A UW-Madison graduate student was ordered banned from campus after he was charged Tuesday with making an online threat to “start sneaking guns into crowded school buildings” and advised that others “don’t go to Bascom Hall next week” during a chat on a social media platform last week.
March 1, 2023
Top Stories
Gov. Tony Evers proposes $3.8 billion for building projects, about half for UW System
“We thank Governor Evers for prioritizing this critical project,” UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin said in a statement. “I look forward to continuing to work with lawmakers to share the tremendous value of an engineering facility, both to grow our number of engineering graduates and for our world-changing research in areas ranging from clean energy to semiconductors to transportation, areas that are critical to the economic development of the state.”
Research
A bipartisan consensus could be growing on how to teach reading statewide
In 2021, the DPI and the Wisconsin Center of Education Research at UW-Madison surveyed school districts statewide about the curriculums they use for teaching reading. Participation was voluntary; more than 80% of districts responded. Of those, 79% were using curriculums that were not listed by a national nonprofit organization called EdReports as meeting quality expectations. DPI recommends that districts use programs recommended by the organization.
Higher Education/System
WI Republicans propose bill that would limit tuition increases at the University of Wisconsin
The Republican head of the state Assembly’s higher education committee wants to limit future University of Wisconsin tuition increases to no more than the rate of inflation, an idea unveiled Tuesday that comes after a decade of frozen tuitions.
Tony Evers seeks $3.8 billion for building projects, nearly half for UW campuses
About $1.8 billion would go to the UW System for brick-and-mortar building projects. Other big-ticket items include $41 million for fiberoptic upgrades to the state Capitol to improve cellular service, an additional $60 million for the new Wisconsin History Museum to offset rising construction costs and $190 million for juvenile corrections facilities that would eventually lead to closing the state’s long-troubled Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake youth prisons.
Evers’ capital budget proposes $1.8 billion for UW facilities
Under Evers’ proposal, released Tuesday, nearly $1.8 billion would go to the UW System — about three-quarters of the System’s requested $2.4 billion. In his previous budget two years ago, Evers proposed $1.1 billion for the UW System, with Republicans ultimately approving $629 million.
Evers proposes $3.8 billion in state building projects
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday proposed spending $3.8 billion on building projects in 28 counties around the state, with nearly half directed toward work across the University of Wisconsin System.
Campus life
39th annual Eating Disorders Awareness Week emphasizes strength through experience, knowledge
College students are in a unique stage of life, navigating new independence and learning to eat in dining halls or grocery shop and cook for themselves, balancing studies, sleep and socializing, University Health Services (UHS) Registered Dietician Sarah Van Riet said in an email statement to The Badger Herald. “On the UW-Madison campus at UHS, the number of students seeking care for disordered eating has risen in recent years,” Van Riet said.
Angelica Ross speaks at Memorial Union, discusses self-empowerment
Ross is native Wisconsinite, first transgender woman to play Broadway lead, entrepreneur, advocate.
Residents in Residence: Shortage of space in UW residence halls leaves students concerned about housing crisis
Rising student population leads to cramped dorm rooms, high demand for food, more disease transmission.
Starship food delivery robots persevere through winter
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of 20 schools across the country with food-delivering robots rolling around its campus.
Crime and safety
Student charged after allegedly making threat to UW-Madison campus on social media
Madison police say 26-year-old Thomas Hansen was arrested last Friday at an off-campus apartment on Grand Ave. after the FBI alerted them to the online threat, which mentioned weapons and the campus area.
Student accused of making terroristic threats in post referencing UW-Madison
A 26-year-old man is charged for allegedly making threats over social media, which referenced University of Wisconsin-Madison, after the FBI informed Madison Police Department about the post.
Arts & Humanities
Baron Kelly brings August Wilson’s Fences to University Theatre
Four-time Fulbright Scholar, practitioner and acting technique pedagogist, Dr. Baron Kelly is a decorated actor, director and scholar. Currently, Kelly serves as a professor in the University of Wisconsin Theatre and Drama Department and is directing and acting in August Wilson’s Fences.
Athletics
The lights go on for manager games, and Wisconsin’s students play with pride
Student managers for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team have a long list of responsibilities when it comes to Badgers practices and games. They’re the ones who get the gym set up early and the ones who stay late to make sure the stats and game video match up for analysis.
UW Experts in the News
Burning Poop Causes – Why Poop, Diarrhea Burns After Spicy Food
“Just apply a dab the size of a dime to the anal opening and create a thin smear,” advises Arnold Wald, M.D., a professor of gastroenterology and hepatology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW-Madison Related
Madison council votes to redefine ‘family’ in zoning code
While some people speaking during the council’s public comment period Tuesday night made comparisons of the situation today to that of the 1960s, the report says those considerations do not take into account changes to UW enrollment and that there are significantly fewer non-UW campus area housing options available.
‘It’s going to be hard’: UW students anxious as US Supreme Court appears poised to reject loan forgiveness
Across the country, 43 million Americans, including students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, are waiting to see if some or all of their student loans could be forgiven as the U.S. Supreme Court started hearing arguments about President Joe Biden’s program’s legality.