and the School of Business was named for him.

University of Wisconsin researchers take on ticks

University of Wisconsin researchers take on ticks

MADISON (AP) — A team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin is taking on deer ticks — with hopes of giving people a tool to protect themselves from the bugs that can transmit Lyme disease.WISC-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1jFcise ) the team is using mice and the university's Arboretum for their research.The team is laying out 25 sections of PVC pipe in the Arboretum, filling each pipe with cotton balls containing an insecticide that kills ticks.