Category: Campus life

An overnight water leak in University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Vilas Hall will close the building to classes on Monday and Tuesday, a UW spokesman said.

Due to recent flooding, two academic buildings at the University of Wisconsin will be closed on Monday and Tuesday.Classes held in Vilas Hall and the Chemistry Building will be relocated, according to Laurent Heller, Vice Chancellor at the university.Vilas Hall began experiencing flooding Sunday morning, according to a tweet by the university’s official Twitter page.

A Madison icon returned to Lake Mendota Friday for the first time since 2010. An inflatable, to-scale replica of Lady Liberty’s head, arm and torch can be seen rising from the lake’s waters.

It’s not often college kids get a snow day – especially at UW-Madison.

The 11th cohort of Outstanding Women of Color awardees will be honored at a reception on Tuesday, March 5.

The 11th cohort of Outstanding Women of Color awardees will be honored at a reception on Tuesday, March 5 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge of the Pyle Center, the University of Wisconsin has announced.

For its fifth annual social justice conference, UW-Madison’s School of Social Work wanted to hear from people who know the social work system better than anyone: those who have grown up in it.

While Kathrin Mallot, a scientist with The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, ran a half marathon at the South Pole earlier this month, the University of Wisconsin–Madison is giving her a pass in the current Wednesday temperatures.

Hairu Zheng started the petition to UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank. The petition notes the extremely cold temperatures and wind chills expected in the next two days.

Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, joined 14 of her assembly members in detailing their reasons for supporting the longtime political science professor.

Thousands of UW-Madison students have signed an online petition calling for the university to shut down Tuesday and Wednesday because of dangerously cold temperatures.

Many students grade school through college level enjoyed a snow day Monday. That doesn’t include the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

This announcement caused an immediate backlash on both Facebook and Twitter from students, alumni and professors. The university’s statement on Facebook garnered hundreds of comments, many criticizing UW’s judgement.

The UW-Madison Student Services Finance Committee heard budget requests from the Child Care Tuition Assistance Program and the ASM Transportation Board during their meeting Monday night.

UW-Madison has a history of conservative policy when it comes to allocating snow days and/or extreme cold days. The last time class was canceled as a result of cold weather was in 2012 when 15.2 inches of snow fell within 24 hours in Madison, the fourth highest total in the city’s history according to Weather Underground.

Noted: The University of Wisconsin-Madison said early Monday that classes would be held today but that officials will “continue to assess” the extreme cold expected later in the week.

The University of Wisconsin is one of the only universities in the country to offer a short course program, a hybrid between attending a four-year university and a technical college. Most graduates go on to work in production agriculture or a related field.

Q&A with UW-Madison geography professor Kris Olds.

MADISON, Wis. – Jack Kwan, a 20-year-old kinesiology student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is competing Thursday night on NBC’s “The Titan Games.”

After attending the first two lectures of “The American Presidency,” along with sitting down with Mayer to discuss her concerns about the course, McKenna Collins said she feels her voice will be heard in his class.

For its fifth annual social justice conference, UW-Madison’s School of Social Work wanted to hear from people who know the social work system better than anyone: those who have grown up in it.

Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes addressed University of Wisconsin- Madison faculty, students and community members in a inspiring keynote on Monday afternoon at UW’s annual MLK Day Celebration.

“The degree of racism and anti-semitism … was just part and parcel of the university world at the time,” said Stu Levitan, a Madison historian and author.

In her invocation, Rabbi Andrea Steinberger, a rabbi at the Hillel Foundation on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, pointed to powerful examples of women, ranging from the Biblical Hannah to civil rights activist Rosa Parks to “women who by their efforts of resistance led us on a path towards the women’s marches of today.”

And while some of the stars of this week’s international competition at UW-Madison hail from Wisconsin, there is not a cheddar, Gouda or mozzarella to be found.

Those fascinating works are the basis of the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection, which itself is the foundation for “Applique to Zardozi: A Celebration Sampler,” an upcoming exhibition at the university’s Ruth Davis Design Gallery, located in the School of Human Ecology building at 1300 Linden Drive.

More than 400 people attended. The event was originally scheduled for the Memorial Union but due to high interest it was moved to Varsity Hall inside Union South.

The event also had social justice dialogues and a food drive benefiting The Open Seat, which is a food pantry for UW-Madison students.

The Madison premiere of “Prototype” (in 3D) takes place at 7 p.m. Friday at the UW-Cinematheque, 4070 Vilas Hall, the first screening of its Spring 2019 film series. The screening is free.

Why would the UW-Cinematheque invest in 3D technology? It doesn’t seem likely that the free, on-campus film series will screen “Aquaman” anytime soon.

Portion of proceeds donated to marching band.

John Diamond, a sociologist of education, was recently named the Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education with UW-Madison’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.

On Wednesday, the university announced it will be hosting a satellite contest of the IFFA Quality Competition Jan. 21-25 in the lobby of the Discovery Building. The main competition is held every three years in Frankfurt, Germany.

The Boston-born Wisel currently teaches writing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she is a fiction fellow.

This idea has been around for several generations of UW students, but it never really happened, and I think it points to how a lot of diversity initiatives are often budget-based instead of equity or morally based.

December 2018 graduates have made it across the stage this month, putting away another eventful calendar year for higher education. These are the top higher education stories covered by the Cap Times.

Stephen Carpenter received the Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology earlier this month.

Growing up in New York, Vic Barrett wanted to make a difference.

“I was always interested in human rights in the way any young, black, Latin American, queer, transgender person growing up in a very white community is interested — I just wanted to plug in and get involved,” says Barrett, who is a UW-Madison sophomore.

Also Monday, the commission killed a previously rejected proposal for a 12-story student apartment near the UW-Madison campus.

Following five years of service to UW-Madison, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Sarah Mangelsdorf is leaving to fulfill her dreams as president at the University of Rochester.

The University of Rochester has chosen University of Wisconsin-Madison provost Sarah Mangelsdorf as its new president.