Category: Campus life

Final exams and graduation might be a little more difficult this semester at UW-Madison.

Noted: Prompted to act by a post in her Twitter feed, University of Wisconsin-Madison librarian Raina Bloom has launched a GoFundMe campaign centered on a simple idea: paying off the outstanding lunch account balances for Madison Metropolitan School District students.

The Associated Students of Madison—largely made up of those who ran on the activist BlindSide ticket last semester—faced anonymous criticism from a student who questioned their ability to adequately represent all student views on campus.

The Syrian Army took over Aleppo, one of the country’s largest cities, killing hundreds of citizens in the streets Monday. Now, UW-Madison students aim to aid the people of Syria by acting locally.

Donors have helped raise $100 million for student scholarships at the University of Wisconsin-Madison by matching one of the largest individual gifts ever given to the university.

Donors have helped raise $100 million for student scholarships at the University of Wisconsin-Madison by matching one of the largest individual gifts ever given to the university.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison today is benefiting from the completion of one of the largest donations in its history totaling $100 million in new gifts set up for scholarships.

The University of Wisconsin team, featuring Freedom native Andrew Philibeck, dominated their Big Ten competition to advance to the finals of “Team Ninja Warrior: College Madness.”

Running the University of Wisconsin’s social media takes quick wit. With the advent of social, Nate Moll, UW’s social media specialist, said everything moves at lightning speed.

By many accounts, the current and 23rd session of the Associated Students of Madison Student Council is one of the most diverse the University of Wisconsin has ever seen.

Brooke Evans officially accepted a nomination Tuesday night to serve as a College of Letters & Science representative on the Associated Students of Madison Student Council.

In December 2014, kids filled the lobby of Bascom Hall as professors and teaching assistants held office hours amid the chaos—meanwhile, just down the hall, UW-Madison administration attempted to work through the noise.

The price tag for a renovation of UW-Madison’s Witte Hall has grown by $5.8 million after bids for the project adding an 11th floor and some new creature comforts to the dorm increased its cost.

Although elected and appointed representatives for the Associated Students of Madison make commitments to advocate for students at weekly meetings, two groups within the larger organization have been dealing with low attendance this year.

Minnesota students attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison are being urged to get additional vaccinations for meningitis after a small but potentially dangerous campus outbreak this fall.

The homeless Italian man accused of pushing a University of Wisconsin student into the Tiber River during his study-abroad trip to Rome is out on bail.

The 15th edition of Curb Magazine, created by a University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism class, was released this week and is all about love in and of Wisconsin.

The 15th edition of Curb Magazine hit the stands Monday. More than 10 thousand UW Madison alumni will receive a copy of the student-made magazine. It will also be available online and on the iTunes store. Students said they put the magazine together with the entire community in mind.

University of Wisconsin officials met with the Associated Students of Madison to discuss the upcoming Black Cultural Center, which will open in the Red Gym in February.

UW-Madison administrators detailed plans Wednesday for the Black Cultural Center, and how to best provide space for historically marginalized groups on campus to student leaders who critiqued only housing these groups in the Red Gym.

It is true that an “Islam Appreciation Week” was held at the University of Wisconsin, but no students were forced to wear hijabs.

Christmas came early for a group of six roommates and it came courtesy of Ellen DeGeneres.

UW Asian American students gathered to explore how to come together as a community by openly sharing stories finding their own identities and recognizing challenges within the community in an educational workshop Tuesday night.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate is calling for the support of undocumented students on campus. During their monthly meeting Monday, about 140 faculty members passed a resolution that calls for the federal government to continue and strengthen Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an immigration policy that protects certain undocumented students who came to the United States as children from deportation.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate is calling for the support of undocumented students on campus. During their monthly meeting Monday, about 140 faculty members passed a resolution that calls for the federal government to continue and strengthen Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an immigration policy that protects certain undocumented students who came to the United States as children from deportation.

The Center for Journalism Ethics at UW-Madison is hosting a panel discussion Thursday night on journalism ethics and the 2016 election. Molly Ball, a political correspondent at the Atlantic, is one of the panelists. She joins Katy Culver, the director of the Center for Journalism Ethics, on Live at Four to preview the event.

The first floor of UW-Madison’s Memorial Union is back open for business.

The Faculty Senate passed a resolution in support of undocumented students Monday amid fears that the incoming Trump administration could eliminate federal protections.

While in an Uber driving across Madison, Ashish Shenoy, a graduate student at UW-Madison from Bangalore, was surprised when his driver asked if he’d heard of Diwali night, an event Shenoy organizes.