Category: Campus life

Most of WSBU’s monetary needs consistent with last fiscal year.

“The reason we went to the scale of a protest is because on this particular issue, the university would rather not act at all than do something.”

Twenty percent of women will be sexually assaulted at some point in their lives — but that number jumps to 45 percent when applied to Native American women, according to the National Sexual Violence Research Center.

Just before Thanksgiving, the CDC released a report that said the number of births in the U.S. dropped for the fourth year in a row — and the fertility rate hit a record low in 2018. That drop in birth rate will have consequences in the future, which the University of Wisconsin System is preparing for now.

“At first it didn’t seem real,” said Samantha Carter, whose violin, which has an estimated value of $10,000, disappeared over Thanksgiving break.

Gabe Javier, who has led the Multicultural Student Center on the UW campus and previously directed the LGBT Campus Center, has been named Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs – Identity and Inclusion, according to an email to UW staff from Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor.

The Associate Students of Madison invited the Dean of the College of Engineering Ian M. Robertson to its meeting Wednesday to address the 2016 suicide of a graduate engineering student John Brady, who worked for several years in the “toxic” environment of professor Akbar Sayeed’s research lab.

UW-Madison plans to serve a new burger blend in dining halls with 70 percent beef, 30 percent mushroom, in an effort to be more environmentally sustainable.

UW Housing Division has 50 vacancies to fill at current wages starting less than $15 an hour.

Roberto Vergara fell and hit his head on the sidewalk early Saturday morning when leaving a building on the 200 block of Bernard Court. A fellow employee called 911 and Vergara was taken to a local hospital, according to the press release.

The recent displacement of the Multicultural Learning Community’s House Fellow Cheufeng Yang did not serve as a catalyst for this protest, but as the final straw in a long history of negligence, according to organizer Karissa Smaglick.

Bucky’s Tuition Promise was a pledge from UW-Madison they would cover four years of tuition and fees for incoming freshman from Wisconsin who had an annual family household adjusted gross income (AGI) of $56,000 or less.

Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison protested the leave of a house fellow on Monday, after the fellow reportedly made racist comments last week. The students said the fellow didn’t do anything wrong.

The Student Services Finance Committee approved General Student Services Fund budgets for the Black Student Union, Adventure Learning Programs and Live Free, Monday night.

The protest began with chants, including calls to be treated fairly by UW, justice for Chuefeng Yang and demands for changes in the MLC and UW Housing.

According to Yang, university housing officials asked to meet with Yang on Tuesday morning. Yang said the officials stressed that the meeting was to gather information about several complaints that were made about Yang.

Every year, Prof. Bassam Shakhashiri hosts ‘Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri.’

Earlier this month, children and families gathered, as they have for five decades, to embrace the fun of science experiments at his live show, “Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri.”

When meeting with MLC’s professional staff about the complaints, Yang said they were blindsided when presented with survey responses from students who said they felt unwelcome as white students or that their white peers were unwelcome in the learning community.

He joined the faculty at UW-Madison as a professor of chemistry in 1970. Since then, he has won over 35 awards and toured the country.

In an email to The Badger Herald, UW spokesperson Meredith McGlone wrote that after a recent floor meeting where residents were told to limit who they invited based on race, several residents filed complaints.

Yang was placed under disciplinary investigation because some students reported that them and their white peers did not feel comfortable on the floor because of the community values they had instilled.

Over Ada Deer’s life, she has been a social worker, activist, professor, lobbyist, and author. She joins host Chali Pittman in studio to talk about her life, work, and American Indian history.

A student working for a multicultural community at a UW-Madison residence hall is on paid leave following complaints over their alleged racial comments.

Alexander Kain came to UW-Madison from Kenosha in 2018 with dreams of becoming the next up-and-coming hip-hop artist. Walking to class one day, he came across a table promoting LÜM (Live Undiscovered Music) — a streaming and social media app — on East Campus Mall. A year later, he has more than 30,000 followers on the app, connections to Travis Scott’s manager and a performance at Freakfest under his belt.

It is telling how vet students at UW-Madison are taught about declawing cats.

When a fleet of 30 robots began delivering food around the UW-Madison campus earlier this month, one early fear of university officials was vandalism.

Elsewhere in the midwest, the students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are just now learning whether or not that town’s snowy weather will keep the newly arrived Starship robots from making food deliveries.

Ford, the PEOPLE program’s new director, embraces UW-Madison’s mission statement “to attract and serve students from diverse social, economic and ethnic backgrounds.”

The Student Services Finance Committee heard a budget increase request from The Adventure Learning Program and heard the second General Student Services Fund eligibility request from the Wisconsin Black Student Union, Monday night.

So far, the best habitat to find Starship’s six-wheelers are relatively confined spaces such as college campuses; the University of Houston and the University of Wisconsin-Madison rolled them out this fall. The robots, which look like oversized ice chests on wheels, can carry up to 20 pounds (9 kilograms).

In October, Ford began in her new role as director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Precollege Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence.

Q: How will the UW-Madison food delivery robots fare this winter?
A: If the sidewalks are safe for pedestrians, they will be safe for the Starship Robots that are currently delivering food to students on UW-Madison’s campus, said Peter Testory, director of dining and culinary service for UW Housing.

The Andrew Goodman Foundation filed the lawsuit Tuesday in a Madison federal court. According to a news release from the foundation, the foundation believes the current student voter ID requirements are difficult, and prevent students from voting.

The SSFC began the meeting intending to move forward with zero funding the SVA, however, in the midst of budget negotiations for two student organizations, a lengthy debate over the merits of denying the SVA funds ensued. The committee agreed to postpone voting on the SVA’s future until Monday.

“Hello!” the little white robot chirped when the human arrived. “Here’s your delivery.”

Taiwan Little Eats is serving hot street food from its new cart at UW-Madison, reaching hungry students even in the wintertime.

The Associated Students of Madison heard a presentation from the Rape Crisis Center Wednesday night and voted to approve new legislation against workplace harassment to support Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate students.

The chances you know someone with a learning disability are higher than you might think.

After obtaining a law degree from UW-Madison, Nicki Vander Meulen attempted to find work as a lawyer, but received rejection after rejection.“The minute any law firm found out I was disabled or autistic no one hired me,” she explained.

Take part in the monthly ‘Saturday Science’ events on the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus every second Saturday of the month.

The 12th cohort of UW-Madison Outstanding Women of Color awardees will be honored at a reception on Tuesday, March 5 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge of the Pyle Center, 716 Langdon Street. The celebration for this year’s honorees is open to the campus and community.

Students and professionals in education attended the second annual Madison Area Teachers for Social Justice (MATSJ) conference at the University of Wisconsin – Madison on Saturday.

Wun Sheek, a UW-Madison organization that serves indigenous identity members, kicked off Native November Heritage Month with a traditional feast and Elder in Residence welcome Sunday night.

Since the founding of McBurney Disability Resource Center in 1977 and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, resources for disabled students have gotten better, room for improvement remains

“I think that Student Veterans’ Association budget that they have proposed does not align with the value of a GSSF group,” Reilly said. “I think that it would much rather get funding from an operations grant or an event grant.”

Bucky’s Tuition Promise offers financial aid to incoming in-state University of Wisconsin freshman, but non-residents of Wisconsin and international students face different hurdles to make college affordable.

The case of a UW-Madison professor who bullied students working in his lab and is scheduled to return to work after a two-year suspension has some students and staff on campus questioning whether the professor’s tenured status afforded him a lighter punishment.

More than 800 students, faculty, alumni and community members have signed a petition condemning a former University of Wisconsin-Madison professor’s actions and calling on the university to change its mind about bringing him back.