UW-Madison held its sixth and final open house to present the final draft of the 2015 Campus Master Plan Tuesday in Union South.
Gov. Scott Walker released a fact sheet Tuesday outlining how his administration will deal with funding transportation projects across the state, one of the key pieces of next year’s budget. The memo affirms Walker’s commitment to minimizing the amount of borrowing for infrastructure projects, even at the expense of delaying construction. “Governor Walker will keep borrowing low in the next transportation budget,” the fact sheet said.
With the rollout of UW-Madison’s new cultural competency program, Our Wisconsin, and other inclusion initiatives developing throughout the UW System, some state Republicans are lamenting the overemphasis of political correctness.
Three roads will be closed on the UW-Madison campus beginning Wednesday, Sept. 14. The first closure Wednesday will be for the addition of a right turn lane on University Bay Drive to University Avenue.
UW-Madison has been ranked 10th among public colleges by U.S. News and World Report, which released its latest rankings for 2017 Best Colleges.
Anti-Semitic graffiti found in Sellery Residence Hall was reported to UW-Madison Sunday. According to UW-Madison spokesperson Meredith McGlone, swastikas were drawn on whiteboards on three different dormitory room doors.
The Madison Police Department swore in 23 new recruits at the Police Training Center on Femrite Drive Monday, after they completed the department’s Pre-Service Academy. After spending over 800 hours in “academy” training, the recruits will spend the next three months working with a veteran officer on patrol.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee met Monday to grant eligibility to campus environmental group FH King for the 2016-’17 academic year. FH King runs a 1.75 acre farm a mile west of campus, in Eagle Heights.
UW-Madison formally congratulated Chris Nguyen, a fourth-year biomedical engineering major, Monday morning at Engineering Hall for winning the grand prize in General Electric's “Unimpossible Missions: The University Edition” competition. The challenge asked participants to debunk common idioms such as “A snowball’s chance in hell,” or, for Nguyen, “You can’t unring a bell.” Noise cancellation technology and research on sound waves were used to help Nguyen support his theory. “I found the premise of the proposal on accident,” Nguyen said.
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin filed a request Monday to investigate the legality of the campaign finances of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.
The Madison Police Department arrested Zachary Vannatta, 22, for alleged second-degree sexual assault after an incident at a house party Saturday afternoon. The incident occurred on the 1500 block of Jefferson Street, near 7-Eleven on Regent Street, according to an MPD incident report.
Each week, The Daily Cardinal will be taking a look at down-ballot races throughout the state.
The School of Human Ecology held the opening reception for the Ruth Davis Design Gallery’s featured exhibit, “Stitching History from the Holocaust,” a travelling display from the Jewish Museum Milwaukee in Nancy Nicholas Hall Sunday.
The cost of college remains on the minds of students, parents, campus administration and legislators alike as the UW System considers what it could face in Wisconsin’s next biennial budget, which Gov. Scott Walker will announce early spring semester.
Starting 15 years ago, Americans have annually taken pause to recognize the tragic events that occurred on Sept.
The sixth public open house for UW-Madison’s 2015 Campus Master Plan will be held Sept. 13 from 7 to 9 p.m.
The state of Wisconsin announced Wednesday it would pay $1.6 million to Planned Parenthood after a legal fight over a law intended to improve safety regulations, but which was struck down because it would make it harder to have a legal abortion. The settlement follows an almost three-year-long court proceeding after the passage of Act 37, which was eventually declared unconstitutional on the grounds that it puts unreasonable obstacles in the path of women seeking abortions.
After legislators dealt the UW System roughly $250 million in funding cuts during the state’s last biennial budget, along with a continued tuition freeze, it seemed too soon to tell how those cuts would affect each of the approximately 40,000 faculty and academic staff throughout the system.
The Dane County Board of Supervisors voted to amend its minimum wage ordinance Tuesday night, increasing pay for workers of the county and entities with which the county contracts to $12.50 by January of next year. The updated ordinance changes the definition of a “living wage” in service contracts and sets an hourly wage for those service contracts at $12.50 effective Jan. 1, 2017.
Madison will be hosting an Ironman race Sunday, bringing street closures and alternate bus routes along with the triathlon.
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