Conservative leaning organizations are taking issue with a University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents policy proposal mandating suspension and expulsion for students who repeatedly disrupt free speech on campus. The groups say the punishments will likely create a chilling effect on campus speech.
Rates of sexual assault at 33 leading research institutions slightly increased during the past four years, according to the findings of a new survey report released today. But the people most likely to be victims of such assaults are more aware of how to report them and how to access help than they were four years ago.
University of Wisconsin officials said the survey showed the share of undergraduate women who experienced sexual assault at the flagship Madison campus was about the same as the average for other schools. The university also found that awareness of the issue has grown since 2015.
For the past five weeks, UW-La Crosse senior Kendra Whelan has been out in front of the Hoeschler Tower around noon, holding a sign that reads “UWL protects predatory professors.”
Wisconsin officially celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day this week on the day of the federal holiday of Christopher Columbus Day, thanks to an executive order from Gov. Tony Evers. This comes a couple of weeks after a bipartisan group of Wisconsin legislators introduced a proposal to grant in-state tuition rates to any University of Wisconsin System school for all registered native tribal members members nationwide, and four months after the introduction of the “Our Shared Future”plaque on the UW campus.
Students of color worked with UW-Madison on a video released during Saturday’s Homecoming football game that highlighted diversity on campus following an outcry from an earlier video featuring almost exclusively white students.
One hour before last Saturday’s homecoming game, UW-Madison released a new homecoming video highlighting the diversity of students on campus.
“I wish students knew we’re still here, we’re still alive and we’re still practicing our culture,” Wunk Sheek organizer Giselle Monette said in a “mini powwow” held in honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Disrupting students could face suspension or expulsion from all UW schools under new proposal.
UW-Madison Police Department Chief Kristen Roman issued an apology on Monday for a tweet that sparked a negative response Saturday.
“Most of the fish farmers that we spoke with were already selling out of all their fish. So if they had more capacity, they could sell more fish,” said Bret Shaw, associate professor of life science communication from UW-Madison and an author of the study. “Some were even ordering in fish from other states and smoking it or processing it.”
Quoted: “When it comes to diversity in STEM studies, we act clueless. We don’t take our scientific mindset or approach to these issues,” said Angela Byars-Winston, the first black woman to become a professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
“If you look at national numbers, this age group is one of the least vaccinated against influenza. But we’ve made it pretty easy for students going out to places on campus and having a walk-in clinic here,” Bill Kinsey, UW-Madison Health Services Medical Director said.
The Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, Dr. Richard Davidson, developed the mindfulness-based “Kindness Curriculum” for preschoolers to help them pay closer attention to their emotions.
Intersection of arts and science has power to introduce more people to different fields.
Recognition of Indigenous People’s Day is a good start — but it’s only the beginning of education process.
Quoted: “It’s helpful to have that come out in a midterm year or odd year where election officials have an opportunity to make fixes without the pressure,” said Barry Burden, a director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Elections Research Center. “The presidential (election) puts the most stress on any system than any other contest.”
Quoted: “Yes, clearly this should have been reported to the FBI,” University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor David Canon said. “What did he expect the president to say? ‘Ah, you are right, sorry. I shouldn’t have done that.'”
To Pape, the ten years of testosterone trouble for Semenya and other women in sport meant that she over time changed her position on the issue. After ending her career in 2010 with an injury, the Australian moved to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the U.S. to pursue a PhD in Sociology, which led her to reflect critically on that period of her life, and ultimately to a position of support for the participation of women with high testosterone in her sport.
For one magical night last week, she shared that moment with Madison. And in that moment, we all got to shine — but perhaps no one more than Sami Schalk, an assistant professor in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
