UW-Madison police issued 20 citations at Saturday’s game against Illinois.
Citations included six for underage alcohol, four for throwing hard objects and two for trespassing. UW students accounted for nine of the 20 citations.
The number of new international students at colleges and universities across the country fell 17%, according to the nonprofit Institute of International Education’s annual report released Monday from data collected from 825 U.S. higher education institutions, including UW-Madison.
Students have criticized the changes, though. Members of the university’s student governing body say they are concerned about “the lack of clarity and transparency from university administration about the future of DEI at UW-Madison.”
The state budget passed this summer increased the UW system’s budget by $256 million but came with strings, including requiring all core general education courses be transferable between UW campuses and satisfy general education requirements at the receiving institution by fall 2026.
Universities of Wisconsin students will have an easier time transferring general education credits from one campus to another after the Board of Regents approved a new core general education policy this week.
Assistant drum major Arista Whitson helps lead the University of Wisconsin-Madison Marching Band in collaboration with drum major Caleb Monge. For every Badger football game played at Camp Randall, the band performs a pregame, halftime and fifth quarter performance celebrating their legendary tradition with energy and precision.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is home to over 7,000 international students from more than 120 different countries. For some students, visiting home means a long flight and an uncomfortable middle seat. But with fall break just around the corner, many international students are bringing fresh perspectives to Thanksgiving.
November is Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison is once again covered in wellness graphics, posters and reminders to slow down and take care of ourselves. The intention is good, but the timing is almost ironic, because if there’s one thing students don’t have in November, it’s the time — or bandwidth — to actually “prioritize wellness.”
Miss America 2023 Grace (Stanke) Vanderhei will return to her alma mater on Dec. 14 to deliver the winter 2025 commencement address, the University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Wednesday.
A former Miss America and Wausau native will take the podium as the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s winter commencement keynote speaker, UW officials announced Wednesday.
UW-Madison researchers at a new federally funded center on campus will examine how aging influences diseases, such as cancer and neurodegenerative conditions like Parkinson’s.
The Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging will fund new research that examines how metabolic changes associated with aging are linked to disease. The center’s researchers aim to develop improved treatments or methodologies that physicians can use to better address their patients’ conditions.
Linda Scott, who served for nearly a decade as dean of the UW-Madison School of Nursing and was a leader in her field, died Monday. She was 69.
A native of Kalamazoo, Michigan, Scott’s ambition to work in nursing started during her childhood, inspired by her mother’s career as a nurse attendant. This year was Scott’s 10th in the role at the School of Nursing as its eighth leader and the program’s first Black dean.
Sighs, long pauses and stares into the distance accompanied many of the answers to a difficult question posed to University of Wisconsin seniors over the past three weeks.
The class, which will be celebrated Saturday night when the Badgers face Illinois for the final game at Camp Randall Stadium this season, finds itself celebrating something different than most senior days.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police are investigating stickers that appeared on campus encouraging violence against federal immigration agents.
Republicans are pointing to the imagery as another example of the hostile climate conservatives face on college campuses.
The UW Board of Regents on Nov. 19 approved controversial changes to a teaching workload policy despite some criticism and concern from faculty.
Under the proposal, full-time instructors would be required to teach at least 24 credits every school year, or four three-credit classes each semester. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison and UW-Milwaukee, where professors are expected to produce more research, the minimum load is 12 credits per year, or two classes per semester.
Former Miss America and UW-Madison graduate Grace Vanderhei will be back at UW-Madison’s commencement — less than three years after she celebrated her own graduation — as the university’s winter commencement speaker.
Experts also expressed concerns that the process of disseminating funding or services may change once they’re moved to other federal agencies. Nicholas Hillman, a professor in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says he wonders, for instance, if a college that is seeking funding from an OPE grant will now be asked different questions and will have to undergo a different review process, which could potentially create “additional hurdles” for colleges that are “already stretched pretty thin.”
College is notoriously a time of exploration and experimentation. At a school like the University of Wisconsin-Madison — one of the top party schools in the country — many students say they see that reflected in the campus dating scene.
Dean Emerit of the School of Nursing Linda D. Scott died Monday at the age of 69, the University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Tuesday.
Scott stepped down as Dean just six days ago due to health reasons, moving her retirement up from June 2026. She was the first Black dean of the College of Nursing — and the eighth dean ever — and spent almost ten years in the role, being appointed in July 2016. She led expansions to the program as well as the school’s centennial celebration.
niversity Health Services (UHS) is celebrating Men’s Mental Health Month with a series of events advocating for male students’ mental and physical health.
The month of November is often known as ‘Movember’, a time dedicated to promoting men’s health and breaking stigmas surrounding mental health and masculinity. A recent survey from The Healthy Minds Network reported 31% of college-aged men have said they experienced depression.
Author of ‘James’ — University of Wisconsin-Madison’s 2025-2026 Go Big Read book — Percival Everett discussed race and reading with UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin for the Go Big Read keynote address on Nov. 4.
The Wisconsin Union is hosting their 22nd annual ‘Thanksgiving To Go’ program, providing homemade meals for members of the Madison community distributed on Nov. 26. Ordering is currently set to close on Nov. 18 at 9 a.m., or while supplies last.
Tom Jacobson, a Holocaust survivor and former civil rights attorney, discussed his experiences in Nazi Germany and his extensive achievements as an ardent civil rights activist on campus and in his career at UW Hillel Tuesday evening.
A conservative nonprofit on Wednesday filed a complaint against UW-Madisonover a university policy intended to allow those on campus, such as transgender and gender-nonconforming students or visitors, to use the restroom of their choice.
The Associated Students of Madison (ASM) passed a resolution at a meeting Wednesday night calling on the University of Wisconsin-Madison to provide financial support for Open Seat Food Pantry.
ASM created Open Seat in 2016 as a pilot initiative to address food insecurity on campus. This year, the food pantry faces record-level demand for food amid a significant increase in visits. Over 2,500 visits occurred in September 2025 compared to 550 visits in September 2023, an increase of about 355%.
The Associated Students of Madison in an Instagram post Nov. 11 shared a message from The Open Seat, stating that they saw an exponential increase in shoppers among FoodShare uncertainty.
“The Open Seat is under-resourced and cannot handle the increasing level of need on campus,” the message said. “Even with increased financial support and the resumption of FoodShare benefits, our team will continue to struggle balancing our own education with the needs of our shoppers.”
A Veterans Day Program took place at Memorial Union on Tuesday celebrating veterans and marking a century since Memorial Union’s dedication to service members.
The Memorial Union is dedicated to fallen UW Madison service members.
The La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will launch a new undergraduate major in public policy in fall 2026.
Students can earn either a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science in public policy. The program is designed to prepare students for careers in government, nonprofits, consulting, advocacy, and business. Many graduates are expected to pursue further education in public affairs or law.
Tuesday is a day to remember those who served this country. There is a ceremony planned to honor veterans at the state Capitol, and many businesses are offering free meals and more to veterans. Here are a few.
UW-Madison’s Memorial Union is hosting a free Veterans Day event featuring free refreshments, a program and a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Memorial Union breaking ground as a memorial to service members. The event is from 1:30 to 2:50 p.m. Tuesday.
Founded in 1997, the MadHatters are the oldest a cappella group at UW-Madison. Next weekend, the group will be hosting their annual fall showcase. The performance will take place at 7 p.m. on Saturday, November 15, at the Overture Center.
As artificial intelligence infiltrates nearly all facets of society, an education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is no exception. While professors use AI to provide accessible materials, they want their students to understand how to use AI tools without circumventing learning.
Artificial intelligence is powering breakthroughs in everything from health care to climate science, but each new discovery comes with a cost: significant energy. Now, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are asking a new question — how can this powerful technology be more sustainable?
The University of Wisconsin is implementing a national pluralism grant this year to support staff and faculty in addressing antisemitism and Islamophobia on campus, according to an emailed statement from UW Student Affairs.
The grant will provide support for a project titled “Pluralism Cohort Initiative for Senior Leadership in Student Affairs” over the course of the 2025-2026 school year, using the work of a cohort of 20 senior administrators at UW, according to SA’s statement.
Fresh off the heels of summer break, some students were startled by three words they thought had been lost to time: “blue book exam.”
Indeed, for many students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this year, gone are the days of the take-home paper or at-home Canvas final. Faced with rising instances of students using generative artificial intelligence tools, such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini, to cheat, professors have instead returned to the ol’ reliable: a handwritten, in-class exam.
University Health Services released a statement Oct. 31 that said four University of Wisconsin students were diagnosed with meningitis and quickly received medical care. One student was hospitalized for a short time and has been released.
Drag queen and Wisconsin-native Trixie Mattel is coming to University of Wisconsin- Madison to talk about her life as an entertainer and activist, Wisconsin Union announced Wednesday.
Trixie Mattel was a competitor on season seven of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and won season three of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars”.
At a university with a strong drinking culture, some University of Wisconsin-Madison students are creating an alternative community with Badger Recovery programming.
UW-Madison’s Badger Recovery program provides resources for students navigating recovery from addictive behavior in all forms, such as free coaching, peer meetings and sober social events for students in recovery from substance use, eating disorders, gambling and other behaviors.
The Wisconsin Alumni Student Board (WASB) collaborated with student organization Slow Food UW to host “Food For Thought” at The Crossing on October 23rd, providing a free, homemade meal and discussion on food insecurity.
Food For Thought — this semester’s collaboration between Slow Food UW and WASB — serves as an initiative to raise awareness around ongoing food insecurity locally and globally, as well as how students and other members of the Madison community can improve access to healthy, nutritious food.
Legendary heavy metal rock and roll band AC/DC announced Monday that it will play at Camp Randall Stadium on Sunday, July 19.
The Madison show will be part of the Australian band’s “Power Up” tour named for its latest studio album, which reached No. 1 in 21 countries.
UW-Madison’s food pantry, in one sense, looked a lot like business as usual Friday: Student workers continued to dump bags of carrots and onions into bins. They wrote produce labels. They trained volunteers.
The bevy of activity, however, was set against a backdrop of uncertainty, as millions of Americans were set to lose Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, known as SNAP payments, due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.
Four UW-Madison students were diagnosed with viral meningitis in late October, according to an official with University Health Services.
All the students, who were diagnosed from Oct. 24 to Oct. 31, received prompt medical care, UHS director of medical services Andrew O’Donnell said in an email. One student was briefly hospitalized and has been released. The other three were not hospitalized, he said.
Nearly 150 students attended The University of Wisconsin-Madison Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) rally against Israel’s violation of their ceasefire in Gaza Thursday on Library Mall.
Students from the Palestine Solidarity Committee, Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine, Young Democratic Socialists of America and World Beyond War also attended the rally.
University of Wisconsin dorms will require residents to register guests for a rate of $100 during Halloween weekend. To ensure students are abiding by the new registration fee, Wiscard and ID checks will continue to be performed at larger dorms to gain entry into the dorm buildings, and all dorms will be locked for the weekend.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison housing announced students who wish to have guests in dorms over the weekend will be required to register them and pay $100, a new Halloween weekend policy for guests.
Housing said the decision was motivated by safety issues around Halloweekend in past years. “Our goal is to maintain your safety and that of our community, and years of experience have indicated that Halloween weekend requires extra steps,” said Beth Miller, an assistant director of resident life in an email sent to all residents.
A conservative student group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison hosted a panel discussion on campus Oct. 15 highlighting growing tensions on college campuses over free speech, representation and political balance in the classroom.
Wisconsin Young Americans for Freedom’s panel, featuring current and former UW-Madison professors and state Rep. Dave Murphy, R-Greenville, examined how universities can preserve open debate while addressing concerns about a shrinking range of political views, especially in the aftermath of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk’s assasination at a college in Utah.
The time to pack away 2,000 sunburst chairs for the winter has come, and Wisconsin Union project engineer Joel Gerrits has the plan all laid out, broken down into five-minute increments.
“Here, if you look at the bottom,” Gerrits said, pointing to a printout he created. “That’s almost 3,000 pieces of furniture. It does take a long time to unload, and then stack, put them away, so it’s not like we just go there and dump them.”
University of Wisconsin-Madison students explored Science Hall’s rumored hauntings in an interactive haunted house experience Wednesday hosted by the Nelson Institute Ambassadors in collaboration with Japanese Student Association (JSA) and Intermission Theater.
Starting in 2013, the annual Fright Night gives Science Hall a frightening makeover, decorating the building with cobwebs, skeletons, candles and spiders while giving visitors a spooky self-guided tour of the building to celebrate Halloween and the building’s history.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will host many free Halloween events around campus leading up to Oct. 31.
Starship delivery bots are already celebrating. Customized spooky robot themes are available now until Oct. 31, with personas of Count Snackula, Witchy Wheels, FrankenFeast, Hungry Haunter and Pumpkinbot available to choose. Robots will deliver speaking in-character.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison launched “The Wisconsin Exchange: Pluralism in Practice,” a campus-wide initiative aimed at promoting open dialogue and creating a campus atmosphere where “different points of view are both expected and respected.”
The initiative will streamline the university’s preexisting programs with new opportunities, emphasizing the value of diverse viewpoints and civil dialogue.
Luther Memorial Church on Madison’s Near West Side is asking the developer of a planned 15-story student apartment building to compensate it for what it projects will be lost output from the church’s new solar panels and damage to its century-old sandstone exterior by leaving the church covered in shadow for much of the day.
National Geographic photojournalist, documentary filmmaker and educator Ami Vitale explored ecological concerns, cultural traditions and questions of belonging Tuesday at the first lecture of the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
A group of UW–Madison students are fighting to stop cuts to the school’s American Sign Language program.
University Health Services presented a list of suggestions for UHS funding models to the Associated Students of Madison council Wed. night, discussing the future of funding of health services and the impact they will have on students, according to ASM.
Lab director talks accessibility for lab work, research for students.
Across University of Wisconsin campuses, 9.6% of enrolled students utilize disability services, a number that has grown by 95% in the past nine years, according to the 2023-24 Services for Students with Disabilities Annual Report.
The installation debuts on Thursday at the a2ru Conference 2025 at the Play Circle Theater in the Wisconsin Memorial Union. (A2ru is the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities, of which UW-Madison is a part.)
Terrace Season is coming to an end, which means the colorful chair decorating Memorial Union will be leaving at 8 a.m. on Oct. 27.
The Terrace first opened in 1928, with the first full “Terrace Season” took place the following year in 1929. The green, orange and yellow Sunburst chairs first came to campus in 1933 and over the years emerged as a campus icon and trademark of the Wisconsin Union.
Ángel F. Adames Corraliza and Sébastien Philippe joined seven University of Wisconsin-Madison professors since 1981 to receive an $800,000 “no-strings-attached” genius award from the philanthropic MacArthur Foundation.
Alpha Chi Omega sorority (AXO) hosted a “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event Friday on Library Mall where the University of Wisconsin-Madison students walked in high heels to spread awareness about domestic violence and support survivors through the Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (DAIS).
It’s because of the vision of professors Aurora Santiago Ortiz and Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, who secured a $3 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that over the next three years will bring research scholars, musical artists, culinary and film events and expert speakers related to Puerto Rican studies to the university.
