Wisconsin Alumni prepare for virtual homecoming
The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) will celebrate Homecoming 2020 virtually from Oct. 19-24, with events and activities to safely bring alumni and the UW-Madison community together.
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The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) will celebrate Homecoming 2020 virtually from Oct. 19-24, with events and activities to safely bring alumni and the UW-Madison community together.
A rule proposed on Sept. 25 by the Department of Homeland Security under the Trump administration would implement set terms of two or four years for international students or scholars with F or J visas studying in the United States.
Interim UW System President Tommy Thompson hired or promoted three new employees with increased salaries even as the number of layoffs within the system’s administration continues to rise.
The Wisconsin Union Directorate Arts Committee, in partnership with the Black Men Coalition of Dane County and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County, projected George Floyd’s last words on the wall of Memorial Union Thursday night as a tribute to bring attention to injustices faced by the Black community.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank emphasized her confidence in the university and its future, despite university-wide issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic in a virtual speech to the Wisconsin Alumni Associationon Tuesday.
Some members of the Associated Students of Madison are expressing disappointment in the UW-Madison Police Department’s limited contact and outreach with the student government following the UWPD response to a Sept. 29 vote of no confidence in the UWPD by the ASM.
This week, the UW-Madison Arboretum Visitor Center will begin renovations to upgrade its solar panel system and install energy-efficient LED lighting.
As many campus services and facilities have shuttered or been restricted amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many UW-Madison students are calling for refunds of the fees they paid to fund those resources.
A resolution passed by the Dane County Board of Supervisors calling to send UW-Madison students home and move to fully remote learning faced opposition from the university, amid increased enrollment numbers and housing contract cancellations.
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded three Wisconsin land-grant institutions — UW-Madison, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College and the College of Menominee Nation — a grant to make postsecondary education more available to Native American students.
Dr. Celine Gounder joined the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished Lecture Series virtual event Tuesday night to speak about the vital intersection of health and social justice.
Due to the economic hardships of COVID-19, UW-Madison announced full and partial layoffs of 35 people in its Division of Continuing Studies, or around 18% of its staff.
Despite limitations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Morgridge Center for Public Service continues to connect student volunteers with community partners and non-profits.
The Associated Students of Madison (ASM) will hold a vote of No Confidence in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department (UWPD) at their meeting on Tuesday.
On Monday morning, UW-Madison opened its newest on-campus gym after nearly three years of construction.
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on campus have led UW-Madison to establish a partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This proposal was spearheaded toward the beginning of September by the School of Medicine and Public Health at UW-Madison.
In a recent interview with Diverse Issues in Higher Education, UW-Madison’s Jerlando Jackson attributed long-standing racial inequalities as causes for recent protests in Kenosha, Wis., after the shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, by a police officer.
During this year’s Pollution Prevention (P2) Week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) selected UW-Madison to receive a $411,963 P2 Grant to prevent pollution caused by food and beverage manufacturing.
On Aug. 26, in a statement to University of Wisconsin-Madison students and staff on preparations for the fast-approaching semester, Chancellor Rebecca Blank wrote that the university was “working with fraternities and sororities to help those living in chapter houses arrange for their own quarantine and isolation spaces.”
Following a decrease in positive cases during the two week hiatus, UW-Madison will resume in-person classes and activities on Sept. 26.