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Get Social: The beauty of campus — this time with snow!

November 14, 2018

We don’t want to scare anyone, but there’s a lot of white, cold stuff in this week’s top social posts. For this week’s Get Social,… Read More

Poll results: How do you deal with the cold?

November 14, 2018

Last week's Wiscopinion asked, how do you deal with the cold? Dressing in layers was by far the top answer. Read More

Go Big Read seeking book suggestions

November 14, 2018

Once again, the theme for Go Big Read is “contemporary issues” — topics such as technology, climate change, health care, or any other issue that’s spurring conversation. Books can be fiction or nonfiction. Read More

A feast to kick off Native November

November 13, 2018

UW-Madison students and others enjoyed traditional native food during a Native Feast event held on Nov. 12 in the Multicultural Student Center in the Red Gym Read More

Need to talk to your data? UW–Madison spinoff is happy to translate

November 13, 2018

UW-Madison computer science professor Jignesh Patel and Rogers Jeffrey Leo John, a recent graduate student, founded DataChat in June, 2017, with the goal of making it more efficient for businesses to get insights from data.  Read More

New Faculty Focus: Sophie A. Aschenbroich

November 13, 2018

She hopes students learn "that science is all in the subtleties and cannot be placed in a box, that there is no black and white." Read More

Get Social: Turkeys, Badgers and weddings

November 7, 2018

It's been a busy fall, full of election ads, voting decisions and midterms.So in this week's Get Social, we explore the more simple, pleasurable aspects of campus: Fall colors, first Badger games and, well, Badgers. Read More

Wiscopinion results: Most useful part of Wisconsin Experience

November 7, 2018

Last week, Wiscopinion asked which components of the Wisconsin Experience are most instrumental in preparing you for success. The answers are:    … Read More

A vote for democracy

November 7, 2018

In addition to doing homework, students were busy voting at seven campus polling places on Tuesday, Election Day. The final midterm election vote for the evening — #679 — is cast at Tripp Commons in the Memorial Union on Tuesday evening. Read More

Elders-in-Residence Program will bring Native community leaders to campus for mentoring, support

November 7, 2018

The initiative will seek to improve the experience of American Indian and Alaskan Native students by hosting Native elders on campus for extended visits and educational exchanges. Read More

6 steps to building the perfect college schedule

November 7, 2018

Enrollment can be an exciting time — it's a clean slate, an opportunity to explore interesting new classes, and a step closer to your ultimate academic goals. But with over 9,000 classes to choose from, it can be an overwhelming process if you're not prepared. Read More

Wisconsin Union to hold Veterans Day event on Nov. 12

November 7, 2018

Memorial Union’s ties to service members began 90 years ago with the dedication of the building as a memorial to UW–Madison’s service members in 1928. More than 1,000 fallen university heroes’ stories can be found in the Union’s electronic Gold Star Honor Roll. Read More

Students step up to voting challenge

November 6, 2018

UW-Madison students streamed to the polls to vote in the midterm election on Tuesday. The campus is competing in the Big Ten Voting Challenge. Read More

Chalking up the vote

November 6, 2018

Students working for the Big Ten Voting Challenge chalk the ground outside the Memorial Library polling place early on Election Day morning, Nov. 6. Read More

New Faculty Focus: Anne Ersig

November 6, 2018

"My goal with my teaching and research is to improve the health and well-being of individuals with childhood chronic health conditions." Read More

New summer program helps UW freshmen get ‘QuickStart’

November 5, 2018

CALS launched a brand new “early start” program for incoming first-year students called QuickStart, which helps them make the most of their college experience. Read More

Professor takes on climate change by promoting science literacy through music, art, comics

November 2, 2018

A UW–Madison geoscience professor has come up with new ways to teach science to non-science undergraduate students, in hopes of awakening their "inner scientists." Read More

UW-Madison’s Center for Financial Security receives funding for research on financially vulnerable

November 1, 2018

The RDRC center at UW–Madison will explore the financial well-being of financially vulnerable families, older people, people with disabilities, low-wealth households, and children. Read More