In addition to the grant funds for alternatives to the youth prisons, the commission approved the following projects: Funding increase to complete the Babcock Hall Dairy Plant / Center for Dairy Research Addition and the Meat Science and Muscle Biology Laboratory projects at UW-Madison; construction of the Sellery Hall Addition and Renovation at UW-Madison.
As a part of the 2020 Black History Month events at the University of Wisconsin, Emmy-award winning producer Pierce Freelon spoke at the keynote event about Afrofuturism.
The Student Services Finance Committee approved budgets for WSUM, Greater University Tutoring Services, UHS, Wisconsin Unions, Recreation and Wellbeing, Transportation Services and Child Care Tuition Assistance Program.
When freshman Steph Bekas’ teacher swapped typical homework in her rehabilitation psychology and special education class for hands-on volunteer experience, she found the missing link she was looking for.
UW-Madison has the highest number of alumni across the globe volunteering with the Peace Corps, the fourth consecutive year that the university has earned the top spot.
The Badgers will open spring practices on Tuesday, March 10, and have another on Thursday, March 12. After taking a week off for the university’s spring break, UW gets back on the field Sunday, March 22.
The Joint Campus Area Committee discussed additions to the University of Wisconsin Veterinary Medicine School Thursday.
UW-Madison had five students enrolled in exchanges in South Korea this spring semester in connection with Yonsei University and Korea University in Seoul.
According to UW-Madison spokesperson John Lucas, the decision was made after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) raised their Warning Level to a 3, recommending people avoid nonessential travel to South Korea.
Students to return to U.S.
UW-Madison suspended exchange programs at two South Korea institutions, university spokesman John Lucas said Wednesday. The five students affected by the suspension were informed Tuesday.
For most of February, the Black Cultural Center was hard at work with creating the University of Wisconsin’s Black History Month, and with the help of their student-run planning committee, this year was one for the books.
As the coronavirus continues to spread, the University of Wisconsin canceled its study abroad program to South Korea for the coming Spring semester.
A UW spokesperson, John Lucas, told NBC15 the university’s Vice Provost and Dean of the International Division made the call after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised its Warning Level to 3, which warns people to avoid nonessential travel to the Asian nation.
We talk with a UW-Madison professor about his effort to take the political pulse of three battleground states, including Wisconsin. Then we chat with the producer of the Emmy-winning Beat Making Lab about Afrofuturism.
It included a performance by the UW World Percussion Ensemble, which is a year-long class for students to learn percussion from all over the world.
University of Wisconsin associate professor in Education and Policy Analysis and director of the Student Success Through Applied Research lab, Nick Hillman, discussed the debt crisis students face within America’s student loan system at a Phi Kappa Phi lecture Tuesday night.
The Wisconsin Energy Institute held a panel Tuesday night discussing how indigenous tribes in Wisconsin have been working with renewable energy and the barriers they’ve faced.
Political strategist Symone D. Sanders will present a talk called “Black History, American History” Monday, April 6 in Shannon Hall at Memorial Union, the Wisconsin Union Directorate announced today.
GUTS explains initiative to offer more paid tutor positions.
The matching opportunity will run until Dec. 31, 2020, according to UW News, and the goals are to create endowed professorships, chairs and distinguished chairs based on the current campus faculty fund guidelines.
‘I hope they appreciate how much we appreciate the good work they do,’ assistant dean said.
This winter semester, more UW-Madison students are bundled up inside, counting on app-based delivery robots to feed their appetites.
He continues to teach the course on a limited basis in Madison, where he grew up, the son of two school teachers, and where he’s assistant dean for the College of Letters and Science and director of UW-Madison’s First-Year Interest Groups.
This spring, seven schools, colleges and departments will temporarily host the marker, organizing events, hosting speakers and incorporating Native topics into their curricula.
Noted: Enjoyiana Nururdin, a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was upset that there weren’t any people of color on the university’s Homecoming committee, this year and the lack thereof showed. The committee released a promotional video for Homecoming with no black students featured. Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. – an African-American organization, were interviewed and tagged in the video, but their clip was not shown.
“We apologize that the video gave only a partial representation of the UW-Madison student body,” said Tod Pritchard, Director, Media and Public Relations for the Wisconsin Foundation & Alumni Association, who currently sponsors the UW’s student Homecoming Committee. “We established new review and oversight protocols for marketing and communication pieces of student-sponsored work and we are committed to creating a workforce and culture in which all perspectives are reflected.”
University officials said UWPD does not engage in immigration enforcement.
Will Hofkamp of WUD Cuisine discusses food culture adaptation refugees are forced to incorporate.
“We support and value all members of our community, especially our Hmong members during this period,” said UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank.
Georgetown University’s board of directors announced this month that it will end private investments in coal, oil and gas companies within the next decade, and some faculty at Harvard have called for a similar shift. There were sit-ins and demonstrations last week at dozens of schools, including Gonzaga University, the University of Wisconsin, University of Pittsburgh and Cornell University.
The world’s best-selling author of the past 20 years is coming to Camp Randall for UW-Madison’s 2020 spring commencement.
“63 Up” has its only Madison screenings at 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday at the UW Cinematheque, 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave. The screenings are free and open to the public.
igma Alpha Epsilon hosted its fifth annual boot hockey tournament and raised $15,000 for a local non-profit, Lily’s Fund.
Students from the Lakeshore and Southeast sides of campus played against each other for the chance to win over Bascom hill.
With Bascom Hall as their backdrop and braving cold weather conditions, UW-Madison students held a peaceful protest Thursday calling for the university to divest from fossil fuels.
Lying outside Bascom Hall on the coldest day of the year to date, students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison demonstrated Thursday that they were “dying to divest” from the fossil fuel industry.
Steck, 20, is president of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Fishing Team. He’s been juggling classes and preparation for the College Fishing National Championship in Central Florida, a three-day bass competition starting on Feb. 26.
University of Wisconsin-Madison are hopeful the long-awaited Nicholas Recreation Center will open by the beginning of fall semester, according to updates from state and university officials.
Organizations like CLEAN, WSCAC said they will continue to protest until UW divests from fossil fuel industry.
The student organization was started ub 2017 by Hayden DePorter, with goals of addressing food insecurity and waste.
For the first time since 1977, the Badgers have home-court advantage for the ITA Division I National Men’s Team Indoor Championship at Nielsen Tennis Stadium. Matches start Friday, with the championship on Monday.
Construction work on three capital projects designed to improve the Kohl Center, Camp Randall Stadium and the University of Wisconsin Field House is set to begin soon.
Get pumped because Bill Nye, who you should all know as the Science Guy, is coming to UW-Madison April 21.
The science educator, mechanical engineer and author will lead a conversation about one of the most pressing issues of our time: climate change.
Rep. Diane Hesselbein, D-Middleton, on Tuesday called Assembly Bill 444 bill an unnecessary repetition of the U.S. Constitution. Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, called it a draconian state statute. Rep. Gary Hebl, D-Sun Prairie, called it a partisan waste of time.
Program consists of three semesters, with last semester internship during summer.
Sigma Chi, 221 Langdon St., gave up its charter to its parent organization Jan. 30. The surrender means the chapter may not hold events and activities on its own or with other fraternities and sororities. It also loses its status as a registered student organization.
Nye will speak on UW-Madison’s campus at 7:30 p.m. on April 21 as part of the Wisconsin Union’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
According to the UW-Madison’s website, Nye will lead a discussion with students and the public, called “LET’S TALK CLIMATE CHANGE: A CONVERSATION WITH BILL NYE.”
The program, “Let’s talk climate change, A conversation with Bill Nye,” is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. April 21 at the Shannon Hall in University of Wisconsin Memorial Union.
SSFC then heard from UW’s UHS Executive Director Jake Baggott, who proposed a series of expansions to the organization, including efforts to improve the physical structure of its current location.
The Statue of Liberty is up to her head in frozen water in Wisconsin. Or so it appears on Lake Mendota.
Metro Transit is asking the city’s Transportation Commission to set a public hearing to get feedback on a series of proposed service changes that would effect at least 15 routes, including some that travel through Capitol Square, UW-Madison and the East, North and West sides.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Chemistry received the 2020 Diversity Award from the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.
UW-Madison reduced its annual water consumption over the past decade, and campus sustainability efforts may be a leading cause.
A group of University of Wisconsin faculty and community members created “Our Shared Future,” a heritage marker, to educate UW and its surrounding community about the Ho-Chunk people and their history with the university.
The Madison and Dane Co. Public Health Department released new information about the Dane County patient who contracted coronavirus, in hopes of offering reassurances to University of Wisconsin community.
Master of Public Affairs student Jessica Rutstein completed a report analyzing student food insecurity and current efforts to remedy it.
The break occurred outside about a half-block from the Engineering campus and traveled through steam tunnels into the Engineering Centers building, 1550 Engineering Drive, and the Materials Science and Engineering building, 1509 University Ave. Other buildings on the Engineering mall were not affected.
Looks like Starship’s delivery robots may be blocked from roaming the city streets of Madison, WI. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that the local Transportation Policy and Planning Board there unanimously recommended a measure yesterday that would prohibit the delivery robots everywhere in the city except for the University of Wisconsin.
Some University of Wisconsin-Madison students could be impacted, said Meredith McGlone, a university spokesperson.
The broken main caused severe flooding that has affected the Engineering Centers building, Engineering Drive and other parts of the engineering campus. There may be standing water on Engineering Drive and the area may be icy, police said in a statement.
