The University of Wisconsin-Madison overshot its freshman enrollment goal for Wisconsin residents this fall by more than 100 seats — good news for those who got in and for “academically prepared” high school seniors hoping to be admitted for next fall.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student organization is working to make sure local youth obtain self-esteem and confidence by collecting black dolls to be given as Christmas presents.
After a heated debate between committee members, the Student Services Finance Committee approved the $33,724 budget for an organization that serves students of indigenous identity.
The most recent freshman class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was the largest in the school’s history. But a record number of underrepresented students decided to go elsewhere.
With reported hate crimes on UW-Madison’s campus increasing from two in 2015 to twenty in 2016, reports of hate and bias on campus have resulted in surprisingly few sanctions.
With Prof. Albee Messing retiring as director of the Waisman Center at UW-Madison in January, the university has named an interim director and four finalists to replace Messing.
Professor Mark Eppli, who guided Marquette University’s real estate program to a Top 10 national ranking, will resign at the end of the academic year to teach and do research at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Brad Schimel attended a UW-Madison College Republicans meeting Tuesday as a guest lecturer.
Legislative Affairs Vice Chair Sydney Scott will take over as chair of the committee after ASM Chair Katrina Morrison served as the tie-breaking vote in the committee election Tuesday night.
Students who were troubled by the number of Associated Students of Madison representatives going on UW Hillel’s privately funded trip to Israel over winter break spoke out at the Student Council meeting Tuesday night.
A UW-Madison graduate focusing on breaking down voting barriers has been selected as one of 43 students in the U.S. to receive the Marshall Scholarship to study in the United Kingdom.
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials say they don’t know how widespread sexual harassment on campus has been beyond the results of a 2015 survey in which a significant number of female graduate students said they were victimized by a supervisor or faculty member.
There are no reliable data on the number or rate of hate crimes in the United States, according to the investigative news nonprofit ProPublica. The organization has collected several dozen self-reports of alleged incidents of hate and bias in Wisconsin — most of them unconfirmed — since November 2016 when it began soliciting tips as part of its Documenting Hate project. The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is among more than 100 news outlets and other groups participating in the project.
Co-authored by undergraduate Rena Newman and alumna Brooke Evans, the petition — created last week in collaboration with various student organizers and alumni — expressed concerns and frustration about the discriminatory nature of the dining hall policy for students.
Natasha Veeser, head of communications for the library system, said renovations and an “extensive overhaul” of Memorial Library are necessary to make the facility more open to the community.
According to the 2017 campus climate survey, non-Christian religious students feel less welcome on campus than their Christian peers.
Trailing by 9 points heading into the fourth quarter, University of Wisconsin football fans weren’t giving hopes up on a Big Ten title.
UW-Madison’s Memorial Library will be reconstructed to open up its ground floor to be more welcoming to the public under a newly completed libraries master plan.
University of Wisconsin football fans can begin to purchase tickets to the Orange Bowl in Florida starting Monday as the Badgers will take on the University of Miami.
A change in policy at UW-Madison dining halls is sparking backlash on campus. Incoming students living in dorms next year will be required to purchase a meal plan.
When the University of Wisconsin class of 2014 jumped around on graduation day, they left campus with memories to last a lifetime.
UW-Madison’s student government has come out against a new plan that requires housing residents to spend at least $1,400 at dining halls in a year, joining other prominent campus groups including the school’s College Democrats and Working Class Student Union.
According to the findings, 12 percent of students said they could not always afford sufficient food and housing while at UW-Madison, which translates to roughly one-in-eight UW-Madison students.
Forty-three U.S. students were awarded the 2018 Marshall Scholarship, the largest class of scholars since 2007, according to the British Embassy. The list includes Phoenix Rice-Johnson, University of Wisconsin— Madison, King’s College London.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Madison police say two armed intruders entered a home near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and hurt one of the residents over the weekend.
Students living in the dorms at UW-Madison will see a new charge in their housing bill next year.
If UW-Madison Libraries sticks to its “master plan,” the school will see a new south campus library and a significant restructuring of Memorial Library within the next 20-25 years.
A new dining policy has sparked backlash on campus, but UW-Madison housing leaders are hoping that providing additional information will help quell students’ concerns.
For the sixth time since 2011, Badger Nation will make the 375-mile trek to Indianapolis.
Scott Straus won the 2018 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, for his 2015 book “Making and Unmaking Nations: War, Leadership and Genocide in Modern Africa.”
With thousands of courses to choose from and a variety of graduation requirements to fulfill, the course selection process can be daunting.Fortunately, UW-Madison has a network of advisors who can make this process easier.
Students in UW-Madison’s dorms will see a new charge on their housing bill next year. The university will require residents to deposit a minimum of $1,400 on their WisCard, to be used exclusively in dining halls.
UW produced around 11 million pounds of trash in 2016, one million more than in 2014.
Project HEAL and Camp Kasem are among several organizations on campus that participated in the movement.
Just over half of University of Wisconsin-Madison students said in a recent survey that they feel comfortable contacting campus police with a problem, a count Chief Kristen Roman called “at best disheartening.”
As a UW-Madison student, I take issue with Ald. Mike Verveer for blaming hip-hop for the rise in violence on the 600 block of University Avenue in Saturday’s article, “Police say gangs think city’s bar area is their turf.”
As a professor and former chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at UW-Madison, I want to respond to the Nov. 19 State Journal article “‘Legacy of sexism’ reported.”
The program, which delivers forgivable loans to help renovate carved-up properties and encourage owner-occupancy, has been tried in three neighborhoods Downtown and near UW-Madison.
Associated Students of Madison met Tuesday to vote on the its internal budget for fiscal year 2019, as well as hear a updates about current and future construction projects on campus for recreational sports facilities.
The health care issue in America has become a firebrand in politics and government, so are journalists doing a good job telling the public what’s what?Inquiring minds can find out on Wednesday at a panel discussion put on by the UW-Madison Center for Journalism Ethics.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will establish a central reporting system and database of sexual harassment and sexual assault reports as part of efforts to bolster prevention and response practices, officials said.
UW-Madison students who signed up for a federal food assistance program can now use their benefits at a campus convenience store to buy items like cold sandwiches and packaged food.
The dean of UW-Madison’s College of Letters & Science acknowledged this week a failure to provide a safe environment in the wake of a Wisconsin State Journal report on a culture of persistent sexual harassment in a university department.
The Associated Students of Madison passed a $1,388,230.04 budget for 2019 — overriding some changes made to the initial proposal by the finance committee. Repeatedly, representatives debated what level of involvement in ASM warranted a salary, and voiced concern that if positions weren’t paid they wouldn’t be accessible to students who need a paying job to support themselves.
The University of Michigan has seen countless acts of hate targeted against people of color and other marginalized communities in recent years. The University administration has responded to such acts in a variety of ways. In October 2016, the University launched its five-year Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategic plan to foster a welcoming and inclusive campus. However, the plan has been criticized for failing to put a stop to racist attacks.
Kyra Fox, of Whitefish Bay, and Ross Dahlke, of Westfield, were among 228 finalists from American universities and colleges, with the scholarship providing all expenses for two or three years of study at Oxford University in England.
The Department of Urban and Regional Planning at UW-Madison got a lot of attention over the weekend. The Wisconsin State Journal published an article about the department’s struggle with sexual harassment surrounding one prominent professor, Harvey Jacobs. The article says Jacobs’ alleged conduct had long been known in the so-called “whisper network” of women in the department. A survey on sexual misconduct at UW-Madison in 2015 revealed that about half of the responding female graduate students had experienced sexual harassment during their time at the university. About one in five of those who experienced harassment said a faculty member was responsible for the misconduct. We talk to an expert about sexual harassment on college campuses.
Each year, thousands of accomplished students from throughout the country apply for the honor to be a Rhodes Scholar at the Oxford University. This year, UW-Madison seniors Kyra Fox and Ross Dahlka were named finalists for the prestigious award.
After the Wisconsin Law Review and REFORMA, which aims to serve the Latinx community, had their funding revoked, the two organization are suing the Associated Students of Madison Grant Allocation Committee Chair Rachel Widra.
Noted: Three floors of the existing Grainger House will become a vertically connected education space. Set for completion in spring 2018, the $11 million project will include a new computer lab, business library, and finance and analytics lab. The Commons will also contain the Business Learning Center’s five classrooms with wireless displays.
UW-Madison selected design firm Potter Lawson (Madison), and MSR Design (Minneapolis) is serving as consultant and partner. Miron Construction (Neenah, Wisconsin) is handling construction.
While Charles Manson’s “family” ultimately included about a dozen people, his very first follower was a young Eau Claire native and University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate.
The Wisconsin Union, often referred to as “the heart and soul” of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has enhanced the lives of members and visitors since it was founded in 1907. Since 1928, when the doors to Memorial Union opened, the Wisconsin Union has served as the living room of the UW-Madison campus. It employs 250 full-time and 1,400 part-time staff. At both Memorial Union and Union South, the union connects students, faculty, staff, members and visitors through shared cultural, social and recreational events and experiences.
Check out the State Journal’s gallery of some of the best signs from ESPN’s College GameDay show in Madison.
Leslie Orrantia was not yet director of community relations for UW-Madison in April 2016, when leaders of Madison’s communities of color demanded accountability from Chancellor Rebecca Blank and then-Police Chief Susan Riesling for what they felt was poor treatment of minority students on campus.
Within a few days of starting a job in UW-Madison’s Department of Urban and Regional Planning, a now-former employee says, she noticed a male professor staring at her chest.
ESPN College GameDay returned to Madison for the first time in over a year to kick off Wisconsin’s game vs. Michigan at Camp Randall Stadium.
Leslie Orrantia was not yet director of community relations for UW-Madison in April 2016, when leaders of Madison’s communities of color demanded accountability from Chancellor Rebecca Blank and then-Police Chief Susan Riesling for what they felt was poor treatment of minority students on campus.
MADISON, Wis. – Two University of Wisconsin-Madison seniors competed as finalists this year for Rhodes Scholarships, according to release.
A Facebook video mocking a UW-La Crosse student has created conflict between UW-Madison’s College Republicans and College Democrats.
36 percent of incidents centered around race, 13 percent on national origin
