Looking out at the Dane County airport from the inside of a four-passenger plane about to proceed onto the runway for takeoff, the door adjacent to me popped open and pilot Kelly Abplanalp grinned and said, “Don’t worry if that happens while we’re in the air; you won’t fall out.”
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Associated Students of Madison passed its $1,325,624.86 internal budget Wednesday after discussion on the proposed “green fund.”
A Sustainability Fair Thursday will include a keynote address by a geoenvironmental engineering expert and a discussion of the next steps to the “green fund.”
Now that the intersection at North Park Street and Langdon Street is open, the Madison Metro 80 bus will resume its normal route up Bascom Hill starting Monday.
After the final campus engagement session Tuesday, committee members say that they want to gather more student feedback on what should be included in an upcoming campus diversity plan.
A committee charged with examining the Student Services Finance Committee funding eligibility criteria held a discussion Tuesday centered on revamping guidelines that determine which groups receive funding.
Prospective and returned Peace Corps volunteers crossed paths at a Peace Corps reception Tuesday, where a panel of speakers shared wisdom gained in their experiences serving communities in a globalized world.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced in a press release Tuesday it will partner with the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation to develop campus entrepreneurship and utilize collaboration to bring innovative ideas to fruition.
A member of the Student Services Finance Committee resigned Monday, saying he had been labeled as an “extremist” and no longer felt serving on the committee was a productive use of his time.
The Academic Staff Assembly met Monday to hear from Chancellor Rebecca Blank about the human resources plan and a fund used to give raises for academic staff.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison ranked sixth among U.S. universities and colleges in the number of students earning academic credit from study abroad programs during 2011-’12, according to the 2013 Open Doors Report on International Education Exchange released Monday.
A structural fire at the Casa Blanca Apartments, located at 2302 University Ave., displaced approximately 50 University of Wisconsin-Madison students early Sunday morning, according to a news release.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health laid off 60 employees from its nationally recognized eye research center after learning the facility had accumulated $4.6 million in debt, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
A recently released University of Wisconsin-Madison report describes campus initiatives encouraging innovation, echoing an October U.S. Department of Commerce report that highlighted UW-Madison programs.
International Education Week at the University of Wisconsin-Madison kicks off Monday and will include a weeklong series of events, including a visit from Diplomat in Residence for the Midwest Ian Kelly.
United Nations representative Zainab Hawa Bangura gave a lecture Wednesday on sexual violence in times of global conflict, a speech that happened to coincide with a weeklong discussion of rape culture on campus.
Vice Provost for Student Life and Dean of Students Lori Berquam attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Associated Students of Madison Coordinating Council meeting Wednesday to discuss recent safety issues on campus, as well as to propose possible recognition of members of ASM.
The Associated Students of Madison Sustainability Committee met Wednesday to further discuss the “green fund” and the upcoming Sustainability Fair.
A committee to help select the next provost of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has begun its search for Paul DeLuca’s successor, after he announced in June he would be returning to the faculty, according to a news release.
“Pandora’s Promise,” a documentary directed by University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus Robert Stone, will air on CNN Films Thursday.
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