Category: Campus life

Group chose not to recommend building high-rise on plot of land across from Psychology Building.

Being at South Texas Family Residential Center offered insight into immigration system in ways media hadn’t covered, panelists said.

Standing on a skateboard for the first time in her life, Bing Sun radiates joy. She’s taking it slow as she coasts down State Street, but it’s still thrilling. “When I was young, this was not so popular,” says Sun, a native of China and a visiting scholar at UW-Madison. “Then I got married, had a daughter — I had no time to play.”

After releasing his new book, Burt Folsom discusses New Deal with fresh perspective.

At exactly 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 1943, Mildred Harnack (née Fish), Milwaukee native, UW-Madison alum and former UW-Milwaukee instructor, was beheaded.

NPR journalist David Folkenflik said journalists should not simply mirror what people in authority say.

The LG/LGBT/LGBTQ/LGBTQIA/ LGBTTQQIAAP+ community has a fair number of initialisms which encapsulate itself.

There’s been a push to get everyone to the polls, but there’s been an even bigger push to get younger voters there.

Meredith McGlone, Director of News & Media Relations, said as of about 2 p.m., the university had issued approximately 500 photo ID cards on Election Day to students who needed them to vote. She added that that figure was on top of the near 8,000 ID cards issued previously. Final tallies are expected on Wednesday.

Joe Lalli is helping 20 patients at UW Hospital who ordinarily wouldn’t be able to get to the polls vote in the midterm election.

The Madison Poll Party event was organized by UW Hillel staff to encourage students to get out and vote, but most importantly, to remind people to take a breath on U.S. Election Day and during the voting process, according to Lizzy Wallis, the Springboard Social Justice Fellow at UW Hillel.

Though turnout rates have historically been lower during midterm elections, college students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison came out to vote and take in Tuesday’s election results at higher numbers than previous midterms.

NextGen focused on transforming youth energy into political engagement.

UW-Madison students will host a food drive to help stock a local food pantry weeks before the Thanksgiving holiday.

The Student Services Finance Committee voted to eliminate salaries for Grant Allocation Committee members while granting Associated Students of Madison the rest of their requested $1,272,839.70 budget in its meeting Monday night.

UW-Madison’s Native November Planning Leadership, composed of organizations like American Indian Science and Engineering Society and the Gender and Sexuality Campus Center, has collaborated to organize a series of events to celebrate Native American Heritage Month.

Noted: Separately, the leaders of Princeton University, the University of Wisconsin and Rutgers University wrote a letter to DeVos expressing their “deep concern” that the government might drop civil rights protections under Title IX for transgender students.

On Nov. 1, University President Christopher L. Eisgruber, Rutgers President Robert L. Barchi, and University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sent a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in support of legal protections for transgender individuals.

2015 survey found 27.6 percent of female undergraduate students had been sexually assaulted since attending UW.

As part of 2018 Diversity Forum, experts discussed progress, restrictions.

“It’s sort of strange to be paying for the ability to work,” said Representative Ruben Moreno as the Teaching Assistants’ Association returned to work with the 25th session to halt the mandatory segregated fees policy.

Milwaukee Brewers founder and University of Wisconsin-Madison alum Bud Selig knows a lot about overcoming obstacles, staying the course and managing disappointment.

Organizers of the forum say Wednesday’s discussion comes at a critically important time because of how divided our nation has become on all topics.

Experts reacted to studies showing U.S. will be ’minority white’ by 2045.

Internal budget saw 7 percent reduction from last year.

He graduated from UW-Madison in 1956 with a bachelor’s degree in American history and political science. He currently co-teaches an upper-level history course called Baseball and Society Since WWII.

“I love Madison and I love the university,” Selig said in a UW press release. “Those were four of the best years of my life. I could not be more thrilled and honored to accept this invitation.”

Former Vice President Joe Biden told a UW-Madison crowd Tuesday the upcoming elections are a referendum on America’s values and what he described as a radically changing Republican Party under President Donald Trump.

Former Vice President Joe Biden is telling college students on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus that if they vote, they can “own” next week’s election.

Wisconsin Democratic candidates joined the former vice president to encourage voter turnout.

Award-winning broadcast journalist and WI union representative comprised panel.

UW-Madison is allocating $11.5 million in central campus funding for faculty and staff pay adjustments for 2018-’19.

Former Vice President Joe Biden was welcomed by over 1,000 people Tuesday morning in Madison during a campaign rally for U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tony Evers.

“It is obviously very concerning they underspent by 28 percent. However, action has been taken, and they are being very compliant with our organization; I feel very comfortable voting in favor of this budget,” said Representative Landon Tselepis.

Hundreds of students and community members stood on the lawn outside Memorial Library to listen to students and campus leaders share their stories and reflect on Saturday’s events.

Students and faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison held a vigil on campus Monday to remember the 11 people killed at the Tree of Life Synagogue over the weekend.

UW Law School students, under a supervising attorney, will represent victims at their injunction hearings and help them get orders of protection.

Connor Sawyer was the official winner of the Bucky on Parade: Find Bucky contest for kids. His twin sister Imogen, older brother Jordan, and parents Janet and Chris joined him for his prize.

The forum, Beyond the Numbers — Relationships, Retention and Reality, will consist of national speakers, panel discussions, trainings and networking.

ASM plans to work with Babcock to find graduate student to develop flavors that wouldn’t use beef gelatin.

Alta Charo, a professor at UW, said fake science shifts focus away from issues that actually matter.