Badger fans flocked to Union South Saturday morning to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Badger Bash. Among those attending was Mike Leckrone, known for directing the University of Wisconsin Marching Band for over 50 years.Leckrone, who is now retired, recalled the band’s pregame traditions before Badger Bash was founded.
UW professor studies roots of misinformation spread.
Stallworth best known for infiltration, investigation of Ku Klux Klan.
“Accidental Activism” was the unofficial theme of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Gender and Sexuality Campus Center (GSCC) event “We Are Here,” held in mid October at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
SSFC approves Latine Student Union, Adventure Learning Programs budget.
’Too often Indigenous peoples are seen as part of history, and not as our classmates, professors or colleagues on campus,’ MSC Assistant Director says.
The student vote at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has the power to dictate the scope of politics on local, state and national levels. Student groups across campus are determined to promote student voter registration and turnout, but despite their efforts, some students remain unenthused and unconvinced.
Every October, Bascom Hill is filled with bright pink flamingos as part of an initiative called Fill the Hill, which celebrates a new wave of donations to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dean of Students Christina Olstad watched over the speakers and protestors alongside other UW administrators and UWPD officers.
As November midterm approaches, UW students navigate their role, significance in Wisconsin politics.
Returning students who wanted to stay in the dorms were offered an alternative — a free 10-meals-a-week dining plan or a $5,000 housing stipend to live off campus, University Housing Director Jeff Novak said. Alternatively, they could live for free in the university’s Eagle Heights apartments, located on the Far West Side near Picnic Point, about 2.4 miles from Bascom Hall.
Looking for a Thanksgiving meal this year but don’t want to do the cooking yourself? The Wisconsin Union has you covered.
University reminds students to be safe and responsible this Halloween.
Berens has had a successful career since graduating from UW. He is a stand-up comedian, a New York Times best-selling author, an Emmy-winning journalist, a popular podcast host and the creator of Manitowoc Minute.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Speech and Debate team won the Loyola Rambler Debate Tournament and placed fourth at the Mid-America Forensics League’s fourth tournament last week.
The university announced in a statement Sunday night that they are aware of the incident and believe the individual is not a UW-Madison student. “UW-Madison stands against antisemitism and all forms of bigotry and discrimination,” the statement said.
“Unfortunately, we have also become aware of accusations made against members of our own faculty,” the UW-Madison graduate students wrote in a statement issued Friday evening. UW-Madison did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The letter, signed by 167 UW-Madison graduate students in economics, says those allegations could discourage potential students from networking with top economists.
Her new book, “Black Disability Politics,” takes inspiration from organizations like Black.Seed, which are led by Black disabled people, Black women and Black queer and transgender people. In her book, she hopes to reclaim a legacy of disability justice work in Black liberation movements, which has historically been overlooked or dismissed.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s get-out-the-vote efforts have been hard to ignore, too, with voter registration drives a routine occurrence on campus.
Schools such as the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ohio University, University of Colorado-Boulder, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Michigan are all encouraging students to choose a Halloween costume that does not appropriate another culture.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has a webpage dedicated to “Halloween cultural awareness” which states that students should avoid “racist, crude, or culturally insensitive” costumes.
Protests erupted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison when groups clashed over transgender issues.
Walsh also posted a photo of a notice posted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison warning students of the event and calling it “harmful towards our trans community.” The protesters also reportedly vandalized multiple buildings on campus including a veteran’s memorial.
In an open forum, ASM representatives expressed their disapproval of right-wing and anti-trans political commentator Matt Walsh, who recently spoke on campus. ASM discussed how students felt betrayed by the committee for providing the funding for Walsh’s presence on campus. Rep. Emmett Lockwood said the committee has work to do to build back the trust of transgender students.
Michels’ policy goals include tax reform, lowering crime in Wisconsin, protecting free market economy.
UW students can register, vote early in midterm until Nov. 4 at Memorial Union, Union South.
The fall 2022 University of Wisconsin staff is the most diverse in its history. Over the past year, 49 people of color joined the faculty in an effort to create a more diverse community for students and staff.
Morgan Brooks, a UW-Madison senior, came to the exhibit to bring back ideas to the diversity and inclusion committee of her sorority, Gamma Phi Beta. Brooks explained she was shocked by the volume of history and background covered, especially on the first-hand accounts and oral histories of discrimination within Greek life.
Early absentee voting for the 2022 midterm elections is in full swing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and voting stations have been buzzing with students and poll workers.
“This is a monumental fight for the future of Wisconsin and the future of our nation,” Senator Warren says
Winter graduates at UW-Madison will get some final words from the host of the Manitowoc Minute. Charlie Berens will be the winter commencement speaker this year.
Berens is a New York Times best-selling author, an Emmy-winning journalist, a popular podcast host and the creator of “Manitowoc Minute.” He earned a bachelor’s degree in 2009 from UW-Madison in journalism and geography.
In a video posted by UW-Madison’s Twitter account, Berens thanked students for selecting him as the commencement speaker, coming to them “live from his garage.” Senior class officers choose the speakers each year in conjunction with the chancellor’s office.
“As someone new to Wisconsin, I’ve learned a lot from Charlie, like the importance of getting the buttered rye bread with the Friday night fish fry and of watching out for deer on the roads,” Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin said. “He’s a great comedian, but much more — an entrepreneur, a business owner, a skilled interviewer, a proud Badger. I’m delighted he will be offering his wisdom to our graduates.”
“Charlie Berens is a Wisconsin cultural ambassador for all corners of the state,” senior class president Liam McLean said in a news release. “It is fitting to have him speak to our winter commencement graduates as his reach and our university grow in scope and status.”
Other high-profile Democrats, Republicans to visit Wisconsin before Nov. 8 election.
Pres House Apartments leased 60% of its building in October, holding spaces for a second round of leasing to take place in November, and several more to be made available in February 2023.
During the roughly hour-long talk at Memorial Union, Nate Silver also explained how polling data helps provide insight into policy discussions.
GSCC director hopes to cultivate belonging for transgender students.
’You spineless, gutless clowns owe me an apology,’ Walsh says of UW.
Committee also approves funding for Badger Catholic, discusses other budgets.
Overnight vandals did “extensive damage” to the Memorial Union and Alumni Park on the UW-Madison campus, in protest of conservative provocateur Matt Walsh’s planned visit to campus, university officials said Monday.
On Monday, protesters demonstrated outside Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus ahead of an event featuring conservative commentator Matt Walsh.
Opposition to conservative commentator Matt Walsh’s visit to UW Madison could be seen and heard throughout the day Monday.
“UW-Madison, by telling a bunch of delusional psychos who are already defacing property that my perspective is harmful — the university, one could argue, is inciting violence against me,” Walsh said.
A crowd of about 250 people gathered outside Memorial Union Monday night to protest the Matt Walsh event hosted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, demonstrating support of transgender rights.
The University of Wisconsin-Wisconsin Police Department released statistics of the citations they handed down on the game day Saturday.
During the Purdue Game, UWPD said they ejected 43 people, with 24 of them being students.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Gender and Sexuality Campus Center (GSCC) works to support and foster community among UW’s trans and queer students. The organization planned a day-long community-building event and trans film festival on Oct. 24, the same time as conservative commentator Matt Walsh’s talk at Memorial Union. GSCC organized several other initiatives throughout the fall to support LBGTQ+ students on campus.
UW-Madison police reported that 43 people were ejected from Camp Randall Stadium and 20 people were arrested during Saturday’s game between the Badgers and Purdue.
Of the 43 people ejected, 24 were UW students, and of the 20 arrested, 12 were UW students, police said in a statement detailing the numbers.
The potential for adults returning to school to reach goals of obtaining degrees and knowledge is often most affected by external factors that can make everyday life and returning to academics a difficult balance. The UW Odyssey Project is a remedy to that problem, and over their 20 years working to bring adults to higher education, they have gone the extra mile every time.
The Odyssey Project started in 2002 and quickly started changing lives. Acting as an avenue for adults to return to higher education through the resources and knowledge that run throughout UW-Madison has allowed the Odyssey Project to serve a plethora of people each year to achieve their academic, career, and personal goals. A celebration at the UW-Memorial Union was only fitting.
Multiple landmarks on the UW-Madison campus — including Memorial Union — were seemingly vandalized overnight with messages protesting a conservative commentator who was set to speak on campus Monday night.
UW-Madison is celebrating homecoming and starting off the weekend strong with their beloved parade.
NBC15′s John Stofflet reported live from the parade and talked to the owners of a Bucky Wagon, a reconstructed fire engine.
It’s Homecoming Week at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Badger Band is getting ready for its annual parade performance.
News 3 Now photojournalist Sydney Martin caught up with the band as they ran through one of their final practices before the event.
The tenth “Fill the Hill” fundraiser at the University of Wisconsin-Madison brought in more than $421,000 for various campus initiatives.
Morning rounds at the animal hospital on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus start at 8 a.m. sharp. That means the days begin around dawn for veterinary medicine students in their fourth and final year of school, when clinical rotations largely replace classwork.
The UW-Madison Homecoming Committe continued its Homecoming week festivities Thursday by making a cupcake mural in the Sun Garden at Union South.
Pink flamingos can be seen on Bascom Hill on UW-Madison’s campus Friday morning.
The annual event is a fundraising initiative for the university. For each gift given during Fill the Hill, a flamingo appears.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the event. In that time, more than $2,040,000 has been raised.
University Health Services hosted an event in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month at the Eagle Heights Community Center on Wednesday in partnership with University Housing.
Inspiring atmospheric scientist, co-founder of Earth Women’s Science Network and University of Wisconsin professor, Tracey Holloway was recently elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine Oct. 17.
Marcel Schreir, the Richard H. Soit Assistant Professor in chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was named a Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering on Tuesday. The Packard Fellowship, funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, is given to early-career scientists and engineers pursuing innovative high risk, high reward research.
