MILWAUKEE — Damage is estimated at $1 million after a fire Saturday night, April 8th at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts, which is believed accidental in nature. Classes were canceled Monday, April 10th and will be again on Tuesday, April 11th at the three impacted buildings, as students said they’re wondering whether their projects can be saved.
Some 35 percent of faculty members who completed a survey on work-life issues at the University of Wisconsin at Madison reported having been bullied by colleagues within the last three years, The Cap Times reported. “The measure of incidence of hostile and intimidating behavior is rather surprising,” reads a new report on survey results prepared by the Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute at Madison.
Last Saturday was the biggest talent showcase of the semester for the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
A University of Wisconsin salary database created late last month has led some experts to question pay disparities among university employees.
Republican legislation that would end an agreement between the UW System and Planned Parenthood, and potentially impact the school’s training process for women’s health specialists, has sparked concerns from university officials.
Noted: This isn’t the only accolade for the five-member student team, which will be competing at the Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament on Saturday, Apr. 22 in Madison. The first place winner will receive a $2,000 cash prize, a free one-hour consultation with the Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic at the UW Law School, up to $25,000 in funding, and paid travel to Silicon Valley and an opportunity to present at the International Business Model Competition in California.
After years of going to work on their adversaries, Gov. Scott Walker and fellow Republican Robin Vos have gone to work on each other — both in public and in private.
Two transgender University of Wisconsin employees sued state entities Friday in federal court over their refusal to pay for their gender transition surgeries.
School officials say a weekend fire has caused $1 million in damage to an arts complex at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.The fire was reported after 10 p.m. Saturday in the theater building of the Peck School of the Arts.
The ACLU is suing the state of Wisconsin over its decision in January to eliminate insurance coverage for gender reassignment surgery and other care for people transitioning between genders.
School officials say a weekend fire has caused $1 million in damage to an arts complex at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
They also approved an Amazon pickup location on campus.
Richard Wells says he did nothing as chancellor for the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh as a “frolic of his own.” But the legal battle between Wells and the UW System is looking more and more like a hot mess for both him and UW.
Regents are concerned with declining rate of high school students interested in higher education
MADISON, Wis. — In another sign of trouble for Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to borrow more and delay road construction projects, the Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee announced Thursday it was scrapping the governor’s road-funding proposal and starting from scratch.
University of Wisconsin-Madison student government is praising Republican leaders for removing provisions from Gov. Scott Walker’s budget that would have allowed students to opt out paying some fees.
President Trump’s updated executive order, the one restricting travel from six Muslim-majority countries, is blocked for now. But administrators at Northeastern University in Boston aren’t taking any chances.
Former Chancellor Richard Wells did not violate the state constitution or exceed his authority when he moved money to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Foundation, his lawyer argued in a Wednesday court filing.
University of Wisconsin-Madison will ask UW System Regents to approve $9 million more in spending to demolish and rebuild the Southeast Recreational Facility on Dayton Street, bringing the cost to $96.5 million.
The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Foundation bought Chancellor Richard Wells’ home for roughly $120,000 more than it arguably was worth before he retired — the same foundation he’s accused of illegally using to help cement his legacy.
Students traveled from across the UW System Monday to testify before the Joint Finance Committee against portions of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal before the committee submits its final recommendations.
The system released a financial report Monday for the year that ended June 30, 2016. The report showed the system’s net worth fell $110.2 million, from roughly $6.7 billion in fiscal year 2015 to about $6.6 billion.
The hearing also drew opponents of a gas tax, supporters of the Department of Natural Resources magazine that Walker has slated for elimination and college students who described how they used mandatory fees to spark intellectual inquiry and mutual understanding on the UW-Madison campus.
Is writing the word “ISIS” on a Muslim student group’s sign an act of free speech? Or hate speech?What about the phrase “Make rapists and racists afraid” in front of a fraternity house?Those are the kinds of questions the University of Minnesota has been wrestling with for the past year, since it created a “bias response team” to monitor acts of bigotry on the Twin Cities campus.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report shows the University of Wisconsin System’s net worth dropped in the last fiscal year for the first time since 2002.
Noted: Anne Massey was appointed dean of the School of Business at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Ms. Massey is associate vice president for university academic planning and policy at Indiana University at Bloomington and a professor of information systems in its Kelley School of Business.
Applications from international students to the University of California have fallen for the first time in 12 years — reversing an era of robust global interest in the famed public institution, a Chronicle analysis shows.
As students at the University of Wisconsin continue to express their concerns with Gov. Walker’s proposal to let students opt out of allocable segregated fees, the state Legislature’s joint finance committee met Thursday to address the contentious idea, among other items, in the state budget.
MADISON — Any doubts that key parts of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget face significant hurdles among fellow Republicans who control the Legislature have been erased after three days of hearings that exposed rare bipartisan opposition to the spending plan.
When President Trump proposed a cut of nearly 20 percent in support for the National Institutes of Health, many wondered how the administration would even attempt to find such reductions. The answer emerged in the congressional testimony last week of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, who argued the government could save billions without hurting research by cutting back on the overhead reimbursements to colleges and universities.
Noted: In separate testimony, University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross praised Walker’s budget, which provides $100 million in new money to the university as well as $35 million in additional state tax dollars to fund a 5% tuition cut.
The Legislature’s audit committee has authorized a review of University of Wisconsin System schools’ relationships with their private foundations.
Questions about the relationships between University of Wisconsin System schools and their private foundations could mean less aid for the system when the state budget is completed, the state Senate’s top Republican signaled Thursday.
Questions about the relationships between University of Wisconsin System institutions and dozens of private foundations could loom over a proposed increase in state funding for UW, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said Thursday.
Gov. Scott Walker’s spending plan for the 2017-19 biennium is the “best budget” the University of Wisconsin System has seen in 10 years, System President Ray Cross told lawmakers on Thursday.
State legislators are hoping to order an audit of the relationship between University of Wisconsin System schools and their private foundations.
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross said Thursday that Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget for state colleges and universities is a “move in the right direction.”
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Questions about the relationships between University of Wisconsin System schools and their private foundations could mean less aid for the system when the state budget is completed, the state Senate’s top Republican signaled Thursday.
Democrats on the Legislature’s finance committee are questioning provisions in Gov. Scott Walker’s budget that would allow students to opt out of some fees.
Shortly after hundreds of students at Texas A&M University protested an appearance in December by Richard Spencer, a leading white supremacist, administrators there revisited its policy for hosting speakers on its campus.
Deja vu is looming over the University of Wisconsin System. Thursday morning, UW System President Ray Cross will make a pitch to the Legislature’s powerful Joint Finance Committee for more than $100 million in additional state funding in the next biennium.
Gov. Scott Walker announced the appointments of Mike Jones and Bob Atwell to the UW System’s 18-member governing board in a statement Wednesday. Their appointments are subject to confirmation by the state Senate.
Governor Scott Walker has named two new members to serve on the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents.
The group added the Director of Sustainability position and recently appointed Alex Thomas for the role.
State legislators are hoping to order an audit of the relationship between University of Wisconsin System schools and their private foundations.
President Trump’s budget proposal to slash federal research funding and end financial support for the arts could hurt the bottom line of colleges and universities that rely on those government dollars, Moody’s Investors Service said Tuesday.
State lawmakers may order an audit this week of the relationships between University of Wisconsin System institutions and the private, nonprofit foundations that support them financially.
The Student Services Finance Committee at UW-Madison met to discuss its first draft of recommendations for Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget proposal Monday.
Legislators are poised to order an audit of University of Wisconsin System schools’ relationships with their private foundations.
That ranking, from University of Wisconsin-Madison Associate Professor Nicholas Hillman, is based on what’s known about a proposed performance-based funding system to allocate $42.5 million in new money for the 2017-19 budget.
The notion of a state college as government-funded public good is slowly disappearing.
The University of Wisconsin Flexible Option program holds a lot of potential for people unable to attend traditional classes, say UW officials, but meeting Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed timetable for expansion would be challenging.
Student protesters held up signs saying “No Eugenicists on Campus” and “Eugenics Is a Fascist’s Favorite Subject” as Charles Murray, the conservative scholar, spoke at New York University on Friday afternoon, but his talk proceeded, interrupted only by the chants of annoyance coming from outside the building.
As a rule, it takes a lot to rile up a scientist. A reserved, dispassionate, skeptical demeanor is as much a professional accouterment for us as a stethoscope is for a doctor.
International applicants for a prestigious Dartmouth College engineering program dropped 30 percent this year, startling the dean of a school long accustomed to growth in demand from overseas. His colleagues at other top schools told him they were seeing danger signs as well, as they anxiously monitor whether the sharp turn in U.S. immigration and travel policies under President Trump will keep foreign scholars away.
The University of Wisconsin at Madison has endured several years of budget cuts and a stronger hand by the state government in its policies. Chancellor Rebecca Blank discusses winning back some funds, repairing dings to its reputation, and navigating the Trump administration.
The Wisconsin School of Business named a veteran professor at rival Kelley School of Business at Indiana University as its new dean. The school today (March 23) announced that Anne P. Massey, 56, who holds the title of dean’s research professor of information systems at Kelley, will succeed François Ortalo-Magné, who will depart Madison this summer to become dean of London Business School.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is joining several top Republican lawmakers in questioning Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut University of Wisconsin System tuition.
A week after she was fired, a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse police dispatcher was back on the job Monday.
The average four-year college student in Wisconsin graduates $29,460 in the red, according to the nonprofit Institute for College Access and Success.Cathy Sandeen, chancellor of University of Wisconsin Colleges and Extension, said that figure places Wisconsin slightly above the national average.
