The University of Wisconsin-Madison opened a new residence hall for fall 2013, named Aldo Leopold Hall, which focuses on educating students about conservation and sustainable living habits.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank sat down Monday with The Daily Cardinal and The Badger Herald and answered questions on a range of student issues. Read The Daily Cardinal's article here. Here’s what your new chancellor had to say:
In a meeting with campus press Monday in her recently unpacked office atop Bascom Hill, new University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank stressed the importance of building relationships with the campus community and legislators, upholding responsibility to the state and utilizing new revenue streams.
Gov. Scott Walker appointed a new student regent to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents Friday after a controversial decision in June to reverse his original appointment.
Police arrested a couple Wednesday in relation to various thefts on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and throughout Dane County, according to a UW-Madison Police Department statement.
Following a yearlong worker dispute, Palermo Villa Inc. reached a settlement Tuesday, agreeing to return eight former strikers to their jobs with back pay, according to a news release.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly announced Tuesday he will step down from his position as president to advise the American Council on Education in January 2014 and to return to teaching.
UPDATE 12/12/13: The Dane County District Attorney’s office dropped sexual assault charges Monday filed against Saeed Aghdam in July, according to state court records, although he pled guilty to disorderly conduct.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved a resolution Thursday that includes a system-wide tuition freeze for all UW undergraduate and graduate students as well as slight increases to students’ segregated fees and room-and-board costs.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will discuss a possible expanded tuition freeze for UW System schools Thursday, which would cover graduate students and out-of-state undergraduates.
Andy Tyink and Dan Weber are two ordinary twenty-year olds, with one small exception: they own their own business called DANDY’s frozen treats.
Babcock Hall Dairy store, owned by the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1951, will honor incoming Chancellor Rebecca Blank by creating an ice cream flavor in her name.
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials from University Communications reported no injuries after a liquid nitrogen tank leak occurred at the Daniels ChemistryBuilding Monday evening.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student drowned in a Waushara County lake early Friday morning and officials say alcohol was involved, according to Sheriff David Peterson in a news release.
The White House named the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a partner institution Monday in its Materials Genome Initiative for Global Competitiveness, an effort to maximize the speed with which the nation discovers, develops and produces new material resources that can solve problems in areas ranging from energy and national security to human health and wellness.
The Supreme Court’s ruling on the University of Texas-Austin’s affirmative action policy Monday will likely require no changes to the admissions process at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chancellor David Ward said in a statement.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor David Ward delivered a letter to Wisconsin legislative leadership Friday encouraging the Joint Finance Committee to remove the amendment in the 2013-’15 state budget requiring the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism to leave its space on UW-Madison’s campus.
UPDATE 6/13/13 7:00 p.m.: Associated Students of Madison Chair David Gardner released a statement Thursday criticizing Gov. Scott Walker’s decision to withdraw his appointment of Joshua Inglett as a student regent.
Paul DeLuca announced his resignation as University of Wisconsin-Madison’s provost and chancellor for academic affairs Wednesday in a press release, stating he will return to the faculty as soon as the university hires his replacement.
Economics Professor and Department Chair John Karl Scholz is set to be the next dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Letters & Science, according to a university news release.
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