Madison Area Technical College received 39 reports of sexual harassment — 15 of stalking and 20 of sexual assault — in the past decade, according to information provided by college officials.
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin’s proposed moratorium on new liquor licenses would affect the parts of downtown Madison nearest the University of Wisconsin campus, including Langdon Street, five blocks of State Street and Monroe Street near Camp Randall Stadium, according to a detailed version of the proposal released Thursday.
University of Wisconsin System faculty voiced dismay last fall over not being consulted about a plan for a sweeping reorganization.
As a University of Wisconsin-Madison computer and electrical engineering professor, Susan Hagness doesn’t typically field emails about cranberry farming. Her background is in cancer detection, not agriculture.
Change is afoot at University Research Park — at least, if the park’s leaders and tenants have their way — and it could urbanize the sprawling tech-transfer center into a place where you can buy a cup of coffee, grab lunch or play a game of racquetball.
There is currently no active investigation on the matter.
UW-Madison School of Music students are singing high praises for the new Hamel Music Center under construction on University Avenue.
After some faculty and students said they felt “blindsided” by the restructuring of the UW System, the only student on the system’s restructuring committee slammed System President Ray Cross for emails he sent about the plan.
A few years of long-distance courtship ensued, before the couple settled in at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Colleagues warned against making their personal partnership a professional one, but they plunged ahead, and Caspi joined the Dunedin team.
The biggest reorganization of the University of Wisconsin System’s colleges and universities in 40 years was described as an “open secret” at the state Capitol.Before faculty, staff and students learned about the plan to eliminate the two-year UW Colleges and UW-Extension, UW System President Ray Cross had discussed it with a lawmaker who called for similar action in 2015.
Susan Paskewitz, the chair of the Department of Entomology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told Popular Science that cold is a limiting factor for the Asian tiger mosquito, which can carry the Zika virus.
In 2017, the University of Wisconsin-Madison was ranked by the Princeton Review as the top party school in the United States, but it’s also the focus of my recent true crime title, Mad City.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will host its 10th annual Outstanding Women of Color awards, presented to women who have been heavily involved in the campus as well as the Madison community through their work toward research and civic enrichment.
George Coleman Poage, a UW-Madison alum, became the first African American to earn an Olympic medal.
University of Wisconsin campuses are updating or introducing new sexual harassment and sexual violence policies, following a mandate from the regents in December 2016 saying each campus needed its own, set guidelines.
UW Business School enforces credit requirements just like any other UW school.
This week news outlets reported 100 investigations in employee sexual harassment and assault across the UW System since 2014, on the heels of a major scandal at another Big Ten university where top officials were forced to step down for ignoring evidence of sexual abuse.
Ever wondered how much money your professors make? According to a recent report, it’s likely less than they’d be making elsewhere.
As a former collegiate football player who now suffers from memory loss, mood swings, and depression, it pains me to see the lack of perspective shown by so many football players today.
Following the resignation of a top UW System administrator, System officials continue to review other UW employees’ “concerns” about Jessica Tormey’s actions on Oct. 5, when police stopped her for drunken driving.
Even though the Badgers basketball team lost to Nebraska this week, the players are teaching us a valuable life lesson. Enjoy the good times.
The idea that a university is in charge of feeding its students fuels a problematic cycle: The more we ask colleges to do for students, the higher tuition gets, and then we ask them to do even more for students who are forced to pay more to go to school.
UW Health is bringing social workers, pharmacists and doctors together in a new clinic for lupus, an autoimmune disease that often strikes women at childbearing age.
University of Wisconsin campuses have investigated nearly 100 formal complaints of sexual misconduct against employees who teach, advise or otherwise supervise students since 2014, according to an investigation by the Journal-Sentinel.
There are many versions of Monopoly, most created to attract fans of one thing or another. Those who loved “The Force Awakens” might buy the Star Wars edition, for example, while University of Wisconsin Badgers might display a copy of Wisconsinopoly atop their bookcases. But these versions still expect players to follow the rules, making the cheaters edition one of its more radical spin offs.
“The NuScale reactor has crossed a very important safety threshold,” said Todd Allen, professor of nuclear engineering at University of Wisconsin. “It’s an inflection point for advanced reactor designs. The question we can’t answer yet is, will they make it work in the market?”
“These data show that was wrong,” says John Hawks, an anthropology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who was not involved in the study. Today’s findings reveal that Levallois tools emerged in India roughly 385,000 years ago — right around the same time they started showing up in Africa and Europe. That means “India is part of this network of cultural innovation that included Neanderthals and Africans,” Hawks says. Michael Petraglia, a professor of human evolution at the Max Planck Institute in Germany who also did not participate in the research, agrees that the discovery is a key piece of the puzzle. “It fills an important gap in our knowledge of an important crossroads,” he says.
The building was soon fully engulfed. Madison’s fire department arrived, but when they pointed their hoses at the blaze, nothing came out. There was no pressure — city water tanks had been drained earlier in the day so a boiler could be cleaned. On top of that, the nearby University of Wisconsin-Madison’s reservoir was empty. Units from Milwaukee and Jacksonville’s fire departments boarded trains and raced to the scene. But when they arrived, the bitter cold temperature had frozen the water in their pumps solid.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is emblematic of the complex mixture of admiration and resentment a flagship public university engenders. In the early 20th century, the University of Wisconsin became associated with the state’s progressive leaders, who declared that the purpose of an education was not to do well but to do good. In 1905, University of Wisconsin President Charles Van Hise articulated what would come to be known as the Wisconsin Idea: “I shall never be content until the beneficent influence of the University reaches every family of the state.”
He joined the faculty of the Department of Agricultural Journalism (now Life Sciences Communication) as a professor in 1967.
Guidance from experienced students could ease overwhelming transition.
John was hired as an instructor at the university in 1962 and joined the faculty of the Department of Agricultural Journalism (now Life Sciences Communication) as a professor in 1967.
Rogers worked as a secretary for the Food Research Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Panelists spoke about hostile, marginalizing environment at UW which deters talent.
A recent student poll revealed that student interaction with faculty and teaching assistants is seen as a beneficial yet underutilized resource by students at UW-Madison.
Following what many hailed as a turbulent 23rd session of The Associated Students of Madison, representatives in the 24th session identified feelings of distrust, ineffectiveness and discomfort among its members.
Administrators in the UW-Madison Department of Sociology are struggling to rebuild trust as graduate students challenge steps officials say are being taken to respond to sexual harassment and improve climate in the department.
Noted: Renk Professor of Agribusiness Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Brian Gould said something that “put a strain on the world’s dairy market” was when the European Union lifted its milk quotas in 2015.
Madison officials are looking to phase out late-night food carts Downtown as part of a broader approach to reducing alcohol-related violence and other problems.
Following the resignation of a top UW System administrator, System officials continue to review other UW employees’ “concerns” about Jessica Tormey’s actions on Oct. 5, when police stopped her for drunken driving.
Without weekend hours, UHS makes all students, sick or healthy, susceptible to disease.
Turning away students with “too many credits” works against goals of a college education.
Many young people choosing small, rural communities in close proximity to urban areas
A regenerative biology team working at the Morgridge Institute for Research at University of Wisconsin was developing artificial methods to grow arterial endothelial cells in a lab when they made an unexpected discovery regarding stem cell research.
UW-Madison students are not the only people on campus who can see an advisor for career advice — university employees now can, too.
Nyle DiMarco, a deaf activist who rose to fame for his performances on “Dancing with the Stars” and “America’s Next Top Model,” was greeted by a sold out crowd at Memorial Union Tuesday night.
Glenn was a Professor of Agricultural Engineering at UW-Madison from 1958 until his retirement in 1982.
Jessica Tormey, of Fitchburg, was vice president of university relations for the System and chief of staff to UW President Ray Cross. She had been one of Cross’ top lieutenants since he began leading the System in 2014.
A University of Wisconsin System regents committee is set discuss dismissing a UW-Whitewater faculty member.
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction wants to simplify the teacher hiring process, but some teachers worry proposed new rules will dilute subject-matter expertise.
At least 11 complaints of sexual misconduct against University of Wisconsin System employees since 2014 led to the loss of their jobs or were followed by their resignations, newly released records show.
Quoted: Paul Mitchell, University of Wisconsin professor in the School of Agriculture and Applied Economics: “You might have been able to survive the first three years, using your excess capital, working capital, liquidity. But as things get tighter and tighter… some people just can’t do it anymore.”
“I won’t be able to teach at UW-Madison. I won’t be able to see clients. I won’t be able to be a research coordinator,” she said.
If you happen to notice a few people waiting attentively at a table as you wait to get your bus pass in the Student Activity Center, say hello — they want you to register to vote.
College tuition could become free for foster children throughout the state under a new bill, as legislators argue that those who age out of the system receive far too little social support.
1966: UW-Madison names a building after an African-American for the first time. The Van Hise Refectory is renamed Carson Gulley Commons in honor of the longtime dormitory chef who practiced his trade in the building. It was renovated and renamed the Carson Gulley Center in 2013.
UW-Madison librarians knitted a large scarf to put on the Bucky Badger statue, called the “Well Red” statue, in Alumni Park.
As commercial theatre AMC replaced independent cinema outlet Sundance, WUD Film’s Marquee theatre becomes one of the only places in town to enjoy a diversity of cinema.
One semester after the new academic calendar changes went into effect — cutting three to four days of instruction — UW-Madison professors have had to make adjustments to cope with the new schedule.
He retired in 1994 as Professor Emeritus at University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Departments of Sociology and Rural Sociology.
