The UW System announced Tuesday that beginning in Fall 2015, it will give in-state tuition to nonresidential military veterans who enroll in the System within three years of being discharged, a measure in line with recent changes to federal law.
In an effort to increase the transparency and accessibility of UW-Madison’s expenditures and revenues, Chancellor Rebecca Blank asked staff to design the Budget in Brief, a summary that breaks down the university’s $2.9 billion annual budget.
The UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health received a $70 million grant, the largest to date, to benefit research of asthma and its effects on inner city children, according to a university release.
PAVE, a sexual assault awareness student group on campus, requested a slight raise in funding to help foster growing student interest when presenting its 2015-’16 budget at a Student Services Finance Committee meeting Monday.
The Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee discussed Monday how it could reach out to state officials regarding its recent tuition affordability campaign.
UW-Madison computer scientists and medical researchers recently collaborated to create an “unprecedented” learning simulator tool for surgical students.
Leg cramps began to set in for Brandon Jaeger at the 18-mile mark. Despite the “grueling” last six miles, Jaeger finished the Madison Marathon Sunday, a race he began training for in July.
UW-Madison announced the first ever master’s program solely dedicated to energy conservation set to start fall 2015.
The UW System Board of Regents met Thursday to hone in on workforce demands statewide, as well as to hear a report detailing enrollment and tuition trends across the system.
Due to general budget confusion and a potential violation of total student fee allocation, the Student Services Finance Committee voted Thursday to extend the budget decision deadline for a campus Hispanic advocacy group.
Researchers at the UW-Madison Department of Botany, led by professor Simon Gilroy, received more than 1,000 containers of frozen plants from space Thursday.
The Southeast Recreational Facility will host an annual event open to students of all abilities called “Badgers ADAPT” to encourage adaptive and Paralympic sports from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council met Wednesday for discussion on their proposed budget for the 2016 fiscal year.
Months after approving the Recreational Sports Master Plan in March’s campus referendum, students are yet again being called upon by the Division of Rec Sports to help shape and create the facility renovations as an advisory group.
A new smartphone application can now save students from waiting 20 minutes for a treadmill or the frustrations of not finding an open racquetball court at the SERF.
Studies on how sleep affects cognitive functions in humans and animals could see major advances, thanks to a $7.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health given to sleep researchers working in the School of Medicine and Public Health.
UW-Madison is instituting a 2015 Campus Master Plan to update and evaluate previous campus development efforts.
Months of campaign speeches and voter registration drives culminated to nearly half of UW-Madison students turning out to vote during Tuesday’s gubernatorial election, which is up from about 36 percent in 2010.
Following extensive debate concerning funding for credit-producing programs, the Student Services Finance Committee approved F.H. King’s 2015-’16 budget Monday but cut funding for an internship program that members said violated policy.
Board of Regents President Emeritus Michael Spector passed away from complications with cancer Friday at the age of 74, according to UW System spokesperson Heather LaRoi.
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