After nearly five years of construction, new upgrades to the Babcock Hall Dairy Plant and a three-story addition for the Center for Dairy Research are finally complete at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
April 13, 2023
Top Stories
Book alleging lax oversight of UW flu research distorts facts, campus says
UW-Madison didn’t promptly report a 2019 lab incident involving a potentially dangerous bird flu virus to some authorities, raising questions about whether the public can trust oversight of such controversial research, an investigative reporter alleged Tuesday in a USA TODAY opinion piece promoting her new book.
Higher Education/System
Cardinal Stritch president reveals more about the university’s closing. Here’s what we now know
The abrupt closure of Cardinal Stritch University at the end of this semester has left hundreds of students and employees with questions about what their future may hold.
Wisconsin college students turned out in big numbers on campuses for the Supreme Court race
The line to vote last Tuesday at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire stretched on and on … and on some more.
The corner of a lunch room designated as the campus polling place for sleepy spring elections simply wasn’t enough in this year’s state Supreme Court race. UW-Eau Claire students cast ballots at a level close to last November and even higher than in the 2020 election, big races where the city clerk’s office relies on a university ballroom to meet voter demand.
Campus life
Iconic sunburst chairs return to the Memorial Union Terrace
Madison is a little brighter Wednesday, as the iconic sunburst chairs return in full force to the terrace at Memorial Union.
UW-Madison senior class office gifts Center for Healthy Minds
A research center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus left a lasting impact on students, and the class of 2023 is leaving a legacy to recognize and support that center’s mission.
UW-Madison among 16 universities participating in new Small Town and Rural Students Network program for students
“Who influences students to go to college or not to go to college?” Jennifer Blazek, the Director of the Emerging Leaders Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, asked. In the coming months, the work she’ll be doing with the new Small Town and Rural Students (STARS) Network will seek to answer and address that question.
Say cheese! UW-Madison unveils renovated dairy plant
Upgraded commercial, research and educational facilities in Babcock Hall continue to support dairy farming research in Wisconsin.
Student petition demands more funding, staff for university mental health services
Students are frustrated with UHS’s limited sessions, long wait times and lack of staff.
UW, Center for Religion and Global Citizenry work to facilitate interfaith connection
Interfaith religious organizations join university in conversations of religious pluralism, spiritual, mental health.
DEI interns measure imposter phenomenon within UW Biocore Program, find promising results
Undergraduate research interns find low levels of imposter phenomenon within program compared to similar programs.
Art for your feet — made for no one but you
There are many different ways to view footwear, a fact not lost on “Hand Made in America,” a popular exhibit at the Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery at UW-Madison’s Center for Design and Material Culture through May 14.
UW Experts in the News
Plants can talk. Yes, really. Here’s how.
Instead of signals moving through a nervous system like ours, Simon Gilroy, professor of botany at University of Wisconsin-Madison, says in plants, it’s more like plumbing.
Look! Webb Recaptures a Famous Hubble Image in Incredible New Detail
“Our whole program was ~24 hours, which isn’t that much time in the grand scheme of how much time other observatories have looked at it,” said Michael Maseda, an assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in a statement. “But, even in this relatively short amount of time, we’re starting to put together a new picture of how galaxies are growing at this really interesting point in the history of the Universe.”