Thirteen faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize the university’s finest educators. A virtual recognition event will take place at 5 p.m. …
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April 6th, 2021: Day of the Badger!
Do You Want 1848 Minutes of Fun in Your Life? Join us for #DayoftheBadger! Looking for ways to participate? Put on your favorite UW –Madison red attire and head over to dayofthebadger.org , where you …
COVID-19 Weekly Update #13
Travel health warning Travel increases your chances of getting and spreading COVID-19. More contagious variants of COVID-19 are being found around the country and within Wisconsin. This threatens to produce another surge in illnesses, hospitalizations and …
Commencement Update: March 22nd
Speaker Announcement UW–Madison graduates will hear from two outstanding keynote speakers. Headlining our bachelor’s degree ceremony will be Tony-, Grammy-, Obie-, and Emmy-award winning UW–Madison alum, André De Shields. John Gottman, a UW–Madison alum known as …
Broadway star, prominent psychologist to be speakers at commencement
UW–Madison graduates will hear from two outstanding keynote speakers at spring commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 8. Broadway star André De Shields will address bachelor’s degree candidates, while John Gottman, one of the most influential …
COVID-19 Weekly Update #12
Vaccination FAQ Effective Monday, more students and employees became eligible for vaccination under state guidelines. Adding to the groups already able to make vaccine appointments throughout the state are people with certain medical conditions that increase their …
COVID-19 Weekly Update #11
The end of the semester is less than 8 weeks away. COVID-19 cases on campus are down to a handful or fewer per day. More than 6,000 employees and students have been vaccinated. This is progress worth celebrating but …
COVID-19 Weekly Update #10
Spring travel guidance Students and employees are strongly encouraged to avoid recreational travel this spring to prevent contracting and spreading COVID-19. Cases, hospitalizations and deaths remain extremely high nationally and people should not travel, according …
Spring Commencement Update: March 11, 2021
Dear Badger Parents and Families, Congratulations on your student’s upcoming graduation from one of the world’s top universities! I am writing to share some news about spring commencement. We are moving forward with plans for …
In This Together
It struck me the other day that it has been one full year since we began calling COVID-19 a pandemic in our state, packed up our things, and moved residence hall rooms, our offices, and classrooms home — uncertain how the virus would affect our lives and our way of life….