Police reopen Memorial Union area after bomb threat
By Andrew Hahn | Mar. 20, 2015UW-Madison police found no danger inside Memorial Union early Friday morning after shutting down the surrounding area for several hours due to a bomb threat.
UW-Madison police found no danger inside Memorial Union early Friday morning after shutting down the surrounding area for several hours due to a bomb threat.
In a room filled to almost twice its capacity with eager students and community members, equality advocate CeCe McDonald spoke blatantly and pragmatically about her life as a transgender woman of color and how she discovered an avenue for advocacy.
Employees recognized as Classified Staff will be known as University Staff starting July 1 partly because human resource policies will soon be handled solely by UW-Madison, according to a UW-Madison release.
Rates for student and faculty parking permits will not change for the 2015-’16 school year, according to a press release from UW Transportation Services.
With 2,813 votes collected and a 7 percent voter turnout for the Associated Students of Madison Spring Election, 39 UW-Madison students were elected to represent various ASM positions.
To clarify language about the Green Fund’s goals and processes and to fit the standards of the UW Legal System, the Associated Students of Madison approved the fund’s updated bylaws Wednesday.
UW-Madison students can bite into the world’s largest Rice Krispies Treat as the student organization, Project Freshman 15,000, attempts to hit the Guinness Book of World Records’ sweet spot for the title.
Famous weather-predicting groundhog Punxsutawney Phil put his prophetical skills to the test Tuesday, picking Wisconsin to end up in the NCAA championship game in a head-to-head bracket showdown with ESPN basketball analyst Dick Vitale.
Following months of suspension, the UW-Madison chapter of Chi Phi fraternity has been terminated as a student organization for violating Student Organization Conduct policies, according to a Wednesday university release.
Tavi Gevinson, 18-year-old editor of “Rookie Magazine,” started a fashion site that grew rapidly to 30 million daily readers when she was just 11. Tuesday, she stood in front of a crowd largely older than she and preached the “importance of fangirling,” and how she used it like a religion when starting her blog.
The UW System is creating two task forces in response to Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget, first announced by Board of Regents President Michael Falbo at a meeting earlier this month.
Members of a campus area city committee met Monday night to discuss an update on the campus area’s list of facelifts and construction projects.
Members of an Associated Students of Madison committee considered revising several components of policy in a discussion of internal affairs Monday, including their internship rules and guidelines for budget decisions.
The Wisconsin Union Directorate and festival organizers announced details Monday regarding the third annual Revelry Music and Arts Festival, to be held Saturday, May 2.
The UW-Madison is not unfamiliar with student protests. Such protests are meant to bring attention to relevant political and social issues. I am profoundly proud of this characteristic.
Three UW-Madison faculty members presented ideas and potential solutions to counter material poverty Friday and Saturday during an annual conference on the subject held in Mazatlán, Mexico.
The Dean of Students Office invited UW-Madison students to give feedback on proposed changes to the UW System’s policy on sexual assault and other misconduct Thursday.
Staff from the Division of Student Life provided the Associated Students of Madison members the opportunity to change how the UW-System addresses sexual assault Wednesday.
Nine UW-Madison professors recently won an award for faculty at a critical stage in their careers through nomination by departments, Ph.D. major programs and interdepartmental groups, according to a university press release.
After a 10-month-long investigation, the UW-Madison Police Department is seeking charges against two men for stealing hundreds of bicycles around the Madison area, Chief Susan Riseling said at a news conference Tuesday.