Category: Campus life

In a sign of the times, UW police are circulating two graphic videos with tips on surviving an “active shooter,” that is, someone in the process of killing or trying to kill people.

Multiple streets around Langdon and State Streets will be temporarily closed so the Homecoming parade can take place, part of the festivities culminating in the Badgers football game Saturday against Purdue at Camp Randall Stadium.

Social media reaction roundup.

The UW-Madison College Democrats and the College Republicans of UW-Madison issued a joint statement this weekend urging officials to gradually replace student ID cards, known as the Wiscard, with one that complies with state voter ID regulations.

How would you like to paddle down the lake in a huge pumpkin? That’s what UW students do at the annual Giant Pumpkin Regatta.

UW students grew giant pumpkins that they then paddled in on the lake Saturday.

The inaugural Giant Pumpkin Regatta was held in 2005, but some years have been skipped due to poor pumpkins. The event is organized by UW-Madison horticulture professors Irwin Goldman and Jim Nienhuis, with help from the UW Hoofer Sailing Club.

College rankings are in no short supply, from U.S. News & World Report to Princeton Review to the international Times Higher Education.

But one set of newly released rankings are chosen by a different kind of experts: College students themselves.

Instructor-ranking site Rate My Professors’ 2014-2015 college lists include best universities, top junior and community colleges and — of utmost importance — hottest professors.

UW-Madison’s most celebrated philanthropists, John and Tashia Morgridge, are commemorating their 60th anniversary by hosting a party at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery on Saturday.

A 15-year-old Iowa Hawkeyes fan wasn’t treated very well following the football game between Iowa and Wisconsin on Saturday, suffering facial injuries when he was punched by a Badgers fan.

BELOIT—Beloit businesswoman Diane Hendricks has donated $1.75 million for research into breast cancer and surgery at UW-Madison.

University of Wisconsin-Madison police are investigating a reported assaulted and robbery in a dorm room Thursday afternoon.

UW-Madison police are investigating a reported assault and strong-arm robbery that happened in a dorm room last week on the UW campus.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison student was beaten and robbed inside her room at a residence hall on campus, university police said Monday.

UW Band Director Mike Leckrone was surprised during class Monday morning with the announcement he would be receiving a Hometown Hero Award.

Madison is seeing a huge spike in high-end apartment construction. And the high cost of those leases is one of the reasons why UW Housing said more students want to live in the dorms.

Dorms are a quintessential part of freshmen life but this year 1,300 sophomores, juniors and seniors are swiping back in to student housing, rather than private apartments.

Two new daily routes (departing campus at 4 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.) and a Friday-only route (departing at 11:30 a.m., and 1 and 4:30 p.m.) are now offered.

The Babcock Hall’s famous frozen treat takes a turn in the spotlight of this ongoing series. “Why it defines Madison: The ice cream can’t be beat, whether you are a fan of the orange custard chocolate chip, a devotee of the mocha macchiato or a chocolate peanut butter enthusiast.”

Q&A with Susan Fischer, who retired last week as director of the office of student financial aid.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin has the advantage of having its own force. Chief Sue Riseling has her team run smaller active-shooter drills four times a year and bigger simulations every few years.

“We’ve practiced at the Kohl Center, this last time we practiced at Camp Randall, we keep trying to move the venue around because we’re never quite sure what venue it’s going to be when and if God forbid the days actually come,” she said.

Six decades have passed, but Ada Deer vividly recalls the words Eleanor Roosevelt said to her that day at the Roosevelt estate north of New York City.

Photo gallery of Leon Varjian, former UW–Madison student and prankster, who was found dead Tuesday at his residence in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey.

A UW legend has passed away. According to a UW news release, Leon Varjian died in New Jersey of a suspected heart attack. He was 64 years old.

The man behind such famous Madison pranks as the 1,000 pink flamingos on Bascom Hill and the Statue of Liberty head on frozen Lake Mendota has died. A relative says Leon Varjian (VAHR’-zhan) was found dead at his home in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, on Tuesday. He was 64.

A famous University of Wisconsin-Madison student prankster died suddenly in New Jersey Tuesday, according to a release from the university.

Leon Varjian is best known for putting a foam Statue of Liberty on a frozen Lake Mendota and 1,000 plastic pink flamingos on Bascom Hill.

After spending decades helping many UW-Madison students pay for a college education, director of the Office of Financial Aid Susan Fischer will retire this week, ending a career that started by chance in 1979.

Kevin Hart, one of the biggest comedians in the world (if in stature if not in height), will play the Kohl Center next Tuesday, Oct. 6.

The University of Wisconsin Foundation has announced gifts totaling $28 million from alumni Jerome and Simona Chazen in support of UW’s Chazen Museum of Art.

A Madison Gas and Electric outage at 11:15 a.m. knocked out power to several UW buildings, including the one that houses its primary data center, said Brian Rust, spokesman for the university’s Division of Information Technology. The outage was resolved in less than an hour, but the headaches for DoIT and others on and off campus lasted much longer. Also: UW-Madison faculty who want to weigh in on new layoff protections for tenured professors will have the opportunity to do so at three public meetings about the proposal this week.