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UW–Madison Compliance with the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Standards of Conduct: In a good-faith effort to comply with the Drug-Free Schools and…
Trueba returns to advocate for accessibility
After a year as director of Student Accessibility Services at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., Cathy Trueba recently returned to Madison to become director of the McBurney Disability Resource Center.
The Candidates Respond: Jim Doyle, Democrat
Candidates’ responses Jim Doyle Nelson Eisman Mark Green Wisconsin Week: The University of Wisconsin has been described as an economic engine…
The Candidates Respond: Nelson Eisman, Green Party
Candidates’ responses Jim Doyle Nelson Eisman Mark Green Wisconsin Week: The University of Wisconsin has been described as an economic engine…
The Candidates Respond: Mark Green, Republican
Candidates’ responses Jim Doyle Nelson Eisman Mark Green Wisconsin Week: The University of Wisconsin has been described as an economic engine…
Five Questions With…
This week’s subject is Janet Hagen. Describe your job. How long have you worked at UW–Madison? I am a university services…
Actor takes words from the page to the stage
Students in a freshman English seminar had a rare opportunity last week when American Players Theatre actor David Daniel visited their class.
UT’s ‘Arabian Nights’ to tell tale of tolerance
In the University Theatre production of “The Arabian Nights,”the tension between distrust and detente is as real as the evening news. The production opens on Thursday, Nov. 16
Book Smart
They had been taken in, many of them, manipulated by the government they had sworn to uphold. And the price the Japanese tokko-tai pilots…
Study: BadgerCare expands health care coverage for low-income families
Wisconsin’s BadgerCare program is expanding health insurance coverage for families who have left welfare, says a just-published paper by scholars from the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Institute for Research on Poverty.
PAVE trains students in sexual assault awareness
When Jenny Hansen's friend told her the story of an unwanted sexual experience, she didn't call it rape, saying, "I shouldn't have drank so much." Hansen repeatedly tried to explain to her friend that the incident wasn't her fault. But no matter what Hansen said, her friend just kept blaming herself. At that moment, Hansen decided join the fight against sexual assault. She went through Promoting Awareness and Victim Empowerment (PAVE) training and became a PAVE facilitator.
UW historian helps PBS paint vivid picture of the California Gold Rush
As an historian, Susan Lee Johnson finds few subjects of American history more irresistible than the California Gold Rush, a movement that unfolded so fast and furiously that it must seem like watching history get shot from a cannon.
La Follette School hosts 900 public policy experts
The Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will welcome more than 900 public policy experts to a national conference this week at the Monona Terrace Convention Center.
Cinefest to feature civil rights, spoken word
Cinefest, a four-day extravaganza of documentary and politically charged filmmaking, will be held Thursday–Sunday, Nov. 16–19, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Web’s ‘youth appeal’ lost on campaigns
While millions of young people use the Internet to build expansive social networks, most political campaigns never manage to take the training wheels off the technology, using it mainly for tightly controlled, one-way communication. Communication professor Michael Xenos is studying the disconnect between new media and old politics.
Cynthia Enloe to speak about women and the U.S. war in Iraq
Cynthia Enloe, one of America's pre-eminent theorists of gender and the military, and Research Professor of Women's Studies and International Development at Clark University, will speak at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Thursday, Nov. 9.
Milestones
English Professor Emily Auerbach will be honored by the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) with a Cabinet 99 Award at a symposium on Nov. 3.
Study: BadgerCare expands health care coverage for low-income families
Wisconsin's BadgerCare program is expanding health insurance coverage for families who have left welfare, says a just-published paper by scholars from the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter to visit
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Walt Bogdanich, an investigative reporter and editor for The New York Times, will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison as this fall's Public Affairs Writer in Residence.
Web portal to paint ‘big picture’ of Wisconsin traffic safety
A unique Web site that pools information from many databases will help public audiences and Wisconsin transportation officials gain a broader perspective on traffic safety issues and needs.