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WABM sues SSFC over segregated fee eligibility
By Nina Bertelsen | Oct. 5, 2017The Wisconsin Association of Black Men is suing the Student Services Finances Committee.
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Scholarships to aid largest freshman class of UW-Madison students
By Kohei Tsukada | Oct. 5, 2017The university is committed to helping students — particularly the largest UW-Madison freshman class in history — afford college through scholarships, Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in her blog post Wednesday.
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UW must look outside of academia to fill top positions
By Maggie Chandler | Oct. 5, 2017The next UW-Madison chancellor could come from the private sector, after the Board of Regents approved sweeping hiring policy changes requiring the UW System to also recruit potential hires from non-academic fields.
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Ahead of regents’ vote on free speech draft policy, students and legislators voice concern
By Sam Nesovanovic | Oct. 5, 2017The Board of Regents’ proposed free speech draft policy would harm students’ ability to express dissenting opinions on campus, state and campus leaders argued Thursday.
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UW System introduces ‘ALEX,’ who aims to help employees with their benefits plans
By Noah Habenstreit | Oct. 5, 2017UW-Madison employees struggling with choosing a benefits plan can now seek help — from ALEX.
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UW-Madison panel will tackle hotly debated Go Big Read book
By Robyn Cawley | Oct. 5, 2017UW-Madison will host a panel of three experts to discuss its 2017-’18 Go Big Read book, J.D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy.”
NEWS
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s on-campus concert will benefit Chancellor’s Scholarship
By Noah Habenstreit | Oct. 5, 2017Steve Miller, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and a former UW-Madison student, is coming back to campus — for a good cause.
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Drinking citations on campus decrease, report shows
By Lawrence Andrea | Oct. 5, 2017First-year students on campus are more likely to be low-risk, rather than high-risk, drinkers, according to a new report from University Health Services.
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Hate crimes on campus increase, with one group the main target
By Lawrence Andrea | Oct. 4, 2017Reported hate crimes on UW-Madison’s campus dramatically increased in 2016 — and anti-Semitic vandalism was the most prominent issue.
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Foxconn campus will be built in Mount Pleasant, Racine
By Will Husted | Oct. 4, 2017The electronic display manufacturing plant that will be larger than 11 Lambeau fields will be located in Mount Pleasant in Racine County, Foxconn Technology Group announced Wednesday. The $10 billion plant will be located off of Interstate 94 between Highway 11 and Highway KR. Racine County Executive Jonathan Delagrave expressed his optimism of the Taiwanese technology plant coming to the southeastern county, stating the campus “will establish the foundation for unparalleled economic development, job growth and enhanced quality of life for current and future County residents.” This sentiment was echoed by Village President Dave DeGroot who said he believes Foxconn will create thousands of new jobs for Racine County. Mount Pleasant won the location in part for its “talented and hard-working workforce” said Louis Woo, special assistant to the chairman and CEO of Foxconn. The decision to place the plant in southeast Wisconsin stems from the easy access to Interstate 94 to transport Foxconn products to consumers.
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Research center is set on funding for six years, thanks to grant
By Lauren Sorensen | Oct. 4, 2017A $15.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation was recently awarded to a flagship UW-Madison interdisciplinary research center focused on material science.
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ASM Press Director strives for greater student body involvement
By Megan Finkbeiner | Oct. 4, 2017Creating widespread awareness on campus is vital for UW-Madison’s 40,000 students involved in policy issues, Associated Students of Madison members said on Tuesday’s episode of “The State of the University.”
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Diversity resolution draws pushback from representatives of color
By Maggie Chandler | Oct. 4, 2017The Associated Students of Madison took up several pieces of legislation Tuesday and while the body passed all of them, it was not without debate.
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UWPD bomb-sniffing dog put to rest
By Carly Sokol | Oct. 3, 2017The University of Wisconsin Police Department announced Tuesday the death of their eldest active K9 officer, Odin, who was put down at the age of nine.
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UW-Madison Dean of Student Life promotes campus inclusivity following Las Vegas shooting
By Celia Golod | Oct. 3, 2017As the nation reels from a mass shooting in Las Vegas that killed 57 people, campus leaders weighed in, encouraging the campus community to come together in the wake of the violence.
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It’s lit: UWPD initiative distributes bike lights, not citations
By Lawrence Andrea | Oct. 3, 2017If UW-Madison police pull you over when you are riding your bike, they may just want to give you a light.
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Petition circulates in support of un-hired faculty assistants involved in equal pay campaign
By Maggie Chandler | Oct. 2, 2017A petition is circulating in protest of the university’s treatment of two faculty assistants — Alyssa Franze and Jambul Akkaziev — who were notified that they would not be hired to their program after being involved in the “fair and equitable campaign” last spring.
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UW-Madison awarded $6.1 million from Navy for computer security research
By Allison Garfield | Oct. 2, 2017A group of UW-Madison computer science researchers has been awarded a $6.1 million grant to work on a new computer science research project studying container technology.
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As others sever ties, questions follow UW link with controversial study abroad program
By Sammy Gibbons | Oct. 2, 2017Following Solomon’s death, the University of Iowa discontinued its study abroad affiliation agreement with JCU, though school officials did not cite the incident as reason for the discontinuation.
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Students react to UW Regents’ freedom of expression policy draft
By Maggie Chandler | Oct. 2, 2017A policy draft — leaked ahead of this week's Board of Regents meeting — outlines punishments for students who protest, mirroring that of the Campus Free Speech bill currently resting with the state Senate.
