Students who spend time at the MeChA House — the university community center for the Chicanx and Latinx community — and at the American Indian Cultural Center on Brooks Street believe the university has plans to replace their houses. But according to Campus Planning and Architecture Director Gary Brown, rumors that both houses will be torn down are premature.
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Hundreds protest academic changes at UW-Stevens Point
Several hundred students, faculty, alumni and others demonstrated at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus over a proposed realignment to the school’s majors.
Facebook’s data scandal: What should you do?
VIDEO: UW System Chief Information Security Officer Nicholas Davis talks about the Facebook data scandal.
‘Don’t go’: Dean of Students Lori Bequam announces departure from UW
Berquam served as Dean of Students for last decade.
New UW policy that requires graduate students to pay segregated fees before first paycheck faces backlash
Policy places financial hardship on graduate students, Teaching Assistants Association says.
Letter: Business school does not adequately value input from students
Business School Interim Dean Gerhart invited student leaders, including the Undergraduate Business Council President, the ASM Business School Council Representative, and myself to a follow up meeting regarding a student advisory committee. Our voices were not respected in this meeting.
Berquam announces departure from UW, encourages students to make the most of life
Dean of Students Lori Berquam will be leaving her position at UW-Madison in August to participate in a fellowship program.
The End: After 30 years, geography librarian packs up books
The library closed its doors more than half a semester ago, one of the first spaces to be eliminated as part of UW-Madison’s plan to consolidate its library system.
Big Ten schools struggle to raise turnout in student elections
Attempts to encourage UW-Madison’s student body to have a say in choosing their student representatives proved mostly futile last week after just 6 percent voted in the Associated Students of Madison student election — the lowest turnout in 10 years.
Davis, Dr. Matthew D. “Dinny”
Dinny returned to Madison in 1956 to take a part-time faculty position. By 1970, he had become Professor and Chair of the newly independent Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; he served in this capacity until 1986.
UW School of Education graduate program No. 2 in U.S.
Prowess on the athletic field at UW-Madison can be matched by prowess at the School of Education.
Liberal arts groups say UW-Stevens Point cuts would make students less employable
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point students will be less prepared for their future careers if campus officials change programming to focus on training them for specific jobs at the expense of humanities and social science education, said members of 20 scholarly associations.
UW’s LaFollette School director Don Moynihan, researcher Pamela Herd headed to Georgetown
Donald Moynihan, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s LaFollette School of Public Affairs, announced Tuesday via Twitter that he will be leaving this fall to join the faculty of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Held back: How Wisconsin School of Business donors stalled efforts to revamp its programming
At Grainger Hall, home of the business school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, talk among students that day turned immediately to an email reporting a proposal to end the full-time MBA program, ranked 37th in the nation this week, down from 34th a year ago.
UW Colleges and Extension chancellor named a finalist for top Louisiana higher education job
The University of Wisconsin System’s Colleges and Extension chancellor has been named a finalist for the top Louisiana Higher Education post.
Entrepreneurial initiative booms on UW–Madison campus
The Weinert Center attracts many students.
Vox co-founder finds Trump to be conventional on domestic policy, troubling on foreign policy
Matthew Yglesias, co-founder of Vox, led the panel’s discussion of Trump’s first year in office.
The Lab Report: Identifying strategies to improve ovarian cancer survival rates
UW senior’s research focuses on helping understand earliest states of cancer.
Novak claims student input has led to changes in new meal plan
While new policy remains contested by many students, modifications have eased some nerves.
Denounced by His Party as a Nazi, Arthur Jones Wins Illinois G.O.P. Congressional Primary
Mr. Jones is a former member of the American Nazi Party and has been active in the white supremacist movement for years. As a student at the University of Wisconsin, Mr. Jones said, he founded a conservative campus newspaper and attended meetings of both the Young Republicans and a Nationalist Socialist student group.
A University of Wisconsin campus pushes plan to drop 13 majors — including English, history and philosophy
Students are planning a sit-in at the campus administration building on Wednesday in a demonstration called Save Our Majors. The Stevens Point Journal said students will then deliver a list of demands and requests to school officials. The school is one of 11 comprehensive campuses in the University of Wisconsin system.
Mathematician Cathy O’Neil discusses big data algorithms as ‘weapons of math destruction’
Speaker argues algorithms can have racist implications.
UHS workshops aim to alleviate midterm stress
UHS is in the middle of a “Supporting Student Success” workshop series that aims to help UW-Madison students coping with school-related stress.
University of Wisconsin Campus To Cut English History Majors
The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point has proposed dropping more than a dozen majors currently offered through its humanities and social sciences departments. The university would instead offer programs with “clear career pathways,” according to The Washington Post.
UW-Madison School of Education graduate program highly ranked in U.S.
The UW-Madison School of Education is tied for second in the country in U.S. News and World Report’s 2019 rankings of the best education graduate schools in the nation.
University of Wisconsin campus proposes elimination of majors such as English, history
The plan needs to be approved by a campus governance committee and the University of Wisconsin system’s chancellor and Board of Regents for it to take effect, according to the Post.
Dining director takes heat from Student Council on controversial meal plan
Novak said the plan is a solution that will maintain financial stability for dining facilities, even though the plan was initially introduced as a way to provide greater transparency for students and their families as to how much they would spend in the dining halls.
Atmospheric River Could Trigger Big California Mudslides
The flow pattern of the atmospheric river now battering the west coast is classic. The University of Wisconsin–Madison maintains a terrific Web site that shows the flows in real time, updated every five minutes.
Wisconsin women’s basketball program parts with assistant coach Sasha Palmer
Sasha Palmer, assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team for the past three years, is leaving the program.
Rumors that Steve Carell was touring UW-Madison blew up campus social media Monday
Rumors on social media that Steve Carell was touring UW-Madison set the campus abuzz Monday afternoon, with some students reporting sightings and others searching the school grounds for the comedian.
Students flee studies over rumors of Steve Carell touring UW campus
Students fled from midterm studies and classes Monday after rumors spread on social media that the beloved movie and television star Steve Carell was on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
UW Carbone Cancer Center looking for extreme survivors of breast cancer
Dr. Burkard is conducting an international study of patients with metastatic breast cancer in hopes of unlocking the secrets to survival and finding more extreme survivors.
Experts warn DNA testing kits could put your genetic information in the wrong hands
Quoted: “The reality is: That information can be used to deny access to health insurance, to life insurance, even to employment, so how it’s used and who has access to it is a real concern,” said University of Wisconsin biochemistry professor Michael Cox.
Letter: UHS’s online mental health training patronizes mentally ill students
Ultimately, the course feels like an interactive parody of a very special episode of Dawson’s Creek.
After conservative push for seg fee opt-out, SSFC official encourages conservative student involvement in ASM
Kristi Parsons, SSFC vice chair, said there were major issues with report.
Say cheese: UW research explores impacts of different types of smiles
Psychology graduate student hopes study will help understand expressions of others.
UW proposes committee to advise administrators on issues facing undocumented students
With increasing uncertainty around the safety and security of undocumented students at the University of Wisconsin, the Faculty Senate will vote in April on the formation of a new standing committee representing the needs of international and immigrant students.
Letter: UW Stevens Point’s overhaul of curriculum designed to keep students, not drive them away
With elimination of 13 major programs, expansion of 16 others, Wisconsin university put in unique position of criticism.
ASM committee pushes petition urging university restroom inclusivity
An online petition from the Associated Student of Madison’s Equity and Inclusion Committee calls on the university to draft a usage policy — which would encourage students to use the bathroom that they are most comfortable using — by mid-April.
LGBT Campus Center to change name again after receiving feedback
Students will soon see the LGBT Campus Center name replaced with Gender and Sexuality Campus Center in the Red Gym, the campus center recently announced.
Study: Helmets reduce neck injuries in motorcycle crashes
A study of University of Wisconsin Hospital trauma patients found that motorcyclists who don’t wear helmets are twice as likely to suffer neck injuries in crashes compared to those who use helmets.
Can Nicorette Really Help Smokers Quit?
“There’s no magic bullet as far as quitting smoking, but I think the contribution of NRTs has been an important one,” Dr. Michael Fiore, director of the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, told The Daily Beast.
General Mills is transitioning 53 square miles of South Dakota farmland to certified organic
“To bring people into organics we need mentors, people nearby who can come out to the field and answer questions,” Mesko says. Over the years, the organization has paired 281 mentors and mentees since 2008, and MOSES just wrote a grant to strengthen this program. In another program, OGRAIN with the University of Wisconsin, MOSES is helping develop grain farmer hubs, where one farmer is working with many others nearby in a network.
Martinson, Jan A.
Jan retired from UW-Madison Department of Psychiatry in 2002, as an Instrumentation Specialist Emeritus.
Brown, Clarence James
Clarence had a career in librarianship and public employee unions all at UW-Madison.
Sudden end to season brings what-ifs for Wisconsin Badgers women’s hockey team
The second-ranked Badgers were left with those feelings after a double-overtime, 4-3 loss to No. 3 Colgate ended their season late Friday night.
Bill Berry: Walker and Legislature have bled UW System dry
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, founded 123 years ago and the pride of this community, has been taking heat in recent days for unveiling a proposal to scale back its majors in some areas while increasing emphasis in others. In particular, attention has focused on the proposal’s impact on humanities programs like English, history and political science.
Bomb Cyclones, Nor’easters, and the Messy Relationship Between Weather and Climate
Throughout her career, (Francis) had focussed on how global warming was affecting the Arctic, and after many months staring at the sea she began to wonder how Arctic warming was affecting the global weather system. On her return to New Jersey, where she is a professor at Rutgers University, she and her colleague Stephen Vavrus, a climate modeller at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, set about examining changes in the behavior of the polar jet stream since the early nineties.
UW students to install solar panels in Puerto Rico
A group of at least 30 students from University of Wisconsin-Madison has started Solar Para Niños, a project to implement solar energy in Puerto Rico.The students plan to design and install a distributed solar system at Hogar Albergue para Niños Jesus de Nazaret, a nonprofit shelter for physically abused children located outside the city of Mayaguez.The shelter serves newborns to 11-year-olds, and currently hosts 14 children. “These are kids who have been taken from their homes who have had horrible home lives,” said Allie Stephens, a project manager from the university’s Engineers Without Borders chapter.
Tom Still: In Wisconsin’s quest to produce more workers and startups, don’t forget liberal arts
What’s missing in the UW-Stevens Point conversation, which has attracted notice nationwide, is an honest assessment of what employers expect from college graduates they hire. Do they want an emphasis on STEM disciplines – science, technology, engineering and math — or a liberal arts background that may be more adaptable?
Petra Dai and Rep. Chris Taylor: UW-Madison should implement sexual assault reporting system
As the #MeToo movement and stories of high profile perpetrators of sexual assault fill our Facebook and Twitter pages, we must ask ourselves why reports of sexual assault on college campuses have been, and continue to be, so low.
History, culture, research, big business and talk of tariffs for Wisconsin’s cranberry industry
Proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imported into the United States has the 28-nation European Union considering retaliatory tariffs on $3.5 billion worth of U.S. goods. … Cranberries, which are extensively studied at UW-Madison and ingrained in our state’s history and culture, have also been targeted.
Professional organizations respond to UW-Stevens Point proposal to cut humanities majors
More than two dozen professional organizations are urging UW-Stevens Point administrators to roll back a proposal to cut 13 humanities majors.
Stroke treatment window expanded after study involving UW Hospital
UW Health’s telestroke program, involving nine community hospitals from central Wisconsin to northern Illinois, can help patients at those hospitals get treated with the clot-busting drug on site or transferred to UW Hospital for other care, including thrombectomies.
Frequent lottery winners raise questions about Wisconsin enforcement
Noted: Laura Albert, a UW-Madison professor and expert on lottery odds, agreed. Albert said some people play the lottery professionally, such as monitoring games’ payouts, and then buying tickets in bulk when the game’s payouts are far below normal.
The ‘Wisconsin Idea’ Is More Important Than Ever In Higher Education
In a nutshell, the Wisconsin Idea, having emanated from the Madison campus, provides “a learning environment in which faculty, staff and students can discover, examine critically, preserve and transmit the knowledge, wisdom and values that will help ensure the survival of this and future generations and improve the quality of life for all. The university seeks to help students to develop an understanding and appreciation for the complex cultural and physical worlds in which they live and to realize their highest potential of intellectual, physical and human development.”
Students plan for “March for Our Lives” rally in Madison
Ahead of next weeks’ scheduled protest against gun violence, students are planning the local “March for Our Lives” rally. On Friday, organizers spoke atop Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin- Madison campus.
Students gather on Bascom Hill, make plans for rally
Both high school and college students gathered at Bascom Hill Friday morning and talked about how they felt during an active shooter false alarm that happened on campus this winter.
UW students to install solar panels in Puerto Rico
A group of at least 30 students from University of Wisconsin-Madison has started Solar Para Niños, a project to implement solar energy in Puerto Rico.
UW students embrace diversity in Multicultural Fashion Show
Going on for over three years, the show brings together students from all over the world as a means of representing cultural diversity.