UW Extension Educator Kevin Schoessow is back to talk about the Spooner Agriculture Research Station. And the food they have donated to local organizations. We also talk about the work being done at the Savannah Institute to integrate trees and shrubs with crops and livestock on farms.
With extreme weather becoming more frequent and destructive due to climate change, homeowners in parts of the U.S. facing mounting risks are likely to see significantly higher insurance costs in the years ahead, according to a June paper from experts at the University of Wisconsin and University of Pennsylvania. “Property insurance serves as the front line of defense against climate risk for homeowners and real estate investors,” the researchers noted. “By 2053, we estimate that climate-exposed homeowners will be paying $700 higher annual premiums due to increasing wildfire and hurricane risk.”
U.S. News and World Report recently released its much-anticipated college rankings for 2025, and 10 Wisconsin colleges and universities made the national lists.
The Wisconsin Black Student Union hosted a candlelight vigil on Friday to commemorate Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams, who was executed in Missouri on Tuesday.
UW Madison students, faculty, staff and alumni worked together at Makeathon 2024 to build Toddler Mobility Trainers on Friday. Volunteers, no matter their experience with engineering and shop, could help in different areas of building a small, customized wheelchair for young children with disabilities.
Showcase continues to connect new students with campus sustainability resources.
‘I’m tired and drained of the collective mourning, the constant disappointment and blatant racism,’ WBSU Outreach Director says.
UW-Madison’s overall ranking dropped slightly from 35th in 2024 but still stayed 10 places higher than its 49th-place ranking in 2019. Its ranking among public universities fell one spot from 12th last year.
Chuck Nicholson, ag economist and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the strong survey response could signal a change for the industry, even if the state is likely to continue seeing farms exit the dairy industry.
The agency reported four e-scooter thefts on the night of Wednesday, September 25 — one from outside the Educational Sciences building, one from outside Mechanical Engineering, and two from outside LaBahn Arena.
The two, Dahlia Saba and Vignesh Ramachandran, face disciplinary charges for allegedly “planning and carrying out an encampment on university lands.” Disciplinary charges were brought based on an op-ed co-authored by the two in The Cap Times where they critiqued the UW-Madison administration’s refusal to engage with protestor demands to divest from companies profiting off the genocide in Gaza.
Former UW Athletics employee Marcel Dubois is facing charges for spending upwards of $7000 using cards meant for student athletes.
Hundreds turned out to reflect, celebrate legendary crew and coaches, and screen the world premier of a new documentary, “Wisconsin Where They Row.”
Written by Alvin Thomas, an Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a consulting editor at the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Pumpkin on its own is not toxic to dogs. In fact, a little pumpkin can do some good in some cases because it’s high in fiber. “If people are worried that their dog’s stool is a little firm or hard, or that they’re constipated, we’ll use it because of its nice, high fiber content to help soften stool,” Calico Schmidt, a veterinarian and clinical instructor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, tells Inverse. “So it can be nice and beneficial, and many dogs like it, which is a plus, too.”
(Photo caption) Anti-Israel demonstrators protest the Israel-Hamas war at the University of Wisconsin Library Mallon on April 29, 2024, in Madison, Wisconsin. Protests across US college campuses since last October indicate a disenchantment among younger Americans with the current political and cultural climate. (Getty Images)
