Conservative talk radio host Charlie Sykes told a crowd on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Tuesday it is impossible to talk about President-elect Donald Trump without discussing the “racism and xenophobia” that has been normalized by his campaign, calling them a “cancer” the Republican Party will have to confront.
Upwards of 1 million international students studied in the United States last school year; and more than 13,400 of them were in Wisconsin, an increase of about 6 percent, according to the 2016 Open Doors report from the Institute of International Education.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of assaulting another student was high on drugs, according to a court document.
Four finalists have been selected for the position of UW-Madison Police Department chief of police.
State politicians and community members met Monday to discuss concealed carry on UW System schools’ campuses, with a bill allowing for so-called campus carry potentially looming next year.
In many states across the country, legislation that allows concealed carry, a license which grants an individual the ability to covertly carry a gun on them, has already been passed. The addition of guns on campuses has caused students, staff, faculty and parents to worry, especially after mass school shootings such as Virginia Tech and Sandy Hook.
Local protesters joined two national organizations in a boycott of Wendy’s State Street location for the fast food restaurant’s alleged unwillingness to improve the wages and working conditions of U.S. tomato farmworkers.
Monday night provided a unique opportunity for the Madison community: the chance to hear first-hand accounts of space travel and life in microgravity from one of America’s pioneering astronauts Colonel Eileen Collins.
Plans to install a leaf sculpture on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Library Mall have been scrapped. A new public art piece will be chosen to take its place this Friday.
A lot has happened between the Oct. 29 Wisconsin Badgers home football game against Nebraska and the team’s huge win during this past homecoming weekend. As a campus community, we’ve had to contend with the horrifying representation of a noose being brought into Camp Randall, grappled with what many have referred to as a lukewarm response at best by the university, to dealing with the outcome of the presidential election.
Over 60 students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, along with community members, took to the streets around campus on Friday afternoon to respond to, what organizers called, “blatant support of acts of white supremacy.” The protest was organized by the Black Liberation Action Coalition (BLAC,) a group formed by UW-Madison student organizers and Madison-based community activists, Freedom Inc.
One person reported watching people in a passing car shout a racial slur at a group of high school students.
Demonstrations on campus continued Friday as around 200 students and community members gathered at Library Mall to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Protesters starting at Bascom Hall moved toward the UW-Madison homecoming parade route Friday, halting the parade momentarily and disrupting traffic in the area, university police said.
Following President-elect Donald Trump’s Tuesday victory, a letter has begun circulating online calling on UW-Madison administrators to protect students, staff and their family members “who face imminent deportation” because of their undocumented status.
Some undocumented UW-Madison students say they felt fear and uncertainty after Donald Trump was elected president. But they are not giving up.
Election night in the United States found Kan Wei, a professor at China’s Beijing Normal University, in a living room in Madison, Wisconsin. As he watched election returns alongside other scholars attending an international symposium, his thoughts turned to how a Trump presidency might affect his research on comparative education. “It’s kind of the beginning of the closing of the US door,” he remembers thinking.
Wayne Guthrie, currently senior vice president of staff operations at the Arthritis Foundation in Atlanta, has been named chief human resources officer, leading the Office of Human Resources on the Madison campus.
Student voter turnout for the 2016 presidential elections is up 7 percent campus wide since the 2012 elections, with the overwhelming majority of those votes going to Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Following Donald Trump’s presidential win, nearly 2,500 students and community members stood in solidarity with historically marginalized groups at the steps of the Capitol Thursday night.
Associated Students of Madison Student Wednesday passed legislation Wednesday urging professors to cancel class the day before Thanksgiving to allow students ample travel time home.
Chanting as they moved, thousands of protesters marched Thursday night from Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to State Street and on to the state Capitol.
More than a thousand University of Wisconsin students and Wisconsin residents gathered at the Capitol Thursday evening to protest sexual assault, President-elect Donald Trump’s marginalization of minority communities and neglect of women’s reproductive rights.
Fire up, University of Wisconsin football fans, with a homecoming parade from 5-6:30 p.m. Friday prior to the Badgers’ game vs. Illinois on Saturday.
More than a thousand people gathered at the top of Bascom Hill at UW-Madison in what would be the starting point of a passionate, at times emotional and down right angry protest against President-elect Donald Trump.
Madison now joins a growing list of cities holding post-election demonstrations.
Protests over the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline has been making headlines.
Thousands took to the streets of Madison Thursday night to protest President-elect Donald Trump
Noted: At the LGBT Campus Center at UW-Madison, students were stunned by Tuesday night’s results. Campus leaders tell 27 News the situation is too raw yet to comment, but said they are dealing with numerous students feeling hopeless and confused.
Wisconsin Badgers forward Nigel Hayes has not been shy in expressing his opinions on the current social climate in the U.S., expressing ad nauseum his frustrations with how Black Americans are currently being treated.
Two phrases written in white spray paint were drawn on the sidewalk and wall on East Campus Mall across from the Chazen Art Museum Wednesday.
UW-Madison athletics says every sports fan will be held to new standards and community members say it’s a step in the right direction to improving the campus climate.
When walking to class the morning after Election Day, UW-Madison sophomore Ali Khan said he felt like someone close to him passed away.
Two weeks ago, Camp Randall gained national attention, not just for a Badgers win, but for a racially charged costume worn at the game.
The senior class officers, the Office of the Chancellor and the University Book Store are giving students the opportunity to vote on new commencement robes for the spring 2017 commencement.
MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin athletics department officials announced changes Wednesday night to the school’s carry-in and ticket policies for home sporting events, beginning this weekend. The decision comes in response to an Oct. 29 home football game in which two people were involved with a Halloween costume depicting President Barack Obama in a noose.
Binnu Palta Hill is working hard for a more diverse School of Business.
Officials at UW-Madison said they’ve issued 6,486 free voting-compliant ID cards to students as of Monday.
A number of high-profile UW Madison student athletes are speaking out on Twitter against racial inequalities.
Two big fall events, the UW-Madison homecoming parade and the Madison Marathon, will require the closing of streets on Friday and Sunday.
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton entered the night as the favorite to win the White House.
Republicans maintained their majorities in both the state Assembly and state Senate Tuesday.
The UW-Madison campus hosted watch parties for attendees of all party affiliations to observe as the results came in for the elections, which resulted in Donald Trump being named president elect of the United States.
Many UW-Madison students headed to the polls on Election Day, though one in particular didn’t vote for a presidential candidate—he casted a vote for every other position on the ballot instead.
University of Wisconsin-Madison is printing out last minute voter identification cards for students at polling places on campus.
The Campus Women’s Center and Adventure Learning Programs presented their 2018 fiscal year budget requests during the Student Services Finance Committee Monday night.
State Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum, said in a blog post that “there is an additional tool that state lawmakers have been denying parents and schools–the ability to utilize concealed carry if they so choose.”
Wisconsin basketball star Nigel Hayes is speaking up again, this time on racial injustice.
Rebecca Blank, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, on Monday apologized for the way the university responded to an incident last month when two fans at a football game wore costumes and had props depicting the lynching of President Obama (at right). Authorities at the time asked the two fans to stop using the noose, and the fans complied, but many said the university should have done more.
MADISON, Wis. — Several University of Wisconsin athletes used their Twitter accounts Monday night to post a statement demanding change in racial inequalities on campus. The message came in the wake of an incident at an Oct. 29 home football game in which two people were involved with a Halloween costume depicting President Barack Obama in a noose.
Associated Students of Madison leaders condemned the university’s response to the costume of Obama and a noose that appeared at Camp Randall on Halloween and has angered many in the community.
Comedy Central’s Anders Holm visited his alma mater Saturday to answer questions for students about his time at UW-Madison and the success he has had since graduating in 2003.
In light of recent racially charged hate and bias incidents at UW-Madison, the ethnic studies requirement has come under review this semester to ensure all of its courses are aligned with the learning outcomes of the university.
Sore arms and talks of a deadly infection flooded the campus last week, a result of students swarming the Southeast Recreational Facility to receive the first of two free meningococcal B vaccines offered by the university’s health services after three UW-Madison students fell ill this past month.
The National Lawyers Guild and the Black Law Student Association chose the theme of mass incarceration for their “Take Action” panel because it is a permanent issue in the state of Wisconsin and permeates many different types of law, according to a BLSA representative.
The number of University of Wisconsin-Madison students who registered to vote this election cycle is higher than the last.
Muslim students at UW-Madison say they hope the murder of a UW-Stout Muslim student sparks conversations about acceptance on campus.
Before he enrolled at UW-Madison, student Devon Hamilton had never heard of the fraternity members at the university who dressed in blackface and held a mock slave auction in the 1980s.
Can you look poverty in the eyes? Matthew Desmond, author of The New York Times bestselling book Evicted, wants to know. His book was this year’s Go Big Read selection.
Noted: The University of Wisconsin at Madison, for instance, used to offer screenings free of charge to students and nonstudents in the local area. But although it still serves students, the university stopped community screenings after state funding was cut. Still, though, the free screenings for students are a vital resource. In addition, after the CDC data were released, administrators at University Health Services have been discussing how to reach out to high-risk patients and close the gap in the university’s educational outreach and screenings, according to William Kinsey, director of medical services at Madison.
