Author: Nathan Steagall

The University of Wisconsin-Madison altered their general education requirements in May for incoming students first enrolling for or after Summer 2026, completely removing the current ethnic studies requirement but retaining the courses under a new category.

The Ho-Am Foundation, a public interest organization sponsored by Samsung Group, granted the 2026 Samsung Ho-Am Prize to six leaders in the fields of science, engineering, medicine, art and social contribution.

Inside the Black Business Hub, members of the chapter gathered to prepare for their upcoming Golden Anniversary Homecoming Weekend — while reflecting on decades of mentorship, leadership and community impact.

The chapter’s youngest Madison member, Natalie McDonald, snapped photos of older sorority sisters on her iPhone for an upcoming article in Umoja Magazine.

McDonald said documenting the women who helped shape the chapter — and Madison itself — felt deeply meaningful.

The Center for Black Excellence and Culture (The Center) announced Thursday that it has been awarded a two-year, $247,000 grant from the New York-based Dana Foundation to launch a groundbreaking civic science research initiative.

A UW-Madison student animal advocacy organization is under investigation for potential ties to an attempted raid at Ridglan Farms.

In April, animal activists attempted to break into the facility and take beagles held there. The effort was unsuccessful, and law enforcement drove the activists away using tear gas and rubber bullets.

UW-Madison is now investigating whether Animal Advocacy UW-Madison violated state laws or campus policies by encouraging people to attend the planned break-in.

Despite federal and state restrictions, University of Wisconsin-Madison students can still access multiple forms of abortion care, the Bissell Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UW-Madison, Jenny Higgins, told The Daily Cardinal in an interview about Wisconsin’s changing reproductive health landscape.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison opened a formal investigation into registered student organization (RSO) Animal Advocacy over its promotion of the April 18 Ridglan Farms raid, examining whether the group violated campus posting policies and Wisconsin laws related to soliciting criminal activity.

Wild turkeys were reintroduced to Wisconsin 50 years ago in what has been a conservation success story.

The National Wild Turkey Federation says the birds were native to Wisconsin but disappeared from the state in the late 1800’s due to habitat loss and unregulated hunting.

Several attempts to restore turkeys using pen-raised birds failed.

In 1976, a deal was struck to get wild trapped birds from Missouri in exchange for grouse.

A proposed redesign of Regent Street near Camp Randall Stadium is heading to Madison’s City Council for potential approval, but not without controversy or testing of new roadway design guidelines.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison would not release any documents related to its contract or payments to consultant Tripp Umbach weeks after the university released a document that made claims regarding the university’s statewide economic impact.

The university claimed that it does not hold the contract and that it was denying access to what it called “draft documents” related to Tripp Umbach and payments to the firm.

Fifty years after wild turkeys were reintroduced to Wisconsin, conservationists, hunters and volunteers of the National Wild Turkey Federation gathered on Bascom Hill at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Sunday, May 17, to celebrate one of the state’s greatest wildlife comeback stories.

University of Wisconsin-Madison students experienced a higher rate of food insecurity than the national average last school year, and more than a third of Badgers lacked stable, safe, adequate and affordable housing.