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Student veterans find community at UW-Madison

UW-Madison to provide merit- and market-based raises

UW-Madison announced Tuesday it has made funds available for raises to recognize strong performance and support faculty and staff who are in high market demand.

Student Leadership Program looks to help peers develop skills

The Student Leadership Program, a UW-Madison student organization that looks to help students develop key leadership skills, hopes to use its newly approved budget to recruit and maintain new members, according to the group’s financial coordinator Allison Amadon.

County approves purchase of day homeless center

The Dane County Board of Supervisors approved a $1.4 million purchase for a downtown homeless resource center Friday.

Soglin looks to protect Oscar Mayer workers amid closure of Madison plant

On the heels of last week’s announcement by Kraft Heinz to close Madison’s Oscar Mayer plant, Mayor Paul Soglin reaffirmed his desire to help the plant’s soon-to-be laid off workers.

Racial vandalism in classroom building provokes letter from administration

Students taking classes housed in Vilas Hall, including those in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, received an email Monday alerting them of “an incident of bias and racism” that occurred a few weeks ago in Vilas Hall.

Rodents show promise for PTSD patients

A new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience used rodents to find how stress chemicals alter the brain, and could change how post-traumatic stress disorder is treated.

Research team finds a way to tag aggressive cancer cells

A team of UW-Madison researchers has found a way to more easily identify brain cancer that could lead to earlier diagnoses and more effective treatment of the deadly disease.

Abrahamson drops legal challenge to regain chief justice seat

State Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson announced Monday she will drop her legal challenge to regain the chief justice position.

3,700 runners flock to Madison for Marathon

FH King aims to expand programming with newly approved budget

Senate clears election overhaul in early morning vote

The state Senate voted early Saturday morning to approve sweeping changes to the state’s election and campaign finance systems, ending weeks of uncertainty surrounding the bills’ fates.

Fall 2015 Science Writer in Residence aims to make scientific writing more approachable

Obama kills the Keystone pipeline

After seven years of heated rhetoric from both conservatives and environmentalists, President Barack Obama officially announced Friday that he has rejected the Keystone XL pipeline.

Madison community expresses concern over police body cameras

A proposal that would require Madison Police Department officers to be outfitted with body cameras has sparked a discussion about police relations within the Madison community. A special committee that the Madison Common Council appointed and tasked with evaluating the benefits and setbacks of using the cameras has investigated the proposal since it was first presented.

Chancellor Blank elected to Internet2 Board

UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank was elected to the Internet2 Board of Trustees this week, a panel made up of various university presidents, chief information officers, researchers and industry partners. The board aims to link academic institutions, federal agencies and laboratories together to form a technologically efficient service network, according to a UW-Madison release. The panel elected Blank for a three-year term, where she will help give fiscal recommendations with other members.

Senate to take up election bills in Friday session

After weeks of negotiation, the state Senate is slated to meet Friday in extraordinary session in an attempt to advance legislation that would alter the state’s election system.

ASM Student Council introduces internal budget for fiscal year 2017

The Associated Students of Madison Student Council began conversation Wednesday on its proposed internal budget for the 2017 fiscal year.

Campus finds sexual assault in native populations disproportionately high

Students are looking for solutions to the disproportionate rate at which American Indian students are experiencing sexual assault at UW-Madison, following the university’s Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct.

University Diversity Forum brings campus, community together

Members of the UW-Madison community continued conversations surrounding diversity this week during the 17th annual Diversity Forum at Union South.