Category: Campus life

The Wisconsin Union addressed members of student government about their need for a slight increase in segregated fees to fix maintenance concerns at a meeting Thursday.

A fire Thursday morning at the UW Medical Sciences Center building has resulted in classes being canceled in the building for Friday.

The Madison Fire Department reported no injuries after it extinguished a three-alarm fire at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical Sciences building Thursday morning.

The student leaders behind Revelry, the student body?s first official end-of-the-year celebration, announced Wednesday the musical event will take place at Engineering Mall and Union South Plaza from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 4th, the same day as the Mifflin Street Block Party.

A grassroots committee of student government that examined cellphone reception at University of Wisconsin found that Union South, Dejope Hall and athletic facilities need the most reception improvement through a campus-wide survey.

Wisconsin Union Directorate and Festival Organizers held a pressconference to share additional finalized details Concerning RevelryStudent leaders of the arts and musical festival, Revelry, shared the latest updates and answer any questions about the event.

A three-alarm fire in the University of Wisconsin Medical Sciences Center at 1300 University Avenue has been extinguished, according to Madison Fire Department spokeswoman Lori Wirth.

The University of Wisconsin?s Madison campus is the latest carrier of a Twitter torch for the UW System. 

Madison?s City Council unanimously approved its annual resolution to not allow glass containers on Mifflin Street May 4 at their meeting Tuesday, as they expect the traditional block party to occur. 

The Madison Police Department will be working more closely with the elementary schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District in an effort to prevent violence in schools after a number of recent mass school shootings.

A 22- year-old woman left her bathroom to find a burglar in her apartment Saturday, according to Madison police.

(0) CommentsThe University of Wisconsin-Madison chapter of the Teaching Assistants? Association recently launched a campaign to increase graduate students? incomes to make UW-Madison a more attractive place for graduate students.

(0) CommentsOver 100 University of Wisconsin System students gathered in the Capitol Monday to lobby state legislators for a cap on tuition increases and a larger investment in financial aid.

A study issued by the National Bureau of Economic Research in February found that greater racial diversity on college campuses correlates with higher earnings for their graduates. The paper, authored by professor Jason Fletcher of the Yale School of Public Health and professor Barbara Wolfe of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, pointed out that its findings may offer an economic argument for colleges such as UC Berkeley to increase their numbers of students from underrepresented minorities.

DAYTONA – UW-Madison senior Kevin Meister snapped several amazing photos just moments after debris came flying toward fellow spectators at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday.

We had a story in this morning?s paper about UW-Madison?s launch into the new world of massive open online courses, better known as MOOCs. The news had the unfortunate fate of landing the same day as Gov. Scott Walker?s budget address, pushing it down the front page a bit.

It?s a long way from a village in Kyrgyzstan with no running water to a table in the Memorial Union?s Rathskeller on the UW-Madison campus.But our story today connects them, through Erin Luhmann, a UW-Madison graduate student of journalism from Minnesota.

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse?s chancellor wants the creators of a Facebook page to take down an image he says is inappropriate in the wake of a student?s recent death.

By this point, the ?UW Madison Confessions? Facebook page should need no introduction. The page, which allows anyone to post confessions anonymously through an online survey system, has gained 13,698 likes in less than 10 days since its creation on Feb. 11. According to the administrator of the page, who is remaining anonymous, it is a great place for debates and funny stories.

The Madison Police Department outlined police involvement in the 2012 Mifflin Street Block Party in an event summary released Wednesday.

(0) CommentsA 20-year-old woman was forcibly robbed on the south side of campus Tuesday, bringing the total number of thefts in a recent string of muggings to four, according to police reports.

Madison police are investigating two more armed robberies near the UW campus early Wednesday morning.

As schools across the country are focused on security, University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Chief Susan Riseling is getting national recognition for her strategy for dealing with a shooter on campus.

Three strong-armed robberies near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Monday night involving pedestrians all appear to be related, according to Madison police.

Mifflin Street Block Party-goers could have another option this year for celebrating the end of the semester.A new event called Revelry is scheduled for May 4 ? the same day as the Mifflin Street party ? and is likely to be centered at UW-Madison?s Union South and the College of Engineering campus, according to 4th District Ald. Mike Verveer.

University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism graduate student Erin Luhmann has won a prestigious contest to accompany New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof on a trip to learn about reporting and raise awareness about global poverty in the developing world.

Mifflin Street community members and city police officers continued to weigh logistics and concerns over the upcoming Mifflin Street Block Party as well as the alternative event to be held around Union South at a meeting Thursday.

Renowned New York Times journalist Nick Kristof selected a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate Thursday to join him overseas on a journalism tour as part of his eighth annual ?Win a Trip with Nick Kristof Contest.?

University of Wisconsin?s housing division is adding a new coed learning community that will be open to students interested in gender issues and sexuality in the upcoming fall semester.