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Limnologist analyzes water chemistry in Lake Mendota

Students, community members march in solidarity with Mizzou students

Students and campus community members flooded State Street Thursday evening in solidarity with students at the University of Missouri surrounding protests that recently led to the university system president’s resignation.

Author promotes acceptance of self and others

The Distinguished Lecture Series welcomed Jeannette Walls, the author of the memoir “The Glass Castle,” to the Memorial Union Wednesday.

UW-Madison alumni involve campus in nationwide discussion of racial prejudice

UW-Madison alumni, staff and students weighed in on the nationwide discussions about racial prejudice at an event Wednesday evening.

ASM hears updates on latest Campus Master Plan

The Associated Students of Madison Coordinating Council heard updates Wednesday on the 2015 Campus Master Plan from Director of Campus Planning and Landscape Architecture Gary Brown.

UW-Madison freshmen work to overcome homesickness hurdles

Freshman Julia Addis left the warmth of Redwood City, Calif., for UW-Madison because she wanted a different experience than she felt schools in her state offered.

Former UW-Madison Spanish professor wins governor’s award

Former UW-Madison Spanish professor Birute Ciplijauskaite won the 2015 Wednesday, a unanimous selection by the Wisconsin Historical Records Advisory Board.

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.

Religious hecklers preaching through fear

It was a brisk fall afternoon on campus, and I had just handed over a crisp $10 bill in exchange for a foil-wrapped Korean burrito. I savored the delicious cocktail flavor, made even more precious to me knowing that I was directly jeopardizing my rent for the luxury of food cart cuisine. A fair trade, in my book. My friend and I began to look for a spot to sit down and stuff our faces with our feast, but as we walked down Library Mall, we encountered quite the crowd forming a ring.

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.

FH King aims to expand programming with newly approved budget

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

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.

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.