For first-year student Melissa Strupp, the struggle to start her college career began long before she ever scaled Bascom Hill.
A range of UW-Madison student organizations—from the Campus Women’s Center and Women’s Studies Club to Black Woman Heal and Muslim Student Association—exchanged ideas Thursday for Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April, in the spirit of the month's theme: "Engaging New Voices." University Health Services and End Violence on Campus hosted the meeting.
Faculty of color at UW-Madison—a demographic that has increased 5 percent in the last 10 years—who got promoted or recently hired were honored Thursday during an annual reception in which top university administrators discussed diversity on campus.
A sexual assault reportedly occurred in the southern area of campus, according to a UW-Madison Crime Warning.
Foreign involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential election has been the source of great debate since the Central Intelligence Agency’s release of a declassified document tying the Trump campaign to Russia in January. Four UW-Madison faculty members met to discuss this controversial topic in a panel on campus Wednesday.
What started last year as feminine product collection drive is now one of UW-Madison’s newest student organizations: Accessible Reproductive Healthcare Initiative.
Hudson Taylor's nonprofit organization, Athlete Ally, aims to end homophobia, transphobia and sexism in the athletic community. Taylor’s credibility in this athletic context is supported by his past achievements, as well as his past as a wrestling coach at Columbia University in New York City.
The panel’s various professional backgrounds diversified the discussion and perspectives on the weaknesses of our current American justice system; New York Times reporter Yamiche Alcindor was joined by UW-Madison sociology Professor Mike Massoglia and Milwaukee District Attorney John Chisholm.
After over four decades of service at UW-Madison, President of the Wisconsin Alumni Association Paula Bonner announced Monday she will retire effective Oct. 31.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank approved full-funding from her office for the Our Wisconsin programs. The workshops will engage students in conversations about identities, and go further in depth of the advantages and disadvantages of various groups, according to Our Wisconsin Student Coordinator Katrina Morrison.
Bob McGrath, a psychologist at University Health Services at UW-Madison, says that the term “mindfulness” has only been in common use for the past 10 to 15 years, and the practice itself has just begun to gain widespread popularity.
Badger Volunteers hosted LGBT Books to Prisoners for their first educational session of the semester Thursday night.
The widely celebrated poet, educator and activist Nikki Giovanni honored the spirituality and strength of black women Wednesday evening as the keynote speaker in a continued Black History Month lecture series.
The financial aid office held their first annual open house Tuesday for students to visit the office and learn about recent changes to financial aid and the Free Application for Federal Student Aid in general.
As the student-run radio station prepares to celebrate its 15th birthday with a weekend of community events, that struggle continues to impact both the station’s current operations and its plans for the future.
Sectioned into weekly topics on neurological anatomy, functions and mental health processes, the course encourages students to take notes, complete homework and interact with peers through an artistic lens. This includes drawing and sketching course material in a series of composition notebooks, according to the class syllabus.
One Love travels the country, presenting workshops to students and others, while advocates for victims of relationship violence. Sharon Love and two representatives from the foundation, Emily Lloyd and Melinda Caltabiano, along with the UW-Madison One Love chapter, presented their Escalation Workshop to students and interested community members Monday.
For Sunny Singh, a senior at UW-Madison, the school’s party culture is hard to avoid. The social life on UW-Madison’s campus is synonymous with drug and alcohol use, to Singh.
Carter Kofman was 20 years old when he had to put his education at UW-Madison on hold to get sober.
UWPD officers responded to a call for help around 5:45 p.m. and located the man near Slichter Residence Hall. The alleged attacker, identified as Isaac M. Ziegler, has no affiliation with UW-Madison, according to UWPD Director of Communications Marc Lovicott.
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