UW-Parkside became the second UW System school to declare no confidence in System President Ray Cross, following controversial comments he made in the wake of a decision to merge the state’s two-year and four-year schools.
Dear prospective student, Welcome to University of Wisconsin, Madison! As you begin the process of deciding if you’ll be attending school here, a large group of concerned students and alumni have some important information regarding a new mandatory meal plan that may impact your decision. Recently, University Housing implemented a new mandatory meal plan for all incoming students living in residence halls.
An average box of 12 condoms from Walgreens costs between $10 and $11, coming out to a little less than $1 per condom.
Research from a group of UW-Madison graduate students sheds new light on the potential relationship between gun ownership and mental health. Sociology graduate student Jinho Kim found that teens with easy access to a firearm in their home were 3 percent more likely to experience severe depressive symptoms, and the effects were greater for girls.
It’s not just a high school movement. Hundreds of students and community members gathered Wednesday at noon on Library Mall to get the attention of legislators and advocate for tighter gun laws as part of National Walkout Day.
Graduate students are challenging a recent proposal from the UW-Madison Bursar’s Office that would force students to pay their segregated fees and tuition in full before the start of each semester.
Coleman Chung was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting a woman who passed out at a UW-Madison dining hall on Sept. 29 and recording the incident on video. According to a criminal complaint obtained by the Wisconsin State Journal, the 30-year-old Monona resident was charged with four counts of second-degree sexual assault of a 17-year-old UW-Madison student outside Gordon Dining Hall.
Cries of “I can’t eat” once again rang through a UW-Madison dining hall as students gathered Tuesday evening in opposition to the university’s meal plan for incoming freshman. Nearly two dozen UW-Madison students and community members shared stories about how the meal plan will negatively impact loved ones, as well as chanted slogans like “This meal plan has got to go” as they marched through Four Lakes Market in Dejope Residence Hall.
Pushback continued Tuesday after UW-Stevens Point announced a proposal to cut 13 humanities majors while adding or expanding 16 STEM programs last week, even as Chancellor Bernie Patterson wrote a piece in the Stevens Point Journal to justify the university’s proposed cuts.
A search and screen committee has named three finalists for the next vice provost for university libraries after presenting its recommendations to Provost Sarah Mangelsdorf, UW-Madison announced Tuesday. The 11-member search committee — chaired by Director of The Information School Kristin Eschenfelder — selected Lisa R. Carter, the associate director of special collections and area studies at The Ohio State University Libraries; M. Elizabeth Cowell, a university librarian at University of California, Santa Cruz; and Todd Grappone, associate university librarian for digital initiatives and information technology at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Students discussed ways to address inclusivity disparities on campus Monday as part of UW-Madison’s second student forum about the results of the university’s first-ever campus climate survey. Survey data — drawn from the 8,652 “representative” responses — revealed that while 81 percent of UW-Madison’s overall student population often feel welcome on campus, just 69 percent of LGBQ students, 67 percent of students with a disability, 65 percent of black students and 50 percent of trans or nonbinary students felt similarly.
The College Republicans chapter at UW-Stevens Point backed the university’s proposal to cut $4.5 million from 13 liberal arts programs to shift funding into 16 STEM-related programs Monday.
UW-Madison awarded the second-highest number of doctorate degrees and the highest number of life sciences doctorate degrees of any U.S. university in 2016, according to the national Survey of Earned Doctorates. The UW-Madison Graduate School conferred 823 doctoral degrees in 2016, and 54,904 Ph.D.s were awarded nationwide. UW-Madison ranked third in 2015 with 836 recipients.
Students and alumni of UW-Madison are considered the “big cheese” for reasons more literal than you might think.
UW-Madison students will be able to cast votes this week for the Associated Students of Madison representatives.
Citing survey data showing most students overestimate the amount of clean energy used by UW-Madison, the Campus Leaders for Energy Action Now gathered community leaders and students Friday to discuss ways to push sustainable energy. CLEAN is a non-registered student organization that is working with the Madison community to motivate the use of solar and wind power on campus with an ultimate goal of a commitment to 100 percent clean energy by 2030.
UW-Madison students and community members gathered outside Union South Thursday afternoon, using International Women’s Day as a chance to speak out against ideas they claim are harmful to women and historically underrepresented groups. Rally leaders spoke to just over 30 people about the mobilization of populations ranging from cisgender, bisexual, lesbian and transgender people to poor, low-wage workers and unpaid caregivers and migrant workers.
If you’ve logged in to Learn@UW recently, you may have noticed that each one of your classes is listed under the same software. Over the past 18 months, UW-Madison has been working to transition from using three learning management systems — Desire2Learn, Moodle and Canvas — to just one, Canvas, by June 1.
Jeremy Scahill — an investigative reporter, war correspondent and former UW System student — spoke Tuesday evening about the current state of the media and the importance of holding governmental organizations accountable. Scahill, an award winning journalist for the national security outlet The Intercept, told the audience at Memorial Union that society is too focused on finding issues with President Trump. He said this focus deflects attention from organizations like the National Security Agency, CIA and special operations forces, who should also be held accountable for their actions.
University Health Services distributed a survey to 9,000 undergraduate and graduate students Monday in an effort to better understand the health behaviors of UW-Madison students. The National College Health Assessment — distributed by the American College Health Association — will give the university a better understanding of the health, well-being and safety of the UW-Madison campus community, according to Marlena Holden, interim director for Marketing and Prevention Services at UHS.
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