COVID-19, monkeypox and staying healthy this fall

As we approach the fall semester, the university continues to focus on providing support to enhance the public health of our campus community while maintaining instruction, programs, and services. This includes offering, at no cost, highly effective COVID-19 vaccines that protect against serious illness and hospitalization, the availability of high-efficiency masks, and access to COVID-19 antigen and PCR testing.

UW-Madison Reacts to Blank Health Update

Chancellor Emeritus Rebecca Blank announced Monday that she has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer and will be unable to serve as president of Northwestern University. “I do not have the words to express to …

Message of Support and Campus Safety Update

The following message comes from UW–Madison Police Department Chief of Police Kristen Roman, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer LaVar Charleston, and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor: We …

Campus, community celebrate Pride Month

In June 1969, the Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan led by queer and trans people against police harassment was a catalyst for the Gay Rights Movement in the United States. Today Pride Month has grown and …

Jennifer Mnookin named Chancellor

Mnookin brings deep experience, wide perspective Every incoming University of Wisconsin–Madison leader professes to understand the Wisconsin Idea, the guiding principle that the activities of the university should have a positive and lasting impact on …