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As the cost of college education rises, so does the need for financial literacy. UW administrators and researchers are trying to find the best ways to educate students and parents about debt, value, and planning for the future.
Union Terrace, June 14, 2014, 9 p.m. 71 degrees Wish you were here.
This new center keeps a focus on the end game: getting a degree.
The UW had thirty-five athletes listed on the Academic All-Big Ten teams for their respective sports. To be eligible, student-athletes must be in their second year and carry a 3.0 or better grade point average. The leading UW squads were men’s hockey, women’s swimming and diving, and wrestling, each……
Bascom Hill, January 8, 2014, 10 a.m. – 11° Fahrenheit
Photo by Jeff Miller and Bryce Richter
A look back at campus life since the last Camp Randall graduation in 1990.
Based on the ski tracks and slushy footprints in the snow that cover the lake’s icy surface in the winter, plenty of people on campus appreciate the season’s serenity and count the days until the open water turns to ice.
Students make s’mores at Dejope residence hall, September 10, 2012.
Photo by Bryce Richter
This is a class about HIV, but it’s also about critical thinking, about using the scientific method to conceptualize a complex problem . . .
Travel back with us now into the shadows of ancient history, to the year A.D. 1993.
I never think about my time at Wisconsin without thinking about rowing.
A couple enjoys the benefits of record warmth near the Union Terrace.
Every August 14, thousands of UW students face . . . a twenty-four-hour bout of homelessness.
The college years can be a stressful time of life. Then add the weak economy and the uncertain job market, and you get a recipe for student mental-health issues.