Share the Wonderful event 'fills the Hill' Wednesday
By Megan Stoebig | Oct. 16, 2013Pink flamingos once again dotted Bascom Hill Wednesday, as part of Share the Wonderful campaign’s “Fill the Hill” event.
Pink flamingos once again dotted Bascom Hill Wednesday, as part of Share the Wonderful campaign’s “Fill the Hill” event.
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Chancellor will serve as interim UW System President, UW System Board of Regents President Michael Falbo said in a statement Wednesday.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank is looking to improve the university’s national rankings by raising faculty compensation and increasing the visibility of faculty research, she said in a blog post Tuesday.
Associated Students of Madison will ask students for feedback on the ASM internal budget at a listening session Wednesday.
University of Wisconsin-Madison men’s basketball head coach Bo Ryan will donate money to cancer research for every shot made at his Shooting Down Cancer event at the Kohl Center Thursday.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students have an “exceptionally” low student loan default rate, according to UW-Madison Financial Aid Director Susan Fischer.
The government shutdown could have substantial impacts on areas of the university, including veterans benefits and the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, Provost Paul DeLuca told the Academic Staff Assembly Monday.
The sustainable agriculture organization F.H. King presented its request for 2014-’15 funding from the Student Service Finance Committee Monday, stressing its ability to provide broad services with a frugal budget.
Badger fans can move out from the sidelines and talk to officials about their gameday with the institution of a new fan advisory council.
The salary ranges of certain University of Wisconsin System officials will be adjusted due to two policies the Board of Regents approved Friday.
Sharon Kilfoy, a local Madison artist and an alumna of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says most of the work she has accomplished in her life has included two things: art and kids.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Board met Friday to discuss the NCAA’s role in the future of the “Group of Five” conferences and the possibility of paying student athletes.
Howard Bremer, a patent attorney who helped develop the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s influence in the worlds of research and innovation, died Friday, according to a news release.
University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman Cassidy Fritsch died suddenly Wednesday morning in Aldo Leopold Residence Hall, according to a university release.
The full Board of Regents approved a resolution in a closed session Thursday to increase the salaries of chancellors at 10 of the 14 UW institutions.
Ben Relles, a University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus and the head of programming strategy at YouTube, encouraged students to take risks to discover their true interests at the Wisconsin Rewind Lecture Thursday.
After a jam-packed week of Badger pride events ranging from Air Band at the Terrace to day-long blood and food drives, Homecoming Week at the University of Wisconsin-Madison wraps up this weekend with the annual UW Homecoming parade Friday.
As part of the Memorial Union Renovations, Der Stiftskeller, the area next to Der Rathskeller that serves alcohol, will close starting Monday, and a temporary bar serving bottled beer and wine will open Wednesday along the west wall of Der Rathskeller.
The Board of Regents will hear a presentation of the annual University of Wisconsin System Accountability Report Thursday, which shows second-year retention and six-year graduation rates in the University of Wisconsin System both exceed national averages. However, underrepresented minorities and Pell Grant recipients still fall behind.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank outlined ideas to move the university forward in a speech Wednesday that launched the Fall 2013 University Roundtable Series.