After the CDC issued its controversial new guidelines in May announcing that vaccinated people could go without masks in most indoor and outdoor spaces, many local health departments and businesses loosened their mask mandates in turn. But with COVID cases on the rise, the Delta variant making its way to the U.S., and schools reopening […]
Engineering EXPO 2021
Engineering EXPO is an event put on by the UW Madison Engineering students to showcase all things engineering. This event is geared towards middle to early high school aged students. This year we are completely online due to the pandemic. EXPO is free, and features great engineering games, activities, showcases from student clubs and industry, […]
Universities are Aligning Sexual Assault Policies with New Federal Gui...
A regulation introduced last May amends Title IX–the federal civil rights law established in 1972 that ensures students have fair access education regardless of sex. Under US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s changes, schools must have sexual assault policies in place that are compliant by August 14th. The national nonprofit NASPA’s Culture of Respect initiative offers […]
UW Health recycling respirators to preserve supply
Wisconsin is facing shortages of essential personal protective equipment for its medical workers. In an effort to preserve its supplies, UW Health is reusing, disinfecting and sanitizing a variety of equipment. Robert Scheuer is the Director of Materials Management for UW Health, and is in charge of overseeing this process. WORT producer Jonah Chester sat […]
UW Hospital Nurses Move to Unionize
Nurses at UW Hospital announced their intent to unionize today. They say they’re too understaffed to properly care for patients and don’t feel supported by hospital administration. This afternoon, nurses marched into this month’s meeting of the UW Hospital and Clinics Authority Board of Directors, and informed board members of their intent to unionize. Then, […]
Madison in the Sixties – The Black Studies Strike of 1969, Part ...
Fifty years ago this week, the Black Studies Strike kicked into high gear, as students blocked UW classrooms in an effort to force the creation of a Black Studies Department. Here’s Part 2 of our report. The week of February 10 starts peacefully with about fifteen hundred picketing, but not obstructing, major classroom buildings. Classes […]
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