Meanwhile, faculty at the University of Wisconsin at Madison are worried that the university may soon become the next face of campus sexual assault.
“Currently there’s not a lot of structure for reporting and dealing with [sexual assault],” Al Kovaleski, an agriculture professor at Madison, told Interim Chancellor Eric Wilcot at a Faculty Senate meeting earlier this month, reported The Daily Cardinal. “We’re just one news article away from being Cornell.”
UW-Madison’s on-campus housing crunch could be alleviated with a new dorm — or a pair of them — in as few as three years.
The university is simultaneously exploring two paths to secure new student housing: constructing a pair of residence halls through a private developer and requesting a single one through the state budget process.
The Institute for Reforming Government is calling for an audit of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s BadgersVote Coalition after a report raised constitutional questions about the program.
IRG is a conservative think tank based in Wisconsin. The report “Liberal Arts: How BadgersVote Coalition Uses Donor Cash to Import Democratic Votes,” authored by IRG general counsel Jake Curtis and associate counsel Kevin Zielinski, was published earlier this month.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is implementing a $100 guest fee, ID checking stations and increased staffing between Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 for Halloween weekend.
The $100 policy was similar in 2025, and in 2024, guests were not allowed at dorms at all over Halloween weekend, according to Director of Marketing and Communications at UW-Madison Division of University Housing Brendon Dybdahl.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Child Development Lab is celebrating its 100th anniversary, bringing together current and former students, families and staff to mark a century of learning and community.
The centennial celebration is the first of its kind for the lab, according to Amy Lee Wagner.
UW-Madison students gathered on Library Mall Friday night to support survivors of sexual violence and call for stronger prevention measures on campus.
The rally provided survivors with an opportunity to share their stories publicly or anonymously while urging university leaders to take additional steps to address sexual violence. The event also included a concert to raise money for the Dane County Rape Crisis Center.
