Category: Campus life

Kelly Tyrrell, UW’s director of media relations and strategic communications, explained in an email statement to The Badger Herald that it would be difficult to draw a connection between either application size or average applicant qualification and UW’s ranking. “Our number of applicants has increased annually for many years now, a trend that has remained consistent irrespective of what our particular U.S. News ranking is in a given year,” Tyrrell said.

The outage frustrated many students and faculty during the first full week of the fall semester.

University leaders addressed DEI initiatives, free speech, campus safety and belonging amidst statewide tensions.

Dietram Scheufele, the director of graduate studies in the Department of Life Sciences Communication, was joined by Assistant Professor in Computational Communication Kaiping Chen and Burgess Chair of Journalism Ethics Kathleen Culver, both also of UW-Madison, on a panel for Cap Times Idea Fest. Moderated by Cap Times State Government and Disinformation reporter Erin McGroarty, the three panelists discussed “Journalism In The Age Of AI: Who Tells Us What’s Real?”

UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, Ho-Chunk representatives and Truman Lowe’s daughter, amongst others, dedicated one of Lowe’s sculptures in his name.

The due date for Registered Student Organizations to apply for SSFC funding is Sept. 25, which falls on Yom Kippur. Jacobs said SSFC and Associated Students of Madison should consider sending an email out about the due date or give an extension to Jewish groups. Wagaman said the SSFC should talk to ASM leadership about a plan of action for that due date.

Elections Research Center Director Barry Burden, who moderated the event, said hosting the Road to the 2024 GOP Presidential Nomination on UW-Madison’s campus is important because of the youth vote in Wisconsin, a swing state that could be the electoral “tipping point” in the 2024 presidential election.

Participants marched while chanting “Sí, se puede,” a motto representing Latine unity and strength.

A sculpture by a Native American artist and University of Wisconsin professor was finally back home on the UW-Madison campus Friday. 26 years after Truman Lowe worked on the art piece for the White House Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, the sculpture returned to Wisconsin.

UW-Madison officials said there is no evidence that a cyber attack caused an outage that left the campus without wi-fi for long stretches of time over the past three days.

Vice chancellor Lori Reesor, deputy vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion LaVar Charleston and dean of students Christina Olstad attended the Wednesday evening meeting. “We think it’s really important for the things that are happening in the world, whether it’s a SCOTUS decision about affirmative action, whether it’s some of the legislation that happened in the state of Wisconsin university system with budget cuts as a result, we’re not cutting DEI positions, there’s no backing off the importance of this value, it is primary for the institution,” Reesor said.

Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Madison next month as part of a nationwide college tour, her office announced in a social media post Wednesday.Harris will visit UW-Madison on October 4. Further details of her visit were not released as of Wednesday evening.

Vice President Harris posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that she will stop on campus on Oct. 4.

UW Hillel to host events, meals to bring campus Jewish community together for Jewish new year.

“We have not been able to keep new plantings sufficiently watered,” explained Isaac Zaman, a horticulturalist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Allen Centennial Garden. “We have to be in there almost every other day with how behind we’ve been with the rainfall.”

Their demands include raising graduate assistants’ annual stipend to $50,000 from its current average of around $23,000. “We need to reframe the narrative,” Flowers-Morgenstern said. “It shouldn’t matter what the university thinks of our demands. What matters is that graduate students need to be making $50,000, and the school can afford to pay us.”

Lori Reesor, UW-Madison vice chancellor for student affairs, confirmed the decision in remarks during a meeting with the university’s student government body Wednesday evening.

An official dedication of the sculpture honoring Ho-Chunk artist and Professor Emeritus Truman Lowe’s life and work will take place on the UW-Madison campus this Friday, Sept. 15 at 10 a.m. After several stopovers, the artwork has made a final journey back home to UW-Madison.

During summer 2023, Mai Nguyen and Lacey Dinh established the Vietnamese International Student Association at the University of Wisconsin, with the goal of facilitating networking for Vietnamese international students.

Students, faculty fight for expansion of three-credit requirement, but challenges persist.

The controversial speaker announced via TikTok that she will visit Madison on Sept. 19.

The Daily Cardinal spoke with Brooke Harding, B.A. 2014, about her efforts in Ukraine, her time at UW-Madison and what she’s learned from her work with USAID.

The Wisconsin Homecoming Committee has planned plenty of events to celebrate Sept. 30-Oct. 7, including a concert with rapper Armani White.

Budget cuts, skyrocketing rents and fights over free speech and belonging loom as fall classes begin.

The Blk Pwr Coalition has met on multiple occasions with University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin’s office, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor told The Daily Cardinal on Tuesday.

The African Studies Department at UW-Madison will host the 50th annual Africa at Noon weekly lecture series starting September 13 at 12pm in Room 206 of Ingraham Hall on the university campus.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison said in a statement that a “number of students and other members of the public were on the pier” at the time.

UW-Madison is welcoming students back to campus with a series of events — one of them is quite colorful. As part of Monday’s Terrace Takeover, Wheelhouse Studios hosted a Paintacular. They call it Madison’s largest free group paint event. Wheelhouse offered a free canvas and water colors to anyone who was interested.

Ahead of the start of classes at UW-Madison, the Wisconsin Union hosted its annual terrace takeover on Monday at the Memorial Union. Attendees enjoyed live music, stand-up paddle boarding, rock climbing, lawn games, food and more.

The UW Odyssey Project takes a whole family approach to breaking the cycle of generational poverty through access to education, giving adult and youth learners a voice, and increasing confidence through reading, writing, and speaking. The Odyssey Project was co-founded in 2003 by Emily Auerbach, a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Thousands of new Badgers are settling into their new homes on campus as the fall semester nears.Students began moving into the university’s 21 residence halls in earnest Wednesday, with move-in continuing on Thursday and Friday.

With fentanyl being one of the top killers in Wisconsin, UW-Madison is taking a step to keep its community safe.

Over 8,800 students from around the globe are making the big move to UW Madison this week and University Housing has been preparing for the arrival of students living in on-campus housing for weeks. “Move in day is always really exciting,” Director of Marketing & Communications for University Housing at UW Madison Brendon Dybdahl said.

On July 31, the day Paul Reubens died, Jim Healy began trying to book “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” to show at the UW Cinematheque.

University of Wisconsin System leaders plan to ask Republican lawmakers this fall to release about half of the $32 million they withheld in the hopes of defunding campus diversity initiatives, a top UW budget analyst said Tuesday.

The heat is top of mind for staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. New this year, freshmen living in the dorms can bring their own portable air conditioner.

Olivia Bozich flew back to Madison Friday after her trip home to Hawaii turned into a nightmare. The rising senior said she’s thinking about her home state right now after seeing the wildfire’s destruction.

Someday, when Tina Tran has a legislative internship as part of her public policy studies at UW-Madison, she hopes it’s with a Wisconsin legislator who cares about conservation.

Brenda Yang has been named assistant director of career communities at UW-Madison’s College of Letters and Sciences, where she will help head up the SuccessWorks program.