Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently discovered a flaw in how NASA and other space agencies design and test rovers for exploring the moon and beyond.
UW researchers find flaw that’s been causing space rovers to get stuck
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August 25, 2025
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Madison move-in week: Essential tips for UW students and families
WKOW - Channel 27
Move-in day at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is underway Monday and will continue through Wednesday.
Each student has a designated move-in date and time, which can be found in their “My UW Housing” account.
Higher Education/System
New UWM chancellor Thomas Gibson talks Trump policies, research and first impressions of Milwaukee
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Gibson, 51, emerged as the top pick among 73 applicants to lead Milwaukee’s largest university. He succeeds Mark Mone, who led UWM for 11 years and is now on a yearlong sabbatical before returning to teach.
Gibson faces an array of challenges, including declining student enrollment, budget pressures and a presidential administration that’s put colleges in its crosshairs.
A professor accused of doing little to no research pushed back. UWM paid him to leave.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Professor Kevin Renken was in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s mechanical engineering department for nearly 40 years. But he may be remembered most for what UWM claimed he didn’t do: his job.
A UWM investigation last year alleged Renken wasn’t pulling his weight as professor in the last half of his career despite what the school admits was a “commendable” record of classroom teaching
Hip-hop’s role in today’s classrooms
USA Today
“The reason why it resonated with students … is because it felt like an opportunity for them to be met on their own ground and to have a kind of shared ground with which to meet instructors or meet ideas,” says Nate Marshall, award-winning poet and assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Ultimately, like, the role of an educator is to connect the students in order to serve the students. So, if that’s not your way to connect with them, that’s cool. You find other ways.”
Nick Hillman on borrowing limits for federal student loans
PBS Wisconsin
UW-Madison School of Education professor Nick Hillman explains how provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act set lower borrowing limits for medical and law students while changing other loan rules.
UW–Madison ends long-running tutoring program, raising concerns about student support
WMTV - Channel 15
UW–Madison has eliminated a decades-old tutoring program, a move that some campus staff say will leave students without critical academic support.
The Academic Coaching to Thrive and Succeed (ACTS) program had operated for about 30 years, providing personalized tutoring to hundreds of students each year.
The keffiyeh and pro-Palestinian campus protests
The Cap Times
On the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, the keffiyeh — a checkered scarf with deep cultural significance for Palestinians — has become a focal point in the debate over free speech and overall student activism.
Arts & Humanities
Creating Mexican Fiesta at Summerfest grounds is labor of love, in just 3 days. Take a look inside
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Also installing his art that day was Victor Hugo Jimenez, 22, a recent University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate. He will be displaying his pieces in a new merchandise area near the Generac Stage, where people can buy T-shirts and baseball caps to commemorate the festival with motifs such as Our Lady of Guadalupe, retro cars and cowboy boots.