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November 6, 2024
Campus life
Health
Election results can feel like the end of the world if your candidate loses. You’re not alone.
“Anxiety is a natural response to uncertainty,” said Richard Davidson, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and founder and director of the Center for Healthy Minds. “The most important thing for people to recognize is that whatever anxiety they’re feeling, there’s probably, at least, 150 million other people who are feeling anxiety in a very similar way.”
Athletics
Cutting teams, players? How proposed new NCAA roster limits will impact Wisconsin teams
Scholarship caps are going away. Roster limits are coming. The University of Wisconsin athletic department has work to do in reducing its athlete count because of it.
UW Experts in the News
Fact checking Election Day 2024 claims about voter fraud, ballot counting and more
Milwaukee’s votes can take longer to count for several reasons, Barry Burden, Director of the University of Wisconsin’s Elections Research Center, said.
Obituaries
Joyce Agnes Tikalsky
After working for a number of technical firms as a technical writer and editor in the Madison area, she taught herself web design and became the webmaster for the UW-Madison College of Engineering.
Amy S. Hall
Amy had a fulfilling and impactful career, most recently with the UW School of Medicine and Public Health as the Division Administrator for Geriatrics and Gerontology. She loved her coworkers and role, often referring to it as her dream job.
UW-Madison Related
UW-Madison students make their voices heard as most vote for the first time
Students made their way to Memorial Union, Lowell Hall and other campus polling locations between classes to cast their vote.
With record early turnout, more than 10,000 early vote at UW-Madison locations
Ballots cast at University of Wisconsin-Madison early voting locations including Memorial Union, Union South and Health Sciences Learning Center comprised nearly one out of every five in-person votes from Oct. 22 to Nov. 1 amid record citywide early vote turnout.
Video: Wisconsin’s importance in the 2024 election
ABC News’ Deb Roberts reports from the University of Wisconsin campus where she’s been speaking with young voters.
Students in Wisconsin sing happy birthday to Gov. Evers on Election Day
While visiting a poll location at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Gov. Tony Evers was serenaded by students wishing him a happy birthday on Election Day.