Students who feel marginalized on campus — by race, gender or sexual orientation — and their allies are engaged in a battle over “safe spaces” with classmates who insist they, and the speakers they invite to campus, can say what they like, no matter who finds it offensive.It’s a culture war for the 21st century that some say threatens America’s bedrock value of freedom of speech.
UW Health will offer free head and neck cancer screenings on Friday at the otolaryngology clinic in the atrium at University Hospital.
Quoted: “Money is not a dirty conversation to discuss and shedding light on it is how we get toward equality,” said Professor Christine Whelan, in the School of Human Ecology at UW-Madison.
A UW student testified Tuesday of being “terrified” as acquaintance Nathan Friar strangled her, as Friar’s Dane County trial on sexual assault and strangulation began.
David French, a senior fellow of the conservative-leaning National Review, visited the University of Wisconsin to discuss some of the facts and fiction when it comes to fighting the organization.
A strong armed robbery was reported outside a Lakeshore residence hall Monday night, according to a UW-Madison Police Department Crime Warning.
This year, three UW-Madison students out of the 1,286 total nominated from 470 institutions received the Barry Goldwater Scholarship to award their excellence in science and mathematics.
Incumbent Ald. Zach Wood, District 8, earned 74.2 percent of vote.
Former Wisconsin Badgers and current Houston Texans defensive end JJ Watt is proving once again just how classy he is.
Sport returns after UW-Madison boxer’s death.
With hundreds of special education degree programs around the country, University of Wisconsin has had to remain unique in their approach to special education to earn College Choice’s No. 2 ranking in the nation.
Bill’s opponents believe it would hamper UW’s credibility.
The writer spoke about her novel “Hag-Seed” and how there are modern-day ideas in a 400 year old play.
Students traveled from across the UW System Monday to testify before the Joint Finance Committee against portions of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal before the committee submits its final recommendations.
FAs across the university have campaigned throughout the semester for “fair and equitable pay.” Although FAs teach the exact same classes, they are paid a lower rate than TAs.
After he retired, he developed and taught the Government and Administrative Law Clinic at UW Law School, where he trained second and third year law students to be compassionate and thoughtful lawyers and policy makers through clinical placements in state administrative agencies.
A former University of Wisconsin-Madison animal researcher fired for taking two federal officials into a closed room during a tour and not relaying what he told them is appealing his termination.
The system released a financial report Monday for the year that ended June 30, 2016. The report showed the system’s net worth fell $110.2 million, from roughly $6.7 billion in fiscal year 2015 to about $6.6 billion.
The university said by news release that Cory Cotter, Emily Jewell and Lucas Oxtoby were winners of the scholarship, while Elizabeth Penn was selected as an honorable mention.
The hearing also drew opponents of a gas tax, supporters of the Department of Natural Resources magazine that Walker has slated for elimination and college students who described how they used mandatory fees to spark intellectual inquiry and mutual understanding on the UW-Madison campus.
University of Wisconsin senior guard Bronson Koenig will receive the 2017 United States Basketball Writers Association’s Most Courageous Award during a luncheon at the NCAA Final Four this year.
UW-Madison is taking another shot at opening an on-campus facility where Amazon customers can pick up their packages.
UW-Madison police are recommending additional criminal charges against a former university student accused of sexually assaulting or harassing 10 women.
Column by Wisconsin governor on his budget proposal, touting “More money into our technical college system than ever before” and “Over $100 million more into our University of Wisconsin System.”
He worked at the UW Synchrotron Radiation Center as assistant director of research and retired in 2010.
Jeff Oelke, a member of the engineering professional development staff at UW-Madison, said working with Kraft’s management team through the years helped them to recognize the benefits of lean principles. Seeing the big picture helped them overcome any resistance to change.
UW Health started Centering Pregnancy, a program offering group prenatal visits in an effort to reduce preterm births, in 2014. The program, at a UW clinic on South Park Street, is expanding to UW’s clinic near West Towne Mall.
The 2017 class was announced Saturday morning and it didn’t include the former University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach. Ryan was a finalist for the third consecutive year.
Outside the UW-Madison campus and State Street, mopeds currently can be parked anyplace a bike can, including bike racks; sidewalks, if the pedestrian path isn’t blocked; legal spots on the street, a lot or ramp.
Paris, 43, had been an assistant at UW since 2010. Since Paris arrived, UW has gone 189-66 (.741) with six trips to the Sweet 16 in seven seasons, including two Final Four appearances.
Families got a chance to see how UW-Madison students are learning, at a weekend-long event.
The study done by cyber security company ID Agent shows the University of Wisconsin-Madison is a big target, but university officials are not certain the results are accurate.
Madison celebrated Wisconsin’s rich Native American culture this weekend with an annual spring powwow.
Remi Kanazi said divestment doesn’t target individuals, rather institutions.
The UW-Madison student organization Wunk Sheek coordinated the powwow in the Alliant Energy Center’s New Holland Pavilions Saturday and Sunday.
A new victim and new charges have come to light in the case against former University of Wisconsin student Alec Cook.
As students at the University of Wisconsin continue to express their concerns with Gov. Walker’s proposal to let students opt out of allocable segregated fees, the state Legislature’s joint finance committee met Thursday to address the contentious idea, among other items, in the state budget.
The mental health and well-being of our campus community is a top priority of University Health Services (UHS). We are continuously working to improve access to the services students need.
The Madison branch of the Industrial Workers of the World held a demonstration speaking out against fascism and recent violence against members of their union Friday.
When Brooke Evans graduates in May she doesn’t want the university to put low-income students’ challenges on the back burner.
Questions about the relationships between University of Wisconsin System schools and their private foundations could mean less aid for the system when the state budget is completed, the state Senate’s top Republican signaled Thursday.
Questions about the relationships between University of Wisconsin System institutions and dozens of private foundations could loom over a proposed increase in state funding for UW, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said Thursday.
Every year, a panel of artists and scientists at UW-Madison judges the scientific and artistic value of beautiful images and videos created by the university’s science students, faculty and staff.
Former University of Wisconsin women’s soccer player Meghan Flannery was killed in a car crash early Wednesday near St. Louis, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
She subsequently taught at the School of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Eleven UW-Madison professors who are in their mid-career stages have been honored as outstanding faculty.
Gov. Scott Walker’s spending plan for the 2017-19 biennium is the “best budget” the University of Wisconsin System has seen in 10 years, System President Ray Cross told lawmakers on Thursday.
Police got their biggest break on Tuesday after they sent an image from one of the cameras across the Wisconsin Crime Alert Network, used by law enforcement to share tips and alerts. Anderson was identified by a member of the UW-Madison Police Department, who noticed the similarity with a photo of Anderson taken by a camera at Union South on March 20, when Anderson allegedly harassed an employee there, according to UW-Madison police spokesman Marc Lovicott.
Immerse yourself in American Indian culture at the annual On Wisconsin Annual Spring Powwow presented by UW-Madison’s American Indian student organization, Wunk Sheek.
UW-Madison’s 15th annual free scientific open house is taking place Friday through Sunday at 21 locations on the UW-Madison campus.
For her work, Susan Gold was awarded the first-ever Nelson Mandela Fellowship.
At a Distinguished Lecture Series talk Wednesday evening, Reza Aslan told the audience that people are having a hard time defining what it means to be an American, which is leading to a fear of “others.”
Controversial Associated Students of Madison legislation that harshly criticizes Israel drew impassioned backlash from Jewish students and other members of the UW-Madison community at a tense and packed ASM open forum Wednesday.
After six hours of heated debate, the University of Wisconsin Associated Students of Madison voted 13-12-1 to postpone a resolution demanding the university divest from corporations complicit in human rights violations both in the U.S. and around the world.
The University of Wisconsin and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association were absorbing the news Wednesday that North Dakota is dropping its women’s hockey program.
Bob Bostad applied for the Badgers’ defensive coordinator position before joining Paul Chryst’s staff as inside linebackers coach, according to a list of applicants obtained by the State Journal through an open records request.
Gov. Scott Walker announced the appointments of Mike Jones and Bob Atwell to the UW System’s 18-member governing board in a statement Wednesday. Their appointments are subject to confirmation by the state Senate.
The UW Russian Folk Orchestra is holding a free concert celebrating Russian folk music.
One fitness class on UW-Madison’s campus has stood the test of time, lasting more than 30 years.
Jaafar was a professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, for 30+ years until his retirement in 1997.
