Around 200 protestors came to UW-Madison’s Library Mall for a “Stop The Hate: Building People’s Unity” rally and march on Feb. 10. The rally pulled a strong focus on the collaborative efforts between labor and movements to bring action and put a spotlight on the activity of the white supremacist group Blood Tribe around the state.
UW-Madison Police Chief Kristen Roman has resigned amid a university investigation into alleged workplace misconduct.
“Pittsburgh has recovered from the collapse of its steel industry in the 1970s and 1980s by building out competencies in computer and data science, A.I. and automation and now medical treatments. … Minneapolis-St. Paul — once the flour-milling capital of the world — is now a dynamic finance, retail, medical and biomedical hub. Nearby Madison, Wis. — home to the University of Wisconsin and its University Research Park — hosts over 125 start-ups.”
An 80 line metro bus collided with a car on Observatory Drive around 1:50 p.m. Monday.
Ashour recited poems in both his native Arabic and English, enrapturing the audience in his verse about the grief of living in Gaza. Many of the attendees, including Ashour, wore kuffiya-patterned clothing from popular Palestinian brand PaliRoots as a showcase of solidarity with Palestinian nationalism.
’The most important criteria in our long term vision is efficiency,’ SSFC chair says
Appointment follows resignation of Kristen Roman.
The city is home to or in close proximity to major employers like the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Lands’ End, Spectrum Brands, American Girl and more.
ISA to highlight intersections between STEM disciplines, Islam, organizers say.
Brent Plisch, who has been with UWPD since 2005, was appointed as interim chief. He previously served as a U.S. Army captain and was a platoon leader, assistant operations officer and battalion staff officer. He was stationed at Fort Carson, Colo. and completed a tour in Iraq.
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Waisman Center have done something that sounds like a science fiction movie. They’re the first to 3-D print living brain tissue.
UW-Madison Spokesperson Kelly Tyrrell told 27 News Roman resigned amid an investigation into alleged violations of university employment policy and work rules.
A new study by the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention claims low-nicotine cigarettes and vapes are both solid substitutes for regular cigarettes.
The center is being supported by a $14 million donation from Jerry Frautschi, the namesake of the center. The goal of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve Frautschi Center will be to educate on sustainability, with experiences teaching from UW programs.
There are a few layers to what could trouble the athletic director of a Division I program, and Chris McIntosh listed them to the Wisconsin Board of Regents on Thursday.
Kamari McGee remembers being caught off guard: Lamb chops? For breakfast? McGee didn’t even know what those were.
Honoring a whimsical tradition first started in 1979, the presence of the statue replica is part of the university’s annual Winter Carnival week.
Positive mentorship experiences are central to fostering self-efficacy, success, well-being and inclusion of students, particularly women and racial and ethnic minorities. Nationwide initiatives such as the National Academies’ the Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM and the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experience in Research, among others, enable scalable mentorship training of researchers.
Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea and the ethnic Chinese demographic in Singapore—all populations that observe the 12-zodiac lunar calendar—also posted small increases, University of Wisconsin-Madison demographer Fuxian Yi previously told Newsweek, citing China’s annual census data.
Picnic Point is one of Madison’s most treasured oases; 300 acres of pristinely preserved natural space just a few miles from the heart of downtown. Now, thanks to a $14.3 million dollar gift from UW alumnus Jerry Frautschi, the iconic UW-Madison landmark is getting a brand new visitor and education center.
The facility will be home to two-dozen specialties and will open in three phases. UW Health said most areas will be operational by mid-November. The medical center, located across from East Madison Hospital, will be a 470,000-square-foot, seven-story building.
“There will be something in place of the hockey tournament, but we’re just not sure what it looks like yet,” said Sean Nicgorski, SAE philanthropy chair. “Even though the event is canceled, we’re still raising money for the Lily’s Fund as best as we can.”
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents authorized a reconstruction project for the Camp Randall Sports Center Thursday which would turn the former workout facility into an indoor football training center.
The University of Wisconsin Dance Team, also known as the Spirit Squad, competed at the Universal Dance Association College Nationals from Jan. 12 to Jan. 14. Taking place in Orlando, Florida, at the Walt Disney ESPN Wide World of Sports, the dancers got to represent UW at the national level.
TV: Tell us a little bit about yourself.JH: I am a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison pursuing a degree in journalism with a certificate in gender and women’s studies. I have covered a variety of topics on and off the UW campus, including local politics, campus culture, and the arts. I am currently a fellow at the UW Center for Journalism Ethics and the outreach coordinator for Sex Out Loud, UW-Madison’s peer-to-peer sexual health resource. Previously, I interned at Isthmus, Madison’s independent, local-news source, and served as an editor of a campus-life and -style magazine.
MATC’s district board announced the decision at its monthly meeting Wednesday night, with board chair Donald Dantzler saying in a statement that selecting the college’s next president is the “most significant responsibility” facing the board.
It’s a level of faculty growth that would have progressed naturally over the next decade, UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin said, but an increase in university enrollment, which topped 50,000 students last fall, makes it necessary to be more aggressive in hiring.
UW-Madison aims to receive all of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030 and have net-zero emissions by 2048 — the university’s 200th anniversary — as part of a new sustainability plan to combat climate change.
A Republican bill to ban race consideration for college financial aid has brought concern for how marginalized students will succeed in the Wisconsin higher education system.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents looked at expansions to cybersecurity insurance, new database projects and third-party data management procedures during Thursday meetings.
For years, the Associated Students of Madison has financed bus passes for students from segregated fees. These passes cover every Madison Metro Transit bus and allow for campus routes — the 80, 81, 82 and 84 — to run without requiring a pass or fare.
This program is the university finally backing their word and supposed dedication to aiding the Indigenous peoples of Wisconsin.
The bill said UW’s response to the circulation of a video of a UW student using racist slurs last spring, which emphasized that hate speech is protected speech “did not go far enough to condemn the racist use of free speech,” according to the bill. It also calls on UW to remove and address the phrase “Hate speech is free speech,” which was added to fall 2023 SOAR materials and “On Wisconsin.”
Initiatives aim to ‘make this institution even a step stronger,’ at local, global levels.
’Student Voices’ survey reveals insights into how well colleges prepare students for workforce.
“Two weeks after I was in my fulltime faculty position with my own lab, I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer myself, underwent chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation while I was seeing patients in clinic and doing my own colorectal cancer research,” said Deming, who serves as a medical oncologist at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center.
Court records state an intoxicated Joehnk was at Monday’s Bar in downtown Madison Halloween 2022 when he started touching a woman inappropriately against her will. Records also say he sexually touched one of her friends.
Chancellor Mnookin announced the RISE initiative to hire faculty in areas of “global challenge,” including artificial intelligence.
The committee responsible for the report was co-chaired by University of Wisconsin Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and Robert E. Kahn professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton University Edward W. Felten.
Smith residents received an email Feb. 1 from Jake Baggott, UW-Madison chief health officer, and Andrew O’Donnell, UHS interim director of health services, urging them to get tested for tuberculosis. The email said there is “no cause for immediate concern.”
Lake Mendota’s condition due to recent weather may require postponement, or even relocation of a longstanding UW-Madison tradition.
Canvas observers are able to access class assignments, calendars, discussions — including posts from the entire class — and more.
Wisconsin sophomore Serah Williams is one of 15 players in the nation named to the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Watch List, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Wednesday.
Recent NIH grant is opportunity for UW to establish itself as research institution, increase number of STEM graduates.
UW School of Medicine and Public Health professor of microbiology Caitlin Pepperell said that although the disease is seen less in the United States than in other regions, the spread of tuberculosis is an extremely common global phenomenon.
The committee responsible for the report was co-chaired by University of Wisconsin Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and Robert E. Kahn professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton University Edward W. Felten.
The exhibition runs from Feb. 7 to May 19 at the Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery in Nancy Nichols Hall.
“This tool is likely to be very useful for young people and their families as they’re trying to present themselves in the most appealing way to college admissions,” said Mitchell Nathan, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor at UW-Madison and author of “Foundations of Embodied Learning.”
It’s normal for insect population totals to swing up and down drastically, but drops become dangerous when they have been chronically eroded, as with monarchs, said Karen Oberhauser, professor emerita of entomology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who has studied monarchs for decades.
Why haven’t the Badgers already passed 100 seasons? Put some of the blame on the Great Depression and slushy ice that sometimes forced the team to practice on roller skates in the Red Gym.
Column by Dr. Patrick Remington, professor emeritus at the School of Medicine and Public Health at UW-Madison.
In 1974, he joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty as Associate Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine and headed the Division of Endocrinology. During his career, he was instrumental in pioneering research on hypertension and hormonal regulation in pregnancy, significantly advancing the field. Dr. Ehrlich’s legacy includes the establishment of the “Great People Scholarship” at the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, a tribute to his mentorship.
The Universities of Wisconsin hopes a new one-stop shop for online degree programs across its 13 universities will boost enrollment and graduation rates, especially for adult learners and traditional-age students looking for virtual options.
Smith residents received an email Feb. 1 from Jake Baggott, UW-Madison chief health officer, and Andrew O’Donnell, UHS interim director of health services, urging them to get tested for tuberculosis. The email said there is “no cause for immediate concern.”
Lily’s Classic, the annual hockey tournament organized by the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, will not be canceled at this time despite low ice levels on Lake Mendota.
In a hearing from the Committee on Colleges and Universities, Republican lawmakers presented a bill to support free speech on UW System campuses.
A Latinx history project, launched Feb. 1 through the University of Wisconsin School of Education, plans to create a digital archive of scholarly documents on Latinx communities in Wisconsin, according to the School of Education website. The project aims to elevate voices in Latinx communities and provide educational resources for teachers.
Student Services Finance Committee begins by discussing GSSF eligibility requirements.
Ten student organizations were granted eligibility to receive funding from the GSSF — Badger Catholic, Latine Student Union, Mecha, Muslim Student Association, Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment, Student Leadership Program, Sex Out Loud, The People’s Farm, Wisconsin Black Student Union and Wunk Sheek.
The Wisconsin Union’s winter-themed event series, called Winter Carnival, will make its return to Madison for its 84th year Feb. 7-10, 2024, bringing with it both indoor and outdoor winter-themed activities.
