“What does Black Girl Magic mean to you? ”To conclude Black History Month, University of Wisconsin-Madison’s mental health services hosted a discussion panel, “Beyond Black Girl Magic: Normalizing and Centering Black Women’s Mental Health,” covering topics ranging from the mental health of Black women, to defining oneself and embracing imperfection.
As groups push for better integration of accommodations in classrooms, students spearhead creation of organizations, new Disabled Students Cultural Center to improve campus conditions.
Opera superstar Renee Fleming is coming to Madison in April not only to sing at UW-Madison’s Memorial Union Theater, but also to talk about the health benefits of music, the theater announced Monday.
Demonstrations unfolded at schools including Columbia, Stanford and Northeastern universities, as well as the University of Wisconsin-Madison. More than 300 people gathered Thursday in the atrium of the building that houses Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service for a town hall and panel discussion about the invasion. And a student group at Ohio State University advertised a Friday afternoon bake sale to support humanitarian and defense efforts in Ukraine.
An array of faculty, staff, undergraduate employees, and University of Wisconsin community members gathered over a Zoom call this Tuesday for mobilization around COVID safety and policy on campus. The meeting was organized in direct response to a University announcement that it would allow its indoor mask mandate to expire on March 11th, which falls a day before the school’s spring break. The expiration will take place 10 days after the rest of Dane County, which announced the end of required indoor masking effective at midnight on March 1st.
Signs are static.
They can, of course, convey concise and relevant historical information. But they are limited to one point in time, said Kasey Keeler, an assistant professor of civil society and community studies and American Indian studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
That’s why Keeler is leading a project, “Mapping Dejope: Indigenous Histories and Presence in Madison,” which will make Indigenous history of the area digitally accessible.
University of Wisconsin-Madison instructors will be able to recommend their students continue wearing face masks after a campus mask mandate expires March 12. But despite concerns about immunocompromised or otherwise at-risk staff, faculty are being told to masking will now come down to personal choice.
UW-Madison junior Jessica Melnik is unsettled by sexual assault victims waiting weeks or months for counseling services. Last October, for example, several students told her that a campus counselor wouldn’t be able to see them until the spring semester.
After miles spent walking its wooded trails every day, Doug Moe continues to dig deeper into the history of the 1,260-acre urban wonder.
In attendance were Democrat candidates Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes, current State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, Alex Lasry, Steven Olikara, Peter Peckarsky, Tom Nelson and Jeff Rumbaugh.
United States Ambassador to the United Nations and University of Wisconsin alumna Linda Thomas-Greenfield will be the keynote speaker for the UW spring commencement.
Organizations present on previous year’s budget, request funding changes.
Advancing diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been a major priority for L&S Dean Eric Wilcotts since taking the post back in 2020 — so much so that Wilcots viewed establishing a permanent role to support inclusion initiatives as a top administrative priority after becoming dean.
Russian and Ukrainian students and teachers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison held a small, mostly silent protest on campus to show solidarity with Ukraine and call for Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt his invasion of the former Soviet republic.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and an alum of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will return to campus May 14 as keynote speaker for spring commencement.
In a quiet and peaceful demonstration, UW-Madison students made their message for “no war” loud and clear.
A group of approximately 12 protestors gathered at the top of Bascom Hill on Thursday to protest the Russian military’s invasion of eastern Ukraine which began earlier this week. Demonstrators carried signs and chanted slogans denouncing the actions of president Vladamir Putin and the Russian military.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will deliver the keynote address at the UW-Madison commencement ceremony on May 14.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will deliver the keynote address at the UW-Madison commencement ceremony on May 14.
’By doing this in the middle of the semester they have taken the choice away from those of us working on campus who might have chosen to opt out otherwise,’ one participant says
UW’s six-year graduation rate, based on freshmen who entered the university in 2015, is the highest its ever been at 89.2%, UW spokesperson Meredith McGlone said in an email statement.
’We are working for a world where PAVE is not needed, not where we are looking for answers to these problems,’ PAVE chair says.
There are currently approximately 150 student families who receive assistance from the Office of Child Care and Family Resources.
Today, students who interact on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and in University Housing are free to engage and live with each other as they please. But, for students attending the university in its first century of operation, discipline and regulations on campus regarding housing and sexuality looked very different.
“We are immensely honored to be hosting Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield and grateful that she has agreed to share her wisdom and experiences with our graduates,” outgoing Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in the release. “Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield is one of the most distinguished and highly regarded diplomats in the world. I am very proud that she is also a Badger.”
Wisconsin senators held a marathon session Tuesday, passing measures that would fund a replacement for a troubled youth prison, restrict government safety net programs, limit the ability of the University of Wisconsin System to teach about diversity and race, and call for a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution.
A Republican-backed bill that would limit criteria University of Wisconsin campuses can consider in admissions is swiftly making its way through the state Legislature, despite warnings from UW officials that it would result in more students being denied.
The Black Voice news publication was first created in 1971 with the mission to provide a safe space for Black and African diasporic students attending UW-Madison. “We The Vision,” which will be presented at Marquee Cinema in Union South on Tuesday, March 1, 6 p.m., is the tale of The Black Voice’s origins, influence and legacy told by many of the voices who have shaped its success. The documentary commemorates the 50th anniversary of the founding of The Black Voice, during the 2020-21 school year.
Noted: A number of the day’s bills were directed specifically toward the operations of the University of Wisconsin and state technical college systems.
Those bills that passed include:
Six new Wisconsin communities have been selected to work with the University of Wisconsin-Madison to address and solve problems facing their local population, thanks to the UniverCity Year (UCY) program.
A new documentary titled “We the Vision“ will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of The Black Voice, which is University of Wisconsin’s only newspaper made by and for Black students, with its debut at the Marquee Theater on March 1 at 6 p.m.
GUTS to raise wages, add new positions with requested budget increase.
In recognition of the 80th anniversary of Japanese American Internment, the Japanese Student Association organized its first “Week of Remembrance.”
The days of Gabrielle Acevedo walking into class at Rufus King High school are ticking away one-by-one. As a senior, there are roughly 100 days until she graduates. But, she knows what she wants to do after the gets her diploma. “Personally, I’ve always known what I wanted to do,” Acevedo said. “I’ve had the same dream since I was a little girl.” That dream is to go to the University of Wisconsin and eventually become a physician assistant or a doctor. She credits her readiness for college to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Precollege Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence, known as PEOPLE.
’I hope that the general campus community gains an insight into the impact and legacy that The Black Voice has had on the entire campus as a whole,’ former editor-in-chief says.
“One of the things that has been so beautiful being able to work on this documentary is that when I was interviewing people, it really just felt like I was talking to my homies about the experiences we went through and it was cool to get their perspectives,” says Nile Lansana, director of The Black Voice’s first documentary titled “We The Vision.”
The Black Voice is proud to announce our latest project, our first documentary that will premiere on Feb. 22, at 6 p.m. at UW-Madison’s Marquee Cinema! Check out the trailer below.
Most students voted to keep mask mandate till end of spring semester.
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s decision to no longer require masks in indoor settings after March 12, the start of Spring Recess, has elicited puzzlement and irritation amongst members of student government and the Teaching Assistants Association.
On Thursday night, Manning gave her first in-person lecture since the beginning of the pandemic to an audience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
For the 1,208 UW-Madison students studying abroad this semester across 24 countries, the pandemic has shifted expectations and changed the structure of international study.
The displacement of longstanding businesses on State Street to make way for modern mixed-use buildings could permanently alter the vibe and look of what is perhaps Madison’s most iconic area.
The University of Wisconsin volleyball team saved its biggest for last in terms of home crowds on its way to its first NCAA championship. There were more than 7,000 people in the UW Field House for the regional final victory against Minnesota last December that sent the Badgers to the Final Four. Was it the biggest group ever to watch a UW volleyball home game? It’s hard to say definitively, but it’s at least in the top three.
University of Wisconsin System officials say they plan to end their campus mask mandates by spring break.
UW System interim President Tommy Thompson announced Wednesday that widespread vaccinations and waning case numbers on system campuses and across the state justify the move.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced Wednesday that the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s current on-campus mask mandate will be extended to March 11. The decision follows an announcement made earlier in the day by the UW system that all on-campus mask mandates will be allowed to expire in early March.
The University of Wisconsin announced in an email that its mask mandate will expire March 12, the day spring recess begins.
Lt. Gov. Barnes walked through and received a tour of the Red Gym Wednesday following Gov. Tony Evers State of the State address the night before. His visit focused mainly on the multi-cultural center, which is home to the Black Cultural Center, Latinx Cultural Center, Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Student Center and American Indian Student and Cultural Center.
The family of a University of Wisconsin-Madison senior has found support among the Madison area swim community after their son, a member of Swim Club UW and coach at the Madison Aquatic Club, sustained a serious head injury on Jan. 30.
According to a statement issued by interim president Tommy Thompson Wednesday morning, the reversal will come by spring break at the latest. Those dates vary by campus, with UW-Madison’s recess beginning March 12.
UW-Madison will lift its mask mandate when spring break starts March 12, a move criticized by some on campus as too soon to begin easing up on the COVID-19 safety measure.
University of Wisconsin students joined the national “Day Without Immigrants” protest Feb. 14, which asked immigrants and allies not to attend school or work or spend money at non-immigrant-owned businesses.
When the troopers began popping up throughout the University of Wisconsin-Madison building at the beginning of February, campus employees were left scratching their heads. Some even speculated the toys were part of a Reddit challenge called r/GreenDawn. But the masterminds behind the invasion have since come forward to the Cap Times, saying they have no affiliation with the online forum — they’re just in it for the laughs.
Citing a rapid decline in COVID-19 cases across the state, System President Tommy Thompson is working with chancellors to phase out the requirement no later than spring break, which at UW-Madison begins March 12.
Mathematics included 20 Fellows, two each from the University of California, Irvine; the University of Wisconsin and the University of Toronto.
UW-Madison in January extended its mask requirement until March 1. “We expect to be announcing a decision before the end of the month on what will happen after that,” spokesperson Meredith McGlone said Monday.
Application fees at most University of Wisconsin System campuses will be waived indefinitely. The shift started with the pandemic but administrators credit it with boosting the number of applicants and freshman enrollments.
The Associated Students of Madison, the student government body of the University of Wisconsin, held a meeting Wednesday night to elect the new Shared Governance Campaign Director and approve ASM’s finalized internal budget with a wage increase. They also discussed resolutions to reduce plastic waste on campus.
Some of the Midwest’s best freestyle snowboarders and skiers were on Lake Mendota this weekend. UW-Madison hosted Rail Jam at Winter Carnival on Saturday afternoon.
With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, many students who would otherwise spend the holiday swiping through dating app profiles are giving the once-a-year matchmaking service Datamatch a try.
Since 2018, students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have received an email ahead of Valentine’s Day offering a chance to find new friends or even a shot at love. The message comes in the form of a survey from Datamatch with 20 humorous questions, many of them ones that only UW-Madison students would understand.
