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UHS is prepared to relocate students in the residence halls that test positive to designated isolation housing.

Protests over racial injustice leads to property damage in downtown Madison

Over 1,000 demonstrators gathered in the downtown Madison area late Monday night to protest the police shooting of a 29-year-old Black man named Jacob Blake that took place earlier this week in Kenosha, Wis.

State funds designated for COVID-19 testing on campuses

Last week, Chancellor Rebecca Blank addressed the severity of the coronavirus-induced financial crisis UW-Madison is undergoing. 

Big Ten announces cancellation of fall sports season

For the first time since 1888, Wisconsin will not play a college football season.

1964 UW-Madison graduate's roommate dropped out after backdoor abortion

Decades after a University of Wisconsin-Madison alumna found her freshman-year roommate bleeding in their dorm room, the campus remains a battleground for women’s rights.

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UW-Madison’s International Student Services is housed in the Red Gym, pictured above.

Zoom-ing through Spring 2020: Students, professors share struggles in adjusting to online class

Rachel Alsbury, a senior graduating in May, was shocked when UW-Madison dropped the bombshell classes would remain online through the end of Spring 2020.

College 101: 6 Ways to Treat Yourself with Your COVID-19 Relief Stipend

If you've just gotten your COVID-19 Economic Impact Payment from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), you might be itching to spend it right away. That being said, it's worth thinking about how you want to spend the money before you go out and blow it on something. 

Between Panic and Moderation: The non-stop metronome

The past few weeks have felt like a really long, really twisted game of Tug O’ War. On one side of the tattered rope is a realm of untapped possibilities — that book you never quite had time to read while in-person classes were the norm, a new hobby, virtually-adapted coursework. 

Cardinalscopes: How you will contract coronavirus based on your sign

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The coronavirus’s impact on design courses at UW-Madison

In just a matter of weeks, the coronavirus pandemic has closed businesses, paralyzed the economy and halted in-person classes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Students are slowly adjusting to a completely new way of learning, one where Zoom meetings replace in person lectures and labs. 

You’re not alone: Campus suicide prevention initiatives

Still recovering from the fallout of her aunt’s suicide several months earlier, Megan Nedden knew she needed to find a way to incorporate mental health care work into her campus activities when she arrived at UW-Madison as a freshman in 2016. 

Finding political identity: How the pandemic changed one UW-Madison student’s primary vote

Dylan Witte can count on one hand the number of times they've brought up politics to their parents. In fact, it was only once, in fourth grade, when they were learning about then-presidential candidate Barack Obama. 

Through the lens of a journalism student: The media and the coronavirus outbreak

It’s astonishing to think about how just three weeks ago, life was completely normal. I was attending my college classes, sleeping in my dorm room and seeing my friends daily. It felt like a switch went off as schools started sending their students home in light of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States. As I manically texted each of my friends I knew at other schools that were taking measures, I hoped for the best for Wisconsin. However, just two days later, I was in my hometown in quarantine, miles and miles away from my college friends. 

‘Going viral’ with COVID-19: One UW-Madison student’s unexpected rise to fame amid a global pandemic

Laying bedridden and alone in her Madison apartment one March evening, Amy Shircel believed she was on the brink of death. 

UW System announces housing refund due to COVID-19

UW-Madison housing to store student items left in residence halls

UW-Madison announced it will bring in an outside shipping and packing company to pack and store the belongings of approximately 4,000 students in residence halls. 

UW-Madison commits to paying students amid COVID-19 closures

In response to multiple student petitions, UW-Madison released a statement Tuesday committing to income continuation for all nonessential student employees through early April amid COVID-19 closures. 

Letter to the Editor: Pandemic response tests switch to online learning

To help mitigate the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), many colleges and universities across the United States, including the University of Wisconsin–Madison, have closed their campuses and student housing. Schools have announced it would provide classes through alternative delivery, so as to avoid the heightened risk of community transmission. Like businesses and organizations, universities have canceled upcoming events and asked students, faculty, and staff to remain at home and reconsider all non-essential travel.

Evers announces first two deaths from COVID-19 in Wisconsin

Two men in Wisconsin — one in Fond du Lac County and the other in Ozaukee County — have died due to the novel Coronavirus, Gov. Tony Evers announced Thursday.