Francis Halzen used to dread October.
October is the month when the Nobel committees announce the winners of each year’s Nobel Prizes, and the theoretical physicist and University of Wisconsin-Madison professor had been passed over for the award for many years.
“I always felt that I disappointed people,” Halzen said. “I got these emails that were like condolences.”
uslana Hoisa peers into a microscope in a UW-Madison lab, carefully maneuvering fine-tipped metal forceps to stitch together a blood vessel that’s only a few millimeters wide.
Just about a week ago, the 26-year-old frontline microsurgeon was in a Kyiv children’s hospital treating young patients with burn and blast injuries from Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Culver’s is giving out free cheese curds on Oct. 15 from 2-6pm at the front of Memorial Union today in honor of National Cheese Curd Day.
Alison Demmer, Associate Director of PR and brand spokesperson, told The Daily Cardinal Culver’s sells 40 million cheese curds a year. The franchise, which was founded in Wisconsin, created National Cheese Curd Day in 2015.
This year, National Cheese Curd Day is part of a month-long celebration called Curdtoberfest.
Fifty years after student activists pushed UW-Madison to establish a program dedicated to the histories, cultures and experiences of Chicanx/e and Latinx/e communities, the university’s Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies Program will celebrate the milestone with a two-day symposium, titled Desde 1976: Education, Culture, and Community, this weekend.
What if an app using all available online data about a person could precisely forecast their decisions in any given scenario? That is the premise of a fictional AI platform at the center of “The Compass,” an interactive play opening Friday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Cornell University suspended all fraternity parties through the end of the school year in the aftermath of a sexual assault case that has sent shockwaves through campus.
But many are torn over how to address fraternities on campus moving forward. Is it possible to reform the culture, or should they be banned outright?
A group of students marched on Bascom Hill in 1975, demanding the University of Wisconsin-Madison establish a Chicano Studies Department. They hoisted signs in the air. One read, “EQUALITY for ALL. Even for CHICANOS.”
