UW asks students traveling for Thanksgiving to stay home until next semester
UW-Madison advised students who travel for the Thanksgiving holiday to not return to campus until the spring semester in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.
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UW-Madison advised students who travel for the Thanksgiving holiday to not return to campus until the spring semester in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Teams from the Centers for Disease Control implemented two probes on the UW-Madison community this week, one within the UW football team and another testing the student body for COVID-19 antibodies.
UW-Madison will offer free COVID-19 tests to members of the local community, not just UW students and staff, starting on Thursday, Nov. 12, at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium.
The most apropos phrase to describe the events revolving the election from the past few days would be “a failure to unify.” One does not require clairvoyance to predict that this will be a theme which continues to plague our nation to its bedrock.
Kamala Harris made history on Nov. 7, shattering the glass ceiling and becoming the first woman vice-president-elect in history. She is the first woman and first woman of color to hold this office — a major milestone that exposes our nation’s damaging history of racial injustice and patriarchy.
UW-Madison mandated testing for all residents of Witte and Sellery Halls on Monday, Nov. 9 amid rising positivity rates across campus.
According to UW-Madison class of 1970 alumni Donald Fischer, Madison looks much like it did 50 years ago while in the midst of a social justice movement. The only difference is that the city is being ravaged by a pandemic instead of a war.
Despite high hopes and record turnout across Madison and Dane County, votes cast in neighborhoods traditionally dominated by University of Wisconsin students plummeted in comparison to prior elections.
Four years ago, before most UW-Madison students were even able to vote, an election fundamentally changed the way our generation views politics.
In an interview with 91.7 WSUM News that aired at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke about the importance of the UW-Madison student vote.
State Street might not look that different than last year at first glance — cop cars cruising up and down the street, groups of yellow-vested officers lining the sidewalk and students walking around in costume.
In a meeting fraught with tension and frustrations, UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank agreed on Wednesday to an ongoing dialogue with the UW BIPOC Coalition, but urged student activists to work with her subordinate administrators in seeking progress on racial justice at the university.
Criticized for its perceived lack of preparation and empathy toward underrepresented communities in Madison, Wis., the UW-Madison “Smart Restart” plan has left Badger families and students, as well as city residents, questioning the processes leading up to executive decisions that affect everyone associated with the campus community.
Two hours before the No. 14 Wisconsin Badgers kicked off their first game of the season at home against the Illinois Fighting Illini, State Street seemed emptier than it’s been on a gameday since Wisconsin’s run of perennial losses in the 1980s.
Public Health Madison & Dane County (PHMDC) is switching to a “crisis model” of contact tracing as the county’s cumulative COVID-19 cases reached a total of 13,047 amid a recent surge, with 90 hospitalizations and 22 in the ICU with COVID-19 as of Oct. 21.
UW-Madison will expand their COVID-19 testing initiatives during the Spring semester to require all campus employees, as well as all students who live on campus, attend in-person classes or visit campus spaces to be tested twice per week.
The Madison City Council voted Tuesday night not tocall on UW-Madison to make changes to its “Smart Restart” plan, rejecting a resolution that would have urged the university to end in-person classes and send home students from dorms.
Starting on Tuesday, UW-Madison students and city residents can vote in-person at three locations on the university’s campus.
Madison residents have until the morning of Oct. 16 to fill out the 2020 Census. The U.S. Census Bureau will accept responses online until 4:59 a.m. on Friday morning, while paper forms must be postmarked by Oct. 15.