Jess Randall holds her annual clothing drive for survivors who leave their clothes in the emergency room to be taken in as evidence. She started her non-profit “Survivor Clothing Project” in high school, and this is her second year doing the drive on the UW Madison campus.
In 1951, Velvalea “Vel” Hortense Rodgers Phillips became the first Black woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School.
Changes to FAFSA in 2024 causing delays, placing stress on high school seniors making college decisions.
‘Ingredients, Identities, and Intersectionality’ focuses on food as reflection of lived experience.
A Music Hall restoration, a mandate to have UW System employees complete a module to address “ideological bias” in unconscious bias training and more were taken out of the Dec. 13 deal.
University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Thursday, the new School of Data & Information Sciences Morgridge Hall will be named after UW-Madison alumni John and Tasha Morgridge who started making contributions to the university in the 1960s. The building is slated to open in 2025 and will feature classrooms, research facilities, and collaborative spaces.
Ladson-Billings, the former Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is recognized across the United States and beyond as a pioneer whose work on culturally relevant pedagogy and critical race theory has altered how educators approach their teaching.
Name serves as tribute to alumni, donors John, Tashia Morgridge.
Hmong American Student Association spearheads campus events.
Amid rising college costs, University of Wisconsin-Madison economists see lifelong value in a bachelor’s degree.
A conservation leader is criticizing the University of Wisconsin-Madison after one of its research centers sponsored a Tuesday event at which an anti-conservation speaker ridiculed environmental regulations.
Moda Magazine partners with students, local businesses to bring annual event, themed ‘FUSE: Igniting Innovation’.
Spokesperson Cynthia Schuster said firefighters responded to an apartment near the 500 block of Eagle Heights Drive to investigate a carbon monoxide alarm sounding around 9:37 a.m. Firefighters entered the building and found elevated levels on the first and second floor and began ventilating the building with a fan. Residents were evacuated.
Judge Jones’ keynote is scheduled for 9:15 a.m. on Friday morning with a full day of sessions to follow at the 38th Coming Together of Peoples Conference. University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni may join the Cooweeja Native & Indigenous Affinity Group and the Indigenous Law Student Association at 5:30 p.m. for an opportunity to socialize with fellow UW alumni, with appetizers and drinks provided.
A much needed policy for the university, but so much more can still be done.
Togetherall, a virtual community providing clinically moderated mental health support, is now available free to all UW-Madison students.
A symposium hosted by the Center for East Asian Studies commemorating early UW-Madison students from China brought together families and scholars.
The Indigenous Law Students Association (ILSA) will host the 38th annual Coming Together of Peoples Conference on April 12 and 13, where the group aims to inform students and community members about Indian law.
Million dollar campaign to appease Republicans could be detrimental for marginalized students.
Award-winning journalist and Pulitzer grantee Jason Motlagh visited the University of Wisconsin April 9 for a talk titled “Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Stories from the Frontlines.” The event was hosted by the Institute for Regional and International Studies National Resource Center.
Leading up to Earth Day and a climate march in late April, the Associated Students of Madison Sustainability Committee will host events every Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Walk emphasizes connection through community, set to take place April 21.
High expectations, growing commitments can lead to mental health challenges among student-athletes, but solutions available.
The UW-Madison chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha hosted an April 2 iftar dinner for students, staff, faculty members and their families to break their fast and share a meal together.
Thousands of students and community members gathered on Library Mall and Bascom Hill to watch the partial solar eclipse over UW-Madison.
“Today is an example of what we view as part of our responsibilities, which is not just to serve individual patients, but to serve our communities,” Dr. Howard Bailey, Director of Carbone Cancer, said about the event.
The MadHatters are the oldest acapella group at UW Madison, and WMTV 15 News had the opportunity to sit down with two of its members, Emmett Milligan and Asa Rao, to discuss their annual Madison performance.
Students and families of all ages were able to explore science in different ways at the UW-Madison Science Expeditions event this weekend. The three-day community open house event took place at various buildings on campus and allowed families and kids to take part in interactive science and art activities.
WMTV 15 News sat down with AJ Speed, public relations chair and Justin Galler, outreach chair of UW Humorology, Wisconsin’s longest running student-ran philanthropy.
‘The work we do is 24 hours a day, 365 days a year,’ RCC Executive Director says.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is celebrating its 175th anniversary with a Community Open House starting Friday, April 5, with free, family-friendly and interactive fun. This includes more than 60 events through Sunday, April 7.
It’s time for the UW-Madison Science Expeditions Campus Open House happening April 5-7. This is an opportunity to explore UW-Madison and experience science around us. The event gives families a chance to interact with researchers, visit science venues across campus, enjoy science shows, and even try your hand at Exploration Stations.
University of Wisconsin Multicultural Student Center director Claudia Guzman joins the show to help celebrate the 35th anniversary of the MSC’s beginning within the Wisconsin Union.
The summit is sponsored by the UW Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement, the College of Letters and Science, the School of Education, the Business School, and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The organizers hope it becomes an annual event – or at least an ongoing movement.
Celebration commemorates work in accomplishments of diversity, equity, inclusion initiatives on campus.
Live viewings to be held at Library Mall, the Sett, the Rathskeller.
UW System President Jay Rothman first announced the increase proposal in a March 28 press release.“Our universities are facing challenging economic realities, and students and parents should know that we plan to be good financial stewards,” Rothman said. “Maintaining our affordability advantage, especially compared to our peers, is a priority.”
The Multicultural Student Center and Wisconsin Union debuted miniature Terrace chairs to kick off a year-long fundraising effort at the MSC’s 35th Anniversary Gala.
University of Wisconsin’s Board of Regents will meet Thursday at UW-Platteville, and through Zoom. On the table are a number of controversial topics including a four percent tuition increase, paid parental leave, and whether University land can be sold.
Free generative AI tool to provide ‘level playing field’ for students, vice provost says.
Wisconsin’s athletic director announced the men’s basketball head coach would return for another season. Was it the right choice?
Some UW-Madison students worry increased tuition could exacerbate wider affordability concerns and deter enrollment as the UW Board of Regents is set to vote on an increase on April 4.
‘Ummah Walk’ spearheaded by MSA, popular during evening Ramadan prayers.
Current policy lacks parental leave, new proposal offers six weeks.
Recent construction on Mosse Humanities first floor study lounge exposed asbestos during removal.
Voting hours will be extended from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Memorial Union today after union front desk staff mistakenly turned voters away.
Most UW System employees will receive six weeks of paid family leave beginning in July following an advocacy campaign from campus unions and department chairs.
Voting usually ends at 8 p.m. under state law, but the window was extended for those campus voters due to staff at the union’s front desk mistakenly telling voters there was no polling place at the building.
A first of its kind was introduced at UW Health Monday – a respiratory therapy program dedicated to providing access and opportunities for non-traditional students. UW Health says they are the first in the nation to introduce an apprenticeship for respiratory therapy, and their goal is to address the growing need they see in respiratory health care.
City of Madison officials say earlier Tuesday, staff at the front desk mistakenly told people entering the building that there was no voting taking place at the union.Polling hours were extended for these wards after the City Attorney’s Office petitioned the court.
“We are proud that our incredible expertise in transplantation has transformed the lives of thousands of people,” said Dr. Dixon Kaufman, the medical director at the UW Health Transplant Center. “Our program is consistently ranked as one of the leaders in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants, making this milestone a truly full-circle moment.”
Under their proposals, eligible employees would have six weeks of paid leave available to them within a 12-month period for the birth or adoption of a child. The UW Board of Regents will review the policies at its meeting this week.
UW–Madison professors, Sara McKinnon (communication arts), Erin Barbato (law), and Jorge Osorio (pathobiological sciences), are leading a multidisciplinary research project aimed at understanding the risks that face people as they move through fieldwork with migrants, legal clinics, and humanitarian organizations in migration hot spots like the Darién Gap of Colombia and Panama and the northern parts of Mexico.
New center allows for more sophisticated PFAS analysis, lab director says.
The Morgridge Center for Public Service and Associated Students of Madison hosted Voterpalooza Monday evening at Memorial Union to emphasize the importance of voting through musical performances and civic engagement messages.
A new center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will focus on studying PFAS and finding solutions to environmental contamination by the chemicals. The new center will be launched with federal funding announced last week. Scientists said they hope to be able to identify PFAS they currently can’t measure, and find ways to reverse or stop environmental damage caused by the substances sometimes called “forever chemicals.”
Such regulations must be content-neutral time, place and manner restrictions, according to the free expression webpage. Time, place and manner restrictions are limits on free speech that do not target the content of the speech, UW Law assistant professor Franciska Coleman said.
Board of Regents to propose plan to honor veterans in new football facility project, student veterans push for community building.
Newly-formed program sees growth, improvement in performance throughout school year.
Members of American Federation of Teachers-Wisconsin at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls led the March 25 town hall.
