The Native Art Market, by contrast, has provided support in the form of stipends (an assist from UW-Madison) and free or reduced housing for participants.
Madison’s new Native Art Market aims to support Indigenous artists
The Capital Times
Category: Community
Madison COVID-19 memorial, created by UW students and staff, now accepting submissions
WISC-TV 3
The memorial, created by students and faculty at UW-Madison, seeks to honor those lost to COVID-19. Memorials will be published on the Madison Mourns website.
Professional volleyball league picks Madison for team, and community investment
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison was a prime target right from the start for the league, said Katlyn Gao, co-founder and CEO of LOVB (pronounced “Love”). She cited the fervent support for the University of Wisconsin volleyball team and the area’s growing club volleyball involvement as key factors in the city’s appeal.
UW–Madison highlights their impact on communities across the state
NBC-15
Vice Chancellor for University Relations Charles Hoslet said that the university has positively impacted every part of the state since it was founded in 1848. “From the beginning, UW–Madison has been a vital contributor to the state’s industry and economy, and has helped raise people’s standard of living,” Hoslet said.
Vaccine mandate extended for Madison School District staff
Wisconsin State Journal
Dr. Greg DeMuri, a pediatric infectious disease doctor at UW Health, also spoke in favor of eliminating the mandate, saying that “almost the entire population has some form of immunity to COVID, whether it’s the vaccine or natural infection.” The number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are now “very, very low,” he said, adding that complications are “very rare.”
With the need for nurses at crisis level, new apprentice program launches in Madison
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A job working at Madison-based UW Health while attending nursing school at Madison College. Full-time benefits and salaries. Paid time-off to attend classes. Free college tuition, books and supplies.
That’s the offer on the table for those aspiring to earn a nursing degree through a recently announced, first-of-its-kind apprenticeship program in Wisconsin launching this fall. The program is designed specifically to address staffing shortages in Wisconsin that Rudy Jackson, UW Health’s chief nurse executive, said have reached “crisis levels.”
Community paramedic helped cut ER visits in half by helping people stay healthy
Wisconsin State Journal
“The program began through grant funding from the Meriter Foundation and an NIH grant from UW-Madison,” Fire Department spokesperson Cynthia Schuster said. “Over the years, the program has grown to be an integrated part of the Madison Fire Department, and Mindy has been instrumental in that growth. Her contributions to the program have helped expand its services and will have a lasting impact on the program for years to come.”
Madison ranked #1 city for college grads
NBC-15
It’s easy for people else to appreciate what the Wisconsin capital has to offer too. Apartment Advisor just released their 2023 Top 10 Best Cities for College Grads list. And Madison was number 1.
UW-Madison tribal relations director looks to create opportunity for all in Indigenous communities
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison tribal relations director Carla Vigue’s two sons will grow up differently than she did.
Vigue was raised on the Oneida reservation west of Green Bay, but her sons will be urban Indians, defined as a population of people who have ancestral ties to First Nations but who don’t live on a reservation. Vigue’s role as the university’s tribal relations director, which she started in January, will be one way to not only strengthen her sons’ ties to their culture, but introduce them to other Indigenous cultures.
Out of the Darkness Walk brings suicide awareness to UW-Madison campus
NBC-15
Hundreds of people showed up to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Saturday afternoon to show their support for a student organization dedicated to mental health awareness.
UW-Madison celebrates “Earth Week” with free campus events
Channel 3000
rom a campus-wide cleanup to a sustainable cooking competition, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Office of Sustainability will launch a free week of nature-centered events from April 17-April 22.
UW-Madison, Madison school district announce $6 million in funding for K-12 mental health services
Daily Cardinal
The program aims to expand access to culturally responsive mental health services in Madison schools and address inequities in the field of psychology.
‘Without us, there is no Madison’: Arts conference focuses on business
The Capital Times
When the pandemic closed the Chazen Museum of Art in 2020, director Amy Gilman began to repeat a message to her team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW-Madison, MMSD partner to bring mental health support staff to schools
WISC-TV 3
Beginning in the fall of 2023, UW will help recruit and train 24 educational psychology students with an emphasis on diversity and cultural response.
Through newest UW Odyssey Project’s senior program, people rediscover themselves
Wisconsin State Journal
The latest program to launch under the Odyssey Project umbrella, Odyssey Senior offers people age 60 and older an opportunity to preserve their histories.
Madison School District, UW-Madison team up to expand diversity in student mental health services
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison Public Schools will be getting an influx of diverse school psychologists under a new initiative the district and UW-Madison announced Wednesday.
UW-Madison, MMSD partner to put mental health staff in schools
The Capital Times
Using a $6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, UW-Madison will recruit and train 24 new school psychology graduate students over four years, with six each year. Those students will complete their practicum and internship training in MMSD and upon graduation be required to complete three years of service in a “high-needs, local school,” according to a press release.
Core Spaces proposing two more student housing developments
The Capital Times
Oliv Madison was Core’s most recent project downtown and was approved by the Plan Commission in November 2021. Oliv was the first project in Madison to have affordable housing for students and included land-use agreements with the city of Madison and the University of Wisconsin to ensure continued affordability for the student population.
Madison year-over-year rents rose highest in the nation, study finds
Daily Cardinal
The city’s rent growth raised concern among Madison residents that rising rent prices heighten the city’s housing crisis. Professor Kurt Paulsen, housing policy expert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said much of the rent growth is due to the city’s low vacancy rate.
MMSD prepares for middle school literacy curriculum purchase
The Capital Times
Board members expressed excitement about the upcoming decision, as well as an update on the district’s Early Literacy and Beyond Task Force recommendations, a partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison that began in December 2020.
‘Science of reading,’ whole language,’ ‘balanced literacy’: How can Wisconsin resolve its ‘reading wars’ and teach kids to read?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: On the other side of the debate is Mark Seidenberg, a psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, one of the leading scientists cited by advocates for the science of reading. Seidenberg said there is a large volume of research that sheds light on how children learn to read and that supports the science of reading approach.
Can using such approaches raise the overall success of kids in becoming readers? “I think it’s huge,” Seidenberg said in an interview.
Housing, elevating student voices take center stage in District 8 Common Council race
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison students MGR Govindarajan and Charlie Fahey are running on the promise of making Madison more affordable.
Wisconsin’s healthiest, least healthy counties; UW reveals new data
FOX6 News
Ozaukee County ranks the healthiest in Wisconsin and Menominee is the least healthy county in the state, according to new data from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute released on Wednesday, March 29.
Helping People Pay Their Sky-High Water Bills Is a SNAP
Newsweek
Written by Manuel P. Teodoro, an associate professor at the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Teodoro studies water sector management, regulation, and finance.
Milwaukee’s free doula program hopes to empower women, lessen race-based health challenges
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: While the program was initially funded through a partnership between the city and the county, the city has taken on the program on its own since, with the support of a grant from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Wisconsin Partnership Program.
Madison College Provost Turina Bakken to retire after 25 years at school
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison Area Technical College is searching for a new academic leader as Provost Turina Bakken plans to retire after a 25-year career with the school.
Studies show rates of Black infant, maternal deaths increase in 2020, 2021
WISC-TV 3
New data out this month from national health leaders show infant and maternal mortality rates have been on the rise the last few years. Additionally, people of color remain disproportionately affected.
“In some ways, this is not unexpected, per se,” Dr. Tiffany Green of UW-Madison’s School of Medicine and Public Health said. “You know, it’s hard sometimes because people were like, ‘Oh, this is a big deal.’ And we’re like, ‘Well, we’ve been talking about this for a very, very long time.’”
Tomah Health, UW-Madison look to address rural pharmacist shortage through hands-on program
WKBT
A new program for UW-Madison pharmacy students looks to help address a rural shortage while giving students a hands-on experience.
In May 2021, UW’s School of Pharmacy began the Advanced Pharmacy Experience rotation. The program rotates students in their fourth year into rural pharmacies to practice under the supervision of a pharmacist preceptor.
Wisconsin women’s hockey returns to Madison as national champions
Wisconsin State Journal
Video of the Badgers arriving early Monday morning after securing their seventh national championship. They received a colorful welcome.
What’s it like to be a conductor? Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra fellowship helps reveal the answer
Wisconsin State Journal
For an orchestra conductor, raising the baton at the start of a concert is a tiny fraction of the job. “I’d say it’s about 5% of what we do,” says Andrew Sewell, music director for the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra.
It’s that other 95% that Kelby Schnepel and Daewon Kang are learning as graduate students at the UW-Madison Mead Witter School of Music — and now as the first recipients of a new conducting fellowship with the WCO.
Why new housing rules stir so much trouble in Madison
The Capital Times
“Lots of people want to live here. Job growth has been good, income growth has been good and housing demand has been really strong,” said Kurt Paulsen, a professor of urban planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “We’ve underbuilt housing relative to demand. That’s the squeeze — more people chasing fewer units.”
High stroke risk threatens the keepers of Oneida culture. Now, tribe works with UW to improve health.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Now, at a special health education event on the farm, she watched as Chef Arlie Doxtator, her nephew, cooked roasted corn mush in a clay pot and taught attendees about the benefits of traditional foods. Joining Doxtator remotely was Dr. Robert Dempsey, a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher and neurosurgeon.
‘Formless’ shakes up performing arts by blending art and activism
The Capital Times
“Formless” features a cohort of new performers every year and will premiere for the second time ever on at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Play Circle in the Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.
With ‘Fences,’ UW-Madison theater department moves into revealing territory
Wisconsin State Journal
Some 700 area high school students already have matinee tickets reserved for “Fences,” the upcoming play from the UW-Madison Department of Theatre and Drama.
Carla Vigue gives back to Native community as UW tribal relations director
The Capital Times
Growing up on the Oneida Indian Reservation, just outside of Green Bay, Carla Vigue fondly remembers the close relationships she formed with the tribe’s leadership.
UniverCity Year program adds nine new Wisconsin communities to alliance for 2022-25
The Daily Cardinal
In a record-setting cohort, the UniverCity Year (UCY) program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison announced partnerships with nine new communities for the 2022-25 academic years. These collaborations will leverage university resources to move forward with the different communities’ goals to address specific issues facing their residents.
At halfway point, how is Madison’s guaranteed income program doing?
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty is partnering with the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the University of Pennsylvania to gather survey data throughout the program.
Proposed 380-unit project Downtown aims to cut student housing shortage
Wisconsin State Journal
AChicago-based developer that’s done several big student housing projects Downtown is proposing another 12-story redevelopment with about 380 units that could help address UW-Madison’s growing enrollment and housing needs.
One way Madison may add lower-cost housing downtown: More floors
The Capital Times
“We appreciate Mayor Rhodes-Conway and alders taking this step to help UW-Madison students and the broader community,” Rob Cramer, UW-Madison vice chancellor for finance and administration, said in a statement. “It is our hope that this will increase affordable housing downtown and aligns with our efforts related to affordability and access for our students.”
‘Who are we protected by?’: New art exhibition ‘Protecting the Black Woman’ centers Black women’s experiences
The Daily Cardinal
Alice Traore, one of the artists whose work is showcased, said that to her, the exhibition represents the care and support circles Black women create for themselves. Traore works at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an equity, diversity and inclusion coordinator for the Center for Teaching, Learning and Mentoring,
Wisconsin Singers’ program was a hit
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor: Considering the very cold and snowy weather there was a very good attendance. The audience clearly appreciated both the performances by the Wisconsin Singers, UW-Madison’s Broadway caliber touring production, and Beaver Dam’s own Good Old A Capella under the direction of Mark Lefeber.
As suicide rate keeps rising in Wisconsin, concentration in rural areas raises alarm
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Chris Frakes is the group director of the Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program, an anti-poverty agency. Every three years, it does a community needs assessment for the five counties it oversees. In 2017, Frakes had heard so many stories of farmers struggling to get by, she expected them to reach out for help. But few did.
The silence and the growing farm crisis led to the program getting creative about upstream prevention. In 2021, it received nearly $1 million from the Wisconsin Partnership Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health to target farmers’ mental health over a five-year period.
Habitat for Humanity’s Souper Bowl XXVII to raise money for local family
WKOW – Channel 27
Each year, hundreds of gallons of soup are served during a UW-Madison Habitat for Humanity fundraiser.
Madison superintendent rallies community to help district ‘write the next chapter’
Wisconsin State Journal
The Madison School District has potential to lead and succeed, Jenkins said, saying the community has the “right ingredients,” from a diverse student population to committed staff and fixtures in the community like UW-Madison. He acknowledged there is an “elitism” in Madison that can sometimes hold progress back, but said with that also comes opportunity.
Study: The pandemic took a toll on school staff’s mental health
Spectrum News
Noted: A new study led by Matt Hirshberg, a scientist at the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, dove into the toll it took on their mental health.
A promising education | Racine native one of 800 attending UW-Madison via free tuition guarantee
The Journal Times
Jermika Jackson believes her son is destined for greatness. From a young age, D’Marion Jackson seemed wise beyond his years. He was a voracious reader who quickly finished handfuls of library books.
He is now a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and that was made possible by the college’s in-state tuition guarantee. D’Marion is one of about 800 freshmen receiving Bucky’s Tuition Promise.
Comfy chairs, warm welcomes and a call to ‘take it on the road’
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: The term was coined by Lisa Ellinger, the outreach director at the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as we debriefed our first Main Street Agenda event in September. During that town hall, our panelists were crowded around a table sitting on stiff, uncomfortable plastic chairs. The set-up wasn’t exactly conducive to our goal of having relaxed conversations where people felt comfortable sitting talking about complex and often deeply held convictions about democracy, inflation or climate change.
UW neurobiology student wins Miss Madison pageant
Channel 15
Paige Alexis Eide, a UW-Madison neurobiology student, is Miss Wisconsin-bound after claiming her 2023 Miss Madison title Saturday night.
Indigenous community looks to heal weeks after a “pretendian” is exposed
Madison365
LeClaire was Community Leader in Residence at the University of Wisconsin School of Ecology’s Center for Design and Material Culture from May through December 2022, for which she was paid $4,876.56. Officials there said Indigenous heritage was not required for that residency, but it was a key part of how LeClaire presented herself in her application.
Zoning rules would encourage density along high-capacity bus routes in Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
The City Council on Tuesday will consider an ordinance to initiate a “Transit Oriented Development Overlay District” that would generally land within a quarter-mile of BRT routes, except Downtown and the UW-Madison campus. It also includes employment and retail areas between a quarter- and half-mile of routes, mainly around the ends of the initial BRT route between East Towne and West Towne, where there are concentrations of single-use, auto-oriented, retail and office buildings.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day events and closings
Wisconsin State Journal
Benjamin Jealous, former NAACP president, investigative journalist and educator, will give the keynote speech at UW-Madison’s MLK Symposium event at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 23 at Shannon Hall, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.
‘We’ve lost track of who we are’: How one group is helping people support farmer mental health
Wisconsin Public Radio
The group (Farm Well Wisconsin), founded in 2020, is funded through a five-year grant associated with the Wisconsin Partnership Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Through trainings, community members work on building empathetic listening skills, connecting people with resources and discussing issues related to farm culture.
Creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive learning and working environment at UW-Madison
Wisconsin Public Radio
We talk with LaVar J Charleston, the University’s Chief Diversity Officer, about his job and efforts to promote equity and social justice. We also look at scholarship and service programs designed to increase diversity and foster equity.
‘Dream coming to life’: Miss America from Wisconsin talks win on stage, advocacy for nuclear power
Wisconsin Public Radio
The newly crowned Miss America, Grace Stanke, said she wants to spend her term promoting nuclear power as a cleaner way to reduce fossil fuel emissions.
“It doesn’t use a lot of land,” said Stanke, a Wausau native and University of Wisconsin-Madison senior studying nuclear engineering. “As our population continues to grow, we can continue to use that land for farming and agricultural purposes, and we can use that clean, zero-carbon energy coming from nuclear energy to power our cities.”
Q&A: Author and UW prof Beth Nguyen finds a new perspective
Growing up as a Vietnamese refugee in a predominantly white community, Beth Nguyen began grappling with her identity at an early age.
At 8 months old, she and her family fled Vietnam by ship after the fall of Saigon, eventually immigrating to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Nguyen detailed that journey, her coming of age and her longing to fit in as an American in her award-winning debut memoir “Stealing Buddha’s Dinner,” published in 2007.
Now an English and Asian American studies professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Nguyen teaches others how to shape their own thoughts and experiences into meaningful stories. “Find that perspective,” she encourages them. “Meld into it. Use it.”
UW Odyssey to help veterans transition into college with ‘Beyond Wars’ program
Wisconsin State Journal
The Odyssey Project will start a new initiative specifically for veterans, named Odyssey Beyond Wars. It joins the project’s umbrella of offerings, which includes the original Odyssey Project, which serves people with financial or other barriers to a college education; Odyssey Junior, for children of students; and Odyssey Beyond Bars, a program offering classes to those incarcerated in Wisconsin.
Check the calendar: New policy asks state schools to minimize conflicts, designate an administrator for ‘accommodations’
The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
University of Wisconsin System schools have been asked to consult a central calendar and minimize conflicts with major religious holidays, under a new policy adopted in the wake of a conflict between Rosh Hashanah and the first day of school.
The new University of Wisconsin System policy, approved Nov. 9, 2022, comes after two years of discussion between Jewish groups and university officials.
Most-loved PBS Wisconsin Education media of 2022
PBS Wisconsin
Noted: The Wisconsin First Nations website continues to be an educational favorite as well. PBS Wisconsin Education created the site in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education as an important space for educators to access authentic educational videos, lesson plans and learning tools.
This year was another big year for Meet the Lab, a digital collection of middle school learning resources developed in collaboration with research labs on the UW-Madison campus. Two new labs joined the lineup, showcasing the many topics and identities within scientific communities. Visual Communicators: Superpowered by Color explores how to use visual features to make sense of something through the Schloss Visual Reasoning Lab. They research human reactions to messages made with visual elements like color, shape and line. Learn why their research matters in a real-life mapmaking example.
Wisconsin’s 52 Most Influential Black Leaders, Part 4
Madison 365
Noted: Kurt Rose is director of human resources operations for Madison Metropolitan School District, one of the largest employers in Dane County. Before taking on that role in June 2022, he was interim human resources director for the University of Wisconsin’s School of Education, where he had worked since 2018 in a variety of roles with increasing levels of responsibility. He is president of Urban League of Greater Madison Young Professionals, which has dramatically increased its membership over the last few years. Kurt also serves on the board of directors of Madison Ballet.
Dr. Linda Vakunta is Deputy Mayor for the City of Madison, where she assists with housing and human services issues. She previously served as Program Director at the Chicago-based Heartland Alliance International (HAI), where she led, developed, and designed training programs for government, community, and non-governmental organizations to combat trafficking in persons. She holds a PhD in Environmental Studies, a Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation Psychology and a Bachelor’s Degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Wisconsin’s 52 Most Influential Black Leaders, Part 5
Madison 365
Noted: Willie R. Glenn Sr. is the first Black teen librarian at Madison Public Library, where he also previously served as youth services librarian assistant. He began his journey here in Madison as Student Support Service Coordinator for UW-Madison’s PEOPLE program, and later as the Assistant Director at Meadowood Neighborhood center. He has served in several capacities in youth and adult education, including as a lead instructor with UW-Madison’s Odyssey program, Out of School Youth Coordinator for Madison Metropolitan School District and a program coordinator for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee. One of his proudest moments is helping spawn Madison’s “Parks Alive” from his “It Takes A Village Community Resource Fair” which brings people together over the summer months.
Ashley Morse is Rock County Circuit Court Judge, the first Black woman to servein that position. Morse worked for the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office beginning 2010, and was based in Janesville since 2014, representing indigent clients as an assistant state public defender in a variety of criminal and civil proceedings in several counties across the state. Locally, she has served on the Rock County Trauma Task Force, the Rock County Youth Justice Racial Disparities Committee, and has coached the Turner High School Mock Trial Team. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and of the University of Wisconsin Law School. She has worked extensively with the National Juvenile Defender Center (now The Gault Center), including her selection as an Ambassador for Racial Justice.
Alnisa Allgood the founder and executive director of Nonprofit Tech, a company that helps nonprofits use technology to work more efficiently, and Collaboration for Good, a Madison-based company focused on building the capacity of for-profit or not-for-profit community service organizations. Collaboration for Good plans the annual Madison Nonprofit Day Conference, the Social Good Summit, and partners with Forward Fest, Madison’s premier tech and entrepreneurship festival. In the early 1990s, she was the founder and inaugural director of the LGBT Campus Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.