At over 29,000 square feet, the center includes a pool, an ice rink, indoor track, outdoor terrace, a gaming area, teaching kitchen and weightlifting equipment on every floor. There’s also an area to relax and recharge, with massage rooms, napping pods and yoga studios.
“As we know, mental health and physical health are areas that we need to help our students the most,” said Aaaron Hobson, the director of recreation and wellbeing at UW. “I hope that they find what they’re looking for in terms of their health and wellbeing needs.”
The four-story Bakke Recreation & Wellbeing Center overlooking Lake Mendota replaces the former Natatorium on the campus’ west side. It includes traditional aspects of a gym like basketball courts, a jogging track, a pool and workout areas, plus a climbing wall, ice rink and teaching kitchen.
CDIS is a school within the College of Letters and Sciences which aims to expand research and education around technology at the intersection of society, founding director of CDIS Tom Erickson said.
’I can’t teach you how to make a difference, but I can tell you it means taking a lot of risks,’ Koestner says
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Odyssey Project rounded out its 20th year with an anniversary celebration on the evening of April 20 in anticipation of graduating another class of amazing students next month. The celebration was held in the Chazen Museum of Art in the heart of the UW-Madison campus and the event was filled with R&B music from KinFolk Soul Music Madison, socializing, inspirational speeches, and recognition for both the hardworking students and the dedicated Odyssey family.
Cell theory. Equations of motion. Or the periodic table of elements. Chances are you learned about these concepts in high school but over the years have forgotten all about them. That’s the point John Rudolph makes in his book Why We Teach Science (and Why We Should) released this month.
Madison officials stressed the importance of safety precautions after a porch collapsed, hospitalizing two people at last year’s party.
Asubpar season on the court for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team carried over into the number of fans in the Kohl Center seats.
The Badgers announced the hiring of Margaret McKeon, Moseley’s former coach at Boston University, as an assistant coach in a news release Monday. McKeon fills one of two vacancies within the program.
The Badgers averaged 1,838 tickets scanned at their 14 games at the Kohl Center, the largest figure since 2011-12.
Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, the 30th head of the University of Wisconsin, is undoubtedly brilliant.
The former dean of the UCLA School of Law has an undergraduate degree from Harvard, a law degree from Yale and a Ph.D. in the history and social study of science and technology from MIT. That, by any measure, is an impressive resume.
When Ronald Reagan ran for a second term in 1984, he was 73 years old—and, at that time, the oldest presidential candidate in U.S. history.
Allison M. Prasch is assistant professor of communication arts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She studies U.S. presidential rhetoric.
A $2.5 million federal grant was also awarded last month to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to fund research for a cure.
