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Less than a week after the deadly shooting, UW-Madison students, faculty and law enforcement are evaluating their own preparedness should a similar event strike their own campus.

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University staff, students reflect on active shooter preparedness following Florida shooting

By Elizabeth Schreiber | Feb. 20, 2018

In the wake of the school shooting that killed 17 high school students in Parkland, FL, safety is one again a main concern at schools across the country. Less than a week after the deadly shooting, UW-Madison students, faculty and law enforcement are evaluating their own preparedness should a similar event strike their own campus.

Morgan Winston, Morgan Winston

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New counselor shifts aim to UW-Madison employees, helps them manage careers

By Elizabeth Schreiber | Jan. 30, 2018

UW-Madison students are not the only people on campus who can see an advisor for career advice — university employees now can, too.

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UHS extends flu vaccination deadline due to particularly bad strain

By Elizabeth Schreiber | Jan. 23, 2018

University Health Services has extended the deadline for students to receive free flu vaccinations after a “particularly bad” strain of flu appeared on campus.

Sarah Stillman, a staff writer at The New Yorker and one of this semester’s Public Affairs Writers in Residence, said there is an “increasing convergence of overcriminalization in the realm of justice policies” in today’s society.

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New Yorker writer speaks on immigration, criminal justice

By Elizabeth Schreiber | Oct. 24, 2017

Students, faculty and UW-Madison community members gathered in the Discovery Building Tuesday to learn about crimmigration — the intersection of immigration law and criminal law.

The two-year research initiative will focus on developing new ways to extract information from data and using these methods to solve complex problems in different fields.

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UW-Madison to receive funding for data science initiative

By Elizabeth Schreiber | Oct. 17, 2017

UW-Madison announced Tuesday an initiative to fund two-year grants for data science research at the university.

Free menstrual products to be offered at the SAC

Cameron Lane-Flehinger

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Student organization pushes for menstrual products, reproductive rights

By Elizabeth Schreiber | Oct. 9, 2017

A UW-Madison student organization is continuing its efforts to make menstrual products more accessible on campus, while also expanding its outreach into reproductive rights advocacy.

University Health Services Director of Administrative Services Arnold Jennerman and Accessible Reproductive Healthcare Initiative president Jordan Madden discussed, in multiple email exchanges, a possible plan to provide Plan B in vending machines at UW-Madison.

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UHS suicide prevention program shifts focus to students

By Elizabeth Schreiber | Sep. 25, 2017

A suicide prevention program from University Health Services will shift to put an emphasis on students this coming year.