Overall student enrollment dipped, international and graduate student enrollment continued to fall, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison experienced declines in diversity among first-year students. Those changes are among the key takeaways from Wisconsin’s flagship university’s latest enrollment numbers, based on a student census on the 10th day of classes.
Madison police are investigating alleged hazing at an Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house after finding 30 pledges covered in food, condiments and liquids, with two 20-year-olds arrested and the chapter suspended.
Anonymous tip
Madison police said officers were sent to the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house near Carroll and Langdon streets after receiving an anonymous tip. Once inside, police said they found 30 people in the basement, most of whom were 18 years old.
UW-Madison received two reports of possible drugging incidents and sexual assaults that happened in recent days.
A victim reported to the university they may have been drugged at an off-campus fraternity house in the overnight hours of Sept. 26-27. The victim also reported being fondled at two separate fraternity houses. The incident was reported to the City of Madison Police Department.
The annual UW Homecoming Parade, part of a weeklong celebration of school spirit, will be held in downtown Madison on Friday, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
The parade, presented by the Wisconsin Union and the student-led Wisconsin Homecoming Committee, begins on Gilman Street and proceeds down State Street.
Ethnic Studies has officially been replaced by Civics & Perspectives as a Core General Education Requirement at the University of Wisconsin, according to core GenEd requirements, but what does that entail?
The reason for the shift in university-wide requirements has to do with transfer credits between UW institutions, specifically when it comes to the transferability for students between UW system schools, according to core GenEd requirements.
Student ambassadors and athletes on campus are advocating for student blood donations at the second annual Big Ten We Give Blood homecoming drive happening on campus between Sept. 29 and Oct. 1.
Every two seconds, someone around the country needs blood. Fighting a blood crisis, the American Red Cross is pushing donations across the county and Abbott is partnering with the Big Ten to award the university with the most donations $1 million.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a score of 65.1 out of 100, a “D” grade in the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) 2027 College Free Speech Rankings on Sept. 24, an increase from last year’s score of 58.98 and “F” grade.
The ranking places UW-Madison ahead of comparable institutions like the University of Illinois, 164th place, the University of Michigan, 166th place, and the University of Minnesota, 204th place. The University of Chicago took first place with a score of 81.4/100.
