After obtaining a law degree from UW-Madison, Nicki Vander Meulen attempted to find work as a lawyer, but received rejection after rejection.“The minute any law firm found out I was disabled or autistic no one hired me,” she explained.
Take part in the monthly ‘Saturday Science’ events on the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus every second Saturday of the month.
The 12th cohort of UW-Madison Outstanding Women of Color awardees will be honored at a reception on Tuesday, March 5 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge of the Pyle Center, 716 Langdon Street. The celebration for this year’s honorees is open to the campus and community.
Students and professionals in education attended the second annual Madison Area Teachers for Social Justice (MATSJ) conference at the University of Wisconsin – Madison on Saturday.
Wun Sheek, a UW-Madison organization that serves indigenous identity members, kicked off Native November Heritage Month with a traditional feast and Elder in Residence welcome Sunday night.
Since the founding of McBurney Disability Resource Center in 1977 and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, resources for disabled students have gotten better, room for improvement remains
“I think that Student Veterans’ Association budget that they have proposed does not align with the value of a GSSF group,” Reilly said. “I think that it would much rather get funding from an operations grant or an event grant.”
Bucky’s Tuition Promise offers financial aid to incoming in-state University of Wisconsin freshman, but non-residents of Wisconsin and international students face different hurdles to make college affordable.
The case of a UW-Madison professor who bullied students working in his lab and is scheduled to return to work after a two-year suspension has some students and staff on campus questioning whether the professor’s tenured status afforded him a lighter punishment.
More than 800 students, faculty, alumni and community members have signed a petition condemning a former University of Wisconsin-Madison professor’s actions and calling on the university to change its mind about bringing him back.
For the past quarter-century, Eric Wilcots has been one of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s most prominent astronomers.
Some outcome data for CCAMPIS students show an association between participating in the program and improved college success. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 77 students participated from 2005-2011 and 83% graduated.
There are nearly 50 indexed lactation rooms across the UW campus. That is “not enough,” according to Jen Dittrich, the parent resource specialist at UW.
According to the Wisconsin State Journal, John Brady was a research assistant for Akbar Sayeed’s lab in the College of Engineering. Various graduate students reported that the working conditions under Sayeed’s teaching were both toxic and harmful.
$52,268 budget unanimously approved.
The immigration and human rights panel “From Awareness to Action: Immigration’s Impact on Children from Madison to the Northern Triangle of Central America,” took place Thursday at the Pyle Center.
There are some not so obvious things that separate civilian from military life. Take chewing gum and talking outside on a cell phone.
“We all would get in trouble for doing that and no civilian gets why that’s weird to us,” says Carla Winsor, a U.S. Coast Guard veteran who is pursuing her doctorate in mechanical engineering at UW-Madison.
Noted: Helen C. White was the first woman to hold a full professorship in the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Trial lawyer Dorothy Walker was the first female district attorney in Wisconsin.
Walker graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1921 — the only woman in her class — and began working with the Portage law firm of Grady and Farnsworth, where she became a partner before long. At the age of 23, she was elected district attorney, or prosecutor, for Columbia County — the first woman in Wisconsin to hold such a position.
Quoted: “The increase in our minimum wage is a key part of our strategy for helping the university recruit and retain high-quality workers,” UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in a statement. “Employees who will benefit from this increase make important contributions to our teaching, research and outreach missions.”
For Robyn Cawley, editor in chief of The Daily Cardinal at the University of Wisconsin, it was a small relief that the confrontation in Evanston had happened far away from her turf in Madison.
The tenured engineering professor, Akbar Sayeed, has been reassigned from teaching to unspecified administrative duties in the Dean’s Office while officials continue to develop specific oversight and monitoring procedures if he returns to working with students, College of Engineering Dean Ian Robertson said Wednesday.
History was made last year with the election of the first Native American women to Congress – Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland. A long, long time before that, Ada Deer was busy trailblazing a path for others to follow and to eventually succeed.
University of Wisconsin professor and bioethicist Robert Streiffer presented Wednesday on the ethical groundwork behind clinical science, specifically pertaining to the human genome.
Committee would collect qualitative data regarding their opinions on alcohol policy
Engineering professor associated with student’s suicide will not be allowed to teach, instead will take on administrative duties.
The Associated Students of Madison passed a resolution Wednesday with nearly unanimous support calling on Chancellor Rebecca Blank to sign sustainability commitments that set goals for UW-Madison.
Students with diverse political affiliations gathered at Memorial Union to discuss pressing policy issues including healthcare, economics and immigration.
The Department of Community and Environmental Sociology and the University of Wisconsin Global Health Institute hosted a panel discussion on global food sovereignty, Tuesday night.
For university employees, the current minimum wage is $13.27 per hour, a wage the university sees as not accurately compensating employees in order to keep up with living wages in the City of Madison.
The Black Voice asks for funds to finance their Green Book projects.
Dakotah/Hidatsa elder, storyteller and traditionalist Mary Louise Defender Wilson will be the Elder-in-Residence at UW-Madison the week of Nov. 18.
The state of Wisconsin, including UW-Madison, intends to increase the minimum wage for its hourly employees to $15 an hour, according to statements issued Friday by the university and Gov. Tony Evers.
An exhibition that Mace co-curated, titled “Intersections: Indigenous Textiles of the Americas,” is on view through Dec. 6 at the Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery in the UW-Madison School of Human Ecology building.
On this week’s “Center Stage” political podcast Milfred and Hands play audio from and comment on the recent debate between President Donald Trump booster Stephen Moore and never-Trumper Max Boot on the UW-Madison campus.
The Chocolate Shoppe can make about 11 ice cream flavors at any time, but Babcock Dairy Hall can make as many as 26.
“(I’m) not prepared for it this early, honestly,” said student Jerrod Gotchy. “Way too soon!”
Aaron Bird Bear says the new Our Shared Future heritage marker on Bascom Hill helps recognize the inherent sovereignty of indigenous nations, what he calls “the big fundamental.”
University of Wisconsin men’s basketball fans are encouraged to be in their seats 15 minutes early for the home opener against Eastern Illinois on Friday night.
Graduate students release letter detailing hopes for change.
Program helps support necessity for diversity across UW, says new program director.
The family of a windsurfer killed in a collision with a University of Wisconsin Lifesaving boat has settled a lawsuit with the state.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison says it has already taken measures to combat sexual assault, but some students say the school can do more to protect them.
“When students have good post-graduation options, they are more likely to stay focused and excited about completing their degrees,” Provost John Karl Scholz said in the release.
“This is excellent news for Wisconsin families concerned about the cost of higher education,” Blank said in the release. “We know that students who take longer than four years often accrue additional debt.”
But while Babcock Hall at UW-Madison is undergoing renovations, Babcock ice cream is being made by the Chocolate Shoppe, and flavors have been scaled back.
At a school populated by more than 66,000 humans, 30 robots should be an insignificant minority. But, within days of arriving on campus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Starship Robots have created significant distractions and built up an online presence far greater than their small, six-wheeled frames.
Included in plans for a 42,000 square foot, three-story addition to be built over the southwest corner loading dock are expanded facilities for academics, sports medicine and strength and conditioning.
University of Wisconsin political science professor Katherine Cramer gave a talk on community-driven listening and democracy as a part of the Wisconsin Idea lecture series, Tuesday night.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank welcomed attendees at the school’s 20th annual Diversity Forum on Tuesday by encouraging them to leave with “a new sense of the role you can play in making the University of Wisconsin a more diverse and a more inclusive place.”
UW-Madison graduate student Sally Rohrer was appointed Tuesday to an open seat on Madison’s City Council.
“[Character is] not what we do when everyone’s watching — that’s easy,” he said. “It’s what we do even when no one is watching. It’s all about — as Spike Lee would say — doing the right thing.”
“Hate crimes in this country are up by 20% over the last two years,” he said. “Politicians keep talking about building higher and higher walls around this country, when in my humble opinion, we should be building stronger and stronger bridges between the beautiful mosaic of people in this country.”
The university is the fourth, and largest, college campus to introduce the robots.
New numbers released Monday from the university’s Office of Academic Planning and Institutional Research shows the average time to receive a bachelor’s degree was 3.96 calendar years. It set a record on measuring student success at UW-Madison.
It was a summer-long tribute to the beloved UW mascot, and right now, a special documentary looks at what it took to pull off Bucky on Parade. NBC15s Leigh Mills was live at union south, where that doc is premiering at the Marquee Cinema. She discusses the documentary with Sara Schauf, whose late husband was involved in founding Bucky on Parade.
Starting Monday, students and staff at The University of Wisconsin-Madison are getting a taste of the future.
The University Housing Dining & Culinary Services at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is launching a new delivery service with robots that can autonomously deliver food.
Yi said there were no proposed increases or decreases to their budget requests for supplies, printing, advertising, computer software and hardware, equipment rental, postage and total programming.
Students simply download the app, place their order as they would from any other app, pay the $1.99 delivery fee and drop a pin for their pick up location.
Over the summer, the university partnered with Starship Technologies, gaining access to a fleet of 30 robots that will deliver food directly to students, faculty and staff.
