Delani Dow has been appointed to the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Governor Tony Evers announced Thursday.
Dow will serve a two-year term on the nontraditional student regent position to fill the vacancy of Desmond Adongo. Adongo’s term expired on May 1, 2026.
Fallen leaves are a familiar sight during autumn but leaving them on the lawn throughout winter can affect grass health and spring growth.
According to Bruce Spangenberg, a horticulture outreach specialist with the University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of Extension, homeowners can manage fallen leaves by raking them, composting them, or using them as mulch around gardens and landscape beds.
Since news broke of gang rape allegations against a Cornell University fraternity and a lawsuit filed by a former student, my phone has been abuzz with messages from fellow Cornell alumnae – many of them, like me, former sorority members.
We are furious at the callous way Chi Phi fraternity members appear to have regarded “Jane Doe” in their group Snapchat communications – as subhuman, a mere vehicle for their sexual gratification. But none of us are much surprised. The fraternity culture that enabled this remains vivid in our memories, even 15 years removed.
On Thursday, the University of Wisconsin-Madison revealed the cost of its air conditioning problems over the summer: $15.8 million.
A major chilled water line ruptured in June near the Charter Street Healing and Cooling Plant. The pipe was 4 feet in diameter and buried 20 feet underground, and was part of a system that provides air conditioning for much of campus.
Students, faculty and alumni embraced school spirit at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s annual Homecoming Parade on Friday, Oct. 2.
The parade featured over 70 entries composed of registered student organizations, UW-Madison leaders, local businesses and more, according to Shauna Breneman, the Wisconsin Union’s public relations and communications officer.
W-Madison is creating a new violence prevention position in its Greek life office in response to recent reports alleging hazing, drugging and sexual assaults at fraternity houses, the university announced Thursday.
Last month, Madison police arrested two fraternity leaders for allegedly hazing about 30 pledges in a basement. Days after the arrests, the university disclosed that two people had reported alleged drugging and sexual assaults at off-campus fraternity houses.
