The Title and Total Compensation Study is a joint project of UW-Madison and the UW System, which are splitting the cost of New York-based consultant Mercer, said UW System spokeswoman Stephanie Marquis.
As students filtered in for the first session of class in Russell Labs room A228 at the University of Wisconsin, they were greeted with a snack of venison sausage.
Michael Thornton says he got his education in the school of hard knocks (before he got his Ph.D. at University of Michigan.) Growing up in a military family, he had to pull up stakes often, and knows what it’s like to live on the wrong side of the tracks.
In an effort to shed light on the diversity of the Native American students, Madison community members and members of Native communities statewide came together Saturday to celebrate indigenous cultures at the 49th annual Spring Powwow, hosted by UW-Madison student group Wunk Sheek.
The School of Veterinary Medicine said it is still working to fundraise and spread awareness about its Animals Need Heroes Too campaign. Friday’s canceled University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Spring Football game was a fundraiser for the project.
After struggling with their budget for months, the Student Services Financial Committee passed legislation that will increase a General Student Services pay cap by $10,000 if they present “sufficient information,” Thursday night.
Noted: White was teaching high school math in Dallas when he left for law school at UW-Madison in 2005. “I didn’t know anybody up here, had no connections to Madison,” he said. Fortunately, that’s changed with time, and White now has friends to brunch with on weekends and is active in professional organizations. He’s also an adjunct professor of law at UW-Madison.
The greater Madison community is invited to attend the inspiring and memorable graduation ceremony for students of the UW Odyssey Project class of 2018 on May 2 at the Great Hall of Memorial Union that will feature guest speaker Judge Everett Mitchell.
Activists and recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals discussed immigration policies and the issues facing undocumented students in Madison at a panel hosted by University of Wisconsin’s NextGen chapter Tuesday evening.
Bucking national trends, international applications at UW-Madison have increased by 15% this year according to Roopa Rawjee, assistant dean of International Student Services. This is because UW-Madison “has an exceptionally strong brand nationally and internationally,” she says.
Steyer said he’s planning to spend at least $2.5 million on mobilizing voters in Wisconsin before the November election, with a particular emphasis on voters under 35 years old.
Two technology officers from universities in West Coast states have been selected as finalists for the UW-Madison chief information officer/vice provost for information technology post.
Liberal billionaire Tom Steyer put his mouth where his money is on Tuesday, speaking on college campuses in Madison and Milwaukee after pledging to spend $2.5 million to organize young voters in Wisconsin.
The University of Wisconsin has canceled its spring football game due to the threat of inclement weather. The game was set for 6 p.m. Friday at Camp Randall Stadium and won’t be rescheduled.
Representatives from the Multicultural Student Center met UW-Madison officials and representatives from the Associated Students of Madison Tuesday to advocate for cultural centers for groups who will be displaced from their Red Gym locations by construction this summer.
Alfred McCoy, expert on Southeast Asian History, states U.S. must improve academics in to surpass China in innovation.
The state paid at least $541,000 in settlements in the last decade in connection with allegations of sexual misconduct, including sexual assault or harassment, by UW-Madison employees, according to public records released Monday.
Undergraduate female students lodged seven sexual harassment complaints against University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty, academic staffers and graduate students over the past decade, including one that resulted in a firing.
These shorts, presented Sunday in Union South, ranged from an oddly funny, repetitive experimental feature, “This One’s for Mikey,” that felt like three minutes of aquarium-themed Vine videos to a slice-of-life documentary set on Homecoming night in small town Oklahoma.
Students and faculty who dealt with outdated facilities, tight space and course enrollment issues inside UW-Madison’s chemistry building can rest assured that their concerns will be addressed after the Board of Regents granted $29.3 million in extra spending for the renovation.
Lee said Asian-Americans should not settle for lesser position on totem pole due to model minority myth.
Six Student Services Finance Committee representatives faced impeachment Thursday, leaving some frustrated that the committee failed to amend its attendance policy in a hearing last month.
A search and screen committee has named three finalists for the position of vice chancellor for student affairs at UW–Madison, the university announced Thursday.
Hundreds more people turned out to vote in University of Wisconsin-Madison campus area wards Tuesday, with some polling places seeing up to six times as many voters than in the April 2014 election.
The Waisman Center at UW-Madison has selected a veteran researcher at the center as its new director.
The first screening of the first Wisconsin Film Festival took place on April 29, 1999, in what was then called the Wisconsin Union Theater … For 2018, the festival is back in the theater, now called Shannon Hall, for the first time in six years.
The longtime space crunch for students taking chemistry classes will finally begin to ease in a couple of years, the famous but antiquated Babcock Dairy Hall is getting a big addition and the meat science program will soon get a new building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Three student affairs officers from universities outside Wisconsin have been chosen as finalists for the UW-Madison vice chancellor for student affairs position.
For the 16th year, UW-Madison will invite curious non-scientists to campus to learn about science and research through more than 40 “exploration stations,” tours, shows and hands-on activities.
The Waisman Center at UW-Madison has selected a veteran researcher at the center as its new director.
Two local undocumented students will have an easier time paying for school next year, thanks to a new scholarship fund created by the student organizations Dreamers of UW-Madison.
A group of UW-Madison students has taken advocating for undocumented students into their own hands.
Former SJ General Counsel Josh Gerrelts allegedly used word ’gay’ in a homophobic manner, said ’Jewed out of a win’ in reference to case.
While McBurney’s accommodation services are ’excellent,’ UW’s campus exhibits a lack of understanding of Deaf culture.
Representatives advocated for amplifying freshmen voice on campus.
For the first time, the MSC will celebrate Middle Eastern North African Heritage Month and Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month to highlight those communities and the impact they have on UW-Madison.
After a protest from the Teaching Assistants’ Association, the Associated Students of Madison unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday declaring support to the organization in their fight against a new segregated fee policy.
Noted: The “Best and Brightest” piece on the BBA Class of 2018, features Alexis Pae and Bui Tan.
Property owner Steve Brown Apartments received a demolition permit for its seven-story building at 126 Langdon St. that had been used as a private dormitory for decades, but has been vacant since 2008 after student demand for the housing option dropped. Most utility service had been cut to the building in 2011.
The American Council of Engineering Companies is honoring the unique upgrades at the Memorial Union.
Prestigious Hilldale Awards were also presented to UW faculty.
Noted: The co-founders’ first project together was an app for students to more efficiently get around the UW-Madison campus.
Ben Ferris, the popular Madison jazz bassist, recalls when he first attended the Richard Davis Foundation conference in seventh grade. The event, a two-day clinic for young bassists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, left a huge impression.
Behind-the-scenes shots of a Memorial Union emblem.
Cryptocurrency courses are coming to the Wisconsin School of Business as schools worldwide catch on to a new intersection of technology and finance.
“A Concert for Richard,” an all-bass concert featuring faculty from the 25th annual Richard Davis Foundation for Young Bassists’ Conference, is at 7 p.m. on Friday in the Memorial Union’s Great Hall.
The production, directed by lecturer Drew Sutherland, will be held April 12-29 at the Hemsley Theatre in Vilas Hall.
Q&A with Jo Handelsman, director of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
Thursday afternoon a group of UW-Madison graduate student workers protested a proposed change to their segregated fee payment method.
In 1968, the feminist movement was the leading force in introducing the Gender & Women’s Studies class “Women and Their Bodies in Health and Disease” into UW-Madison’s curriculum. Fifty years later, the class has become imperative to the department, according to Professor Jenny Higgins.
Plan announced early this week makes graduate workers pay expensive fees before first paycheck.
UW-Madison Dean of Students Lori Berquam is leaving the position following spring commencement in May.
For months, University of Wisconsin-Madison officials have opposed a 12-story student housing project slated for the southwest side of campus near Union South.
Students who spend time at the MeChA House — the university community center for the Chicanx and Latinx community — and at the American Indian Cultural Center on Brooks Street believe the university has plans to replace their houses. But according to Campus Planning and Architecture Director Gary Brown, rumors that both houses will be torn down are premature.
Policy places financial hardship on graduate students, Teaching Assistants Association says.
The library closed its doors more than half a semester ago, one of the first spaces to be eliminated as part of UW-Madison’s plan to consolidate its library system.
Attempts to encourage UW-Madison’s student body to have a say in choosing their student representatives proved mostly futile last week after just 6 percent voted in the Associated Students of Madison student election — the lowest turnout in 10 years.
Donald Moynihan, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s LaFollette School of Public Affairs, announced Tuesday via Twitter that he will be leaving this fall to join the faculty of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Matthew Yglesias, co-founder of Vox, led the panel’s discussion of Trump’s first year in office.
While new policy remains contested by many students, modifications have eased some nerves.
