“The Lake Living Room,” Lake Mendota’s newest sitting area has received a substantial amount of buzz from campus community members since its initial installation Sunday, an unintended consequence of what started out as a personal project between friends, co-creator of the “living room” Chelsi Zollner said.
Following their announcement as finalists for the position of University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum Director, Kayri Havens, Steven McNulty and Donna Paulnock will visit campus to speak to the public beginning Wednesday, according to a university press release.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments from the NAACP and Voces de la Frontera on the State Voter ID law Tuesday.
The state Assembly may soon discuss new regulations on Wisconsin’s mining industry.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will team up with the Digital Lab for Manufacturing, an initiative funded in part through the U.S. Department of Defense, in an effort to create new technologies and improve the nation’s global competitive status in manufacturing, according to a Tuesday university news release.
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials announced plans to slow down the campus-wide email and calendar system transition to Microsoft Office 365 Tuesday to ensure the switch is carried out correctly, according to a university news release.
The Associated Students of Madison University Affairs Committee met Tuesday to discuss the latest campus diversity plan as drafted by the Ad Hoc Diversity Planning Committee.
This article has been updated to reflect updated financial numbers.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching Assistants’ Association is set to issue a letter-writing campaign directed at the Athletic Department, in an effort to increase contribution from the department in the upcoming Recreational Sports Master Plan.
Police are investigating an attempted robbery that occurred early Sunday morning on South Bedford Street, according to Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain in an incident report.
Madison’s Plan Commission members referred discussions of distributing a demolition permit and amending uses of land at daytime shelters to the next meeting March 10.
Jesse Kremer announced Monday he will run for the 59th state Assembly seat currently held by state Rep. Dan LeMahieu, R-Cascade, who will not seek re-election in November.
State Assembly Democrats protested what they called “racial profiling” in Wisconsin courthouses in a letter to the federal agency in charge of regulating immigration.
After authoring Wisconsin’s Fair Minimum Wage Act in January, state Rep. Cory Mason, D-Racine, released a statement Monday citing a report suggesting an increase in the minimum wage would boost the state's economy.
“The day of the pageant, I just wasn’t even nervous,” laughs Alexandria Mason, a freshman, hopeful journalist, dancer, published writer and the 2014 winner of the “Miss Black and Gold: Diversity of a Woman” scholarship pageant.
Among excitement, Cass Henriques’ admittance to the University of Wisconsin-Madison two years ago brought with it a great deal of anxiety and a mounting list of uncertainties, atop which loomed questions of where he would live freshman year.
Melissa Abler is used to being one of the few females in her classes; it has been that way since her freshman year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She recently recalled day one of her introduction to computer engineering class, where she met her best friend.
An international student from China was recently sitting at a table in Dejope Residence Hall talking to one of his American friends in English, when another Chinese student saw him and attempted to translate for the American student, believing the international student did not speak proficient English.
A simple taste of Madison’s scenery and school spirit is all it takes to clinch many incoming students’ commitment to the Badger family. However, had Maria Espino been exposed to the environment pre-enrollment, she said there is a good chance the ethnic uniformity of the student body would have dissuaded her from becoming the junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison she is today.
While college students need a diverse selection of faculty members to provide multiple perspectives and viewpoints in the educational environment, a recent survey from the Women in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute shows minority faculty members feel less satisfied with their departmental workplace environment, according to the Study on Faculty Worklife.
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