Mnookin said there was not much she could share about the program at this time because the project is still in development. Still, Mnookin was optimistic about the timeline of the program.
“From my perspective, as soon as everyone’s on board, we’ll be ready to go,” Mnookin said. “I’m excited about this possibility, and I want to make sure we’ve had the chance to consider and work with everyone’s input to make the program strong and successful. I hope it won’t be too long.”
The number of students enrolled this fall at the University of Wisconsin System’s main campuses has stabilized from the previous year, reversing a decline in enrollment for the first time since 2014.
Many college dorms lack air-conditioning—and not just at smaller institutions like Wayne State. Public flagships including the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the University of Maryland both have a substantial number of rooms on campus without AC, as do elite private institutions such as Boston, Yale and Cornell Universities.
The due date for Registered Student Organizations to apply for SSFC funding is Sept. 25, which falls on Yom Kippur. Jacobs said SSFC and Associated Students of Madison should consider sending an email out about the due date or give an extension to Jewish groups. Wagaman said the SSFC should talk to ASM leadership about a plan of action for that due date.
Elections Research Center Director Barry Burden, who moderated the event, said hosting the Road to the 2024 GOP Presidential Nomination on UW-Madison’s campus is important because of the youth vote in Wisconsin, a swing state that could be the electoral “tipping point” in the 2024 presidential election.
Participants marched while chanting “Sí, se puede,” a motto representing Latine unity and strength.
A sculpture by a Native American artist and University of Wisconsin professor was finally back home on the UW-Madison campus Friday. 26 years after Truman Lowe worked on the art piece for the White House Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, the sculpture returned to Wisconsin.
Three people contacted by police at Saturday’s football game had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.20% or higher. Two people were conveyed to detox. The legal limit to drive in Wisconsin is 0.08%.
A total of 20 people were cited and ejected during the game, all of them UW students, for issues including entering the field, throwing hard objects and disorderly conduct. Officers issued 17 citations for underage drinking.
A 2022 production of “Sweeney Todd” by University Opera has won two major awards for directing and overall performance, the American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts announced Thursday. David Ronis, associate professor and director of University Opera at UW-Madison, received the 2023 American Prize-Charles Nelson Reilly Prize in Directing.
Nurses at UW Health spoke out Friday for the first time since narrowly avoiding going on strike last year — and they say conditions haven’t improved as much as they should have. “We’re feeling really devalued, unappreciated,” Mary Jorgensen said.
“It’s shocking to suggest that we need more studies to know whether N95 respirators are effective against an airborne pathogen,” said Kaitlin Sundling, a physician and pathologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in a comment following the June meeting. “The science of N95 respirators is well established and based on physical properties, engineered filtered materials, and our scientific understanding of how airborne transmission works.”
University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletics adjusted its game plans for all things audio Saturday at their second Badger football home game of the season.
As this controversy unfolds, it is important to know the law and practice of judicial recusal and impeachment in Wisconsin and beyond — a topic that we, as scholars of state courts and constitutions, have studied closely. In short, recusal is rare, and impeachment is even rarer.
“Simply expressing views or opinions on legal issues is not a commitment that requires recusal,” said Rob Yablon, who co-directs the State Democracy Research Initiative at UW-Madison. Indeed, other state high court justices have shared their personal views on a range of hot-button political issues.
“The U.S. Supreme Court has said that judges have a First Amendment right on the campaign trail [to speak] about disputed legal and policy questions,” said Robert Yablon, an associate professor of law and faculty co-director of the State Democracy Research Initiative at University of Wisconsin Law School.
A recent article in The Telegraph discusses what the author, the University of Wisconsin’s Nicholas Hillman, calls the college marketplace myth: that high school students should “meticulously shop around for colleges nationwide and pick the best fit.” In response, policy makers devote immense resources “into massive information campaigns and programs that help students choose among schools—such as College Scorecard, College Navigator and tuition watchlists.”
However, the overall message remains consistent, as emphasized by Michal Engelman. Engelman is a University of Wisconsin-Madisonn associate professor dealing in sociology. He noted that the timeline highlighted in the study demonstrates that life expectancy is heavily determined by a number of systemic factors, many of which extend beyond the health choices of individuals.
