Category: Campus life

Kits count towards multi-university competition centered on promoting sustainable energy practices.

The Young Americans for Freedom chapter at UW is hosting the event, according to a press release. It will take place on Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. in Shannon Hall.

Young Americans for Freedom at UW-Madison announced the event Wednesday, noting The Daily Wire emeritus editor will appear as part of a lecture series on Nov. 6. The event will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held at Shannon Hall, in Memorial Union.

Hundreds of people gathered outside Memorial Library late Sunday evening to express solidarity with the people of Israel after Hamas launched surprise terrorist attacks Saturday.

Sarah Hurwitz, a former White House speechwriter for the Obamas, spoke to students about her time in the White House, recent events with Israel and Hamas and her Jewish faith during a Tuesday evening talk with University of Wisconsin-Madison students at the UW Hillel Foundation.

The exhibit illuminates Latinx and Chicanx students’ identity, culture and community as resistance throughout the university’s history.

With sponsors including the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, Morgridge Institute for Research and the University of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Science Festival is truly a local group effort, Mulrooney said. Bringing people together is always the main goal of the Wisconsin Science Festival team.

Some students said this week they hoped to set politics aside and focus on the profound loss of life. Jacob Bigelman, a junior at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, said he was so distraught by the events in Israel, where he had studied during a gap year after high school, that he couldn’t focus in the library on Sunday morning. Instead, he channeled his energy into organizing a vigil.

UW’s RSA chapter requests more than $60,000 for salaries, supplies, advertising.

Emeritus professor in the University of Wisconsin Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Steve Ackerman and professor of AOS Jonathan Martin co-host “The Weather Guys.” It is a call-in show discussing all things weather, climate and science with former UW professor and long-time host Larry Meiller. The show’s 25 years of perseverance reflect the public’s long-time interest.

Interactive exhibit highlights Latinx activism since 1970s.

The survey was sent by University Recreation and Wellbeing as part of a study conducted across ten universities including UW-Madison.

Night of celebration hosted on-campus by Wunk Sheek, Indigenous Student Center.

More than 2,000 donors raise over half a million dollars for UW colleges, scholarships.

Hope Peel, a UW-Madison alumni, said this is her first time back in about a decade.“I brought my husband,” she said. “He’s never been here before and it’s probably the coolest thing.”

The course is part of a larger Our Wisconsin program, led by the Office of Inclusion Education, which was “created to raise awareness of the diversity across the UW–Madison campus and to encourage students to share their diverse perspectives to build community and create a sense of belonging,” according to the program’s website.

Sex Out Loud requested approval to raise their budget cap to cover their purchases for apparel. While the spending budget for apparel is currently capped at $300 for all student organizations, Sex Out Loud requires over $400 to cover their needs.

The Lakeshore Nature Preserve Committee sent a letter to Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, College of Letters and Sciences Dean Eric Wilcots and Office of Sustainability Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Robert Cramer requesting that “management and maintenance of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve not rely on outside donations.”

Homecoming has arrived at UW-Madison. That means it’s also time for an annual tradition at Wisconsin.

CSA will provide cultural home for Caribbean students currently spread throughout other campus organizations, board member says.

F.H. King Students for Sustainable Agriculture announced via Instagram that they will now be named ‘The People’s Farm’ Oct. 1.

The UW Homecoming Committee partnered with the American Red Cross to organize the blood drive, which comes amid a national blood shortage. Starting in August, the American Red Cross saw blood collections drop by 25%, Kyle Kriegl, the executive director of the southwest Wisconsin chapter of the American Red Cross, said.

“WHO stands for White Health Organization — not World [Health Organization],” scientist and past president of the Nigerian Academy of Science Oyewale Tomori said at the weekly event Africa at Noon Oct. 4.

Dr. Pompey, UW-Madison Marching Band director, reflects on the band’s resilience and the enduring Wisconsin tradition amidst a transforming sports landscape.

Students participating in the blood drive make a life-saving contribution to those in need. One hundred and twenty appointments were booked Tuesday, and the university has a goal of getting 123 people to donate per day.

This year’s Multicultural Homecoming Tailgate and Watch Party on Saturday, Oct. 7, at the Pyle Center in the heart of the UW-Madison campus will be a chance to connect with alumni, students, staff and faculty at a fun-filled tailgate party before the Badger Homecoming game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.

Attendants spoke of an accomplished, fun-loving leader who served the university for nine years.

The total UW-Madison enrollment broke 50,000 for the first time in school history, and the new freshman class includes the second-highest number of Wisconsin residents.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has many gameday traditions. Fans sing along to “Build Me Up Buttercup,” sway arm-in-arm to “Varsity” and jump up and down to “Jump Around.” Although all of these traditions are loved by the masses, many people don’t actually know how they started.

I had the pleasure of interviewing UW-Madison associate marching band director Dr. Corey Pompey about his initial take on Fifth Quarter when he started as director several years ago. After experiencing his first Fifth Quarter, Pompey felt he had “never seen anyone or any organization do a post game performance like this one.”

The University of Wisconsin-Madison will “absorb” $7 million in budget cuts with no faculty layoffs and furloughs, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin announced Monday. Mnookin made her announcement during the chancellor’s annual State of the University address to UW-Madison’s Faculty Senate.

One student said it’s “outrageous” that out of the six or seven classes she’s taken toward her African Cultural Studies certificate, she’s only had one Black professor. “I feel like it’s so important that when you walk into a class, you’re getting taught by someone who understands your experiences and understands what it’s like,” she said.

The demonstration will begin at Union South and end outside Bascom Hall. The staff who participate will hand out fliers in an effort to gather signatures for a petition to be delivered to to UW-Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt.

UW–Madison student organizations started off their Sunday afternoon outside Memorial Union with some friendly competition.Students decorated the windows with Bucky the Badger, bright colors and symbols to represent their organizations. Around thirty student groups participated in the activity.

WUD Cuisine’s new Cookbook Subcommittee announced plans to create a student-authored cookbook for the University of Wisconsin-Madison community earlier this month.

Mike Lenn, UW-Madison federal relations director, told The Daily Cardinal the university is  aware of the likelihood of a shutdown and has taken necessary precautions. “We have experience from past shutdowns, and we have the resources in place to ensure smooth operations,” Lenn said. “In fact, preparations began a month ago.”

A jam-packed homecoming week will celebrate the university’s 175th anniversary, with events scheduled throughout. The pink flamingos are already thinking about where they will plant themselves as they Fill the Hill. UW football fans will be primed Saturday when the Badgers come home to Camp Randall for a Big Ten showdown against Rutgers.

Construction expected to finish before 2024, housing director says.

The University of Wisconsin’s Institute on Aging hosted its 33rd annual colloquium at Gordon Dining and Event Center Sept. 27.

With a West Campus redistricting plan on the horizon and continual global climate concerns, ASM Sustainability is encouraging student engagement and communication.

“We are currently working out some details for the fall relaunch and hiring students to help manage the program,” UW Housing told The Daily Cardinal when asked about the missing robots. “We expect the delivery service to return very soon.”

Former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan got candid about current events during a sit-down conversation hosted by the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Tuesday night.

The Republican former congressman spoke during an event Tuesday hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s LaFollette School of Public Affairs, as lawmakers in Washington have until Saturday to reach to a budget agreement, with no deal in sight.

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan sees a country on the rocks — divded by cults of personality, “unserious” politics and policy choices driven by “nihilism” — but he’s still “bullish” on the future of the United States.

“The party that puts the first fresh face forward wins this election,” Ryan said at an event on the University of Wisconsin campus organized by the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs.