A WiscAlert sent to students and faculty Monday said there is no active fire at the Engineering Centers after an earlier alert warned of smoke and alarms with an unknown cause at campus Engineering Centers.
Attorneys for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation recently appealed a court ruling that said the organization owed Washington University $32 million.
As the holiday season continues, the reality of food insecurity in Madison is more prevalent than ever.
A federal district court has mandated that the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the university’s licensing and patenting arm, pay Washington University in St. Louis $31.6 million dollars for breaching a royalties contract related to selling a kidney disease drug.
On Friday, the chapter renounced their student organization status in a letter to Chancellor Rebecca Blank. This comes after nearly a year of investigation into the fraternity following multiple allegations of misconduct.
A team at UW-Madison has recently developed a wound-dressing that could speed up the healing process of injuries, both temporary and chronic. The bandage was created by UW-Madison materials science and engineering professor Xudong Wang along with his team of researchers.
In response to the prevalence of homelessness in the Madison community, Porchlight Executive Director Karla Thennes visited UW-Madison to discuss her work in homelessness prevention.
Empowered voices and heavy hearts carried on the chant, “no one is illegal, refugees are people,” while standing on the edge of State Street Tuesday evening. Community members gathered for a rally supporting the Central American migrant caravan of those who are seeking asylum in the U.S.
Peace Corps Director Jody Olsen will visit UW-Madison this week to recognize the university’s No. 1-ranking campus program.
Despite diminishing enrollment rates throughout UW System universities, UW-Green Bay has seen a gradual upswing in students for five consecutive years.
The grant program, which was announced last February, is designed to cover remaining UW-Madison tuition costs should other forms of financial aid fall short. Families who make less than $56,000 a year are eligible to apply for the scholarship, which is completely supported through private gifts to the university.
More than 100 people from the Madison community gathered at the Pyle Center to discuss impacts of Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests that occurred across Wisconsin in late September. UW-Madison’s Asian American Studies Program hosted an event called “Four Days of Terror, Four Days of Hope” Tuesday to spread awareness about the recent ICE arrests and bring hope as well as action to the community. From Sept. 21-24, ICE deportation officers arrested 83 immigrants throughout Wisconsin, and 20 of those were residents of the Dane County area. “Today is a very special opportunity for us to learn about parts of our community that are unseen,” said Armando Ibarra, director of the Chican@ and Latin@ Studies program at UW-Madison. “This is a place of learning and a place of respect.”
Covering the walls of the new UW-Eau Claire Black Cultural Center are images of black influencers — from Maya Angelou to Malcolm X to Martin Luther King, Jr. — to welcome African-American student organizations to their new space on campus Monday.
Harvey Jacobs, a professor in the department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, retired last May, amid reports that he had touched students and coworkers inappropriately and made sexual remarks to them.
In grappling with his own identity and family history, Chimen confronts broader themes of immigration, persecution, memory and belonging. He invites viewers into tent-like spaces that are simultaneously cathedrals and temporary shelters to contemplate their own heritage and the paths that lead them there.
Now in its third year, UW-Green Bay is partaking in a restoration project that seeds wild rice in various sites of the bay to improve ecosystems and strengthen coastal wetland habitats.
Former UW-Madison Chancellor Donna Shalala won a seat in the southern Florida congressional election, after flipping the typically Republican-held House district Tuesday.
Newly appointed UHS counselor Wei-Chiao Hsu looks to provide mental health services to more international students at UW-Madison.
After a slew of key absentee ballots arrived from Milwaukee, Governor-elect Tony Evers carried the lead throughout the night, eventually succeeding Scott Walker in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Now, he has gained the opportunity to achieve goals of changing public education that his campaign was built on.
UW-Milwaukee receives funding to combat a shortage of Native American educators and encourage more inclusive learning within the American Indian community.
Read on Issuu
Solutions by The State News
