Chris Vagasky explains how reduced weather balloon launches and staffing shortages at the National Weather Service may compromise the ability to predict dangerous weather events.
May 16, 2025
Research
Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway celebrates the planting of the 100,000th tree in Madison
The Horizon Elm tree was developed by UW Madison to make sure it was the best tree, in the best spot.
Childcare provider strike, Settling the nature vs. nurture debate, New research on back pain
New research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows that mindfulness and therapy led to lasting improvements in chronic back pain. We hear from an author of the study, Dr. Bruce Barrett.
Wondering about those pulsing insect clouds by Wisconsin’s lakes?
“There are always midges coming out of the lakes, but most people don’t really notice them because they’re not very abundant. So it’s not really on the radar,” said Jake Vander Zanden, who studies the biology of lakes as chair of the Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Higher Education/System
Wisconsin’s 2-year colleges get 70% more funding per student than UW schools
Wisconsin’s technical colleges get about 70% more in-state aid per full-time student than the Universities of Wisconsin get for one of theirs, new data shows.
The ongoing gap is a talking point the UW system has used for years to lobby for more state funding.
Last ‘Edgewood College’ grads get degrees before campus name switch
More than 350 students will graduate in Madison this weekend with a distinction no one else before or after can claim: They are the final graduating class of Edgewood College.
Honorary doctorate for Sensenbrenner, legislator behind anti-immigrant legislation, sparks backlash
Shocked, disappointed, troubled, concerned, confused — all reactions to news of longtime Wisconsin politician Jim Sensenbrenner being rewarded with an honorary degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Health
Permission to be ill
Part of this path to acceptance was to get out in front of audiences and talk again – slurred speech, flailing tongue and all. A pivotal moment came at an interdisciplinary conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the fall of 2023, about a year to the day that I began suffering from symptoms. I was terrified of embarrassing myself, but I walked to the podium and, before I began, openly and honestly described my condition to the audience.
Dr. Ryan Spencer on what happens when obstetricians leave
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health OB/GYN Dr. Ryan Spencer explains the difficulties that arise when fewer obstetric providers are available to serve mothers in a community.