As state budget writers wrap up their draft of a two-year spending plan to be unveiled early next year, the University of Wisconsin System will once again face stiff competition for public dollars.
Seems to me that the clowns who wore a Barack Obama costume with a noose attached to it to a Badgers game this fall could use a course that explores the issue of racism. But GOP legislators, with Rep. Dave Murphy of Greenville leading the charge, think that a University of Wisconsin-Madison course dealing with racism and titled “The Problem of Whiteness” should be canceled and the professor teaching it fired.
For the past four years, Pat Smet has been a Bucky Badger for the University of Wisconsin. This year he is one of the eight Wisconsin students on the Bucky Badger mascot troop.
“The concern was that the excavation may have compromised the structure of the holy place,” said Dante Fratta, the UW-Madison associate engineering professor who joined a team to help maintain the site.
If I were Santa Claus, my Christmas gifts to Republican state Rep. Dave Murphy and Republican state Sen. Steve Nass would be vouchers to enroll in the UW-Madison class “The Problem of Whiteness.”
It’s been several years since UW Botany professor Hugh Iltis graced my doorstep here at the paper.
Iltis spent nearly 40 years (1955 to 1993) as Botany professor and Director of the Herbarium at the UW-Madison, growing the herbarium to house over 1 million dried plant specimens. His taxonomic research focused on Capparidaceae and on Zea, working primarily in Mexico and the tropics. Iltis led numerous expeditions to many parts of the world to search for new plant species, travelling on mule or horseback when necessary.
University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor Dante Fratta was unlike most tourists visiting the site. He brought ground penetrating radar and electrical resistivity equipment. He brought his camera, too.
She worked for 35 years at UW-Madison in the Payroll and Benefits Department.
In 1965, he was hired by UW-Madison, as a professor, and assumed responsibilities with the UW-Extension for educational programs in the area of insects affecting man and animals and beekeeping.
UW-Madison police will not participate in federal immigration operations, campus officials told students, as they look to reassure those who are concerned that the election of Donald Trump could lead to the wave of deportations he promised during the presidential campaign.
Late next month, the brainchild of a team of UW-Madison students will be loaded into a trailer and driven across country to a site south of Los Angeles, home to the headquarters of tech titan Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX.
Nine years ago this month, the University of Wisconsin-Madison was awarded its largest single federal grant ever: $125 million to launch a bioenergy research center. Now, bioenergy researchers at UW and their partners at Michigan State University are watching closely to see what the future holds for them under President-elect Donald Trump and his nominee for Energy secretary, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
Saturday evening, the Student Coalition for Progress started a petition asking UW administration to demote UW’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter to a hate group and require all students involved to attend intensive diversity training.
Letter to the editor: Some things never change: taxes, gravity and the annual attack by Republican legislators on university course content.
Letter to the editor: Once again, UW-Madison has drawn the ire of a state legislator over the content of one of its courses, this one entitled “The Problem of Whiteness.” Judging by its description and reading list, this course sounds more like ideological brainwashing (based on the shaky premise that every institution and white citizen in America is permeated by racism) than an exercise in critical inquiry.
Dave Cieslewicz, the head of the Wisconsin Bike Fed and a former Madison mayor, said he’s putting together a conference on the automated car, with a focus on cyclists, pedestrians and “urban form” — the impact cars have on the city. To be held with the support of the UW Urban and Regional Planning Department, the details haven’t been worked out. But Cieslewicz hopes to hold the conference in the spring.
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which tracks campus speech policies at colleges and universities across the country and criticizes efforts to limit First Amendment rights, said the statements this week from state Rep. Dave Murphy, R-Greenville, and Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, threaten academic freedom.
Sen. Steve Nass is developing a reputation for acting more like the Thought Police than a legislator in his dealings with UW-Madison.
Column by Caroline Levine, former chair of the English department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
If activity so far is any predictor, there’s bound to be debate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison over a “campus carry” bill Republican lawmakers have vowed to introduce when a new session of the Legislature convenes in January.
Republican state legislators’ warnings to University of Wisconsin-Madison over a class on white privilege threaten the free exploration of ideas that is a bedrock value not only of the University of Wisconsin, but the nation as a whole, says the local leadership of a national advocacy group for academic professionals.
Walker also said he intended to put more money into the University of Wisconsin System, although again declining to say how much.
Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday that a University of Wisconsin-Madison class titled “The Problem is Whiteness” is “goofy” and “unusual,” but he stopped short of saying offering it should put UW’s funding in jeopardy.
Letter to the editor from Virginia Tech assistant prof.: News about the Wisconsin Legislature introducing a concealed-carry policy at University of Wisconsin campuses sends fear through me.
Walker also said he won’t cut funding to the University of Wisconsin System in his next budget, but he may try to reduce tuition. And he rejected a Republican lawmaker’s suggestion that the state withhold funding from UW-Madison if it doesn’t drop a course on race relations called “The Problem of Whiteness.”
A controversial class offered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this spring promised readings on issues of race by noted writers of the past and present. But an evaluation of those course materials wasn’t apparent as Republican legislative leaders this week threatened funding to the university over its content.
Colleen began her career at the University of Wisconsin in the Department of Medical Physics 32 years ago when the Department Chair, Professor Herb Attix, hired her as Department Secretary. When Attix retired, Colleen continued working for the incoming Department Chair, Professor Paul DeLuca, until 1998. Professor DeLuca and Colleen were an unbreakable duo.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is reminding UW-Madison students who received their first dose of meningococcal B vaccine on campus in response to an outbreak this fall to get their second dose of the vaccine this winter break.
Wisconsin State Journal editorial: A chief asset is our university system. About 4,500 foreign students attend UW-Madison. Statewide, the total is more than twice as large. That’s brainpower that could fill and create jobs in the state. One of every eight STEM workers in Wisconsin with an advanced degree is already an immigrant.
It’s a class that will be offered spring semester of 2017 and it’s titled,”The Problem of Whiteness.” It’s jarring to some, but to others the boldness of the name is welcomed.
Letter to the editor: My dilemma now is: I’m having trouble making my (fairly meager) annual contribution to the UW Foundation or any other UW-related fund.My feeling is, with people like budget-cutting Gov. Scott Walker, Paul Ryan, Ron Johnson and Reince Priebus as the state’s standard-bearers, and Wisconsin voting red, don’t come around to blue-state outsiders like me to make up the budget difference. I wonder if other alumni feel the same way?
A Republican lawmaker called for UW-Madison to cancel a planned course on racism and fire its professor for posting tweets the legislator said condoned violence against police officers, warning Tuesday that the class could affect the university’s funding in the next state budget.
A firebrand speaker who was permanently banned from Twitter for “inciting or engaging in the targeted abuse or harassment of others” blasted a transgender student by name at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, prompting the school’s chancellor to immediately condemn the speech in a campus-wide email.
A $100 million vision that nationally known Milwaukee money manager Albert “Ab” Nicholas and his college sweetheart wife Nancy put forward more than a year ago has been realized four months after his death.
University of Wisconsin head coach Paul Chryst is a finalist for the 2016 Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Award, according to a release.
With the use of vibrant colors and cartoon-inspired imagery, Audrey Hansa tells the stories of women. Beginning at a young age, the University of Wisconsin student used art as an outlet to express herself and her emotions.
Sandy worked at OHMEDA and then the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the School of Pharmacy-Pharmaceutical Library.
University of Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst was named a finalist for the Dodd Trophy on Wednesday, given annually to the FBS head coach whose program represents the highest ideals on and off the field.
Public address announcer Mike Mahnke was back at the Kohl Center for Wednesday’s game after a minor health scare last week forced him to leave in the middle of the University of Wisconsin’s last home game against Idaho State.
Lauren Carlini became the first three-time first-team All-American in University of Wisconsin volleyball history, as the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced its teams Wednesday.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said Tuesday that she opposes any form of legislation that would allow the possession of concealed guns in university buildings.
UW-Madison students, faculty and staff are already beginning to protest campus carry legislation that seeks to allow concealed weapon in university buildings and will reportedly be re-introduced in January.
After additional post graduate studies he worked for the UW-Madison in Student Statistics and Institutional Studies and was appointed the Director of Institutional Studies for the UW Center System.
The set pricing is used for UW-Madison athletics events, concerts, plays and other occasions drawing in a large amount of people at one time. The city lists what ramps will have a special event rate for certain events.
Running the University of Wisconsin’s social media takes quick wit. With the advent of social, Nate Moll, UW’s social media specialist, said everything moves at lightning speed.
The board overseeing state worker health benefits declined to take action on self-insurance and other restructuring options Tuesday, as had been expected, saying discussion will continue in January.
The Badger Herald sat down with University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank on Dec. 2 to discuss a range of topics including sexual assault, campus diversity, faculty retention and out-of-state enrollment.
By many accounts, the current and 23rd session of the Associated Students of Madison Student Council is one of the most diverse the University of Wisconsin has ever seen.
Brooke Evans officially accepted a nomination Tuesday night to serve as a College of Letters & Science representative on the Associated Students of Madison Student Council.
The price tag for a renovation of UW-Madison’s Witte Hall has grown by $5.8 million after bids for the project adding an 11th floor and some new creature comforts to the dorm increased its cost.
An organization run by students called “Connect Wisconsin” gave out $10,000 grants to five local non-profits. Students say it was the culmination of a semester’s worth of work to find the right organizations making an impact in the community.
Although elected and appointed representatives for the Associated Students of Madison make commitments to advocate for students at weekly meetings, two groups within the larger organization have been dealing with low attendance this year.
University of Wisconsin offensive lineman Ryan Ramczyk has earned his place as one of the nation’s best tackles in his first year playing for the Badgers.
With the Wisconsin cold settling in, many UW-Madison students are cozying up indoors. However, not all students have the luxury of a home on winter nights.
In the weeks since Donald Trump’s presidential victory, Wisconsin Democrats reflecting on their losses up and down the ticket have said the party needs to do a better job of conveying its message to rural voters. It’s going to take more than that, said University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Kathy Cramer on Friday.
Independent voters are more likely to oppose a female candidate than Democrats or Republicans, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor found in a new set of studies.
There will be no confetti celebration for the University of Wisconsin volleyball team this year.
Professor Murray taught and mentored in the Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), for 29 years. He retired in 1998. He served as Department Chairman from 1975-1978, and later held posts as Assistant Dean and interim Associate Dean of CALS.
He was Assistant Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville, 1956-1957; and accepted an Assistant Professorship, University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1958. He remained Professor Emeritus, UW-Madison, until his death.
