A faculty committee approved language revisions to policy controlling program changes and tenure protections at UW-Madison Monday, according to a report released Tuesday.
“It hurts,” “I’m vulnerable” and “it’s blatant” are a few of the ways disadvantaged students described their college experiences in a research project aimed at uncovering structural exclusion at the university level.
Despite three sexual assaults being reported on campus in the first two weekends of the semester, the UW-Madison Police Department said these numbers are not shocking.
The second sexual assault of this weekend, and the third of the semester, was reported to the UW-Madison Police Department Monday, according to a UWPD crime warning sent to all students.
With energy prices soaring alongside growing concerns about the effects of traditional fossil fuels on the environment, a UW-Madison researcher has become one step closer to finding an alternative, renewable energy source.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee kicked off their second meeting of the semester Monday by reaccepting the Greater University Tutoring Service into General Student Services Fund.
Forage Kitchen, a specialty salad and cold press juice bar, and a 7-Eleven convenience store will open on the corner of State Street and North Lake Street.
The City of Madison and UW-Madison received a grant through the National Science Foundation Monday to expand broadband networking and Internet applications for cities.
The Madison Police Department is currently investigating a sexual assault near Capital City Trail reported early Saturday morning, according to an incident report.
State Rep. Joe Sanfelippo, R-New Berlin, introduced a proposal Monday that would enable Gov. Scott Walker to appoint the superintendent of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction with consent of the state Senate.
Legislative leaders said Friday they would take up a bill next month that would exempt many political crimes from the purview of secret John Doe investigations.
While thousands of people filled Camp Randall for kickoff Saturday morning, police dog Odin and his handler Sgt. Brent Plisch’s work began hours earlier, running security sweeps on the venue to ensure spectators’ safety.
The 14th Ironman brought roughly 2,500 amateurs to compete in the 140.6-mile race.
Saturday’s football game against the Miami RedHawks saw an increase in alcohol-related incidents from last year’s home opener, according to a UW-Madison Police Department report.
Late last July, Taylor Beebe began planning for her new restaurant, a small fries shop among State Street’s well-known stretch of restaurants and specialty stores. By the end of the year, Mad City Frites was open, offering Belgian-style fries to the daily shoppers and stoppers through Madison’s commercial center.
A sexual assault was reported to have occurred in a university residence hall early Saturday, according to a UW-Madison Police Department notice sent to students Sunday night.
State Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, held the first of a three-part series of district office hours on State Street Friday to hear constituents’ concerns regarding the state budget.
The UW System Board of Regents convened at UW-Whitewater Friday to update members of policy changes for UW colleges and the System at large.
Both the Madison and UW police departments responded to several reports Thursday of a man acting verbally and physically aggressive in the East Campus Mall area, according to a UW Police Department report.
It was the early years of the Women’s Studies Program at UW-Madison, and students in Susan Friedman’s “Images of Women” discussion section were talking about challenges many women in the 1970s may have been struggling with, but could never discuss in an academic setting. “My husband won’t let me come to class until I’ve cleaned the oven,” Friedman remembers one student saying, in response to analyzing an advertisement depicting a similar scene. Such an opportunity to analyze deeply personal and social issues in an academic setting gained formal structure in 1975, when the Women’s Studies Program—becoming the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies in 2008—was born at UW-Madison. “It’s an academic subject.
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