University Health Services issued a warning to international travelers because of the Zika virus, which was recently called a global health emergency by the World Health Organization.
An award-winning pair of father-son architects spoke about their work with Tiny Houses at Monona Terrace Thursday as a part of the Wright Design Series. Bill Yudchitz, who is based in Stevens Point with Revelations Architects, and his son Dan, who works at HGA in St. Paul, focused on several of their projects, including the EDGE project. EDGE stands for Experimental Dwelling for a Greener Environment.
Roderick A. Ferguson, esteemed author and professor of African-American and gender and women’s studies at University of Illinois at Chicago, spoke at UW-Madison Tuesday about how black radicalism can lead to change on college campuses.
Gov. Scott Walker signed 21 new bills into law Thursday at the state Capitol, covering issues ranging from children in the foster care system, criminal penalties and transportation. The most prominent bill is one allowing hunters to wear blaze pink in addition to traditional colors like hunter orange and blaze orange, authored by state Rep. Nick Milroy, D-South Range, and state Sen. Terry Moulton, R-Chippewa Falls.
The Open Seat, an on-campus food pantry sponsored by the Associated Students of Madison, will open Friday after several months of preparation.
In an effort to remain a leader in the field, UW-Madison offers a master’s degree in biotechnology to merge science, business and law practices into a single, comprehensive program.
A UW-Madison team that designed a pod for transporting people at futuristic speed finished third in SpaceX’s first worldwide Hyperloop, hosted at Texas A&M University Jan.
The state released Wednesday the date for the 12th annual State of the Tribes address to take place this month, amid increased activism by native groups. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, reiterated the importance of finding common interests between state government and tribal leaders. “I’m pleased that we can continue this Assembly tradition.
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The Associated Students of Madison Student Council heard a presentation Wednesday from 4W, a campuswide initiative advocating for women’s rights.
Some aspects of proposed tenure policies will not fully protect against academic freedom for the UW System, according to a joint statement by the American Association of University Professors and the Wisconsin chapter of the American Federation of Teachers.
A Madison artist will participate in a three-week sailing expedition around the Arctic to create works of the polar environment and call attention to global warming.
Firebrand populists in both parties grabbed America’s attention in the Iowa caucuses as Texas Senator Ted Cruz and real-estate mogul Donald Trump captured over half the Republican vote, while heavily favored former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton barely escaped a repeat of 2008 by holding off Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
UW-Madison announced Wednesday that the speaker for the 2016 Spring Commencement is Russell Wilson, Super Bowl-winning quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks.
In light of District 11 Ald. Chris Schmidt’s resignation from his position on the Madison Common Council, the council announced it is accepting resumes from interested residents in the 11th Aldermanic District to fill the vacant position for an interim basis.
A woman in her early 20s and employee of the Metro Market on the east side was killed in a shooting Tuesday night, according to a Madison Police Department incident report. She was shot in a parking lot on the 6000 block of Cottage Grove Road around 8 p.m.
The UW-Madison School of Social Work will offer new graduate courses in Fall 2016 to prepare students to care for aging adults, according to a UW-Madison news release.
Wisconsin is one of just nine states that cut funding for higher education this fiscal year and ranks second in the nation in percentage cut, according to a report released last week.
Timothy M. Smeeding, a professor of economics and public affairs at UW-Madison and former Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) director, plans to discuss bipartisan anti-poverty proposals as part of the IRP’s upcoming Annual New Perspectives in Social Policy Seminar. Smeeding will respond to Arthur C.
An Assembly committee approved a bill Tuesday that will tighten penalties for those falsifying a statement or representation to collect any unemployment benefit payment, but those opposed to the bill say it won’t be effective.
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