The University of Wisconsin-Madison opened a new residence hall for fall 2013, named Aldo Leopold Hall, which focuses on educating students about conservation and sustainable living habits.
The most frustrating question I was asked this past summer was, “Why did you choose to go to school in Wisconsin?”
Chancellor Rebecca Blank sat down Monday with The Daily Cardinal and The Badger Herald and answered questions on a range of student issues. Read The Daily Cardinal's article here. Here’s what your new chancellor had to say:
In a meeting with campus press Monday in her recently unpacked office atop Bascom Hill, new University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank stressed the importance of building relationships with the campus community and legislators, upholding responsibility to the state and utilizing new revenue streams.
The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office announced Thursday the 20-year-old man who went missing while swimming Wednesday in Lake Mendota was University of Wisconsin-Madison student Richard “Grady” de La Cruz.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police determined a grenade found Monday in a university building was an inactive training weapon and posed no threat to the public, according to a press release.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers quarterback Tanner McEvoy returned to the team after he was hit in the head and mugged downtown early Sunday morning, according to a Wisconsin Athletics statement.
The Daily Cardinal extends a warm welcome to each of you. We know how fun, challenging and outrageous this year can be, so we have four pro tips to help you get through the inevitable fun, failure and freedom that will come with your first year as a Badger.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student drowned in a Waushara County lake early Friday morning and officials say alcohol was involved, according to Sheriff David Peterson in a news release.
The White House named the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a partner institution Monday in its Materials Genome Initiative for Global Competitiveness, an effort to maximize the speed with which the nation discovers, develops and produces new material resources that can solve problems in areas ranging from energy and national security to human health and wellness.
The Supreme Court’s ruling on the University of Texas-Austin’s affirmative action policy Monday will likely require no changes to the admissions process at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chancellor David Ward said in a statement.
The state Senate passed the biennial budget by one vote early Friday morning—which includes a provision that would force the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism off the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus—and moves the budget on to Gov. Scott Walker for final consideration.
Wisconsin’s state finance committee voted early Wednesday in favor of ejecting an independent, non-profit investigative journalism organization from its current home on University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus, a decision UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication Director Greg Downey said infringes on innovative professional research and academic freedom.
Economics Professor and Department Chair John Karl Scholz is set to be the next dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Letters & Science, according to a university news release.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank
We asked your fellow Badgers what they wish they had known coming into freshman year and what they wished they had learned at SOAR. This is the advice they had to share with you:
Go out on the lake (both during summer and winter)
The Joint Finance Committee approved a two-year tuition freeze and several other funding decreases to the University of Wisconsin System Thursday as part of a change to Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget.
Star of the cult hit comedy “Workaholics” and 2003 University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate Anders Holm did not stray from his hallmark brand of getting-as-close-to-the-line-without-crossing-it humor as he delivered a pop culture-soaked and heartfelt commencement speech to UW-Madison’s class of 2013 at the Kohl Center Saturday.
Outgoing University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor David Ward provided clarification about the university’s recently discovered surplus funds in Monday’s Faculty Senate meeting, saying a majority of the balances will be used as financial aid resources.
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