Category: Campus life

Free generative AI tool to provide ‘level playing field’ for students, vice provost says.

Some UW-Madison students worry increased tuition could exacerbate wider affordability concerns and deter enrollment as the UW Board of Regents is set to vote on an increase on April 4.

‘Ummah Walk’ spearheaded by MSA, popular during evening Ramadan prayers.

Recent construction on Mosse Humanities first floor study lounge exposed asbestos during removal.

Voting hours will be extended from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Memorial Union today after union front desk staff mistakenly turned voters away.

Voting usually ends at 8 p.m. under state law, but the window was extended for those campus voters due to staff at the union’s front desk mistakenly telling voters there was no polling place at the building.

City of Madison officials say earlier Tuesday, staff at the front desk mistakenly told people entering the building that there was no voting taking place at the union.Polling hours were extended for these wards after the City Attorney’s Office petitioned the court.

At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, some of those younger voters have also been organizing an effort to educate more people about the uninstructed option on the ballot.

UW–Madison professors, Sara McKinnon (communication arts), Erin Barbato (law), and Jorge Osorio (pathobiological sciences), are leading a multidisciplinary research project aimed at understanding the risks that face people as they move through fieldwork with migrants, legal clinics, and humanitarian organizations in migration hot spots like the Darién Gap of Colombia and Panama and the northern parts of Mexico.

The Morgridge Center for Public Service and Associated Students of Madison hosted Voterpalooza Monday evening at Memorial Union to emphasize the importance of voting through musical performances and civic engagement messages.

Such regulations must be content-neutral time, place and manner restrictions, according to the free expression webpage. Time, place and manner restrictions are limits on free speech that do not target the content of the speech, UW Law assistant professor Franciska Coleman said.

Board of Regents to propose plan to honor veterans in new football facility project, student veterans push for community building.

Newly-formed program sees growth, improvement in performance throughout school year.

Newly elected representatives reflect on turnout, look towards future.

Program offers students foundation in cultural, linguistic literacy, department director says.

Freshman Blake Herman was determined to make it home to Eau Claire. “I’m really happy, excited for a break since we’ve been going nonstop this semester,” he said. ““I thought about the storm a little bit, but I just wanted to get home so bad that I was just gonna push through.”

When a University of Wisconsin Police Department officer shoved a pro-Palestinian protester to the ground a month ago and detained another, many students and student organizations took to social media to voice their outrage.

Explore the spaces where LGBTQ+ students find comfort, community and identity when transitioning to Madison from rural and conservative areas.

As Instagram becomes a home for advocacy groups looking to share information on social causes, activists are adapting to nontraditional means of communication. That includes Instagram, a highly visual platform where graphic design aids grassroots organizing.

Created in response to racist incidents that took place on campus last spring, the legislation called on administrators to remove the phrase “Hate speech is free speech” from first-year instructional materials, and take a more active role in outlining the University’s opposition to hate speech.

The Center for Interfaith Dialogue works with its fellows and other faith organizations to encourage open conversation and create safe spaces for students of faith on campus.

The smell of tostadas drifts under your nose as you watch the people around you smile. You’re eating with friends, family and people you’ve never met before. It’s nice to share a meal, easy to connect over trying something new. This is made possible by Slow Food UW, a student-run nonprofit organization dedicated to providing good, clean and fair food for the Madison community.

Students in the teacher education program at the University of Wisconsin’s School of Education recently voiced concerns with administrators’ failure to adhere to an emergency rule that would allow students to stop participating in teacher education programs upon graduation.

The UW said it is looking to double its media spending as part of the campaign, with the total cost of producing and airing the ads expected to be around $1 million. UW-Madison spokesperson Kelly Tyrrell said the campaign will be privately funded.“The practices outlined in the proposal are consistent with our peer institutions and are also consistent with marketing and outreach efforts UW-Madison has engaged in for many years,” Tyrrell said in an email.

More than 170 UW-Madison School of Medicine students, alongside every fourth-year medical student in the country, were “matched” with their next career step on Friday.

After one year of working through trials and triumphs, UW student engineers have created a product that will change one boy’s life.

After the meeting was adjourned, Fisher told The Badger Herald that representatives elected by their friends were “steamrolling” policy decisions, referring to Wesner, who was just appointed, and Thiele.

Over 160 undergraduate students from across the state showcased research at the Wisconsin State Capitol.

Survey asks students to report addiction experiences, resource preferences.

The Student Association for Computer Machinery celebrates everything math, and for Pi Day, it brought the celebration of not only pi, but also pie to campus.

Duggan graduated from UW-Madison in 2011 with a bachelors degree in biology. She played for the Badgers women’s ice hockey team from 2006 to 2011. During that time she participated in four NCAA championship games, winning three. When she left the team she was the No. 1 scorer in program history.

Three-time Olympic medalist Meghan Duggan will be this year’s spring commencement speaker for University of Wisconsin-Madison on May 11.

Meghan Duggan is a three-time Olympic medalist who also played for the U.S. National Team in eight World Championships, winning seven gold medals.

Meghan Duggan, an American former ice hockey athlete and UW-Madison alumna, will address graduates at the Spring 2024 commencement in May.

Organization offers resume-building, networking along with visibility for women, non-binary people in IT community.

UW senior class president says Duggan was chosen based on impacts on, off hockey rink.

Celebrations showcase vibrant MSC community, emphasize growth.

The residence hall is currently undergoing renovations to improve its common spaces and resident rooms on the first and second floors. Since construction began in January, several residents said construction is more disruptive than communicated by University Housing.