A group of people in a UW-Madison dorm room shouted stereotypical “war cry sounds” at a Ho-Chunk elder who had come to the campus for a healing ceremony Wednesday night, according to witnesses and university officials.
Leaders from the University of Wisconsin and beyond discussed the science behind meditation and the virtues taught by the Dalai Lama. His Holiness talked about how those practices can help improve mental health.
With mental health care costs expected to soar in coming decades, world leaders in science and health looked for ways to improve global happiness and well-being at a Wednesday panel discussion featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama. UW-Madison neuroscientist Richard Davidson, founder of the Center for Healthy Minds, said the Dalai Lama had interesting insights into modern research.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama spoke in Madison Wednesday about nurturing unconditional love and compassion, and joked with moderator ABC News correspondent Dan Harris about his meditation habits.
The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader spoke Wednesday at a gathering hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Healthy Minds. The gathering featured panelists with expertise in psychology, mindfulness and well-being for a 90-minute discussion.
University of Wisconsin is offering $250,000 in summer term scholarships, which is 10 times the amount from last year. UW currently offers more than 1,000 different summer courses, but the program will expand with an addition of nearly 100 new summer courses.
Freshman Samantha Heesacker, who has autism in addition to clinically diagnosed depression and anxiety, is one of 23 current UW-Madison students on the autism spectrum and officially registered with the McBurney Disability Resource Center, which makes her college transition different than that of most students.
Gone are the days when museums were dusty archives of half-forgotten lore. Wisconsin is full of bright, interactive learning environments that stress teaching important lessons over merely archiving historical minutiae, and some of the most interesting and unique examples are tightly condensed into downtown Madison.
Sara Goldrick-Rab, the outspoken University of Wisconsin-Madison professor who vowed to leave Wisconsin after state lawmakers changed tenure protections last year, announced on her blog Monday night that she has accepted a job at Temple University and will start July 1.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison last semester doled out $726,436 in raises and $8 million in research support to retain 40 faculty members who brought outside job offers to the central administration, according to information obtained by the Journal Sentinel through an open records request.
Praised by UW-Madison officials as a “dedicated promoter of the Wisconsin Idea,” former Gov. Tommy Thompson will be one of three recipients of honorary degrees from the campus this spring.Photojournalist Lynsey Addario and biochemist William J. Rutter will also receive honorary degrees during a commencement ceremony at the Kohl Center in May, officials announced last week.
Noted: Other speakers included members of UW-Madison’s Blackout movement, a group formed last year to raise awareness of racial issues on campus.
Noted: The gala, added in 2012, draws a throng of media and serves as a fundraiser for the graduate studies programs at UW-Madison’s Center for Dairy Research.
Take a tour of the D.C. Smith Greenhouse at UW-Madison. The greenhouse was completed in 1996 and is used to provide instructional space for plant-growing primarily for undergraduate classes. The greenhouse offers tours and is open to the public.
Kenneth Cole began his activism at UW-Madison last fall, when he organized a march in solidarity with students at the University of Missouri, whose protest over race issues on campus ousted two top administrators.
There are several events planned in Madison to mark the anniversary of the Tony Robinson shooting, including a rally Friday afternoon (4 p.m. on Library Mall).
One of the organizers of the event is UW Blackout Movement, a student group formed in November in response to issues of racial tension on campus and in the community.
Students at UW-Madison duked it out Thursday night to find out who’s the best on Bascom.
It was the annual Battle for Bascom, a snowball fight on Bascom Hill on the UW campus.
Noted: Be transported across landscapes of Asian and Western identities with Li Chiao-Ping Dance and the UW-Madison Dance Department’s performances of “Fluid Measure,” at 8 p.m. Friday and at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave. A reception with the performers will be held following Friday’s performance in the Virginia Harrison Parlor of Lathrop Hall.
Unlikely international sex symbol Dean Strang and Jerry Buting, former defense lawyers for Steven Avery, the Manitowoc, Wis., man exonerated on a rape charge and subsequently convicted in 2005 for the murder of photographer Teresa Halback, announced this week they are launching a North American tour.
After being closed for nearly two years, UW-Madison’s iconic observatory will reopen tonight.
Unexpected repairs are to blame for the closure, but now everything is back up and working better than ever.
Noted: Members on both sides say Super Tuesday was all about getting their members excited for the Wisconsin Primary on April 5th. Wake says they have a lot of phone calls to make between now and then to make sure students register to vote.
He says it’s a big challenge every year, because students are always moving around and they don’t always know where to vote.
MTV’s reality show “Real World” will be holding casting calls in Madison next week, according to a release.
Charles Hoslet, interim vice chancellor for university relations since August, is now the permanent vice chancellor, Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced Tuesday.
Next fall’s class of high school seniors will have a new way to apply to UW-Madison, now that the campus has joined more than 600 other colleges and universities on the nationwide Common Application. Students will still be able to apply to UW-Madison through the University of Wisconsin System’s application process, as they have in years past, said Steve Hahn, vice provost for the Division of Enrollment Management.
The Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation awarded UW-Madison with a $360,501 Career Ready Internship Grant, according to a Monday university release.
The grant is expected to support 205 new paid internships during the 2015-’18 academic years.
They teach English and chemistry, genetics and computer sciences, sociology, geography and math.
But the dozen UW-Madison instructors selected for the 2016 Distinguished Teaching Awards all possess outstanding dedication to their scholarship and students.
Noted: Coincidentally, the switch from film to digital was one of the themes of the play “The Flick,” which was staged earlier this month by Forward Theater Company. Forward and the UW-Cinematheque are presenting a free screening of the documentary “The Dying of the Light,” which looks at the transition from film to digital, at 2 p.m. Saturday at 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave. The film’s director, Kevin Flynn, will chat with UW film professor and author David Bordwell after the screening. (Ironically, the documentary will be shown on digital, not film.)
Noted: UW Hillel, which is part of a worldwide Jewish campus organization, offers programming for Jewish students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with film festivals, workshops, a fitness center and opportunities for volunteer work.
Lydia Diamond wouldn’t mind seeing a brawl break out during a talkback of one of her plays.
Keep your fingers crossed for clear skies Wednesday night, because UW-Madison’s Washburn observatory will be open for public stargazing for the first time in nearly two years.
The popular Rathskeller dining room at UW-Madison’s Memorial Union will close for several months Sunday, as crews continue their work on a major renovation project that has shut down much of the campus hang-out spot.
University of Wisconsin is looking at increasing its non-need-based financial aid for students earlier in their academic career, but some say it is just another move in the “arms race” among schools competing for top students in the nation.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank detailed data about enrollment, retention and educational outcomes for students of color on campus in a Friday blog post, saying although there is still work to be done, the university has improved its efforts in these areas.
The Rathskeller dining room and Subskeller station in Memorial Union closed Sunday for further renovation, according to a press release from the Wisconsin Union.
The closing is part of a larger, ongoing construction project that began in 2012. According to the release, the project will preserve and enhance the union as a campus icon and is funded through student segregated fees, private donations and Wisconsin Union operating revenue.
(Video) Through race dialogues, open mic events, theatre productions, and other community events, Black History Month brings students together to celebrate diversity and collectively consider how to create a more inclusive campus for everyone.
All University of Wisconsin students know the familiar chimes of the Carillon Tower.
The tower is open to visitors from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. every Sunday, where carillonneur Lyle Anderson has been on duty for 30 years.
Sexual assault is a problem on college campuses nationwide, including UW Madison, and it’s sparking conversations across the country.
A survey from the Association of American Universities shows one of every four female students say they’ve been sexually assaulted. That same survey also showed more than three-quarters of women who reported being a victim said the offender had been drinking.
“We have a substantial problem at this campus and many campuses across the nation that we need to address,” said Carmen Hotvedt, with UW Madison’s End Violence on Campus.
Keeping future needs of University of Wisconsin in mind, creators of the 2015 Campus Master Plan preliminary draft outlined the possible expansion of green infrastructure and research and transportation facilities across campus in a public open house Wednesday.
University of Wisconsin administration and students tackled tough questions regarding race and diversity Wednesday in an effort to create a plan that could fuel changes to campus culture.
More than 400 people came together in an open discussion on diversity issues, possible solutions to incidents of hate and bias, increasing retention rates and cultural competency.
UW-Madison students, faculty and community members gathered Wednesday at the Gordon Dining and Event Center to hear updates on the 2015 Campus Master Plan and ask questions of lead consultants.
While the Master Plan is not definite, its concepts will ensure the entire campus remains aesthetically united and easily accessible for commuters over the next 10 years, according to members of the planning committee.
Approximately 400 students, faculty and staff members took part in the “Moving Forward: Conversations on Racial and Ethnic Diversity” event Wednesday at Gordon Dining and Event Center.
Participants joined the conversation at different themed tables, including “Building Cultural Competency, Awareness and Capacity;” “Hate and Bias Incidents and Conflicts with Free Speech;” and “Admission and Recruitment of Underrepresented Groups.”
UW-Madison students who also work for the university say pay raises announced Tuesday won’t help them make ends meet.
In March 2014, students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison approved a $223 million referendum to overhaul the campus recreation facilities, badly in need of improvement. Since then, the recreation program has been busy planning, fundraising, vetting architects and much more. As the project progresses, Alex Peirce, UW-Madison Rec Sports Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications, will be offering an inside look at the process of coordinating such a monumental planning effort.
After originally making plans to petition changes to Wiscards, a student government committee discussed whether they should focus on getting students registered to vote instead.
Seeking the truth, that’s what UW students wanted from meeting held on the Madison campus Tuesday night.
A few weeks ago images of swastikas and Hitler were posted on a Jewish student’s dorm door.
Students called it a hate crime.
The Madison city council honored a man Tuesday whose humor was so remarkable that a 1992 book on college pranks dedicated an entire chapter to him.
Members passed a resolution declaring February 23 Leon Varjian Day.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is raising the minimum wage for student employees and the pay rate for graduate assistants.
The school said in a news release Tuesday that the student hourly minimum wage is set to go up from $7.25 to $9 on Sept. 1. Graduate assistants will get a 2 percent pay increase July 1.
The University of Wisconsin is increasing hourly wages for students on campus from $7.25 to $9 an hour effective Sept. 1, according to a release from the campus. The university will also increase graduate student pay 2 percent starting July 1.
The University of Wisconsin held a meeting on antisemitism, Tuesday. It was in response to an incident January when a student posted pictures of Adolf Hitler and swastikas to a Jewish student’s door at Sellery Hall. The student targeted in the incident said it was an “insensitive prank gone wrong” between floor mates. But the students and staff at the meeting, held at Gordon Commons, feel that it was anything but a joke.
“We are still reeling from this,” said Dean of Students, Lori Berquam, said at the start of the meeting.
UW-Madison students who also work for the university say pay raises announced Tuesday won’t help them make ends meet.
A Jewish student is accusing Rutgers University of mishandling a mid-January incident in which one of her roommates taped a swastika to the ceiling of their shared living room. Meanwhile, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is responding to a similar swastika incident by hosting a campus-wide forum on anti-Semitism.
Noted: The debate will be held at Wisconsin Public Television’s studio on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is raising the minimum wage for student employees and the pay rate for graduate assistants.
Some of the UW-Madison students who serve food in dining halls, staff the desks at campus libraries, work in research labs or lead class discussion sections will soon see bigger paychecks, campus officials announced Tuesday. Starting next fall, the minimum wage for student employees will increase from $7.25 to $9 per hour, the university said, while graduate assistants, whose work includes teaching and research, will see a 2 percent pay raise starting in July.
I’ve only been to a couple of Chicago City Council meetings in my journalistic career. I distinctly remember just one, a debate over whether elephants should be barred within city limits.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison plans to replace its required Tonight sexual assault program with a new program in 2017. Incoming students are required to take the online Tonight course, which teaches students how to spot, prevent and cope with sexual assault.
A major budget cut and construction at the Memorial Union have forced organizers to slash the size and capacity of this year’s Revelry Music Festival, the spring concert for UW-Madison students and university-sanctioned alternative to the rowdy Mifflin Street Block Party.
A UW-Madison student whose dorm room door was targeted with anti-Semitic images says he’s surprised to see how much attention the incident has gotten online this week.
A student was disciplined by the University of Wisconsin Division of Student Life after he taped swastikas and a picture of Adolf Hitler to the door of a student in Sellery Hall Jan. 26, according to the University of Wisconsin.
Some UW Madison students are outraged after an anti-Semitic incident on campus is shared on social media.
