Category: Campus life

WPR recently remodeled its newsroom in Vilas Hall on the UW-Madison campus and is now renovating Radio Hall for more office space.

Alumni and community members will celebrate the grand opening of a new park on the UW-Madison campus on Friday night.

Students, faculty, alumni alike note influence of internet jokes across campus.

An undetermined number of University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty, students and staff may have been exposed to unacceptable levels of lead dust during painting projects in two buildings this summer and fall, the university notified the campus community this week.

First-year students on campus are more likely to be low-risk, rather than high-risk, drinkers, according to a new report from University Health Services.

Social Security numbers serve as sort of a national ID for American citizens, but it wasn’t always that way. When economist Edwin Witte helped develop the Social Security Act of 1935, the numbers were solely a way to keep track of the new retirement payment system.

The Associated Students of Madison brought forth several new pieces of legislation including free menstrual items, gender-neutral bathrooms and a commitment to diversity in a student council meeting Tuesday.

The Associated Students of Madison took up several pieces of legislation Tuesday.

A year after UW-Madison student Beau Solomon drowned in the Tiber River in the summer of 2016, his family sued John Cabot University in Rome, sparking a discussion about students’ safety while studying abroad.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer behind “The Joker,” “Jet Airliner” and many more hits is a former UW-Madison student, and the Steve Miller Band will play a special show Friday, Oct. 20 in Shannon Hall to benefit a university scholarship fund.

A big grand opening is coming soon on the UW-Madison campus.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Camp Randall Stadium, the Bucky Wagon was back at the Badger game Saturday morning.

The McBurney Disability Resource Center, the university office that provides accommodations to students with disabilities, will introduce a new electronic accommodation and case management software this semester that will affect the way students and faculty communicate.

Students who want to pray, meditate or reflect during the school day can now do so thanks to a new reflection space in the Student Activity Center that will have its “soft run” Tuesday.

Bucky’s Butchery, located in the UW Meat Science and Muscle Biology Laboratory, 1805 Linden Drive, is now open from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursdays in addition to its regular hours on Fridays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

UW-Madison police officers are encouraging bikers to be bright.

UW-Madison’s Young Americans for Freedom has invited gun rights advocate Katie Pavlich to speak on campus Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. Student activist group Cocks Not Glocks, which aims to “fight absurdity with absurdity” by carrying sex toys in opposition to campus carry laws, will lead a protest during the event.

The idea is spreading across the UW System.

Gordon’s Flamingo Run began accepting food stamps this Monday — and they’ve already had their first transaction.

Yong, staff writer for The Atlantic, will be the fall science writer in residence, taking the week of Oct. 2 through Oct. 6 to share his sometimes weird wisdom about the animal kingdom.

Nestled in among the vending machines in the Student Activity Center on UW Madison’s campus, there’s an unlikely form of fast food.

This semester, international students were met with an additional challenge: Coming to a country whose leadership has been outspokenly anti-immigrant.

Headline News (HLN) will be following in the footsteps of ESPN’s Game Day this weekend, setting up shop at UW-Madison to show how Badger fans put on some serious tailgating.

As part of their continued effort to facilitate acceptance and inclusiveness in the UW-Madison community, campus administrators are accepting applications for a program in which select faculty members advise others on best practices for creating a welcoming classroom environment.

SSFC also voted to grant eligibility status for Adventure Learning Programs.

University of Wisconsin, Madison, student Eneale Pickett released a video over the weekend explaining his controversial anti-police brutality clothing line, which has drawn the ire of conservatives.

Gloria Ladson-Billings, professor of education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says it’s all too easy for teachers to make assumptions about students of color.

Photo gallery with a look back at what the campus and city looked like during several years filled with protests and violence such as the Dow Chemical riot and the Sterling Hall bombing.

While members of campus recognize issues of racism, police brutality, some are concerned with graphic images in Eneale Pickett’s video.

UW-Madison’s class of 2021 is the largest in school history, according to a university census taken on the 10th day of classes.

Three UW-Madison Jewish students are suing the Associated Students of Madison’s Student Council for violating ASM bylaws by acting on legislation that would have required the university to divest from Israeli companies on the same day it was brought forth last year.

A video produced by University of Wisconsin-Madison students showing police officers in pig masks hanging a black male with an American flag is drawing widespread attention — and the ire of at least one state lawmaker.

MADISON, Wis. – The UW-Madison student who recently released a controversial video portraying a police officer being beheaded defended his promotional video for his clothing line Thursday.

“F*** the police, they the biggest gang in AmeriKKKa.” Eneale Pickett knows he’s being provocative with statements like the one above, which is to be featured on sweatshirts for his new collection of clothing set to be released today. And while he’s drawn ire from conservatives, the University of Wisconsin at Madison junior has said he’s trying to spark larger conversations.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison student released a controversial video portraying police officers being beheaded after they put an American flag noose around the neck of an African American man Friday.

Berquam met with the Muslim Student Association to discuss resources available to students who report instances of hate crimes.

Author Natasha Bowens travelled across the country meeting with farmers of color.

State Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, called for local law enforcement to take action against UW-Madison student Eneale Pickett, who released a video earlier this week promoting his clothing line that Nass says is racist and anti-police.

For people with disabilities, every little life routine is never routine. Completing what would be a simple task by an able-bodied person can take much, much longer for someone living with a disability. A work deadline or a spontaneous idea to meet someone for dinner – these aren’t necessarily achievable. We talk with Ellen Samuels, a UW-Madison associate professor of English about living this life and how she maneuvers through a world that doesn’t understand why she can’t be in sync with schedules and fit into the norm.

A video produced by University of Wisconsin-Madison students shows pigs as cops being beheaded.

UW-Madison says it has removed a controversial video posted on a university internet service that depicts police officers in pig masks and references the hanging of a black man and the beheading of those officers.

A UW junior says the clothing line is meant to start conversations about social justice, but many are calling messages on the clothing offensive, especially to law enforcement.

Student government hopes to reduce cost of classroom materials for students.

Known for controversial ’All White People Are Racist’ apparel, Eneale Pickett plans to address racism within law enforcement in upcoming line.

Students could pay a lower price for books next semester after the Associated Students of Madison adopted legislation Tuesday that launches a new textbook affordability pilot on campus.