Wisconsin’s top state legislative Republican continued his attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the state’s public universities, calling the programming “the single most important issue” and claiming he was embarrassed to be a University of Wisconsin System alumnus because of it.
Wisconsin technical colleges would lose their taxing authority and depend more heavily on state funding under an amended bill approved during a legislative committee Thursday.
Wisconsin Republicans had to delay a crucial vote to cut funding to the University of Wisconsin school system. The Wisconsin GOP couldn’t come to a final decision about how much to cut from the school’s budget. But that hasn’t dampened calls to punish UW for daring to promote diversity on campus.
The year is 2028, and a state-of-the-art building has opened in the heart of UW-Madison’s College of Engineering campus. It’s six times larger than the Depression-era building it replaced and designed to last a century or more.
At about 2:15 p.m. Thursday, a motorist reported in a 911 call that someone in another vehicle had pointed a gun at them and their passenger in what appeared to be an act of road rage, UW police spokesperson Marc Lovicott said in a statement.
Few places will pay you to eat a bunch of cheese—but the University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of them.
Before you dust off your resume, it is worth noting that the job is based in Madison, Wisconsin. But if you think you’re up for the job, you can apply directly to the position by visiting the University of Wisconsin-Madison website. Best of luck!
AUW-Madison choir group founded in the late 19th century that brought together students, alumni and community members has been disbanded as the university seeks to shift resources to more student-centric offerings.
Aware of this risk, in 2021 the University of Wisconsin studied this issue and found that the dumping of subsidized Chinese amino acids into the U.S. could destroy nearly 30,000 American jobs and reduce U.S. GDP by $15 billion per year.
Letter to the editor: I had the privilege attending two classes as a senior auditor at UW-Madison, from which I graduated many years ago. One was African American history, the second American Indian history. Both would probably be considered “woke” — whatever that means? Certain people would be uncomfortable with the material covered in these courses.
Letter to the editor: One of the finest aspects of UW-Madison is its diversity, equity and inclusion. All are now under attack by GOP legislators who seek to defund efforts for these worthy goals toward enriching lives and fostering understanding.
Don’t believe everything you read on Facebook. Everybody knows that, but somehow misinformation still spreads like wildfire on social media, especially when it comes to climate change and clean energy like wind and solar. A sea of misinformation is getting in the way of badly-needed clean energy projects.Where are the false claims coming from, and why do people believe them? In this episode, what you can do to battle back – and recognize when disinformation is working on you. Host: Amy BarrilleauxGuest: Dr. Sedona Chinn, assistant professor of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Humankind has long sought crowd-sourced answers to problems. From the 300-year history of the advice column to the plethora of advisers at our employ — spiritual, political, financial, emotional, professional, legal — people are inclined to make better choices when those actions have been guided by another. “We all have biases,” says Lyn Van Swol, a professor of communication science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, “and if you can meld your perspective with another good source of information, you’re starting to cancel out some of your biases.”
Because no one was providing that, she created the Loka Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds in 2019. While not specifically focused on climate emotions, the initiative trains evangelical leaders on climate science and also has organized a global event of Indigenous elders and environmental experts.
On this week’s political podcast, Milfred and Hands talk all things housing with UW-Madison professor of urban planning Kurt Paulsen.
Along with individual sponsors, the trip is financially supported by the city of Madison, Old National Bank, Graef Engineering, and the UW-Madison Department of Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies.
Ashworth, who was raised in Minnesota and received a journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia, comes to WPR with a 25-year career in media. That includes roles as a director, producer, reporter and editor at Minnesota Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Vermont Public and Mizzou’s NPR station KBIA.
