Category: Campus life

College students will do pretty much anything for free food. Rock The Vote and Doritos took advantage of that today on UW-Madison’s campus.

UW-Madison prides itself for being one of the premier state schools in the nation. Data released by the university Friday, however, highlights just how much support the school needs from students outside of Wisconsin.

University of Wisconsin’s Student Services Finance Committee Monday heard a presentation from Native American student organization Wunk Sheek that encouraged broader engagement and cultural awareness with new events this year.

UW-Madison students could be grabbing their Amazon packages from Sellery Residence Hall, Memorial Library or the University Bookstore, among other new options, for the corporation’s on-campus pickup point, student leader Omer Arain said Sunday.

Nearly one-third of new students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this fall are coming from outside Wisconsin and paying higher tuition, according to data released Friday by the university.

Within the past year, protesters at UW-Madison have struggled to achieve change. Actually providing the change they strive for on campus can prove to be a similarly frustrating pursuit for administrators.

University of Wisconsin-Madison officials have backtracked on a plan to put an Amazon package pickup location in a historic campus building after backlash from students, faculty and Madison business owners.

The UW is considering signing a contract with Amazon to have a pick up center on campus, but the proposed location is causing major concern.

UW-Madison Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Laurent Heller addressed the Associated Students of Madison Shared Governance Committee Tuesday about their concerns regarding the upcoming Amazon pickup point in the Red Gym.

University of Wisconsin-Madison is cutting back the hours students can work, and some students say that will make it harder for them to stay in school.

The University of Wisconsin at Madison will limit student workers to a weekly maximum of 29 hours in order to comply with an Affordable Care Act mandate, according to The Capital Times.

A top UW-Madison administrator will meet Tuesday with student government representatives on a controversial plan to contract with Amazon for a package pick-up point in the Red Gym.

A UW-Madison student is one of the college delegates from across the country to team up and submit questions for consideration for Monday’s first debate between Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump.

UW-Madison Dean of Students Emerita Mary Rouse sent a letter Sunday to Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Laurent Heller to offer her perspective on the university’s deal with Amazon to use space in the Red Gym.

UW-Madison is cutting the work week of its student employees to no more than 29 hours to conform to requirements of the Affordable Care Act, a move some student workers say will make it harder for them to stay in school.

Former UW-Madison professor Sara Goldrick-Rab returned to the area Friday to present findings from her recently published book, “Paying the Price.”

The University of Wisconsin-Madison student government is asking for the new location for a planned Amazon pickup point in the Red Gym to be moved. Late last month, the UW System Board of Regents approved an agreement allowing students to have items shipped to the pickup point instead of their apartments.

The Associated Students of Madison Student Council voted Wednesday to pass new legislation that would call for the university to move the location of a brick-and-mortar Amazon venue to an alternate location, away from current plans to house it at the Red Gym.

The Faculty Scholars Program has awarded Jue “Jade” Wang, associate professor of bacteriology at the UW-Madison, with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Scholar.

The Student Council of the Associated Students of Madison is asking Chancellor Rebecca Blank to reject a proposed contract to permit an Amazon pick-up point in the Red Gym.

The Associated Students of Madison passed legislation Wednesday evening calling for Chancellor Rebecca Blank and Laurent Heller, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, to find an alternative location on campus for the Amazon Pickup Point.

Before an audience of students, faculty and members of the UW-Madison community, Lisa Graves, executive director of Center for Media and Democracy, spoke Tuesday about the corruption of what the UW System considers a great pride: the Wisconsin Idea.

Madison’s reputation as a party campus filled with hard-drinking students has long served as a draw for incoming freshmen, and such was the case for now-senior Carter Kofman.

University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty are uneasy over a planned contract with Amazon for a pickup point in the Red Gym that they say is ethically suspect and could muddle public perception of the university’s mission.

Dear World, a national portrait project, brought their group to UW-Madison Tuesday to ask all members of campus one question: “If you had one story to share with the world, what would you say?”

The Madison Common Council adopted legislation establishing an additional early voting site on the UW-Madison campus for the November general election at its Tuesday meeting.

Chase Bauernfeind knew he wanted to live at The Hub when it was no more than a maze of girders rising at the corner of State and Frances streets, steps from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

Associated Students of Madison held their first voter registration event Monday at Memorial Library to attract student voters.

mtvU’s RateMyProfessors.com, the largest online destination for college professor ratings, released its toplists.ratemyprofessors.com ranking this week, the nation’s top professors and universities, based entirely on students’ input.

The Student Services Finance Committee approved the eligibility of Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics club Thursday evening.

As the City of Madison increases easier access to voting, the University of Wisconsin has followed suit by offering voter ID printers at polling stations around campus — even on Election Day.

Bill Elvey, associate vice chancellor for facilities planning and management, is becoming senior vice president at Children’s Health System in Texas.

UW-Madison has identified those believed to be responsible for drawing swastikas on three residence hall whiteboards over the weekend.

Less than a week into the new school year, UW-Madison officials are dealing with an incident of intolerance on campus after swastikas were found on three dorm room doors in Sellery Hall.