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Report highlights progress on campus climate initiatives
Staff, faculty, students and leadership have been working hard this spring and summer on a variety of initiatives, including two new cultural center startup spaces, preparing to repeat campus-wide survey on sexual assault and misconduct, and taking part in a Native Nations working group gathering with tribal communities.
Back-to-school tips: Faculty, staff share their best advice for a successful school year
A new school year means new beginnings. It's a chance to start the semester off fresh and on the right foot. What better way to do that than with advice from our very own experts?
Since you’ve been gone: What changed on campus over the summer?
A lot can happen in four months. While students were busy traveling the world, working an internship or relaxing at home, the university went through some significant changes.
Two new cultural center startup spaces to open this fall
“I want all high school students to feel that if they come here, they belong here,” says Alondra Avitia, one of the students who helped create the centers. “You want to feel that sense of belonging the minute you set foot on a campus.”
Student to student: Four unexpected benefits of staying on campus for the summer
By now you know a lot of good reasons to stay in Madison for the summer: get ahead on classes, gain job experience, and so on. Here are four you might not have thought of.
Students prepare for healthcare careers in UW summer physiology course
In Physiology 335, students capture and analyze data from their own bodies using computer software and electrode wires. Sinclair Richards For…
New Korean language flagship program to launch
“This ambitious new program will offer unprecedented opportunities for UW–Madison students to study Korean language and culture on campus and overseas to a level that few other U.S. citizens achieve,” says Dianna Murphy, Director of the Language Institute.
Local high school students participate in UW–Madison paid internship program
Seven high school students are working in UW–Madison's Small Animal Hospital as part of a new program that exposes high schoolers to careers and curriculum in the health sciences.
Reesor joins UW–Madison as vice chancellor for student affairs
The newly created position is designed to ensure that units providing student-related services — the Wisconsin Union, Recreational Sports, health services and student life — are strategically aligned.
Helmkamp, go-to guy when chips are down, to retire as associate dean of students
His efforts to make the campus safer will be among his legacies — one of the things that made him so valuable in his nearly 30 years at UW–Madison.
Student to student quiz: Which Bucky on Parade are you?
There's a Bucky on Parade for every personality. Are you social like "We are Bucky", sporty like @GameDayBucky or outdoorsy like "Goodnight Bucky"?
California-bound Badgerloop team aims for top prize
Badgerloop Pod III, a teardrop-shaped vehicle designed and built by UW–Madison students, is making its way from Madison to Hawthorne, California, to compete in the third SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition on July 22.
Kappa Sigma fraternity suspended
UW–Madison has placed the fraternity chapter on interim suspension for a safety-related incident during the weekend of June 30-July 1, pending an investigation by the Division of Student Life on behalf of the Committee on Student Organizations.
GPS and other technology help athletes find fitness faster
A sports science class focused on the most popular technologies in the field of human performance in an effort to teach UW–Madison students how to collect data, interpret the information and use it in a meaningful way.
Early summer term proves to be popular option for students in its first year
The early 4-week summer session at University of Wisconsin – introduced as a way to encourage students to take a course early in the summer in addition to their other summer plans – got off to a fast start in its inaugural year, yielding 1,009 enrollments across 53 courses.
8 ways to enjoy Lake Mendota and Lake Monona this summer
Whether you’re looking to cool off in the heat or get some exercise outdoors, here is a list of eight ways to enjoy Lake Mendota and Lake Monona this summer.
Five exercises to transform Bascom Hill into your own personal gym this summer
Measuring 850 feet long and, from the Park Street sidewalk to the base of the Lincoln statue, 86 feet tall, Bascom Hill as steep and long as it is picturesque. And, as evidenced by the unfortunate sweat stains in your 7:30 a.m. lecture, it’s a good workout. With these five exercises, it could also be your new gym.
9 ways to meet new people on campus this summer
Summer is the perfect time to get connected with others and try out new things. Luckily, there are a variety of events happening at UW–Madison this summer to make that process easier.
UW–Madison alumni, students forge team to aid proposed NASA mission
A group of UW–Madison students used a foundry to cast a stand-in for a spacecraft that may rendezvous with a comet two decades from now.
Surgery residency goes global
The UW surgery department is offering for the first time an elective international rotation. The first participant was a surgery resident, and he has just returned from a month in Ethiopia.