Paul Soltwedel and Shawn Theesfeld remember well the beginning of the University of Wisconsin’s “Jump Around” tradition.
Both were members of Wisconsin Marching Band when the tradition began during the Badgers’ 1998 football game against Purdue.
UW will also continue to hold Badger Dialogues, an educational series of discussions that gives students of different backgrounds the opportunity to connect, according to UW News. Further, UW has created a Free Expression Canvas Module — required for incoming freshmen and transfer students — that provides materials to help students further understand their First Amendment rights, according to UW News.
Fans eager to see how Year 2 of the Luke Fickell era begins Friday night won’t need to shell out much money to make it happen.
A flood of seats for the University of Wisconsin football season opener at Camp Randall Stadium against Western Michigan are available for $2 to $6 on Vivid Seats and StubHub at points all over the stadium, as of late Thursday morning.
The Sunburst Sparkler caffeinated, sparkling water beverage will be available in four flavors at all Wisconsin Union dining locations.
The drinks have been deemed Sunburst Sparklers. They are caffeinated, sparkling waters that come in a variety of flavors.
We will be using seven separate venues this year, though most of our big national speakers will appear as usual in Shannon Hall, the largest theater space in the Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Do you have any advice for students shopping for a personal loan?
“Be realistic. Make sure you understand the terms of the loan and have calculated your expected loan payment,” says James M. Johannes, a professor emeritus at the Wisconsin School of Business. “Recognize that these scheduled debt payments will in almost all cases severely and adversely impact your ability to borrow to fund a car, house, etc. after you graduate until the loan is repaid. Be patient! Recognize that life is a journey, and you might have to live frugally until the loans are repaid.”
A new study commissioned by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the City of Madison found that UW-Madison students face some of the highest off-campus rent prices in the Big Ten Conference.
Revisions to the protest policy include restrictions on “expressive activity” within 25 feet of university facility entrances, size limitations for signs in buildings, specific sound amplification restrictions and restrictions on protest activity during select times on campus areas typically used for photos like the Abraham Lincoln statue at the top of Bascom Hill.
As Madison sweltered under an excessive heat warning Tuesday, thousands of UW-Madison students arrived at campus residence halls for fall semester move-in.
It became clear early on to UW-Cinematheque program director Jim Healy that one summer wouldn’t be enough time to honor David Bordwell.
“We moved some of our check-in locations indoors, so that our staff and people waiting in line are not having to be out in the heat for today, because we know it’s pretty extreme,” said Brendon Dybdahl, UW-Madison Housing Marketing & Communications Director.
The study confirmed what is largely already known through reams of anecdotal evidence: Nearly 70% of rentals are too expensive, costing individual students $1,000 or more in rent each month per student, often hundreds of dollars above what the students consider affordable; the cheapest apartments are often furthest from campus and more run down; and UW-Madison is one of the most expensive off-campus housing markets in the Big 10 conference.
Madison Alder Juliana Bennett came up with the idea for the study, and UW-Madison leaders said they will use the findings to inform future policy decisions.
How many of the UW bus 80s are being replaced by bendy buses?
Upon full roll-out, most buses running on UW campus will be our all-electric vehicles. But, our standard 40-foot buses will also be utilized on this route as needed.
Tuition and student fees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the system’s flagship campus, now total $11,606 a year for in-state undergraduates. The total cost to attend the university for a year is about $30,000 when factoring in room and board, educational supplies and other costs.
“For the faculty, this is a big day, these are our newest students that we’re welcoming, and we’re so excited to see them,” said Associate Dean in the School of Medicine and Public Health, Christine Seibert, “It’s honestly renewed our faith in the medical profession, we see this young idealistic excited group of people who want to join us in what is sometimes very hard work.”
The 17 students and faculty formerly under OSCCS investigation accused the university of recommending harsher probations and initiating investigations with limited evidence on Palestinian students and those associated with UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine. Students plan to request hearings to challenge these preliminary decisions.
University of Wisconsin-Madison student Reem Itani, 20, who was involved in the uninstructed movement in the April Democratic presidential primary, told Wisconsin Watch she felt “very unsafe” living under a Trump presidency, pointing to his administration’s 2017 travel ban from seven predominantly Muslim countries, which Trump called a “Muslim ban.”
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary Craig Thompson is leaving his position next month for a position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, marking the end of nearly five years as the head of the agency.
North Lake Street on the UW-Madison campus will be restricted to one-way traffic going south beginning Monday so that a contractor can continue work replacing a sanitary sewer, the city’s Engineering Division said Friday.
Citizen scientists are hobbyists and passionate amateurs, and data they generate is as valuable as anything produced by professional scientists. UW-Madison Arboretum Citizen Science Coordinator, Annie Isenbarger, described citizen science as a way of “deepening the average person’s connection with the natural world.”
This spring, UW-Madison diverted over 162,000 pounds of material from the landfill as students moved out of residence halls, including 7,515 pounds of futons and nearly 4,000 pounds of food.
To do this, the university recruits hundreds of student and staff volunteers and collaborates with various departments and community organizations, according to Malorie Garbe, sustainability coordinator for University Housing. Nonperishable food was donated to The River Food Pantry, Goodman Community Center and the on-campus Open Seat food pantry. Sergenian’s Floor Coverings and Reynolds Urethane Recycling took carpet and mattress toppers, Garbe said.
Kansas author and journalist Sarah Smarsh comes to Wisconsin to talk about issues facing rural America in the upcoming presidential election. As an upcoming guest of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Morrill Lecture Series, Smarsh will talk about how class and rural issues intersect with the upcoming presidential election.
This year’s camp, known as the Leadership Training Institute, took place at the end of July at a residence hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A Journal Sentinel reporter visited midway through the camp to experience the safe space firsthand.
Dean Vallabh Sambamurthy of the University of Wisconsin Business School will return along with the Dean of the School of Pharmacy Steve Swanson.
The event starts at the Memorial Union on campus, with the half marathon stepping off at 7 a.m. and the 5K at 7:15 a.m. The route for the first is roughly around Lake Wingra and through the University of Wisconsin Arboretum. Among the streets it includes are Langdon and Regent.
The UW Student Bus Pass Program allows UW students — who have paid their student transportation segregated fee — to use Madison Metro Transit buses with no extra cost, according to the Transportation Services website.
The Institute of Food Technologists announced Thursday a team of students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison were crowned the College Bowl Champion at a food science event.
As of July 1, 2024, UW-Madison has implemented a new policy granting eligible employees up to six weeks of paid parental leave. However, nurses, including those who assist in childbirth, still only receive two weeks. Jonathan explored the broader implications of these policies, emphasizing the need for better benefits across different professions. The segment underscored the ongoing efforts to achieve fair parental leave for all workers.
We talk with a member of the Governor’s broadband task force about hurdles to more people adopting the service. Then we discuss the tricky balance between managing pests and promoting pollinators. And a disabled UW student and advocate reflects on Disability Pride Month coming to a close.
Brelynn Bille of Waupun started using a wheelchair as a support for her disability during her sophomore year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. That’s when she really began to notice the accessibility obstacles on campus.
Students at UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee joined the tidal wave of pro-Palestinian protests this spring. The demonstrators on both campuses followed similar formulas, pitching tents and demanding that their schools divest from Israeli companies.
The vacuum provides cool air to help the chocolate set as creamy layers are added to create the sweet treat, said Rich Hartel, a food science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Hartel runs the university’s Candy School — also known as the Confectionery Technology Course — which started in 1963 and has become so popular that it has a waitlist of people who want to attend.
Madison will soon welcome a new professional sports league to the community. Wisconsin Athletics and League One Volleyball (LOVB) announced Tuesday that they will play their home games at the UW Field House, starting with their first game following the Olympics.
Your eyes are drawn to the ceiling when you enter through the doors of Nancy Nicholas Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Organized by the Faculty and Staff for Palestinian Liberation, the demonstration drew approximately 30 people.
Billie requested a proclamation to make July Disability Awareness Month in Wisconsin. For the last three years, the month celebrates the community, while also fighting for a better future.
Voter turnout in the last two Associated Students of Madison elections has been a measly 3%. In the Spring 2024 election, just 1,273 students out of the University of Wisconsin’s 48,557 total student body cast a vote via ASM’s online voting platform.
While many students at the University of Wisconsin use their summer to vacation, bolster their resume with an internship or take an extra course, there’s still plenty going on in the world of UW athletics. Between the imminent release of College Football 25, the roster list being announced for the Paris 2024 Olympics, the reveal of the UW Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2024 and much more, there’s something for everyone to catch up on at UW.
As a former campus tour guide, I was often asked what made the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus so special. My answer? For a long time, I would tell incoming students a variety of answers: Lake Mendota, gameday culture or lakeshore in the fall.
But after living on Stanford University’s campus for the last month, that’s changed: what makes UW-Madison’s campus so special is our ability to leave it.
Universities of Wisconsin schools will soon be offering admission to tens of thousands of Wisconsin high school seniors without receiving applications.
Incoming high school seniors, check your inboxes: You may have just gotten into college without even applying.
Ten of the state’s public universities will send acceptance letters starting next week through a new “direct admissions” program. Eligible students at participating schools will be automatically admitted to universities based on their grades and coursework at the end of their junior year, essentially bypassing the traditional application process.
Events of all kinds have taken place under the arch of the 1,600-ton concrete roof in the Camp Randall Sports Center over the last 68 years.
Football fans at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will soon be allowed to buy alcohol throughout the stadium.
Wisconsin Athletics announced on Monday that, for the first time ever, they plan on selling beer, wine, and pre-packaged alcoholic products like hard seltzers in the general seating areas at Camp Randall Stadium and the UW Field House this fall.
The University of Wisconsin athletic department cracked the top on the sale of alcoholic beverages to all fans of legal drinking age last season.
Badger fans will now get to enjoy Wisconsin football with a brew. UW Athletics announced Monday alcoholic beverages will be sold in the general seating area at Camp Randall at the start of the 2024 season.
Badgers football fans will now be able to buy alcoholic beverages at Camp Randall.
The Lakeshore Path along Lake Mendota may receive some safety touch-ups as UW-Madison conducts surveys to see how the public responds to future lighting on the path.
UW-Madison is studying the feasibility of both paving and lighting parts of the Lakeshore path between the Limnology building, just west of the Union Terrace, out to Willow Creek near the new Bakke Recreation Center and soccer fields.
Babcock Dairy Store: This treasure at UW-Madison has a long history of serving locally made ice cream.
UW said the “Temin Lakeshore Path Study” will look at potential impacts of proposed paving and lighting of the lakeshore path, which will run from Willow Creek to the UW Limnology Building. The study comes following reports of perceived safety risks for navigating the limestone gravel path at night.
Another 15-story student housing development could go up on the corner of North Frances and West Johnson streets Downtown.
Chicago-based Core Spaces announced plans Thursday for 392 apartments, a rooftop pool and other “premier” amenities at 305 N. Frances St., where the Saxony Apartments stand today.
After Porchlight transitions its operations and residents to the new building on East Washington Avenue, the developer intends to demolish the nonprofit’s four-story, 102-unit North Brooks Street facility and replace it with a 15-story, 189-unit student apartment building.
A Dane County supervisor, a public health expert and a pharmacist are making the case they can best represent some of the state’s youngest voters in an Assembly district anchored by UW-Madison.
The event runs from Sunday, Sept. 15, through Saturday, Sept. 21. Shannon Hall in UW’s historic Memorial Union will be home to four days of sessions. We will also use other venues across the city.
Nikhita Steward-Trivedi, a rising ninth grader in Beaver Dam, was accepted into UWs Accelerated Learning Program (ALP), a three-week residential program for academically gifted students, to take a course in art and activism.
Mecha described the investigation as “a pattern of harassment and intentional intimidation of our already vulnerable Latine, Chicane and Indigenous members” in a July 4 statement announcing their independence from the university.
Terrace Art Zone: Easy, free craft sessions for all ages are held on the UW Memorial Union Terrace, 800 Langdon St., from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays through Aug. 17.
