Letters sent to students at UW-Madison
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...
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Story looks at tenure policy rewriting
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...
Regents approve more out-of-staters for UW-Madison
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 to consider more out-of-staters at UW-Madison
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...
UW System (and Madison) ranked in world top 10 for innovation
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...
Controversial UW-Madison flu research yields new vaccine model
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...
Angry over budget/ tenure, prominent UW prof rips Hitl…uh… Walker
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...
Madison chancellor announces budget-cutting measures
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,...
Proposal for targeted tuition hikes at UW-Madison draws questions
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...
Sexual assault complaint sparks federal investigation at UW-Madison
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...
