The nonprofit National Young Farmers Coalition surveyed more than 4,300 farmers ages 40 and younger in 2022, with the help of the University of Wisconsin Survey Center. The biggest challenge faced by current, former and aspiring young farmers: finding land.
August 24, 2023
Research
Higher Education/System
UW Board of Regents approves operating budget with most campuses facing deficits
The University of Wisconsin Madison will absorb the bulk of a state funding cut this year. And despite the first increase in tuition costs for Wisconsin undergraduates in more than a decade, most other campuses face budget deficits and will pull from reserves.
Furloughs, layoffs, campus closures: 5 things to know about University of Wisconsin System finances
There’s been a flurry of headlines throughout the summer about the University of Wisconsin System’s finances. It culminated Tuesday with the UW Board of Regents unanimously approving a budget that has 10 of the 13 campuses projected to run deficits this school year.
Wisconsin political donors are voting with their wallets. Here are the Republican contenders bringing in most money.
Noted: In addition, Haley received the maximum donation of $6,600 from Continental Properties CEO James Schloemer and President Daniel Minahan. Former University of Wisconsin System Regent Scott Beightol also chipped in $3,300.
Campus life
UW System to ask lawmakers for part of $32 million GOP withheld to end diversity efforts in October
University of Wisconsin System leaders plan to ask Republican lawmakers this fall to release about half of the $32 million they withheld in the hopes of defunding campus diversity initiatives, a top UW budget analyst said Tuesday.
Heat top of mind for UW-Madison ahead of move-in, portable air conditioners allowed
The heat is top of mind for staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. New this year, freshmen living in the dorms can bring their own portable air conditioner.
State news
Gov. Evers creates task force to study AI’s effect on Wisconsin workforce
Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order creating the study group under the state Department of Workforce Development. It is to include state government leaders, representatives from the University of Wisconsin and Wisconsin Technical College Systems, and others from state and local governments, the business community, educational institutions, organized labor, the technology sector and more.
Crime and safety
7-year prison sentence ordered for 2 campus-area robberies the same day
Scott C. Tolliver, 43, told U.S. District Judge William Conley he was sorry that he committed the robberies on April 15, 2022, at the McDonald’s restaurant on Regent Street and, about three hours later, at the Walgreens drug store on East Campus Drive.
Community
A dozen cool things to do in Madison during the heat wave
There are plenty of museums in the area, and many of them like the Chazen Museum of Art in Madison are free. Or go see dinosaur bones at UW-Madison’s geology museum.
Athletics
Tennis champion Althea Gibson’s greatness captured in two new bios
In “Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson,” Ashley Brown, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, describes the scene on the grounds, which should be among the most well-known trailblazing moments in American sports: “One of the world’s leading symbols of white supremacy and White womanhood had presented a sterling silver salver to a Black woman, a descendant of slaves, while a stadium filled with colonizers cheered. These were role reversals for the ages.”
Badgers football, with Fickell, has pundits predicting Big season
The toughest road games, according to Steele, are Washington State, Illinois and Minnesota. The Badgers lost to all three foes last year. Steele’s power ratings has them favored to win all three this year.
UW Experts in the News
Is Raw Milk Safe? The Risks of Unpasteurized Dairy, Explained
In 1987, the FDA mandated that milk sold in the US must get heat treated, John Lucey, PhD, the director of the Center for Dairy Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, tells SELF. That means that the products you see on grocery store shelves have been pasteurized, so they’re less likely to get you sick, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Wagner Plane Crash Sparks Flood of Theories About Prigozhin’s Death
Mikhail Troitskiy, professor of practice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told Newsweek via email that he believes the crash was no accident and the plane “was likely deliberately destroyed.”
UW-Madison Related
Little Rock Nine members denounce Arkansas’ decision on AP African American Studies
What they’re saying: The Washington Post statement was authored by five members of the Little Rock Nine — Carlotta LaNier, Terrence Roberts, Melba Beals, Gloria Karlmark and Ernest Green — along with Ivory Toldson of Howard University and Ashley White with the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Madison heat wave forces outdoor workers to adjust
“These kids are extremely hard working,” said Matthew Endres, the band’s percussion coordinator. “But we still do a number of things to make sure students are healthy.”No injuries or instances of heat exhaustion have been reported, Endres said late morning.