Direct admission and high school dual enrollment programs kept overall enrollment figures from dropping significantly this year across at the state’s four-year public universities, despite a drop in international students.
Overall enrollment totaled 164,579 in fall 2026, according to 10th day enrollment figures, released Friday by the Universities of Wisconsin.
tudent enrollment at half of the Universities of Wisconsin’s remaining two-year branch campuses increased this fall, while three others reported declines.
Overall enrollment across the UW system’s six branch campuses decreased by 5.7%, or 163 students, to a total of 2,719, according to student counts based on the 10th day of school released Friday. Notably, enrollment at UW-Stevens Point’s Wausau campus dropped by nearly 41%.
Native November, a month-long celebration of Indigenous culture, hosted by the University of Wisconsin Indigenous Student Center Coalition, began Monday. The theme of this year’s celebration, Rooted in Reciprocity: Indigenous Ways of Knowing, acknowledges the influence of generational Indigenous knowledge, according to UW Student Affairs Associate Communications Director Darcy Wittberger in an email statement.
Two men accused in a hazing incident at a Madison fraternity in September will not be charged, the Dane County District Attorney’s office said on Monday.
Police responding to an anonymous tip found about 30 partially clothed men covered in food, condiments and other liquids in the sweltering basement of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house at 112 Langdon St. on the evening of Sept. 23.
The two men arrested after a reported hazing incident at an unsanctioned Madison fraternity earlier this year will not be criminally charged.
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne told Channel3000.com that “there was not enough evidence to prove a criminal charge against the two individuals beyond a reasonable doubt.”
Discussions over creating Madison’s North and Near West area plans are set to launch this month as city leaders try to shape the direction of two different parts of the city.
he UW-Madison campus and public will get the chance to hear from finalists vying to be the university’s new chancellor next week.
On Monday, Thursday and Friday evenings next week, finalists for the top job at UW-Madison will visit campus and give public presentations at Tripp Commons in Memorial Union, located at 800 Langdon St., the university announced Monday.
If you were hoping to get a photo with the reigning NCAA women’s hockey national champions and their trophy, Sunday is your chance.
Members of the Wisconsin women’s hockey team will be at Mr. Splash Car Wash at 3837 E. Washington Ave. from 10 a.m. to noon on Sunday, with the national championship trophy, taking photos and signing autographs.
