Students, community members provide books for inmates
By Daniella Emanuel | May. 1, 2014Each week, University of Wisconsin-Madison students and community members spend hours in the Dane County jails providing books and other readings for inmates.
Each week, University of Wisconsin-Madison students and community members spend hours in the Dane County jails providing books and other readings for inmates.
Representatives from each of the ethnic studies programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison held a town hall meeting Wednesday to discuss the future of their respective programs.
The last days of April marked the end of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, but it is only the beginning of an ongoing conversation about combatting sexual violence on college campuses and beyond.
The Associated Students of Madison released a statement Wednesday announcing its backing of the latest Diversity Plan, in light of clarifications and additions made to the original framework.
The new University of Wisconsin-Madison personnel management system has encouraged further development of the Human Resources Design Project strategic plan, according to a university release.
The Student Judiciary ruled Monday that College Republicans did not receive due process in its April 23 appeal for a larger office space in the Student Activities Center and should receive a re-application hearing.
“Styrocycle,” a sustainability initiative conceived by four University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate students and several postgraduate advisors, received $90,000 at the National Sustainable Design Expo held in Washington, D.C., Friday through Sunday, according to a news release.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison named five finalists for the position of University Housing director, according to a university news release.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Letters and Science Ethnic Studies units plan to hold the first public meet-and-greet event Wednesday, aimed at exploring the department’s future.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Monday the interim vice chancellor for research and dean of the Graduate School, a position that is currently the target of potential restructuring.
University police arrested a man for disruptive behavior in Sellery Hall following a call reporting the man was knocking on various dorm room doors around 4:20 p.m. Monday, University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department spokesperson Marc Lovicott said.
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Engineering will welcome students to explore technology with the first “Internet of Things Lab” open house Thursday, according to a news release.
Despite the April 23 Associated Students of Madison vote against the proposed Diversity Plan Framework, students are still working with the draft to ensure the future implementation of enhanced diversity efforts on campus.
Though he usually puts in long hours as Revelry Music and Arts Festival’s executive director, University of Wisconsin-Madison sophomore Josh Levin occasionally gets a break. Earlier this month, for instance, he had what he described as a “light week” consisting of 13 hour-long meetings.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Board reflected Friday on the university’s journey toward the men’s basketball national championship in March and how UW-Madison was perceived on a national scale.
Oliver Stone, the director of several popular war films, spoke at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Thursday about his recent Showtime documentary series, “The Untold History of the United States.”
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials announced in a Thursday statement the restart of the Microsoft Office 365 email and calendar project, expecting the changes to increase efficiency and cut down costs on campus.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary heard an appeal Wednesday from the College Republicans regarding office space allocations for the 2014-’15 year.
In its last meeting of the 20th session, the Associated Students of Madison voted down the proposed Diversity Plan Framework, unless a list of conditions were met and executed by the authoring committee.
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