Study shows student veterans feel lower sense of belonging paired with lower academic success, leaders say shared space can fix this.
Student Veterans of America pushes for community space in historic location
Badger Herald
December 6, 2023
Campus life
Campus Planning Committee ranks UW-Madison’s 2025-27 budget priorities
Badger Herald
New College of Engineering building, additional residence hall stand as top-ranked priorities
An engineering student transferred to UW-Madison, and it didn’t go to plan. Here’s why.
Daily Cardinal
Kayla Romanovs-Malovrh previously attended UW-Stout’s engineering program, until she realized she wanted a stronger program.
State news
Democratic lawmakers introduce higher education funding bills
WISC-TV 3
The “Reaching Higher for Higher Education” package, introduced by Reps. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, and Jodi Emerson, D-Eau Claire, includes 10 separate bills and includes proposals ranging from an expansion of the Tuition Promise program to all Universities of Wisconsin institutions to a plan to increase need-based financial aid for students.
Athletics
Four UW volleyballers named to American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Region team
Madison365
Senior Sarah Franklin was named Northeast All-Region Player of the Year and head coach Kelly Sheffield was named Co-Coach of the Year. Anna Smrek, Carter Booth, and Devyn Robinson round out the list of Badgers named to the All-Region team.
Opinion
Larry Gallup: Protect the rights of Wisconsin’s student journalists
Wisconsin State Journal
Column by Larry Gallup, audience growth editor for USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin.
UW-Madison Related
Jewish American Families Confront a Generational Divide Over Israel-Hamas War
The New York Times
For Judith Kornblatt, 68, fears of antisemitism lurked throughout childhood. Her mother had fled Austria in 1938, just as the Nazis were taking over, and settled eventually in Evanston, Ill. Ms. Kornblatt, who taught Slavic languages and literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recalled that when the family learned Nazis were planning a march in the neighboring city of Skokie, her mother went into a panic, and flew to Texas to visit a friend.