Across the country, state lawmakers are cutting funding to their most prominent public universities.
That dwindling support for higher education was the subject of a panel at UW-Madison earlier this evening – and the School of Education’s Dr. Taylor Odlewas one of the panelists.
The Universities of Wisconsin will vacate a former two-year college in Richland County this summer, despite months of discussions with local officials who once hoped to save the former two-year college. County leaders say they’re now facing a potential “economic crisis.”
While public perceptions of the value of going to college have diminished in recent years, experts argue the lifelong earning potential for someone with a bachelor’s degree is worth the investment.
That was the message Wednesday from a forum about the future of flagship universities held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While ideological battles over diversity programs, curriculum and funding continue, universities must forcefully advocate for their value to society, the panelists said.
Universities of Wisconsin officials announced Tuesday that UW-Platteville will vacate its Richland County campus on July 1, an unexpected move that local officials say creates a “potential economic crisis” for the county.
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse’s top official has taken the first steps toward removing a faculty member who was earlier fired from his job as chancellor over his fledgling porn career.
The 42nd annual Crazylegs Classic, with a 5-mile run and 2-mile walk, is expected to draw more than 9,500 participants to Downtown Madison on Saturday.
Museums at the University of Michigan, Rutgers University, U.C.L.A. and University of Wisconsin-Madison, all part of the coalition, are involved in voter registeration or will serve as polling places for the 2024 presidential election.
UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor discussed recent campus policy and challenges to protesters and student belonging on campus in a student media roundtable.
ASM leaders have called for changes to the UWPD Police Advisory Committee. Why has the committee failed to meet since October?
James Steiner, a lecturer in UW-Madison’s Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture, collaborated with UW-Madison design students Keegan Ripley and Henry Hinchsliff to design the project, currently dubbed Bark Park. The effort was carried out through UniverCity Alliance, a campus organization that’s part of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and provides students with hands-on experience developing local projects.
Hummel attended St. Olaf College for undergrad and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine for medical school, according to her University of Wisconsin Emergency Medicine profile.
She did her residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, and was part of the Class of 2023.
Sales for the season totaled more than $1.3 million at Wisconsin basketball and hockey home games.
The Badgers’ success early in Hastings’ first season, however, apparently made a difference in bringing fans back to the Kohl Center. The average number of ticket scans ended at 7,444, the highest figure since 2014-15 and a 58% gain over the previous season.
Three Wisconsin football players (Joe Tippmann, Keeanu Benton and Nick Herbig) were taken in the 2023 NFL draft, marking the seventh straight year that three or more Badgers were selected in the annual event.
And Wednesday, Gard seemed calm amid the seeming firestorm, acknowledging there being no shortage of short-term options into the transfer portal while also emphasizing heavily into a long-term vision of how the Badgers can adapt to a new world dominated by big money.
Minority students will face severe consequences without DEI programming.
Police have been attempting to put an end to Mifflin for years, but at what cost?
Several experts said the USDA’s plans to require testing in cows are a good start. “We need to be able to do greater surveillance so that we know what’s going on,” said Thomas Friedrich, a virology professor at the University of Wisconsin’s veterinary school.
Finding viral fragments in milk from the commercial supply chain is not ideal, but the genetic material poses little risk to consumers who drink milk, said David O’Connor, a virologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“We need to be able to do greater surveillance so that we know what’s going on,” said Thomas Friedrich, a virology professor at the University of Wisconsin’s veterinary school.
David O’Connor, a virology expert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, likened recent bird flu developments to a tornado watch versus a warning.
“Lots of farms aren’t raising their hands to be tested because they don’t want to be known as having an infected herd,” said Keith Poulsen, director of the veterinary diagnostic lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
But “the 2023 numbers seem to indicate that bump is over and we’re back to the trends we were in before,” said Nicholas Mark, a University of Wisconsin researcher who studies how social policy and other factors influence health and fertility.
