UW-Madison will open a center for black students as the spring semester winds down Wednesday, in what one researcher called a positive step toward the university better supporting African-Americans on campus.
Letter to the editor: Even when they are well-intentioned, attempts by legislators to micro-manage University of Wisconsin affairs are often heavy handed or misdirected.But the bill from Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum, to ensure free speech on campus seems appropriate and essentially constructive.
They are advancing speech-code legislation that Larry Dupuis, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Wisconsin chapter, correctly refers to as “unnecessarily draconian.” If Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and his compatriots get their way, the Board of Regents would be mandated to adopt policies requiring UW campuses to remain neutral on public controversies — like, one supposes, the debate over how best to protect Wisconsin dairy farmers in international trade disputes. This has the potential to impinge on academic freedom, public discourse and the ability of lobbyists for the university system to advocate for maintenance of the Wisconsin Idea, adequate funding of campuses, tuition issues and more.
The New York Times bestseller—written by J.D. Vance—details the author’s upbringing and struggle with class and social problems in the Rust Belt of Ohio, as well as in Appalachian town in Kentucky.
Grueling competition requires teams to solve series of complex problems in just five hours.
Student obituaries from the 2016-’17 academic year.
Group has started fights at rallies around U.S.
A year after a rash of racist incidents and student protests spread across its campus, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is opening a center for black students Wednesday in an effort to show better support for the black community on campus.
University of Wisconsin graduate student Michael Davis says he feels isolated, excluded and afraid as a black student on the predominantly white campus, where he’s been called a racial slur multiple times.
UW-Madison will hold a graduation ceremony this week for a unique program designed to change lives of adults near the poverty leve
Numbers from the university’s most recent Data Digest clocked women faculty at just 750 in 2015, compared to 1,455 men. This may not sound too promising given the national conversation around gender equality, but 20 years ago, the gap looked more like a four-times difference. Progress has been made. But it’s still no secret that women looking to rise through the academic ranks face a steeper climb, particularly women of color.
For students at Wisconsin’s flagship university, a college education now comes with a side of local hydroponic butter lettuce.
Two UW-Madison organizations will host one of the nation’s most controversial political scientists for an off-campus lecture this week, and demonstrators are gearing up to confront him.
One of the Republican lawmakers who helped write a proposed a bill that could expel students for disrupting events at University of Wisconsin system schools, said he expects the bill to get bipartisan support.
Students are invited to gather at the UW-Madison Library Mall at 11 a.m. and also make their way to the Capitol.
The ground was muddy on Mifflin Street even before the rain clouds came in.
Former University of Wisconsin men’s basketball players were well represented at the Crazylegs Classic, at the finish line and on the race course.
Gov. Scott Walker expressed support for a bill that calls for suspending or expelling students who disrupt free speech on college campuses.
Mike Leckrone could fill a book with compelling stories and experiences he shared with Elroy Hirsch.
The bill would also require universities to stay neutral on public policy controversies. The intent of that provision is to bar universities from forcing faculty or students to take a particular viewpoint, an aide to Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said.
University of Wisconsin-Madison administrators swiftly dismissed a call from the Associated Students of Madison student council to divest from corporations involved in private prisons, fossil fuels, border walls or arms manufacture.
Republican lawmakers would require University of Wisconsin System institutions to discipline and potentially expel students who disrupt speeches on campus, and mandate that UW stay neutral on political controversies.
To fix climate problems, says individuals need to realize they are not separate from nature.
Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin and North Carolina are circulating bills that would require state universities to punish students who disrupt campus speech and remain neutral on political and social issues. Both are based on model legislation from the Goldwater Institute, a conservative think tank.
The student government of the University of Wisconsin-Madison unanimously passed a divestment resolution targeting companies operating in many countries that included an amendment specifically about Israel.
The student government of the University of Wisconsin-Madison included an amendment specifically about Israel in a divestment resolution targeting companies operating in many countries.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin students who disrupt speeches and demonstrations could be expelled and campuses would have to remain neutral on public issues under a bill Republican legislators are pushing this week.
Republican state lawmakers are proposing a bill they say will help protect free speech rights on University of Wisconsin campuses.
Greg Nemet, a professor in the La Follette School of Public Affairs and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, and Gregg Mitman, from the Department of History, were among 35 fellows announced by the Carnegie Corporation of New York on Wednesday.
The State Building Commission has approved a plan to demolish UW-Madison’s Southeast Recreational Facility later this year and replace it with an improved campus gym, Gov. Scott Walker’s office announced Wednesday.
Student council also approved resolution calling for community control of police.
Amid a recent push by students to create a more inclusive and safe campus for everyone, the UW-Madison community will bid farewell to an administrator who led these initiatives.
The Associated Students of Madison are demanding transparency and accountability from the UW-Madison Police Department, and calling for community supervision of the department.
After a month of debates, walkouts and lawsuits, UW-Madison’s student government unanimously passed wide-ranging divestment legislation Wednesday—but an amendment naming Israel was once again the main point of contention.
The state Building Commission approved plans Wednesday for a roughly $96.5 million replacement of the Southeast Recreation Facility at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
MADISON – Unethical, intimidating and undemocratic tactics preceded the approval of a Student Council resolution critical of Israel on Wednesday night, according to pro-Israel students at University of Wisconsin – Madison.Pro-Israel Jewish students were feeling hurt and disappointed after student government approved a resolution calling attention to various progressive causes while also criticizing Israel. Even the school administration weighed in, issuing a late-night statement after the vote that called for “the need to act with integrity.”
A new report by the Association of American Universities shows the University of Wisconsin-Madison has improved its efforts to address sexual assault on campus.
As UW-Madison prepares to renovate its libraries, campus and community members heard the latest updates to the project in a town hall Tuesday.
n the face of protests about the violence of capitalism just outside the door, Steve Forbes’ appearance on campus hit back against regulation and extolled the moral and social virtues of free enterprise.
Startled by data suggesting that sexual assault is common and underreported on campuses across the country, university leaders have increased staffing, training and support for students in recent years, according to a new survey of leading universities.
University screening policies, traveler preparedness combine to minimize potential dangers overseas.
UW-Madison will work with graduate students in the Office of Human Resources and representatives from different colleges to develop new policies and procedures related to graduate assistant employment.
Nine percent of UW-Madison students experience suicidal ideation, according to a recent University Health Services report, leading the campus community to raise concerns about stigma surrounding the issue.
Karen Oberhauser, a monarch butterfly researcher, has been named director of the UW-Madison Arboretum.
Carla Lundeen never imagined she’d need to find a way to go back to school for nursing—again. But like many nurses in Wisconsin and around the nation, Lundeen found herself caught between the way nursing education used to be and new expectations that are affecting nursing students, jobseekers and employed nurses alike.
Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison want more information on — and influence over — the investments and business dealings of their school. But efforts by student government to compel more transparency and exert influence have opened rifts among its members.
Three times this week Associated Students of Madison representatives brought cases against their own Student Council surrounding controversial divestment legislation and a subsequent bylaws change.
As the nation’s top party school prepares for its annual spring bash, with no campus-sanctioned alternative event this year, there are signs that heavy drinking among UW-Madison students may be declining.
UW-Madison is partnering with the Dane County Sheriff’s Office on a two-year, federally funded study to measure the effectiveness of virtual reality tools and 3-D-capture technology on crime scene investigations.
Release of student date of birth, graduation date among changes Office of Registrar will enact.
Berquam shared news in hopes of showing solidarity with students whose lives have been touched by cancer.
The UW-Madison’s Varsity Band Concert was held this past weekend. The annual spectacle is something nearly 30,000 fans look forward to, but the band was almost without its charismatic leader who recently underwent double bypass surgery.
An engineering professor who has been at UW-Madison for almost 20 years has been selected as the new director of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene.
A man whose vehicle struck and killed a UW-Madison graduate student last weekend was driving with nearly twice the legal amount of alcohol in his blood, and had a packet of methamphetamine in his jacket pocket, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday.
Dear Editor: In his op-ed, “UW doesn’t need state law to ensure free speech,”Tom Loftus raises an important point about the problems that can arise with legislative intervention regarding the internal decisions of higher education. Academic freedom partly entails sufficient institutional autonomy.
Shanara Reid-Brinkley concluded her three-day lecture series by highlighting ways white, black community can come together.
Medical Students for Choice and NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin hosted the Thursday panel as leaders in the field of reproductive rights in Wisconsin led a discussion on abortion services at the University of Wisconsin Health Services Learning Center.
If the guiding principle of the Wisconsin Idea is indeed to bring knowledge beyond the state’s campuses, UW-Madison’s partnership with Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan may be the most extreme manifestation of that goal.
As the Kohl Center prepares for the 43rd Annual Varsity Band Spring Concert. Backstage, UW Band Director Mike Leckrone is getting ready to take center stage.
Statistics instructors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are apologizing to students for putting a question about a border wall on a test.
