Diversity Committee begins plans for 2014 Diversity Week
By Paige Villiard | Oct. 31, 2013The Associated Students of Madison Diversity Committee decided Thursday it will implement another Diversity Week in Spring 2014.
The Associated Students of Madison Diversity Committee decided Thursday it will implement another Diversity Week in Spring 2014.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Associated Students of Madison approved its internal budget Wednesday. In addition to debating the “green fund,” the council voted to eliminate funding for United States Student Association membership.
The last few sessions of Associated Students of Madison Student Council have been characterized by bitter debates over a host of issues, according to many representatives.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Science Hall celebrated its 125th anniversary with a series of events Wednesday, including a haunted tour and a public lecture about the building’s history.
The Student Judiciary ruled Monday to uphold a Finance Committee decision denying travel funding to a law student organization.
The battle for ownership over the Orpheum Theatre between Frank Productions and Gus Paras ended Friday when Paras, who also owns The Comedy Club on State, purchased the historic auditorium.
The MultiCultural Student Coalition appealed to the Student Judiciary Tuesday, accusing the Student Services Finance Committee of legal issues including due process violations.
Parents of University of Wisconsin-Madison students who speak Mandarin will have access to campus resources in a new section of the Parent Program website written in Mandarin, according to a university news release.
Two Wisconsin companies that trace their origins to federally funded University of Wisconsin-Madison research received recognition in a new economic report Tuesday, according to a university news release.
Ruth Ozeki, the author of this year’s Go Big Read book, gave a lecture titled “How to be a Better Time Being” to 1,200 audience members at Union South Monday, as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series.
The Student Services Finance Committee approved the 2013-’14 budget for Adventure Learning Programs Monday.
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have constructed a three-dimensional model of the rhinovirus C pathogen, which will help increase the likelihood drugs can be designed to effectively prevent colds, according to a news release.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department distributed a release Monday warning students the trend of high intoxication levels continuing over Halloween weekend could someday cost a life, citing two incidents of excessive drinking on Saturday.
Rather than make pizzas to pay for his college education, Eric Dahl inhales them.
As the University of Wisconsin-Madison works to develop a new framework for diversity and inclusion, the Ad Hoc Diversity Planning Committee is asking members of the campus community share input in a series of upcoming discussion sessions throughout November.
Jill Lepore spoke about Jane Franklin, her relationship with her brother Benjamin Franklin, and gender equality issues during nineteenth century at a lecture for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Humanities Without Boundaries Flagship Lecture Series Thursday.
Dario L. Ringach, a professor of neurobiology at the University of California Los Angeles, discussed the moral dilemma of animal testing as part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Forum on Animal Research Ethics Thursday.
Ruth Ozeki, author of this year’s Go Big Read Book, “A Tale for the Time Being,” will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison Monday to meet with students and give a public lecture as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series.
University of Wisconsin-Madison finance professor Randall Wright will lead the second pilot Massive Open Online Course at the university titled “Markets with Frictions,” set to begin Oct. 30.
The Associated Students of Madison Coordinating Council finalized a draft of its 2015 internal budget Wednesday.