Two UW-Madison graduates who have made a career writing and producing television shows and movies will be the speakers for the university’s Dec. 17 commencement ceremony.
Many undocumented immigrants are afraid, and Sarah Stillman believes that fear has real-world effects on public safety.
A program started last year to bring free feminine hygiene products to UW Campus bathrooms is expanding.
Activist explained importance of teaching young people to accept, be understanding of everyone.
ASM budget totals $1,384,236.95, deductions took into account staff working hours.
What began as a research project for Bret Shaw’s Life Sciences Communications class transformed into an art display poised to change how UW-Madison students throw away trash.
Restrooms in the Student Activity Center will likely have free menstrual products at the start of next week, according to Governing Board Chair Nick Hall.
UW-Madison has started its search process for the next executive director of University Health Services, following the departure of Sarah Van Orman in June.
Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold will teach a class at UW-Madison next year about diplomacy in Africa.
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials say lead contamination during painting projects in two halls didn’t endanger anyone’s health.
Russ Feingold, a former state and U.S. senator, will teach a course in international studies at UW-Madison in fall 2018 as a Distinguished Visiting Lecturer.
Former state and U.S. Senator Russ Feingold will return to the University of Wisconsin campus as a distinguished visiting lecturer in fall 2018.
What started as a design assignment in a class in the School of Human Ecology has transformed into a non-profit organization that helps empower women in Kenya.
A lead contamination scare on the UW-Madison campus is over.
Differing opinions and lessons learned from 1967.
The Wisconsin School of Business is considering shutting down its full-time Master of Business Administration program, officials say, in a move that would make UW-Madison the latest university to stop offering a traditional MBA.
The Wisconsin Association of Black Men won their case against the Student Services Finance Committee Thursday, granting them the opportunity to make their case for student funding.
Some Badgers welcomed homecoming weekend with a beer at a tailgate. Others donned red-and-white overalls and sang “Build Me Up Buttercup” in the stands of Camp Randall. For Ted and Mary Kellner, homecoming marked a time to give back to their alma mater.
The admiring crowd swirling around the guest of honor last Thursday night at the Pyle Center’s Alumni Lounge was so thick that I could only get within a few feet of her as she stood near the entrance and surveyed the room.
She was the daughter of a New York cement salesman. He was the son of a legendary Wisconsin track star and Milwaukee-area businessman.
A look back.
Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison sought to reignite conflict over the school’s famed statue of Abraham Lincoln this month.
Kahl, now the president of CBS Entertainment, gave this year’s Red Talk, a homecoming week tradition.
50 years ago life for many on the UW Madison campus came to a halt. On October 18th, 1967 a sit-in against the Dow chemical company turned violent as Madison Police officers in riot gear forced anti-war protesters from the campus commerce building, bringing Madison to the forefront of a growing movement against the Vietnam War.
It’s the vandalism we’ve seen all too often around Madison. Spray painted swastikas on a memorial next to a Jewish synagogue in September. Then, this month swastikas were scratched into the hoods of several new vehicles in an east side dealership. Not to mention, there have been multiple instances of swastikas and other hateful messages that have popped up on the UW-Madison campus over the past few years.
The new program, called the Center for Religion and Global Citizenry, will have tough conversations once a week about religion. They’re conversations both students say are needed on campus.
UW Madison’s Oral History Program is gathering stories from those who experienced the Dow demonstrations through recording sessions at Madison Public Library.
Apology comes after Monday’s heated SSFC meeting.
At a lecture Thursday, an English professor sought to bring inspiration to black women scholars in a world with near minuscule black and female representation.
Two finance committee representatives accused each other of bringing personal politics into a decision on funding for the Muslim Student Association this week.
Noted: That meant many schools, including UW-Madison, had to issue separate IDs for students to use only for voting, an expensive and confusing process for students and administrators. To register to vote, students had to bring their new IDs and proof of enrollment. There were more than 13,000 out-of-state students at UW-Madison alone who were eligible to vote but couldn’t do so without going through this byzantine process if they lacked a Wisconsin driver’s license or state ID. (UW-Madison ultimately issued more than 7,300 voter IDs for the 2016 general election.)
The presentation, called “A Turning Point,” is online at 1967.wisc.edu. The Dow protest disrupted the campus for days as those opposed to the war clashed with supporters of the war and Dow. The Dow Chemical protests marked a very difficult time in the state, the nation and on the Madison campus.
Student Council also deliberated on 2019 internal budget proposal
Although they did not get the turnout they expected, the American Red Cross began accepting blood donations for its Homecoming blood drive.
The Muslim Student Association received a 14 percent slash to their budget after more than an hour of heated debate over program eligibility for funding from the student finance committee.
Wisconsin Badgers basketball head coach Greg Gard and his wife, Michelle, issued the challenge and UW-Madison students answered. At the sixth-annual “Swish Upon A Cure,” UW students helped raise the Gard’s donation to $20,349 in the fight against cancer.
A man with a gun was reported near Union South, according to a tweet sent out by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department on Monday at 8:15 p.m.
UW-Madison students joined in some fun and philanthropy at the Kohl Center on Monday
Madison Police tell 27 news a Subway restaurant on University Ave. was robbed at gunpoint around 8:00 pm Monday night, prompting UWPD to issue a campus alert.
UW-Madison police say there is no longer a threat on campus after a man was seen near Union South with a gun.
Wisconsin basketball head coach Greg Gard and his wife, Michelle, issued the challenge and UW-Madison students answered. At the sixth-annual “Swish Upon A Cure,” UW students helped raise the Gard’s donation to $20,349 in the fight against cancer.
A man with a gun reported on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Monday night after a robbery has left the area, according to UW-Madison police.
A proposed 12-story apartment building on the edge of the UW-Madison campus has drawn opposition from the university.
The annual UW-Madison Homecoming parade will bring fun, music and Bucky to Downtown and the campus, but will also bring traffic congestion for a few hours Friday afternoon and evening.
The founder of UW-Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
Noted: The gun incident, which happened near campus, was addressed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison police Tuesday. UWPD said that it didn’t send an all-campus alert because by the time police confirmed the gun incident was not a hoax, there was no longer an imminent threat.
With wet weather heading our way, UWPD has a plan to make sure football fans stay safe at Saturday’s Badger football game.
University of Wisconsin Police Department says they’ve seen an increase in use of a safety app after recent attempted kidnappings.
Noted: In fact, Hora pointed to the Wisconsin School of Business as an example of a school that has an excellent internship system because of the college’s strong coordination with employers. As the director of career services at the school’s undergraduate program, Jamie Marsh attributed their success to staff as well as size.
With UW-Madison’s Homecoming Week upon us, the Wisconsin Homecoming Committee’s events are once again set to benefit charities and organizations across the country.
A University of Wisconsin student has stepped forward to report an alleged sexual assault at a fraternity house on Langdon Street.
Miron Construction Co. will build UW-Madison’s new Southeast Recreational Facility.
Lee Conway and Alex Becker joined NBC15’s Leigh Mills to talk about their group, Fundamentally Sound.
Known as Egypt’s Jon Stewart, noted satirist Bassem Youssef will come to University of Wisconsin’s Shannon Hall in November as a part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
They always say that one is the loneliest number. As state superintendent for Wisconsin’s public schools and one of only two non-Scott Walker appointments on the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, I know it all too well. 16-1.
While acknowledging areas for improvement, sororities, fraternities seek to expand capacity for positive change.
Officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say a recent study of voting on college campuses in the 2016 presidential election shows that efforts to help students navigate the new state Voter ID law were successful.
A UW-Madison graduate teaching assistant has been removed from his position after an alleged history of racist and anti-Semitic social media posts.
Unfortunately, the current UW Board of Regents — with the notable exception of state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers — no longer recognizes this essential premise of the University of Wisconsin. They have made clear their abandonment of a commitment to sifting and winnowing, and the Wisconsin Idea that extends from it, by voting to restrict First Amendment rights on UW campuses.
A conservative commentator speaking at UW-Madison on Tuesday advocated for allowing firearms on campuses on the coattails of a new policy that disciplines students for disrupting others’ free expression.
