Journalist Naomi Klein to speak at DLS Tuesday
By Niamh Rahman | Oct. 27, 2014Award-winning journalist, columnist and author Naomi Klein will speak at UW-Madison’s third Distinguished Lecture Series installment Tuesday.
Award-winning journalist, columnist and author Naomi Klein will speak at UW-Madison’s third Distinguished Lecture Series installment Tuesday.
The UW-Madison Police Department saw a slight increase in the number of underage alcohol citations during Saturday’s homecoming football game against Maryland, according to a UWPD report.
In the spirit of homecoming week’s community service theme, UNICEF’s Next Generation founder and Director Casey Rotter spoke to UW-Madison students about the importance of young people’s dedication to charity.
Adventure Learning Programs received a $155,049.58 budget for 2015-'16 Thursday from the Students Services Finance Committee, while the Working Class Student Union made a budget request for the upcoming fiscal year.
In honor of UW-Madison’s Multicultural Homecoming, alumnus Winslow Sargeant will deliver the keynote address “What It Really Means to Bring the Victory Home for Diverse Alumni” Saturday, according to a university news release.
For their 2014 campaign Partners in Giving is putting into effect a new online pledging system that allows employees in Dane County to donate money through payroll deductions or credit cards, according to the organization’s website.
The UW-Madison Police Department was alerted to a sexual assault that happened in an on-campus residential hall last Friday, according to a Thursday UWPD release.
Faculty and staff at UW-Madison can apply for $500 grants to spread awareness of the Wisconsin Idea, which aims to “improve people’s lives beyond the classroom,” Vice Chancellor for University Relations Vince Sweeney said in a UW-Madison release Thursday.
UW-Madison to create a new center for transportation education
The pomp and circumstance of homecoming week is colored by scores of red and white balloons and flowers, hoards of alumni returning to their old stomping grounds and a slate of events celebrating all things UW-Madison.
The 2015 UW-Madison spring commencement ceremony is scheduled to be held in Camp Randall Stadium for the second year in a row, according to a university release.Camp Ran
For students like UW-Madison junior Becca Mischel, Wisconsin Men’s Basketball head coach Bo Ryan’s Shooting Down Cancer means more than meeting Wisconsin’s basketball players and taking advantage of the event’s free t-shirts, food and other giveaways.
Culinary innovator Dave Arnold spoke with UW-Madison students and community members about new techniques and changing culinary mindsets Wednesday.
John Horn, the Director of Recreational Sports, gave an update on the progress of the Rec Sports Master Plan, a student-supported plan passed through an Associated Students of Madison referendum, at a Student Council meeting Wednesday.
Environmental history professor William Cronon transported hundreds of viewers Tuesday evening from a theater in Memorial Union to iconic national areas including Niagara Falls and Yellowstone Park, challenging them to question the real meaning of wilderness.
Self-described “food innovator” Dave Arnold will share his tales of combining food and technology to create new, innovative products with UW-Madison students on campus Wednesday as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series.
Students and community members will have the opportunity to make Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan contribute money to cancer research at the Kohl Center Wednesday.
Seven UW-Madison doctoral students received grants totalling $306,628 through the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program.
Badger Catholic continued its “history of making fiscally responsible decisions” while Adventure Learning Programs made plans to improve program safety in a Student Services Finances Committee meeting Monday, according to Secretary Brett DuCharme.
Red duct tape labeled with the word “silenced” covered the mouths of three members of UW-Madison’s Student Labor Action Coalition as they lined the wall of a Labor Codes and Licensing Advisory Committee meeting Monday.