Category: Campus life

The University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate assistant’s union, the Teaching Assistant Association, launched a campaign to improve working conditions for graduate student workers in bioscience departments including genetics and microbiology.

University of Wisconsin-Madison campus community members criticized the removal of Warren Scherer as director of the Gender and Sexuality Campus Center in an open letter to campus administration.

One-credit freshman seminar supports student retention, builds connections, fosters personal growth for freshmen.

UW-Madison’s Center for East Asian studies hosted a panel before the election exploring the impact of a second Trump term on East Asia.

‘Together, we can ensure that our veteran students feel strong, feel belonging and feel empowered in this environment, ready to make a positive impact here at UW-Madison and beyond,” Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Fernie Rodriguez says.

‘We position ourselves with the expertise and the support that we need to address whatever is coming next,’ RISE spokesperson says.

Those ridership levels are primarily attributed to the cheap price for a bike-share pass for UW students, said Helen Bradley, director of business development for BCycle owner Bicycle Transit Systems.

‘I did not believe Trump is somebody who can unite the country,’ College Republicans of UW president says.

Campus Leaders for Energy Action Now urge students to sign petition for a rental energy burden disclosure ordinance in Madison.

The Daily Cardinal spoke to over a dozen students and community members who shared shock, horror and disgust of Trump’s blowout victory.

November is National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the rich and diverse cultures, traditions and histories of the Native American peoples, according to the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Wisconsin Union will also host Friendsgiving available to all UW-Madison students.

Conservative students sometimes come up to College Democrat’s table to disagree, but they always have a civil conversation, Schanhofer said. UW College Republicans Chair Thomas Pyle said his organization frequently collaborates with College Democrats. “I think we have a great relationship with College Democrats right now,” Pyle said. “… I would love to see more of that in the real political world out there … We don’t need to hate our political opponents.”

Students reported lines of about two hours, and early voters at campus polling locations comprised nearly a fifth of in-person absentee ballots cast in Madison.

“The Black Badgers Homecoming Reception went really, really well. We were happy with the nice turnout and with the reception of everyone who was there, and just the ability to collaborate in the way that we did,” Roslynn Pedracine, president of WAA’s Black Affinity Group, tells Madison365.

Kacie Lucchini Butcher, director of the Rebecca M. Blank Center for Campus History, told The Daily Cardinal the reason for this may lie in direct impact. “With the war in Vietnam, people’s friends were dying,” Lucchini Butcher said. “I think there was a sense of urgency to those protests that made people feel as though they wanted to get involved.”

A student worker at UW-Madison’s Memorial Union carried out life-saving measures earlier this month after a person overdosed in one of the lounges. It was an uneventful day at Memorial Union when Ruben Aguilo Schuurs, Building Manager at UW, was flagged down by another worker in the building.

With early voting underway and only six days until Election Day, on the streets around the State Capitol and on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, we asked people who they want to become the next president of the United States and what are the issues that matter to them.

Milwaukee chef and restaurateur Dan Jacobs will cook up a commencement speech for the University of Wisconsin-Madison this winter.

UW-Madison has announced a special guest for its winter commencement on Dec. 15.

Comedian’s comments toward Latinos, African Americans ignite backlash from Puerto Rican community, GOP leaders.

Dan Jacobs, a contestant on the popular cooking show and Milwaukee restaurant owner, will address graduates at the Winter Commencement Dec. 15.

In a talk at Memorial Union, Politico politics bureau chief Jonathan Marin discussed campaign strategies and the strong influence of University of Wisconsin-Madison students in the upcoming election.

Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler held an early vote block party for University of Wisconsin students on Friday afternoon.

The block party took place on Library Mall, where around 20 students and community members tabled to encourage pedestrians to register to vote.

Each fall, University of Wisconsin students throw themselves into the battle for their next house or apartment. Simultaneously, students on campus contemplate various routes they can take to not only lock down a room but to make living cheaper for themselves.

According to a 2023 Housing Snapshot Report on the City of Madison, demand exceeds supply when it comes to housing, rendering prices unaffordable to the median renter household. Throw tuition into the mix and students who become overwhelmed by finding affording housing may feel the need to get creative. Students may resort to alternative and unfavorable methods to make housing prices more manageable.

A group of UW-Madison alumni and other supporters say the university’s track and field and cross country programs shouldn’t be cast aside to bolster the football team, though.

“There’s absolutely no reason that it has to be one over the other,” said Heidi Kalsen, who competed as a long jumper and sprinter at UW-Madison from 1999 to 2003.

Spotted Cow in hand, Yung Gravy marched hundreds of students from a club to the polls at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wednesday. The tongue-in-cheek rapper got his start during his time as a student there.

“We’re going to party to the polls, baby,” Gravy — in a red Wisconsin T-shirt with an “I voted” sticker on it — said in a video he shared to his Instagram Story as a crowd cheered behind him.

he early vote push continued Wednesday, with rapper and University of Wisconsin-Madison alum Yung Gravy seen leading a crowd of students toward the campus’ Memorial Union to cast in-person absentee ballots in a video posted by Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler.

More than 650 young voters joined rapper and UW-Madison alumnus Yung Gravy on a festive march down University Avenue to Memorial Union to cast their ballots on the second day of early voting in Wisconsin.

Hundreds of students and community members partied with artist Yung Gravy Wednesday afternoon before heading to the polls to vote.

Political journalist, columnist shares unique lens on political journalism ahead of presidential election.

On the second day of early voting, Yung Gravy led attendees to Memorial Union to vote early.

Members of nonprofit Black and brown youth organization Leaders Igniting Transformation debated issues related to democracy on Thursday.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is already the only campus in the nation with two daily student newspapers. The student media landscape is only growing despite deep lay-offs in the professional journalism industry.

Anna Jesch, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said she thinks Obama’s appearance was drawing lots of college students. As a Minnesota native, she was excited to see vice presidential candidate Tim Walz — governor of Minnesota — too.

Jesch, who studies endocrinology and reproductive physiology, will cast her first vote in a presidential election in November. She said she didn’t know what the future of reproductive science would be under the Trump administration.

“I feel like my career, my future, my science kind of depends on this election,” she said.

‘It’s for Badgers and Badgers at heart,’ Homecoming committee member says.

In 2014, Garcia-Rivera entered a new role as a career adviser in UW’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and by then, a new generation of young people were entering a media and public relations industry completely transformed by those platforms and others.

At 1 p.m. Gravy and a brass band will lead a parade of voters to Memorial Union’s early voting polls.

UW-Madison’s Homecoming Committee has been preparing for the celebration for months. The jam-packed week of fun features everything from performances, to tailgates, to parties, and parades.

Rebekah Taussig visited the University of Wisconsin-Madison for discussions on disability in classrooms, panels and in her keynote speech as part of the Go Big Read curriculum.

“The Wisconsin Alumni Association is where all Badgers belong, and we’re excited to welcome alumni and friends back to campus for Homecoming,” Sarah Schutt, the chief alumni officer and executive director of WAA, tells Madison365. “We’re especially happy to support events and traditions that, for more than 10 years, have created meaningful spaces for alumni of color communities to connect and celebrate.”