In her farewell address to the UW Board of Regents Thursday, Rebecca Blank also took aim at state involvement in campus building projects, criticized some “one-size-fits-all” University of Wisconsin System policies and again called for raising in-state undergraduate tuition.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s outgoing chancellor is warning regents that the state’s bitter political polarization is the greatest threat to the school’s existence.
The UW Board of Regents approved 2% raises for chancellors and the University of Wisconsin System president in a closed-door meeting on Thursday. The $87,250 in leadership raises range from $12,123 for UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank to $4,669 for UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow. Raises for chancellors do not require legislative approval.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s outgoing chancellor is warning regents that the state’s political polarization is the greatest threat to the school’s existence.
Since 2018, students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have received an email ahead of Valentine’s Day offering a chance to find new friends or even a shot at love. The message comes in the form of a survey from Datamatch with 20 humorous questions, many of them ones that only UW-Madison students would understand.
UW Virtual Environments Group use the power of VR to enhance data visualization as others creatively.
UW Health workers must receive a booster by May 2. Failure to comply could result in job termination.
The Wisconsin Badger men’s and women’s crew teams rowed their hearts out Thursday to raise money for brain cancer research. The teams took part in a yearly challenge that pits some of the top universities against each other for the cause.
If Olympic teams could compete by college instead of country, Wisconsin Women’s Hockey could field its own roster. There are five Badger alumni competing for Canada in the Winter Games: Kristen Campbell, Emily Clark, Ann-Renée Desbiens, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull.
“While the increase in inflation during the pandemic has been problematic for many reasons, it is perhaps a necessary side effect of economic aid that has helped keep Americans out of poverty and businesses solvent during an extraordinary crisis,” wrote Menzie Chinn, a professor of public affairs and economics.
Lichtenstein grew up in Glenview, Illinois and according to university spokesperson Meredith McGlone, he then graduated from UW-Madison in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. During his time as a student, Lichtenstein worked for an internet marketing firm before creating his own tech startup, MixRank, which sought to reveal the ad campaign strategy of different companies’ competitors.
