Ben Relles, a University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus and the head of programming strategy at YouTube, encouraged students to take risks to discover their true interests at the Wisconsin Rewind Lecture Thursday.
After a jam-packed week of Badger pride events ranging from Air Band at the Terrace to day-long blood and food drives, Homecoming Week at the University of Wisconsin-Madison wraps up this weekend with the annual UW Homecoming parade Friday.
As part of the Memorial Union Renovations, Der Stiftskeller, the area next to Der Rathskeller that serves alcohol, will close starting Monday, and a temporary bar serving bottled beer and wine will open Wednesday along the west wall of Der Rathskeller.
The Board of Regents will hear a presentation of the annual University of Wisconsin System Accountability Report Thursday, which shows second-year retention and six-year graduation rates in the University of Wisconsin System both exceed national averages. However, underrepresented minorities and Pell Grant recipients still fall behind.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank outlined ideas to move the university forward in a speech Wednesday that launched the Fall 2013 University Roundtable Series.
The next University of Wisconsin System President could see an increase in salary under a proposal the Board of Regents is considering.
The Associated Students of Madison Sustainability Committee met Wednesday to discuss the development of their current campaigns, including the possible formation of a “green fund.”
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Department will distribute $5 gift cards to student ticket holders at the Northwestern football game Saturday, according to Associate Athletic Director for External Relations Justin Doherty.
Ben Relles, a UW alumnus and the head of programming strategy at YouTube, will talk with students and community members at this year’s Wisconsin Rewind Lecture Thursday.
Detroit Lions center Dominic Raiola apologized to University of Wisconsin-Madison Marching Band Director Michael Leckrone in a telephone call Monday and indicated he would make a “significant donation” to The Marching Band Fund, a foundation supporting the UW Marching Band.
The over-four-year initiative to create a College of the Arts was dropped in the spring, replaced by a plan that would revamp the Art Institute instead, University Committee Chair Michael Bernard-Donals said at a Faculty Senate meeting Monday.
Stand-up comedian and television host Bill Maher called more than 100,000 Madison-area numbers Tuesday to warn University of Wisconsin-Madison students, faculty and the Madison community about animal cruelty in campus research labs, according to a press release from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Two theoretical physicists received the 2013 Nobel Prize for Physics Tuesday for their discovery of the Higgs boson particle, to which University of Wisconsin-Madison research teams made significant contributions, according to a university news release.
Amid the mixed chants of “Congo is the key to our humanity” and “Go Pack Go,” Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers joined campus organizations to raise awareness of the Congolese mineral conflict on the Memorial Union Terrace Monday.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank delivered the State of the University address to the Faculty Senate Monday, outlining her financial and academic priorities for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dane County Supervisor Leland Pan told members of a student government committee Monday that homelessness, natural resource degradation and racial disparities are issues he is interested addressing in the upcoming year.
Michele Norris, a host and special correspondent for National Public Radio, said she has discovered it is the “little things” that count in the present-day discussion of race in America.
Detroit Lions President Tom Lewand apologized to the University of Wisconsin-Madison after allegations surfaced that Lions center Dominic Raiola verbally assaulted members of the UW-Madison Marching Band Sunday during the band’s annual trip to Lambeau Field.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank will talk with campus and community members about the future of the University of Wisconsin-Madison at the 2013 Fall Roundtable Series kick-off Wednesday.
Badger Catholic received funding eligibility for the next two years in a unanimous Student Service Finance Committee vote Monday.
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