As Gov. Scott Walker proposed a series of reforms to school safety funding and procedures, some disability rights groups fear the needs of the students they represent have been ignored.
Twelve UW-Madison faculty members will be honored this April with the university’s annual Distinguished Teaching Awards. Recipients of this historic award, which dates back to 1953, are chosen based on student nominations and contributions faculty have made to student learning in their departments. This years winners include associate professor of integrative biology, Ellen Damschen, botany professor Simon Gilroy and professor of Afro-American Studies Michael Thorton.
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder visited campus Friday to discuss the importance of redistricting reform, political participation and his legal battle with Gov. Scott Walker.
UW-Madison students gathered at the Social Science building Thursday to learn about the history of race, as well as discuss why race continues to be a relevant issue on the UW-Madison campus.
The Student Service Finance Committee narrowly shot down an amendment that would change its current attendance policies, after a debate that lasted for nearly an hour Thursday.
The Madison Transit and Parking Commission approved a motion Wednesday to increase parking rates at lots and garages around the city starting in June. Because of an increase in usage, the rates for the State Street campus and State Street Capitol garages are set to jump $0.20 and $0.30, respectively.
Following months of negotiations and debate, Madison’s Landlord and Tenant Issues Committee voted Thursday to pass a certification that hopes to encourage positive landlord practices in the city.
Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday called for a special session of the State Legislature to introduce a $100 million grant program to fund school security improvements. Walker’s grant program would increase funding for updated security technologies and facilities.
UW-Parkside became the second UW System school to declare no confidence in System President Ray Cross, following controversial comments he made in the wake of a decision to merge the state’s two-year and four-year schools.
Students, law enforcement and state representatives met for an Associated Students of Madison town hall Wednesday to discuss safety measures on campus and throughout Madison. Following the Parkland shooting, demands for improved gun control legislation and discussions of concealed carry have spread throughout the U.S., with the UW-Madison campus being no exception.
Research from a group of UW-Madison graduate students sheds new light on the potential relationship between gun ownership and mental health. Sociology graduate student Jinho Kim found that teens with easy access to a firearm in their home were 3 percent more likely to experience severe depressive symptoms, and the effects were greater for girls.
Just six percent of UW-Madison students turned out to vote in the Associated Students of Madison elections this spring, down from nine percent in last spring’s general election and the lowest turnout in 10 years. “We’re always looking for new ways that we can reach our demographic, especially on a college campus where [there] can be a lot of noise,” said Kate Wehrman, Student Elections Commision Chair.
As public pressure rises to generate meaningful solutions to ensure school safety, lawmakers clash over how best to address the issue.
It’s not just a high school movement. Hundreds of students and community members gathered Wednesday at noon on Library Mall to get the attention of legislators and advocate for tighter gun laws as part of National Walkout Day.
The controversial Lincoln Hills youth prison will likely remain open despite allegations of abuse and mistreatment after the state Senate rejected the Assembly’s plan to shut the facility down.
Around 5,000 Madison-area high school students marched to the Capitol steps Wednesday to protest new gun legislation in the aftermath of last month’s shooting in Parkland, Fla.
Graduate students are challenging a recent proposal from the UW-Madison Bursar’s Office that would force students to pay their segregated fees and tuition in full before the start of each semester.
Coleman Chung was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting a woman who passed out at a UW-Madison dining hall on Sept. 29 and recording the incident on video. According to a criminal complaint obtained by the Wisconsin State Journal, the 30-year-old Monona resident was charged with four counts of second-degree sexual assault of a 17-year-old UW-Madison student outside Gordon Dining Hall.
Cries of “I can’t eat” once again rang through a UW-Madison dining hall as students gathered Tuesday evening in opposition to the university’s meal plan for incoming freshman. Nearly two dozen UW-Madison students and community members shared stories about how the meal plan will negatively impact loved ones, as well as chanted slogans like “This meal plan has got to go” as they marched through Four Lakes Market in Dejope Residence Hall.
As Scott Walker was honored for his executive orders on government transparency, an open records advocacy group debated his record on the matter.
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