The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents discussed Thursday the national and state higher education climate in relation to economic development—a topic that Board of Regents President Brent Smith said will be brought up in many upcoming board meetings.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department conducted a second night of its “Be Bright” bike light campaign Thursday.
The Student Services Finance Committee approved 2013-’14 funding for the campus group Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics Thursday after making significant adjustments to its budget proposal.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council approved Wednesday the creation of a new grassroots committee to involve students in campus sustainability efforts.
The search-and-screen committee for the next chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison held its fourth forum Wednesday to discuss which qualities campus members would like to see in the university’s next leader.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison labor licensing committee plans to send a letter to Chancellor David Ward early next week urging him to give Palermo’s Pizza, a sponsor of UW-Madison athletics, a 30-day ultimatum to meet the requests of the company’s striking workers, which include union recognition and priority rehiring.
The Faculty Senate voted Monday to postpone a decision on the controversial Human Resources redesign plan, citing concerns of insufficient details and a lack of communication.
University of Wisconsin-Madison senior Joe Diedrich changed his conservative political views to embrace the independent, Libertarian party in his later high school years, when he said he realized the Bush administration’s continued shipment of U.S. soldiers and supplies to fuel warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan “didn’t make any sense.”
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School will launch a new Veterans Law Center Thursday to provide legal assistance to veterans in the Madison area.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemistry professor has developed a simple bacterial test that could be used to save infants’ lives in developing countries, after the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation granted him $100,000 for the project, according to a UW-Madison news release.
Many University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty, staff and community members have signed an online petition asking the Office of Human Resources to release a list of changes to be included in the personnel system redesign following recent campus feedback.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison historian, who contributed to a well-known, written historical account of the university, died Oct. 23 at the age of 66.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee approved budgets for Sex Out Loud and F.H. King Thursday, after making minor adjustments to the food expenditures in both budgets.
An Associated Students of Madison Sustainability Committee is one step closer to being created after Student Council voted in favor of forming the committee in the first round of voting Wednesday.
In the midst of the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy on the East Coast, the Dean of Students office will offer assistance to any student for any academic or other issues they may be facing.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced four finalists in the search for the campus’ next director of university libraries Wednesday.
After listening to Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and two stars from the hit show “Glee” speak on the importance of the student vote in the upcoming election, over a dozen students cast their vote early at Madison’s City Hall Sunday afternoon.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Student Labor Action Coalition and Teaching Assistants’ Association welcomed two striking Palermo’s Pizza workers to campus Wednesday to share their experiences from working for the pizza company.
Student leaders announced plans Wednesday to begin regular meetings about campus safety issues with a variety of interested parties from within the university and the city as a whole.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council decided Wednesday to reconsider the creation of a grassroots sustainability committee after University of Wisconsin-Madison students showed interest in the committee’s creation.
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