Guilherme Gainett, then a biologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was looking through a microscope at the embryo of a daddy longlegs when he saw it — or, rather, saw them.
The data is incomplete on how many crimes each year are committed by migrants, primarily because most local police don’t record immigration status when they make arrests. But the studies that have been done on this, most recently by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, show that in Texas, where police do record immigration status, migrants commit fewer crimes per capita.
The school, attended by some 1,100 students, is located in the Bronx, an area that ranks last in New York state for health outcomes and factors, according to the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
UW study: Wisconsin ranked last out of all 50 states for the rate of business ownership among people of color.
Eight months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the use of race in college admissions, a conservative Wisconsin law firm is drawing attention to what it says are Universities of Wisconsin programs that continue to consider race in other areas, while the state’s flagship university says it’s reviewing programs that might be affected by the court’s ruling.
The Joint Finance Committee unanimously passed the measure, although Democratic members of the committee criticized their GOP colleagues for holding back the funds in exchange for restructuring the DEI positions.
One of the last pieces in a sweeping deal between the University of Wisconsin System and the state Legislature was approved Thursday, moving campuses one step closer to the end of an extended and contentious state budget session.
The Universities of Wisconsin will receive around $32 million in funding withheld for months by Republican lawmakers amid ongoing efforts to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs on campuses.
UW-Oshkosh Provost Edwin Martini released new restructuring plans to reduce the number of colleges in lieu of $18 million budget deficits.
The Wisconsin State Climatology Office keeps records of ice-over and ice-out dates for Mendota, Monona and Wingra back to the mid-19th century, based on observations by various people, including those at Washburn Observatory at UW–Madison.
The boundaries of free speech are an ever-present issue at college campuses, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison is no exception.
University of Wisconsin-Madison educators have designed numerous educational games to aid students in their learning.
The Carey Group, of Madison, had proposed razing Vintage Spirits & Grill and its busy outdoor patio for the narrow tower offering 33 market-rate units and 110 beds, with 1,450 square feet of commercial space and no vehicle parking on a tiny one-tenth-acre site at 529 University Ave.
Reflecting on everything the Wisconsin men’s basketball program endured during the 2019-2020 season conjures so many memories, some dreadful and some delightful.
Nine University of Wisconsin women’s hockey players earned all-league honors Thursday, including first-team selections for Caroline Harvey, Casey O’Brien and Kirsten Simms.
Dzick started with a simple cheer he’d done as a student at Wisconsin-Madison, where he graduated in 1969 with a degree in political science. He started spelling out “B-A-D-G-E-R-S” and it caught on. Wisconsin went on to win the series and the program’s third national title a week later.
Former University of Wisconsin women’s basketball coach Edwina Qualls, the first Black women’s basketball coach in the Big Ten Conference, died earlier this month. She was 76.
UW-Madison’s Andrew Stevens provides some perspective on the ongoing battle for Albertson’s and Kroger to merge.
