The Back from the Front seminar is open only to first-year students who are veterans or currently enlisted. The course helps the students put the skills they learned in the military to use in the civilian world.
After completing a career at the White House, University of Wisconsin alumna Jo Handelsman has returned to the Dairy State as the new director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery.
Tuesdays and Thursdays on the second floor of Sterling Hall, students enrolled in Gender & Women’s Studies 533: Neurobiology & Traumatic Memory can be found doodling instead of taking notes. But, unlike other lectures, the instructor does not take away participation points for notebook margin art—she encourages students to keep at it.
The University of Wisconsin Associated Students of Madison Equity & Inclusion Committee met Monday to plan for a series of events for the semester, including a Social Justice Week in April. Ali Khan, Equity & Inclusion Committee chair, brainstormed ideas for the Social Justice Week, set to take place April 3 to 7. Khan said he hopes the event will not only involve student organizations but the broader Madison community as well.
UW-Madison’s Division of Recreational Sports works to support students’ mental, academic and social well-being through a vast array of opportunities and facilities.
Fourteen schools, 84 student leaders, three Associated Students of Madison representatives and two regular UW-Madison students traveled from across the Big Ten network sit down as a ‘think tank’ at the Ohio State University this month.
University programs such as AlcoholEdu help downplay the perception of UW-Madison as a party school. AlcoholEdu, an educational module students must complete before beginning their freshman year—helps the university track data on student drinking patterns and the general culture of the school in regards to consumption.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police said Sunday they were forced to use a Taser on an 18-year-old man who was attacking and grabbing people outside a campus residence hall.
As political polarization across the country fuels ideological confrontations on college campuses, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Gov. Scott Walker is proposing a law to require UW officials to protect offensive speech.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank recently released the Badger First-Generation Transfer Promise Program, which would offer one or two years of free tuition at the university for first-generation college students who meet academic requirements and transfer in with an associate’s degree from UW Colleges or Wisconsin Technical College System school. However, the program is contingent upon additional state funding for the UW System in the 2017-19 biennial state budget.
UW-Madison Police Department arrested an 18-year-old man Saturday who caused a public disturbance by grabbing pedestrians, according to a UWPD incident report.
An 18-year man, who was reportedly grabbing and attacking pedestrians near a UW-Madison dormitory Saturday, charged at officers and ran away before he was eventually Tased and arrested, UW police said.
There’s no shortage of alcohol-soaked traditions at college campuses across the country, even within the UW System—whether that’s Oktoberfest at UW-La Crosse, UW-Whitewater’s Spring Splash or the biannual pub crawl in Oshkosh. And for every event, there are dozens of guidelines, strategies and campaigns in place to educate students about the risks they take when engaging in heavy drinking. But those at UW-Madison who seek to promote healthy habits face hurdles other UW System schools do not.
Carter Kofman was 20 years old when he had to put his education at UW-Madison on hold to get sober. After going into recovery in 2015, he returned to campus in the spring, aware living alone could be tough in a college environment.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say an 18-year-old man is in custody after he allegedly attacked and groped people near a residence hall.
One day after Gov. Scott Walker announced a state budget that would potentially affect how the group allocates fees, the Student Service Finance Committee toured the University Health System facility in anticipation of its budget hearing.
On Wednesday, the city’s Urban Design Commission granted initial approval for the new design of a University of Wisconsin-Madison gym, but asked for updated designs to improve the look of its eastern facade.
Two finalists have been selected to fill the director’s post at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, one currently working at the lab the other heading a federal lab in Arkansas.
If someone set up a poll of every University of Wisconsin student, I wonder what the percentage of students who have been or have almost been hit by a moped would be.
The grand opening of the Black Cultural Center—originally planned for February—has been pushed back to an undetermined date in either late April or early May, according to university officials. The space will still be dedicated with a ceremony at the conclusion of Black History Month.
The night was the second annual “Race and Faith” event hosted by Pres House at 731 State St. The goal of the evening was to plant seeds of hope and reconciliation through storytelling, especially needed in this time of high anxiety and growing suspicion, Liu said.
A nonprofit organization that treats sexual assault victims at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus is concerned about a portion of Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget.
As the nation continues to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order, students, community members and immigration lawyers gathered to discuss the travel ban and its effect on the Muslim population.
As student activism begins to rise on college campuses across the nation, some professors are encouraging faculty to rise with them.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s student government arm is none too pleased with Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to let students opt out of paying certain fees.
A $100,000 funding stream the Dane County Rape Crisis Center receives from the University of Wisconsin-Madison could be in jeopardy under a proposal in Gov. Scott Walker’s 2017-19 budget.
Gov. Scott Walker is proposing a five percent tuition cut for in-state undergraduate students and more state money for the UW System as a whole in the 2017-19 state budget.
Governor Scott Walker’s latest budget proposal aims to support UW System students with tuition cuts and other degree options, but one measure could cut student programs and services.
In the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s rollout of a controversial executive order barring immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries, many questioned whether it was consistent with American values of acceptance and diversity.
Following UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s unexpected tuition proposal last Thursday, chancellors from UW System universities largely praised the opportunity it would provide to students on their campuses, while some questioned if the plan would decrease enrollment at smaller system schools.
Gov. Scott Walker announced Tuesday his long-anticipated budget proposal for the University of Wisconsin System, which includes a 5 percent decrease for in-state tuition as well as the possibility for students to opt out of segregated fees.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker proposed Tuesday cutting the University of Wisconsin System’s resident undergraduate tuition by 5 percent, allowing students to opt out of paying some fees and handing the system $42.5 million in new state aid contingent upon meeting certain performance standards. Other UW proposals Walker unveiled include:
As Gov. Scott Walker’s state budget proposal nears its unveiling, the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Associated Students of Madison met to discuss the upcoming biennial budget.
Standing in front of a crowd of 200, Zahiah Hammad introduced the ways President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration impacts her life, her family and her friends.
Though all energy expenditures for UW System institutions are controlled by the Wisconsin Department of Administration, a new campaign seeks to alter this policy and allow schools to be 100 percent renewable energy by 2030.
After strong opposition from both the administration and student body, University of Wisconsin student Daniel Dropik will not be pursuing to start a chapter of the American Freedom Party on campus.
A student who attempted to form a Madison chapter of the American Freedom Party in January has abandoned his plans to bring the “alt-right” organization to campus, according to the Associated Press.
A UW-Madison student trying to form a pro-white group has abandoned his efforts after intense backlash from other students and university officials.
For now, people from seven countries can still come to the U.S. But before a judge put the ban on hold last week, President Trump’s executive order left many travelers in limbo. One student who was on a UW-Madison school trip at the time was nearly impacted as she wondered if she would ever get back.”It’s just a terrible form of discrimination,” Lily Khadempour said.
After the removal of tenure protection, the Board of Regents began to remove stipulations from UW System policies that weakened the program for faculty. After a change made by Regents to the UW-System policy, an original draft was returned as it was determined that it did not meet new standards. The senate must approve a revised proposal to be approved by the Board in April or UW-Madison will be forced to adopt a policy provided by the Regents.
An open forum held at UW-Madison’s Discovery Center aimed to explore issues of Islamophobia in the community and worldwide.
UW-Madison’s Middle East Studies Program and Center for Humanities held the panel to shed light on this national issue. The event was named “Fighting Islamophobia”, which the six panelists said is a growing fear affecting how Muslim’s are perceived.
A new plan unveiled last week would give one free year of tuition at U-W Madison to some of the first students in their families to seek college degrees.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A University of Wisconsin student trying to form a pro-white group has abandoned his efforts after intense backlash from other students and university officials.
Wisconsin’s players are set to debut new warm-up tops when the Badgers host Indiana at noon Sunday.These aren’t ordinary T-shirts.With senior Nigel Hayes as the catalyst, the players will be wearing shirts with the names of 28 prominent individuals in black history.
UW-Madison students can reduce the environmental footprint of buildings on campus with the help of $50,000 of funding from the Office of Sustainability’s Green Fund.
A group of UW-Madison law students demonstrated on Bascom Hill Friday afternoon, in support of their fellow students affected by the new federal travel ban.
One hundred sixty-eight years ago, the inaugural group of Badgers sat down for the first classes at UW-Madison. Now, every Feb. 5, current Badgers celebrate the university’s founding.
The University of Wisconsin System has put up a new website to help students deal with problems involving sexual harassment and violence on campus.
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While all relationships are different, fostering healthy communication is an important step to creating a healthy one, according University Health Services mental health experts at a student discussion Thursday.
With growing concerns about campus safety, and news last week that a student convicted of torching black churches was trying to start a white nationalist group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the UW System is reviewing a practice of not asking prospective students if they have a criminal history.
Following the shared governance changes in 2015, UW-Madison had to rethink its structure of communication between campus groups. According to Jack O’Meara of PROFS, the lobbying arm of the Faculty Senate, UW-Madison still has shared governance but movement among some state political leaders has weakened this structure.
The League of Women Voters has joined the voices opposing the use of criminal background checks as part of the admissions process at University of Wisconsin campuses.
In front of current and former colleagues, former Madison Police Department Capt. Kristen Roman was sworn in as chief for the UW-Madison Police Department on Wednesday.
Chief Kristen Roman joined the campus police department early January. She had been with the Madison Police Department for 26 years.
The UW-Madison Police Department officially welcomed Kristen Roman as chief on Wednesday in a swearing-in ceremony at Union South.
UW-Madison said that there are 115 people on campus affected by the ban. That is up from the 88 people, 72 of whom are students, the campus identified on Monday as being from the seven mostly Muslim countries covered under Trump’s executive order.
Ten days after the Women’s March on Madison drew 100,000 people to State Street, UW-Madison students and members of the community once again picked up their signs Tuesday and protested what some see as a byproduct of the rise of President Donald Trump.
On the same night roughly 200 students protested white supremacy following the university’s response to a possible ‘alt-right’ group on campus, Chancellor Rebecca Blank spoke at an open panel, addressing student concerns regarding felony records and free speech.
