The Big Ten Conference had just over $928 million in total revenue and distributed about $63.2 million to each of its 12 longest-standing schools during its 2024 fiscal year, the conference’s newly released federal tax records show.
Facing what they called “existential threats,” UW-Madison faculty called on their leaders Monday to defend themselves against President Donald Trump’s administration by joining forces with other Big Ten universities.
Letter to the editor: This attack is nothing more than an attempt to dictate what students should be taught. This is not what colleges and universities are there for. They are there to engage young minds to learn what they feel their future lives should be like.
Marla Delgado-Guerrero came to the University of Wisconsin in 2000 with a goal in mind — to start a Latina-based sorority.
Delgado-Guerrero was familiar with multicultural Greek life because her sisters were both members of a Latin-based sorority at UW-Oshkosh. She was ready to follow along and bring a Latina sorority to Wisconsin’s flagship university.
In a move that could dramatically alter Wisconsin’s work culture, Republican legislators have proposed a bill that would require state employees to return to physical offices, curbing the flexibility that many workers gained during and after the pandemic.
Wisconsin Public Radio has, in varying forms, been an essential part of this state’s media landscape for more than a century. PBS Wisconsin, with roots tracing back to the early days of WHA-TV, has been just as essential for the past 70 years.
As Congress is considering remaking the federal financial aid program, Wisconsin higher education leaders are warning that changes could significantly affect access to its campuses.
Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman wrote in a series of posts on social media last week that he is “very disappointed” by the potential cuts that could be made to student aid.
The UW System has repeatedly requested the Legislature to fund a program to cover tuition and fees for students whose family incomes fall below a certain threshold. UW-Madison already offers a tuition promise program and funds it without state taxpayer money.
Across higher education, fees can seem as frequent as Friday night parties. From course registration to placement exams to student-athlete participation, universities are tacking on charges that raise additional revenue in a budget landscape with limited options. But what may seem minor to the bursar’s office can strain students’ budgets.
As the 2024-2025 athletic season wraps up at the University of Wisconsin, The Badger Herald is highlighting a group of outstanding outgoing seniors who have helped shape the UW Athletics legacy.
The Onion calls itself “America’s Finest News Source.” It is a statement that, like most everything else The Onion writes, is satirical. While its content is satirical, its journey from a college alternative-newspaper to a leader in modern news satire has been more serious. University of Wisconsin Grant Editor Christine Wenc recently detailed this journey in her book — “Funny Because It’s True: How The Onion Created Modern American News Satire.”
The April sun shines down on the dark pavement of the Sellery basketball courts on the UW–Madison campus. Chalk scatters the ground, leaving behind hearts, rainbows and pastel words of comfort. Music echoes through the square. Though dozens of people gather in the area, and though the day is bright and warm, laughter is light. People talk and smile — some in a way where it doesn’t reach their eyes.
At the heart of UW’s campus stands the Gymnasium and Armory, or the Red Gym for short. Home to the Multicultural Student Center, it stands as a physical embodiment of UW’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Yet for students of Middle Eastern and North African descent, something crucial is missing — a dedicated space they can call their own.
Stories of students: Read about students making a difference on campus.
Tariffs enacted under the Trump administration could have significant impacts on the agriculture industry in the U.S. and particularly on the dairy industry in Wisconsin, according to University of Wisconsin associate professor of agriculture and economics Chuck Nicholson.
“The tariffs have a number of different impacts, whether that be the tariffs we are placing on imports from other countries or the tariffs that other countries will place on us,” Nicholson said.
Ditto for potential candidates weighing the rigors of a campaign, says Joel Rogers, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s High Road Strategy Center: “Running for office is a drag for sure, and has become much more dangerous to one’s mental health and a happy family life.”
This year, the festival is pulling out all the stops. “To kick things off on Thursday, we’re hosting the inaugural Wisconsin Art of Cheese Open—a golf outing perfect for both cheese connoisseurs and golf lovers,” says Kerr. Also on the docket: a creamery tour and tasting at Crave Brothers Farmstead and a cheese-and-wine excursion that begins with a sensory evaluation course taught by experts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Dairy Research.
Anna Bierbrauer, an assistant professor of landscape architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said Milwaukee could get more out of its RiverWalk by smoothing out some of that incongruity and making it a more accessible thoroughfare for users year-round. Stairs and elevators like those Milwaukee has are not uncommon to riverwalk systems, but Bierbrauer said they’re “a temporary solution that is not realistic if we want to think about really using the area as a long-term network to move people downtown,” Bierbrauer said.
Written by Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, FAAP, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and also holds master’s degrees in public health and children’s librarianship.
“It amounts to an extraordinary, unprecedented, dangerous assertion of almost unlimited executive or presidential authority,” said Kenneth Mayer, a professor of American politics at University of Wisconsin-Madison who authored a book on executive orders by U.S. presidents.
Professionally, Benford works with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Odyssey Project as its social worker and success coach. He’s also a graduate of the Odyssey Project, which allows adults to pursue higher education without economic barriers, and many of its students are people of color, come from lower-income backgrounds, are incarcerated, or are older.
