Student Council voted down legislation Wednesday that would have allowed the student body to vote this fall on a new Associated Students of Madison constitution aimed at reconstructing student government.
University Health Services announced Wednesday they received a three-year $306,000 grant, which will be used for suicide prevention services.
For the second year in a row, the University of Wisconsin-Madison ranked tenth on U.S. News & World Report’s list of best public colleges, tying with the University of California-Santa Barbara.
Shared Governance Committee Chair Sam Seering announced the nominees for the two University of Wisconsin-Madison student positions on the Chancellor Search and Screen Commitee in a meeting Wednesday.
In the midst of a contract lawsuit between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and its primary licensing partner adidas, a union representing unpaid workers at an Indonesian factory contracted by adidas requested to be part of the university’s lawsuit against the apparel company, a move UW-Madison’s Labor Licensing Policy Committee supports.
The tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001 devastated a nation and resulted in the shipment of thousands of U.S. soldiers to the Middle East, a region where Islam and Arab cultures dominate. While U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq has created controversy over the past decade, it also sparked great interest among University of Wisconsin-Madison students.
Future University of Wisconsin-Madison students may have an easier time registering for introductory chemistry courses and be able to conduct more experiments in new lab facilities if building project plans receive additional funding from the UW System.
A new plan that will redesign the human resources system at UW-Madison will be officially announced on Sept. 21, according to a timeline released at a university governance meeting Monday.
The Student Services Finance Committee appointed new members to the Student Transportation Board and Student Activity Center Governing Board in a meeting Monday, which could mean future negotiations about bringing back the recently defunded SAFECab service.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is attempting to increase awareness and prevent sexual assault violence on campus with a new online program that all first-year students are expected to complete.
Wisconsin’s young Republicans are criticizing Democrats’ message upon the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte last week, saying they didn’t make a good enough case to address the problems facing the country’s youth.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Slow Food chapter ran a table that catered to children at the Celebrate South Madison festival Saturday in an effort to promote locally grown food and healthy eating to children who live in the south Madison area.
With construction to the Memorial Union already in full swing, University of Wisconsin-Madison students are finding the renovation an inconvenience, but said it was worth it in the long run.
Associated Students of Madison Chair Andrew Bulovsky signed a document Wednesday night that could lead to a lawsuit with University of Wisconsin System administration over last year’s Wisconsin Union and Recreational Sports budgets.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will host the second annual #FindUW event Friday to reacquaint students with campus while also expanding the university’s social media presence.
Student government heard legislation proposing a new Associated Students of Madison constitution at a meeting Wednesday night that calls for a complete restructure of the current student government institution.
Members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison community are working to honor student and First Wave scholar John “Vietnam” Nguyen by continuing his activism efforts after his death.
Mayor Paul Soglin told a campus learning community at Gordon Commons Tuesday afternoon, among various social justice issues affecting Madison residents and University of Wisconsin-Madison students, lack of housing poses the biggest threat to the area.
A small group of University of Wisconsin-Madison student leaders gathered for a walking tour of the Langdon Street area Wednesday night to identify unsafe areas on campus to be addressed in the Associated Students of Madison’s fall Sexual Assault Awareness campaign.
UPDATE: The Dane County Medical Examiner's Office released the name of the student in a statement as John "Vietnam" Nguyen. Nguyen was 19 years-old from Chicago IL. The statement also confirms Nguyen's cause of death as an "accidental drowning."
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