Immunization groups and the mother of a student who died from bacterial meningitis are urging UW-Madison to join two Big Ten campuses in requiring the meningitis B vaccine.
The Hoofer Marina Project will replace the current piers along the Memorial Union lakefront to improve safety, accessibility and sustainability.
Democratic candidates for governor say millennials are critical in Tuesday’s election, but with many college-age voters’ leases ending the same day — candidates are working overtime to get students to the polls.
Earthling Interactive, a local online app developer, has organized the inaugural “Wisconsin Ag Innovation Forum,” a showcase of entrepreneurs and researchers working on technology geared toward farmers at the Discovery Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
After piloting the cashless system in Liz Waters residence hall two years ago, University Housing has decided to implement a cashless system at Gordon Dining and Event Center this fall.
Dado is currently attending UW-Madison, where she’s majoring in dairy science and life communications. Her career goal is to work for the U.S. Department of Agriculture or other government agencies on trade policy.
In July, Gov. Scott Walker announced that, if re-elected, he would continue to support a tuition freeze for in-state students at UW System schools for the next four years.
MADISON, Wis. – One man was arrested after gunshots were fired in a parking garage near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus early Friday morning.
The Memorial Union Council voted Tuesday to remove the names of two men who belonged to a campus group which used the name Ku Klux Klan in the early 1900s from union facilities. The decision comes after a year of discussion by the council and a report from a subcommittee which was convened to research the matter.
Coach Paul Chryst announced the news about the sophomore, a biomedical engineering major, Wednesday during the Badgers’ local media day at Camp Randall Stadium, saying Kasl made the decision after his involvement in a “really dynamic summer program.”
Aaron Williams was never a bird expert or even a bird enthusiast. But somehow, he’s found himself coordinating a flock of volunteers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison as part of a large-scale effort to protect local and migrating birds.
The University of Wisconsin at Madison will rename two rooms in the Wisconsin Union that are currently named after alumni who were members of a campus organization called Ku Klux Klan, Madison 365 reported.
Two spaces in UW-Madison’s student union — named after prominent alumni who, while students in the 1920s, belonged to a campus group called “Ku Klux Klan” — will be renamed before the beginning of the 2018-19 school year.
“Hip-Hop U: The First Wave Scholar,” produced by Wisconsin Public Television, follows three scholarship participants while exploring the First Wave community, its emphasis on activism and the difficulty of attending UW-Madison as a person of color.
The Porter Butts Gallery will now be called the Main Gallery and the Fredric March Play Circle will be considered the Play Circle.
The resolution was an effort to honor the voices of students and community members who felt that displaying March and Butts’ names created a hostile campus climate, while also acknowledging the complicated history of the KKK fraternity on campus.
The Union Council voted Monday night to rename the Porter Butts Gallery to the Main Gallery and acknowledge Porter Butts’ professional accomplishments through an interactive kiosk in another permanent location, according to a release.
Two rooms at the Wisconsin Union named for members of a campus Ku Klux Klan group will be changed before the school year begins, if a Union Council resolution passed Monday is approved by University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor is biking across several Midwestern states to raise money and awareness for a renewable energy project in Puerto Rico. Friday, he passed through southeastern Minnesota, visiting several solar sites in the region.
Kids and families got to explore the science behind healthy living on Saturday. It was part of UW’s Saturday Science, a program held on the first Saturday of each month at the Discovery Building.
Noted: “Sometimes we don’t know what to do with emotions,” so parents channel them into packing and shopping to feel productive, said Beth Miller, a coordinator for residence life at University of Wisconsin-Madison. “But sometimes parents are purchasing things based on emotion and not necessarily based on need.”
A bicyclist traveling across the Upper Midwest wants to bring renewable energy to Puerto Rico.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Jim Tinjum is biking 1,300 miles (2,000 kilometers) throughout the Upper Midwest to raise funds for Solar Para Niños, a project to install solar panels at an orphanage in Puerto Rico.
Move-out day for Edgewood College and University of Wisconsin-Madison students and primary election day both fall on Aug. 14 this year.
Students, dining services staff worked together to make changes since announcement of initial dining plan
UW-Madison’s overhaul of its chemistry building calls for the construction of an 188,442-square-foot, 10-story tower, which will house the university’s chemistry department. The same project also calls for the renovation of the existing Daniels Chemistry building, work that is to get underway in two years’ time.
Move-out day for Edgewood College and University of Wisconsin-Madison students and primary election day both fall on Aug. 14 this year.
There are 388 buildings on campus, each with the potential to brighten or dim your mood during your studies.
When school rolls around this fall, it won’t be without a significant change to one of the University of Wisconsin’s most valuable programs: the PEOPLE program.
This summer, the Memorial Union terrace isn’t just home to views and brews, but athletic merchandise, too.
Noted: Fledermaus, which runs July 20-29 at UW-Madison’s Music Hall, is also the first directorship for Shelton, a lyric tenor who has performed in theaters around town and in the blockbuster opera, Dead Man Walking (Madison Opera, 2014). For a director whose heart is in comedy, Fledermaus is a perfect fit.
As the Aug. 14 primary election approaches, UW-Madison is reminding students to take time before moving out day to vote.
The Madison Metropolitan School District partnered with UW-Madison to give kids in high school a chance to explore a future career in health care and veterinary medicine.
The Wisconsin HOPE Lab at UW-Madison, which made headlineswith research showing many college students struggle to find enough to eat and a place to live, has closed with the expiration of its funding.
Omar Poler’s slender frame is easy to follow as he leads people up Bascom Hill on a historical tour. The sea of students rushing downhill makes participants aware they are on a college campus. Amid this commotion, Poler, a Sokaogon Chippewa and interim coordinator of American Indian Curriculum Services at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, shares stories of the ancient effigy mounds that can be found around campus and in the Madison area.
Omar Poler, a Sokaogon Chippewa and interim coordinator of American Indian Curriculum Services at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, shares stories of the ancient effigy mounds that can be found around campus and in the Madison area.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s PEOPLE (Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence) program will recognize 121 PEOPLE high school scholars for their outstanding accomplishments on Friday, July 20, at the Marriott West Conference Center in Middleton. The annual R.I.S.E. (Reflect. Inspire. Succeed. Evolve.) Recognition Luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s PEOPLE (Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence) program will recognize 121 PEOPLE high school scholars for their outstanding accomplishments.
The power of financial education has made a huge difference in Martinez White’s life. It has helped him to escape poverty and to pursue his dreams. White’s mission, he says, is to get people talking about the principles of financial empowerment and to inspire intergenerational wealth in emerging communities.
The University of Wisconsin has added Georgia Southern to its football schedule for the 2023 season, according to a release from Georgia Southern.
“To see someone who was associated with the KKK is a slap in the face of that and is a reminder of the continued brutalization of people of color in America,” said one student.
The governing body of UW-Madison’s Memorial Union heard impassioned pleas from both sides Wednesday in the debate over whether to rename spaces in the Union named for two prominent alumni who, while students, belonged to a campus group called “Ku Klux Klan.”
The Director of Wisconsin Union UW-Madison, Mark Guthier, said “The fact that they kind of go away during the winter and reemerge and there’s a kind of an annual ritual of them coming back out and bringing life back to the terrace and to Madison really is part of what makes them unique!”
Those who support changing the name of the gallery said that any associations between the university and the KKK make spaces uncomfortable for marginalized students.
Community members spoke out Wednesday afternoon on whether two Memorial Union rooms — both named after alumni who were members of a 1920s campus organization called “Ku Klux Klan” should be renamed.
Forums will be held next week about the names of two spaces in Memorial Union, named for two men with links to the Ku Klux Klan.
Meetings are planned Wednesday and Thursday to get comments from the public on what to do about the names of the rooms.
Mike Sussman, who ran the Biotechnology Center for over 21 years, will become director of the Genome Center of Wisconsin, which is in the Biotechnology Center.
“Sometimes we don’t know what to do with emotions,” so parents channel them into packing and shopping to feel productive, said Beth Miller, a coordinator for residence life at University of Wisconsin-Madison who has been involved in campus life for the past 17 years. “But sometimes parents are purchasing things based on emotion and not necessarily based on need.”
Members of the UW-Madison campus community and the general public will have a chance this week to discuss whether two spaces at Memorial Union — Porter Butts Gallery and Fredric March Play Circle — should be renamed because of links between the men they are named for and a 1920s campus organization named the Ku Klux Klan.
The national Kappa Sigma fraternity has terminated its University of Wisconsin-Madison chapter after people pushed a television off the chapter’s balcony and nearly hit a woman.
Members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison community are working to ease the plight of migrants seeking refuge in the United States, with law school students headed to Texas to represent them in immigration court and professors going on record denouncing Trump administration policies.
“Everyone, in our opinion, is entitled to due process, and a lot of people aren’t receiving that because they’re not from here and that seems very strange to us,” said law student Nancy Cruz.
A group of nine University of Wisconsin-Madison law students will drive to Dilley, Texas, in August to assist immigrants being held in a family detention center.
After nine-and-a-half years near the UW-Madison campus, the coffee shop and cafe CoffeeBytes is calling it quits Friday with the retirement of its owners.
After graduating from UW-Madison 15 years ago, Andrew Olson was eager to swim in Lake Mendota while visiting his alma mater. “I’m disappointed,” Olson said. “I’m here for a conference and I was excited to go swimming.”
Backstage at Memorial Union’s Fredric March Play Circle, members of the UW-Madison performance art collective Yoni Ki Baat were waiting to perform their annual showcase of songs, monologues and spoken-word poetry celebrating stories from women and nonbinary people of color.
Backstage at Memorial Union’s Fredric March Play Circle, members of the UW-Madison performance art collective Yoni Ki Baat were waiting to perform their annual showcase of songs, monologues and spoken-word poetry celebrating stories from women and nonbinary people of color.
After standing for more than 150 years on the University of Wisconsin campus, the Science House will be demolished to make way for another building’s expansion.
She did it exactly 100 years after the first African-American woman graduated from the University of Wisconsin way back in 1918.
