Category: Campus life

For the past quarter-century, Eric Wilcots has been one of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s most prominent astronomers.

Some outcome data for CCAMPIS students show an association between participating in the program and improved college success. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 77 students participated from 2005-2011 and 83% graduated.

There are nearly 50 indexed lactation rooms across the UW campus. That is “not enough,” according to Jen Dittrich, the parent resource specialist at UW.

According to the Wisconsin State Journal, John Brady was a research assistant for Akbar Sayeed’s lab in the College of Engineering. Various graduate students reported that the working conditions under Sayeed’s teaching were both toxic and harmful.

$52,268 budget unanimously approved.

The immigration and human rights panel “From Awareness to Action: Immigration’s Impact on Children from Madison to the Northern Triangle of Central America,” took place Thursday at the Pyle Center.

Noted: Helen C. White was the first woman to hold a full professorship in the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

For Robyn Cawley, editor in chief of The Daily Cardinal at the University of Wisconsin, it was a small relief that the confrontation in Evanston had happened far away from her turf in Madison.

History was made last year with the election of the first Native American women to Congress – Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland. A long, long time before that, Ada Deer was busy trailblazing a path for others to follow and to eventually succeed.

University of Wisconsin professor and bioethicist Robert Streiffer presented Wednesday on the ethical groundwork behind clinical science, specifically pertaining to the human genome.

Committee would collect qualitative data regarding their opinions on alcohol policy

Engineering professor associated with student’s suicide will not be allowed to teach, instead will take on administrative duties.

The Associated Students of Madison passed a resolution Wednesday with nearly unanimous support calling on Chancellor Rebecca Blank to sign sustainability commitments that set goals for UW-Madison.

Students with diverse political affiliations gathered at Memorial Union to discuss pressing policy issues including healthcare, economics and immigration.

The Department of Community and Environmental Sociology and the University of Wisconsin Global Health Institute hosted a panel discussion on global food sovereignty, Tuesday night.

For university employees, the current minimum wage is $13.27 per hour, a wage the university sees as not accurately compensating employees in order to keep up with living wages in the City of Madison.

The Black Voice asks for funds to finance their Green Book projects.

Dakotah/Hidatsa elder, storyteller and traditionalist Mary Louise Defender Wilson will be the Elder-in-Residence at UW-Madison the week of Nov. 18.

The Chocolate Shoppe can make about 11 ice cream flavors at any time, but Babcock Dairy Hall can make as many as 26.

“(I’m) not prepared for it this early, honestly,” said student Jerrod Gotchy. “Way too soon!”

Aaron Bird Bear says the new Our Shared Future heritage marker on Bascom Hill helps recognize the inherent sovereignty of indigenous nations, what he calls “the big fundamental.”

Graduate students release letter detailing hopes for change.

Program helps support necessity for diversity across UW, says new program director.

“When students have good post-graduation options, they are more likely to stay focused and excited about completing their degrees,” Provost John Karl Scholz said in the release.

“This is excellent news for Wisconsin families concerned about the cost of higher education,” Blank said in the release. “We know that students who take longer than four years often accrue additional debt.”

University of Wisconsin political science professor Katherine Cramer gave a talk on community-driven listening and democracy as a part of the Wisconsin Idea lecture series, Tuesday night.

“[Character is] not what we do when everyone’s watching — that’s easy,” he said. “It’s what we do even when no one is watching. It’s all about — as Spike Lee would say — doing the right thing.”

“Hate crimes in this country are up by 20% over the last two years,” he said. “Politicians keep talking about building higher and higher walls around this country, when in my humble opinion, we should be building stronger and stronger bridges between the beautiful mosaic of people in this country.”

The university is the fourth, and largest, college campus to introduce the robots.

New numbers released Monday from the university’s Office of Academic Planning and Institutional Research shows the average time to receive a bachelor’s degree was 3.96 calendar years. It set a record on measuring student success at UW-Madison.

It was a summer-long tribute to the beloved UW mascot, and right now, a special documentary looks at what it took to pull off Bucky on Parade. NBC15s Leigh Mills was live at union south, where that doc is premiering at the Marquee Cinema. She discusses the documentary with Sara Schauf, whose late husband was involved in founding Bucky on Parade.

Starting Monday, students and staff at The University of Wisconsin-Madison are getting a taste of the future.

The University Housing Dining & Culinary Services at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is launching a new delivery service with robots that can autonomously deliver food.

Yi said there were no proposed increases or decreases to their budget requests for supplies, printing, advertising, computer software and hardware, equipment rental, postage and total programming.

Students simply download the app, place their order as they would from any other app, pay the $1.99 delivery fee and drop a pin for their pick up location.

Over the summer, the university partnered with Starship Technologies, gaining access to a fleet of 30 robots that will deliver food directly to students, faculty and staff.

The conversation comes after an October Board of Regents announcement that there would be a vote on proposed punishments for students found to be disrupting free speech of peers or invited speakers.

People celebrated Mexican traditions at the sixth annual Day of the Dead Fiesta at the Nancy Nicholas Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Human Ecology on Friday.

The Associated Students of Madison created a new position Wednesday to increase the organization’s engagement with various groups on campus. The additional position — titled “diverse engagement coordinator” — will help connect ASM with the Multicultural Student Center, the Gender and Sexuality Campus Center and the McBurney Disability Resource Center.

University of Wisconsin professor Akbar Sayeed is expected to return in January 2020 after a two-year unpaid leave due to “abusive” lab conditions, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.