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March 20, 2025

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UW-Madison professor’s climate change project halted by federal funding freeze

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Channel 3000

Days before his flight to Argentina, a UW-Madison researcher lost a Fulbright award from a federal funding freeze.Under President Trump’s administration, the U.S. State Department froze funds in February for international education programs. That includes the Fulbright Program, which allows scholars to conduct research overseas.

For one UW-Madison researcher, the freeze put more than a year’s worth of planning down the drain. “There’s a lot of anxiety in the scientific world now,” said UW-Madison professor emeritus, Richard Lindroth.

Trump’s funding changes are costing UW-Madison’s Fulbright winners

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Wisconsin State Journal

Hillary Jones Henry was banking on the American government keeping its promise.

A native of Kenya, Jones Henry was accepted into the federally funded Fulbright Foreign Student program for the 2024-25 academic year, teaching Swahili at UW-Madison in exchange for a monthly stipend of $1,320 to help cover costs, like rent. But on Feb. 22, his scheduled payment didn’t arrive. He tried to donate blood and plasma as a quick way to make money but was denied due to the prevalence of malaria in Africa.

Higher Education/System

UW to receive new dorms, renovations: Evers approves $103 million for statewide projects, including UW System changes

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The Badger Herald

The Universities of Wisconsin System requested a variety of projects when the State Building Commission was considering allocation of its funds, according to the official State Building Commission’s agenda and requests statement. These included new electrical systems, demolition and replacement of old or outdated buildings along with fixing and adding parking lots around campus, according to the agenda and requests statement.

More than $250 million for Wisconsin projects vanishes in new federal spending bill

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin secured the most earmarks before passage of the CR. She was poised to bring more than $192 million back to the state for projects including the construction of National Guard readiness centers in Wausau, Black River Falls and Wisconsin Rapids, as well as millions toward research efforts at University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW-Milwaukee and Marquette University.

Campus life

UW-Madison College Democrats, Republicans campaign on tried-and-true abortion, public safety issues in Supreme Court race

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The Daily Cardinal

Ahead of last November’s election, the University of Wisconsin-Madison College Democrats and College Republicans campaigned on abortion rights and public safety, respectively. Now, with the April 1 Wisconsin Supreme Court election weeks away, both organizations told The Daily Cardinal their campaigning tactics have largely stayed the same.

State news

Wisconsin Assembly to take up transgender-related bills, web protections for minors

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Wisconsin State Journal

Public and private K-12 schools would have to organize all athletic teams, including in club sports such as kickball, by male or female sexes and prohibit transgender girls from participating in female sports, under one of the bills, Assembly Bill 100. Another, AB102, would make the same requirements of public university and technical college sports and athletic teams.

Health

UW Health adjusts masking policy

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WKOW-TV 27

UW Health is adjusting its policy on wearing masks in its facilities. Mask-wearing in low-risk clinics is now considered optional. It had been strongly recommended.

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Are Wisconsin Supreme Court rulings taking too long?

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The Capital Times

“Now we often have stalemate and finger pointing and hostility between the branches,” said Barry Burden, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “They just don’t work well together, and so a lot of their disputes have ended up in lawsuits around education policies or election issues or abortion or (gubernatorial) powers. … So it’s made the court a more important venue.”

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