“It was such a relief. I cried,” Freshman Mattie Place said. “Honestly, I did, it was a relief to me, my mom, my dad, everybody. It was amazing.”
Almost 1,000 UW Madison students receive full ride through Bucky’s Pell Pathway
NBC-15
November 20, 2023
Top Stories
Research
If you think gratitude and thankfulness make you feel better, you’re right. And science backs it up.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
When neuroscientists talk about gratitude, they often cluster it with other social and moral emotions like appreciation and compassion. That’s no coincidence. These emotions activate similar networks in our brains, said Cortland Dahl, a scientist at the Center for Healthy Minds, part of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
“Gratitude, I would say, is a very specific version of (appreciation), where we’re oriented to something we really appreciate that has benefited us personally — somebody else’s presence in our lives, how they’ve supported us, being the most common expression of that,” Dahl said.
Eating cheese could be on your resume in Wisconsin
NPR
When the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Dairy Research publicized it was looking for a new crew of cheese tasters, the response was exuberant, as you might expect in a state known as the country’s cheese capital.
Higher Education/System
Opinion | GOP created UW funding crisis
The Capital Times
It’s pretty hard to explain, isn’t it? While Wisconsin is sitting on a multibillion-dollar budget surplus, its highly regarded state university campuses are being forced to lay off faculty, cut back classes, even close some two-year campuses to balance their own budgets.
OUR VIEW: If you thought Brewers stadium was a good deal, get a load of this
Wisconsin State Journal
The Legislature should quickly take up and approve funding for a new engineering building on the UW-Madison campus. If the Republican-run Legislature thought AmFam Field was a good proposal for Wisconsin — and it definitely was — then get a load of this offer: a $350 million engineering building that costs the public less and delivers the state economy far more.
Campus life
UW-Madison Faculty Dance Concert explores group dynamics on stage
The Capital Times
What unfolds is UW-Madison alumna and guest arist Taryn Vander Hoop’s “Fever Pitch,” a masterful work that interrogates the uniquely modern tension between homogeneity and freedom. The piece is reason enough to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Dance Department’s Faculty Concert Fall 2023 at Lathrop Hall.
Fire, flood, funding woes: UW-Madison Engineering’s rough couple months
WKOW-TV 27
In the past two months, the UW-Madison School of Engineering has endured fire, flood and funding woes.
Student Activity Center, SSFC present budget breakdowns
Badger Herald
Budgets for SAC, SSFC up for approval Monday.
Mecha de UW-Madison moves to Red Gym due to construction
Badger Herald
New Irving and Dorothy Levy Hall building disrupts area.
State news
Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear arguments in case that could overturn Republican-drawn legislative maps
Wisconsin Public Radio
University of Wisconsin-Madison Associate Professor of Law Robert Yablon is the co-director of the State Democracy Research Initiative and filed a brief with other scholars challenging the current maps. He told WPR the contiguity argument presented by Democrats is “rooted in the original meaning and practice of the Constitution.”
“And so I suppose it’s not surprising that, over time, the political sides that have argued it one way or the other have changed depending on what they viewed as their interests at the moment,” Yablon said.
Crime and safety
Local, state officials condemn neo-Nazi march in Madison
Wisconsin Examiner
About 20 neo-Nazis marched up State Street from the UW-Madison campus to the Capitol on Saturday and gathered at James Madison Park in front of the Gates of Heaven synagogue, a historic 19th-century building run by the city parks department.
Gov. Evers condemns neo-Nazi march in Madison
Spectrum News
Madison police said about 20 people participated in a neo-Nazi march in Madison Saturday. They carried Nazi flags and marched on State Street in the afternoon.
Neo-Nazi group marches through Wisconsin State Capitol, leaders condemn demonstration
TMJ-4
Video shows a neo-Nazi group marching through the Wisconsin State Capitol Saturday afternoon.
According to Madison Police, around 20 people carrying flags with Swastikas walked up State Street to the Capitol before heading to James Madison Park. They said no one displayed any weapons.
Neo-Nazi group marches in downtown Madison; leaders respond
The Capital Times
A neo-Nazi group protested in downtown Madison Saturday afternoon from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to the state capitol building, carrying flags with swastikas and shouting antisemitic rhetoric.
29 ejected, 16 arrested at Badgers game on Saturday night, UW police say
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison police reported that 29 people were ejected from Camp Randall Stadium and 16 people were arrested during Saturday’s game between the Badgers and Nebraska.
Wisconsin Gov. Evers says ‘Neo-Nazis, antisemitism, white supremacy have no home in Wisconsin’ after demonstration
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A group of nearly two dozen people waving swastika flags and chanting antisemitic rhetoric marched on the Wisconsin state Capitol grounds Saturday afternoon, performing a salute originally used by Nazis at political rallies, often called the “Hitler salute.”
University of Wisconsin-Madison condemns neo-Nazi march in the city
NBC News
According to the university, a white supremacist group carrying flags emblazoned with swastikas and “other Nazi symbols” marched from the State Street Mall to the state Capitol around noon.
Wisconsin lawmakers, UW chancellor condemn neo-Nazi group that marched in downtown Madison
WISC-TV 3
“I am horrified to see these symbols here in Madison,” Mnookin said. “Hatred and antisemitism are completely counter to the university’s values, and the safety and well-being of our community must be our highest priorities.”
Neo-Nazi demonstration in Madison draws condemnation from Gov. Evers, Madison mayor and others
WKOW-TV 27
Chancellor Mnookin said the university is providing support resources to students and employees affected by the march. She said the UW Police Department would also monitor the situation ahead of Saturday night’s Badger football game against Nebraska and would continue to provide enhanced security and police protection throughout campus.
Saturday’s neo-Nazi march brings attention to dramatic rise in Wisconsin hate crimes
WKOW-TV 27
Wisconsin residents are grappling with anxieties over a rise in hate crimes throughout the state – including Saturday’s neo-Nazi demonstration outside the Capital building in Madison.
“Hate has no home in Madison.” Neo-Nazi demonstration in downtown Madison Saturday afternoon draws condemnation from community, political leaders
Madison365
Multiple local community and political leaders have condemned the neo-Nazi group of around 20 people who marched through downtown Madison on Saturday afternoon carrying Nazi flags and alarming students and citizens.
White supremacist group holds demonstration in Madison
Badger Herald
In a statement released Saturday afternoon, University of Wisconsin Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin said the “presence of this hateful group in Madison is utterly repugnant.”
Neo-Nazi group holds rally in downtown Madison
Daily Cardinal
Members of the neo-Nazi group Blood Tribe held a rally in downtown Madison Saturday, waving swastika flags and chanting antisemitic slogans.
UW students horrified after neo-Nazis march through Madison
NBC-15
According to the Madison Police Department and witnesses, about 20 Neo-Nazis marched through Madison this afternoon, spreading hateful and anti-Semitic messaging while wearing red clothing, black face masks and holding black flags embroidered with white swastikas.
Arts & Humanities
Joyce Carol Oates’s Relentless, Prolific Search for a Self
The New Yorker
Oates’s first book, “By the North Gate,” a collection of short stories, was accepted for publication in 1962, when she was twenty-three. She had just finished a master’s in English, at the University of Wisconsin.
Health
Rehabilitation hospital opens in Fitchburg, giving Dane County its second
Wisconsin State Journal
The Fitchburg facility, which involves a partnership with SSM Health, joins Dane County’s only other standalone rehab hospital, the 50-bed UW Health Rehabilitation Hospital, which opened in 2015 on Madison’s Far East Side. That facility, a joint venture with UnityPoint Health-Meriter and Kindred Healthcare, replaced a 21-bed rehab unit at UW Hospital and a 16-bed rehab unit at Meriter Hospital.
Athletics
Wisconsin women’s soccer sees its season end with NCAA Tournament loss to Texas
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin women’s soccer team was riding high during the first half of its matchup with Texas in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday afternoon in Tallahassee, Florida.
Wisconsin men’s cross country has top-10 finish at NCAA Championships
Wisconsin State Journal
The Badgers, who were ranked fifth entering the race, competed in their nation-best 61st NCAA Championships and ran a steady race to finish 10th at Panorama Farms in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Badgers were no higher than ninth and no lower than 11th at any of the 1,000-meter intervals.
Which bowl game will Wisconsin football play in? A look at the options
Wisconsin State Journal
This bowl season won’t feature the kind of big-stakes game that University of Wisconsin football fans were hoping for, but the Badgers will be making a 22nd consecutive postseason appearance.
When should kids specialize in a sport? Five tips to help find moment
USA Today
You might know these stories but how about the one about Sophia Vitas? She was a strong high school basketball player who was recruited by smaller schools but instead walked on as a rower at the University of Wisconsin. This summer, she will represent the United States as a member of the women’s rowing team at the Olympic Games in Paris.
Opinion
Tom Still: Engineers work in many disciplines and sectors; Wisconsin needs more of them
Wisconsin State Journal
People who earn degrees from UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, Marquette University, UW-Platteville and the Milwaukee School of Engineering, to cite prominent in-state examples, are engaged in disciplines that also include chemical, civil, biomedical, mechanical, environmental, nuclear, aeronautical and materials engineering, to name a few.
UW Experts in the News
Holiday shopping season is a critical time for Madison-area store owners
Wisconsin State Journal
That’s true for all businesses, big or small, said Cliff Robb, professor of consumer science at UW-Madison.
“I do think there will be crowds,” he said. “People will be shopping, but they will be much more bargain-oriented. Consumers may be more willing to wait out deals.”
Obituaries
Jean Tews
Wisconsin State Journal
She lived in Madison for the rest of her life, where she spent most of her career as a research scientist in the UW Biochemistry Department. Jean retired in 1990 as a Senior Scientist (emerita).