The first screening of the first Wisconsin Film Festival took place on April 29, 1999, in what was then called the Wisconsin Union Theater … For 2018, the festival is back in the theater, now called Shannon Hall, for the first time in six years.
The longtime space crunch for students taking chemistry classes will finally begin to ease in a couple of years, the famous but antiquated Babcock Dairy Hall is getting a big addition and the meat science program will soon get a new building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Three student affairs officers from universities outside Wisconsin have been chosen as finalists for the UW-Madison vice chancellor for student affairs position.
For the 16th year, UW-Madison will invite curious non-scientists to campus to learn about science and research through more than 40 “exploration stations,” tours, shows and hands-on activities.
The Waisman Center at UW-Madison has selected a veteran researcher at the center as its new director.
Two local undocumented students will have an easier time paying for school next year, thanks to a new scholarship fund created by the student organizations Dreamers of UW-Madison.
A group of UW-Madison students has taken advocating for undocumented students into their own hands.
Former SJ General Counsel Josh Gerrelts allegedly used word ’gay’ in a homophobic manner, said ’Jewed out of a win’ in reference to case.
While McBurney’s accommodation services are ’excellent,’ UW’s campus exhibits a lack of understanding of Deaf culture.
Representatives advocated for amplifying freshmen voice on campus.
For the first time, the MSC will celebrate Middle Eastern North African Heritage Month and Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month to highlight those communities and the impact they have on UW-Madison.
After a protest from the Teaching Assistants’ Association, the Associated Students of Madison unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday declaring support to the organization in their fight against a new segregated fee policy.
Noted: The “Best and Brightest” piece on the BBA Class of 2018, features Alexis Pae and Bui Tan.
Property owner Steve Brown Apartments received a demolition permit for its seven-story building at 126 Langdon St. that had been used as a private dormitory for decades, but has been vacant since 2008 after student demand for the housing option dropped. Most utility service had been cut to the building in 2011.
The American Council of Engineering Companies is honoring the unique upgrades at the Memorial Union.
Prestigious Hilldale Awards were also presented to UW faculty.
Noted: The co-founders’ first project together was an app for students to more efficiently get around the UW-Madison campus.
Ben Ferris, the popular Madison jazz bassist, recalls when he first attended the Richard Davis Foundation conference in seventh grade. The event, a two-day clinic for young bassists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, left a huge impression.
Behind-the-scenes shots of a Memorial Union emblem.
Cryptocurrency courses are coming to the Wisconsin School of Business as schools worldwide catch on to a new intersection of technology and finance.
“A Concert for Richard,” an all-bass concert featuring faculty from the 25th annual Richard Davis Foundation for Young Bassists’ Conference, is at 7 p.m. on Friday in the Memorial Union’s Great Hall.
The production, directed by lecturer Drew Sutherland, will be held April 12-29 at the Hemsley Theatre in Vilas Hall.
Q&A with Jo Handelsman, director of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
Thursday afternoon a group of UW-Madison graduate student workers protested a proposed change to their segregated fee payment method.
In 1968, the feminist movement was the leading force in introducing the Gender & Women’s Studies class “Women and Their Bodies in Health and Disease” into UW-Madison’s curriculum. Fifty years later, the class has become imperative to the department, according to Professor Jenny Higgins.
Plan announced early this week makes graduate workers pay expensive fees before first paycheck.
UW-Madison Dean of Students Lori Berquam is leaving the position following spring commencement in May.
For months, University of Wisconsin-Madison officials have opposed a 12-story student housing project slated for the southwest side of campus near Union South.
Students who spend time at the MeChA House — the university community center for the Chicanx and Latinx community — and at the American Indian Cultural Center on Brooks Street believe the university has plans to replace their houses. But according to Campus Planning and Architecture Director Gary Brown, rumors that both houses will be torn down are premature.
Policy places financial hardship on graduate students, Teaching Assistants Association says.
The library closed its doors more than half a semester ago, one of the first spaces to be eliminated as part of UW-Madison’s plan to consolidate its library system.
Attempts to encourage UW-Madison’s student body to have a say in choosing their student representatives proved mostly futile last week after just 6 percent voted in the Associated Students of Madison student election — the lowest turnout in 10 years.
Donald Moynihan, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s LaFollette School of Public Affairs, announced Tuesday via Twitter that he will be leaving this fall to join the faculty of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Matthew Yglesias, co-founder of Vox, led the panel’s discussion of Trump’s first year in office.
While new policy remains contested by many students, modifications have eased some nerves.
Speaker argues algorithms can have racist implications.
UHS is in the middle of a “Supporting Student Success” workshop series that aims to help UW-Madison students coping with school-related stress.
Novak said the plan is a solution that will maintain financial stability for dining facilities, even though the plan was initially introduced as a way to provide greater transparency for students and their families as to how much they would spend in the dining halls.
Rumors on social media that Steve Carell was touring UW-Madison set the campus abuzz Monday afternoon, with some students reporting sightings and others searching the school grounds for the comedian.
Comedian and actor Steve Carrell visited the University of Wisconsin Madison on Monday. His visit had the campus buzzing with excitement, with students reporting sightings and searching the campus for the comedian.
Students fled from midterm studies and classes Monday after rumors spread on social media that the beloved movie and television star Steve Carell was on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Kristi Parsons, SSFC vice chair, said there were major issues with report.
With increasing uncertainty around the safety and security of undocumented students at the University of Wisconsin, the Faculty Senate will vote in April on the formation of a new standing committee representing the needs of international and immigrant students.
An online petition from the Associated Student of Madison’s Equity and Inclusion Committee calls on the university to draft a usage policy — which would encourage students to use the bathroom that they are most comfortable using — by mid-April.
Students will soon see the LGBT Campus Center name replaced with Gender and Sexuality Campus Center in the Red Gym, the campus center recently announced.
A group of at least 30 students from University of Wisconsin-Madison has started Solar Para Niños, a project to implement solar energy in Puerto Rico.The students plan to design and install a distributed solar system at Hogar Albergue para Niños Jesus de Nazaret, a nonprofit shelter for physically abused children located outside the city of Mayaguez.The shelter serves newborns to 11-year-olds, and currently hosts 14 children. “These are kids who have been taken from their homes who have had horrible home lives,” said Allie Stephens, a project manager from the university’s Engineers Without Borders chapter.
Ahead of next weeks’ scheduled protest against gun violence, students are planning the local “March for Our Lives” rally. On Friday, organizers spoke atop Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin- Madison campus.
Both high school and college students gathered at Bascom Hill Friday morning and talked about how they felt during an active shooter false alarm that happened on campus this winter.
A group of at least 30 students from University of Wisconsin-Madison has started Solar Para Niños, a project to implement solar energy in Puerto Rico.
The Student Service Finance Committee narrowly shot down an amendment that would change its current attendance policies, after a debate that lasted for nearly an hour Thursday.
A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison students and faculty discussed the tension between protecting the educational experience of all students and safeguarding the freedom of speech at a Cap Times Talk Tuesday at Madison’s Central Library.
Government officials, authority figures and community members gathered Wednesday night to explore solutions to various safety issues facing University of Wisconsin students.
Just six percent of UW-Madison students turned out to vote in the Associated Students of Madison elections this spring.
University of Wisconsin Madison students took to the state capitol to protest, screaming for gun control and to raise the age to purchase a gun.
The WIAA and UW announced Wednesday an extension of the contract to hold the boys basketball state tournament at the Kohl Center — and for six other championships at UW venues — through 2025.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students will join an anti-gun protest mounted by local high school students Wednesday to demonstrate solidarity in demanding political action, an organizer said.
Holder, who heads the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, will participate in “discussions” with Milwaukee-based Black Leaders Organizing for Communities and on the UW-Madison campus on Friday to “talk about activism and engagement in this year’s elections.”
On Friday, Holder is joining college students and activists on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
In their protest at Dejope Hall, UW students said meal plan is ’discriminatory,’ has to go.
Graduate students are challenging a recent proposal from the UW-Madison Bursar’s Office that would force students to pay their segregated fees and tuition in full before the start of each semester.
