The cost of tuition will go up by hundreds of dollars at Universities of Wisconsin schools under a plan passed by UW leaders on Thursday.
UW schools to see 5 percent tuition hike
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July 11, 2025
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Board of Regents approves 5 percent tuition hike at UW campuses next year
Wisconsin Public Radio
The Board of Regents for the Universities of Wisconsin unanimously approved a tuition increase of up to 5 percent for the 2025-26 academic year.
Wisconsin students will pay 5% more in tuition at UW-Madison this fall
The Cap Times
In-state students will pay a higher tuition rate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a third consecutive year.
On Thursday, the UW system’s Board of Regents voted unanimously to increase tuition across Wisconsin’s 13 public universities next school year. Each school will increase resident undergraduate rates by 4%. All of the universities, except UW-Green Bay, also opted in to an additional 1%.
For third year counting, tuition will increase at UW campuses this fall
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Overall, tuition hikes are expected to generate about $49 million in additional revenue, said Julie Gordon, interim vice president of finance and administration, during a meeting of the regents’ Business and Finance Committee on July 10.
Increases in tuition are needed despite an increase in state funding for the UW System in the 2025-27 state budget, regents and UW staff said during July 10 discussions.
Research
Unconventional UW science ethics group to host 40-year reunion town hall
The Daily Cardinal
In the 1980s, progressive undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison founded the Democratic Organization of Progressive Engineers and Scientists (DOPES), an anti-war science ethics group dedicated to challenging militarism — and particularly, student and graduate involvement within it.
40 years later, DOPES alumni hope to continue those conversations amid escalating tensions between the Trump administration and the science community. DOPES will host a town hall Friday July 11 at 2:30 p.m. at the Pyle Center. A moderated panel of DOPES members hopes to tackle questions on modern technology issues, like climate change and artificial intelligence.
More Wisconsin residents dying from alcohol-related liver failure, according to new research
Wisconsin Public Radio
“We know that COVID — and the isolation related to COVID and the stress and strain of unemployment — was a cause,” said Dr. Patrick Remington, emeritus professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. “We also know that there’s a mental health crisis in our nation … alcohol can be used to self-medicate. It’s an attempt to really blunt the pain that comes from depression and or anxiety.”
Conspiracy theorists are blaming flash floods on cloud seeding — it has to stop
The Verge
“[Cloud seeding] campaigns usually focus on just a few target clouds and would not have the ability to impact a large area,” Chris Vagasky, a meteorologist and manager of the Wisconsin Environmental Mesonet at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said in an email. “The amount of energy required to create a complex of thunderstorms and heavy rain is so high that it outweighs the small addition of silver iodide or other seed material.”
Higher Education/System
UW-Madison creates new services for students, ends diversity division
WMTV - Channel 15
Leaders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are reorganizing certain programs, offices and divisions to offer new services to students while dissolving its division focused on diversity and equity, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin announced Wednesday.
UW-Madison student leaders react to closure of diversity office
Spectrum News
Tyler Jake and Deanna Frater are the president and vice president of UW-Madison’s Black Student Union. As they get ready to head back to campus for their senior year, they’re surprised they got no warning that DDEEA is closing.
“I feel like we’re students that are pretty engaged with the administration, and usually we would be made aware of things like this beforehand,” Frater said. “No one really said anything to us.”
Students react to University of Wisconsin–Madison dissolving DEI Division
WKOW - Channel 27
“UW has always prided themselves on diversity—or at least that’s something we try to preach—and it’s just really disappointing,” said Asha Eckelberg, a UW–Madison student.
Wisconsin’s DEI saga continues. What you need to know about the issue.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Diversity, equity and inclusion is a framework that promotes a set of values and related policies and practices that focus on creating fair and welcoming environment for all individuals, particularly groups that have historically been underrepresented or marginalized.
The concept of DEI has roots that trace back to the mid-20th century during the Civil Rights Movement, and many DEI supporters see the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 as a catalyst for the modern push for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Campus life
Madison bus rapid transit seeking to address bridge plate concerns
The Cap Times
In August, Metro Transit plans to collaborate with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Disability Cultural Center to help students on campus, including those with disabilities, to feel comfortable using the bus, added Dentice.
UW Experts in the News
Elon Musk’s New Political Party Could Be Major Blow to Republicans: Poll
Newsweek
Barry Burden, political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told Newsweek on Thursday that Musk’s association with the America Party remains to be seen—questioning whether it’s a long-term political strategy or a short-term “vanity project.”
He also said Musk’s stake is unclear, as far as whether he will be the face of the new party or just a major financial backer.