Quoted: As more cooperatives merge, dairy farmers have fewer options for selling their milk, said Peter Carstensen, a University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor and expert in antitrust law and competition policy.
A suspended University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of sexually assaulting and harassing nearly a dozen women pleaded not guilty Friday to multiple charges.
University of Wisconsin students considered what a future with reduced segregated fees would look like in light of a proposal in the Wisconsin state budget.
State Rep. Joel Kitchens, R-Sturgeon Bay, applauded Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget proposal and answered students’ questions about the proposal at an Associated Students of Madison Shared Governance Committee meeting Tuesday.
When Terry Gawlik meets with student-athletes, she asks them to tell her what Title IX means.
With more than 43,000 students enrolled, the Associated Students of Madison has a large constituency. Adding to this are nearly 1,000 registered student organizations listed on the Wisconsin Involvement Network, 17 General Student Service Fund groups and the network on campus that can each focus and engage students.
The UW-Madison Office of Student Financial Aid has moved toward no longer being “paper-pushers,” as many other financial offices are, according to the office’s Communications Manager Karla Weber.
Though expressing reservations about possible performance-based funding in the UW System, an Assembly Republican came to campus Tuesday to meet with student leaders and primarily voiced support for the state biennial budget proposal.
Quoted: History suggests that lawmakers who outperform their party’s president at the ballot box exercise more independence from the White House, says David Canon, a congressional scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.“For members of Congress where a president runs ahead of them in their districts, there is a tendency to support him more,” says Canon.
Think of prospective University of Wisconsin students as consumers shopping for a car they can count on to get them where they want to go, when they need to get there, without guzzling too much gas.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police said Sunday they were forced to use a Taser on an 18-year-old man who was attacking and grabbing people outside a campus residence hall.
Quoted: A sales decline probably has indeed occurred, said both University of Wisconsin-Madison marketing professor Neeraj Arora and retail industry consultant Dick Seesel. “Donald Trump’s election rhetoric likely eroded a sizable chunk of Ivanka’s customer base of wealthy, educated, urban women,” Arora said by email.
We asked you to respond to Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut tuition at the University of Wisconsin in the fall of 2018.
While the governor and state lawmakers have frozen tuition for resident undergrads at University of Wisconsin System campuses since 2013 to help hold the line on student loan debt, the state hasn’t raised need-based financial aid since 2010-’11.
Noted: Stephen M. Born is emeritus professor of Planning and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Ethan Happ of the No. 7 Wisconsin men’s basketball team has been named to the John R. Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 list, as announced by the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Wednesday.
Governor Scott Walker delivered his budget proposal Wednesday afternoon, laying out his plan for state spending for the next two years. Some of the most talked about topics include tax cuts, workforce development and education, including a huge boost in funding for schools and tuition cuts for college students. Walker said he wants to put more than 11 billion dollars in to education funding, the most in state history.
The Minnesota man accused of killing a Saudi Arabian college student is back in a Wisconsin jail.
A nonprofit organization that treats sexual assault victims at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus is concerned about a portion of Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget.
As the nation continues to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order, students, community members and immigration lawyers gathered to discuss the travel ban and its effect on the Muslim population.
As student activism begins to rise on college campuses across the nation, some professors are encouraging faculty to rise with them.
Gov. Scott Walker laid out his state biennial budget proposal Wednesday, calling for an increase in education funding and a tuition cut for University of Wisconsin in-state undergraduates.
Gov. Scott Walker’s executive budget would hand the University of Wisconsin System more than $100 million in new state aid. He also wants to cut University of Wisconsin System tuition by 5 percent, let students opt out of paying some fees and grant the system’s request for additional state aid.
The United States has become home to Sorush Aslani, who has live in the states since 2008. Despite that time, Aslani says he fears if he leaves the country, he won’t be let back in.
After years of deep cuts, K-12 public schools and the University of Wisconsin stand to be big winners under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget.
The government will pay more than $750,000 to a man who was imprisoned for a University of Wisconsin-Madison student’s death for 25 years before his conviction was overturned.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s student government arm is none too pleased with Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to let students opt out of paying certain fees.
Quoted: “The Iranian community of Madison recognizes the bravery and sacrifice of these 16 Iranian firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty,” says Majid Sarmadi, a representative of Madison’s Iranian-American community.
Gov. Scott Walker is proposing a five percent tuition cut for in-state undergraduate students and more state money for the UW System as a whole in the 2017-19 state budget.
Governor Scott Walker’s latest budget proposal aims to support UW System students with tuition cuts and other degree options, but one measure could cut student programs and services.
In the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s rollout of a controversial executive order barring immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries, many questioned whether it was consistent with American values of acceptance and diversity.
Following UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s unexpected tuition proposal last Thursday, chancellors from UW System universities largely praised the opportunity it would provide to students on their campuses, while some questioned if the plan would decrease enrollment at smaller system schools.
Gov. Scott Walker announced Tuesday his long-anticipated budget proposal for the University of Wisconsin System, which includes a 5 percent decrease for in-state tuition as well as the possibility for students to opt out of segregated fees.
After extending a tuition freeze into a fifth year for resident undergraduates at University of Wisconsin System campuses, Gov. Scott Walker announced Tuesday that he wants to cut tuition by 5% beginning in fall 2018.
With growing concerns about campus safety, and news last week that a student convicted of torching black churches was trying to start a white nationalist group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the UW System is reviewing a practice of not asking prospective students if they have a criminal history.
Ten days after the Women’s March on Madison drew 100,000 people to State Street, UW-Madison students and members of the community once again picked up their signs Tuesday and protested what some see as a byproduct of the rise of President Donald Trump.
In response to a lawsuit alleging he mishandled millions of UW-Oshkosh funds, former Vice Chancellor of Administrative Services Tom Sonnleitner said he acted with consent from the UW System Board of Regents.
On the same night roughly 200 students protested white supremacy following the university’s response to a possible ‘alt-right’ group on campus, Chancellor Rebecca Blank spoke at an open panel, addressing student concerns regarding felony records and free speech.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s appearance at a Tuesday shared governance meeting was met with protests against white supremacy as she answered questions regarding the recent rise of an “alt-right” movement on campus.
In a mass demonstration entitled “Take Back our Campus: Resist White Supremacy,” around 70 protesters gathered Tuesday to march from Library Mall to Bascom Hall to voice their list of demands. Before ending their march, the group made its way to the Student Activity Center to speak to UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank, who was attending a shared governance meeting.
Students at UW-Madison are standing up to university leaders, demanding action after another student tried to start a white nationalist group on campus.
A spokesperson for Attorney General Brad Schimel says their office is still reviewing President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries and has not made any decision on whether Wisconsin will join a lawsuit to challenge it brought by other states.
A $10 million plant research facility in Middleton first opened in 1982 with the help of UW-Madison scientists, and now, through donation, it has become part of the University.
Just a few weeks ago a carbon monoxide leak at an away game put the UW women’s hockey team in a dangerous situation. One local company wants to make sure that never happens again.
Dozens of protesters marched on UW-Madison’s campus Tuesday night from Library Mall up Bascom Hill to spread a message of equality and safety on campus. They say Chancellor Blank did not do enough to condemn Daniel Dropik and his attempts to start an “alt-right” group.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is increasing the number of students, faculty and staff it says are affected by President Donald Trump’s travel ban covering seven mostly Muslim countries.
Several hundred people gathered Tuesday night to protest the rise of white nationalism on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy, called President Donald Trump’s travel ban “scary” and mentioned Japanese internment and Hitler’s treatment of Jews while criticizing the policy.Van Gundy coached the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team in 1994-1995.
A Madison man is among those affected by President Trump’s executive order banning refugees and immigrants from seven countries, which was signed on Friday.
Noted: Part of that process involves reaching out to UW-Madison’s education department, but Hargrove-Krieghoff says there are not enough students going into the profession in the state, so the district also has to look outside Wisconsin. Recruiters even look to other countries to find bilingual teachers for the district’s dual language immersion programs.
President Donald Trump’s immigration travel ban on refugees and visa-holders from majority-Muslim countries is having a big impact on the UW-Madison campus.
UW-Madison’s new Career Exploration Center for students officially opened Monday afternoon.
The use of non-human primates in research has fueled some of the most pivotal scientific discoveries to date and saved countless lives. Rhesus macaques have been instrumental in the development of vaccines, the discovery of HIV/AIDS treatments, the characterization of blood groups, and a myriad of other medical and scientific breakthroughs.
The Child Care Tuition Assistance Program aims to support student-parents in their pursuit of high-quality childcare while fulfilling the university’s mission of education and research.
White Privilege 101 offered a group of UW-Madison students a lesson Monday on how to use the privilege they may have from their various identities in an open discussion setting.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank called on the Trump administration to reconsider the new order that stops individuals from certain countries from returning to the U.S. in a statement released Monday.
With her 26 years of community outreach experience in tow, new University of Wisconsin Police Department Chief Kristen Roman is confident she can build up police-community relationships.
Two University of Wisconsin students are working toward using natural substances to create eco-friendly that can help scrub cancer-causing gases from water and air.
Looking to take Wisconsin businesses worldwide, University of Wisconsin E-Business Consortium has been working toward increasing the state’s entrepreneurship resources and bringing credibility to the university.
University of Wisconsin student-parents voiced their support for segregated fees to fund child care, allowing people to attend class while knowing their kids are receiving care at a Student Services Finance Committee meeting Monday.
