Chancellor Blank

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

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

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

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

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

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

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