Dane County Board passes resolution urging UW-Madison to discontinue in-person classes
By Addison Lathers | Oct. 2, 2020Supervisors support the resolution but do not believe the County Board has the authority to make demands of the university.
Supervisors support the resolution but do not believe the County Board has the authority to make demands of the university.
UW-Madison, the College of Menominee Nation and Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College have been awarded a grant to support Native American students along their educational paths.
Due to the economic hardships of COVID-19, UW-Madison announced full and partial layoffs of 35 people in its Division of Continuing Studies, or around 18% of its staff.
A new policy in the Madison Metropolitan School District that would allow staff to use transgender students’ preferred names and pronouns without consulting parents has been halted amid a temporary injunction after facing a conservative advocacy group’s legal challenges.
As Madisonians prepare to cast their ballots in this year’s presidential election, residents must also decide whether or not they support the Madison Metropolitan School District’s Future Ready Referenda.
Blank spoke with student journalists about the campus reopening, racial injustice and tensions between the UW and local officials
The Plaza tavern’s GoFundMe campaign likely to reach $75,000 goal after just one week.
On Sept. 28, the Nicholas Recreational Center opened the doors to many of its facilities for UW-Madison students.
Libertarian presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen visited Madison on Saturday as part of her “Real Change for Real People” campaign tour to promote her platform as a third party candidate.
The Friday event proceeded as planned amid calls from GOP legislators to cancel.
In a recent interview with Diverse Issues in Higher Education, UW-Madison’s Jerlando Jackson attributed long-standing racial inequalities as causes for recent protests in Kenosha, Wis., after the shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, by a police officer.
In its latest poll, the UW-Madison Elections Research Center found that Democratic nominee Joe Biden leads in three battleground states over incumbent President Donald Trump as the November Presidential election nears.
Fraternity leaders say that UW administrators were not in contact with them to prevent the spread of COVID-19, contrary to statements from university officials.
The Madison Police Department spent nearly $20,000 on tear gas, pepper spray, foam bullets and other riot control materials in response to protests after the death of George Floyd from May 30 to June 1, according to an open records request.
UW-Madison hosts its largest student body and second largest freshman class on record despite pandemic-related concerns.
The Finance Committee voted to approve the program that could fund 48 body cameras for police officers.
On Monday, former Vice President and Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden made his second campaign trip to Wisconsin, visiting the Wisconsin Aluminum foundry in the northeastern county of Manitowoc.
MMSD’s new superintendent Dr. Calrton Jenkins begins his first semester following a long and controversial candidate search.
Following an earlier complaint against one of its animal facilities, the University of Wisconsin-Madison released a statement claiming the accusations misrepresented a UW lab in its treatment of primates.
Wisconsin State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor delivered a virtual State of Education Address from the Capitol on Thursday, addressing the individual and collective challenges in education posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.