Ángel F. Adames Corraliza and Sébastien Philippe joined seven University of Wisconsin-Madison professors since 1981 to receive an $800,000 “no-strings-attached” genius award from the philanthropic MacArthur Foundation.
Vice Chancellor Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska wants the University of Wisconsin-Madison to conduct more research with the U.S. Department of Defense — with a caveat.
“I’m not thinking of us going directly to classified (research) and developing new weapons. There’s so much good work we can do that benefits … society but also provide national security,” said Grejner-Brzezinska, who oversees UW-Madison’s $1.7 billion research operation.
A recent University of Wisconsin study found that overfishing is hurting the Wisconsin and Minnesota fish population more than climate change.
Most species of fish are impacted primarily by overfishing, though climate change has a detectable impact on the upper midwest region of the United States, co-author of the study and associate professor Olaf Jensen said. “When we compare the magnitude of [climate change and fishing], for most species, fishing is still having a much larger impact than warming,” Jensen said.
The legislative package includes $40 million in new funding for advising and retention as well as a “tuition promise” scholarship program for low- and middle-income students attending other University of Wisconsin campuses aside from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison saw a sharp drop in the number of new students attending from overseas this fall, the decline coming after college officials voiced concerns about the impact of Trump administration policies on international enrollment.
Terrace Season is coming to an end, which means the colorful chair decorating Memorial Union will be leaving at 8 a.m. on Oct. 27.
The Terrace first opened in 1928, with the first full “Terrace Season” took place the following year in 1929. The green, orange and yellow Sunburst chairs first came to campus in 1933 and over the years emerged as a campus icon and trademark of the Wisconsin Union.
Alpha Chi Omega sorority (AXO) hosted a “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event Friday on Library Mall where the University of Wisconsin-Madison students walked in high heels to spread awareness about domestic violence and support survivors through the Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (DAIS).
It’s because of the vision of professors Aurora Santiago Ortiz and Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, who secured a $3 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that over the next three years will bring research scholars, musical artists, culinary and film events and expert speakers related to Puerto Rican studies to the university.
The Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory was activated in 2022 to help the state monitor and track the disease, testing samples from poultry and wild birds across the state. Since then, scientists there have continued running surveillance year-round as detections rise and fall with migration seasons.
“Since then, we’ve lost several hundred million birds,” said Dr. Keith Poulsen, director of the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. “It changes a little bit. Flu changes all the time, right? But this is still considered really the same outbreak that started in 2022. And it’s the biggest foreign animal disease outbreak in U.S. history.”
Madison’s Alcohol License Review Committee (ALRC) will consider a proposal that would eliminate the seat reserved for a University of Wisconsin-Madison student government representative at their meeting tonight.
Madison Quest can’t help but think back to another time every time she runs through the high five line during University of Wisconsin volleyball lineup introductions at the UW Field House.
The University of Wisconsin’s contention that there were signs that former football player Xavier Lucas had already started negotiating a deal to transfer to Miami before he parted with the Badgers can be explored, a Dane County Judge ruled Wednesday.
Acknowledgment without any sort of follow through is hollow. The university has an opportunity and obligation to move past empty gestures and truly show that Native American people, their complex history and ongoing struggles are genuinely valued.
Dobby Stucki, a board-certified geriatric physical therapist and lecturer in the Doctor of Physical Health program at UW-Madison, joined second-year physical therapy student Zachary Carden at News 3 Now Live at Four on Thursday to discuss practical solutions for winter wellness.
University of Wisconsin Ambrose-Hesseltine professor of U.S. military history and retired U.S. Army Reserve Colonel John Hall said it is unlikely troops will be sent to Madison, Wisconsin, as the federal government is limited in its capacity to deploy the National Guard in the way it has thus far.
The University of Wisconsin Foundation and Wisconsin Alumni Association (WFAA) broke a fundraising record during the 13th annual Fill the Hill, raising $737,849 in just 24 hours.
