Category: Campus life

An armed robber got away with an iPhone and a backpack late Tuesday after holding up a woman at gunpoint on a street near campus, according to Madison police.

The 2013 University of Wisconsin-Madison Diversity Forum kicked off Oct. 21 with two keynote speeches in addition to 10 concurrent sessions aiming to improve diversity issues at the university.

A Madison bicyclist was injured Monday when he collided with a Metro Transit bus on the UW-Madison campus.

UW Madison police issued a warning Monday after they say two students nearly drank themselves to death.

An 18-year-old male was temporarily knocked unconscious after being hit by a Metro Madison bus on University Avenue Monday afternoon.

University of Wisconsin-Madison police sent two underage students to a hospitals detox unit over the weekend after they passed out from drinking too much alcohol, according to a press release.

A group of UW-Madison students has asked the city to consider a more stringent local historic district for the area, and the Landmarks Commission has determined such a district meets city standards.

A broader, more inclusive idea of ?diversity? will animate a new initiative to make UW-Madison a dynamic community preparing students for the global society of the 21st century.

Chances are good that if you went to college in the United States after, say, 1975, your campus featured at least one imposing, bunker-like concrete building in the architectural style known as ?Brutalism.?

The University of Wisconsin-Madison?s annual two-day Diversity Forum will take place on Monday and Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Union South.

Local government officials met with student organization representatives Wednesday to discuss 2014 county and city funding for local issues, including homelessness and public safety.

“Alcohol does not make somebody perpetrate,” said Sarah Van Orman, executive director of UW-Madison?s University Health Services. “But alcohol does put people in a situation where they?re not able to protect themselves. We do know that perpetrators use alcohol as a tool, and it affects the ability of other people to be good bystanders.”

The intersection of Langdon and Park Streets closed at 6 a.m. Thursday and will reopen at 3 p.m. Thursday, according to a news release from the Madison Traffic Engineering and Parking Divisions.

In 1979 the Pail and Shovel Party planted more than 1,000 fake pink flamingos on Bascom Hill in celebration of winning re-election to head the Wisconsin Student Organization, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society website. Today, the University of Wisconsin revisits the decades old prank in a new way with the first annual ?Fill the Hill? campaign.

Pink flamingos once again dotted Bascom Hill Wednesday, as part of Share the Wonderful campaign?s ?Fill the Hill? event.

Madison?s official bird, the pink flamingo, will be flocking to UW-Madison?s Bascom Hill to help in a 24-hour fundraising effort followed on social media.

For the first time in nearly a decade, there?s a new “top cop” on the SIU campus.Chief Benjamin Newman spent the last 15 years as a University of Wisconsin-Madison cop, most recently as a lieutenant there. He also fought wildfires for a year in Oregon.

Police reported the sexual assault of a 21-year-old female on North Henry Street at about 5:45 a.m. Monday.

No one was hurt or arrested during the ruckus, which happened at about 2:45 a.m. Friday at a residence in the 600 block of Mendota Court, a one-block street of apartments and Greek houses near the UW-Madison campus.

A sexual assault occurred on the 700 block of Dayton Street near the University of Wisconsin campus early Saturday morning.

A woman was sexually assaulted on W. Dayton Street, and police are still searching for the assailant.

A 22-year-old Madison man was robbed of his cell phone and backpack Sunday evening as he walked into an apartment complex near the UW campus, according to Madison police.

People can catch the flu almost anywhere ? on campus, an outbreak can spread quickly because students often live in close quarters. Ajay Sethi, an associate professor with UW-Madison?s Department of Population Health Sciences, is going to track illness with a smartphone application called OutSmart Flu where sick people report symptoms.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS ? Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School band members still are tooting their horns about hanging out with the University of Wisconsin Madison Marching Band.

Although the University of Wisconsin?s Homecoming has evolved throughout 103 years of celebrating what is means to be a Badger, some traditions have stood the test of time.

Chuck Kamp, the Metro Transit general manager, mentioned during his presentation that failure to increase funding to Metro Transit could result in higher costs for University of Wisconsin-Madison student bus passes, provided by Associated Students of Madison, and Madison College bus passes.