Category: Campus life

’We would like for our executive board members to be paid for their work and time,’ The Black Voice representative says.

The UW has partnered with Shield T3, a research initiative at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, aimed to advance COVID-19 testing efforts by developing a saliva-based PCR diagnostic test. This saliva-based test is estimated to provide an additional 10,000 tests per day as needed.

At least 13 residences near the UW-Madison campus are under investigation for violating public health guidelines over Halloween weekend as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Wisconsin.

’There has never been a more important time to support UW–Madison,’ Chancellor Blank says.

The UW-Madison Morgridge Center for Public Service’s BadgersVote initiative aims to educate and assist students in preparation for elections. Recent campaigns and events — such as Zoom the Vote sessions and Virtual Voting Office Hours — uphold the BadgersVote mission “to drive student civic and voter engagement.”

Madison residents living in 13 wards with high concentrations of UW-Madison students cast 13,759 ballots at their local polling places, a 31 percent decrease in votes cast in those same districts during the 2016 presidential election. Votes from the five wards that encompass the university’s residence halls and Eagle Heights graduate student neighborhood totaled 2,526 — less than half of the 5,692 from four years ago.

A day after lines at the Madison COVID-19 testing center stretched more than two hours long, the city’s health department is investigating several large gatherings over the Halloween weekend.

Dreamers of UW-Madison apply for GSSF eligibility for first time.

UW students, seasoned poll workers alike brave COVID-19 to help voters.

Officials with the city, public health and UW-Madison all encouraged people to stay away from the iconic street on what typically is its biggest night.

The Wisconsin Democratic Party’s “What’s at Stake” bus tour stopped at the UW-Madison campus this afternoon.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin thanked University of Wisconsin-Madison students who have organized on-campus voting efforts Sunday night.The Wisconsin democrat delivered pizzas to students on East Campus Mall.

Blank pointed to work in the newly created Diversity, Equity and Inclusion branch — resulting from the Homecoming Video incident and subsequent demands last year — to recognize BIPOC student concerns.

Sanders called Tuesday the ’most important election in modern history.’

UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced Thursday the university would extend its “All Ways Forward” campaign until the end of next year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Video: If you’ve spent time around the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in the last year, you’ve probably spotted the adorable white robots rolling along the sidewalks or waiting to cross a busy street, carrying lunch to a hungry student or professor.

107,738 of 120,514 requested absentee ballots have been returned in the City of Madison.

SSFC decreased Atheists, Humanists, Agnostics’ budget by 2.61%.

SIC demands include specific changes, general goals to recognize, support marginalized identities.

“[White people’s bias] is backed with legal authority and institutional control that transforms it into a far-reaching system, which is infused across the fabric of the entire society,” DiAngelo said.

“The Chancellor’s entire executive team, representing every administrative and academic unit of the campus, devised the plans, calling upon specific input from experts in public health, epidemiology, and other related fields,” said Giroux. “The Chancellor and her leadership team will continue to seek broad input from the best available sources as they adapt and adjust our strategies moving forward. Regardless of what tactics we employ, our goal will remain the same– continue to fulfill our educational mission while protecting the safety of our students and employees.”

In 2019, the innovative program launched Odyssey Beyond Bars, which offers students in prison the same kind of introduction to college that the Odyssey Project already provides to community-based students.

Thrower talked about presidential powers, student activism, white allyship.

ASM also heard special presentations from UW ACLU Student Alliance and Union Labor Council.

Each day covers different topics and allows participants in the forum to select different breakout group topics such as, the disproportionate effects of COVID-19 on minority communities or medieval perspectives on racism. Not only are there a wide variety of topics to discover more about, the keynote speakers are both experts in their field and acclaimed authors.

SSFC voted to accept eligibility for Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment and approved their budget after making amendments, resulting in a 2% decrease in their overall budget.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield praised the expansion of COVID-19 testing at UW-Madison, adding that the UW System sets an example for how the pandemic can be controlled.

The Coalition, which was formed in response to the 2019 incident, created this year’s video in order to allow for students to not only undo the wrongs of last year’s exclusive video, but also to relay students’ experiences of campus climate, diversity and inclusion.

UW-Madison junior creates homemade mask business and raises money for the United Negro College Fund.

Two polling locations on UW-Madison’s campus were closed because of the snow. The Memorial Union location remained open and voting was moved inside.

“[Madison] is kind of a bummer right now,” UW-Madison sophomore Jack Weber said. “Last year, you would walk into the city on a Friday and feel the energy for a Saturday game. Now, there’s no electricity in the air at all.”

The two new centers, located in the North Mezzanine of the Red Gym, are overseen by the Multicultural Student Center (MSC). Their opening comes after the MSC has successfully run the Black Cultural Center for several years.

Officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will continue offering a mix of in-person and online classes this spring, and the campus will implement a major increase in COVID-19 testing capacity.

SSFC approves Muslim Students Association’s proposed budget.

Groups like Badgers for Biden, Young Progressives use new methods to encourage collegiate voting.

All students who attend classes or use campus spaces will be required to get tested twice a week in spring semester.

UW-Madison will expand their COVID-19 testing initiatives during the Spring semester to require all campus employees, as well as all students who live on campus, attend in-person classes or visit campus spaces to be tested twice per week.