Search results for “cities”

use this list to determine whether to include a state or country name after the city name; if it’s on this list, the city name may stand alone

International cities:

Barcelona, Beijing, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Rome, and Tokyo; but do use the country with Seoul, South Korea

U.S. cities:

Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Green Bay, Honolulu, Houston, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Madison (except if it’s Madison in a state other than Wisconsin), Manhattan, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Minneapolis/Saint Paul, New Orleans, New York City (when identified this way, but not just New York for the city), Omaha, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa, Twin Cities, and Tucson; but do use the state with Kansas City (Missouri or Kansas), Portland (Oregon or Maine), and Saint Louis (Missouri)

Use an en dash for the four-year campuses, except for UW Oshkosh. Preferred naming conventions for their branch campuses are below. See also CMS 6.81.

Effective July 2018, the two-year campuses formerly known as UW Colleges joined several of the Universities of Wisconsin’s four-year institutions as branch campuses.

Refer to the Universities of Wisconsin style guide for full guidance.

Four-year campuses

• • UW–Eau Claire
  • UW–Green Bay
  • UW–La Crosse
  • UW–Madison
  • UW–Milwaukee
  • UW Oshkosh
  • UW–Platteville
  • UW–Stevens Point
  • UW–Stout
  • UW–Superior
  • UW–Whitewater

Branch campuses

• • UW–Eau Claire – Barron County
  • UW–Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus
  • UW–Green Bay, Marinette Campus
  • UW–Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus
  • UW–Milwaukee at Washington County
  • UW–Milwaukee at Waukesha
  • UW Oshkosh, Fond du Lac Campus
  • UW Oshkosh, Fox Cities Campus
  • UW–Platteville Baraboo Sauk County
  • UW–Platteville Richland
  • UW–Stevens Point at Marshfield
  • UW–Stevens Point at Wausau
  • UW–Whitewater at Rock County

use an en dash except as noted below; uppercase System with UW System institutions, which comprise four-year campuses, 13 UW Branch campuses, UW College Courses Online, and UW Extended campus; see also CMS 6.81

Four-year campuses

• UW–Eau Claire
• UW–Green Bay
• UW–La Crosse
• UW–Madison
• UW–Milwaukee
• UW Oshkosh
• UW–Platteville
• UW–Stevens Point
• UW–Stout
• UW–Superior
• UW-Whitewater

UW Branch campuses

• University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire–Barron County
• University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus
• University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Marinette Campus
• University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus
• University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee at Washington County
• University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee at Waukesha
• University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Fond du Lac
• University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Fox Cities
• University of Wisconsin–Platteville Baraboo Sauk County
• University of Wisconsin–Platteville Richland
• University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point at Marshfield
• University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point at Wausau
• University of Wisconsin-Whitewater at Rock County
• University of Wisconsin Colleges Online

not Big 10; UW–Madison is one of 18 institutions in the Big Ten Conference; the others are the University of California–Los Angeles, Indiana University Bloomington, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, University of Maryland–College Park, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, University of Oregon, Rutgers University, University of Southern California, and University of Washington.