Dane County's sister county of Kassel, Germany, invited one local artist to spend two weeks there in August and participate in an art exhibition, according to a Dane County press release.
When Robby Abrahamian stepped onto the UW-Stevens Point campus as a freshman in 2013 be immediately began passing petitions, dropping banners, and asking the student government to take an initiative in divesting from fossil fuels.
Something as simple as signing a lease can seem terrifying to freshmen who have only been on campus for a few months.
Issa Rae kicked off the month’s events, which include a yoga session featuring trap music, several arts and craft sessions and a family reunion for black UW-Madison students.
Filing for bankruptcy protection may be the next step for UW-Oshkosh’s private foundation, according to state Rep.
While many UW-Madison students rang in the new year at midnight on Jan. 1, others had to wait to celebrate their new beginning with the Chinese New Year.
Student government representatives released a statement Thursday night attacking Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s response to the revelation that an “alt-right” campus leader committed two acts of racially motivated arson in 2005.
With help from designer Jenaé Hu, Pickett created a line of shirts called “Resistance: Gold Edition.” The new apparel feature phrases outlined in gold that say “Stay Woke or Get Killed in Your Sleep,” “Black Boy Brilliance” and “Fuck White Supremacy.”
Aiming to solidify Associated Students of Madison’s commitment to inclusivity, Student Council unanimously approved the language of an amendment Thursday to counter the possibility of discrimination in their own body.
In a move that a graduate workers’ union called “a significant victory,” UW-Madison administrators agreed to grant a 3.5 percent raise to many graduate employees Wednesday.
UW-Madison faculty assistant and UFAS representatives attended an Associated Students of Madison Coordinating Council meeting Wednesday night to ask for student endorsement in demanding an immediate $5,000 pay raise.
Despite federal funding threats, city officials and law enforcement will not target individuals based on immigration status, according to Madison Mayor Paul Soglin. The move is in sync with a band of mayors across the country, who are vowing to denounce an executive order imposing immigration ultimatums on local governments signed by President Donald Trump yesterday.
A UW-Madison student who stirred up outrage on campus Tuesday by distributing flyers denouncing “anti-white racism” committed two racially motivated crimes.
As students walk down East Campus Mall and look up, while fending off bitter January winds, they will catch a glimpse of a prominent sign proclaiming, “Black Lives Matter” that hangs in the fourth floor office window of the Associated Students of Madison.
Residents of Madison could earn $100 by trading in an old toilet for a newer models through a city water conservation program continuing this year. The toilet rebate program allows Madison Water Utility customers to earn credit toward water bills when they replace old toilets—that use a high amount of water—with more efficient ones.
A lecture slide that showed a black woman above the word “animals” in a UW-Madison lecture Monday sparked student outrage on social media. A student in the class tweeted a picture Tuesday of the PowerPoint slide, which appeared in a lecture of Botany 123.
UW-Madison announced Steven Levitan, a UW-Madison alumnus and the co-creator of ABC’s “Modern Family,” as the 2017 Spring Commencement speaker Wednesday.
City officials declared Wednesday a snow emergency for all of Madison, including the downtown and isthmus area, that will remain in effect until 7 a.m.
Tom Lechnir, former UW-Oshkosh baseball coach, asked the courts to reopen his 2014 lawsuits against former UW-Oshkosh officials following a lawsuit filed by the Wisconsin Department of Justice against those officials for mishandling funds. Lechnir sued former Chancellor Richarch Wells and former Vice Chancellor of Administrative Service Thomas Sonnleitner for not renewing his contract after he accused Wells of diverting funds for a new baseball stadium, the Oshkosh Sports Complex, without notifying donors. The Oshkosh Sports Complex is one of building projects Wells and Sonnleitner are accused of illegally backing in the DOJ and UW System’s lawsuit against them.
Daniel Dropik, a UW-Madison student and the founder of the Madison American Freedom Party, caused a stir Tuesday. Flyers advertising the “alt-right” club urged students to “fight anti-white racism on campus.”
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