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Falling temperatures, winter weather prompt campus closure questions
By Will Husted | Jan. 27, 2019Campus braces for historic temperatures and winter weather.
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Political neutrality in question: UW-Madison professor receives backlash for course syllabus
By Dana Brandt and Jenna Walters | Jan. 25, 2019UW-Madison student McKenna Collins raised concerns of political bias when she received political science professor Kenneth Mayer’s The American Presidency syllabus at the start of the semester.
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UW community mourns the loss of long term professor
By Jenna Walters | Jan. 23, 2019UW-Madison sociologist Erik Olin Wright passed away on Wednesday after a 43-year-long career at the university. Wright died from acute myeloid leukemia on Jan. 23, 2019. Just weeks earlier, he announced his diagnosis, explaining he had less than a month to live.
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UW-Madison clears roads of snow for accessible commutes
By Jenna Walters | Jan. 23, 2019Snow is nothing new to seasoned Badgers, but each year it can make getting around campus more difficult. With nearly a foot of snow falling in Madison in the early hours Wednesday, UW-Madison had to implement the snow removal and transportation resources available in order to make campus accessible to all students.
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Students, faculty gather for international meat competition
By Jenna Walters | Jan. 22, 2019Members of the German Butchers’ Association (DFV, short for “Deutscher Fleischer-Verband”) are judging hundreds of meats from across North America at an international competition being held this week on the UW-Madison campus. The DFV and the American Association of Meat Processors have partnered to bring the 2019 Competition for Sausage and Ham to UW-Madison. Communication Manager for AAMP Diana Dietz said the meat is judged by German Master Craft Butchers based on its aroma, taste, texture and defects.
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Shutdown Stories: Post-grad plans put on hold until federal budget passes
By Sydney Widell and Grace Wallner | Jan. 22, 2019Halle Lambeau checks the USAJobs website daily. But the government shutdown is making her job search difficult.
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UWPD investigates unknown smoke, alarms
By Jenna Walters | Jan. 22, 2019A 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.
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WARF appeals court-ordered payment
By Jenna Walters | Dec. 30, 2018Attorneys for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation recently appealed a court ruling that said the organization owed Washington University $32 million.
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McBurney Center partners with Division of Student Life to increase food pantry donations
By Ethan Feller | Dec. 3, 2018As the holiday season continues, the reality of food insecurity in Madison is more prevalent than ever.
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WARF forced to pay $31.6 million after royalties breach
By Sydney Widell | Dec. 3, 2018A 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.
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Theta Chi Fraternity no longer affiliated with UW following misconduct investigations
By Jenna Walters | Dec. 2, 2018On 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.
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New bandage technology could advance healing process
By Jenna Walters | Nov. 29, 2018A 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.
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Porchlight director discusses shelter’s impact on homelessness solutions
By Sarah Jensen | Nov. 28, 2018In 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.
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Migrant caravan violence leads call to arms throughout Madison community
By Robyn Cawley and Lauren Souza | Nov. 28, 2018Empowered 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.
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Peace Corps director recognizes UW-Madison’s volunteer contribution
By Molly Davis | Nov. 26, 2018Peace Corps Director Jody Olsen will visit UW-Madison this week to recognize the university’s No. 1-ranking campus program.
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Bucky’s Tuition Promise delivers free tuition to one-fifth of incoming students in first year
By Sydney Widell | Nov. 25, 2018The 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.
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Madison community members discuss impacts of ICE arrests on local families
By Alyssa Hui | Nov. 22, 2018More 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.”
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Professor retires amid sexual misconduct allegations
By Sydney Widell | Nov. 18, 2018Harvey 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.
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Artist wants us to remember that we’ve all been ‘strangers in a strange land’
By Sydney Widell | Nov. 16, 2018In 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.
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Newly appointed Mandarin-speaking counselor strives to expand mental health services
By Tiffany Huang | Nov. 8, 2018Newly appointed UHS counselor Wei-Chiao Hsu looks to provide mental health services to more international students at UW-Madison.
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