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Daily update for April 22: Mad Lit celebrates 5 years; scholarship apps due May 9
Robert Chappell
April 22, 2025
Mad Lit Event Series turns 5: Popular summer concert series creates space where underrepresented artists can thrive
By David Dahmer
April 22, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic was a tough time for many Americans, and in Madison, it was no different, as it was easy to see how it negatively impacted State Street businesses and culture in the downtown area. Local hip-hop artist Rob “Rob Dz” Franklin was living on State Street during the summer and fall of 2020 […]
Applications now open for Urban League of Greater Madison Young Professionals scholarship; due May 9
By Robert Chappell
April 22, 2025
The Urban League of Greater Madison Young Professionals are now accepting applications for their annual scholarship program, aimed at helping students of color from Dane County pursue higher education. The program, now in its second year will award four or five scholarships ranging from $200 to $1,000 depending on fundraising outcomes. The scholarships are intended […]
Bikes for Kids Wisconsin provide 500 bicycles and helmets to community at annual Bike Giveaway Event
By Madison365 staff
April 22, 2025
Bikes for Kids Wisconsin, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing the use of bicycle-based transportation for everyone in Wisconsin, provided 500 bicycles and helmets to community members at the 2025 Bikes for Kids Annual Bike Giveaway event on April 5 at the Bikes for Kids Wisconsin headquarters on Madison’s South Side. Area nonprofit organizations and schools […]
Mahmoud Khalil’s wife gives birth after ICE denied him temporary release to attend the delivery
By CNN
April 22, 2025
By Gloria Pazmino and Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate who has been in immigration detention in Louisiana for more than a month, was barred from attending the birth of his firstborn child Monday, after immigration officials denied him permission to attend the birth in person, according to emails reviewed […]
National Institutes of Health moving to ban grants to universities with DEI programs, Israeli boycotts
By CNN
April 22, 2025
By Sarah Owermohle, Meg Tirrell and Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — The National Institutes of Health says it will pull medical research funding from universities with diversity and inclusion programs and any boycotts of Israeli companies, according to a policy note issued Monday. The agency “reserves the right to terminate financial assistance awards and recover […]
T.R. Williams honored with State Bar’s Diversity Trailblazer Award
By Madison365 staff
April 21, 2025
T.R. Williams is this year’s recipient of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Diversity & Inclusion Trailblazer Award, the State Bar announced on Monday. The award is presented annually by the State Bar’s Diversity & Inclusion Oversight Committee and honors individuals who “have made significant, lasting contributions to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in Wisconsin’s legal […]