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Madison College president Jack E. Daniels III said the school plans to open for the fall semester but will “remain flexible.”
Two former student-athletes wrote a letter — and got more than 450 signatures — pushing the UW to embrace anti-racism more fully.
In a virtual “Soulful Saturday’ event next weekend, the City of Green Bay hopes to boost census participation.
Dr. Eric Wilcots, the first Black dean of the UW College of Arts, Sciences and Letters, said diversity and inclusion are among his top priorities.
YMCA child care centers are opening — carefully — for the first time in months.
In a private video, Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway expressed sympathy and gratitude to the Madison police department amid Black Lives Matter protests, and apologized when it became public.
Stacey Abrams will headline a Wisconsin Book Festival event June 18.
After the Madison teachers’ union reversed its position and advocated for removing police from schools, School Board President Gloria Reyes followed suit.
One City Elementary School has hired Faren D’Abell as its next principal.
MAYDM and Public Health Madison & Dane County have teamed up to keep kids “Creative During COVID.”
Francesca Hong’s campaign for Assembly is focused on engaging diverse communities and workers.
The African American Council of Churches led a march of 10,000 people in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
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