The yearly tradition started with the work of three students at UW who were looking to raise money for the Badgers’ athletic teams at the time. In 1982, Tom Grantham, Ken Sparks and Rich Backus approached Elroy Hirsch, who was the current Athletic Director, the website home page said.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison waived more than $4,000 in security and event fees for an event hosted by Wisconsin Young Americans for Freedom on March 11 after a lawsuit threat from conservative law firm Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty.
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into education, both students and faculty are grappling with the question ‘How can AI support learning?’
UW’s generative AI policies vary from classroom to classroom, depending on instructor preference, and students are responsible for getting permission ahead of time if they are unsure of classroom expectations. But, students are always required to cite paraphrasing and word for word text created through instructor-approved AI usage.
Students in the teacher education program at the University of Wisconsin’s School of Education recently voiced concerns with administrators’ failure to adhere to an emergency rule that would allow students to stop participating in teacher education programs upon graduation.
The School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDIS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is currently facing a $15 million budget shortage for construction of its new building, set to open in 2025.
Months after a controversial deal which exchanged funds for capped diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) positions, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is looking for ways to protect itself and fight against a nationwide anti-DEI movement.
University of Wisconsin students are banding together to evict Starbucks from campus. Specifically, students want the university to end the licensing contract that allows Starbucks to have a location inside of Smith Residence Hall, which opened in 2020.
MADISON, Wis. (WKOW) — Award-winning actor and entrepreneur Danny Trejo is speaking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wednesday night.
Another bill that took months to take shape was a deal between Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and the Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents. Vos wanted to do away with positions related to DEI, or diversity, equity and inclusion. In exchange, he agreed to approve UW staff raises and building projects that were included in the state budget.
Evers, who was critical of the deal, eventually signed off on multiple components, including $700 million for building projects like a new engineering building at UW-Madison and guaranteed admission to the UW for the top-performing students in each graduating class across the state.
On Friday, the University of Wisconsin-Madison announced the launch of its Sustainability Research Hub.
In early Feb. 2024, UW-Madison chancellor Jennifer Mnookin announced a new cross-campus initiative focused on environmental sustainability.
The UW said it is looking to double its media spending as part of the campaign, with the total cost of producing and airing the ads expected to be around $1 million. UW-Madison spokesperson Kelly Tyrrell said the campaign will be privately funded.“The practices outlined in the proposal are consistent with our peer institutions and are also consistent with marketing and outreach efforts UW-Madison has engaged in for many years,” Tyrrell said in an email.
More than 170 UW-Madison School of Medicine students, alongside every fourth-year medical student in the country, were “matched” with their next career step on Friday.
After one year of working through trials and triumphs, UW student engineers have created a product that will change one boy’s life.
After the meeting was adjourned, Fisher told The Badger Herald that representatives elected by their friends were “steamrolling” policy decisions, referring to Wesner, who was just appointed, and Thiele.
Over 160 undergraduate students from across the state showcased research at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Survey asks students to report addiction experiences, resource preferences.
The Student Association for Computer Machinery celebrates everything math, and for Pi Day, it brought the celebration of not only pi, but also pie to campus.
Duggan graduated from UW-Madison in 2011 with a bachelors degree in biology. She played for the Badgers women’s ice hockey team from 2006 to 2011. During that time she participated in four NCAA championship games, winning three. When she left the team she was the No. 1 scorer in program history.
Three-time Olympic medalist Meghan Duggan will be this year’s spring commencement speaker for University of Wisconsin-Madison on May 11.
Meghan Duggan is a three-time Olympic medalist who also played for the U.S. National Team in eight World Championships, winning seven gold medals.
Meghan Duggan, an American former ice hockey athlete and UW-Madison alumna, will address graduates at the Spring 2024 commencement in May.
Organization offers resume-building, networking along with visibility for women, non-binary people in IT community.
UW senior class president says Duggan was chosen based on impacts on, off hockey rink.
Celebrations showcase vibrant MSC community, emphasize growth.
The residence hall is currently undergoing renovations to improve its common spaces and resident rooms on the first and second floors. Since construction began in January, several residents said construction is more disruptive than communicated by University Housing.
First-day nametags. At the University of Wisconsin, one professor asked students on the first day of class to create a nameplate and to fill out a notecard with their major and other personal information such as interests or involvement in campus activities.
Campus organizations support students, build community through meals, events.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is currently undergoing a series of construction projects to create larger spaces and learning environments for several programs on campus.
UW-Madison student veterans advocated for a space to call their own, as the university proceeds with the $285 million Camp Randall Sports Center project.
Students can vote for members of the student council and the Student Services Finance Committee.
Late-night vending will continue at the bottom of Madison’s State Street, the City Council decided Tuesday, but on slightly different days and for slightly fewer hours.
The number of food trucks allowed in the 700 and 800 blocks of State — which are closest UW-Madison and open to pedestrians only — also will increase from three to five.
Voting member absences prevents quorum, vote reschedule to March 13.
The Committee on Disability, Access and Inclusion hopes to educate students on the university’s former president, Charles Van Hise.
More than a 150 undergraduate student researchers from the Universities of Wisconsin gathered together for the 20th annual Research in the Rotunda at the Capitol.
Admissions officers can still consider how race affects individual applicants, WILL attorney says.
UW RecWell organizes more than 20 events to promote physical, mental wellbeing March 7.
Gerard Randall, a top Wisconsin GOP official, continues to influence budgets and serve at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership despite a high-profile business scandal that prompted his resignation from the Republican National Convention.
Charleston was recently honored with a Diamond Award from the Not Alone Foundation in Atlanta. He was recognized in the category of Academic Leadership: Excellence in Higher Education on Jan. 27, accepting the prestigious award at the annual event in Atlanta at the historic Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Moorehouse College.
‘MENA in the Modern World’ theme acknowledges, affirms rich, vast cultural impact.
Campus-wide survey available through March 22.
Garage Sale focuses on the narrative of a girl exploring the community-wide garage sale. The player is able to discover different parts of a forest town, complete quests and collect friends throughout. The landscape is a quaint and comforting town featuring a wide variety of rooms for the player to discover.
Scientists studying viruses at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently opened their lab door for a tour, looking to shine a light on their work after being targeted by a Republican bill.
My future was cloudy at best until I remembered a scholarship given to me at graduation by the local Legion that paid my University of Wisconsin semester fees for two years. True, I had never considered the U.W. before but my future choices seemed limited – so off to college I went.
PBS Wisconsin Education announces the launch of a new education series called The Look Back, which explores eras from Wisconsin’s history through artifacts. The Look Back was made in collaboration with the Wisconsin Historical Society, University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries, UW–Madison’s Rebecca M. Blank Center for Campus History, Wisconsin educators and learners, and museums around the state.
Credibility of ’embodied knowledge’ in wellness sphere.
Students, community members share, celebrate MENA cultures at multifaceted event.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is celebrating 50 years of its women’s athletics programs.
It’s a journey that dates all the way back to 1895, when coach Andrew O’Dea consented to being the women’s boating crew coach. Women’s basketball was soon to follow in 1897.
Sitting around a fire ring outside Dejope Residence Hall last Tuesday, a group of UW-Madison students pondered how they would feed themselves that night.
The Wisconsin State Climatology Office keeps records of ice-over and ice-out dates for Mendota, Monona and Wingra back to the mid-19th century, based on observations by various people, including those at Washburn Observatory at UW–Madison.
The boundaries of free speech are an ever-present issue at college campuses, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison is no exception.
University of Wisconsin-Madison educators have designed numerous educational games to aid students in their learning.
A history lesson may soon be attached to one of the tallest buildings in Madison.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is moving forward with the installation of a plaque in Van Hise Hall that would explain the legacy of the building’s namesake, Charles Van Hise, and his promotion of eugenics.
Students are struggling to access nutritional, affordable food as demand increases for more resources.
To mark more than a century in business, the Book Store is offering its biggest sale in history.
Speakers, panelists encourage student global engagement.
“It feels pretty incredible,” UW-Madison sophomore Ruben Rodriguez said. “You get to see the nice sun. You get to take in the fresh air. You get to sit on the nice grass, get to see everyone walk to their classes.”
Health care providers work to help bridge gaps in eating disorder treatment, support.
The event was co-sponsored by UW-Madison’s Students in Free Enterprise and Bank Mutual.
In the era of artificial intelligence, cheating is only getting easier for students.
Some instructors say they can easily tell when students turn in AI-generated work. Others find it far trickier and will turn to online AI detectors for confirmation when their suspicions are raised. Educators everywhere are trying to create AI-proof assignments.
Eric Ely, who teaches in the Information School at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has made some of his assignments more personal, asking students to write about topics that connect to their own lives. In a new assignment this semester, he has students engage with an AI chatbot and document the process. “Part of my job is to prepare students for life after college, right?” he said. “This is the world that we’re living in, and so I feel like I would be doing a disservice to students if I would not talk about this or limit or completely prohibit the use.”
For UW-Madison professor Dietram Scheufele, the big question isn’t what AI can — or cannot — do for college students. “What I’m much more concerned about is the fundamental disruption to our social system and how we prepare students for that,” said Scheufele, whose research includes technology policy, misinformation and social media. “The question for universities right now is why this degree will be worth something 40 years from now.”
John Zumbrunnen, the vice provost of teaching and learning at UW-Madison, said the most-asked question he gets about AI is whether the university has or will have a policy on it. UW-Madison does not, meaning students navigate at least four different class policies per semester. In some cases, individual assignments will have their own AI expectations. That’s why it’s important, he said, for instructors to offer grace in this new world.
“The answer in the teaching and learning space cannot be one-size-fits-all,” he said earlier this month at a UW Board of Regents meeting.
