The spring equinox symbolizes the start of spring. That’s an occasion celebrated around the world, at festivals like Holi in India and Chunfen in China. We learn more about the equinox and more with the Weather Guys, Steve Ackerman and Jon Martin, both professors of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at UW-Madison.
We talk with Giri Venkataramanan, an engineering professor and researcher at UW-Madison, about the state of the U.S. power grid, the influence of climate change on its future and a solution being explored at UW-Madison.
Republicans on Wisconsin’s State Building Commission have rejected every recommendation in Gov. Tony Ever’s $3.8 billion capital budget request, which includes nearly $2 billion for University of Wisconsin System projects.
Noted: Nearly half of the money in Evers’ plan would be spent on University of Wisconsin System campuses. The $1.8 billion would help fund a new engineering building at UW-Madison, expansion and renovation of two dorms at UW-Oshkosh and completion of a science center at UW-La Crosse.
Madison Area Technical College is searching for a new academic leader as Provost Turina Bakken plans to retire after a 25-year career with the school.
Republican lawmakers on the State Building Commission have rejected Gov. Tony Evers’ capital budget proposal for 2023-25 — including a new engineering building at UW-Madison — again ceding power over approving state construction projects to the Legislature’s budget committee.
Muslim Student Association, other campus organizations provide Iftar meal for students during Ramadan.
A $2.8 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by a former University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher who accused the director of Madison’s public zoo of sexual assault during an out-of-state work conference in 2018.
After developing pelvic nerve pain in November 2021, Yvonne Pawlowicz said she waited five months to see a neurologist at UW Health and another four months to see a gynecologist. This January, the gynecologist referred her to UW Health’s pain clinic for a nerve block. The earliest appointment was in May.
After he lost his glasses while kayaking in May 2022, Brett Balinsky realized his corrective vision prescription had expired. He called the eye care clinic at UW Health, where the scheduler said the earliest appointment was in March 2023.
A graduate of UW-Madison, Sue Patterson sits on several university boards and is excited for her event with the Wisconsin Book Festival.
