Category: Campus life

Police are asking for the public?s help in finding a missing UW-Madison student who was last seen Saturday afternoon at Union South.

They, sometimes, come from Atlanta.  Sometimes they volunteer from Alpharetta, or Roswell, or Gwinnett County. This time, however, was a little different. 45 students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison are offering their services at the John Ripley Forbes Big Tree Preserve, in Sandy Springs. 

The Madison Police Department is asking for the publics help locating a missing man.

A 17-year veteran of the UW-Madison police department has been fired over improper use of camera and computer equipment, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.

Velvalea “Vel” Phillips, the first African-American woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison law school, will be honored later this month with a Distinguished Alumni Award as the campus observes the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison will sponsor a seminar March 26 to commemorate the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, according to a university press release.

Representatives from the committee responsible for drafting an updated University of Wisconsin-Madison Diversity Plan fielded questions from Associated Students of Madison Student Council members and detailed the future of campus diversity efforts Wednesday.

The new campus-wide policy for serving alcohol at university events circumvented the student government, Faculty Senate and the governing body for student organizations before it was approved earlier this semester.

A daytime burglary of an apartment near the UW-Madison campus on Tuesday should serve as a reminder to students heading out on spring break to safeguard their homes and property before leaving.

Noted: And the University of Wisconsin-Madison will establish a scholarship to help physically or learning-disabled students to study overseas.

Members of University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Student Labor Action Coalition delivered a cardboard replica of a clock tower to Chancellor Rebecca Blank Tuesday, urging her to sign an agreement on behalf of UW-Madison that would protect Bangladeshi garment workers? rights.

Noted: His lawyers from the Wisconsin Innocence Project, who specialize in trying to exonerate convicted killers based on DNA testing and other advances in technology, claim that similarities between the deaths of Alexander and two other elderly women sexually assaulted and killed around the same time in 1981 in western York County ?suggest the same person committed the crimes.?

Ousmane Kabre, a University of Wisconsin junior and recently elected Business School representative for the Associated Students of Madison, has plans to make waves outside his time at UW.

The recently released lineup for the Revelry Music and Arts Festival has received mixed reactions from students and festival organizers. 

As elevators opened on the third floor of Dejope Residence Hall on a recent cold night, students walked out, glanced at the den windows and said, “Awww.”

U.S. News & World Report just came out with its list of most expensive state schools for out-of-state students.And while the University of Wisconsin-Madison isnt anywhere near the top of that list, the cost to attend UW for out-of-state students is likely to rise in the near future to a more competitive rate among Big Ten schools.

A lack of resources in the University of Wisconsin?s College of Letters and Sciences has led the Afro-American studies department to consider consolidating several departments and programs into a larger ethnic studies department.

Margaret Watson is the new CEO for Madison-based Steve Brown Apartments.

University of Wisconsin-Madison students behind a $223 million rebuild of recreational sports facilities posted a video of Pharrell Williams? ?Happy? on the @Bdgrs4RecReform Twitter account Thursday after the project was approved 12,070 to 1,914 in a referendum this week.

The University of Wisconsin has seen a drastic increase in the number of students eating gluten-free, and campus dining halls are trying to keep up with the increasing demand for gluten-free options.

University of Wisconsin-Madison students behind a $223 million rebuild of recreational sports facilities posted a video of Pharrell Williams? ?Happy? on the @Bdgrs4RecReform Twitter account Thursday after the project was approved 12,070 to 1,914 in a referendum this week.

Though the State Building Commission approved construction for Phase II of the Memorial Union Reinvestment Wednesday, and signed off on a funding increase, the project could see a delay in commencement.

A City of Madison commission voiced concerns about controlling the entrances to this year?s Revelry Arts and Music Festival in a meeting Wednesday.

A sociologist, a pharmacist and a Badger are among the four finalists for University of Wisconsin provost, which were announced today.

Students at UW-Madison approved a $223 million plan Wednesday to revamp the campuss recreational facilities. 

The UW marching band took their show on the road Tuesday to deliver meals to those in need.

Sean Lee, 44, was arrested while walking on Brooks Street at about 2:30 a.m., UW-Madison police said in a news release.

When Marcus Higgins relocated from South Carolina to become vice president of sales at EatStreet, the local online restaurant ordering start-up, one of the first challenges was finding housing with his wife and young daughter.

A suspected three-time drunken driver was arrested by University of Wisconsin-Madison police early Tuesday after the vehicle he was driving was found crashed into a light pole.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison will host its ninth annual Madison Reads Leopold event Saturday as part of Leopold Weekend, according to a university release.

University of Wisconsin law professor Richard Monette carries the values instilled in him as a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, saying his tribe of 30,000 members in North Dakota is what gives him strength.

Freelance writer and award-winning journalist Florence Williams wrote her first book about breasts because she was fascinated by how and why modern life changed them. Williams was named the University of Wisconsin?s science writer in residence this semester.

The Madison Fire Department responded to a report of a chemical leak at a building on the UW Campus Thursday afternoon.

A small chemical leak at UW-Madison forced the evacuation of Engineering Hall Thursday afternoon, but the “all clear” was given about an hour after the incident.

The Wisconsin Union Directorate announced Wednesday the second annual Revelry Music and Art Festival will be held on May 3 on Langdon Street, although organizers are still waiting for city approval on the location change.

Student organizers are hoping to make UW-Madisons spring music festival an end-of-the-year tradition on campus.

After a preliminary draft of the new campus diversity plan was released last week, students have voiced concerns regarding its vague language and lack of accountability.

With the release of the film ?Monuments Men? this month, Hollywood is shining a rare light on the work of archivists, librarians, and historians.