This fall, Henningsen is one of 13 finalists for the William V. Campbell Trophy, known in college football circles as the academic Heisman Trophy. The award annually recognizes the best in the country for combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership.
The Chancellor Search and Screen Committee, made up of students, professors, regents and community members, will be tasked with determining and interviewing candidates, who will then be forwarded to a special regent committee. In a news release, UW System said the search committee is set to meet in December ahead of a national search for Blank’s replacement beginning in January.
“Choosing a chancellor for Wisconsin’s flagship public university is one of the most important decisions anyone can make,” Manydeeds said. “Chancellor Blank has done a tremendous job, and I anticipate her successor will build on her many accomplishments.”
Interim University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson and UW Board of Regents President Ed Manydeeds on Thursday identified 21 people across the UW-Madison campus and broader Madison community to serve on a committee searching for Rebecca Blank’s successor. Blank departs next summer to become president of Northwestern University.
Noted: According to the University of Wisconsin System Education Reports and Statistics website, there were 3,548 education related degrees conferred during the 2019-2020 school year. That’s up slightly from a record low of 2,766 education degrees conferred during the 2015-2016 school year.
UW representatives feel confident about firm’s abilities.
Jewish students at UW-Madison lit a menorah on Library Mall Thursday night. Chancellor Rebecca Blank was there for the ceremony.
Chancellor Blank updates members about admissions rates, efforts to support growing number of students from historically marginalized communities.
University of Wisconsin Gender and Women’s Studies graduate students have started a GoFundMe to help pay for their segregated fees. Some have to choose between paying the fees to stay in school and basic living costs like rent and food, according to UW GWS graduate student Oliver DiPietro who started the GoFundMe.
Areli Estrada, Mario Garcia Sierra, Cristhabel Martinez, Aissa Olivarez, Justin Rivas and Victor Villacrez are the six UW alumni mentioned on the list and recognized for their career accomplishments in Wisconsin.
Messages regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, along with other anti-Israeli political sentiments, were marked in chalk outside of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Hillel center on Tuesday, the first night of Hanukkah.
What is the fairest and most efficient way for citizens to pay for police and fire protection, safe streets, libraries, parks and other public services cities provide?
This is the real question University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Manuel Teodoro indirectly raised in his recent commentary urging elimination of the long-standing practice of municipal water utilities making payments in lieu of taxes — what are known as PILOTs — to municipalities. But Teodoro is mistaken in calling for an end to PILOTs in the absence of making any other changes to how municipalities are funded.
The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to announce the winners of the “East Asia in Wisconsin Library Program” competition. Grants have been awarded to public libraries throughout Wisconsin, enriching their collections with new titles that will enable patrons to deepen their understanding of East Asia (which includes China, Japan, and Korea). Over $24,000 in funding will be distributed to 29 libraries, representing 12 of the state’s 14 library systems.
“Omicron seems more infectious than delta and increases risks for both vaccine and natural immunity, but those with vaccine or natural immunity who are reinfected have far lower risks of severe infection and even lower risks of death,” Dr. Charles Hennekens of Florida Atlantic University and Dr. Dennis Maki of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health said via email.
Quoted: Jonathan Patz, a professor of environmental health from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said those effects are to be expected when wildfires blow your way.
“It’s not rocket science,” he said
In Madison, increasing COVID-19 hospitalizations could lead hospitals to again postpone some elective procedures like knee and hip surgeries if the situation continues to get worse, said Dr. Nasia Safdar, medical director of infection control at UW Health. “The next few weeks are going to be tough,” Safdar said. “If the hospitalizations continue to rise, I think that will put the health systems under enormous stress.”
After defending their national title last season, the women’s hockey team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has continued its run of dominance — outscoring opponents by a total of 66 goals so far this year.
Wisconsin’s players and coaches will learn their bowl destination and opponent sometime Sunday.
The College Football Playoff matchups and other bowl games are set to be revealed on ESPN from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Dr. Ann O’Rourke, the Trauma Center Medical Director at UW Health, says 38 gun-shot victims have been treated through October of this year. “These injuries are devastating injuries,” said Dr. O’Rourke. “We should look at firearm-related injuries more like how we would look at a pandemic.”
His parents considered engineering a reliable prospect, and after Boylan Catholic high school, Abloh got his BSc in civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and MA in architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology. Though he exploited the skills and tools for making things that were available on the courses – “maker”, not designer, was his preferred way of describing himself – he credited his real education to his first on-campus encounter with an arts library.
