MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 11 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Wisconsin posted the following news: * * * 'Engage in civil discourse and collaborative process' * Milwaukee native and nationally recognized civic leader Raj Vinnakota returned home to Wisconsin this week for a series of campus conversations as part of the new UW-Madison Wisconsin Exchange initiative. In his role as president of the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, Vinnakota is dedicated to transforming campuses into spaces where  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 11 -- The University of Wisconsin posted the following news: * * * Legislative update on Act 15 policy provisions * Earlier today, the Wisconsin legislature's Joint Committee on Employment Relations (JCOER) approved Regent Policy Document 20-25, "Teaching Workload Policy," and a plan for distributing funds to help attract faculty in high-demand fields as required by 2025 Wisconsin Act 15. While not requiring a vote to approve, JCOER also reviewed Regent Policy Docume  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 11 -- The University of Wisconsin posted the following news: * * * UW faculty members named National Academy of Inventors fellows * Two University of Wisconsin-Madison professors, Daniel Ludois and Gurindar (Guri) Sohi, have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, the organization announced on Dec. 11. Announcing its 2025 cohort, the NAI said that fellows "are tackling the biggest and most pressing issues of our time" through their work on fields i  more

KENOSHA, Wisconsin, Dec. 11 -- The University of Wisconsin Parkside campus issued the following news: * * * UW-Parkside Receives $1 Million Major Gift from the Brookwood Foundation for Ranger Athletics and Regenerative Environmental Research Collaborative The University of Wisconsin-Parkside has received a transformative $1 million gift from the Brookwood Foundation to strengthen excellence in Ranger Athletics and to establish a Regenerative Environmental Research Collaborative --two areas th  more