“Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” is the 2017-’18 selection for Go Big Read, the university announced in a release Tuesday.
UW-Madison’s Faculty Senate unanimously approved a statement Monday in support of transgender rights for students, faculty and staff on campus. The resolution comes after an unnamed professor recruit turned down a job offer from UW-Madison due to the political climate on campus and two transgender former UW-Madison faculty sued the state after being refused gender reassignment medical treatment under their state employee insurance coverage. It states that members of UW-Madison’s transgender community have the right to pursue an education or career on campus with “safety and dignity” as well as receive the same “benefits, privileges and protections” that the rest of the UW-Madison community enjoys.
Leading the new session are ASM Chair Katrina Morrison, former chair of the Student Activity Center Governing Board, and Vice Chair Billy Welsh, former chair of Sustainability Committee.
Few of the sexual assault crime warnings issued in the last four years resulted in police investigations, and even fewer—one out of the 24 total—resulted in an arrest. That arrest ended in deferred prosecution.
Numbers from the university’s most recent Data Digest clocked women faculty at just 750 in 2015, compared to 1,455 men. This may not sound too promising given the national conversation around gender equality, but 20 years ago, the gap looked more like a four-times difference.
UW-Madison Police Department received a report of the fourth-degree sexual assault Friday, according to a UWPD crime warning. They are currently investigating the crime.
The student government at Western Kentucky University passed a bill last week supporting reparations, and members said Rep. Tyriek Mack, the author of the ASM bill, helped make it happen.
Rise to Run is an up-and-coming national organization with four pilot locations: North Carolina, Colorado, Florida and UW-Madison.
Competition for an acceptance letter from the Wisconsin School of Business is already high—the college is one of the top 30 business schools in the nation, according to Businessweek’s 2016 rankings. But some fear changes to direct admissions and credit limits on applications could make the competition extra difficult for transfer students.
The Associated Students of Madison are demanding transparency and accountability from the UW-Madison Police Department, and calling for community supervision of the department.
UW-Madison is one of 55 universities that have made efforts over the last three years to address the issue of sexual assault on campus by taking part in a study by the Association of American Universities. AAU released a new report Wednesday that showed UW-Madison has made progress in combatting sexual assault.
Assistant Dean of Students Joshua Moon Johnson has accepted the position of Dean of Student Affairs at American University of Malta. There, he will oversee student life—specifically orientation, financial aid and enrollment—as well as career services and several other areas.
Forbes, the chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media, gave a talk at Ingraham Hall on Tuesday organized by Young Americans for Freedom. The talk was preceded by a protest lead by Student Coalition for Progress, which was co-sponsored by several other student and community organizations.
Badger Catholic and Atheists, Humanists, & Agnostics went back-and-forth during their annual debate Tuesday. An audience that filled a lecture hall in Van Vleck to capacity directed their own questions toward the panels of debaters once the set agenda concluded.
Monarch butterfly researcher Karen Oberhauser accepted a new role as UW-Arboretum Director— a role renowned conservationist and former UW-Madison professor Aldo Leopold once held.
Tthe proposed plan will combine 18 of the 43 libraries into more central spaces to better support research, as well as interdisciplinary and other campus work. The 20 to 25 year campus library facilities master plan also wants to provide specialized spaces and services for students and faculty.
Render focused on police throughout his talk, but said the need for cops comes from our capitalistic system that oppresses and forces people into poverty. “So long as you create your own crime, you are going to need a system to deter crime,” Render said. “In some small way, we participate in the system. We all see ourselves as oppressed, but we are Americans, and we oppress everyone.”
Three times this week Associated Students of Madison representatives brought cases against their own Student Council surrounding controversial divestment legislation and a subsequent bylaws change.
Luis Gonzalez explored the differences between indigenous medical practices and traditional Western-based methodology. From his observations, he offered recommendations to help improve community-based healthcare models.
Data shows 40 percent of students surveyed agreed with the statement “most people would think less of someone who has received mental health treatment,” according to The Healthy Minds Study.
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