Category: Campus life

The six UW-Madison students studying in Alexandria, Egypt were able to get on a flight to Prague on Monday, according to university officials. They are expected back in the U.S. later this week.

Six UW-Madison students are at an Egypt airport awaiting evacuation back to the U.S.

The university is suspending its study abroad programs in Egypt in light of political unrest. The students had arrived in Alexandria in January to study Arabic language programs. Two other students who were scheduled to go to Cairo on Wednesday will not go as planned, according to UW-Madison officials.

As political protests in Egypt become increasingly violent, University of Wisconsin officials are bringing students currently studying abroad in Egypt home and have indefinitely suspended programs scheduled to depart for Cairo later this week.

Looking back at huge snowball fights: The University of Wisconsin-Madison didn?t win the title, but it does look like a good time.

The recent street protests in Egypt have some University of Wisconsin students speaking out.

As political protests in Egypt become increasingly violent, University of Wisconsin officials are bringing students currently studying abroad in Egypt home and have indefinitely suspended programs scheduled to depart for Cairo later this week.

Residents of the State-Langdon Neighborhood Association debated the potential height of the proposed remodeling of the St. Paul Catholic Student Center and Residential College Thursday.

Representatives from State Street?s St. Paul Church diffused worries about the possible height of the faith-based residence hall at a State-Langdon neighborhood meeting Thursday.

2,700 students. The thought of that number supporting a cause would make any campus activist drool with envy. But that?s the number of students the Badger Herald is reporting have joined a facebook group in protest of a proposed apartment complex on Mifflin St.

A proposal for a four-story building aimed at young professionals and families for Mifflin Street has created a growing student outcry asking a city commission to keep the tradition of student housing at Mifflin alive.

UW-Madison?s student health services this week debuted a drop-in counseling service called “Let?s Talk.” With no appointments needed or paperwork involved, the program allows students to chat informally with staff from University Health Services at drop-in centers around campus.

Only weeks after Time Magazine named the University of Wisconsin the nation?s ?most buzzed about university,? another publication has ranked UW as the fourth most influential college on Twitter, closely following Stanford, Syracuse and Harvard.

The documentary ?Ride the Divide? chronicles the mountain bike riders who attempted the ?Tour Divide,? a 2,711-mile bike race that follows the Continental Divide through the Rocky Mountains. The film screens for one night only on Friday, Jan. 28, at 7:30 p.m., at the Barrymore Theatre, 2090 Atwood Ave and the event will raise money for the University of Wisconsin cycling club.

More veterans are enrolling at the University of Wisconsin-Stout than at any other UW System School.

Only weeks after Time Magazine named the University of Wisconsin the nation?s ?most buzzed about university,? another publication has ranked UW as the fourth most influential college on Twitter, closely following Stanford, Syracuse and Harvard.

The support network is growing for the University of Wisconsin-Madison grad student recovering from a brutal New Years? Day attack.

Classes were back in session at UW System campuses this week, and so were efforts to get students to be smarter about alcohol. ?I see many students who really do stupid things when they?re drinking,? said Madison alcohol counselor Janet DuBerry. ?We?ve seen a tremendous number of kids end up in detox, just because they drink too much, too fast,? DuBerry said, adding that ?alcohol in Wisconsin is a date rape drug.?

Noted: “Our country is rising,” said Jasmine Feng, 25, a doctoral student in business and management at the University of Wisconsin in Madison who is originally from Xian, China. “The relationship between China and the U.S. is very important for Chinese students,” she said, holding a Chinese flag. “It will influence our decision of whether to stay here or go back to China, so it?s in our interest to have harmony between the two countries.”

The Big Ten schools enjoy friendly rivalries and competing on the playing field, but they shared a common cause on Thursday. Students and faculty showed they bleed cardinal and white by stepping up to donate blood during the second annual American Red Cross Big Ten Challenge. 

Would you jump off a bridge because everyone else did? What about walk in the street? It turns out doing both could be dangerous.UW-Madison officials have launched a campaign asking pedestrians not to walk in the street when avoiding construction of the new School of Human Ecology building on Linden Drive.

A fund has been established for a UW-Madison graduate student who continues to recover from burns suffered in a New Year?s Day attack in Puerto Rico. Five family members were killed and three others, including Patricia Sanchez Vazquez, were seriously burned after her uncle allegedly set fire to the room with a blowtorch where they had gathered for a family meal in Florida, Puerto Rico.

Many colleges and universities have created a Twitter feed to share campus news with students, parents, alums, faculty, sports fans, journalists and everyone else.

This week Klout ranked scores for the most influential universities on Twitter — Stanford University led the list with a score of 70, followed by Syracuse University, Harvard University, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, all of which had a score of 64.

Hey you kids, get out of the street! That old warning from adults to children is being used by UW-Madison officials who are worried about students walking on Linden Drive in a stretch where the sidewalk is closed by construction.