The workers’ labor unions at the University of Wisconsin submitted a petition urging the university to amend its policy to include 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave for all graduate students, faculty, academic staff and university staff.
The Lakeshore Nature Preserve Frautschi Center will increase access to Lake Mendota’s 300-acre natural preserve, support hands-on learning for more than 25 University of Wisconsin-Madison academic programs and serve as a center for environmental education in the community.
A number of programs, many of them student-led, redirect food waste from UW-Madison’s two largest food producers — University Housing, which runs multiple dining hall and food market locations across campus, and the Wisconsin Union, which oversees the Memorial Union and Union South — to student organizations or food pickup locations to give away free meals.
Transgender and LGBTQ+ youth are more likely to report unsafe school climates and mental health concerns than their cisgender, heterosexual peers, according to research by graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Being paid to taste cheese might sound like a dream, but the reality of life as a “descriptive sensory panelist” may surprise you.
Dr. Sophie Pitman is the curator for “Remaking the Renaissance”, the exhibit on display now inside the Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery on UW-Madison’s campus. On display, there are more than 60 objects dating back hundreds of years.
Workers on UW-Madison’s campus, led by the Teaching Assistants Association (TAA), submitted a petition to campus administration calling for the implementation of a paid family and medical leave benefit.
Graffiti criticizing the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s response to a Tuesday incident in which a campus police officer shoved a pro-Palestine protester was found in the sixth floor women’s bathroom in Mosse Humanities Thursday.
The Food Fight restaurant opened inside the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery on the UW-Madison campus in 2011, shortly after the building did, as a fine-dining restaurant, but soon became more laid back.
During the fall 2023 semester there were fewer than 700 Native Americans enrolled at Universities of Wisconsin schools, about 0.4% of the total student population, according to system data. Yet despite that minuscule proportion, Wisconsin’s Native American tribes continue to have a large impact on the UW System.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is launching an environmental sustainability initiative that will include carbon-reduction goals and a new research hub on campus.
UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin made the announcement during a recent UW Board of Regents meeting in Madison.
University of Wisconsin Recreation and Wellbeing recently posted signs with messages such as “You are powerful” in recreational spaces across campus. The signage is designed to encourage body positivity, and is part of a larger campaign run by RecWell to support all students on campus regardless of identity, according to RecWell Associate Director of Marketing and Communications Sarah Barnes.
State universities would be required to admit the top academic performers from Wisconsin high schools under a Republican measure passed by state lawmakers Tuesday.
A new visitor and education center located on the south shore of Lake Mendota was recently funded by a $14.3 million gift from Jerry Frautschi — a Madison philanthropist.
The Lakeshore Nature Preserve’s Picnic Point, hiking trails and small Lake Mendota beaches provide an easy-to-access natural oasis just steps from downtown Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
And soon, the thousands of students, Madisonians and others who visit the spot each year will be welcomed by a new “front door” when they arrive at the 300-acre natural area.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will build a new visitor and education center for its Lakeshore Nature Preserve in an effort to increase access to the 300-acre natural area.
Around 200 protestors came to UW-Madison’s Library Mall for a “Stop The Hate: Building People’s Unity” rally and march on Feb. 10. The rally pulled a strong focus on the collaborative efforts between labor and movements to bring action and put a spotlight on the activity of the white supremacist group Blood Tribe around the state.
Ashour recited poems in both his native Arabic and English, enrapturing the audience in his verse about the grief of living in Gaza. Many of the attendees, including Ashour, wore kuffiya-patterned clothing from popular Palestinian brand PaliRoots as a showcase of solidarity with Palestinian nationalism.
’The most important criteria in our long term vision is efficiency,’ SSFC chair says
ISA to highlight intersections between STEM disciplines, Islam, organizers say.
The center is being supported by a $14 million donation from Jerry Frautschi, the namesake of the center. The goal of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve Frautschi Center will be to educate on sustainability, with experiences teaching from UW programs.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Winter Carnival celebrated its last day of events Saturday. Weather had forced leaders to cancel many of the carnival’s popular outdoor events.
Honoring a whimsical tradition first started in 1979, the presence of the statue replica is part of the university’s annual Winter Carnival week.
“There will be something in place of the hockey tournament, but we’re just not sure what it looks like yet,” said Sean Nicgorski, SAE philanthropy chair. “Even though the event is canceled, we’re still raising money for the Lily’s Fund as best as we can.”
The University of Wisconsin Dance Team, also known as the Spirit Squad, competed at the Universal Dance Association College Nationals from Jan. 12 to Jan. 14. Taking place in Orlando, Florida, at the Walt Disney ESPN Wide World of Sports, the dancers got to represent UW at the national level.
A new sports facility at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is one step closer to breaking ground after the Capital Planning and Budget Committee of the UW Board of Regents approved the plans in a unanimous vote.
TV: Tell us a little bit about yourself.JH: I am a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison pursuing a degree in journalism with a certificate in gender and women’s studies. I have covered a variety of topics on and off the UW campus, including local politics, campus culture, and the arts. I am currently a fellow at the UW Center for Journalism Ethics and the outreach coordinator for Sex Out Loud, UW-Madison’s peer-to-peer sexual health resource. Previously, I interned at Isthmus, Madison’s independent, local-news source, and served as an editor of a campus-life and -style magazine.
We speak with Robert Golden, the outgoing dean of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
For years, the Associated Students of Madison has financed bus passes for students from segregated fees. These passes cover every Madison Metro Transit bus and allow for campus routes — the 80, 81, 82 and 84 — to run without requiring a pass or fare.
The bill said UW’s response to the circulation of a video of a UW student using racist slurs last spring, which emphasized that hate speech is protected speech “did not go far enough to condemn the racist use of free speech,” according to the bill. It also calls on UW to remove and address the phrase “Hate speech is free speech,” which was added to fall 2023 SOAR materials and “On Wisconsin.”
Initiatives aim to ‘make this institution even a step stronger,’ at local, global levels.
’Student Voices’ survey reveals insights into how well colleges prepare students for workforce.
Chancellor Mnookin announced the RISE initiative to hire faculty in areas of “global challenge,” including artificial intelligence.
Canvas observers are able to access class assignments, calendars, discussions — including posts from the entire class — and more.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student recently tested positive for tuberculosis, prompting campus health officials to notify more than 700 people who may have been exposed to the student.
Lily’s Classic, the annual hockey tournament organized by the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, will not be canceled at this time despite low ice levels on Lake Mendota.
A Latinx history project, launched Feb. 1 through the University of Wisconsin School of Education, plans to create a digital archive of scholarly documents on Latinx communities in Wisconsin, according to the School of Education website. The project aims to elevate voices in Latinx communities and provide educational resources for teachers.
Student Services Finance Committee begins by discussing GSSF eligibility requirements.
Ten student organizations were granted eligibility to receive funding from the GSSF — Badger Catholic, Latine Student Union, Mecha, Muslim Student Association, Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment, Student Leadership Program, Sex Out Loud, The People’s Farm, Wisconsin Black Student Union and Wunk Sheek.
The Wisconsin Union’s winter-themed event series, called Winter Carnival, will make its return to Madison for its 84th year Feb. 7-10, 2024, bringing with it both indoor and outdoor winter-themed activities.
The student with active, contagious TB has not been on campus since December, said Sarah Clifford Glapa, spokesperson for UW’s University Health Services. The student lived in Smith Residence Hall.
Persistent, unseasonably warm weather has prompted the Wisconsin Union to cancel the Winter Carnival’s snow- and ice-based events this week over concerns that the ice is too thin to be safe.
A Monday afternoon water main break on Randall Avenue caused closures for Union South restrooms and some restaurants.
A water main on Randall Avenue broke at 2:30 p.m. Monday afternoon, according to University of Wisconsin Union South desk staff. The water break caused some Union South bathrooms and water fountains to stop working and disrupted the business of the in-building restaurants.
A sea of red, white and black snaked around the Kohl Center and slithered its way down to W. Dayton Street early Sunday morning.
The editor-in-chief of Campus Reform, a conservative watchdog group, filed Title VI complaints against several universities, including UW-Madison, for allegedly failing to protect Jewish students from antisemitic incidents.
Robert N. Golden, dean of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), announced Tuesday he will resign “once a successor is named,” according to a UW-Madison press release.
Office for Civil Rights aims to complete investigation of complaint in 60 days.
Walker-era changes felt today amid Board of Regents DEI decision, low student government voter turnout.
Adorned in a thrifted valentine pink skirt and REI boots, Dooley enchanted a Friday night crowd in UW-Madison’s Discovery Building during a storytelling event hosted by the university’s American Indian & Indigenous Studies program, along with the departments of Anthropology, English and Language Sciences.
For the past 25 years, UW-Madison has invited indigenous storytellers to breathe life into their languages through the annual event.
“It’s nice to have this as a cultural showcase for the Madison community,” said Chandra Chouhan, UW-Madison senior and executive director of Aa Dekhen Zara, the university’s annual Bollywood fusion dance competition. “Everyone looks forward to ADZ every year because that’s a taste of home for a lot of people.”
For nearly 30 years, the UW-Madison student chapter of Habitat for Humanity of Dane County has dedicated the Saturday before the Super Bowl to host their annual community soup fest, the ‘Souper Bowl.’
The Rohr Chabad House at UW-Madison is planning a five-story expansion of their current house on W. Gilman Street to accommodate increased student demand during Jewish holidays.
$900 of over $100,000 budget will be moved to Urban Agricultural Programming after composting policy change.
In her career as a playwright, Anna Deavere Smith has rooted her projects in civil rights issues, according to the Wisconsin Union. Smith is credited with creating a new type of theater where the performance centers around interpretations of journalistic interviews, according to New York University.
Dr. Robert Golden, dean of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health since 2006, is stepping down once a successor is in place. A search will begin this spring, UW-Madison said in a statement.
University leaders partnered with an executive search firm to host listening sessions and a student feedback form. Finalists are expected to be announced this spring.
Despite being one of the top public research universities in the country, the University of Wisconsin-Madison does not offer paid family and medical leave to all employees. But a growing group of advocates, led by graduate student workers, say it’s time for a policy change on campus.
The proposed Canvas course would serve to sensitize first-year students to sustainability practices on campus and give resources for further involvement.
“I’m not leaving the university, I’m looking forward to transitioning back to where I started my professional journey as a faculty member,” UW SMPH dean says.
