The University of Wisconsin, Madison bookstore has teamed up with Adventurist Backpack Co. to help address food insecurity in the area.
September 24, 2019
Campus life
25 meals donated for every Adventurist Backpack sold at University Book Store
The University of Wisconsin, Madison bookstore has teamed up with Adventurist Backpack Co. to help address food insecurity in the area.
Distinguished lecturer discusses Ho-Chunk land UW was built on
Skenandore said the importance of indigenous cultural property makes them targets of exploitation, theft and irreversible harm. Skenandore encouraged students to “practice mindfulness” and honor the Ho-Chunk people by remembering them.
UW creates new school for computer, data and information sciences to meet rising demand
As a division in College of L&S, new school aims to bring closer collaboration with colleges of different disciplines
No. 8 Badgers announce start time for Kent State game
The University of Wisconsin football team will play Kent State at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5.
The Best and Worst U.S. Places to Live Car-Free
Madison is #2 for the Top 5 Car-Free Medium-Sized Metros category.
GOP, Trump Launch Campus Effort to Register, Mobilize Voters
Noted: It started with trainings at four schools in Ohio last week. Organizers describe it as a national effort, with similar swing state training sessions already held or planned for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Denver and college Republicans in Michigan.
Arts & Humanities
Madison’s Chazen Art Museum Now The Most ‘Open’ In The Country
After expanding its daily hours, the Chazen Museum of Art on the UW-Madison campus is now the most “open” art museum in the country. We talk with the Chazen’s director about why the change was made and what’s in store for visitors.
Film for a troubled planet
It’s not too late to save the planet, according to a visually stunning documentary to be screened by UW-Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies in advance of a pivotal United Nations climate summit.
Health
UHS offers free flu shots starting Thursday
“My concerns for students is that those that would get influenza will be probably so sick they will have difficulties certainly getting into class for a week or so,” UHS Director Bill Kinsey said. “And considering a semester is only 15 weeks, missing a week or more of school is a problem.”
Athletics
‘It’s just unreal’: Lone Mich. fan in viral video at Badgers game looks back on special moment
A video showing a dejected Michigan fan from Saturday’s Michigan-Wisconsin game is making the rounds online.
‘It’s just unreal’: Lone Mich. fan in viral video at Badgers game looks back on special moment
A video showing a dejected Michigan fan from Saturday’s Michigan-Wisconsin game is making the rounds online.
Opinion
Column: The cost of attending a large university
Small and large universities offer different benefits and downsides, depending on your educational priorities.
Column: Loss of faulty blue light system won’t be detrimental to UW safety
There are plenty of available alternatives, other options to keep students safe on campus.
UW Experts in the News
Trump’s Ukraine call, a whistleblower and the Bidens: What we know, what we don’t
Noted: Yoshiko Herrera, a University of Wisconsin professor who previously headed the university’s Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia, said Hunter Biden’s hiring echoes the strategy common within Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Union, in which powerful interests try to secure influence on foreign policy by leveraging family members and associates of key leaders.