The Associated Students of Madison Coordinating Council voted Wednesday to approve ASM’s 2016-’17 internal budget, after making slight adjustments.
A UW-Madison bacteriology professor, along with 17 other scientists from around the world, proposed a new way of approaching the study of microbes Wednesday, according to a university press release.
The Facilities Planning & Management project team unveiled the newest stage of UW-Madison’s Campus Master Plan during its third public open house Tuesday. The Campus Master Plan is a collective effort between Facilities Planning & Management, planning consultants and the university community to establish a process of orderly growth for the campus.
The last of this year’s UW-Madison Massive Open Online Courses will explore how climate change can affect public health and the policy that comes with it, according to a Tuesday university press release.
Bryan Stevenson, the author of this year’s Go Big Read book, filled Varsity Hall in Union South Monday night during a talk on mass incarceration and race.
Members of the UW-Madison student organization Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment are planning to add speaker events and new programs through funds allocated by the Student Services Finance Committee.
The student organization Atheists, Humanists, & Agnostics requested an increase in their budget proposal to the Student Services Finance Committee for the next fiscal year to better campus-wide programs and events.
The Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education released a report Wednesday detailing additional effects of the Wisconsin state budget throughout the UW System.
We have a sexual assault problem.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council met with UW-Madison Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer Patrick Sims during its meeting Wednesday to review advancements in the campus Diversity Framework.
Campus shootings are a horror that are unfortunately becoming a common occurrence in today’s society. Within 2015 alone, there have been 53 campus shootings across the country, killing 30 and injuring 53 people, according to The Kansas City Star. There are multiple schools of thought on how we can overcome this problem: increased gun control, improved treatment of mental health issues or fighting fire with fire by making it easier to defend oneself with a gun. This is the option that Wisconsin lawmakers want to make a reality on University of Wisconsin campuses, with state Rep. Jesse Kremer,R-Kewaskum, and Sen. Devin LeMahieu, D-Rostburg, proposing a bill to the state Senate that would allow students and faculty to conceal carry weapons on campus.
“Wait a minute, I didn’t think these were supposed to be in the lake.”
Amid changes to Wisconsin’s voter ID provisions, UW-Madison has taken steps to expand the ways in which students who don’t have Wisconsin driver’s licenses or IDs can vote, according to a Wednesday university press release.
Movimiento Estudantil Chican@ de Aztlán, a UW-Madison student organization geared toward helping people identify themselves on campus, is looking to forward their mission throughout the upcoming school year, according to Clara Huerta, the group’s financial specialist.
A team of Wisconsin scientists recently came closer to uncovering the elusive process by which nacre, more commonly known as mother-of-pearl, is created in nature.
Timothy Tansey and Fong Chan, two researchers from the UW-Madison’s School of Education, are working with agencies across Wisconsin and the nation to help improve the effectiveness of vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies.
Earlier this semester, members of the UW-Madison administration revealed the results of a survey taken by students last spring surrounding issues of sexual assault.
UW-Madison Campus and Visitor Relations recently partnered with Abodo, a startup that helps students navigate off-campus housing options.
Once UW-Madison roommates, long-time Kanye West creative director and fashion designer Virgil Abloh and successful New York City restaurateur Gabriel Stulman drew students, faculty and community members Thursday evening to discuss their insights on college, careers and creative endeavors.
The Distinguished Lecture Series and the LGBT Campus Center presented “This Filthy World: An Evening with John Waters” Thursday, a 90-minute stand-up comedy routine by the famous director.
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