Journalist and author Jon Ronson highlighted negative outcomes of social media during his Distinguished Lecture Series talk Tuesday at Memorial Union.
A 2016 analysis by the personal finance website WalletHub ranked Madison as the fourth best capital in the nation.
Six panelists from the university held a town hall meeting Tuesday to address a Jan. 26 incident where photos of Hitler’s face and swastikas were taped to a student’s door in Sellery Hall. Three weeks after the incident, photos of the door began circulating Feb.
UW-Madison student employees and graduate assistants will receive pay increases starting next school year, according to Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s official blog.
UW-Madison graduate student Amy Alstad released survey findings Friday about human influence on the rate of species change in Wisconsin prairies.
A stranger attacked a 21-year-old women on West Gilman Street early Monday morning, according to a Madison Police Department incident report. The woman said she was walking home after a late night of studying when she approached from behind.
President Barack Obama announced earlier in February that the Director of Metabolism at the Morgridge Institute for Research Dave Pagliarini is one of the 105 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. The award, which was created in 1996, is given to scientists who show great potential in the early portion of their careers.
UW-Madison experts and policymakers gathered Tuesday to discuss what potential changes to the state’s insurance rules could mean for university faculty and staff. Wisconsin is considering paying health benefits for state employees directly instead of buy through health maintenance organizations, a system known as self-insurance. Gov.
All incoming UW-Madison students participate in the Tonight program to learn about sexual assault, dating violence and bystander intervention strategies, among many other topics, to increase campus safety, and now this program is primed for updating.
Community Shares of Wisconsin, a Madison-based nonprofit organization focused on social and environmental advocacy, will be hosting an online fundraising event March 1.
UW South Madison Partnership celebrated its one-year anniversary of community outreach and collaboration between UW-Madison professionals and Madison citizens Tuesday.
As renovations to the South East Recreational Facility begin in the next few years, Rec Sports Director John Horn said he is focused on maintaining student participation, affordability and accessibility for recreational activities on campus. Rec Sports’ mission is to enhance the UW-Madison experience by providing high quality programs, services and facilities that promote the social, mental and physical well-being of the campus community, according to its website.
A bill barring so-called sanctuary cities, the subject of a mass protest on the Capitol Square last Thursday, could be stalled in the state Senate. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said Friday that “no member has indicated it [Assembly Bill 450] is a top priority,” creating doubt about whether the body will take it up in its March floor session. The bill would ban state funding to local governments that don’t require law enforcement to question a person’s citizenship status.
A new Festival Foods grocery store will open April 8 at 810 E. Washington Ave.
A Madison man was arrested after allegedly groping a female hairstylist last week, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
Susan McKinney will be the new official officer of Madhatter Bar, pending approval from Common Council. The Alcohol License Review Committee approved of McKinney—whom has been the general manage—taking over ownership of the bar Wednesday night.
A public meeting will be held Wednesday at Gordon Dining and Event Center to update community members on the latest preliminary draft of the UW-Madison 2015 Campus Master Plan.
UW System President Ray Cross thanked members of the Wisconsin Assembly in a statement Thursday for passing a college affordability package proposed earlier in the year by Gov. Scott Walker.
Wisconsin state statutes mandate UW-Madison and other tax-supported institutions purchase from a prison industry program that explicitly prioritizes profit over the rehabilitation of prisoners, while paying inmates a significantly lower wage than that paid in the private industry. UW-Madison purchased $1,596,515 worth of prison-produced goods—largely furniture and signage—from Wisconsin’s prison industry program, Badger State Industries, during the 2015 fiscal year. According to a Wisconsin state statute, a list of designated purchasing agencies, including UW-Madison and UW System schools, must “offer prison industries the opportunity to supply the materials, supplies, equipment or contractual services,” which the Department of Corrections lists periodically.
UW-Madison Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer Patrick J. Sims and professor Ruth Litovksy will host this year’s Annual Faculty of Color Reception at the Pyle Center Alumni Lounge Feb. 25.
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