Category: Campus life

Co-host of Radiolab Latif Nasser coming to campus to meet students, give talks, share experience

Debate on three RSO grants tabled until next GAC meeting.

Chancellor Mnookin and Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Lori Reesor asserted they understood Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) had taken responsibility for the chalkings. SJP maintained that they had no involvement. However, SJP defended the message of the chalkings.

The mysteries of space have captivated the human race for centuries, driving us to learn and explore. Since Yuri Gagarin first reached orbit in 1961, over 600 people have ventured beyond Earth’s atmosphere. One of them is Captain Scott Kelly, who the Wisconsin Union Directorate Distinguished Lecture Series (WUD-DLS) welcomed to campus on Tuesday.

“Our success is a testament to the power of grassroots communities organizing together grit, determination and a genuine care for student well being,” said the Zoe Bayliss board of directors.

In The Legend of the Lost Emerald, children play the role of a maritime archaeologist searching for sunken ships in the Great Lakes.

Though a permanent space on campus is yet to be established, the McBurney Disability Resource Center has offered one of its conference rooms, Graaskamp, to house the Disability Cultural Center, DCC coalition member Priyanka Guptasarma said.

In a move that reflected growing momentum on campus, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s student council introduced legislation Wednesday to increase the wages of all student worker positions to $15 an hour. The introduction of this legislation is in response to the Wisconsin Union and UW Housing & Dining increasing their minimum wage to $15 an hour in late August.

The Associated Students of Madison held their second meeting of the school year Wednesday night. They were presented with several speakers and five new legislation proposals to vote on.

UW–Madison’s ambitious Public History Project exhibition at the Chazen highlights those who fought back.

The ASM Grant Allocation Committee held its third meeting Thursday in the Student Activity Center to discuss grants for Art for Change, the Wisconsin Law Review and the American Medical Association Interim Meeting.

Meet the professor behind a new digital map marking indigenous history across campus and Madison.

The university was selected as the winner of the regional W.K. Kellogg Award for its commitment to bettering underserved communities.

The L&S Dean’s Ambassadors program is made up of student volunteers who assist in helping the College of Letters & Science with a variety of projects to help foster a greater student community.

Representatives aim to increase student awareness for RSO funding.

UW students gather to celebrate the Jewish new year.

’To have that flag in Madison is a symbolic reminder of who we are, what we are and where we’re going,’ public relations officer for Ho-Chunk Nation says.

Companies across disciplines set up booths at the Gordon Dining & Event Center this Tuesday, seeking interns and new hires.

Authors of the new book “Building Sustainable Worlds: Latinx Placemaking in the Midwest” speak about their research on Latinx communities and current projects.

The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association (WFAA) hosted ’Thank a Badger Day’ on Wednesday.Students wrote thank you notes to donors who supported the school over the last year.

Alvvays, a Canadian-based group that fuzes psychedelic sounds with pop-friendly hooks and melodies, will headline the show less than a week after the group releases their third album that’s more than five years in the making.

Historical artifacts from the UW Archives combine with curator commentaries to detail the history of marginalization on campus. From athletics to admissions, housing and class work, the exhibit spares no details in recounting the school’s exclusionary past.

The panel was brought together in honor of the class’s 50th reunion. Participants listened to the session as part of their ‘Day of Learning,’ according to the UW Alumni Association.

Gary Brown, University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus and director of campus planning and landscape architecture, announced his retirement this June and plans to start working on a book about the university’s campus planning history.

Ho-Chunk Nation President Marlon WhiteEagle raised the flag at the ceremony Thursday morning. WhiteEagle said that events like the flag raising ceremony help break down barriers.

“This day is so significant because it showcases how important Indigenous knowledge is to fulfilling the mission of the institution, which is to educate people about the complex cultural, physical worlds in which they live,” said Aaron Bird Bear, the UW-Madison director of tribal relations.

Marlon WhiteEagle, the president of the Ho-Chunk Nation, said it provides a chance to teach others about those who once lived on the land currently home to the university and the city of Madison.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison raised the Ho-Chunk Nation flag over Bascom Hall, the university’s main administration building, in an outdoor ceremony Thursday morning in the heart of the UW campus.

Inability to accommodate disability restrictions create ’unwelcoming’ culture in STEM field.

Students, faculty marched up Bascom Hill with flags, music to celebrate Latinx cultures.

Chancellor shares opinions on first month in office.

“The flag is a symbol of something much larger,” Ho-Chunk Public Relations Officer Casey Brown told the Cardinal. “It may look like just a flag and a piece of fabric, but what it means to us to have it flying above Bascom Hill is incredibly meaningful.”

Julia Stern discusses old and new scholarly pursuits at UW-Madison lecture series.

Wage increase encourages UW students to take on-campus jobs.

“Our shared governance process in Council gave voices to staff, faculty, students and alumni in this decision,” said Mark Guthier in a statement from 2018, who was Union director and Union Council member at that time.

The gallery is a culmination of the university’s Public History Project, titled “Sifting & Reckoning,” which confronts the challenges of marginalized communities on campus. The exhibit runs through Dec. 23, featuring photographs, archival materials and oral histories spanning 175 years.

“Public history is, at its simplest, history that is written and made accessible for the public, for the people in our community. While many other universities have looked into their histories, no other has made public engagement the center of their work, this project has. Our work, including this exhibit, is focused on our community, and how best to make this accessible to them,” Lucchini Butcher says.