The Universities of Wisconsin hopes a new one-stop shop for online degree programs across its 13 universities will boost enrollment and graduation rates, especially for adult learners and traditional-age students looking for virtual options.
The committee responsible for the report was co-chaired by University of Wisconsin Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and Robert E. Kahn professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton University Edward W. Felten.
Earlier this month, UW-Madison’s Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) Lab released a new report revealing how, in higher education, students and schools with the least financial need often receive the most government funding. We talk to Nick Hillman, a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and director of SSTAR, about the causes of funding disparities and how “equity-based” funding models could address them.
State Sen. Kelda Roys, D-Madison, and state Rep. Deb Andraca, D-Whitefish Bay, were approached by a group of University of Wisconsin-Madison professors and asked to strengthen campus firearm laws.
Jack O’Meara represents the Public Representation Organization of the Faculty Senate, or PROFS, a nonprofit advocacy organization of UW-Madison faculty. He said there was increased concern after the Feb. 13, 2023, mass shooting at Michigan State University. In that incident, three students were killed and five others were injured when a gunman entered a building on the East Lansing campus.
Canvas observers are able to access class assignments, calendars, discussions — including posts from the entire class — and more.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student recently tested positive for tuberculosis, prompting campus health officials to notify more than 700 people who may have been exposed to the student.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel talked to Marquette University research fellow John Johnson and University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Barry Burden about what common redistricting concepts mean and how they apply to the case.
“Wards are usually viewed as the building blocks of districts, so that gets done first,” Burden said. Because there are only 72 counties, “some of them are going to have to be sliced in order to make districts. Especially the more populous ones, like Dane, Milwaukee and Brown are going to have multiple districts in them.”
The exhibition runs from Feb. 7 to May 19 at the Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery in Nancy Nichols Hall.
Smith residents received an email Feb. 1 from Jake Baggott, UW-Madison chief health officer, and Andrew O’Donnell, UHS interim director of health services, urging them to get tested for tuberculosis. The email said there is “no cause for immediate concern.”
UW School of Medicine and Public Health professor of microbiology Caitlin Pepperell said that although the disease is seen less in the United States than in other regions, the spread of tuberculosis is an extremely common global phenomenon.
Column by Dr. Patrick Remington, professor emeritus at the School of Medicine and Public Health at UW-Madison.
Wisconsin sophomore Serah Williams is one of 15 players in the nation named to the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Watch List, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Wednesday.
Why haven’t the Badgers already passed 100 seasons? Put some of the blame on the Great Depression and slushy ice that sometimes forced the team to practice on roller skates in the Red Gym.
Lake Mendota’s condition due to recent weather may require postponement, or even relocation of a longstanding UW-Madison tradition.
Recent NIH grant is opportunity for UW to establish itself as research institution, increase number of STEM graduates.
“This tool is likely to be very useful for young people and their families as they’re trying to present themselves in the most appealing way to college admissions,” said Mitchell Nathan, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor at UW-Madison and author of “Foundations of Embodied Learning.”
Groundhogs, also known as woodchucks, are one of the few true hibernators that reside in Wisconsin. Their heart beats five times per minute while they sleep through the winter months, and their body temperature drops to 37 degrees Fahrenheit. We learn more about the fabled animal, plus cover wildlife news from around the state. Interview with David Drake, extension wildlife specialist and professor in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, and Jamie Nack, extension senior wildlife outreach specialist, both from UW-Madison.
It’s normal for insect population totals to swing up and down drastically, but drops become dangerous when they have been chronically eroded, as with monarchs, said Karen Oberhauser, professor emerita of entomology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who has studied monarchs for decades.
In 1974, he joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty as Associate Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine and headed the Division of Endocrinology. During his career, he was instrumental in pioneering research on hypertension and hormonal regulation in pregnancy, significantly advancing the field. Dr. Ehrlich’s legacy includes the establishment of the “Great People Scholarship” at the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, a tribute to his mentorship.
