The Wisconsin Women’s Hockey team is celebrating their eighth national championship with fans at LaBahn Arena on Monday night.
Fans celebrate with Wisconsin Women’s Hockey team after 8th national title win
WKOW - Channel 27
March 25, 2025
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Wisconsin epilepsy research stalls without federal funds
Wisconsin Public Radio
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison said they are struggling to advance study of a potential new epilepsy treatment after the Trump administration’s pause on grant review meetings by the National Institutes of Health.
U. Of Southern California, U. Of Wisconsin unveil cost-cutting plans
Forbes
The University of Southern California and the University of Wisconsin-Madison are the latest universities to announce plans to trim their spending as they attempt to cope with increasing financial challenges stemming from the funding cutbacks and policy demands coming from the Trump administration.
Last Friday, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, Provost Charles Isbell Jr. and Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Rob Cramer advised academic administrators to exercise several budget controls for the remainder of fiscal year 2025, including reducing non-essential spending on travel, supplies, equipment, and events as well as reviewing all vacancies to determine if filling them is critical. Even more significant, all UW-Madison schools, colleges and administrative divisions were instructed to develop 5% and 10% budget reduction plans for the upcoming fiscal year.
Research
Even as French Island makes progress on safe drinking water, effects of PFAS contamination remain
Wisconsin Public Radio
“I like to always say that we know less than what we don’t know,” said Gavin Dehnert from Wisconsin Sea Grant and University of Wisconsin-Madison. “That’s partially due to the fact that the PFAS have really hit the scientific radar in the last seven [or so] years.”
Campus life
Explore abolition and art at UW-Madison symposium
WKOW - Channel 27
A two-day symposium exploring abolition, visual culture, and performance studies is set to take place in Madison on April 11 and 12.
Ukraine, Gaza wars matter to Wisconsin, former UN ambassador says
The Cap Times
Despite her fear of flying, former ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield is excited to return to Madison and speak with fellow Badgers next week.
Thomas-Greenfield first arrived at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1974 to earn a master’s degree in public administration.
State news
Sandhill crane hunting bill introduced in Wisconsin Legislature
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In the only social science work on the issue in Wisconsin, a 2023 study by the University of Wisconsin Survey Center found 47.6% of its panel of state residents opposed crane hunting while 35% were neutral and 17.6% supported it.
Health
Wisconsin family battles Social Security Administration to secure son’s funds before he dies from cancer
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Karen Holden, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who researches social security and pensions, said that in most cases, if an individual dies before their payment distribution date, there is no workaround.
“When people apply for compassion allowances, their doctors clarify when the individual was first impacted by their illness; however, even if that date falls before the date of application, the person is subject to a five-month waiting period,” Holden said.
UW-Madison Related
Madison alder wants viral panda suit video to counter flood of negative Supreme Court ads
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Verveer faces an opponent in the April 1 race — Eli Tsarovsky, a UW-Madison graduate student and community organizer.
Trump’s shock pick to lead the CDC in major break of 50 year tradition
Daily Mail
The nominee holds a doctorate in microbiology and immunology from the University of Wisconsin.