The heads of Rutgers University, Princeton University and the University of Wisconsin at Madison asked Betsy DeVos in an open letter Thursday “to do everything you can” to stop the Trump administration from undermining the rights of transgender students.
The heads of Princeton, Rutgers and the University of Wisconsin-Madison penned a joint letter Thursday urging Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to protect transgender students.
Separately, the leaders of Princeton University, the University of Wisconsin and Rutgers University wrote a letter to DeVos expressing their “deep concern” that the government might drop civil rights protections under Title IX for transgender students.
In November of 1998, a developmental biologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison named James Thomson described the first successful derivation and culturing of human embryonic stem cells in the journal Science. Now, a new paper is exploring how much stem cell science has grown in the time since it was first introduced 20 years ago.
Gentle hints of rain tap on yellow-leafed trees as a cardinal’s chorus echos through the forest like surround sound at the Lakeshore Nature Preserve.
IHEP’s report offers “equity snapshots” of The Ohio State University, Indiana University – Bloomington, the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC), the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities and the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Containing reams of information about each UW institution, the annual publication is what students have flipped through for years to compare universities. Graduation rates, majors offered, photos of fall leaves and flying Frisbees on campus malls — all of those are still at students’ fingertips.
The number of Wisconsin high school graduates next school year is projected to reach its lowest level since 2000, sparking urgency and creativity in admissions offices across the state, all of whom will be competing to enroll the smallest pool of in-state students seen in years.
Noted: Separately, the leaders of Princeton University, the University of Wisconsin and Rutgers University wrote a letter to DeVos expressing their “deep concern” that the government might drop civil rights protections under Title IX for transgender students.
On Nov. 1, University President Christopher L. Eisgruber, Rutgers President Robert L. Barchi, and University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sent a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in support of legal protections for transgender individuals.
2015 survey found 27.6 percent of female undergraduate students had been sexually assaulted since attending UW.
As part of 2018 Diversity Forum, experts discussed progress, restrictions.
“It’s sort of strange to be paying for the ability to work,” said Representative Ruben Moreno as the Teaching Assistants’ Association returned to work with the 25th session to halt the mandatory segregated fees policy.
With the downturn expected to stretch into a fifth year, many farmers already have eaten through their financial cushion, said Mark Stephenson, director of dairy policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: The idea spread around the world partly because of a chance meeting in 2010 between Mr. Brooks, an outreach manager for the University of Wisconsin—Madison, and Mr. Bol, who lived in Hudson, Wis. Mr. Bol attended a workshop presented by Mr. Brooks in Hudson. Afterward, they began talking about opportunities in what they called social entrepreneurship.
Noted: After receiving a bachelor’s in fine arts from UW-Madison in 2011, Pino launched Veteran Print Project to encourage dialogue among veterans, artists and the general public. Now the printmaker is curating and coordinating In Good Company: An Exposition of Emerging Veteran Artists, a citywide showcase for veteran artists.
Quoted: “The argument that there’s massive voter impersonation, fraud… It is demonstrably untrue,” said Kenneth Mayer of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: Studies disagree about whether the credit spurred job growth, with University of Wisconsin-Madison economics professor Noah Williams crediting it with creating 20,000 manufacturing jobs while the Wisconsin Budget Project cites federal statistics showing state manufacturing job and wage growth continue to be slower here than the national average.
Noted: Catalina Toma, an associate professor at UW-Madison who studies how people interact using technology and online tools, says these groups allow people to share information anonymously in an environment where staying anonymous is difficult.
The idea spread around the world partly because of a chance meeting in 2010 between Mr. Brooks, an outreach manager for the University of Wisconsin—Madison, and Mr. Bol, who lived in Hudson, Wis. Mr. Bol attended a workshop presented by Mr. Brooks in Hudson.
Youngquist exhibits her work widely and co-owns Gallery Two in New Orleans’ French Quarter, where she spends a few months out of the year. She holds a master’s degree in art education, which she earned at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, after studying biology as an undergraduate at North Park University in Chicago.
