UW-Madison is leveraging swathes of experience across departments — and across the University of Wisconsin system — to meet student demand for an architecture program.
November 2, 2023
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Higher Education/System
UW administrators tout efforts pushing Legislature for employee pay raises
Universities of Wisconsin (UW) administrators are telling their employees that they are advocating for the release of pay raises currently withheld by Republicans in the state Legislature.
Can the University of Wisconsin recover? Campuses are closing and the system faces open hostility from the Republican Legislature
It may be too harsh to call it a death spiral. But the University of Wisconsin System is in trouble and it’s not clear when or how it can turn things around. Consider what’s happening.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos nixed a 6% pay raise for UW System employees while allowing it to go through for other state employees. He’s trying to put pressure on the UW to discontinue its diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Campus life
First WUD SoPo ‘Mythbuster Monday’ addresses accessibility at UW-Madison
PhD student Gabriela Puma led a discussion on student accessibility on campus and solution-based thinking at the WUD Society and Politics event.
Crime and safety
UW-Madison, Dane County orgs offer resources to survivors of sexual assault
During their time on campus, about one in six students at UW-Madison will experience sexual assault, according to Director of Survivor Services Dr. Molly Caradonna. Most students will know someone who has experienced sexual assault or rape, Caradonna added.
Libs of TikTok tweets followed by bomb, death threats in 20 states
Last October, Raichik posted a video of Dr. Katherine Gast, co-director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s UW Health gender services program, describing gender-affirming operations. The backlash was swift, with thousands of Twitter accounts sharing the post, including Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
Community
Science on the Square event takes to State Street to blend art, science
In partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and the Morgridge Institute of Research, this was the most anticipated event among the week-long celebration of science and innovation with many opportunities in the greater Madison area to participate.
Arts & Humanities
‘Airplane!’ creators say Madison is where they learned to make people laugh
Long before lines like “Don’t call me Shirley” became part of classic film culture’s lexicon, the men behind the movie “Airplane!” were busy hammering and nailing a stage together for their opening performance of Kentucky Fried Theater at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
‘Airplane!’ creators to dish on surprise movie hit at Dearborn event
Written by Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker — the three guys known as ZAZ at their Hollywood height — the memoir covers the early years of the friends, who grew up together in Wisconsin and founded a theater troupe at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Kentucky Fried Theater, that later led to 1977’s “The Kentucky Fried Movie.”
Athletics
Wisconsin legend discusses Badger football and the Wisconsin community
Heisman-winning former Badgers’ running back Ron Dayne spoke with The Daily Cardinal Friday about all things Wisconsin football.
5 ways to solve Wisconsin’s empty football student section
Area Red once again disappointed in the Badgers’ 24-10 loss against No. 3 Ohio State, what’s the best way to fix it?
Opinion
Guest column: DEI programs on campus essential for marginalized students
Budget cuts threaten comprehensive institutional support for underrepresented students.
UW Experts in the News
Handwriting muscles may feel weaker with less practice, device overuse
Bigger tendons crowd the median nerve, which essentially gets squished, said Lisa Kruse, a hand surgeon and assistant professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. The result: carpal tunnel syndrome, which causes numbness, pain and weakness in the hand and forearm.
Obituaries
Paul Michael DeLuca, Jr.
He joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was appointed to the faculty of the Department of Radiology in 1975. He served as chairman of the Department of Medical Physics (1987 – 1998), Associate Dean for Research and Graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (1998 – 2000), Vice Dean of the Medical School (2000 – 2009) and Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2009 – 2014). During his long career, Paul held an appointment as professor in the departments of medical physics, radiology, human oncology, engineering physics and physics.