Students in full-body cow suits loitered around Library Mall Wednesday, handing out can koozies and beef jerky to passersby.
Cow costumes graze Library Mall on Ag Day
Daily Cardinal
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Mexican-American students file hate, bias reports for ‘border wall’ exam
Badger Herald
Three engineering students said they were shocked to see issue of immigration brought up in statistics classroom.
Badgers sports: Wisconsin will host 2018 NCAA cross country championships
Wisconsin State Journal
The Thomas Zimmer Championship Course was built with an NCAA cross country national championship meet in mind, and it’ll have one before its 10th birthday.
It’s the end of the world as they wrote it, and they don’t feel so fine
Capital Times
The UW-Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies gathered the authors — Paolo Bacigalupi, Emily St. John Mandel and Sherri Smith — to talk about the end of the world as they wrote it.
Lawmakers open to ending University of Wisconsin tuition freeze as cut faces opposition
Wisconsin State Journal
“We can’t freeze tuition forever,” Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, told the Wisconsin State Journal, making him the second member of the Joint Finance Committee to indicate interest in allowing limited UW tuition increases.
Student film highlights food insecurity, mass incarceration issues in South Madison
Daily Cardinal
What started as a capstone project for a class became two students’ mission to bring equality to South Madison residents.
Future of the Wisconsin Idea following its progressive past
Daily Cardinal
The cherished Wisconsin Idea, though no longer directly related to its progressive origin, still shows the impact that Wisconsin’s political history continues to have on society and government today.
UW-Madison students push for Hmong-American studies program
WISC-TV 3
A group of Hmong-American undergraduates is pushing administrators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to hire more faculty who study the ethnic group and to launch a program through which students can earn a certificate in Hmong-American studies.
Madison police investigate robbery on Langdon Street
WISC-TV 3
Madison police are investing a robbery Tuesday around 10:30 p.m. on Langdon Street in downtown Madison.
Learn how to discuss important health decisions
WKOW-TV 27
The UW is hosting two events to teach people how to talk about important health decisions such as feeding tubes, Power of Attorney, and other health care values and goals.
Ethical issues in LGBTQ health care is focus of symposium
WISC-TV 3
The ninth annual bioethics symposium at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health discussed disparities in health care for the LGBTQ community.
Editing the Constitution: Wisconsin conservatives are pushing for a constitutional convention. What are their motives?
Capital Times
Quoted: “The danger is that a true Article 5 convention arguably has no limits,” said UW-Madison political science professor Howard Schweber. “We’re in very uncharted territory here. It’s not at all clear there’s any way to call such a convention and limit its mandate to considering questions of debt. Once such a convention is called, it’s very plausibly argued that it can do anything. The outcome could be quite radical.”
Computer design firm Extreme Engineering plans move to Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
The company also hires 50 to 60 college students a year in a nine-month cooperative program with UW-Madison and several other universities, in which the students earn school credit for their paid employment.
Letter: The answer to the free speech question is somewhere in the middle
Badger Herald
With both sides making valid arguments, finding which one is in correct is far more difficult than we might imagine.
Campus groups move toward creating gender-inclusive restrooms
Daily Cardinal
The LGBT Campus Center created a template to serve as a model for signs such as this, which is placed next to what was previously labeled a women’s restroom on the fourth floor of Helen C. White Hall.
Transcript: The Daily Cardinal sits down with Chancellor Rebecca Blank
Daily Cardinal
The Daily Cardinal sat down with Chancellor Rebecca Blank to discuss budget, freedom of speech, direct admits and more.
Transcript: The Daily Cardinal sits down with Chancellor Rebecca Blank
Daily Cardinal
The Daily Cardinal sat down with Chancellor Rebecca Blank to discuss budget, freedom of speech, direct admits and more.
Transcript: The Daily Cardinal sits down with Chancellor Rebecca Blank
Daily Cardinal
The Daily Cardinal sat down with Chancellor Rebecca Blank to discuss budget, freedom of speech, direct admits and more.
State Rep. Andre Jacque: UW accreditation would not be threatened by abortion law
Capital Times
Letter to the editor: The state of Arizona has a statutory prohibition very similar to my bill which has been in place since 2011. Neither of Arizona’s state medical schools have lost their accreditation, despite the same sort of claims to that end as made by Dean Golden.
Student killed in Park Street crash was walking on sidewalk; driver likely faces homicide charge
Wisconsin State Journal
The man who was behind the wheel of a car that hit three people on a South Park Street sidewalk Saturday evening, killing a UW-Madison student, is expected to face criminal charges that include homicide by intoxicated driving, authorities said Monday.
Teaching science by asking, ‘What do you want to know’ and ‘How can you answer that?’
Wisconsin State Journal
Twice a month, former and current UW-Madison students trek to little Mazomanie Elementary School here to help students experience what it’s really like to work as a scientist.The adults are members of Biocore Outreach Ambassadors, a student organization that is an outgrowth of the Biology Core Curriculum honors program at UW-Madison. The program, which is typically open to students beginning in their sophomore year, engages students in “inquiry-based science,” in which students ask questions, search for solutions, test hypotheses and evaluate outcomes.
Scott Walker’s UW regents picks stress affordability
Capital Times
The pair, each with a track record of contributions to Republican campaigns or conservative causes, would replace Jim Doyle appointees Edward Manydeeds and Mark Bradley, leaving Tony Evers as the lone member of the governing board of the state’s public university system not appointed by Walker. Evers by law serves ex-officio and continues on the board by virtue of his recent reelection to a third term as state superintendent of schools.
Man seen with a knife on UW-Madison campus, believed to have left area, police say
Wisconsin State Journal
A man with a knife was reported on the UW-Madison campus Monday evening, but police believe he does not pose an ongoing threat, the UW-Madison Police Department said.
Paulsen, Edward Charles
Madison.com
dward was a laboratory engineer in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison Campus, for 38 years.
Garrity, Dr. Linda I.
Madison.com
She also served as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin from 1990 to 2013.
Dr. Robert N. Golden: Option of abortion training required to maintain accreditation
Capital Times
Letter to the editor from Robert Golden, dean UW School of Medicine and Public Health and chair of the board, UW Health.
Badgers women’s hockey: Jessie Vetter among 7 Wisconsin alums or players on U.S. selection camp roster
Wisconsin State Journal
That 42-player camp, running April 30 to May 4 near Tampa, Florida, will determine the women’s national team that will prepare for the 2018 Olympics.
UW-Madison students mark spring with a traditional Indian celebration
Madison.com
Brightly colored powder dusted the grass in hues of blues, yellows and reds near Dejope Hall on the UW-Madison campus Saturday, but the lawn was nothing compared to the colors smeared on the faces of students participating in a traditional Indian celebration marking the return of spring.
Badgers football: NCAA passes impactful recruiting legislation, prepares college football for early signing period
Wisconsin State Journal
The NCAA Division-I Council passed impactful legislation Friday that will drastically change the landscape of college football recruiting, including opening the door for the Collegiate Commissioners Association to implement a 72-hour, mid-December early signing period this year.
UW student hopes new Iranian Film Festival will build cultural bridges
Capital Times
UW-Madison graduate student Hamidreza Nassiri has long been proud of the films coming out of his native Iran. From filmmaking giants like the late Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi to newer filmmakers like Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi (“A Separation,” “The Salesman”), Iran has a long and rich tradition in cinema.
Local companies bring in bucks from investors
Wisconsin State Journal
Since FluGen was founded in 2007 — based on the research of UW-Madison scientists Yoshihiro Kawaoka and Gabriele Neumann — the company has raised $22 million from investors and has received $13 million in federal funds.
University of Wisconsin students push for program in Hmong-American studies
Wisconsin State Journal
Greg Downey, associate dean for social sciences in UW-Madison’s College of Letters and Science, said the university has kept funding for its broader Asian-American studies program stable amid cuts elsewhere. But Downey said there are no plans to hire new faculty “in any particular specialty area.”
Eric Wendorff: Scott Walker’s budget shorts education
Capital Times
Letter to the editor: The University of Wisconsin is a vital resource for all Wisconsinites. Through educating our citizens and conducting important research, the university lays the foundation for a bright future for Wisconsin. While doing so, it creates thousands of jobs and millions of dollars of income. But because of budget cuts over the past decades, it has become increasingly difficult for young people to afford a UW education, and the university has slipped out of the top five research institutions in the country. To secure Wisconsin’s future, more money must be allocated to the University of Wisconsin.
As state’s ‘Charter Czar’ finishes first year, independent charter school for Madison still long way off
Wisconsin State Journal
The very soonest Madison residents could see an independent charter school open its doors in the city is fall 2018 — a year later than state officials first planned.That’s not foot-dragging, it’s prudence, according to Gary Bennett, who was hired last April to run the new Office of Educational Opportunity.
Line Breaks Festival fills void of diverse art offerings in Madison
Badger Herald
Students of The First Wave Hip-Hop and Urban Arts Learning Community display premiere works in annual festival.
Missteps on both sides of divestment legislation must be addressed
Badger Herald
Letter to the Editor: Speakers at open forum resorting to personal attacks distracted from productive dialogue
Men’s basketball: Badgers face uncertainty after losing four star seniors
Badger Herald
UW must replace four seniors who accounted for 110 wins, third-most for a senior class in Badgers history.
Memorial created for woman killed in suspected drunken driving crash
WISC-TV 3
A bystander was told by the victim’s friends on the scene that the victim was a University of Wisconsin-Madison student from China.
The JVN Project: Empowering youth and connecting communities through the art of hip-hop
Daily Cardinal
John “Vietnam” Nguyen’s legacy continues to inspire in Madison through the JVN Project, an organization set up by those who knew him to keep spreading his positivity by using hip-hop as a tool of empowerment in the Madison community.
In Kazakhstan partnership, UW-Madison globalizes the Wisconsin Idea
Daily Cardinal
If the guiding principle of the Wisconsin Idea is indeed to bring knowledge beyond the state’s campuses, UW-Madison’s partnership with Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan may be the most extreme manifestation of that goal.
Tom Loftus: UW doesn’t need state law to ensure free speech
Capital Times
Letter to the editor from former ambassador to Norway, Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly and member of the UW Board of Regents.
Mapping America’s biggest climate-related health risks
CNN
Quoted: “I think Americans consider climate change as an ’over there’ problem or confined to poor countries,” said Dr. Jonathan Patz, a professor and director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconson-Madison.
Pacht, Dr. Asher Roger
Madison.com
He served as a Professor at the University of Wisconsin and built and maintained a private practice in psychology.
Summit aims to increase Latino enrollment at UW-Madison
WISC-TV 3
Video: Summit aims to increase Latino enrollment at UW-Madison.
Pocan talks to UW students, community in town hall
Daily Cardinal
While home on congressional recess, U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., held a town hall Thursday in Dejope Hall to answer questions from students and community members alike.
The rise of populism, nationalism isn’t a Trump phenomenon, experts say
Badger Herald
John Hall, a UW history professor, said the recent surge of populist and nationalist views in political discourse is not a new phenomenon.
UW-Madison students create device to help teen fulfill musical dreams
NBC-15
An eighth grader from Wausau, with dreams of playing in his high school band, is getting some help from a group of engineers at UW-Madison.
Finalists selected for UW undergrad admissions, recruitment director
Wisconsin State Journal
Four people have been selected as candidates for the UW-Madison director of undergraduate admissions and recruitment, with the finalists scheduled to make public presentations on campus within the next two weeks.
Carolynn Dude: Axing family planning rotation would mean substandard training for UW docs
Capital Times
By taking away UW’s family planning rotation, Jacque and Kapenga would be ensuring that OB/GYNs who train in Wisconsin are receiving substandard training. I urge every one of their constituents to let them know that the women of Wisconsin deserve better.
Self-insurance might not save state $60 million, UW panelists say
Wisconsin State Journal
Shifting state worker health benefits to a self-insurance model may not save $60 million as planned, and could increase costs by reducing competition, a UW-Madison business professor said Thursday.
Video: Sunburst chairs return to Memorial Union Terrace
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin celebrates the unofficial start of spring by bringing the iconic sunburst chairs outside to the Memorial Union Terrace on Lake Mendota.
UW officials: Give Regents greater say in performance funding plan
Wisconsin State Journal
System President Ray Cross and UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said Thursday that letting the Board of Regents decide how to measure UW institutions would be more effective.
Going Out: Hip-hop inspires look at American culture
Wisconsin State Journal
The festival is presented by UW-Madison’s Division of Diversity, Equity & Achievement and produced by the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives’ (OMAI).
Exhibit to honor celebrated Madison prankster Leon Varjian
Wisconsin State Journal
The “Leon Varjian Pail and Shovel Archives Exhibit” will open at 4 p.m. May 6 at UW-Madison’s Memorial Union.
UW economics profs sign pro-immigration letter to Donald Trump
Capital Times
1,470 economists signed the letter, including six current or emeritus professors of UW-Madison (Barbara Wolfe, Brent Hueth, David Hansen, David Weimer, Edgar Feige and Kenneth West) and 10 other professors from other Wisconsin colleges.
UW semesters shorter starting in the fall
Wisconsin State Journal
A new academic calendar was released on Wednesday, showing major changes in when the fall and spring semesters begin, how long a semester lasts and a set day when spring commencement happens.
Madison scientists plan for March for Science to ’embrace the core of the Wisconsin Idea’
Capital Times
The Madison event will include a march, a rally and a science expo on the Library Mall. Keynote speakers at the rally will include Bassam Shakhashiri, UW-Madison professor and creator of the popular “Science is Fun” demonstrations, and Tia Nelson, director of the Outrider Foundation and daughter of Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson.
Human trafficking survivor shares story to spread hope
NBC-15
A campus wide awareness campaign at UW-Madison brought a human trafficking survivor to share her story, on Wednesday.
Officials hope updated Wisconsin Experience will make students ‘the most sought after graduates’
Badger Herald
’Empathy and humility,’ ’relentless curiosity,’ ’intellectual confidence’ and ’purposeful action’ among ideas for additions.
UW students can plan for longer vacations, shorter semesters starting fall 2017
Badger Herald
Old schedule negatively impacted student experience, UW officials said.