Category: Upcoming Events & News

WASHINGTON — The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Education released today a webinar on ensuring web accessibility for students with disabilities for schools utilizing online learning during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. In addition, OCR published a fact sheet for education leaders on how to protect students’ civil rights as school leaders take steps …

BOSTON—The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) announced today a landmark settlement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that institutes a series of new guidelines to make the university’s website and online resources accessible for people who are deaf and hard of hearing. The settlement follows a similar agreement with Harvard University in November …

The Office of Youth Protection & Compliance hosts monthly meetings of the Precollege Council. All program directors and activity hosts are expected to join us to learn about policies, best practices, and tools that support hosting minors at UW–Madison.

MADISON, Wis.— The University of Wisconsin System is continually seeking to improve public accountability and public records access. Today, the System’s Director of Compliance and Integrity together with the Public Records Coordinator briefed the Board of Regents Audit Committee about improvements in public records responsiveness and tracking.

This McKay Lecture in the Humanities is a reflection upon the rhetorical value of the “American Ideal” and what that ideal looks like when viewed through a racial prism. A close reading of three objects—a Revolutionary War-era headstone, a mid-twentieth century coin, and the 21st century U.S. passport—affirms Ralph Ellison’s poignant assertions about racial invisibility …

Hear about breakthrough discoveries In Video Games and Artificial Intelligence that will change the way we teach and learn.

Ruben Mota has been hired as the UW–Madison campus’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) coordinator. His first day in the position is today. Ruben Mota Mota comes from the McBurney Disability Resource Center, where he was associate director, student services. He joined McBurney in 2013, after spending nine years working in educational institutions in Switzerland. …

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions, McBurney Disability Resource Center, Associated Students of Madison (ASM), University Health Services (UHS), Office of Financial Aid, Office of the Registrar and the Bursar’s Office would like to welcome you to campus! Please stop by to have a snack and visit with us to learn about all of the services …

This presentation will provide an overview of how privacy, confidentiality, and HIPAA apply to research. It will also provide detail on what the IRB is looking for regarding privacy and confidentiality concerns and how identifiability and HIPAA affect research at various stages, including recruitment and data storage. There will be time for Q&A, so bring …

Join Jessica LeClair, Clinical Instructor at UW–Madison SoN, and Megan Christenson, Epidemiologist at the Wisconsin Climate and Health Program at the Department of Health Services as we learn about the concepts of climate justice and climate change and how it’s affecting the health of frontline communities, local opportunities for taking action, as well as learn …