U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona visited the UW-Madison campus Monday as part of his “Return to School Road Trip” across the Midwest to talk up the Biden administration’s efforts to get students back into classrooms safely.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced plans to build a new, $225 million academic building for its new School of Computer, Data and Information Sciences, one it plans to fund entirely through donor and private support.
The University of Wisconsin at Madison announced a commitment of $175 million for the School of Computer, Data and Information Sciences. The gift was $125 million from alumni John and Tashia Morgridge, of which $50 million was in the form of a one-to-one matching grant.
Two buildings will be torn down to clear room for the 300,000 square-foot development, which will be located next to the Discovery Building at the corner of Charter and University Avenue. Designed to be the most sustainable campus building, with seven stories divided into research, learning and student “ecosystems,” CDIS is set to open in 2024.
After having virtual commencement ceremonies the UW-Madison class of 2020 has an opportunity to gather at Camp Randall for a celebration of their degrees in Madison, Wis., Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021.
Student vaccination rates at Wisconsin’s public universities range widely from 91% at UW-Madison to 38% at UW-Parkside, according to figures released Friday.
Around 2,700 graduates attended the ceremony, about a third of the 8,000 students who actually graduated last year. Many wore street clothes with their black graduation caps, but the regalia of commencement was still all around. A high-profile speaker was also brought in to give the keynote: Milwaukee Bucks shooting guard Pat Connaughton. While he psyched up the crowd by bringing out the Bucks’ NBA Finals trophy, Connaughton’s speech touched on the classic graduation theme of overcoming hardship and striving to achieve one’s dreams.
According to a news release from UW spokesperson Meredith McGlone, many band members live together with section members in off-campus housing, leaving plenty of opportunities for the virus to spread. McGlone said the band’s decision to cancel rehearsal stemmed from “an abundance of caution.”
With the start of Latinx Heritage Month, the University of Wisconsin-Madison community gathered to celebrate and show the importance of Latinx culture, conveying a message of love for the community at the “March Up Bascom” event on Wednesday.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will host a weekend of events, including a ceremony at Camp Randall, to celebrate 2020 graduates whose ceremonies were virtual due to COVID-19. The ceremony will take place on Saturday and feature student speaker CJ Zabat as well as Pat Connaughton, shooting guard for the 2021 NBA Champion Milwaukee Bucks.
As positive COVID-19 cases rise in the UW marching band, band directors recommend — not require — that students get tested.
Tuesday marked the fifth day of classes at UW-Madison, a major turning point at the time last school year when university leaders moved all classes online and quarantined its two largest dorms in response to more than a thousand COVID-19 cases.
UW System President Tommy Thompson has been encouraging UW students to get vaccinated against COVID-19 with incentives like a shot at a $7K scholarship. Now, Charlie Berens wants to get in on the action. Who did it better? You decide!
In accordance with UW-Madison and Dane County policies, in-person rush events are permitted for the first time in over a year and a half.
The outbreak of cases in the band serves as a reminder to students at UW to continue taking precautions, such as masking indoors and staying home if sick. McGlone stressed a need to continue taking precautions — such as masking indoors and staying home if sick to limit the spread, as well as to protect more vulnerable members of the community who are unable to be vaccinated.
“I am proud that UW–Madison is once again being recognized for its quality,” Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in a news release. “Although rankings are only one of many measures of performance, it is good to share this recognition as we begin a new school year.”
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the University of Wisconsin Marching Band took the field before Wisconsin’s season opener against Penn State Sept. 4, it marked the band’s first performance at a home football game in nearly two years.
It also was the first time drum major Joshua Richlen of Greendale got to do his thing at Camp Randall Stadium.
Class of 2020 graduates will get to head back to Camp Randall to have a celebration of their graduation, attend events at the Memorial Union and go to an exclusive concert at the Sylvee.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison ranked No. 14 among best public institutions, according to the 2022 U.S. News & World Report. UW-Madison tied for No. 42 overall with Boston University, Brandeis, Case Western and Tulane. UW-Madison’s ranking as the best public institution dropped by one from last year’s report, however the overall No. 42 rank remained the same.
IAP Director Dan Gold said in a statement to The Badger Herald said the number of students participating in a study abroad program for the fall semester is still below pre-pandemic numbers. But, the current number is close to what IAP expected, Gold said, and overall interest for study abroad is at a record high.
Some UW faculty members suspected an unwritten blanket policy was the reason why UW was not providing accommodations to vulnerable professors. Others raised concerns that their disability representatives directly told them their requests would most likely be denied, despite professors’ reasoning, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
The UW student organization promotes awareness, activism to aid homeless individuals in Madison.
There are varying reactions to the university’s dining decision. While some students claim that they will waste food with the all-you-can-eat option, others are content with the new system’s simplicity.
’I will safely no longer put my life on hold’ UW student said.
In 2021, UW-Madison was also ranked 42nd in a five-way tie and tied for 13th among public institutions.
Students at the University of Wisconsin demanded last year that a statue of Lincoln be removed because the former president best known for freeing enslaved persons “was very publicly anti-Black.”
Like most everyone in America on Sept. 11, 2001, Jeremy Stoddard remembers exactly where he was on that sunny Tuesday morning. Part of the UW-Madison education professor’s research over the past 19 years has been understanding and improving how the tragedy is taught in schools, work that has become increasingly important as the years pass and more students come into classrooms with no memory of that somber day to shape their views.
Temple, who from 1976 to 2008 was just the third person to hold a position created for Aldo Leopold in the Department of Wildlife Ecology at UW-Madison, is still speaking out in the name of science.
Students participated in a Repair the Lake trash cleanup event on Sept. 7, organized by Hillel, Interfraternity Council and National Panhellenic Conference. The event is a modernized version of the reverse Taschlish, a Jewish ritual observed for Rosh Hashana.
90% of UW classes this semester will be in-person with 88% of student population fully vaccinated.
Lisa Arkin is currently the Director of Pediatric Dermatology at UW Health and an associate professor at the UW-Madison School of Medicine. Twenty years ago, she had never given any thought to becoming a physician or attending medical school.
The University Committee discussed sending a letter to University of Wisconsin faculty following continuing concerns about COVID-19 accommodations and mitigation efforts in a meeting Wednesday. University Committee Chair Eric Sandgren said the committee could be sending a statement regarding several COVID-related topics to UW faculty members as soon as next Monday.
Convocation was hosted at the Kohl Center, where the scenes Friday sharply contrasted the stadium’s role last year as a COVID-19 testing site throughout the global pandemic.
Two days before the start of classes, Becca Poor sat outside Witte Residence Hall, already busy with pre-chem homework. She graduated in the spring from Woodbury High School in Minnesota, after what she called ‘a pretty easy year’.
The university doesn’t have the exact numbers yet, but school officials say this year’s freshman class is expected to be the largest ever. To accommodate for the large class, the university has converted double rooms into triples and some triple rooms into quads.
The University of Wisconsin Law School is launching an Evictions Defense Clinic for law students to provide legal resources to people struggling with housing instability. The clinic, staffed by a supervising attorney and seven law school students, is an expansion of the Neighborhood Law Clinic and joins five other clinical programs run by UW’s Economic Justice Institute.
“We have seen an increase in enrollment,” said Meredith McGlone, a Spokeswoman for UW Madison. “We won’t see final figures until after the 10th day of class, but it looks like we’re on pace to have another record-setting first-year class. Interest in attending UW continues to remain very strong.”
Although Olivia Guo is starting her second year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she had never set foot on campus until two weeks ago. Following her first in-person class on Wednesday, she admired the view of Lake Mendota from her seat at the Terrace, hoping for a better, more interactive school year. Or, at least one that wouldn’t leave her so tired.
Many thousands of students have returned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to begin the 2021-22 school year, and once again, the pandemic looms large over how it will unfold. The university is aiming to maintain in-person instruction over the course of the fall semester, something many students have not experienced for over a year. Yet with the COVID-19 pandemic on the upswing once again due to the Delta variant, some students are concerned about returning to campus.
“This dashboard provides information to the campus community and the public about vaccinations and on-campus COVID-19 test results among current UW–Madison faculty, staff and students,” said a statement on the website.
The students gathered outside the Wisconsin State Capitol Friday to protest the mandate, arguing that the school’s high rate of vaccination among staff and students makes masking up unnecessary.
Regent and Monroe streets were clogged with traffic and the front yards of Breese Terrace filled with tipsy college students as the No. 12 Wisconsin Badgers opened their season against No. 19 Penn State instead of Cupcake U.
You can see the face of college football changing right there in the Wisconsin starting backfield this Saturday when the Badgers take on Penn State.
“I feel pretty comfortable being back in school, especially with the high vaccination rates,” Andrew Geng, a UW-Madison Graduate Student said.
As of Sept. 1, 88 percent of students are fully vaccinated and 91 percent of students have received at least one dose, verified by either documentation of on-campus vaccination or the upload of off-campus vaccination records, UW said in a press release. The number is based on those students coming to campus for in-person learning.
Excitement was the prevailing theme for Hall and the nearly 8,500 other students moving into UW-Madison dorms this week. Nerves were also on hand, but more often because of typical college concerns — grades, classes and finding one’s way around campus, for example — than reasons related to COVID-19.
Kate VandenBosch, who has served as dean since 2012, will either return to the faculty or retire, UW-Madison spokesperson Greg Bump said. She announced her resignation as dean to give the university time for a national search to launch. An expected timeline for when a new leader would be hired was not available.
The University of Wisconsin reported that 90% of its campus community had been vaccinated despite not having a mandate in place.
UW-Madison reported on Thursday that nine out of every 10 members of the campus community are fully vaccinated — even without mandating students and employees to get the shot. “I’m proud of our students and employees for taking this important step to protect themselves and others,” Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in an announcement. “And I’m grateful to our staff, who worked tirelessly to achieve these results.”
Nine out of 10 people on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, including faculty, staff and students, are fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
Asprinkler kept an oven fire under control at the UW-Madison Wisconsin Energy Institute on Tuesday until fire crews arrived to put it out, authorities reported.
In a “typical” semester, the University of Wisconsin-Madison would be sending hundreds of students abroad to more than 260 programs in 65 countries across the globe. This fall, only 97 students are currently signed up to make the trek, and that number may be dwindling.
Steve Brown Apartments, which owns 57 properties in the Madison area, submitted a proposal Tuesday to the city to transform the four-story, 48-room boutique hotel built on a half-acre at 1501 Monroe St. on the Near West Side into 50 apartments and about 3,000 square feet of commercial space.
Problems with the new chemistry building addition on the UW-Madison campus continue with part of the ventilation system collapsing earlier this month, closing two wings of the University Avenue building.
UW-Madison leaders on Monday pledged to review the university’s handling of requests from instructors with a disability or medical condition who asked to teach online this fall.
This week more than 8,500 students from all over the world are moving onto the UW-Madison campus making it their new home as new Covid safety protocols start to kick in.
Students at UW-Madison are moving into the residence halls on campus this week.Move-in days kicked off Monday morning. There are slotted times for students to move in through Thursday.
“Currently, 90% of employees are vaccinated and we have exceeded our goal of 80% for students,” said McGlone, noting that the numbers will be updated the week of Aug. 30 as there has been increased interest in vaccinations following the announcement of a campus-wide testing requirement for those that are unvaccinated or have yet to submit proof of vaccination to the university.
This week more than 8,500 students from all over the world are moving onto the UW-Madison campus making it their new home as new Covid safety protocols start to kick in.
Camp Randall’s gates are back open this year, and the Badgers’ Saturday debut against Penn State is an experience fans and local businesses have been awaiting eagerly.
