UW-Madison opened its gleaming nine-story Chemistry Tower to students this semester after months of construction delays. The new building at 1101 University Ave. will ease enrollment bottlenecks that have plagued the department for decades.
As a first-grader, Kyla Vaughan set a class record by reading more than 1,000 books in a year. Now the UW-Madison senior has accomplished another page-turning feat: She read 365 books in 2021. We talk with Vaughan about meeting their goal and get their book recommendations.
UW-Madison students who take Chemistry courses as part of their degree will have more options and more areas to work in at the new, revamped Chemistry building.
At least 200 people donated blood at a blood drive on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Wednesday.
Classes have since begun inside the new nine-story tower of the Chemistry Building at the corner of University Avenue and North Mills Street. Work on the more than $130 million project began in the fall of 2018.
Legislation introduced by the Associated Students of Madison (ASM) will raise future student council member wages to $12 per hour if passed. Currently, ASM bylaws mandate minimum hourly wages of $10.50 for student-held positions. Governance body members address wage increases as a necessary step to improve working conditions and housing affordability.
Tuesday, Feb. 1 marked the first day of the Lunar New Year and the start of the Year of the Water Tiger. The 15-day festival is celebrated by many Asian communities around the world.
Discolored tap water found in University of Wisconsin-Madison residence halls and in off-campus housing may be the result of a nearby water main leak, according to the city of Madison’s Water Utility department reported a discoloration of tap water supplied by the Madison Water Utility Wednesday afternoon.
As members of campus community clash with administrators over return to classes, university sticks to original mitigation plan to press on in person.
Events to include movies, visit from Ruth E. Carter.
There are plenty of indicators that farmers across the country are starting 2022 in a strong financial position, said Paul Mitchell, director of the Renk Agribusiness Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“We can’t use a crystal ball to see what COVID-19 will bring us next, but we do know the now approved vaccines for COVID-19 work against these variants when we are fully vaccinated,” Dr. Nasia Safdar, a UW Health infectious disease specialists, said in a statement. “We can do our parts to prevent prolonging this pandemic by getting vaccinated and getting our booster shots.”
Dousman native Brianna Decker, a former University of Wisconsin star and gold medalist with the United States women’s hockey team in 2018, suffered what appeared to be a significant leg injury in the first minutes of her team’s 2022 Winter Olympics preliminary match against Finland on Thursday.
Roque was a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin, leading the Women’s College Hockey Association (WCHA) in points (41), while the U.S. women defeated rival Canada in a dramatic shootout to capture gold at the 2018 Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. She helped the Badgers win a national championship the next season. The pandemic cut short her senior season, but she was a top three finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award, given to the top player in the country.
Evan Gerstmann, professor of Political Science and International Relations at Loyola Marymount University, is a UW-alum who has written numerous articles on the role of cancel culture on college campuses. He believes that the phenomenon is a threat to free speech, calling it “problematic,” “unaccountable” and “anti-democratic.”
Christy Clark-Pujara, a tenured professor in the UW-Madison Department of Afro-American Studies, said the center can do a great job attracting Black professionals to the city and keeping those who are already here.
Sarah Halpern-Meekin, an associate professor at UW-Madison, said people should also note that “earned income” does not just include a “9 to 5″ job but also includes “gig work.”
