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Talking with Your Student About Alcohol

Spring arrived early in Wisconsin—and the signs are all around: games of spike ball on the fresh grass outside Gordon, tulips blooming on Bascom Hill, and tables and chairs returning to the Terrace. With finals approaching, students are flocking to the libraries, but they are also looking for opportunities to…

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  • Campus Protests: Rights and Responsibilities

    Read a message from Dean of Students Christina Olstad and UWPD Interim Chief Brent Plisch that was shared with our campus community today. 

  • Preparing for Spring Commencement

    We look forward to celebrating with you at Spring 2024 Commencement! To help you prepare for the weekend ahead, we’ve gathered key information for your family and your graduate to reference in the coming weeks. …

  • Togetherall brings 24/7 peer support to UW-Madison students

    UW-Madison’s University Health Services (UHS) and Recreation & Wellbeing (Rec Well) haved partnered with Togetherall to provide an online, anonymous peer-support tool available for free to students. Togetherall is a clinically moderated, online peer-to-peer mental health community that reaches and empowers students from across the U.S. to anonymously seek and provide support by sharing their experiences in a safe virtual space. 

  • Request Your Badger Family Calendar!

    Each year, the UW-Madison Parent and Family Program produces a calendar with key dates and information. The 2024-25 calendar will be available soon and is distributed to all incoming families at orientation. All other families can request a copy to be mailed to them this summer at no cost. 

  • Student to student: Out-of-classroom experiences create ‘connectivity’

    Most of the learning at UW–Madison is done in lecture halls, labs and discussion sections. But, in many departments on campus, the professors and instructors know how to spice things up and create unique learning experiences outside the classroom.

  • UW–Madison launches ambitious environmental sustainability initiative

    The University of Wisconsin–Madison has a rich history of advancing environmental sustainability through its excellence in fields ranging from ecology to wildlife biology to satellite technology. Building on this tradition, the university is launching a new cross-campus initiative focused on environmental sustainability, centered around five goals that include the launch of an interdisciplinary research hub.

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