After the Senate judiciary committee voted to advance Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, advocates around the state are raising alarms around what they see as the dismissal of sexual assault survivors’ experiences.
The Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention was awarded a renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health. The five year, $19 million grant will fund in-depth tests for biomarkers that serve as signals of potential future disease.
In 1896, the first women earned undergraduate degrees from UW-Madison. Now, 150 years later, Inside UW is celebrating the anniversary with a series that promotes the accomplishments of women associated with the university.
It is not clear at this point if the remaining 167 people ICE did not arrest remain targets of a future raid, according to Ron Bohmer, a spokesperson for Rep Pocan. Bohmer said that it is unclear why ICE only arrested a third of the people on its list, and he wasn’t sure if that means those people are no longer in the state, or if another enforcement surge could be pending.
As tuition prices increase and job outlooks waver, UW System students have begun favoring two-year degree programs more than four-year universities.
Dane County’s 2019 budget will include extra funds aimed at improving the county’s response to mental health and opioid-related incidents. The annual budget, which will be released in full on Oct. 1, will contains the largest increase in funding for frontline mental health services in county history, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi said Thursday.
After more than 80 undocumented immigrants were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a surprise raid over the weekend, U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan met with agency heads in Washington D.C. to demand better communication and more accountability.
State Representative Robert Brooks, R-Saukville, announced his resignation as Assistant Senate Majority Leader amid reports that he made inappropriate sexual and racial comments to several female lawmakers last summer, according to a press release from Republican representatives released Wednesday.
Despite drops in voter turnout, UW-Madison students and faculty are taking steps to get more people to the polls this November.
With the recent restructuring of the UW System and decrease in enrollment at UW Colleges, there has been turmoil regarding the effect of higher education on the state’s economy and its role going forward.
UW-Madison history professor Steve Kantrowitz accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of having contradictory claims regarding his sexual history, potentially discrediting him to the public.
House and Senate legislators announced a bill to fight the opioid epidemic in the United States — but some believe it is not comprehensive enough.
In an effort to communicate with UW-Madison students, parents and staff members, university experts launched a live webchat, answering questions regarding campus safety. The 2018 Student Safety Web Chat, hosted by the UW–Madison Police, Division of Student Life, University Health Services, University Housing and the Parent and Family Program went live on Sept.
A gunfight near La Follette High School left one 17-year-old student injured and put the building on lockdown for the second time this week. Police responded to reports of a fight between several young men at the corner of Linda Vista Road and Turner Avenue around 10:40 a.m., Madison police said. Witnesses also told police at least one gun had been fired.
Between Friday and Monday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents launched a “targeted enforcement” effort across the state. Some detainees remain in ICE custody pending their deportation, according to a press release from the agency Tuesday.
UW-Milwaukee has officially welcomed UW-Waukesha and UW-Washington County as satellite campuses as a result of the extensive UW System restructuring adopted in July.
Experts gathered on National Voter Registration Day at the Memorial Union to answer questions and discuss issues around voting and democracy in Wisconsin and nationally.
Madison’s city council approved plans for a nine-story hotel on State Street, acting against the recommendation of city staff.
Many UW-Madison students, faculty and staff are in support of a tobacco-free campus, according to a recent survey. A Tobacco-Free Columbia-Dane County Coalition survey distributed in October 2017, in partnership with Public Health Madison and Dane County and the UW-Madison SPARK organization, found that 81 percent of student respondents support the campus going tobacco-free.
UW-Madison celebrated a 3.8 percent increase in enrollment in the largest class the university has ever seen.
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