A brood of periodical cicadas that call part of Wisconsin home is emerging for the first time in 17 years this spring. We cover all things cicada with P.J. Liesch, one of our favorite entomologists.
In Madison, more than half of renters were “cost-burdened,” with over 30 percent of their income going to housing in 2015. That’s higher than the rate for the rest of Dane County and the rest of Wisconsin, according to an analysis from University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Applied Population Lab.
Co-authored by ssociate professor of Management and Human Resources, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Leaders with the University of Wisconsin-Madison said food waste accounts for about 30% of the solid waste the university generates.
A recent financial study shows several schools within the Universities of Wisconsin are in financial trouble.”For a long time, the legislature has underfunded public higher education, and that has led to the Universities of Wisconsin to have a financial strain,” said Sen. Kelda Roys (D).
Evers sued GOP lawmakers in October over decisions to withhold pay raises for University of Wisconsin System employees and to block conservation projects, arguing such actions made by legislative committees rather than the full Legislature violate the state Constitution’s separation of powers requirements.
Progressive journalist Ezra Klein explored the roots and impacts of political polarization in America during a talk organized by the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the Monona Terrace.
Journalist Ezra Klein delivered a public talk to University of Wisconsin students and Madison community members Tuesday. Centered on and named after his 2020 bestselling book — “Why We’re Polarized” — the talk was part of the La Follette School of Public Affairs’ 40th anniversary celebration. This spring, Klein is serving as the school’s Public Affairs Journalist in Residence.
ASM has no policy on notifying student body following SSFC closed session impeachment, spokesperson says.
Event lineup to be announced next month, spokesperson says.
Wednesday marks last meeting of 30th session.
Unsuspecting students received an email with a student inquiry about the availability of prom tickets. UW-Madison said the email group “worked as configured.”
Gulley was the head chef for UW-Madison for 27 years. Gulley was viewed by many as Madison’s first celebrity chef and had a cooking show, radio show and culinary business. Despite his success, Gulley faced significant racial discrimination in Madison, especially when it came to housing, according to Wisconsin State Journal archives.
Dr. Lucille Barash Glicklich Rosenberg accomplished something rare in 1950. She graduated from UW-Madison as a pediatrician.
It was one of many accomplishments throughout her career that contributed to her reputation as a trailblazing woman in medicine in the Milwaukee area.
Kelly Sheffield, like seemingly most everybody else in the country, watched the Caitlin Clark phenomenon and the accompanying booming interest in college women’s basketball with great interest.
A reflection on the personal goals that Laila Edwards took into her first World Championship reveals a simplicity that’s striking when compared to the reality that she lived.
Hailey Baumann is coming off of a strong freshman season with the University of Wisconsin women’s soccer team, but she knows she’ll have her work cut out for her when she takes the pitch with the nation’s top players in her age group starting Sunday in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Kyle Blackbourn, the Badgers’ director of recruiting and scouting, announced Wednesday morning that he has been named the head coach of the Rockhurst University men’s basketball team, a Division II program in Kansas City, Missouri.
Lack of state funding leads to tuition hikes for Wisconsin residents, exacerbating existing affordability issues.
At a time when autistic children were denied admission to public school, her founding of Los Niños, an early haven of acceptance for autistic children, was a testament to both her empathy and her drive for practical solutions. This same blend fueled her academic achievements – a PhD from the University of California at Santa Barbara and a position as a beloved professor and lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Kish explained that the Quickfire Challenge would be centered around another Madison culinary icon: chef Carson Gulley, who was the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s residence hall chef from the 1920s through the 1950s. From 1953 to 1962, he and his wife hosted a weekly cooking show on WMTV — the first-ever African American couple to host a cooking show.
