Just days after rejecting it, the UW Board of Regents on Wednesday approved a sweeping deal with Republican legislators to free up more than $800 million in staff raises, a new engineering building at UW-Madison and other infrastructure spending in exchange for scaling back diversity efforts.
The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents reversed itself Wednesday and voted to approve a Republican-brokered deal that would unlock pay raises for employees and fund UW-Madison’s new engineering building in exchange for slimming its diversity, equity and inclusion staffing.
Karen Oberhauser, the director of the University of Wisconsin Arboretum and the founder of the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project, advises against rearing monarchs in captivity on a large scale or for more than a single generation, since captivity may disrupt the development of their navigational abilities and, over time, can alter their genetic makeup.
The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents on Wednesday voted to approve a deal with the Republican-led state Legislature to provide funds for the school system in exchange for a freeze on diversity, equity and inclusion positions, among other conditions.
An arrest warrant has been issued for a man charged with a hate crime after authorities say he threw rocks at Jewish UW-Madison students from a rooftop. The warrant took effect Tuesday for Ethan W. Hanson, 21, of Deerfield.
During a brief press conference following the UW Board of Regents vote that ultimately changed the role of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion positions at UW schools, President Jay Rothman stated multiple times that he understood this was a ‘difficult decision for the regents’ and he respects all the people who voted for it or against it.
UW–Madison student, Madison City Council member weighs in on lack of student involvement in deal.
Two individuals yelled antisemitic remarks at a small Dec. 8 Hanukkah gathering, according to UW Hillel.
In emails obtained by The Daily Cardinal, UW System President Jay Rothman provided an extensive list of position titles in regards to diversity, equity and inclusion per a request by Sen. Rob Hutton in May.
Letter to the editor: Our public universities can become more diverse, equitable and inclusive in any number of ways.
The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team has unveiled its alternate uniforms for this season, which were designed by the players on the team.
Letter to the editor: What Speaker Vos is actually threatening to do is gain acceptance of one view (conservatism) by dismantling and eliminating an alternative view. This tactic seems dangerously close to tactics employed by dictators. But apparently Vos is comfortable with this.
Plans for a new University of Wisconsin football indoor practice facility are evolving, with a notable change shown in the newest set of ideas.
Every year the American Association of University Professors awards the Alexander Meiklejohn Award for Academic Freedom to an American college, university administrator, trustee or a board of trustees as a group, in recognition of an outstanding contribution to academic freedom.
The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents will vote again on a Republican-brokered deal it rejected Saturday that would unlock pay raises for employees and fund UW-Madison’s new engineering building in exchange for slimming its DEI positions.
The UW Board of Regents will meet again on Wednesday to reconsider a deal brokered between Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman and legislative Republicans to secure pay raises for UW system employees and funding for UW-Madison’s long-awaited engineering building in exchange for restructuring system diversity efforts.
“The metallic traces are interesting, but I’ll caution that this was only a single event,” said Chris Vagasky, a lightning researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who was not involved in the new work. To see if all ghosts are iron-fueled spooks, he added, “it would be nice to see the results from multiple ghosts.”
Universities of Wisconsin regents have decided to vote again on a deal with Republican lawmakers that calls for reducing diversity positions in exchange for funding to cover employee raises and campus construction projects, including a new engineering building at UW-Madison.
Universities of Wisconsin regents have decided to vote again on a deal with Republican lawmakers that calls for reducing diversity positions in exchange for funding to cover employee raises and campus construction projects, including a new engineering building at UW-Madison.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents previously rejected the proposal Saturday in a 9-8 vote.
Students speak of “paralyzing” feelings of loss, university support and finding strength in solidarity after the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack.
Growing student, faculty criticism says the proposed deal exchanged diversity, equity and inclusion programming without foreknowledge from the students it would affect.
The adoption of the deal in the rescheduled meeting comes at the recommendation of Regent President Amy Blumenfeld Bogost, Regent Ashok Rai, Regent Kyle Weatherly and UW President Jay Rothman. Bogost voted against the deal Saturday, while Rai and Weatherly voted for the deal.
Under the deal, the school system would freeze the number of DEI positions at its schools through 2026. Additionally, a third of those positions would be realigned “to areas with a primary focus on academic and student success.”
“I think the frustration that many of us are feeling has only been magnified,” professor at UW Green Bay, Jon Shelton, said.
The board has a meeting scheduled for Wednesday evening. An agenda lists a “recommendation to approve” terms related to a state funding proposal. Republicans have withheld $32 million of funding from UW because of opposition to diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Monday the deal was his final offer and would prefer if the UW System moves forward with the deal despite Democrat opposition.
Wisconsin’s top Republican lawmakers said Monday that they are done negotiating with the Universities of Wisconsin over a deal that would have given the university system’s employees a pay raise and paid for the construction of a new engineering building in exchange for reductions in staff positions focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.
The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team will start its Thursday matchup with Jacksonville State one hour earlier.
Another battle over diversity, equity and inclusion programs on college campuses has reached a fever pitch. After a long standoff with Wisconsin’s Republican-led state legislature, the University of Wisconsin agreed on Friday to freeze all new hires related to diversity, equity and inclusion in exchange for $800 million for pay raises and a new engineering building on the UW Madison campus.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Monday that Republicans “are not changing one thing” in the compromise plan the Universities of Wisconsin Regents rejected Saturday to roll back diversity efforts in exchange for staff raises and a new engineering building and other infrastructure improvements.
In an unexpected move Saturday, the board overseeing state public universities narrowly rejected a deal University of Wisconsin System leaders brokered with the state’s top Republican over campus diversity efforts.
I set long deadlines, knowing that I was working on what disability scholars have called “crip time.” (Term used by UW–Madison scholar Ellen Samuels.)
Dr. Julie Stamm, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who was not involved in the summit, says it’s exciting to see a lineup of experts coming together to discuss not just CTE but other conditions related to traumatic brain injury.
“For a retailer, they’re primarily a tool to incentivize people to make a purchase,” said Laura Hensen, executive director of the Kohl’s Center for Retailing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
If the incident in question causes you continued distress and negatively impacts your life, that’s where the f-word — forgiveness — may have a role to play, said psychologist Robert Enright, a pioneer in the field of forgiveness science and professor of educational psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
And installing technologies to capture greenhouse gasses on fossil fuel power plants would further raise prices for a sector already struggling to compete with renewables, as Gregory Nemet, a professor at the University of Wisconsin who studies the public policy of technology change, told The Hill.
Jessica Calarco, a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin, calls the way our society relies on families to independently support social reproduction a “D.I.Y. society.”
In a narrow vote on Saturday, the University of Wisconsin (UW) System Board of Regents chose to reject $800 million of additional funding in exchange for keeping and expanding their diversity offices.
Granato, 59, is a member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame and most recently coached at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin. He also coached Team USA at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Letter to the editor: In the Dec. 2 State Journal article “Rothman: Liberal arts safe,” Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman walks back parts of an email he had sent to chancellors that suggested “shifting away from liberal arts programs.”
Universities of Wisconsin regents narrowly rejected a deal Saturday reached with Republicans that would have given employees a pay raise and paid for construction of a new engineering building in exchange for reductions in staff positions focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.
A narrowly divided UW Board of Regents on Saturday rejected an agreement between Universities of Wisconsin system President Jay Rothman and legislative Republican leaders authorizing UW system funding and pay raises in exchange for changes to universities’ diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
She worked at the UW vet school for over ten years working with various animals in critical care and surgery, which was her passion.
The University of Wisconsin volleyball team will make its fourth national semifinal appearance in the last five seasons and sixth overall in a matchup of teams who have won the last three national championships.
The Board of Regents rejected a deal Saturday that would have unlocked pay raises for employees, funded UW-Madison’s new engineering building and allowed the Universities of Wisconsin to recoup the $32 million cut from its budget earlier this year.
Letter to the editor: Here is a little reminder to Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, who is holding Universities of Wisconsin employees hostage.
Without private donations, the Universities of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Tuition Promise program could be in jeopardy for future cohorts of low- to median-income students who might otherwise struggle to afford a college education.
Regents share perspectives, emphasize importance of DEI at UW schools.
The Badgers defeated the Ducks in a pulsating affair on Saturday night at the UW Field House.
The regents voted 9-8 against the deal, which would have unlocked $32 million for the system’s workforce development plan, paid for projects including a proposed engineering building at UW-Madison, and green-lit raises for UW employees.
The Board voted 8 to 9 with several members stating the deal would limit resources for students of color. “I can not and will not vote to set the system back,” stated Regent Joan Prince.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents rejected a resolution to restructure DEI positions in exchange for funding for UW System employee pay raises and building projects in a 9-8 vote.
The regents voted 9-8 against the deal, which comes after Republican lawmakers had previously threatened to completely cut diversity programs.
The 59-year-old played for the badgers in the 1980′s, and coached the Badgers from 2016 to 2023. He lead Wisconsin to a Big Ten Championship in 2021.
Former University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach and player Tony Granato said he has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and will begin treatment this week.
For the second consecutive year Penn State ran into a brick wall with a Motion W on it in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA volleyball tournament.
Six potential station corridors were presented to the public in late 2022, and the study team is now finalizing corridor evaluations and identifying potential station sites, Callin said. The corridors are near the Dane County Regional Airport, Oscar Mayer, the Near East Side, First Street, Downtown and the UW-Madison campus.
A group of about 20 men marched from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to the state Capitol building in November, carrying flags with swastikas and shouting antisemitic rhetoric. They wore shirts labeled “Blood Tribe,” which is a growing neo-Nazi group that believes in white supremacy, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
He was right. When Doom was launched on 10 December 1993, it became immediately clear that the game was all-consuming – id Software had chosen to make the abbreviated shareware version available via the FTP site of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but that crashed almost immediately, bringing the institution’s network to its knees.
