Freshman class sees rise in Wisconsinites
By Jake Skubish | Sep. 23, 2014The UW-Madison freshman class has the second largest number of in-state residents since 2001, with 3,750 of the 6,264 enrolled students coming from Wisconsin.
The UW-Madison freshman class has the second largest number of in-state residents since 2001, with 3,750 of the 6,264 enrolled students coming from Wisconsin.
UW System students could soon see a new form of representation across the state, one that is more conducive to sharing and organizing their ideas and initiatives.
Student government leaders discussed the importance of voting and made new members eligible to register students to vote in a meeting Monday.
Student leaders decided to finance a group supporting working class students and are set to later determine financial eligibility for a student group combatting sexual assault.
Though Phase One of the Memorial Union Reinvestment project is finished, the Union and Terrace will see more changes in the years to come.
An unidentified victim reported she was sexually assaulted in a UW-Madison residence hall early Sunday morning, according to a Timely Warning release from the UW-Madison Police Department Monday.
Saturday saw a record number of rushing yards for Wisconsin, but running onto the field before anyone else and guiding a charge of more than 300 student musicians was Eva Glisczinski, UW-Madison’s marching band drum major.
A recent objective of the administration has been to change the university's culture surrounding alcohol and other substance usage. Basically, the university would like to change the school’s reputation as a huge party school.
The UW-Madison Police Department and the Madison Fire Department extinguished a vehicle on fire early Saturday morning, according to a UWPD crime alert.
The UW-Madison Police Department saw a slight increase in the number of ejections and citations issued during Saturday’s football game against Bowling Green, according to a UWPD report.
The UW-Milwaukee chapter of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity came under fire Friday after police searched the house for evidence of members using date-rape drugs on female partygoers, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemistry Professor Helen Blackwell has been studying quorum-sensing, a molecular signaling system that enables bacteria to function as communicative organisms, for more than ten years, according to a Thursday university press release.
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers conducted a study, which revealed additional knowledge about the relationship between Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease, according to a university press release.
Student Services Finance Committee approved funding eligibility for the Campus Women’s Center at its meeting Thursday.
The University of Wisconsin System created a website this week devoted to answering students’ questions about the new state voting requirements.
Among the 6,264 freshmen the University of Wisconsin-Madison ushered in this fall, the campus also welcomed a newcomer of a different variety in academic leader Sarah Mangelsdorf.
The Associated Students of Madison Sustainability Committee had its first meeting of the fall semester Wednesday to discuss possible campaigns for the year.
The 2014 QS World University Rankings survey named the University of Wisconsin-Madison first in the world for media and communications studies, according to a university release.
With flu season approaching, the University of Wisconsin-Madison issued a recommendation for all students to receive the influenza vaccination Wednesday, according to a university press release.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Badger Catholics debated fundamental religious issues with the Atheists, Humanists, & Agnostics Tuesday evening at Memorial Union.