Category: COVID-19

Reporting positive COVID-19 test results

UW–Madison has developed protocols for what to do when individuals working, living or learning on campus test positive for COVID-19. This includes contact tracing to notify others who may have been in close contact with a COVID-positive individual, providing necessary cleaning to workspaces and classrooms, and assisting Housing residents who must be isolated or quarantined. …

Campus COVID-19 Testing

Details about campus no-cost COVID-19 testing: accessing testing, preparing for testing, getting your results and what to do if you test positive. View Details about Campus testing View Camus testing locations

Planning a Smart Restart for UW-Madison

Dear Badger community, These past three weeks have been heavy with pain and struggle for our community, especially those who identify as Black or BIPOC. As I mentioned in late May, our students, faculty and staff have a storied history of confronting injustices and leading the drive for necessary change. As a university we will …

Division Operations Update

Division Team, Recently shared with campus was correspondence from the Chancellor regarding phase I return directed towards the research enterprise.  https://research.wisc.edu/reboot-phase1/ Your Unit Leaders and I are sincerely sensitive to the challenges of the extended length of time for which we have been telecommuting as well as related challenges it likely presents for you depending …

Policy Change: Unused Vacation/Personal Holiday

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we know that employees may not be able to use all of their personal hours or vacation carryover balances by the deadlines.  Therefore, there has been an updated deadline policy change for the expiration of unused vacation time and unused personal holiday.  The deadlines to use personal holiday hours or vacation …