Note: This article includes mentions of suicide. Graduate workers and community supporters gathered on Engineering Mall on Thursday to protest the return of abusive engineering professor Dr. Akbar Sayeed to campus and demand stronger workplace protections for grads. “We’re demanding …

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Between the cost of moving to a new country, bureaucratic red tape, and culture shock, starting graduate school as an international student is tough. At UW–Madison, however, international students face another obstacle: a fee of $100 per semester just for …

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A coalition of graduate workers and University Faculty and Academic Staff (UFAS) members interrupted a reception celebrating shared governance on Wednesday, shining light on how workers are shut out of university decision-making processes. “We are never seriously consulted about things …

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Graduate worker representatives met with Patrick Sheehan and Julie Karpelina, who represented the university administration, for the last scheduled GAPP workgroup meeting about the grievance policy on July 1. The workgroup came to an agreement on all outstanding issues about …

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