Freshman enrollment at UW-Madison is up nearly 16% this year compared with last fall, according to numbers released Tuesday. A record 8,465 freshman began studying at the university this fall, compared with 7,306 last fall.
“The purpose of the system was to help older people age in place,” UW scientific director says.
Divestment activists now have turned their focus to Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Boston College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, none of which have fully abandoned fossil fuels.
The move adds UW-Madison to a list of 12 schools in the state that offer a transfer pipeline through Madison College’s liberal arts education program. It will also give students guaranteed admission to the School of Education after matriculating from Madison College.
Among the 8,465 first-year students at UW this year, 55% come from Wisconsin or Minnesota according to a university news release. The university’s efforts to enroll local students seem to be paying off: Despite a plateau in the number of high school students in the upper Midwest, UW’s in-state enrollment numbers are on the rise.
UW will provide five locations where students can go to register, all open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Transferring schools during pandemic was uniquely challenging, transfer coordinator says.
The Nick saw 600,000 visits last year, expects to see over one million annually.
The group is preparing for a 7:30 p.m. performance Thursday in Shannon Hall at Memorial Union. It’s the first stop on Sphinx Virtuosi’s national fall tour, and also the first classical music concert with an in-person audience held in the UW-Madison theater since the pandemic halted operations in March 2020. The concert also will be streamed online.
A new partnership with DaneMAC will allow students to access forensic tests through UHS, but more can be done to support survivors.
Shilagh Mirgain, distinguished psychologist at UW Health, said there are a few tips that can help people cope with rising anxieties.
UW Dietician Michelle Swader joins News 3 Now to talk about the relationship between a good diet and bone health.
Linda cherished her time at home with her daughters before beginning her career at UW-Madison in various departments. She retired from the chemical and biological engineering department in 2012.
