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A petition also calls for greater student involvement and transparency about the Sustainability Advisory Council.
Students see the removal of the link as the college administration bowing to requests made by a national conservative Christian group.
The raises, ranging from $4,488 to $$11,652, were approved in a closed-door meeting Thursday.
Nearly 200 students and others gathered on the Engineering Mall on campus Thursday to demand the university hold abusers accountable and to protest the possible return of professor Akbar Sayeed.
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Six instruments, including a flute, piccolo, and cello, plus accessories — valued at a total of about $28,000 — were stolen over Thanksgiving break. Student violinist Samantha Carter has been "walking around like a zombie" in the week after her instrument went missing.
About 200 people rallied for improved workplace conditions for graduate students.
The UW Board of Regents requires UW-Madison to enroll at least 3,600 Wisconsin freshmen each year, but the university is asking for a new target and change in which student groups are counted.
A review of this type had not been conducted in 30 years.
Campus Leaders for Energy Action Now and co-sponsors will host a rally at Library Mall at 12 p.m. Friday to demand specific university actions against climate change.
A petition calls on UW-Madison to open a new investigation into the behavior of former engineering professor Akbar Sayeed.
Roberto Vergara was working on campus when he fell while leaving a building and hit his head on the sidewalk on Saturday. He died Monday.
The 32-page report highlights campus climate initiatives, including the Native Nations Working Group’s dedication of the “Our Shared Future” heritage marker.
Faculty, graduate assistants and staff make up 96% of the UW System's workforce, but none of them have a seat on the System's presidential search committee.
As University of Wisconsin-Madison dining halls continue to take steps toward environmental sustainability without sacrificing taste, a new burger blend with 70% beef, 30% mushrooms is showing up around campus this year.
After a student dietician surveys the food waste to decide what meals can be packaged, volunteers package and freeze the meals overnight before they're distributed.
Madison Area College Technical opened the pantry this school year and wants it to be a one-stop shop assessing students' well-being.
The 75-minute show, “Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, In the Lab of Shakhashiri,” has become a Madison mainstay.
"Mike Leckrone: Wisconsin’s Showman" premieres at 7 p.m. Tuesday on PBS Wisconsin. The documentary aims to acquaint people with less familiar aspects of his personality and history.
"Hungry to Learn," produced by Soledad O’Brien Productions, screened this month at the DOC NYC documentary film festival to about 600 people.
Next year, some off-campus UW-Madison police citations will be processed in city court instead of county court, resulting in cheaper tickets.
Through an engineering agreement effective immediately, Madison College is now recognized as one of four sites in the UW-Platteville Engineering Partnerships program.
Chancellor Joe Gow said he has read the investigators' report and plans to meet with UW System legal counsel on Friday to determine how he will proceed and what he can share with the public.
Historian and professor Theda Perdue thought she had read everything written by or about Ada Deer. Then, Deer’s late assistant passed away and, as her lawyer moved her property to Deer’s garage, Perdue discovered about 50 boxes containing papers from Deer's tenure as the first woman to head …
Firing of faculty members is rare. The UW Board of Regents dismissed six professors in the past decade.