The System expects to have 540 more students this fall over last, a 0.3% increase over last year’s final enrollment of 160,782, according to data the System released Thursday. UW-Platteville, UW-Whitewater and UW-Stevens Point all anticipated gains of about 3.4% — a few hundred more students on their campuses this fall.
The artwork created by Truman Lowe, a University of Wisconsin-Madison alum and former art professor, has now found its permanent home on campus. Located just north of Van Hise Hall and atop Observatory Hill — once home to Native American effigy mounds — the aluminum sculpture reflects Lowe’s Ho-Chunk roots and the loss of Indigenous burial mounds throughout the Midwest.
This past July, the University of Wisconsin kicked off celebrations for its 175th anniversary with festivities at the Memorial Union for years of achievements, traditions and the legacy of the Wisconsin Idea.
Tucked away in a hot and humid room on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, colonies of flesh-eating beetles and their larvae crawl along the bones of a giraffe, chomping away at its dried tissue.
A man was arrested Wednesday morning in a brutal assault that took place near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus early Sunday morning.
Many of UW-Madison’s leaders, including Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, Provost Charles Isbell, Jr., and Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Lori Reesor spoke about the attack, which resulted in a student being hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, during the university’s convocation to incoming students Tuesday afternoon.
‘You belong here,” Chancellor Mnookin says as she welcomes students from across US and world to Madison.
Chancellor Mnookin delivered a heartfelt welcome to first-year students at UW-Madison’s Fall 2023 New Student Convocation.
The incident happened shortly after 2:30 p.m. after a portion of a metal pier just east of the stage of the popular UW-Madison venue collapsed, sending several people into Lake Mendota.
Officers were dispatched to the area between West Wilson Street and Bedford Street at 3:18 a.m., where they found a woman with “severe signs of physical trauma,” following an apparent violent attack, Chief Shon Barnes said in a press conference Sunday.
New rankings from Washington Monthly place the University if Wisconsin-Madison as the second best public university in the nation. The university also ranked 11th overall.
The University of Wisconsin and cranberries might seem like an odd pairing, but the two have close ties. Cranberries mean big bucks for Wisconsin farmers and help put the Badger state on the map.
Allison Jonjak, a cranberry specialist with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is at the forefront of an innovative approach to crop expertise. While her current role may seem an obvious fit for Wisconsin, which produces approximately 60% of cranberries in the nation, such specialized positions are a relatively new development.
It provides conditional admission to the doctoral program for high school seniors who want to become a pharmacist and who are admitted to a four-year UW System university.
Others thought the extreme weather events were mostly within the realm of predicted impacts, but were still stunned. “Some of the extreme events, such as heatwaves on land and in the oceans, have been pretty shocking even for the scientists who have been expecting this to some extent,” said Prof Andrea Dutton, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, US.
Its the most wonderful time of the year–for parents who can finally turn that bedroom into an at home yoga studio.
Camp Randall in Madison is one of the 18 stadiums targeted. The bipartisan caucus—led by Louisiana representative Garret Graves, a Republican, and Wisconsin representative Mark Pocan, a Democrat—wants to bring attention to “these iconic venues,” protect their value and adapt them to meet evolving needs, according to a news release. The effort, which will include “technological upgrades” and “infrastructure updates,” would likely involve federal money.
(Arianna Barajas) took a leap of faith and enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and became a wildlife ecology major. This summer Barajas landed an internship designed for people of color at the International Crane Foundation’s headquarters in Baraboo, Wisconsin, and stepped into a new world.
Twenty-one dorms, 9,000 students, four days–UW Madison students are heading back to campus with Sunday marking the first day of move-in. “The classes are going to be fun, meeting people is going to be fun. The most thing I’m excited for is the meal plan,” Freshman Kiyem Obuseh said. “I got to be honest free food–I mean you are paying for it but it’s still unlimited buffet every single day.”
An online survey in June asked UW-Madison students to describe their experiences looking for off-campus housing for the 2023-24 academic year. The survey, conducted by newly elected District 8 Ald. MGR Govindarajan, who represents much of the campus area on the City Council and is himself a rising senior at UW-Madison, received over 1,700 responses.
UW-Madison Provost Charles Isbell Jr.’s new office overlooking Bascom Hill isn’t fully unpacked, but it’s already full of personality.
“I try to build machines and systems that are really smart — and not just smart in a room, but smart in a social context with human beings,” Isbell told UW News. “It’s all about modeling and understanding human behavior and building systems that are part of a person or a group of people, as opposed to something that is just faster or smarter at whatever little thing it does.”
Evers is again proposing spending for the University of Wisconsin System’s general operations and a new UW-Madison engineering building — both of which the Republican-authored state budget left out earlier this year. The governor’s plan includes $197 million for the engineering building, which UW-Madison previously specified as its top budget priority. The new building would replace the College of Engineering’s 83-year-old facility, adding over 1,000 engineering students per year.
Evers is also calling for $66 million in added funding for the UW System. He initially proposed a $305.9 million increase to the System’s budget over the next two years.
UW-Oshkosh will lay off more than 200 staff, furlough others and consider ending some nonacademic programs as it seeks to close a projected $18 million deficit by the end of fiscal year 2024.
Marla Delgado-Guerrero has been counseling undergraduate students since she was one herself.
“It’s going to be a great day [Wednesday],” said Charles Hoslet, UW-Madison’s Vice Chancellor for University Relations. “We’re having a big event at the Memorial Union Terrace … We’re going to have live music and fireworks at the end of the evening.”
The state of Wisconsin’s flagship university celebrates its 175th anniversary this year; it was founded in 1848, the same year as both the state and the city of Madison.
Many students and alums took part in the kick-off event. For Dave Arneson, Wednesday’s celebration created a memorable moment. Arneson played football for the Badgers as a tight end back from 1982 through 1984.
Tomorrow is University of Wisconsin-Madison’s demisemiseptcentennial anniversary as the University of Wisconsin System’s flagship campus celebrates its 175th anniversary. To honor the milestone, the university will be holding a free celebration with music, fireworks, and of course, free ice cream.
“For the past 175 years, UW–Madison has been a place where extraordinary ideas become life-changing realities, where we honor traditions of the past while also continuing to propel Wisconsin forward,” says Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin. “In the year ahead, we’ll celebrate many of the people, events and important advancements that have made UW–Madison one of the most respected institutions in the nation.”
Joan Hinton was a physics graduate student at the University of Wisconsin when she was tapped for Los Alamos. She worked on a team building the first reactor able to use enriched uranium as fuel. Hinton also witnessed the Trinity Test. Just weeks after the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagaski, killing more than 200,000 people, Hinton drove physicist Harry Daghlian to the hospital after he was exposed to a lethal amount of radiation from a plutonium core. He died about three weeks later.
Over the decades, a Sunday afternoon stroll through the UW-Madison campus has been marked by bells playing the sonorous melodies of “On, Wisconsin,” “University Hymn” and other musical pieces.
More than 80 years ago, the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy was founded at UW-Madison. Today, the organization supports pharmacy education around the country. We speak with Lucas Richert, the institute director, and Hannah Rose Swan, the archivist at the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy, on how the history of pharmaceuticals resonates today.
Evers was unable to undo the $32 million cut to the University of Wisconsin, which was funding that Republicans said would have gone toward diversity, equity and inclusion — or DEI — programming and staff. The budget Evers signed does allow for the university to get the funding later if it can show it would go toward workforce development and not DEI.
Another area that Evers vetoed was the elimination of 188 jobs in the University of Wisconsin system that were focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion, a Republican priority. He did not roll back a $32 million University of Wisconsin budget cut aimed at curbing funds for DEI programs, however. Under the Republicans’ proposal, the University of Wisconsin is still able to access those funds, but it must get approval from GOP legislators regarding its use first.
Evers was unable to undo the $32 million cut to the University of Wisconsin, which was funding that Republicans said would have gone toward diversity, equity and inclusion — or DEI — programming and staff. The budget Evers signed does allow for the university to get the funding later if it can show it would go toward workforce development and not DEI.
Gov. Tony Evers has signed a Republican-drafted state budget that includes income tax cuts for most residents and a major increase in funding for K-12 education, more state aid to local governments and workforce housing. With his powerful veto pen, Evers spared 188 UW System diversity, equity and inclusion staff positions from elimination and eliminated tax cuts for the state’s two highest income brackets.
Evers also vetoed a plan from Republican lawmakers to eliminate 188 positions within the University of Wisconsin System focused on diversity, equity and inclusion programs, but maintained the $32 million cut in funding that was paired with the staffing reduction. Republicans put $32 million into a fund UW officials may request money from as long as the GOP-controlled committee approves the officials’ plans for its use.
In addition, the budget also gives the University of Wisconsin System the ability to retain 188 positions that “had been targeted by the Legislature for work remotely related to diversity, equity, and inclusion,” per a press release from the governor’s office.
Evers was unable to undo the $32 million cut to the University of Wisconsin, which was funding that Republicans said would have gone toward diversity, equity and inclusion — or DEI — programming and staff. The budget Evers signed does allow for the university to get the funding later if it can show it would go toward workforce development and not DEI.
Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a Republican attempt to eliminate 188 UW System jobs related to diversity, equity and inclusion Wednesday, cuts that were intended by GOP lawmakers to curb DEI efforts on campuses across the state.
He said he would give the UW System the ability to retain 188 employees working in diversity, equity and inclusion offices that Republicans sought to eliminate.
UW-Madison senior Ciboney Reglos interacts with DEI programming “basically every single day” she’s on campus. She is the senior class diversity, equity and inclusion director and a board member for the Filipinx American Student Organization, one of at least 65 multicultural student groups competing for limited funding and campus programming space.
New data from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s IceCube neutrino detector has led to the first ever image of our Milky Way galaxy using the subatomic “ghost particles.” An international team of researchers also found the Milky way is a neutrino desert compared to others.
UW-Madison researchers have successfully developed an electric motor using 3D printing technology, paving the way for future electric motors to more efficiently use electricity without sacrificing power.
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ended a Harvard and University of North Carolina policy of considering a student’s race when accepting applications. We talk with Anuj Desai, a UW-Madison Law professor, about what the ruling means for Wisconsin’s public and private universities.
Colleges and universities can no longer consider race when admitting prospective students following a 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down the use of race-conscious admissions. In Wisconsin, the decision was applauded by conservative activists and left the University of Wisconsin System reviewing potential effects from the ruling.
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the consideration of race in college admissions, a ruling that may complicate how Wisconsin’s most competitive universities recruit diverse student bodies.
Evers previously said he would not sign a state budget that includes tax cuts for wealthy residents or maintains a $32 million cut to defund diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the UW System.
Both measures were included in the budget passed Thursday, but Evers has since softened his position and signaled he could support the UW provision because Republicans on the budget-writing committee included a companion provision that allows UW officials to request for the funding to be restored if the committee approves their plans for it.
In Wisconsin, the decision will likely have the largest effect on the University of Wisconsin System’s most selective campus, UW-Madison. While the school has long struggled to attract students of color, it recently ushered in its most diverse freshman class in the institution’s history. About one-third of last fall’s freshmen, or 2,695 total, identified as students of color.
Taxes would be cut across all income levels, with the wealthiest benefiting the most, and the University of Wisconsin would get nearly half a billion dollars less than it asked for under a two-year spending plan up for approval Wednesday in the state Senate.
Another contentious spending provision is Republicans’ plan to cut the University of Wisconsin System’s budget by $32 million in an attempt to force the school officials to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion offices and programming.
As part of a $9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wisconsin’s state climatology office will get $1.25 million over four years to reinvent itself. The goal is to raise the profile of the office and make it the go-to spot when people want weather and climate information, said Steve Vavrus, who became the state climatologist this year and heads up the office. Vavrus, also a senior scientist at UW’s Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research, had worked with the office frequently in past years.
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: The University of Wisconsin System’s budget would be cut by $32 million, leaving UW nearly half a billion dollars short of funding it requested. Republicans cut the amount they say would be spent on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, over objections from UW leaders who say they may have to raise tuition and cut programs in response. The budget also does not include funding for UW’s top priority building project, $197 million to demolish and build a new College of Engineering building on the Madison campus. Republican leaders say there are ongoing discussions about funding that project.
Republican lawmakers who control the Legislature’s budget-writing committee on Thursday voted to cut funding to the University of Wisconsin System by $32 million and nearly 200 positions in an effort to eliminate diversity offices and programming on campuses.
University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman defended campus diversity programming this week as Republican state lawmakers consider cutting university funding by around $32 million because of opposition to those efforts.
Campus closures, tuition hikes and the end of some educational programs are all possibilities if the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee goes through with proposed cuts over diversity, equity and inclusion offices on campus, UW System President Jay Rothman said Monday.
A fierce battle over diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education is being waged in the Wisconsin State Assembly, where it has temporarily paralyzed the state budget vote.
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said Wednesday he would veto any state budget that includes a proposed $32 million, Republican-backed state funding cut aimed at eliminating University of Wisconsin System diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Wisconsin Republicans have delayed a vote on the state’s budget for the University of Wisconsin System, hours after a top GOP leader pledged the Legislature would cut the UW’s budget by tens of millions of dollars.
