Badgers United, a new nonprofit organization launched in June to undergird the financial position of the University of Wisconsin’s flagship campus, held an introductory panel at the end of July.
American universities, which for half a century have attracted the world's best and brightest students, are flushed with international students who made their journeys from all over the globe.
Ida Balderrama-Trudell will take over from Gabe Javier as the new interim assistant dean and director of the Multicultural Student Center while Javier continues his work as the new interim associate vice chancellor of student affairs.
A suburban Chicago man mistook his mother for an intruder when he repeatedly struck her with a baseball bat, according to his attorney.
A look back at the UW-Madison 2018-'19 academic year.
A meeting with administration ended with UW-Madison police officers removing 16 graduate students from Bascom Hall after the building closed.
A convicted felon was invited to give a speech in class, yet students received no prior alerts of his misconduct.
UW-Madison counseling psychology professor William Hoyt apologized to colleagues and students after disclosing that he donned blackface during a performance at the Overture Center in the early 2000s. Hoyt sent other department faculty members an email Monday apologizing for causing discomfort when he admitted during a game of “two truths and a lie” at the department awards ceremony to participating in “blackface or really brown face.”
A UW-Madison student brought attention via Twitter to a second sticker from the white nationalist group Hundred-Handers, garnering a response from students and faculty Tuesday. UW-Madison freshman Dianna Murray tweeted a photo of the sticker which read “Mass immigration is white genocide,” along with a photo of a Daily Cardinal article reporting on the first sticker that was found.
Director of the Center for Dairy Research John Lucey announced that due to a recent decline in consumption of fluid dairy products, including milk the CDR will begin creating a refrigeration-free fluid dairy beverage with new grant money.
After 50 years of marching to the same beat, UW-Madison announced they have selected a new band director to replace Wisconsin legend Mike Leckrone.
A UW-Madison graduate was killed Sunday during the bombings in Sri Lanka. Dieter Kowalski, 40, was a Milwaukee native who graduated from UW-Madison in 2001. He was on a business trip, staying at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo Sri Lanka, when the attacks occurred.
UW-Madison plans to upgrade Bascom Hill’s underground infrastructure as a part of the Campus Master Plan. With a budget of $43,000,000, UW-Madison will start a project in late April that aims to replace the steam, chilled water and electrical power infrastructure beneath Bascom Hill. According to university officials, the project will reconstruct thermal utilities (steam, condensate and chilled water), electrical utilities (primary electric and signal communications) and civil utilities (domestic water, sanitary sewer and storm sewer) underneath Bascom Hill.
With students at the lead, Hoofer Ambassadors places equity and inclusivity at the center of the conversation about accessing the outdoors. The newly-formed, student-led program, Hoofer Ambassadors, places equity and inclusivity at the center of the conversation about accessing the outdoors. The program took shape over the spring semester, and is a product of efforts to bring more inclusion to Hoofers, UW-Madison’s outdoors club.
Campus officials announced Thursday the search for a new vice chancellor will continue into the fall semester.
Monona resident Coleman Chung was sentenced to over 20 years in federal prison Thursday for the attempted abduction of a woman and the assault of two others.
Tucked between two lakes, UW-Madison has a lengthy and unique history of environmental activism and conservation.
“Meet me at the Union.” It’s a message that has been sent from Badger to fellow Badger countless times over the years — as of 2019, 90 years, to be exact.
Political activist and author Angela Davis visited UW-Madison students and community members Tuesday evening, inspiring hope and instilling a sense of unity despite what she calls a “hostile national political climate.” Davis, an Alabama native, has conducted research on issues related to race, imprisonment and gender. She is also a founding member of Critical Resistance, a national organization devoted to the deconstruction of the prison industrial complex.
In light of earth week, the WUD Society and Politics Committee hosted a discussion centered around sustainable energy and energy policy as it relates to UW-Madison Monday. Led by Jacob McInnis, Associate Director of Events for the Wisconsin Union Directorate Society & Politics Committee, the discussion focused primarily on sustainable energy and what political action needs to be taken in order to institute change.
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