Category: Campus life

As Earth Day approaches, the University of Wisconsin-Madison kicked off celebrations early with a variety of activities spanning the weekend and beyond.

Students gather to register club after initial attempts prior to COVID-19 pandemic.

Students leaving the University of Wisconsin-Madison will no longer have access to their university email accounts due to changes in Microsoft licensing.

When a University of Wisconsin-Madison pier collapsed last year, the cause seemed pretty simple: There were too many people on the structure at the time.

But a newly released investigative report found overcapacity was not the cause of the Labor Day collapse that plunged dozens of people into Lake Mendota. Rather, the report indicated people on the pier were jumping and introducing too much strain on the pier, causing it to crumple.

The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Office of Sustainability at UW-Madison are launching the first-ever Earth Fest, from April 19 to April 26. Earth Fest will bring the Madison community nearly 50 diverse activities like hands-on lectures, nature walks and sustainable eating and art experiences.

Christina Treacy, a senior studying environmental and political science, is part of that effort. She’s the co-president of UW-Madison’s chapter of the Food Recovery Network, a national organization.

The event is then open to the public on Saturday, April 20. People of all ages are invited to come check out the activities for free from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

The winning invention will take home $50,000 to launch their product into the marketplace. UW-Madison team is going to be up against 24 other teams from colleges across the country on Saturday, April 20.

Progressive journalist Ezra Klein explored the roots and impacts of political polarization in America during a talk organized by the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the Monona Terrace.

Journalist Ezra Klein delivered a public talk to University of Wisconsin students and Madison community members Tuesday. Centered on and named after his 2020 bestselling book — “Why We’re Polarized” — the talk was part of the La Follette School of Public Affairs’ 40th anniversary celebration. This spring, Klein is serving as the school’s Public Affairs Journalist in Residence.

ASM has no policy on notifying student body following SSFC closed session impeachment, spokesperson says.

Event lineup to be announced next month, spokesperson says.

Wednesday marks last meeting of 30th session.

Unsuspecting students received an email with a student inquiry about the availability of prom tickets. UW-Madison said the email group “worked as configured.”

Humanities NOW hosted a panel of experts to discuss the role of public universities and academic freedom amid a controversial “DEI deal.”

With summer around the corner and temperatures in Madison rising, students and community members are heading back to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Memorial Union Terrace.

From 4 to 6 p.m., the Union will host a celebration with a DJ, free brats, and a beverage tasting where you can help pick the newest choices at the terrace. Bucky will be available for pictures, and the UW Dance Team will also be performing.

The 2,000 famed sunburst chairs will return to the Memorial Union Terrace Wednesday morning. To mark the annual tradition, the Union is hosting an Opening of the Terrace Party from 4 to 6 p.m.

Gracie Nelson is UW’s senior class president. She said they wanted to do something special for the soon-to-be graduates, so they decided to throw them their very own prom.”You don’t even realize how much you’ve lost until you watch the freshmen and are like, ’Oh my gosh, I didn’t gonna get any of that’ and so I do think that while I’ve had the best four years and really wouldn’t change any of it, I think there’s a new excitement about graduation events and things like this,” Nelson said.

The All-Campus Party, a weeklong series of events put on by the University of Wisconsin Alumni Student Board, began Sunday and will run through Friday, according to the WASB website. As the nation’s largest cost-free and alcohol alternative campus celebration, this year’s All-Campus Party features seven different events organized students, for students, according to the website.

Jess Randall holds her annual clothing drive for survivors who leave their clothes in the emergency room to be taken in as evidence. She started her non-profit “Survivor Clothing Project” in high school, and this is her second year doing the drive on the UW Madison campus.

‘Ingredients, Identities, and Intersectionality’ focuses on food as reflection of lived experience.

Ladson-Billings, the former Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is recognized across the United States and beyond as a pioneer whose work on culturally relevant pedagogy and critical race theory has altered how educators approach their teaching.

Name serves as tribute to alumni, donors John, Tashia Morgridge.

Hmong American Student Association spearheads campus events.

(PHOTO) From left, poll workers at UW-Madison, register student voters on the campus in Madison, Wisconsin, on 2 April. Photograph: John Hart/AP

A conservation leader is criticizing the University of Wisconsin-Madison after one of its research centers sponsored a Tuesday event at which an anti-conservation speaker ridiculed environmental regulations.

Moda Magazine partners with students, local businesses to bring annual event, themed ‘FUSE: Igniting Innovation’.

Judge Jones’ keynote is scheduled for 9:15 a.m. on Friday morning with a full day of sessions to follow at the 38th Coming Together of Peoples Conference. University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni may join the Cooweeja Native & Indigenous Affinity Group and the Indigenous Law Student Association at 5:30 p.m. for an opportunity to socialize with fellow UW alumni, with appetizers and drinks provided.

A symposium hosted by the Center for East Asian Studies commemorating early UW-Madison students from China brought together families and scholars.

The Indigenous Law Students Association (ILSA) will host the 38th annual Coming Together of Peoples Conference on April 12 and 13, where the group aims to inform students and community members about Indian law.

Award-winning journalist and Pulitzer grantee Jason Motlagh visited the University of Wisconsin April 9 for a talk titled “Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Stories from the Frontlines.” The event was hosted by the Institute for Regional and International Studies National Resource Center.

Leading up to Earth Day and a climate march in late April, the Associated Students of Madison Sustainability Committee will host events every Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Walk emphasizes connection through community, set to take place April 21.

The UW-Madison chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha hosted an April 2 iftar dinner for students, staff, faculty members and their families to break their fast and share a meal together.

Thousands of students and community members gathered on Library Mall and Bascom Hill to watch the partial solar eclipse over UW-Madison.

The MadHatters are the oldest acapella group at UW Madison, and WMTV 15 News had the opportunity to sit down with two of its members, Emmett Milligan and Asa Rao, to discuss their annual Madison performance.

Students and families of all ages were able to explore science in different ways at the UW-Madison Science Expeditions event this weekend. The three-day community open house event took place at various buildings on campus and allowed families and kids to take part in interactive science and art activities.

WMTV 15 News sat down with AJ Speed, public relations chair and Justin Galler, outreach chair of UW Humorology, Wisconsin’s longest running student-ran philanthropy.

‘The work we do is 24 hours a day, 365 days a year,’ RCC Executive Director says.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is celebrating its 175th anniversary with a Community Open House starting Friday, April 5, with free, family-friendly and interactive fun. This includes more than 60 events through Sunday, April 7.