Category: Campus life

Dictionary will allow native speakers to understand biology terms and participate in scientific conversations, UW graduate student says.

The specific meaning of critical race theory is perhaps the element most up for debate, UW professor says.

A news release Tuesday said the decision was made as the delta variant’s emergence has led to a rise in new COVID-19 cases. Although Dane County and the UW-Madison campus have higher vaccination rates than other parts of the state, the virus has continued to spread among unvaccinated residents.

Students, employees and visitors of UW-Madison’s campus will be required to wear masks inside, effective Thursday.

The move comes just hours after lawmakers claimed UW System must get approval from them.

Starting Aug. 5, all students, employees and visitors must wear masks when inside campus buildings.

Starting August 5, all staff, students, visitors must where masks in campus buildings due to rise in COVID-19 cases from the Delta variant, UW says.

As returning sophomores and incoming freshmen plan for expected return to normal this fall, class of 2024 shares unique first-year experiences on campus.

These collaborations include mental health reforms, affordable housing for students.

’Every step of the renovation and building process on campus can be made more sustainable,’ Associated Students of Madison Sustainability Chair says.

Emissions and waste being reduced, more should be done to combat climate change, student says.

’I’m not going to get that year back in terms of learning,’ UW student Charles Shors says about his decision to take a gap year due to COVID-19.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank issued an apology after UW-Madison and five other UW System schools announced plans to start the 2021 school year on a holy Jewish holiday will remain in place.

Milwaukee Bucks fans tuned in to game six of the NBA finals from all across the state. In Madison, one watch party was at the Memorial Union Terrace on UW-Madison’s campus.

In a statement, UW Hillel President Greg Steinberger said the organization notified the UW administration about the beginning of the school year’s overlap with Rosh Hashanah seven months ago.

Foster, 22, passed away on July 2 from medical complications sustained during surgery. He was remembered by his fellow peers, scholars and fraternity brothers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a person who could easily put others at ease and bring out the best in anyone.

UW-Madison housing officials say they’re expecting an increase in students living on campus this upcoming school year. Many of them are incoming freshman and right now, the university is working to make room in the dorms.“Students are excited to have that on campus experience,” said Brendon Dybdahl, Director of Marketing & Communications for UW-Madison’s Division of University Housing.

Director of Marketing and Communications for University Housing at UW-Madison, Brendon Dybdahl explained, “The rooms are actually a pretty good size, especially some of those dens that are being used as quads. There’s there’s a lot of square footage there for them. And they wind up being pretty popular because there’s a lot of people in the room, and they just kind of become a hub of activity.”

UW-Madison is experiencing an unprecedented influx of students seeking on-campus housing — sparking thoughts and concerns among the incoming class.

The University is planning for a fully in-person semester as they continue to monitor COVID-19 trends. While students are encouraged to get vaccinated, it is not required. Students living in residence halls who are not fully vaccinated will be required to test at move-in and weekly through the academic year.

According to a survey conducted by the Division of University Housing in late June, another 3.2% of students who plan to live on campus said they plan to get vaccinated once they get on campus.

Major engineering schools in the state, such as UW-Madison and Marquette University, have diversity numbers that reflect the national data. “We do know that we need to increase diversity in engineering, at the undergraduate level, the graduate level, the staff level and the faculty level,” said Ian Robertson, dean of the College of Engineering at UW-Madison.

The Sunset Lounge & Outdoor Restaurant is the Memorial Union’s first full-service restaurant.

Concert on Market Street featured “Echoes of Camp Randall” Tuesday evening, ringing in the Badger spirit less than two months from UW-Madison’s first home game.

Climate activists on the UW-Madison campus have long argued that the university foundation’s investments in fossil fuel companies are immoral. Now they’re arguing that those investments are illegal, too.