The UW System is reviewing communications involving UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank after reports that she kept those discussions last fall out of the public eye, according to a spokesperson. In response, Blank is apologizing for the ‘appearance’ of skirting public record laws last fall during Big Ten discussions about a return to campus and football season plans.
Students should observe COVID-19 protocols, Director of UW News and Media Relations says.
The election will determine the 33 representatives that will serve on the 28th session of ASM. Students vote for the allotted amount of representatives within their school or college, and each student casts three votes for SSFC, which oversees the allocation of nearly $51 million in segregated fees.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Interfraternity Council organized “Mend Mendota” — a cleanup event on Lake Mendota Monday afternoon — after trash left on the ice after weekend gatherings garnered social media attention. Members of eight IFC chapters and one Panhellenic Association sorority gathered on the melting ice to pick up trash left behind after parties over the weekend.
Both the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the UW System overall report fewer in-person and more remote courses this semester compared to last fall.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison hopes to remove two residence halls, relocate 10 departments and programs and ultimately tear down the obsolete Mosse Humanities Building by 2030.
“Truly every aspect of our lives has been turned on its head,” said Malia Jones, a UW-Madison infectious disease epidemiologist who runs the Facebook page Dear Pandemic.
The Associated Students of Madison (ASM) introduced an endorsement seeking to increase the Ethnic Studies Requirement at UW-Madison from three credits to six on March 4. There has been an increase of bias and hate towards minority groups on campus, pushing the university to seek ways to foster a more inclusive environment.
When the presidents and chancellors of the 14 Big Ten universities began discussing the prospects of students returning to their campuses last fall amid the coronavirus pandemic and with football season looming, they weighed many considerations, from public health to financial impact.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has a number of sustainability initiatives, too, like housing and grants for students who have ideas for enhancing sustainability on campus. The university is also working to align its sustainability goals with academics and research.
SSFC’s legislation is designed to offset RecWell’s requested segregated fee increase, using Reserve Board funding instead.
’Our brand, the history of the university around the globe, the quality of instruction, all matter greatly to the college-going communities around the country and world,’ UW faculty member says.
The team of Ria Dhingra (English) and Zach Heinz (Economics) beat out 35 other teams, including those hailing from University of Michigan, Kansas State and Vanderbilt.
The campaign is named for the first known African American woman and man to graduate from UW-Madison, Mabel Watson Raimey and William Smith Noland.
Campaign will add to progress UW is already seeing in increased diversity, Chancellor says.
From the Black Student Strike of 1969 to the present-day social justice movement on campus, Black student protesters see their story at UW as one continuous fight that has shifted in form, but not cause.
“Reports like this kind of just seem arbitrary to me personally,” said Juliana Bennett, a UW-Madison junior and a co-founder of the UW-Madison Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Coalition.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s top leader says a normal fall semester will hinge on the pace of vaccinations for faculty, staff and students.
The University of Wisconsin- Madison will loosen up its restrictions on hosting in-person, indoor and outdoor events starting March 8, according to an email sent out to all students.
Jobs are hard to come by for college seniors with fewer entry-level opportunities available. Noah Williams, a UW-Madison economics professor, says the job market it is “difficult” to find entry-level positions.
Organizers said the summit’s goal is to offer moments of care and wellbeing to students, while highlighting some of the on-campus options for students to support their mental health.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in remarks to the Wisconsin Counties Association’s annual Legislative Exchange meeting Wednesday that the university hopes to vaccinate all faculty and staff before the spring semester ends. She said students who haven’t been vaccinated by the start of the fall semester will need to get vaccinated on campus.
In other pandemic-related developments Wednesday: UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in taped remarks for the Wisconsin Counties Association’s annual Legislative Exchange meeting that a normal fall semester hinges on the pace of vaccinations for faculty, staff and students. She said the university is an authorized vaccinator and hopes to vaccinate all faculty and staff by the end of the spring semester.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a record 53,800 freshmen applications this year, with increases among in-state, domestic and international students.
Generations of Black students attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been dedicated to their demand for equality and space, while fighting against racial discrimination and inequality in Wisconsin.
Some students think UW testing is efficient, others think further changes could be made to testing sites, procedures.
’Our economy is shifting away [from fossil fuels],’ UW Divestment Coalition co-founder says.
Director of College Library, User Experience and Library Spaces Carrie Kruse paints a clear picture of the University of Wisconsin staple.“Twenty-four hours, crowded, known for lots of people being together, rooms just packed with students,” Kruse said.
The resolution, which was originally proposed at their February 1 meeting and passed at their March 1 faculty senate meeting, urges UW-Madison to disclose their current amount of investments in fossil fuels, make a plan for the University’s full divestment and to work with the UW-Madison Office of Sustainability to reduce its carbon impact. The resolution passed in a vote of 149-13.
MSP Real Estate of Mendota Heights, Minnesota, is looking to raze the Don the Car Care Man auto repair shop and replace it with a building offering 79 apartments, 750 square feet of first-floor commercial space and underground parking for 79 cars and 87 bicycles on a narrow, half-acre lot at 2208 University Ave.
Online ballot will open March 8 and close March 10, according to ASM website.
Amol Goyal participates in just about everything on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Since immigrating from Dubai four years ago, Goyal has studied math, economics and the classics, all while staying heavily involved in multiple aspects of student life.
The student government at the University of Wisconsin-Madison passed legislation that would establish a crisis response team trained to respond to mental health emergencies, rather than police.
A new memorial scholarship at University of Wisconsin-Madison is honoring former dairy science professor Dave Wieckert, who died in May 2020 at age 88.
Olivia Hancock and Dana Rettke decided independently to volunteer at the polls Nov. 3. The fellow University of Wisconsin students, who had never met, found themselves at the same polling place by chance.
The free meals, which students pre-registered for, were given out in the Profile Room at Memorial Union, as a part of Wisconsin Union’s “Random Acts of Kindness” effort. In this ongoing initiative the university hopes to give back to students for their support and adaptability this year. Previously, the Union has offered dining deals, free cookies, soda, and crayons and coloring books.
The Student Services Finance Committee approved University Health Services’ fiscal year 2022 budget in a unanimous vote Thursday.
Submissions that meet initial screening requirements will be made public, so community members can give their feedback. City staff will then recommend options to the UDC using a set of criteria, and identify a first, second and third place winner. The current route would run along East Washington Avenue, around the Capitol and through the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus. It would continue west on University Avenue and Mineral Point Road to West Towne Mall.
The Badgers, who have been ranked No. 1 throughout the season, announced the season has been put on pause for two weeks because of multiple exposures to COVID-19.
The image was banned by the police chief at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department for officers on duty. Chief Kristen Roman said in an email to staff in January that the symbol has been “co-opted” by “extremists.”
ASM also introduced legislation condeming RecWell, Wisconsin Union’s request for additional segregated fees for students.
’Food insecurity is potentially a big factor for a lot of students currently because of the pandemic, so we’re hoping to continue to be a good campus partner in this program,’ UW Housing registered dietitian says.
The Associated Students of Madison on Tuesday voted to endorse two statements from student organizations denouncing xenophobia and transphobia on campus.
The university says that the chance of a false positive COVID-19 test result is extremely low, as both the saliva-based and nasal swab testing options utilized on campus are polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and considered the “gold-standard” of coronavirus tests.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has created virtual events. These events provide resources and information for perspective students to access.
’Giving any hate group a platform harms us all,’ QLaw says.
UW risks abandoning its international students.
UW-Madison’s UniverCity alliance aims to motivate sustainability in urban areas through service, research and education.
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers wants to spend about $2.4 billion over the next two years on state building projects, with about $1 billion of the proposed money going to the University of Wisconsin System.
In September, Wisconsin had one of the highest per capita rates of COVID-19 in the country. The University of Wisconsin–Madison was at the center of concern: Hundreds of students tested positive when campus opened in late August. Some students on campus gathered in large groups without masks despite university restrictions, according to the Badger Herald, a student newspaper. At the peak of the outbreak in early September, 911 students and staff tested positive in a single week.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is continuing a program that aims to bring practical solutions to community-based challenges. This time in four different locations, including the Village of Waunakee.
UW-Madison spokesperson Meredith McGlone said the emails are just a first step, a warning. Repeated failures to comply could lead to more serious consequences.
UW’s UniverCity Alliance was created six years ago to pair UW students and faculty with communities in need. Local governments working with the group can submit an application to get a project off the ground.“We help them scope out those projects and then we get them to the right people on campus and then those students actually produce some sort of deliverable for the local government- a report, a site analysis, an evaluation” says Gavin Luter, managing director of UniverCity Alliance.
The Student Services Financial Committee voted to not recommend the Recreation and Wellbeing budget with a segregated fee increase to Chancellor Blank, Monday night.
UW-Madison Director of News and Media Relations Meredith McGlone denies allegations that said entities lobbied ASM leaders.
Noted: The daughter, 18-year-old Rebecca Wright, is among the new Eagle Scouts, having earned 102 merit badges. She now attends the University of Wisconsin-Madison and wants to be a genetics researcher.
UW-Madison administrators and the university’s student council are clashing over how to help students struggling because of the pandemic, with the council looking to put more money toward student rent payments using a strategy UW-Madison said is illegal, and the university taking an approach student government calls the bare minimum.
When the University of Wisconsin-Madison first switched to virtual learning in March, the Counseling Psychology Training Clinic had no experience offering telehealth services. Its staff quickly scrambled to find ways to continue care, acquire the proper technology and maintain patient privacy through video counseling.
The first month of UW-Madison’s semester last fall saw nearly 1,900 on-campus student COVID-19 cases, two dorm quarantines, at least one hospitalization and a public rebuke by Dane County’s top leader.
Sandra Adell is a professor in the university’s Afro-American Studies department, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this school year. She talked about her childhood in Detroit, the unusual selling point that drew her to UW-Madison and how last year’s racial justice protests have changed the classroom dynamic.
