About half of those students who were lucky enough to snag internships during the pandemic had to complete them remotely, according to a 2021 workforce study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Remote interns reported lower satisfaction in part because managers were less likely to assign them “high-skill supervised work,” according to the study.
A University of Wisconsin System survey of students on the highly-politicized topic of free speech on campus has been delayed following weeks of fallout and the resignation of a chancellor.
Tim Shiell, director of UW-Stout’s Menard Center for the Study of Institutions and Innovation, sent an email Wednesday to UW System’s interim president, Michael Falbo, to say the survey would be delayed until fall 2022. UW System officials released the email to reporters Thursday.
University of Wisconsin-Platteville Chancellor Dennis Shields will leave the university on June 1 to take on a new role as the next president of the Southern University System and chancellor of Southern University and A&M College.
Acontroversial survey asking University of Wisconsin System students about free speech rights that prompted the resignation of a chancellor earlier this week and was slated to be launched Thursday has been postponed until the fall semester.
The University of Wisconsin System’s free speech survey, which was set to go out Thursday to all undergraduates, has since been pushed back to fall 2022.
A University of Wisconsin-Stout professor has decided to delay sending a survey to UW System students about their thoughts on free speech until fall after an interim chancellor resigned over the questionnaire.
Employees at the Wisconsin Union will pull out hundreds of the green, yellow and orange chairs on April 13 and reopen the 40,000 square-foot patio, located behind the Memorial Union building at 800 Langdon St.
Next Wednesday’s return of the Wisconsin Union’s signature sunburst chairs marks the official start of Terrace season, a UW-Madison tradition dating back more than 90 years.
Over the weekend of April 8-10, there will be five campus spots each hosting a ton of hands-on science exhibits that are perfect for families, kids, and the science-curious public.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank has selected Clint Smith’s “How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America” as the 2022-2023 Go Big Read book.
“Some might say going to college here at Madison tells you a lot about Marxism,” Walker said. “I’ve often said during COVID when we shut down colleges and universities, we did more to stop the spread of communism than prevent the spread of COVID along the way because of a bunch of the influences. Not just because of the faculty and staff, but oftentimes from fellow students and bad actors.”
Noted: With rapid at-home tests becoming much more widely available since late 2021, an unknown but potentially large number of positive test results are going unreported. While this dynamic may pose a challenge to public health officials tracking COVID-19, the challenge is not insurmountable. That’s according to Ajay Sethi, an epidemiologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“The fact that we have home-based testing is a good thing,” Sethi said. “While it may compromise our ability to have a good record of cases that are in the community, we don’t necessarily want to abandon this very important way that people can test and take action, so we have to find a workaround.”
Livestreaming was not allowed at the hearing and both sides requested it be prevented during the trial.
Pitches & Notes is the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s only competitive treble-voiced a cappella group, consisting of 17 members who all share the same love for singing and performing. What makes Pitches & Notes so special is their unique group of people whose commitment to the group is undeniable.
“Even if it goes well, pregnancy and birth is a really serious event. It can be an assault on your body, and you need time to recover,” said Tiffany Green, PhD, an economist and an assistant professor of population health sciences and obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Ted Gerber, director of University of Wisconsin‘s Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia, quoted. Behind paywall.
A Middleton doctor who was found dead in Iron County last weekend was hiking along a river when a steep embankment likely collapsed beneath her, authorities said Wednesday.
Dr. Kelsey Musgrove, 30, was reported missing on March 30 after she didn’t return from a solo hiking trip near Potato River Falls in Gurney.
A cardiothoracic surgery fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Musgrove last had contact with people on March 26, the sheriff previously said. Authorities said they located her car on March 30, but her body was not found until April 3.
The discovery came a week after the doctor, a cardiothoracic surgery fellow at the University of Wisconsin, set off alone on a hike through the area, which features trails and a towering waterfall, surrounded by steep clay banks.
The body of Kelsey Musgrove, a cardiothoracic surgery fellow at the University of Wisconsin, was found “partially buried in a steep clay bank along the river’s edge” on Sunday, according to a press release from Iron County Sheriff Paul Samardich.
Dr. Kelsey A. Musgrove, a 30-year-old cardiothoracic surgery fellow at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, was reported missing March 30 after failing to return from a hike. Her body was found Sunday in the Potato River Falls area, the Iron County Sheriff’s Office said.
