Tag: UW-Madison
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Letters sent to students at UW-Madison
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The defacing of a publicity poster for a theater production at UW-Madison — with the faces of Asian actors colored in marker — prompted a letter from school officials, urging students to watch for and confront racial insensitivity. Another letter, this time from the UW School of Nursing dean, involved the words “white is also…
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Story looks at tenure policy rewriting
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The complex process of writing new tenure policies for University of Wisconsin System faculty took a turn recently that frustrated professors and led some to question whether efforts at UW-Madison to write strong layoff protections will be negated by less robust statewide rules. That’s how the Wisconsin State Journal described in providing lengthy, in-depth coverage.
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Regents approve more out-of-staters for UW-Madison
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How much more elite will UW-Madison become now that a cap on the number of nonresident students it can enroll has been lifted? It won’t, Chancellor Rebecca Blank assured the UW System Board of Regents Friday as they voted to approve her proposal to waive the 27.5 percent cap and let UW-Madison take more out-of-state…
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Regents to consider more out-of-staters at UW-Madison
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In a proposed move that could ultimately affect applications and enrollment at other UW System institutions (because Madison’s ripples are felt statewide), the UW’s flagship campus will this week ask UW Regents for permission to lift the school’s cap on out-of-state students. UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank says the move could attract more young people to…
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UW System (and Madison) ranked in world top 10 for innovation
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The news agency Reuters has ranked the University of Wisconsin System eighth on its list of the world’s 100 most innovative universities. The rankings measured such things as academic papers, patent filings and discoveries that have been commercialized. In its analysis, Reuters lauded UW-Madison, in particular, for establishing the nation’s first genetics department in 1910,…
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Controversial UW-Madison flu research yields new vaccine model
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A controversial technique to create flu viruses, now effectively banned, led to the discovery of a flu vaccine model that could be more reliable than today’s main method using chicken eggs, according to a study by UW-Madison scientist Yoshihiro Kawaoka. Federal officials had told Kawaoka and other researchers around the country to cease experiments that…
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Angry over budget/ tenure, prominent UW prof rips Hitl…uh… Walker
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Sarah Goldrick-Rab, a UW-Madison professor of educational policy studies and sociology, a nationally prominent researcher regarding college affordability and access, and an outspoken public intellectual, is again drawing national attention. So far this month she has tweeted comparisons between Scott Walker and Adolph Hitler, and she also warned some incoming UW-Madison freshmen that the school…
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Madison chancellor announces budget-cutting measures
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UW-Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank announced a $36 million package of program and staffing cuts on Friday. It includes the elimination of approximately 400 positions; program mergers and restructuring in the areas of information technology, agriculture, and the arts; larger classes and fewer course options; and scaling back student support services and building maintenance.
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Proposal for targeted tuition hikes at UW-Madison draws questions
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Two UW-Madison experts on higher education affordability said Wednesday that a plan to increase nonresident undergraduate tuition by $10,000 over the next four years at the state’s flagship campus likely would reduce the number of lower- and middle-class students from other states and raise the stakes for attracting wealthy students. Sara Goldrick-Rab and Noel Radomski…
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Sexual assault complaint sparks federal investigation at UW-Madison
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The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights said Wednesday that UW-Madison is under review for possibly violating Title IX. The complaint is reportedly related to an alleged incident that took place last May during the Mifflin Street Block Party. As of Wednesday there are 101 post-secondary institutions in the United States under investigation by…