Category: Campus life

It will run from Feb. 1 to April 30, 2025. The course will go over the plant diagnostic process and finding resources to use for diagnostics.

Faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison named the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the most difficult issue to discuss on campus with racial inequality and affirmative action ranking second and third, according to a new faculty survey.

Diagnosed with two severe autoimmune diseases at the age of five, a recent graduate of UW-Madison has relentlessly pursued a cure since starting at the university. On Sunday morning, over 1,000 undergraduate, master’s, and PhD students crossed the stage at the Kohl Center to receive their diplomas.

“My understanding is the professor has apologized,” Rothman said. “I don’t think there’s a space for ad hominem attacks in our university. That’s not the right way to approach it, but we do want vigorous debates in our classroom because that’s how we all learn.”

The Student Services Finance Committee recommended an increase in student segregated fees after request from University Health Services to prevent staffing cuts, increase patient visits.

Winter sport enthusiasts are enjoying their new gear after the Hoofer Ski & Snowboard Club’s resale event.

The annual outdoor recreation equipment sale provides the opportunity for the community to buy discounted items for all ages for the upcoming season — including downhill and nordic skis, snowboards, boots, jackets, helmets, goggles, touring gear and telemark skis — while also offering community members the chance to sell their new and gently used gear.

The Wisconsin Center For Education Research announced Wednesday its active recruitment for the 2025 cohort of the Special Education Teach Residency Program.The early decision deadline is Dec. 15.

Students tackle real-world challenges, gain hands-on experience in dairy industry.

Every week, UW Madison students team up with a local pantry to distribute fresh produce to people facing food insecurity. When the students are not in the classroom, they are serving residents in the Allied Drive neighborhood impacted by food insecurity. Students volunteer through the organization, UW Grow.

‘We are seeing many of the things that make our lives possible being taken away,’ UW director of LGBTQ+ studies certificate program says.

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Law School hired Skylar Croy and Daniel Lennington to teach a constitutional law course this upcoming spring semester. Some students, who attended clerkship programs WILL sued to alter diversity requirements, disagree

‘It wasn’t always easy, but I have another home at Madison and I want to try to give back,’ Getschman says.

The university removed the SexWise module after an October inquiry from conservative student newspaper The Madison Federalist revealed the module contained a link to an adult film award site.

Moda brings fresh new designs to Madison’s fashion scene.

While the module has now been reinstated, Runde said some content, particularly around the discussion of pornography, was shortened as part of the compromise reached with the administration. Runde said they were unsatisfied with some of the compromises, citing a disconnect between UW administrators and students’ experiences on and off campus.

As the holiday season commences, the Wisconsin Union Directorate Society and Politics Committee shared some tips to help students get through political conversations with family members.

“Material Intelligence” exhibit in the School of Human Ecology invites individuals to think about how materials shape the spaces around us.

The Associated Students of Madison passed legislation to create a new committee, after Black student leaders expressed the need for greater support from student government.

UW-Madison Capstone students will host a press conference this afternoon at 2 p.m. at the City-County Building in downtown Madison to shine a spotlight on the growing crisis of heat vulnerability in prisons across the state.

SSFC discusses budget recommendations for Student Transportation Board.

The competition was part of regional tournaments held over the weekend in different parts of the state. Edgewood College, UW-Madison and other winners advanced to a state championship that will be held Dec. 7 and 8 at WCTC’s Pewaukee campus.

Its name is Maple Fields and it’s kind of adorable. The Memorial Union is debuting a plushie in the form of the ever-popular sunburst chairs that liven up the Terrace every summer.

UW-Madison’s oldest acappella group, the Madhatters, are gearing up for their annual fall performance. This year’s concert, which features singing, dancing and comedic fun, is taking place in Memorial Union’s Shannon Hall on Saturday, November 23 at 7 p.m.

Transition to new bus passes and the effects of pandemic increase costs.

Preliminary recommendations from a study on the Lakeshore Path including paving and lighting the path used by thousands of University of Wisconsin-Madison students and community members daily.

New committee aims to empower Black student voices; ASM also discusses changes to violence prevention module.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate assistant’s union, the Teaching Assistant Association, launched a campaign to improve working conditions for graduate student workers in bioscience departments including genetics and microbiology.

University of Wisconsin-Madison campus community members criticized the removal of Warren Scherer as director of the Gender and Sexuality Campus Center in an open letter to campus administration.

One-credit freshman seminar supports student retention, builds connections, fosters personal growth for freshmen.

UW-Madison’s Center for East Asian studies hosted a panel before the election exploring the impact of a second Trump term on East Asia.

‘Together, we can ensure that our veteran students feel strong, feel belonging and feel empowered in this environment, ready to make a positive impact here at UW-Madison and beyond,” Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Fernie Rodriguez says.

‘We position ourselves with the expertise and the support that we need to address whatever is coming next,’ RISE spokesperson says.

Those ridership levels are primarily attributed to the cheap price for a bike-share pass for UW students, said Helen Bradley, director of business development for BCycle owner Bicycle Transit Systems.

‘I did not believe Trump is somebody who can unite the country,’ College Republicans of UW president says.

Campus Leaders for Energy Action Now urge students to sign petition for a rental energy burden disclosure ordinance in Madison.

The Daily Cardinal spoke to over a dozen students and community members who shared shock, horror and disgust of Trump’s blowout victory.

November is National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the rich and diverse cultures, traditions and histories of the Native American peoples, according to the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Wisconsin Union will also host Friendsgiving available to all UW-Madison students.

Conservative students sometimes come up to College Democrat’s table to disagree, but they always have a civil conversation, Schanhofer said. UW College Republicans Chair Thomas Pyle said his organization frequently collaborates with College Democrats. “I think we have a great relationship with College Democrats right now,” Pyle said. “… I would love to see more of that in the real political world out there … We don’t need to hate our political opponents.”

Students reported lines of about two hours, and early voters at campus polling locations comprised nearly a fifth of in-person absentee ballots cast in Madison.

“The Black Badgers Homecoming Reception went really, really well. We were happy with the nice turnout and with the reception of everyone who was there, and just the ability to collaborate in the way that we did,” Roslynn Pedracine, president of WAA’s Black Affinity Group, tells Madison365.

Kacie Lucchini Butcher, director of the Rebecca M. Blank Center for Campus History, told The Daily Cardinal the reason for this may lie in direct impact. “With the war in Vietnam, people’s friends were dying,” Lucchini Butcher said. “I think there was a sense of urgency to those protests that made people feel as though they wanted to get involved.”

A student worker at UW-Madison’s Memorial Union carried out life-saving measures earlier this month after a person overdosed in one of the lounges. It was an uneventful day at Memorial Union when Ruben Aguilo Schuurs, Building Manager at UW, was flagged down by another worker in the building.