The best research yet, published last year out of Stanford University, shows statistical significance for an increase in aggravated assault from “right-to-carry” laws. This outweighs rarer events. I also understand our state government wants to allow people to carry guns into buildings on state campuses.
The student organization Atheists, Humanists, & Agnostics requested an increase in their budget proposal to the Student Services Finance Committee for the next fiscal year to better campus-wide programs and events.
Noted: In little more than a month, more than $33,000 has been raised for the Isthmus resident and UW-Madison graduate student, who is now out of the hospital but has a long, uncertain road to recovery ahead of her.
Here’s how six people on the UW-Madison campus answered this week’s question posed by Capital Times freelancer Kevin Murphy.
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials recently announced that they will not change student identification cards, also known as Wiscards, to be compliant with state voter ID laws. This means that in order to cast a ballot on election day, students who are not Wisconsin residents will have to go to Union South to obtain a separate voter ID. The university has said it will take steps to expand access by offering students a free voter ID card when they obtain their Wiscard, and by continuing a campus-wide effort to publicize the availability of these cards.
Noted: Sustain Dane selected three individuals as this year’s Badger Bioneers for their leadership and courage in making our region more sustainable. They are Shannon Bunsen, who created her position as the sustainability program coordinator at UW Health and is responsible for shaping the organization’s overall vision and strategy for sustainability. . . . and Jason Vargo, who helps direct the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s activities toward healthy cities and sustainability across Wisconsin and abroad through his work with the university’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and Global Health Institute.
Erica Halverson, associate professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is one of many partners at The Bubbler. She sees the program as an important place for people to contribute to the larger society by building things. “The maker movement affords people the opportunity to be producers of ideas in an arts-based way,” says Halverson.
As a cancer survivor, Meg Gaines saw the scarcity of health care resources available to people with serious and life-threatening illness.
Celebrating its ten-year anniversary this fall, the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives has created a ripple effect throughout the hip-hop arts and spoken word community.
When the Center for the Humanities staff at the University of Wisconsin–Madison saw how difficult it had become for humanities students to find academic positions, they looked to the local community to see what possibilities existed for fruitful collaborations.
When was the last time you drew something? For most, it was probably high school. Lynda Barry, director of the Image Lab at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, is looking to change that with her Saturday Science Drawing Jam for Kids—a public drawing event for kids and adults at WID.
We all know cell phones and tablets aren’t going anywhere—so the creators of Games + Learning + Society in the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery have embraced this and used it to their advantage.
Nestled on the fourth floor of UW–Madison’s Helen C. White library, Dorothea Salo and Will May’s crowded offices are filled with a mammoth amount of digital information on audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, printed books, floppy disks and more.
The Wisconsin Collaborative Education Research Network, or WCERN, lists the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education and the UW–Madison Center for Education Research as supporters of this ambitious endeavor to connect research being done in the education field by UW students with the people who need to utilize said research.
A Madison man suffered severe head injuries after his moped crashed into an SUV Tuesday.
The issue of violence and mass shootings in this country is one that needs to be addressed. However, would allowing students to carry guns on campus actually decrease the chances of further gun violence, or would it lead to further tragedy?
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council met with UW-Madison Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer Patrick Sims during its meeting Wednesday to review advancements in the campus Diversity Framework.
We have a sexual assault problem. By now, you’ve probably seen or heard of the statistics from a recent national survey on campus climate: More than one in four female undergraduate students at UW-Madison report having been sexually assaulted in college. It’s a startling statistic, but sadly, is this new information?
Rather than change student ID cards to comply with state law, UW-Madison is giving students a card specifically for voting.
Is the UW campus unofficially drone-free, despite a detailed set of flying usage and permission requirements issued last June?
The question became relevant Wednesday, when a university official abruptly pulled plans for a drone-shot video of seasonal foliage scheduled to promote the UW-Arboretum.
UW Madison’s well-known cheese and ice cream makers at Babcock Hall Dairy announced a new ice cream flavor will soon join their line up in honor of the Wisconsin Science Festival. The new flavor, MicroSwirl BerryScope, coincides with numerous science-related activities set to take place on campus as part of the statewide festival beginning Thursday and continuing through the weekend. Those with curious tastebuds can get a scoop of the flavor and learn about the science behind making the delicious products at the store on Linden Drive from Thursday through Saturday.
The Milwaukee Bucks put on a show for the fans at the Kohl Center on Tuesday night. And the fans returned the favor.
Timothy Tansey and Fong Chan, two researchers from the UW-Madison’s School of Education, are working with agencies across Wisconsin and the nation to help improve the effectiveness of vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies.
The author of a study being invoked in the push to pass a “campus carry” bill in Wisconsin isn’t thrilled about the way his work is being interpreted, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported this weekend.
The Wisconsin Science Festival has found its “secret sauce.”
UW-Madison Campus and Visitor Relations recently partnered with Abodo, a startup that helps students navigate off-campus housing options.
Earlier this semester, members of the UW-Madison administration revealed the results of a survey taken by students last spring surrounding issues of sexual assault. The UW-Madison Sexual Assault Climate Survey Task Force continued this conversation Monday, focusing on what the results mean for LGBTQ+ community members.
UW-Madison students will step up efforts to bring fresh healthy food to South Madison neighborhoods — including delivery by bicycle trailer — with the help of a grant to Slow Food UW.
When Shuang Hu discovered her love of American hip hop as a nine-year-old in China, she felt very alone.
Genome editing, 3-D printing and robotics — these sound like subjects for doctoral students or headlines for a conference of tech savvy entrepreneurs. And they often are. They also are a slice of the activities planned for the fifth annual Wisconsin Science Festival, taking place in 36 communities across Wisconsin on Oct. 22-25, for people of every age and background.
We, the undersigned collection of instructors from colleges and universities in the city of Milwaukee, feel compelled to speak out against the bill recently proposed by Rep. Jesse Kremer (R-Kewaskum) and Sen. Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostburg).
LOS ANGELES — When Gov. Jerry Brown of California signed legislation this month banning concealed weapons on school campuses, the nation was in the midst of one of the worst spasms of gun violence at colleges in recent years. There were three such shootings, including one in Oregon that left 10 people dead, as the bill sat on Mr. Brown’s desk.
(Video) Organizers say the day gives potential future Badgers an inside look at what Wisconsin has to offer.
(Video — segment runs approximately 6:55-7:33) UW-Madison is rolling out a new event to attract potential students. The first ever Experience Wisconsin event included campus tours, mock lectures and a resource fair. Organizers hope to give high schoolers a taste of the college life.
“This is our first year where we have essentially opened up our campus,” says Andre Phillips, senior associate director of the Office of Admission and Recruitment. “We say hello and we greet the families in the morning students have already preregistered for certain events, and we are letting them go.”
More than 1100 high schoolers from across the country attended today’s event.
A TV writer and producer who made it big in Hollywood came back to Madison to visit his old stomping grounds this week.
Steve Levitan, creator of the ABC comedy Modern Family, stopped by WKOW to visit his former co-workers. Levitan was a reporter and anchor in the 1980’s after he graduated from UW-Madison’s journalism school. He visited campus with his son this week to speak with students about his accomplishments.
Levitan says his time in Madison has helped shape his career.
UW-Madison officials are hoping Homecoming Weekend helps them raise big bucks for the school — with some inspiration from a campus icon.
Staff at the Wisconsin Alumni Association and the University of Wisconsin Foundation planted more than 1,000 pink plastic flamingoes on Bascom Hill on Friday after reaching their goal in the 3rd annual “Fill the Hill” fundraising campaign.
(Video) Live at Five catches up with Emmy award winner Steve Levitan, the creator of Modern Family, before he receives UW’s Distinguished Alumni Award.
The University of Wisconsin has added its campus to a list of locations taking on the “It’s On Us” campaign.
UW debuted a series of videos starring student athletes and coaches joining together against sexual assault.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police said that 18 people were arrested at Saturday’s football game against the Purdue Boilermakers.
Science in Madison’s backyard and beyond will be in the spotlight for a weekend as the fifth Wisconsin Science Festival begins on Thursday. A huge range of what science is will be on display – from the foods and drinks produced here, to games, nature, disease, hands-on science and scientists talking about what they do. The festival has moved throughout the state, too, with more than 70 other events happening across Wisconsin.
The University of Wisconsin Madison Geology Museum was established in 1848, the same year Wisconsin was granted statehood.
Madison, Wis. — It’s been a long day of travel for eleven pups who flew more than 1,000 miles from Georgia to Madison. It was done in an effort to give them a brighter future.
A proposal by Mayor Paul Soglin and Ald. Mike Verveer to condemn the properties west of Capitol Square was moving through city committees, but the sponsors are now asking that it be shelved because the city has been contacted about a voluntary sale at another location.
A state legislative proposal to end UW-Madison’s ban on guns in campus buildings is causing “tremendous anxiety” among faculty, said agronomy professor Bill Tracy.
The National Rifle Association and its supplicants in legislatures around the country and the U.S. Congress have a ready and facile answer for the problem of gun violence in the United States: More guns.
Melanie Matchett Wood, assistant professor of mathematics, has been named a Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering, one of 18 early-career scientists in the U.S. to win the award this year.
When he died in 1999, George L. Mosse’s friends and colleagues wanted to name the Humanities Building after him — even if he wasn’t known to like the building very much.
But the chairman of the University of Wisconsin history department at the time knew Mosse appreciated a good joke, Mosse’s friend and UW history professor emeritus Stanley Payne said. And so the UW System Board of Regents approved dedicating the building after him, honoring the legacy he left behind as a professor with personality and a big voice.
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, held a press conference Wednesday to push for the reauthorization of a longstanding University of Wisconsin loan program which allows undergraduate and graduate students to borrow money free of interest until they graduate.
Pocan said lower income families in particular use the Perkins Loan Program. He said he himself used a variety of loans throughout his pursuit of higher education and wants other students to have the opportunity to do so too.
Three Democrats introduced legislation Wednesday to ban weapons on college campuses, two days after Republicans proposed their own bill to allow concealed carry license holders to bring guns inside the buildings of Wisconsin’s public colleges and universities.
In a sign of the times, UW police are circulating two graphic videos with tips on surviving an “active shooter,” that is, someone in the process of killing or trying to kill people.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will publicly launch its most ambitious fundraising campaign yet on Thursday night, welcoming alumni back to campus for homecoming festivities while at the same time asking them to help shape and ensure the university’s future impact.
A bill that would prohibit carrying a dangerous weapon on a university or college campus in Wisconsin bubbled up from state Democrats one day after a pair of Republicans introduced a bill that would allow guns inside campus buildings.
At the University of Wisconsin—Madison next September, nearly half of all freshmen are expected to hail from other states. The university system’s Board of Regents recently lifted the 27.5 percent cap on out-of-state undergraduates at its flagship campus—a decision that’s emblematic of a nationwide trend at public colleges to both raise revenue and boost selectivity.
University of Wisconsin student leaders from around the state are speaking out against a bill to allow concealed firearms on their campuses.
Quoted: UW Political Science Professor Mike Wagner is voicing opposition on Twitter.
“Am I worried, about it? Yeah, I would be worried about going into a classroom knowing 120 students are not enjoying a lecture…or worrying themselves, yeah I worry.”
And UW Madison Police Spokesman Marc Lovicott says his department opposes the bill.
“We don’t feel putting more weapons in the hands of our students, even though they legally have a permit to do so elsewhere will make our campus safer.
Several downtown streets will be closed Friday afternoon for the University of Wisconsin Homecoming parade, according to a release.
The parade starts at 6 p.m. and will close Langdon Street, Wisconsin Avenue, West Gilman Street and North Lake Street, officials said.
Multiple streets around Langdon and State Streets will be temporarily closed so the Homecoming parade can take place, part of the festivities culminating in the Badgers football game Saturday against Purdue at Camp Randall Stadium.
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While a pair of Republican state lawmakers want to allow students and faculty to carry concealed guns inside public university and college buildings, at least one campus and its police department are warning the measure could have dangerous day-to-day implications.
At a press conference on Monday, the University of Wisconsin – Madison announced it is joining a campaign called, “It’s on Us.” The program is a national campaign aimed at stopping sexual assault.
During the press conference, the university stated it would begin playing a video during this weekend’s homecoming football game against Purdue University that will highlight the “It’s on Us” campaign. UW’s athletic program will play a key role in getting the message out to student’s on campus.
