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November 3, 2025

Campus life

Amid SNAP uncertainty, Wisconsin campus food pantries are already stretched thin

Wisconsin State Journal

UW-Madison’s food pantry, in one sense, looked a lot like business as usual Friday: Student workers continued to dump bags of carrots and onions into bins. They wrote produce labels. They trained volunteers.

The bevy of activity, however, was set against a backdrop of uncertainty, as millions of Americans were set to lose Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, known as SNAP payments, due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.

 

4 UW-Madison students diagnosed with viral meningitis

Wisconsin State Journal

Four UW-Madison students were diagnosed with viral meningitis in late October, according to an official with University Health Services.

All the students, who were diagnosed from Oct. 24 to Oct. 31, received prompt medical care, UHS director of medical services Andrew O’Donnell said in an email. One student was briefly hospitalized and has been released. The other three were not hospitalized, he said.

State news

As Wisconsin voters question data centers, tech companies tout research, community gains

Wisconsin Public Radio

Three companies behind planned and ongoing data center developments on Thursday separately announced efforts aimed at supporting Wisconsin researchers and communities.

The announcements come as new polling shows most Wisconsin voters believe the costs associated with data center projects outweigh the benefits of those developments.

Community

Health

UW Health promotes lung cancer screenings for early detection

Channel 3000

UW Health encourages lung cancer screenings, as it is the leading cause of cancer death and the second most common cancer in the U.S. excluding skin cancer.

Dr. Cheryl Czerlanis, a medical oncologist and UW Health and a professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, says screening is a critical tool for early cancer detection.