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Students show support for center in petition with over 300 signatures.

Scholarships aim to alleviate financial stress during college career, BPC officers say.

UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor discussed recent campus policy and challenges to protesters and student belonging on campus in a student media roundtable.

ASM leaders have called for changes to the UWPD Police Advisory Committee. Why has the committee failed to meet since October?

Campus efforts, service benefits contribute to high number of volunteers.

Students advocate for distinct, permanent facility at Tuesday listening session.

Giving committee finds fun new ways to garner campus involvement for fundraiser.

Generations of UW research leaders reveal importance of collaborative efforts across disciplines in energy field.

Nathan Jandl is the associate director of sustainability at UW-Madison. On Monday, he dipped cotton into indigo dye made from plants as part of an event promoting why natural dye is safer for the environment than some of its counterparts such as synthetic dye.

Ian Robertson had led the college since 2013. He will step down once his successor is chosen, and will still be a faculty member in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

About 30 students from across the Madison Metropolitan School District in the Mann Scholars Program and Sánchez Scholars Program recently toured the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC), a scientific center for astroparticle research located at the University of Wisconsin—Madison.

Union, working group members say more work needs to be done to decrease disparities between UW faculty.

UW to conduct nationwide search for successor.

The announcement came after Gov. Tony Evers approved funds for a new engineering building last month.

Finding accepting peers and navigating the university environment can be difficult for autistic students, one student said.

As Earth Day approaches, the University of Wisconsin-Madison kicked off celebrations early with a variety of activities spanning the weekend and beyond.

Students gather to register club after initial attempts prior to COVID-19 pandemic.

Students leaving the University of Wisconsin-Madison will no longer have access to their university email accounts due to changes in Microsoft licensing.

The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Office of Sustainability at UW-Madison are launching the first-ever Earth Fest, from April 19 to April 26. Earth Fest will bring the Madison community nearly 50 diverse activities like hands-on lectures, nature walks and sustainable eating and art experiences.

Christina Treacy, a senior studying environmental and political science, is part of that effort. She’s the co-president of UW-Madison’s chapter of the Food Recovery Network, a national organization.

The event is then open to the public on Saturday, April 20. People of all ages are invited to come check out the activities for free from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

The winning invention will take home $50,000 to launch their product into the marketplace. UW-Madison team is going to be up against 24 other teams from colleges across the country on Saturday, April 20.

Progressive journalist Ezra Klein explored the roots and impacts of political polarization in America during a talk organized by the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the Monona Terrace.

Journalist Ezra Klein delivered a public talk to University of Wisconsin students and Madison community members Tuesday. Centered on and named after his 2020 bestselling book — “Why We’re Polarized” — the talk was part of the La Follette School of Public Affairs’ 40th anniversary celebration. This spring, Klein is serving as the school’s Public Affairs Journalist in Residence.

ASM has no policy on notifying student body following SSFC closed session impeachment, spokesperson says.

Event lineup to be announced next month, spokesperson says.

Wednesday marks last meeting of 30th session.

Unsuspecting students received an email with a student inquiry about the availability of prom tickets. UW-Madison said the email group “worked as configured.”

Humanities NOW hosted a panel of experts to discuss the role of public universities and academic freedom amid a controversial “DEI deal.”

With summer around the corner and temperatures in Madison rising, students and community members are heading back to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Memorial Union Terrace.

From 4 to 6 p.m., the Union will host a celebration with a DJ, free brats, and a beverage tasting where you can help pick the newest choices at the terrace. Bucky will be available for pictures, and the UW Dance Team will also be performing.

The 2,000 famed sunburst chairs will return to the Memorial Union Terrace Wednesday morning. To mark the annual tradition, the Union is hosting an Opening of the Terrace Party from 4 to 6 p.m.

Gracie Nelson is UW’s senior class president. She said they wanted to do something special for the soon-to-be graduates, so they decided to throw them their very own prom.”You don’t even realize how much you’ve lost until you watch the freshmen and are like, ’Oh my gosh, I didn’t gonna get any of that’ and so I do think that while I’ve had the best four years and really wouldn’t change any of it, I think there’s a new excitement about graduation events and things like this,” Nelson said.

The All-Campus Party, a weeklong series of events put on by the University of Wisconsin Alumni Student Board, began Sunday and will run through Friday, according to the WASB website. As the nation’s largest cost-free and alcohol alternative campus celebration, this year’s All-Campus Party features seven different events organized students, for students, according to the website.