Several graduate programs at UW-Madison ranked among the top in the nation in U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 edition of “Best Graduate Schools,” according to a Wednesday university release.
The American Education Research Association awarded UW-Madison faculty Diana Hess and Paula McAvoy the 2016 AERA Outstanding Book Award Tuesday for the publication, “The Political Classroom: Evidence and Ethics in Democratic Education,” according to a university release.
State lawmaker Rep. Andy Jorgensen, D-Milton, announced Wednesday he will not seek re-election to the Wisconsin legislature but instead intends to run for Rock County Register of Deeds.
UW-Madison researchers released a groundbreaking observational study which found that highly specialized athletes were more likely to report a history of overuse knee injuries, according to a university release.
Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill Wednesday allowing Wisconsinites to register to vote online. The measure allows anyone with a Wisconsin driver’s license or state-issued voting card to register online.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council heard legislation during its meeting Wednesday that would ultimately disband the University Affairs Committee and focus its grassroots efforts into the Shared Governance Committee.
Mayor Paul Soglin went before the Alcohol License Review Committee Tuesday to request a moratorium on alcohol licenses in the State Street and Capitol Square area until the completion of a retail study. Specifically, the ALRC would not grant any new Class A, B or C alcohol licenses, no new entertainment licenses and no physical expansions of existing alcohol establishments, according to a memo Soglin sent to the committee. The memo also said transfers of alcohol licenses to new locations would not be permitted.
The University of Wisconsin Police Department is investigating a racist graffiti image found Monday in the first floor restroom of the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery, according to UWPD Public Information Officer Marc Lovicott. The graffiti was found around 7:20 p.m. Lovicott estimates the image was drawn late afternoon Monday between 3:30 and 7 p.m.
Ald. David Ahrens, District 15, and Ald. Mark Clear, District 19, announced Wednesday plans to reform city government and give more power to Common Council and the council president.
The UW-Madison Police Department will not file any criminal or hate crime charges against the student who was the aggressor in the Saturday Sellery Residence Hall altercation, according to UWPD Public Information Officer Marc Lovicott. Lovicott said there is “no evidence that racial discrimination” played a role in the altercation between the UW-Madison student Matthew Hseih and several other residents in Sellery Hall. In an interview earlier in the week, one of the students who reported the incident to the university, freshman Synovia Knox, said Hseih did insult her with hateful language directed toward her class and race. UWPD cited the student with disorderly conduct and underage possession of alcohol earlier in the week.
Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin introduced a bill Tuesday in an attempt to make college more affordable and to help graduates pay off their student loans.
President Barack Obama named federal judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday morning, despite firm pushback from a Republican-controlled Senate that they will not confirm a nominee. Speaking at a news conference in the Rose Garden, Obama called Garland a jurist who possesses “decency, modesty, integrity, even-handedness and excellence.” Garland would replace longtime conservative justice Antonin Scalia, who died unexpectedly last month.
UW-Madison freshman Synovia Knox was in a Sellery hallway with several friends from the 9th Cohort of First Wave the night before their Line Breaks performance that covered issues of racism, classism and sexism—when a male resident shoved her and spat in her face. During the assault, the aggressor, who was intoxicated, hurled hateful language about race and socioeconomic status at Knox and three other First Wave scholars: Maryam Muhammad, Nora Laine Herzog and Francisco Velazquez.
Madison Common Council approved a revised plan for Capitol Square Tuesday night after state officials denied a provision in January that would have built a bike lane on East Mifflin Street. The plan focused on general maintenance of the Capitol Square.
The state Senate approved dozens of bills in their last session of the year Tuesday, including most of Gov. Scott Walker’s college affordability package.
The UW System selected Gary Bennett, chief of staff for state Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, to lead an agency that will explore opening new charter schools in Madison and Milwaukee. Starting April 1, Bennett will head the Office of Educational Opportunity and will also be a special assistant to UW System President Ray Cross.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank responded Friday to the UW System Board of Regents recent vote regarding tenure policy in a post on her blog.
Tamara Grigsby, the recently appointed director of the new Dane County Department of Equity and Inclusion, died unexpectedly this week from health complications.
The 2016 Revelry Music and Arts Festival lineup was announced Tuesday, and Atlanta-based rapper iLoveMakonnen, who was nominated for a 2014 Grammy for his hit song “Tuesday,” will headline the April 30 show.
UW-Madison sent a campus-wide email Tuesday to alert students about a robbery that occurred Monday night near the state Capitol. The male victim fell off his skateboard around 9 p.m.
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