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Students attend a Badger Consulting meeting, where they work with local businesses to improve their professional skills.

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Student-run consulting firm aids students in gaining real world experience

By Hannah Malone | Jan. 25, 2017

Local businesses and start-ups in the Madison area are turning toward a UW-Madison student organization for help with developing professional skills. Badger Consulting is a student consulting firm that currently has 40 members who work together in small groups to give consumer insights, as well as conduct industry and market research. Formally known as Badger Social Media, Badger Consulting was founded by UW-Madison graduate Matt Soderberg in 2012.

Newly appointed UW-Madison Police Department Chief Kristen Roman talked with The Daily Cardinal about using her 26 years of experience at Madison Police Department to maintain safety on campus.

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New UWPD Chief hopes to repair connection between police, campus community

By Sammy Gibbons | Jan. 25, 2017

UW-Madison Police Department Chief Kristen Roman plans to bring her leadership and communication skills to the UW-Madison campus and use it to strengthen the relationship between her department and individuals on campus and throughout the city.

A new UW-Madison program will offer scholarships to international students and encourage them to pursue careers in societal issue when returning to their home country.

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Scholarship encourages international education, global improvement

By Megan Provost | Jan. 23, 2017

The King-Morgridge Scholars program, which is set to begin in the fall of 2017, will award four-year scholarships to six international students from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia and South Asia, according to university officials.

People of all identities from various countries marched passed the United States Capitol building holding signs that supported organizations such as Planned Parenthood and criticized newly inaugurated President Donald Trump at the Women’s March on Washington Saturday.

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UW students unite with thousands in D.C. solidarity march

By Sammy Gibbons | Jan. 21, 2017

United States citizens and individuals from other countries, young children and elderly folks, various genders and all races were present at the Women’s March on Washington Saturday. Attendees showed support for women’s rights—which speakers said are merely human rights—and spoke out against controversial statements made by President Donald Trump.

After students walked out of classes to protest Trump's inauguration Friday, some joined a city-wide rally and march in downtown Madison.

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UW-Madison students walk out of class, join protest to voice opposition to Trump presidency

By Noah Habenstreit | Jan. 20, 2017

Although Donald Trump’s tenure as President of the United States is just hours old, students at UW-Madison have already commenced an opposition movement, as some walked out of classes and have plans to join a protest in downtown Madison Friday afternoon.

UW-Madison junior Nour Saeed posted a petition Saturday that requests UW-Madison offer financial and logistical support for 10 future Syrian students.

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Student petitions UW-Madison to aid Syrian refugees with accessing higher education

By Sammy Gibbons | Jan. 19, 2017

Nour Saeed, a UW-Madison junior, posted an online petition Saturday that calls on UW-Madison to offer 10 scholarships to future Syrian students.

A Snapchat filter reading “Badgers Get Consent” was available to patrons at the Kohl Center Tuesday.

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Snapchat filter promoting sexual consent has trial run during men’s basketball game

By Hannah Malone | Jan. 19, 2017

In an attempt to continue ongoing efforts to raise awareness of sexual assault, a student-activist group ran a second pilot Snapchat filter during the Michigan vs. Wisconsin men’s basketball game at the Kohl Center Tuesday night.

Sigma Chi, whose fraternity house is located at 221 Langdon St., was suspended by the university Tuesday.

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Sigma Chi chant ‘encouraging sexual assault’ not considered violation

By Peter Coutu | Jan. 19, 2017

Inside Sigma Chi's house, roughly 50 members of the fraternity recited a sexually explicit chant Oct. 6.

The Financial Life Skills program, which is housed in the School of Human Ecology, teaches UW-Madison enrolled students real life material about their personal finances through peer-facilitated courses.

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Peer facilitated courses offer students lessons for current, post-college finances

By Hannah Malone | Jan. 18, 2017

The UW-Madison School of Human Ecology has created two workshop-oriented courses to help undergraduate students prepare to handle finances during and after college. Each course can be taken for one semester and students will receive one graduation credit upon completion.

Two new restaurants—Italian dining joint, Strada (pictured above), and salad place, Carte—and der Rathskeller began serving food Tuesday in Memorial Union.

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New eateries, Der Rathskeller open in Memorial Union

By Sammy Gibbons | Jan. 17, 2017

Memorial Union fired up the grills at two new restaurants and familiar eatery, Der Rathskeller, Tuesday. Der Rathskeller will sell the familiar sandwiches, wraps and comfort food they sold before the construction, and have added breakfast items that will be served each morning.

UW-Madison suspended the university’s chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity, which is located at 221 Langdon St.

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UW-Madison suspends Sigma Chi fraternity for alcohol violation

By Peter Coutu | Jan. 17, 2017

The fraternity, who has a history of previous violations, is suspended from all university activities until March 1.

Members of UW-Madison’s Commodity Trading group, presented their work with trading software and algorithms to trading professionals in Chicago.

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Student trading organization showcases work in Chicago

By Sammy Gibbons | Jan. 17, 2017

UW-Madison's Commodity Trading gropu used software from the company Trading Technologies called Algo Design Lab that was provided to them to create an algorithm that trades goods automatically and showcased their work at the company's Chicago headquarters.

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?Student-activists doubt university efforts on diversity, inclusion

By Hannah J. Olson | Jan. 17, 2017

After delivering stories and exhortations in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day to a room filled with diversity, student activists laid out the challenges of change-making as people of color on campus, deeming the university's approach laissez-faire and in need of change.

Dean of Students Lori Berquam delivered closing remarks to a filled Varsity Hall for the first UW-Madison Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration.

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First campus celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day focuses on community, service

By Sammy Gibbons | Jan. 16, 2017

Traditionally, members of the Madison community recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by through service.

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UW System schools collaborate to combat hate and bias on campus

By Sammy Gibbons | Jan. 16, 2017

The Hate/Bias Response Symposium hosted at UW-La Crosse was designed for university faculty and staff who address incidents and crimes of hate and bias in their work, according to UW-Madison Assistant Dean of Students Joshua Moon Johnson.

Oliver Smithies, a renowned geneticist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2007.

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Nobel laureate and former UW geneticist Oliver Smithies dies at 91

By Noah Habenstreit | Jan. 12, 2017

Oliver Smithies, a renowned geneticist, Nobel laureate and former UW-Madison professor, died Tuesday at the age of 91. The British-born scientist was best known for developing a method of introducing genes into the genome of a mouse, which allowed future scientists to observe the effects of thousands of genes and better combat disease. Smithies, along with two other scientists, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2007 for his work, much of which he performed during a 29-year stint at UW-Madison. “Just before he left here he did the major piece of work [for which he won the Nobel Prize],” the late UW-Madison genetics professor James Crow said in 2007, according to a university release.

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UWPD horse, Vegas, dies

By Sammy Gibbons | Jan. 12, 2017

UW-Madison Police Department’s police horse, Vegas, died Tuesday after more than one year of suffering from Degenerative Suspensory Ligament Disease. Vegas, who was diagnosed with the disease in 2015, was euthanized at the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, according to a release.

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Aggravated battery reported near campus

By Sammy Gibbons | Jan. 9, 2017

Madison Police Department responded to an act of aggravated battery Friday that occurred at the intersection of University Avenue and Hawthorne Court near the UW-Madison campus. Around 1:30 a.m., three unidentifiable men knocked a 19-year-old male Madison resident unconscious by continuously kicking and punching him, according to an MPD incident report. He suffered severe facial injuries and did not immediately remember the assault. Passersby said his head bounced off the pavement, according to the release.

The Badger Caring Closet, which will open in the Lutheran Campus Ministry in spring, will provide a space for low-income UW-Madison students to get free clothes, hygiene products and school supplies.

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Badger Caring Closet provides free necessities for low-income students

By Sammy Gibbons | Jan. 7, 2017

Low-income UW-Madison students will be able to get daily necessities at no cost at the Badger Caring Closet that will open in the spring semester.

The pickpocket suspect is described as a black middle-aged male with short gray hair, 5'10 and wearing glasses.

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UWPD asks public to help locate pickpocket suspect

By Lilly Price | Jan. 7, 2017

The UW-Madison Police Department is calling on Madison residents to help catch and identify a pickpocket suspect who stole a man’s wallet in November.

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