Many fans gathered at State Street Brats for one reason, Badger Football.
Badger fans celebrate historic game on State Street
WKOW-TV 27
Category: Campus life
University to debut multiple new initiatives for campus climate
Daily Cardinal
Members of the UW-Madison community can begin to take advantage this year of several new initiatives meant to foster more diversity and inclusion on campus.
Student debunks myth, wins challenge
Daily Cardinal
A fourth-year biomedical engineering student at UW-Madison has won the grand prize of an international, GE sponsored, university challenge for his proposed technique to do the impossible.
Must-See Historic Agriculture Buildings On UW-Madison Campus
Wisconsin Public Radio
Each year the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation offers special tours of historic sites in and around Madison. This year the tour will feature the University of Wisconsin-Madison Agricultural Campus.
Republican blasts UW diversity program as ”liberal indoctrination’
AP
A Republican state senator says a new diversity outreach program at the UW-Madison is “sinister.”
UW-Madison reclaims title of nation’s top party school
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is back on top. Of the party world, that is. UW-Madison recently was named the nation’s top party school by the Princeton Review. Madison last claimed that title in 2005.
UW officials unveil initiatives to address campus racial climate
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin officials announced 18 initiatives Wednesday with the goal of achieving diversity and inclusivity on UW’s campus.
State senator decries UW diversity outreach as ‘sinister’
A Republican state senator says a new diversity outreach program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is “sinister.”
UW officials unveil initiatives to address campus racial climate
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin officials announced 18 initiatives Wednesday with the goal of achieving diversity and inclusivity on UW’s campus.
State senator decries UW diversity outreach as ‘sinister’
WKOW-TV 27
A Republican state senator says a new diversity outreach program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is “sinister.”
Protests, racist incidents lead to more multicultural programs on campuses
Inside Higher Education
Last year, colleges were rocked by a series of protests over racial inequality on campuses and across the country. With signs pointing to those protests returning as students head back to campus this month, colleges and universities are preparing for another year of student activism.
State senator decries UW diversity outreach as ‘sinister’
WISC-TV 3
A Republican state senator says a new diversity outreach program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is “sinister.”
The 10 Best Universities on Twitter
Universities.com
Ranked No. 10, UW-Madison: This university has pride like none other. While many fail at the art of bragging modestly, UW-Madison proves through retweets from current students and big name publications like TIME, that whether it be their gorgeous sunsets or their outsourcing of the top CEOs, they are proud of their accomplishments.
UW-Madison readies cultural awareness initiatives
WISC-TV 3
University of Wisconsin-Madison leaders have set up a multi-pronged plan to give minorities a better experience on campus.
UW-Madison Marching Band preps for big weekend in Green Bay
WKOW-TV 27
With more than 50 hours of sweat and two-a-days, the badger marching band is preparing for a busy weekend ahead.
Photos: UW-Madison students begin their annual migration into campus residence halls
Capital Times
Move-in photo gallery.
UW-Madison unveils initiatives aiming to improve campus climate around race
Capital Times
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials unveiled a package of training and discussion programs Wednesday designed to improve the campus climate around racial issues.
UW-Madison launches diversity measures
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials released a campus climate progress report Wednesday outlining a plan for increased diversity and inclusivity training for teaching assistants, hiring more mental health staff and opening a campus black culture center.
UW-Madison: Efforts to improve racial climate on campus won’t infringe on free speech
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison officials say several new initiatives they have launched in a bid to improve the racial climate on campus will not stifle free speech, criticizing as a false choice the idea that making the university more inclusive means limiting the exchange of ideas that is at its heart.
UW leaders have set up a multi-pronged plan to give minorities a more inclusive experience on campus
AP
New students will discuss social differences, black students will get their own cultural center and more students will be allowed into ethnic studies courses at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as part of a multi-faceted plan to give minorities a better experience on campus, university leaders said Wednesday.
Madison business owners question UW ‘pick-up point’ contract with Amazon
Capital Times
Local Madison business owners say they are disappointed in the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents’ approval of a plan to allow Amazon set up an online order pickup point in the historic Red Gym on the UW-Madison campus.
New UW Director of Community Relations Seeks to Fill Everett Mitchell’s “Beautiful Vision”
Madison365
“I’m having all of these introductory meetings across the city, the county, and campus and all of these people I’m meeting are visionaries,” says Leslie Orrantia. “Whether its leaders of faith communities, leaders on campus, civic leaders … these people are saying that Madison has it. We can make it in Madison. That makes me very excited.”
Map librarian finds 1966 crash site
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Fifty years ago this November, a B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed into a hill in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, killing all nine people on board.
The pros and cons of being the country’s top party school
Badger Herald
The Princeton Review named the University of Wisconsin the country’s top party school Monday. Two Heralders explored the good and the bad of this.
Campus reacts as UW-Madison ranked #1 party school by Princeton Review
WKOW-TV 27
UW-Madison is back atop a list it doesn’t want to be on, but can’t seem to get off of. The Princeton Review has ranked UW the number one party school in the nation.
On Campus: UW-Madison returns to top of party school rankings, survey says
Wisconsin State Journal
One of the nation’s best-known college rankings has once again crowned UW-Madison the top party school in the country, a distinction sure to draw groans from campus administrators nearly as loud as the cheers from many students.
Illinois loses top party school spot to University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Daily Illini
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has clinched the number one party school spot. West Virginia University has claimed second and The University of Illinois was lowered to the third spot.
UW-Madison Is Ranked The Top Party School For 2017 By Princeton Review
Huffington Post
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is ranked the top party school in the nation in the annual rankings released Monday by the Princeton Review.
The top party school in the U.S.? University of Wisconsin-Madison, according to Princeton Review
AP
MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison leaders are chafing under a state-imposed tuition freeze and the football team didn’t crack the Top 25 preseason rankings. But no school in the country throws a better party, according to the Princeton Review’s 2017 edition of “The Best 381 Colleges.”
Dayton, Lake Streets to close for UW dorm move-in days
Wisconsin State Journal
Two city streets on the UW-Madison campus will be shut down to through traffic starting Tuesday, so thousands of students can move into their dormitory rooms.
University of Wisconsin-Madison is top party school in US
University of Wisconsin-Madison leaders are chafing under a state-imposed tuition freeze and the football team didn’t crack the Top 25 preseason rankings. But no school in the country throws a better party, according to the Princeton Review’s 2017 edition of “The Best 381 Colleges.”
Street closures for UW Move-In
NBC-15
According to the City of Madison, there are a few street closures and transit route changes in order to accommodate UW Move-In.
Just Ask Us: What’s the purpose of the whistle at Memorial Union?
Wisconsin State Journal
The somewhat mysterious whistle has actually been a signal for a variety of messages through the years.
Wisconsin’s Veterans Law Center finds a new way to go where it’s needed
Big Ten Network
It was a phone call that Laura Smythe was tired of receiving. Every week, Smythe was fielding numerous calls from veterans or their family members or their friends, all with a similar refrain. While they had heard about the University of Wisconsin’s Veterans Law Center and were in need of its help, they lacked a means of transportation to get to one of the monthly clinics the center held in Madison.
Stories that transform
Isthmus
With $8,000 to go and 30 hours left to her Kickstarter campaign, Sagashus Levingston walked into Divine Transformation Salon on Madison’s south side, looking for help. After hearing about the project, the salon’s owner, Fontainious Webb, made a generous contribution and offered ideas for more funding possibilities. As clients trickled in, support began to swell.
Groping incident reveals reasons for reluctance to report
WKOW-TV 27
A recent incident of what authorities say was a 25-year old man groping and fondling several women at a campus area bar reveals some of the reasons sexual assault victims are reluctant to report.
Statewide K-9 training held at Camp Randall Stadium
WKOW-TV 27
Law enforcement agencies from around the state got ready for Badgers football game days at Camp Randall Stadium with a special training session.
UWM ‘Just Words’ campaign sparks criticism of censorship
WISN-TV, Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE —University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee officials were on the offensive Thursday, trying to set the record straight after being accused by some of trying to censor student speech.
On Campus: Amazon looks to open Pickup Point for packages in UW-Madison’s Red Gym
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison’s Red Gym could soon be home to the latest physical location of Amazon, after the university’s governing board approved a plan for the online retail giant to open a package pickup location inside the historic campus building.
Festival honors student activist, artist
Wisconsin State Journal
At 19, John “Vietnam” Nguyen had already established a legacy.
Wisconsin Student Power Alliance picks up where defunded United Council left off
Capital Times
An emerging group, Wisconsin Student Power Alliance, is picking up where the organizers of students who shut down a University of Wisconsin Board of Regents meeting with their protests left off last spring.
Appeals court allows early voting
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Madison City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl said early voting will start in her city on Sept. 26. Officials are hoping to make voting available to people around the city, including at public libraries and on the campuses of University of Wisconsin-Madison and Edgewood College, she said.
New UW-Madison course aims to foster public discussion of Wisconsin Idea, UW influence on state
Capital Times
A professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is introducing a course this fall that aims to foster public discourse about UW’s role in current issues in the spirit of the Wisconsin Idea.
Property purchase will add to UW-Madison holdings for redevelopment
Capital Times
University of Wisconsin-Madison is taking another step in its ongoing program of acquiring property near campus for eventual redevelopment.
New student training, more data collection among changes after UW-Madison sexual assault survey
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison officials say they have been ramping up their efforts to prevent sexual misconduct on campus with new programs, training and staff members in the year since a survey found more than 25 percent of undergraduate women have experienced sexual assault.
For graduate students at UW-Madison, sexual harassment sometimes comes from faculty
Wisconsin State Journal
Starting this month, all UW-Madison graduate students and new students in the university’s professional schools will take part in mandatory sexual assault and harassment education programs.
Getting Amazon packages around campus to get a whole lot easier
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin is on track to strike a deal with Amazon creating a central location on campus for package pickup.
Berquam: UW program benefits all students
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Christian Schneider’s Aug. 12 column dismissing the value of programs promoting cultural understanding at universities read like it was inspired by the sort of touchy-feely “diversity training” lampooned on TV shows like “The Office.”What we’re actually doing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this year is quite different. The issues we’re addressing are real and the new Our Wisconsin program is a rational, evidence-driven response to them.
What we know so far about voter ID in the 2016 election
Badger Herald
Last week saw two rulings by federal judges on Wisconsin’s contentious voter ID laws.
Scott Walker: ‘Sideshows’ make it tougher for Donald Trump to win
Wisconsin State Journal
Walker spoke to reporters after an event at UW Hospital in Madison.
These Colleges Produce The Most Millionaire Alumni
Forbes
Harvard has more millionaire alumni than any other university in the world, according to a new survey. UW is No. 20.
UWPD expanding headquarters on Monroe Street
WKOW-TV 27
It’s a $4.8-million project that will make UW-Madison police headquarters look a lot different.
UWPD to break ground on $5 million expansion project
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department will break ground on an expansion project for its downtown headquarters soon.
Know your Madisonian: Friends of Vilas Zoo director focuses on building community
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: Prange, a UW-Madison journalism and public relations graduate, is almost three years into her role as the executive director. Prior to her time at the zoo, she spent more than 10 years working for the American Cancer Society and worked a variety jobs in Washington, D.C.
UW-Madison police plans $4.8 million headquarters expansion, upgrades
Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department has been struggling to find office space on campus for years.
Study: Social media is forum for discussion of race; use spikes with news events
Capital Times
Noted: Locally, Twitter activity using the #TheRealUW hashtag spiked in April, following a series of race incidents on the UW-Madison campus and the arrest of a student whom police entered a classroom to question about anti-racist graffiti.
Out of the shadows
WISC-TV 3
Noted: Today, it’s easy to picture the 25-year-old University of Wisconsin–Madison doctoral student with deeply carved dimples, llama-like eyelashes and dark, swishing ponytail as the kindergartner she once was. What’s hard to imagine is the journey itself, which certainly didn’t stop at the border and—like that of so many thousands of other Mexican immigrants—led to Wisconsin.
UW-Madison would allow Amazon to use Red Gym
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has negotiated a tentative agreement with Amazon for a brick-and-mortar shop in the historic Red Gym, where students, faculty and staff could pick up online purchases at a central, secure location — a deal that would earn the university at least $100,000 in commissions annually.
Senate candidate Feingold highlights college affordability during UW move-in
Badger Herald
Democratic Senate candidate Russ Feingold helped some students move into their new apartment and talked about college affordability early Monday morning.
Downtown street closures due to mini marathon
NBC-15
Multiple downtown streets will be closed Saturday morning due to the Madison Mini Marathon.