Category: Campus life

University of Minnesota a cappella groups prepared to face-off the UW-Madison’s groups for a first-ever singing competition between the schools. The event, April 23, 2016

To prevent this waste, UW-Madison dining halls are taking steps to reduce the amount of food that gets thrown into dumpsters. Associate Director of Dining Julie Luke described how the university is working to achieve this goal.

A team of students from University of Wisconsin is headed to New Orleans to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition next month with their innovative wind turbine design.

The Department of Energy hosts competitions on a biannual basis, and this is the first year a team from UW was selected to compete, Scott Williams, research and education coordinator for the Wisconsin Energy Institute, said.

As one of the top universities in the nation for number of students studying abroad, University of Wisconsin must take precautions and considerations when evaluating program safety.

The recent terrorist attacks in Belgium and France have caused UW to reevaluate its travel guidelines and put some of its safety precautions into action. It also caused the university to evaluate the safety of these European study abroad locations.

A part of UW-Madison was a bit more colorful Saturday for a special celebration.

Nearly 1,000 students came out to be doused in color dye and water at Gordon Commons on campus, as part of a traditional Hindu spring festival called Holi.

Photo gallery the year’s Engineering Expo at UW-Madison on April 15.

Differences in the staffs of the Big Ten’s counseling centers often boil down to the needs and budget of the centers, some Big Ten mental health service providers and administrators said.

Right now, Seymour’s Ty Majeski feels like a Class AAA baseball player ready to get the call up to the big leagues.

An award-winning, globetrotting science writer will soon be landing in Madison. Alexandra “Alex” Witze, has been named the spring 2016 Science Writer in Residence at UW-Madison, on campus next week to talk with journalism students about the diverse world of science writing.

In the midst of National Library Week, University of Wisconsin Libraries is working to make updates to facilities and draw more attention to the diverse resources libraries provide.

Orchestrate a night out for the UW-Madison Varsity Concert Band’s year-end show at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights at the Kohl Center, 601 W. Dayton St. Director of Bands Michael Leckrone initiated the annual extravaganza in 1975. This year’s theme is “We’ve Done it Our Way.”

On a campus filled with iconic locations, the Memorial Union Terrace might be at the top of the list.

The students who interrupted a Native American ceremony at UW-Madison are now apologizing.

On March 9, UW officials say someone disrupted a community healing circle outside of Dejope Hall with mock war cries.

University of Wisconsin-Madison students involved in a hate and bias incident on campus issued an apology Wednesday. A Native American healing ceremony for sexual assault victims was cut short when students yelled mocking war cry sounds from their dorms in Dejope Hall. A month after the incident happened several students wrote an apology to the campus community.

Though the Wisconsin spring presidential primary has come and gone, many are still concerned with the “voter suppression” that occurred at polling places, particularly for college students.

Across University of Wisconsin’s campus, students were discouraged from voting because of voter ID hurdles and longer lines.

One of the few remaining empty parcels on State Street is being filled and in a big way. A 5,000-square-foot building is under construction on what had been a small vacant lot in the 600 block of State Street between City Bar and Urban Outfitters. The building is being constructed by M&A CP Towers, owner of The Towers, a student apartment building at North Frances and State streets, and will be occupied by an Under Armour Brand House.

Officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison plan to award a graduate student who died last year a rare posthumous degree.

UW-Madison hosted an informational session Thursday at Gordon Dining and Event Center to explain both the classification of incidents of hate and bias and the process of reporting them.

UW-Madison officials are hoping by talking about issues of hate and bias on campus, they’ll bring students together in a difficult climate right now.

The Wisconsin primary saw many young voters finding ways to ignite conversations about issues they feel are most important. For students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a series of racially charged incidents have inspired them to create a special hashtag: #TheRealUW.

#TheRealUW hashtag has picked up new momentum in the last several weeks, as students have increasingly made use of the hashtag to share their stories about race-related encounters at the UW.  We hear from a recent UW-Madison graduate who shares his own experiences with racism at the UW-Madison and why students have turned to #The Real UW hashtag.

UW-Madison Dean of Students Lori Berquam and Mark Kueppers, assistant director of leadership for the Center for Leadership and Involvement, met with the Associated Students of Madison Coordinating Council Wednesday to get feedback on new language regarding the Wisconsin Experience.