Late-night attack on campus prompts van service proposal from UW leaders
By Kayla Huynh | Nov. 14, 2017An after-hours van service might soon be an option for UW-Madison students who study at the library late at night to get home safely.
An after-hours van service might soon be an option for UW-Madison students who study at the library late at night to get home safely.
UW-Madison students like to study abroad, a recent report shows.
The Associated Students of Madison’s internal budget made its appearance at the Student Services Finance Committee meeting Monday night, where members raised questions about the costs for student pay and leadership training — two potential points of contention as the committee will vote on the budget later this week.
Controversy arose within UW-Madison’s student government this spring, as a national conservative organization provided campaign materials to candidates vying for spots on the student finance committee. Now, conversations about the group have sparked at another UW System institution — UW-Stevens Point.
About two years after a survey revealed that 22 percent of UW-Madison students had sought mental health counseling in the past year, University Health Services released an online mental health service program for students and faculty.
Ariela Suster, an El Salvadoran who fled her country during its civil war, told UW-Madison students and community members about her journey from the war-torn country to becoming a fashion editor in New York City during her keynote address for International Education Week Monday evening.
UW-Madison faculty members adopted a measure last week calling for campus administrators to take action on climate change and limit the university’s carbon emissions.
UW-Madison’s controversial new policy center, named after one of the state’s leading Republican figures, announced that its first event this month will feature speakers with varying political views.
A letter sent to Chancellor Rebecca Blank this week alleged that former student government leader Carmen Goséy was the target of intense harassment following her remarks during a tumultuous argument about divesting from Israel.
After months of back and forth between campuses, system leaders, and legislators, the regents approved Thursday new rules for allocating student dollars. Now, as mandated by the Joint Finance Committee UW System schools will have uniform categories for fees.
The UW System will move forward with its “most significant re-organization” in over 45 years — a sweeping merge of the system’s two-year and four-year colleges — even though many questions remain unanswered.
Comedian Bassem Youssef, dubbed by many the “Egyptian Jon Stewart,” was greeted by a lively crowd of UW-Madison students and community members at Memorial Union Wednesday night.
Students in Wisconsin face a number of barriers when registering to vote, but an event this week hopes to alleviate some of the challenges.
Over half of the food found in the university’s dining halls can be categorized as “local.” But the administrators in charge of dining are looking to make that percentage even higher.
Abby Streu is no moderate — an unapologetic conservative on UW-Madison’s campus and the leader of a prominent right-wing student organization, she has worked to bring numerous high-profile conservative speakers to a campus traditionally seen as a bastion of liberalism. But when asked about President Donald Trump, her reaction is lukewarm.
UW-Madison researchers may have fewer obstacles when seeking funding from private entities and nonprofit organizations.
Legislation that would have allowed Student Council to vote on resolutions at the same meeting that they’re being introduced was shot down Tuesday, forcing the body to continue with their previous bylaw.
Administrators and faculty felt blindsided by UW System’s proposal to pair two-year schools with four-year schools last month and still have unanswered questions.
Continuing a trend found on other college campuses, a poster reading “IT’S OKAY TO BE WHITE” was found taped to a lamp post on Bascom Hill earlier this week.
The Wisconsin Union is partnering with the UW-Madison classes of 1963 and 1967 to open a new digital kiosk this Saturday that will tell the stories of fallen UW-Madison soldiers.