MADISON, Wisconsin, April 5 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: The University of Wisconsin-Madison opens its door to the public this weekend for its 175th Anniversary Community Open House, featuring more than 90 events, from science experiments to a scavenger hunt to building tours. Follow along as everyone explores campus. FRIDAY, APRIL 5 Welcome to campus And the doors are open. On a beautifully sunny day, the weekend's first visitors went to build thi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: MAGA Republicans stooped to new lows this week with their extremism, hypocrisy, chaos, and -- as President Biden would call it -- malarkey. In case you missed it: Florida's extreme abortion ban will rip away access to care for women throughout the South thanks to Donald Trump; Trump continues to praise the January 6 insurrectionists, many of whom have been accused of assaulting law enforcement, as "patri more PR

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, April 6 -- The Milwaukee School of Engineering issued the following news: The rise of generative A.I. has driven a major update of Rosie, MSOE's supercomputer, with two DGX H100s. The DGX H100 is NVIDIA's newest supercomputing hardware--and MSOE is the first in Wisconsin to deploy it. The DGX H100 systems deliver the scale demanded to meet the massive compute requirements of generative A.I. including large language models, recommender systems, health care research and cl more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 5 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Sen. Tammy Baldwin tries her hand at stirring curds under the direction of Jocelyn York, a student studying biological systems engineering and a cheese and dairy research assistant, at the Center for Dairy Research. Photo: Jeff Miller On April 2, Sen. Tammy Baldwin visited the Center for Dairy Research in the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences to see how the center is leading  more PR

PLATTEVILLE, Wisconsin, April 6 -- The Universities of Wisconsin issued the following news on April 5, 2024: The Board of Regents for the Universities of Wisconsin today presented its 32nd annual Teaching Excellence Awards. The awards recognize outstanding career achievements in teaching and are the Universities of Wisconsin's highest recognition for members of their faculty and instructional academic staff. "Exceptional teachers can have a transformational effect on their students, helping st more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 5 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: The University of Wisconsin-Madison will be implementing a new policy to provide eligible employees with up to six weeks (240 hours) of paid parental leave within a 12-month period for the birth or adoption of a child. The new policy will be effective July 1, 2024. Although it does not go into effect until July 1, 2024, UW-Madison's policy is currently available on the Policy Library. Additiona more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 5 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking public comment on the proposed Green Tier application for DRM Industries Corporation (DRM) in Lake Delton. If accepted, the proposal would allow the facility to join Tier 1 of the Green Tier program. The DNR's Green Tier program provides credible recognition to organizations committed to going above and beyond compliance. more PR