Category: Campus life

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.

Many people in Wisconsin are familiar with the leader of the popular UW Marching Band? but do they really know what it takes to live a day in the life of Mike Leckrone? a day when he?s hours away from leading the energetic performance of the band?

MADISON, Wis. ? Under fire for its involvement in a controversial ? and now suspended ? Federal Communications Commission study criticized for First Amendment creeping, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has issued a statement on behalf of its Center for Communication and Democracy, presumably to clear the air about its part in the study.

Wisconsin (WKOW) — Yana Groves has lived in the United States since 2007. But she was born in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

After two and a half days among rubble, Reba Sikder lost track of whether it was day or night, enumerating her hours by the number of silenced screams around her.

Bangladeshi representatives voiced a call to action to the University of Wisconsin-Madison at a committee meeting Thursday, asking those in attendance to support a pact that would ensure rights of foreign garment workers.

Those following UW Rec Sports on twitter may have noticed, in between notices about spinning classes and Wallyball tournaments, a steady stream of tweets about the March 3-5 referendum to raise student fees by up to $102 a semester ? to $145 ? to help pay for a $223 million upgrade of recreational sports facilities.

The majority of the outage was on Madison?s East Side, but outages also were reported on the UW-Madison campus, in Fitchburg and at Capital Newspapers on Fish Hatchery Road.

A power surge rippled through the entire city of Madison shortly after noon Wednesday, leaving parts of the campus in the dark and some students trapped in elevators.

If you’re scratching your head, trying to figure out financial aid for college, the University of Wisconsin-Madison just completed a Web chat to answer parent and student questions, and the transcript is now available.

MADISON (WITI) ? It?s a multi-million dollar business, built on encouraging college students to binge drink, according to university officials.

An annual forum at UW-Madison this week will feature speakers who explore black men and their relationships with family, friends and lovers. The Black Men?s Initiative forum occurs Friday and Saturday and is free and open to the public.

Repair crews were working on a frozen water main at Memorial Union on the UW-Madison campus Monday afternoon. Users of the union were asked not to use any water in the facility from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.