MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 28 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: February 2014 marked the first student-organized, campus-wide celebration of Black History Month on the University of Wisconsin-Madison's campus, with programming focusing on celebrating Black history, educating the campus community and honoring the contributions of Black students at the university. This year's Black History Month theme, "Legacy X," honored the 10-year milestone of student-leg p  more

WHITEWATER, Wisconsin, Feb. 29 -- The University of Wisconsin Whitewater campus issued the following news release: Responding to an ongoing need for early childhood education advocacy to meet critical workforce needs, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater created an online degree designed for professionals and recent college graduates who aspire to advance their careers through a focus on policy studies. A lack of availability and access to early childhood education and care in the United Sta  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Feb. 29 -- Marquette University issued the following news release: The Hon. Suzanne Cote, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, will present "Roots of the Living Tree: The Growth of Constitutional Interpretation in Canada" for Marquette University Law School's E. Harold Hallows Lecture on Monday, March 4, at 4:30 p.m. in the Lubar Center at Eckstein Hall, 1215 W. Michigan St. Cote will detail the growth and development of the Supreme Court of Canada's constitutional int  more

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, Feb. 29 -- Southeast Missouri State University issued the following news: The Southeast Missouri State University Cyber Defense team won the Missouri Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) for the eleventh time. Southeast competed on February 17 and has earned the opportunity to move to the 2024 Midwest Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Regional. Teams from Illinois, Wisconsin, and Missouri competed to move on to the Midwest Regional. The objective of the CC  more

SAN MARCOS, Texas, Feb. 29 -- Texas State University issued the following news release: Joni McCawley, a junior electrical engineering major at Texas State University, was selected as the winner of the Cooperative Education and Internship Association (CEIA) Internship Student Achievement Award. The award will be presented to McCawley at the CEIA Awards Banquet in Tampa, Florida, in April. The selection criteria included submitted reviews from the employers who supervised the students during th  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 28 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: A male emerald harvestman (Iporangaia pustulosa) guarding its eggs in the Atlantic rain forest of Brazil. Studying the embryos this species revealed that vestigial eyes may be widespread in harvestmen. Photo: John Uribe While some people may first associate daddy longlegs with, well, their long legs, researchers Guilherme Gainett and Prashant Sharma have been especially focused on the arachnid  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 28 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Bascom Hall and the central University of Wisconsin-Madison campus are pictured in an aerial view during a sunny autumn day on Oct. 22, 2023. Photo: Jeff Miller The University of Wisconsin-Madison ranked in the top 600 among "America's Best Large Employers" for 2024 in a survey by Forbes. UW-Madison came in at No. 113 on the list of employers with more than 5,000 employees. In 2023, the unive  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 29 -- The Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds issued the following news: The Well Wisconsin Program achieved a significant first in 2023 by attaining its goal of surpassing 50,000 participants earning their $150 incentive. Graph: This represents approximately 33% of eligible members of the State of Wisconsin Group Health Insurance Program (GHIP). Number of Well Wisconsin participants earning incentive (2013-2023). Colors represent Well Wisconsin administrator  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 29 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking public comment now through March 28, 2024 on a draft Lake Management Plan for Spur Lake in Oneida County. The proposed management plan provides important background information, historical context and past and current management objectives and timelines for Spur Lake in one document in a concise format. If approved, the f  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 29 -- The Wisconsin Democratic Party issued the following news on Feb. 28, 2024: Today, Wisconsin Democrats throughout the state held press conferences highlighting California bank owner Eric Hovde's record of opposing abortion rights and pushing to restrict Wisconsinites' freedom to make their own medical decisions. In Green Bay, Dr. Kristin Lyerly and Dr. Anna Igler, two OB-GYNs on the forefront of the fight to protect reproductive freedom in Wisconsin, talked about   more