Category: Campus life

A time lapse video from the 2012-2013 University of Wisconsin academic year that was posted on YouTube July 27, 2013, is going viral, again.

Madison (WKOW)– Students on UW-Madison campus are hoping to prevent the 2nd leading cause of death amongst college students. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, more than 38,000 people committed suicide in 2010. That makes it the 10th leading cause of death amongst Americans, but in terms of teenagers and college students it?s an even bigger issue.

After all these years, a sense of excitement still plays off Leckrone. Somehow he seems more energized now than when he arrived in 1969.

Noted: That kind of broad-based coverage is also taking place at The Daily Cardinal, one of two independent student-run newspapers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In February, it announced that it would publish three special ?Action Project? issues dedicated to exploring topics ?challenging to both the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the surrounding community.? The first 12-page ?Campus Climate? issue delved into racial, gender, ethnic and sexual issues, as well as the university?s diversity, by analyzing admissions numbers. ?Our goal was capturing campus voices on these difficult subjects,? said Abigail Becker, editor in chief of The Daily Cardinal.

Associate Dean of Students is just one title used to describe Argyle Wade. Those outside of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, however, know him as a husband, father and volunteer firefighter.

Many universities have been in limbo after a controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding the use of race in admissions policies, but UNC has now come under fire for its practices by a nonprofit legal association.

On a frigid December day in 2004, 17-year-old Aaron Meyer came home from drug and alcohol treatment. He?d already been to hell and back in his short life, but things were going to be different now. He felt alive with hope and possibility.

On a large university campus, it is easy for unique identities to get lost in the crowd. But the University of Wisconsin?s LGBT Campus Center is hosting a month of events to highlight the different personalities on campus and to help foster support from allies around the community.

The Mifflin Street Block Party ? an annual gathering in Madison that initially started as a Vietnam War protest ? was once a grand celebration of all things alcohol-related and one of the greatest college traditions in the United States.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison needs to break down barriers ? real and perceived ? between campus and the community and present a more diverse group of greeters and tour guides to welcome newcomers, university officials were told this week.

Incredibly, the students who operate, intern and volunteer for the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Slow Food chapter manage to do all of this every week during the school semester for a crowd of some 100 people in a church basement on campus.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced this week it has expanded summer online course offerings so students who return to their hometowns for jobs or who have internships elsewhere can stay on track to complete a degree without disrupting other summer activities.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department no longer is searching for a suspect in a reported sexual assault early Sunday at a southeast campus residence hall, the department announced Wednesday.

Feast your eyes on a genuine relic from the late 20th century: “When You Meet a Lesbian: Hints for the Heterosexual Women.” It is a handout from a women?s studies class at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, circa 1988, and it is really something.

One UW-Madison student didn?t make it to see tip-off of Saturday?s Final Four game after he drunkenly passed out in a campus dining hall bathroom and was taken to a local detox center, according to police.

The Online News Association has awarded the University of Wisconsin?s School of Journalism and Mass Communication a $35,000 grant to focus on Wisconsin water quality and supply issues.

In what University of Wisconsin-Madison police are calling the worst alcohol-related issues experienced on campus this year, 10 people were taken to alcohol detoxification treatment from Friday through early Sunday morning during partying connected to the Badgers mens basketball appearance in the NCAA Final Four.

Former Secretary of the State of Wisconsin Velvalea ?Vel? Phillips can add to her recent accolades. Phillips was honored recently by the Milwaukee Common Council earlier this year and now more recently on March 26, 2014 she is surrounded by children from Sherman Middle School in Madison, WI after receiving the Distinguished Alumni Award at Varisty Hall, Union South at UW-Madison Campus. (Photo by: Pat A. Robinson)

The Madison Police Department?s Mounted Unit will take the streets for the first time this year in anticipation of the Men?s Final Four NCAA basketball game.

An officer from the Tucson, Ariz., Police Department will be in Madison this weekend to watch how officers here handle crowds after Saturday?s Final Four game, according to a spokesman for Madison police.

Three UW-Madison students have been diagnosed with mumps, but university officials say the cases do not appear to be related, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is getting ready to host its annual Science Expeditions fair this week.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is getting ready to host its annual Science Expeditions fair this week.

As part of a new program to connect professional journalists with University of Wisconsin students, Joel Christopher of Gannett Wisconsin Media has been named the campus? first Journalist in Residence.

Officials are still investigating the cause of a fire at 407 W. Mifflin St. at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon that resulted in $60,000 worth of damage.

A fire caused approximately $60,000 in damage to a downtown home Tuesday afternoon, according to a release.

The movement to divest from fossil fuels gained ground at University of Wisconsin-Madison last week, when student government went on record urging the UW Foundation to stop investing in companies profiting from fossil fuels.

The Badgers success on the court could also help bring the UW success in the classroom. University leaders say the NCAA tournament could increase the student applicant pool next fall.

Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss will receive an honorary degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison at the spring commencement ceremony May 16.

Sarah Mangelsdorf, dean of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, is a candidate to be provost of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the school?s search committee announced this month.

Members of University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Student Labor Action Coalition met with Chancellor Rebecca Blank Friday to discuss the enforcement of the Accord for Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh signed by the chancellor earlier this month.