College women cannot rely on the police — no matter how hard-working — to protect them from sexual assault. And their universities should not take away their right to carry guns on campus, conservative commentator Katie Pavlich told a full house Tuesday in a University of Wisconsin-Madison lecture hall.
The University of Wisconsin – Madison has relieved a teaching assistant after a blog post with controversial statements went viral.
The contentious speaker was met with students wielding dildos, shouting ’cocks not glocks.’
If the Associated Students of Madison’s internal budget proposal gets passed in its current form, more student leaders will receive wages and the outreach committee will receive more money than in the past.
According to Memorial Union Communications Director Shauna Breneman, the clogged pipe was caused by visitors flushing baby wipes and menstrual pads down toilets.
Gun-rights advocate and conservative pundit Katie Pavlich visited campus to educate students on the second amendment and gun use for self-defense without any disruption from protesters.
MADISON, Wis. – University of Wisconsin-Madison administrators are defending their decision Monday to keep a teaching assistant out of the classroom after racist social media and blog posts surfaced.
University of Wisconsin-Madison administrators are defending their decision Monday to keep a teaching assistant out of the classroom after racist social media and blog posts surfaced.
DeJope Residence Hall on the University of Wisconsin campus was targeted with anti-native graffiti on Monday, which the City of Madison declared Indigenous Peoples’ Day, according to campus administration.
Columbus Day would be replaced by Indigenous Peoples Day under new legislation.
UW political science professor said the book provides insight into rural motivations for voting for President Donald Trump.
UW officials condemn graffiti, say native heritage revitalization, recognition of tribal sovereignty is priority to university.
Graffiti reading “Columbus Rules 1492” was found on a sacred fire circle at Dejope Residence Hall Monday morning, according to a letter from Vice Provost for Student Life Lori Berquam sent to members of Wunk Sheek, an indigenous student group on campus.
Amid backlash against this year’s Go Big Read book, students, staff and community members packed into Shannon Hall Monday night to hear three Madison experts discuss J.D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy.”
UW-Madison has relieved a graduate student from his teaching duties after a blog post, which claimed he was expelled from Oberlin College for racist messaging and currently belongs to a white supremacist group, went viral. The student, Dylan Bleier, denied the allegations.
When the 1960s are caricatured as a sex-, drugs- and rock-n-roll-fueled free-for-all, the 50th anniversary of the Dow Chemical protests at UW-Madison serve as a reminder that college students are capable of caring about international injustices and believing they can influence what their government does about them.
Something was different Friday when the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents took its latest action to fine-tune free speech policy to the times.
A national group that bankrolls conservative speakers on college campuses is stirring up controversy ahead of the scheduled appearance of commentator Katie Pavlich Tuesday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Alumni Park is opening just as the University’s chief alumni officer is getting ready to call it a carreer. Paula Bonner, the president of the Wisconsin Alumni Association, is retiring at the end of the month.
Kathy Cramer, director of the Morgridge Institute for Public Service, is one expert on a panel that will discuss “Elegy,” UW-Madison’s Go Big Read at a keynote event at 7 p.m. Monday at Memorial Union’s Shannon Hall. The event is free and no ticket is required.
The Board of Regents adopted the language on a voice vote during a meeting at UW-Stout in Menomonie.
In the midst of constant rainfall and the threat of thunderstorms, hundreds of UW-Madison alumni, students and community members crowded Library Mall Friday to celebrate the opening of a new park honoring alumni and their achievements.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank said she has no plans to answer the Associated Students of Madison’s call to put a plaque on Bascom’s statue of Abraham Lincoln recognizing the president’s role in the deaths of natives.
After an hour of celebration and exploration of UW-Madison’s Alumni Park, visitors at Friday’s grand opening gathered for the unveiling of the new Bucky Badger statue.
Fifty years ago next week, thousands of students on the UW-Madison campus — and the rest of the country via news photos and film clips — witnessed a protest-turned-riot that put the anti-war spotlight on the city, shattered the trust between the university and many of its students, sent nearly 70 people to the hospital and forever became known as the “Dow riot.”
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.
University of Wisconsin System regents are set to vote on a policy that calls for suspending and expelling students who disrupt campus speeches and presentations.
Alumni Park is full of unique pieces including exhibits focused on themes of the Wisconsin Idea including service, discovery and tradition. Faces of iconic alumni, lit sculptures cast words against the ground for visitors to read at night and even a sculpture of the first issue of “The Onion” await park visitors.
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.
Employees working in two areas of UW-Madison halls are being relocated after elevated levels of lead contamination were found, following a lead paint removal project.
MADISON, Wis. – Potential exposure to lead at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is more widespread than previously reported. Last week UW officials said there might be lead contamination at Agricultural Hall. Now, Bascom Hall is being looked at too.
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.
University of Wisconsin System leaders are set to vote on a policy that would punish students who interfere with campus speeches and presentations, getting in front of a Republican bill that would require them to crack down on disruptions.
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.
The UW Board of Regents, mirroring what Republican state lawmakers describe as a push to safeguard free speech on college campuses, is poised to vote on whether students should be expelled if they repeatedly disrupt “the expressive rights of others.”
MADISON, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department is investigating an assault and attempted abduction that happened Monday at 1 a.m., according to police.
After high levels of lead dust were found in areas of Agriculture Hall, UW-Madison is testing several areas in the building and outside a neighboring preschool in Nancy Nicholas Hall.
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.
The fall semester is kicking off with Attorney General Jeff Sessions embracing free speech protections on U.S. college campuses, while at University of Wisconsin-Madison, the police chief vows her officers will protect controversial speech.
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.
MADISON, Wis. – At the end of the month, a federal loan program for low-income college students is set to expire. Unless Congress steps in to save it, 1,500 schools across the country won’t be able to offer low-interest loans next year, including UW-Madison.
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.
