Research data center to open at UW-Madison
By Kara Evenson | Sep. 20, 2015Wisconsin’s only data center is scheduled to open its doors on campus Monday, according to a UW-Madison release.
Wisconsin’s only data center is scheduled to open its doors on campus Monday, according to a UW-Madison release.
The UW-Madison Police Department arrested an 18-year-old man Friday in connection with a sexual assault that took place in a residence hall on Sept. 12, according to a UWPD incident report.
As students walk through the avenues of dining halls, deciding what meal to scarf down before an afternoon lecture, they rarely think about where the food is coming from or how it got here. They often don’t think about which farms grew the vegetables, what cows provided the dairy or what processed transformed ingredients into meals.
The Dane County Board of Supervisors unveiled a report Sept. 18 detailing recommendations to improve racial disparities and the treatment of mental health in the criminal justice system.
As rain flooded the streets Thursday night, so did hundreds of people who marched through a torrential downpour, shouting chants like “out of the halls and into the streets, we won’t be raped, we won’t be beat” and “however we dress, wherever we go, yes means yes and no means no.”
Members of the UW System Board of Regents testified before lawmakers Thursday to present the System’s accountability metrics, drawing skepticism from some Republican lawmakers.
Gov. Scott Walker focused on reasserting himself as a contender in the Republican field at the second presidential debate Wednesday, after his poll numbers have plummeted in Iowa.Leading up to the CNN debate at the Reagan Library in California, Walker repositioned himself as the field’s premier union-buster, with proposals to apply right-to-work nationally and eliminate the federal agency that investigates unfair labor practices.Before being able to expound on his new policy proposals, Walker drew the ire of Donald Trump by criticizing the businessman’s inexperience in government.“We don’t need an apprentice in the White House,” Walker said. “We have one right now.”Trump promptly cut Walker off by challenging his record of growth and deficit reduction in Wisconsin, an attack Walker brushed off as a “Democratic point.”“When the folks of Iowa found out the true facts of the job that you’ve done in Wisconsin, all of a sudden you went down the tubes,” Trump said. “You have right now, a huge budget deficit. That's not a Democratic point. That's a fact.”Other candidates pointed to their own records of balancing state budgets, like Gov. John Kasich of Ohio.“It was legitimate, it was real and we negotiated it,” Kasich said, subtly jabbing the lack of dialogue between Walker and public sector unions in the lead up to 2011’s Act 10.The field grappled with Trump throughout the night as he showed no restraint criticizing Rand Paul’s looks, evading questions about his comments on Carly Fiorina’s face and defending his assertion that vaccines contribute to increased rates of autism.Candidates looked to attack Trump on his conservative credentials, due to his proposal to raise taxes on hedge fund managers.Retired pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who has recently surged in national polls, suggested scrapping the current progressive taxation system in favor of a 10 percent flat tax.Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee went a step further, calling for the end of taxation on earnings and transitioning toward a consumption tax, asking, “why should we penalize productivity?”Trump defended his taxation proposal, calling it a “major reduction for the middle class,” while acknowledging that he won’t win any fans among hedge fund managers.“I know people that are making a tremendous amount of money and paying virtually no tax, and I think it’s unfair,” said Trump.
Next year, former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., will attempt to win back the Senate seat he lost to Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., six years ago.
State Supreme Court Justice N. Patrick Crooks announced in a statement Wednesday that he will not seek re-election when his term ends July 31, 2016.
UW-Madison and the City of Madison will join more than 20 other city-university partnerships as beneficiaries of a $1 million grant to launch a program coordinating efforts of research and funding between academic institutions and their communities.
Some downtown restaurant and retail owners voiced their opposition to Madison Mayor Paul Soglin’s proposal to increase license fees for downtown sidewalk patios in recent weeks.
UW-Madison students took a break from classes this afternoon to visit Union South for the annual study abroad fair. Hosted by International Academic Programs, the fair welcomed over 2,500 students with wanderlust.
Madison police arrested a 43-year-old homeless man early Saturday morning after he damaged multiple properties on State Street, including Jamba Juice and A Room of One’s Own bookstore.
With Wednesday’s second presidential debate hours away, Gov. Scott Walker promises to come out swinging in an attempt to combat his sagging poll numbers.
Despite much opposition from Madison Mayor Paul Soglin, the Madison Common Council voted overwhelmingly to override his veto of an alcohol license for Mad City Frites, a Belgian-style fries restaurant on the 300 block of State Street.
Democratic lawmakers unveiled a plan Tuesday that they say would bring the embattled Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation back under state control.
The Madison Police Department released a sketch of a person of interest in an attempted homicide that occurred on a bike path near South Livingston Street early Saturday morning.
The team in charge of developing the UW-Madison Campus Master Plan presented the analysis and conceptual framework for an updated version of the plan at an open house discussion Tuesday.
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.