UW-Madison undergraduate Selina Armenta has lived in Wisconsin for most of her life, moving with family from Mexico during her childhood. She has experienced frigid midwest winters, Packers football and the typical challenges of life as an American teenager.
UW-Madison students can vote before Election Day Nov. 8 at two campus locations.
Several Downtown streets all tied to State Street will shut down Saturday night for the annual Freakfest party, a situation exacerbated by thousands of football fans in town for the big Wisconsin-Nebraska tilt, also slated for Saturday night.
Students of color at UW-Madison said the campus drinking culture diminishes their college experience and makes them avoid places where drunken students congregate, according to recently released survey results.
In an office cluttered with monkey memorabilia —stuffed animals, posters and photos, books galore —Dr. Karen Strier smiled as she spoke about the species she holds close to her heart: the muriqui monkeys.
At a recent Black and Brown Vote event at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, many of the attendees were active in student politics and protest movements. L. Malik Anderson, a 21-year-old journalism and communications arts major, helped organize the Oct. 12 panel discussion to encourage people his age to register and vote.
The beat of melodies and rhymes is a sound that’s catching the attention of hundreds of classrooms across the nation.
Millennials get a bad rap. They’re labeled narcissistic, self-absorbed and apathetic. (Just look at their nicknames: the selfie generation, generation me, the unemployables.)
My grandmother, whom my family affectionately referred to as “Bay” because she was the youngest of her siblings, was one of the wisest people I’ve ever known—especially when you consider the fact that she only had an eighth-grade education. She would often tell me, “If you don’t stand for somethin’ you’ll fall for nothin’.”
UW-Madison is giving out free meningitis-B vaccines after two students fell ill with the disease.
The University of Wisconsin Police Department at a ceremony Wednesday broke ground on a $4.8 million expansion of its headquarters.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank Wednesday attended an Associated Students of Madison meeting to discuss internal budget affairs and the progress of the pilot campus climate initiative, “Our Wisconsin.”
A few dozen peaceful students drowned out chants from the Westboro Baptist Church with their own counter protest at the corner of Park Street and University Avenue Thursday afternoon.
A University of Wisconsin student has filed a complaint against Lumen House on the basis of discriminating against renters based on their religious statuses.
A second victim has come forward claiming to have been sexually assaulted by University of Wisconsin senior Alec Cook.
After two UW-Madison students contracted meningococcal disease, more than 80 nursing students will volunteer to administer vaccinations beginning Thursday at the SERF.
Changes to UW-Madison’s Academic Calendar were approved by the Faculty Senate, resulting in no exams being held on commencement day, among other small amendments.
The state’s biennial budget might seem complicated, but it has very real effects for the students, faculty, administration and staff that make up the UW System. In the last round, they were forced to absorb a $250 million cut that changed the experiences of students across the state. As the next budget looms, follow The Daily Cardinal’s series on what it could hold for key UW players.
The biennual budget and campus climate are concerns for many students, and Chancellor Rebecca Blank addressed university administration’s efforts on these issues at Wednesday’s Associated Students of Madison Student Council meeting.
A UW-Madison student was seriously injured after losing control of their skateboard and hitting a light pole on Observatory Drive.
Signs that read “God Hates Proud Sinners” and similar phrases, that were held by members of the Westboro Baptist Church, were countered by words such as “Ignore the Haters” by UW-Madison students and community members.
Alec Cook, 20, who was arrested for alleged sexual assault earlier this week, turned himself into Madison Police officers Thursday night and has been tentatively charged with the sexual assault of a second victim.
The Wisconsin Science Festival kicked off Thursday morning at UW-Madison.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is urging all undergraduates to get vaccinated against a rare form of meningitis that put two students in the hospital last week.
Differing views clashed in downtown Madison today.
UW-Madison and University of Iowa fraternity chapters are teaming up to run a football all the way to the Badgers-Hawkeyes game to raise money for local military families.
After two students were infected with meningitis B nearly two weeks ago, UW-Madison is taking extra steps to prevent an outbreak on campus.
A project to more than double the size of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department’s headquarters has officially broken ground, according to a news release.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives will host its annual Passing the Mic event this weekend that will celebrate the transformational potential of hip hop arts in the Madison community and on the UW-Madison campus. This is the 12th annual Passing the Mic event, which is one of the truly diverse, multicultural events that the city of Madison will see.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student suffered a serious injury skateboarding on campus Thursday afternoon, an official said.
A 20-year-old woman told police she was also a sexual assault victim after the arrest of a Madison man on sexual assault charges.
A $4.8 million project more than doubling the size of the UW-Madison Police Department’s headquarters will improve officer training and make the booking process safer, officials say.
Starting Monday, Madison residents will be able to take care of their Election Day duties ahead of time at two early voting locations on the UW-Madison campus.
A 20-year-old UW-Madison student was arrested Monday in connection with a sexual assault that occurred Downtown last week, according to Madison police.
A UW-Madison student was charged Wednesday with four counts of second-degree sexual assault arising from an incident last week in which another student told police she was raped.
A UW-Madison student charged this week with the sexual assault of a student turned himself in Thursday night for allegedly sexually assaulting another student, after the woman saw news accounts of his initial arrest and came forward with her story.
University of Wisconsin-Madison sent out a campus-wide text alert Thursday reminding undergraduates that it’s the first day to get free immunizations against a type of meningococcal disease that most haven’t been vaccinated against, and that led to the hospitalization of two students a couple weeks ago.
University of Wisconsin-Madison administrators are hoping a first-of-its-kind campus climate survey launched this week will help to improve inclusivity.
University of Wisconsin-Madison spent $23.6 million in retention efforts this past year, according to a report released Friday by the university.
For Keven Stonewall, being a teenager meant embarking on a scientific journey of questions and discoveries. It meant taking risks and not being afraid to stand out from his peers. And it meant working to find a cure for colon cancer at the tender age of 17.
Three UW-Madison undergraduates have attempted to uncover through research that standardized testing exemplifies systematic racism and makes it challenging for young black students to attend college.
The University Committee discussed a number of topics ranging from the Westboro Baptist Church visiting campus to faculty childhood care at its meeting Monday.
UW-Madison released a campus climate survey to students Monday that will assess the experiences of people with various backgrounds and identities.
In an attempt to keep faculty members from leaving, University of Wisconsin administration invested nearly $23.6 million to fund retention offers in the 2015-16 academic year.
The hundreds of students graduating from University of Wisconsin’s College of Engineering this spring comprise the first cohort to experience much of their engineering education through what are known as “flipped classrooms.”
University of Wisconsin College of Letters and Science is reviewing its ethnic studies requirement, which experts say could improve campus climate and create a more challenging experience for students.
UW-Madison is recommending that students be vaccinated against a rare form of meningitis following the hospitalization of two students last week, university officials said Friday.
UW-Madison spent $23.6 million in the latest fiscal year to keep about 200 faculty members on campus after other universities ramped up their efforts to recruit professors away in the wake of budget cuts and controversial changes to tenure policies, officials said Friday.
Yes, Rece Davis confirmed, it is as much fun on the ESPN “College GameDay” set as it looks on TV.
Back when I was a freshman at UW-Madison in the fall of 1988, one of the fraternities pulled one of those stupid stunts where white people dress up in blackface. In this case, there was a “slave auction” and skits parodying the likes of Oprah Winfrey.
UW-Madison students can start getting free vaccinations on Thursday against the rare form of meningitis that sent two students to the hospital earlier this month.
In an effort to gauge how comfortable people from different racial, religious, political and other backgrounds feel on campus, UW-Madison is launching a survey of its student body that officials say could inform changes meant to improve the university’s climate.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is urging all undergraduates to get vaccinated against a rare form of meningitis that put two students in the hospital last week.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison says it spent nearly $24 million in its latest fiscal year to persuade about 200 faculty members not to leave after other universities ramped up their efforts to lure professors away in the wake of budget cuts and tenure changes.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison says it spent nearly $24 million in its latest fiscal year to persuade about 200 faculty members not to leave after other universities ramped up their efforts to lure professors away in the wake of budget cuts and tenure changes.
Campus health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are recommending that UW-Madison undergraduate students become vaccinated against meningococcal disease serogroup B.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison last academic year spent $23.5 million to counter job offers and hang on to a growing number of faculty who had opportunities to leave, and most of that money came from federal funding that supports research overhead and the university’s private research foundation, according to university officials and a report released Friday.
University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday issued a rare recommendation that all undergraduates get immunized against a type of potentially deadly meningococcal disease that put two students in the hospital a week ago and announced it will set up a special clinic starting Thursday to offer the expensive vaccine to students at no charge.
Miss Wisconsin USA returned to the Chippewa Valley Sunday. Skylar Witte, a UW-Madison student, celebrated her honor with family and friends at the Theatre Guild in Eau Claire.
Officials from ESPN are working on the final touches to their College Game Day stage, getting ready to put UW-Madison on the national stage for the Badgers vs. Ohio State game Saturday.
