Student Affairs
We, the members of the Center for Interfaith Dialogue’s Faith Advisory Council at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, have something to say about the power of speech to create both benefit and harm. At this moment, we are most concerned about current events surrounding the socially and politically divisive topic of Israel-Palestine, but our words apply to …
We are mourning the recent victims of police brutality George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, and the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, among countless others. We offer our prayers and outrage to all victims of racial injustice. We are painfully aware of the reality of racism and white supremacy and pledge to confront institutional bias in both …
Dear Badgers, It has been an extraordinary time of unsettling events in our community, nation, and world. We know that your lives have been upended and many of the things you were looking forward to have been cancelled. For graduating students, our hearts especially go out to you as this is certainly not how anyone …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has suspended all in-person classes and events until April 10 due to our current public health emergency. The ongoing crisis effects our planned programming for spring semester, including our Interdisciplinary Religion Group and our Interfaith Fellows’ meetings, meaning we may or may not be able to host another interfaith event this …
We are again in mourning, this time for the death of one Jewish worshiper and the injuries of several others at the hands of a white supremacist attacker. Chabad synagogue was observing the last day of Passover during this hateful attack. Passover is the seven-day Jewish holiday commemorating the story in Exodus where God saved …
The death of 49 worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand was an act of terrorism, a clear manifestation of religious and ideological intolerance. To specifically target a house of worship on a day when attendance is guaranteed to be high, and then to livestream the massacre, shows a horrifying disregard and callousness for …
Starting this fall, the University of Wisconsin will be implementing a new meal plan for students. The new plan has been a subject of controversy since the announcement that the pay-as-you-go system UW was known for would be changing. Through the end of the 2017-18 school year, there was no official “meal plan” for UW …