Gianina Dinon

After piloting the cashless system in Liz Waters residence hall two years ago, University Housing has decided to implement a cashless system at Gordon Dining and Event Center this fall. With this system, students can only use a credit card, debit card or Wiscard to pay for food at university dining halls. University Housing Director Jeff Novak said the cashless system has proven successful at other residence halls.

To most, the UW-Madison Arboretum and local beer production make an unlikely pair. Funk, owner of Funk Factory Geuzeria, was taking a walk through the Arboretum’s Longenecker Horticultural Gardens last fall when he stumbled upon the garden’s osage oranges. Funk immediately thought of his brewery, and considered using the oranges in beer. “I had interest in finding more fruit and a diversity of fruit especially from a location that’s in our backyard,” Funk said.

UW-Madison selected “The Death of the Great Lakes” as the 2018-’19 Go Big Read, according to a UW-Madison press release. The book, written by two-time Pulitzer-Prize finalist and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Dan Egan, examines the dangers facing the Great Lakes, as well as the different ways they can be restored and preserved. Egan, a native of Green Bay, Wis., grew to love Lake Michigan by spending summer weekends and vacations on the Door County Peninsula, according to the release.