Welcome back to a new semester, I hope you all had a chance to spend time with family and friends and recharge. It was a busy winter break. A highlight for me was the chance… Read More
Chancellor Blank
Renewing our commitments
Welcome to 2020. The beginning of a new year offers an opportunity to create new resolutions and renew commitments we’ve made in the past. Last fall, a teachable moment around the student-produced Homecoming video reminded… Read More
Semester’s End
Another semester has come and gone. We graduated 1,770 students at the end of December, many of them joining us in the Kohl Center for the ceremony. The Winter Commencement address was delivered by Jason… Read More
Holiday Greetings
New steps to address hostile and intimidating behavior
The message below is from Chancellor Rebecca Blank and Provost Karl Scholz For the past several years, our university has worked to prevent and address hostile and intimidating behavior through a new set of policies… Read More
Celebrating Community this Veterans Day
A guest post from Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor in honor of Veterans Day We walk by iconic spaces like Camp Randall, Memorial Union, and the Red Gym every day on campus, but… Read More
UW taking new steps on sustainability
This last year we did something we’ve never done before as a campus – we pulled together information on all our sustainability efforts, and submitted them for a Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (or… Read More
Video: Breakfast with the Chancellor 2019
AAU survey highlights need for continued action against sexual violence, misconduct
Sexual assault and misconduct remain serious problems on every campus across the country. Ensuring the safety of our students is a fundamental priority for all of us at UW–Madison. Today our university released results from… Read More
Summer Term increases offerings for more students—online, on campus and around the world
With the leaves starting to change color and fall semester in full swing, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on another successful Summer Term. Aside from enjoying summer in Madison with warm evenings… Read More