When the University of Wisconsin-Madison posted five part-time cheese tasting positions for its Center for Dairy Research, more than two hundred people applied for the jobs. Brandon Prochaska, the center’s sensory coordinator, tells us what it takes to taste cheese for scientific research.
Written by Jason Fletcher, a professor of public affairs at UW-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs with appointments in Applied Economics and Population Health Sciences.
Mike Wagner, Helen Firstbrook Franklin Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, received a letter from Jordan, the House Judiciary chair, in August requesting documents—followed by a subpoena in September demanding them. The August letter, which Wagner provided to Inside Higher Ed, noted that Course Correct, a project the University of Wisconsin at Madison is involved in, was funded by the National Science Foundation. The letter said the grant program was very similar “to efforts by other federal agencies to use grants to outsource censorship to third parties.”
We visit with UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin to ask about some of the top issues in higher education, including DEI initiatives, student enrollment, the money brought in by research and more.
In an email to chancellors of UW campuses, which was attained via records request by The Daily Cardinal, UW System President Jay Rothman writes: “Consider shifting away from liberal arts programs to programs that are more career specific, particularly if the institution serves a large number of low-income students.” The suggestion was an item on a list of “lessons” he took away from a Chronicle of Higher Education report.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said Monday that he opposes withholding the money.
The proposed legislation would allow DACA recipients in Wisconsin to obtain state-issued professional licenses and qualify to pay in-state tuition to attend University of Wisconsin System schools. It would also create a $250 nonrefundable tax credit issued every two years to help offset the $495 biennial fee DACA recipients are required to pay to renew their status.
The set of bills proposed Monday would allow DACA recipients to obtain professional licenses issued by the state, qualify for in-state tuition at campuses across the Universities of Wisconsin system and create a biennial tax credit of $250 to offset a portion of the $495 fee that recipients must pay every two years as part of their deferred action renewal grant.
Field renovations will include artificial turf, fencing, outdoor restrooms, RecWell director says.
Bangladesh Student Organization prioritizes growth, confidence following COVID hiatus.
UHS-administered survey available through early January.
Former Miss America, Nuclear Engineering student reflects on UW experience, engineering programs.
Panelists shared thoughts and challenges about Asian-American representation in schools and how they feel its presence could create a brighter future in education.
Nearly 35 years ago, officers with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department decided to saddle up to help keep crime at bay. Maybe you’ve spotted the two new recruits on campus or along State St.
Even though the Badger football team is done tearing it up on Barry Alvarez Field for the season, crews are literally ripping the turf up to heat it up for next season’s potential cold games — and possible playoff games.
Howard Schweber, a professor of American politics and political theory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that “Trump has what, in my experience of observing politics, seems like a nearly unique ability to maintain cognitive dissonance in ways that his supporters find untroubling.
“Such warm water ‘sets the stage’ for these events,” James P. Kossin, a climate scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, wrote in an email.
“Cheap renewables have killed the economics of gas and coal power generation with carbon capture — and even more so going forward,” Gregory Nemet, a University of Wisconsin professor who studies the public policy of technological change, told The Hill.
Miss Wisconsin 2023 Lila Szyryj, 22, graduated from UW-Madison with a degree in journalism and mass communications. Her community service initiative is Breaking Down Breaking News, which works to educate people on media literacy and understanding each other.
