The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has announced a $99 million gift to UW-Madison to support faculty recruitment and retention, as well as to further opportunities for students during the current school year.
Even though it is only Fall 2016, the Coordinating Council of the Associated Students of Madison sat down Wednesday to approve a preliminary budget for the 2018 fiscal year.
UW-Madison’s student government is the only shared governance group that has not yet endorsed the campus’s upcoming institutional diversity statement, which seeks to affirm the university’s commitment to diversity efforts.
Evan McMullin, an independent conservative candidate, is officially registered as a write-in on Wisconsin ballots, the state Elections Commission announced Thursday. The 40-year-old Utah-native is slowly gaining recognition across the nation since joining the race in August, with a recent YouGov poll showing him tied with Republican nominee Donald Trump in the Beehive State. His late entrance to the race gave rise to his tagline “it is never too late to do the right thing.” Currently, he is a valid write in option in over 30 states and is currently on the ballot in 11. McMullin spent 10 years in the CIA.
Performance on game days doesn’t solely revolve around the football team. Wisconsin’s Spirit Squad—cheerleading, dance and the university mascot, Bucky—also has to win for the crowd. “It’s an experience that’s comparable to none,” said senior Tori Rogers, cheerleading co-captain.
Each week, The Daily Cardinal will be taking a look at down-ballot races throughout the state. This week, we visit the 18th Senate district, composed of parts of Fond du Lac, Dodge and Winnebago counties. In the only state Senate district without an incumbent candidate, Republican Dan Feyen of Fond du Lac faces Democrat Mark Harris of Oshkosh in a race for the seat previously held by Sen.
The number of absentee ballots cast and issued in Madison has already broken records with more than two weeks of early voting availability still left. The City of Madison clerk had issued 35,497 absentee ballots as of Tuesday, with 31,421 of those already counted.
Three Wisconsin congressmen are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to monitor elections in the state after concern about the state’s voter ID law. U.S.
City officials are looking to collect more data on housing in the downtown area to find affordable solutions for student housing.
UW-Madison announced Wednesday that James Lovell, one of 24 people to ever travel to the moon and back, will be the winter 2016 commencement speaker. Lovell graduated from Juneau high school in Milwaukee before attending UW-Madison for two years.
Madison Police Department officers are searching for a suspect who allegedly robbed and headbutted a woman doing laundry in a common area at a Fahrenbrook Court apartment building early Saturday morning. The woman went to do some wash around 2:05 a.m.
In order to combat the divisive political resentment separating Milwaukee and Madison from the rest of the “outstate” this election season, Wisconsin needs more respectful communication between its rural and urban populations, according to Kathy Cramer, director of the Morgridge Center for Public Service.
The UW-Madison chapter of Project HEAL gathered Tuesday for the first of their bi-weekly coloring nights, where they create a comfortable space for people to discuss the thoughts of their bodies and eating disorders. Project HEAL is a new organization to the UW-Madison campus.
Mayor Paul Soglin announced Monday that Madison is now one of 16 new cities to be a part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities initiative, an effort to increase the city government’s use of data and evidence.
A series of emails recovered from Green Bay City Clerk Kris Teske suggest efforts to hinder student voting by limiting access to early polling places on UW-Green Bay’s campus.
Chelsea Clinton emphasized the importance of voting early, respect for others and the future in an address at the Overture Center Tuesday.
UW-Madison’s University Relations announced its next director of state relations Tuesday.
A man dropped his pants and exposed himself to the passengers of a car on the 400 block of Gilman Street Saturday night. According to a Madison Police Department incident report, the suspect stepped in front of the car in the middle of the road.
Three women UW-Madison faculty members spoke about gender’s role in politics on a panel called “Gender In/Gender and the Election.” Janet Hyde, Jane Collins and Jenny Higgins discussed various aspects of the topic at the talk, which was part of the “On the Issue” lecture series put on by Wisconsin Union Directorate Society and Politics.
Student organization F.H. King’s budget for the 2017-’18 fiscal year was approved by the Student Services Finance Committee Monday. F.H.
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