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Whether the pause will affect employment in the area isn’t clear either. Microsoft did say that goodwill projects in the area, like the “AI Co-Innovation Lab” the tech giant is building with the University of Wisconsin, will continue.

When de la Torre began her doctoral work in the mid-1990s, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the renowned primatologist Charles Snowdon, she thought she would study how tamarin habitats affect their vocalizations, but she soon switched to pygmy marmosets. Their smaller home ranges—often less than 2.5 acres—made it easier to collect data.

Under UW-Madison’s current policy, employees can use accrued sick leave, vacation days, banked leave or personal holidays after a family member dies. A new proposal encourages the university to add a separate, paid bereavement leave category for all employees, including faculty, staff, graduate student employees, postdoctoral fellows and others.

Photo caption: Former President Carter talks about his anti-poverty program, the Atlanta Project, in Madison in 1994. More than 1,000 people came to hear Carter at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Union Theater.

Siva’s journey into entrepreneurship reads like a Silicon Valley dream turned into crypto reality. After earning his Master’s in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Siva began his tech career at Oracle in India, later interning at Amazon during his graduate studies. His pivotal role at Google Cloud’s Sunnyvale office marked the start of a promising corporate career.

Dr. Torsheika Maddox is senior operations officer and chief of staff for the UW-Madison Division of Diversity, Equity, and Educational Achievement (DDEEA). She has worked for the university for over 18 years in a number of roles supporting contributions towards efforts to improve access, empower inclusive community, and enhance diversity, belonging, and equity for the university and greater Madison community.

The 193 absentee ballots were left uncounted across three wards on the west side of Madison, near the isthmus and in the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus area.

Grill is also a Credentialed Manager and University of Wisconsin-Madison Certified Public Manager with a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Concordia University.

During his years of not speaking, Francis earned a PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studied oil spills. Then in 1989, after the Exxon Valdez tanker ran aground in Alaska’s Prince William Sound, spilling nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil, the U.S. Coast Guard asked him to help write new pollution regulations.

At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Muslim student collaborated with Jewish Social Services, the Alpha Lambda Rho Muslim interest sorority and campus student services offices to pack essential items for newly arrived refugees.

Before being elected mayor, Rhodes-Conway was a senior associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center on Wisconsin Strategy — a progressive think tank — and was the managing director of the university’s Mayors Innovation Project. She was also treasurer of her neighborhood association and sat on numerous city committees addressing transportation and the environment.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor called incoming U.S. Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “moron” during a recent lecture to students.

It’s been 50 years since Jerry Ringlien, an Eau Claire native and UW-Madison graduate, wrote what would become one of the best known jingles in advertising history.

The commercial was for Madison-based Oscar Mayer, where Ringlien was the company’s vice president of marketing, and featured 4-year-old Andy Lambros who, while sitting on a boat dock, taught the world how to properly spell B-O-L-O-G-N-A.

During a Friday interview with CBS News Bay Area reporter Da Lin, the mother of the sole survivor of the terrible collision identified her son and the three victims who died in the crash.

The mother, Samantha Miller, said that her son Jordan Miller was back in surgery late Friday morning. She confirmed that he is a 20-year-old sophomore at University of Wisconsin.

To be considered frozen over, lakes Wingra and Monona must have at least half ice cover. Mendota, the largest of Madison’s lakes, is subject to another rule developed by limnologists Edward Birge and Chancey Juday in the early 1900s because of its odd shape: The lake is considered frozen when you can’t row a boat between Picnic Point on UW-Madison’s northeast side to Maple Bluff.

Jill Underly, the incumbent who has been in the position since 2021, is running for a second term. She was previously the superintendent of the Pecatonica School District and has held roles as a principal, teacher and academic advisor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Babcock Dairy, an ice cream and cheese plant housed within UW–Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences in Madison, is voluntarily expanding its recall on Orange Custard Chocolate Chip ice cream that may be labeled as Chocolate Peanut Butter.

UW-Madison’ Babcock Dairy is expanding its recall on Orange Custard Chocolate Chip ice cream that may be labeled as Chocolate Peanut Butter, the dairy said Tuesday.

A DNA profile was completed in May, but it did not match any profiles in the national Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS. Additional skeletal remains in the possession of the University of Wisconsin were found to match the skull, however, leading to more evidence.

But many of those who could be affected by the overturning of Obergefell say a ballot proposal is a worthy endeavor. Acadia Bradley, a junior at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, found Trump’s win devastating, especially given the hope she had felt for the election over recent weeks. During Trump’s presidency from 2016–20, Bradley felt homophobia was emboldened—as if Trump “almost [gave] them a free pass, or a little bit more courage to act on their hatred towards us.”

Originally scheduled as a four-stop jaunt, Kirk’s tour ultimately swelled to 25 colleges, including the University of Wisconsin, Kansas State University and the University of Georgia, where he engaged undergraduates on topics ranging from the economy to immigration to liberal bias in academia.

University of Wisconsin–MadisonIn June, the Universities of Wisconsin system Board of Regents approved a proposal to expand and establish greater supports for student veterans on campus. The university will allocate funds for a University Veteran Services staff member to lead student success initiatives for military-affiliated learners and will form a task force on student veterans’ financial support.

As for the University of Wisconsin’s politically super-charged Dane County, naturally it produced more Democratic votes. But it was modest by its standards — just 7,200 votes more than in 2020.

Charlene Huynh (she/any), 20, senior studying sociology and communication arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

“One of the main reasons [Harris] lost is because she really abandoned the left.”

Honor Durham (she/her), 21, senior studying political science at UW-Madison

“The only thing that the Democrats could have done differently is to actually have Joe Biden step aside earlier.”

The UW-Madison student body makes up close to 18% of the population of Madison, a key part of Wisconsin’s electorate.

“People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to eggs or Yellow #5 run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume these products,” the press release said.

Babcock said in a statement Orange Custard Chocolate Chip and Chocolate Peanut Butter were recalled for people who who have an allergy to eggs and run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.

The Babcock Dairy Store at the University of Wisconsin has voluntarily recalled approximately 41 half-gallon cases of ice cream, according to a statement released by the company. Mistakenly labeled as chocolate peanut butter, the cases actually contain orange custard chocolate chip ice cream.

The creators of a new podcast want to tell the history of the University of Wisconsin-Madison that people won’t hear on a campus welcome tour.

Trump performed the best he ever has among student voters at UW-Madison, according to an analysis of vote totals from the 12 Madison precincts containing the majority of on- and off-campus housing for UW-Madison students, while Harris performed than worse recent Democratic candidates among the same group.

Babcock Dairy said Tuesday it is voluntarily recalling Orange Custard Chocolate Chip and Chocolate Peanut Butter ice cream due to mislabeling and an allergy risk.

“I’m supposedly the jerk from California. Yet, I’m born and raised here in this state, spent my last 12 years living where you grew up,” Hovde said. “I’m a [University of Wisconsin] grad, you’re not.” Baldwin responded that she was. “Law school, not undergrad,” Hovde shot back.

Students made their way to Memorial Union, Lowell Hall and other campus polling locations between classes to cast their vote.

Ballots cast at University of Wisconsin-Madison early voting locations including Memorial Union, Union South and Health Sciences Learning Center comprised nearly one out of every five in-person votes from Oct. 22 to Nov. 1 amid record citywide early vote turnout.

ABC News’ Deb Roberts reports from the University of Wisconsin campus where she’s been speaking with young voters.

While visiting a poll location at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Gov. Tony Evers was serenaded by students wishing him a happy birthday on Election Day.

The committee is eager to turn out young voters and Black voters across the battlegrounds. It is putting up 300 digital kiosks across college campuses that include the University of North Carolina and its affiliated campuses, Michigan State University, Temple University, Marquette University, and the University of Wisconsin.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a consultant to help boost bookings at the school’s event, lodging and conference spaces after experiencing a decline in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The University of Wisconsin–Madison encampment organizers created a “People’s Kitchen” open to everyone, supplied by donations from local restaurants, community members, organizations and supportive UW faculty.