A new study by the University of Wisconsin’s School of Medicine and Public Health has found that the level of regret reported by transgender individuals following gender-affirming surgery is less than 1%, which is significantly lower than the regret associated with having children, getting a tattoo, or undergoing plastic surgery.
It can take up to two-and-a-half hours to drive from Berlin in Green Lake County to the nearest pediatric hospital. That’s according to Evan VandenLangenberg, chief of Berlin Emergency Medical Services. His community is one of the initial participants of Orion Initiative training, a new program offered by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health that aims to expand advanced medical training to rural communities.
At the University of Wisconsin, a stretch of August has long been known as “Hippie Christmas” because so many students deposit their unwanted belongings on front lawns.
“There’s this shifting mentality that the state is the owner of these institutions — it’s not the students, it’s not the alumni,” said Isabel McMullen, a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies public university boards.
Kraus-Anderson announced Monday it completed the $2.3 million remodel of the University Book Store, located at 711 State Street. The renovation also included the university’s marketing and communications department offices.
UW-Parkside is gutting its current college structure and will put all programs under a single college as it contends with continued enrollment declines and budget shortfalls.
An op-ed by Joshua Braver, an assistant professor of law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies civil-military relations.
If implemented, the policy change being proposed could impact 30% of the UW system’s offerings, as a third-party audit by Deloitte from late last year found that about 200 of nearly 650 programs analyzed are in the low-enrollment category. UW system spokesperson Mark Pitsch said the percentage of low-enrollment programs is closer to 10%, based on UW system’s calculation that differs from Deloitte’s.
More than 10,000 Wisconsin high school seniors accepted fall 2025 admission to a Universities of Wisconsin campus via the state’s new Direct Admit program, system administrators revealed to the UW Board of Regents.That’s about 43% of the Wisconsin high school seniors who got one of the automatic admissions letters the system sent out last summer.
There I was, this past Saturday afternoon in Camp Randall Stadium, before a verified crowd of 48,263—8,679 of them graduates of varying undergrad and postgrad programs—trying to impart wisdom upon/pollute the minds of America’s future. Yes. Terrifying. Humbling. Disappointing to students, surely.
Professor Jung-Hye Shin, chair of UW’s Design Studies Department, said she heard from older adults and adults with disabilities while researching in the field, “telling me that it’s really hard to get any reliable assessment because there is no one out there who’s actually doing it at a reasonable price.”
The American Association of Universities, a national association that UW-Madison belongs to, finds itself in the midst of multiple legal battles with the administration.
The two-year program has two named options. Students can get their Dance MFA in screendance or in creative research, culture, and practice. Applications for the inaugural class open this fall.
The university said visa revocations for some students and recent alumni, like senior Krish Lal Isserdasani, are also on pause because of a court order.
It’s the last Saturday of April, so that means it’s time for the Crazylegs Classic! One of Madison’s finest traditions raises money for UW athletics and 2025 marks the 43rd year of the 8K race through Madison.
It is unclear why the statuses were changed, and there are still 15 students and recent alumni who are recorded as having their visas terminated. That’s a sharp decline from the 27 people whose status was listed as terminated on April 10.
Thousands of UW-Madison students packed the streets for the annual Mifflin Street Block Party on Saturday. While the focus was on fun, safety was also top of mind for both students and police.
Multiple UW-Madison students and recent alumni had their visa terminations reversed as of 2:30 p.m. Friday, university officials confirmed. Nine reversals had occurred since Thursday evening, officials said, though they had no information on why the changes were made.
Joint Legislative Audit Committee examines effectiveness, transparency, outcomes tied to Executive Order 59.
University of Wisconsin System leadership defended diversity, equity and inclusion policies in a tense hearing after a state audit revealed the system and 15 state agencies failed to track DEI spending.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison spokesman said nine out of 27 initially terminated visas of students and recent alumni were reversed, while 15 still have terminated records.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students and out-of-town visitors flocked to Mifflin Street on Saturday for the event.
UW-Madison Political Science and Public Policy Professor Jon Pevehouse explained that trade between the U.S. and Canada is an important aspect of the economy. ”Canada and the us have a deep and long trading relationship kind of deep dependence between the two countries,” said Pevehouse.
Student group organizes walkout in solidarity of pro-Palestine activist.
The legislation that would bar transgender women from playing University of Wisconsin System school sports received pushback from Democrats and community members.
Gov. Tony Evers announced the 2025-27 Capital Budget, proposing investments of $4.1 billion directed towards renovating aging infrastructure within the University of Wisconsin System.
In a letter to all students, faculty and staff on Feb. 28, Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin and Provost Charles Isbell Jr. expressed concern about recent executive orders issued by the Trump administration.
Oglála Lakota activist, storytelling discuss cultural preservation, power of Indigenous voices.
‘MENA Heritage Month finally feels like a time where our voices are heard and our identities are really seen,’ MENA chair says.
Trump administration budget cuts could negatively impact science research, TAA co-president says.
The challenge that includes walking, running and biking is held every September to support groundbreaking cancer research and treatment initiatives at the UW Health – Carbone Cancer Center.
‘They’re taking away what can be the most integral part of somebody’s recovery,’ National Alliance on Mental Illness member says.
Despite state, federal pushback against diversity initiatives, students, professors work to maintain inclusive campus environment.
Amid this uncertainty, UW spokesperson John Lucas said the university remains dedicated to its commitment to DEI in an email statement to The Badger Herald. “UW-Madison is committed to a campus environment that values diversity in both background and viewpoint, and fosters inclusion and belonging for all students, faculty and staff,” Lucas said in the email.
Dailey, a junior at UW, has shown his own printmaking pieces at shows affiliated with UW. But, the Midwest Print Showcase allows him to present his works to a larger audience while promoting the artwork of his peers.
University of Wisconsin-Madison leaders’ recommendation to graduate school deans to lower future graduate admissions comes as the university is preparing for the Trump administration’s sweeping changes to federal grant spending.
In a letter to the campus community, University of Wisconsin-Madison leaders said federal decisions have created uncertainty though they reaffirmed the university’s values of diversity.
The event, “Tailoring the Black diaspora: Black Brilliance through the Ages,” featured four design themes: The Harlem Renaissance, Black Icons from the 1980s to early 2000s, a futuristic 31st century category based on Childish Gambino’s song “3005” and a Black Excellence category.
Bryce Dailey is a junior at UW-Madison. His art has been featured several times in the Memorial Union’s annual Student Art Show. However, he and several of his classmates wanted more showcasing experience, so Dailey organized an independent show.
“It’s been impossible to predict and impossible to plan for the future,” Aaron Hoskins said. Hoskins is the Wasson Professor of Biochemistry and a chemistry professor. With his small lab, he works on gene expression, making sense of what we may find senseless and finding solutions.
“For us to be in a situation where NIH funding is threatened,” UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Professor and Associate Dean Jon Audhya said. “It’s an enormous concern. It’s going to really slow down our progress and our ability to address some of those diseases that are most prevalent in our society.”
Following NIH, NSF funding cuts, no central UW directive to decrease new admissions.
The WIAA and Wisconsin Athletics agreed to an eight-year extension on their contract to keep state tournaments on the UW campus. This gives the WIAA the availability of facilities to host high school state championships through spring of 2033. This includes competitions for boys basketball, football, boys and girls golf, individual and team wrestling and softball.
“We are thrilled to host Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield who has extensive experience in international policy and in modeling respect and compromise in policymaking.” said La Follette School Director Yackee.
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield will share policy insights and evidence-based solutions from her 40-plus years in the Foreign Service at a public presentation for the UW–Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs on Tuesday, April 1 at 7 p.m. at the UW Memorial Union in Madison. She is a UW alumna.
University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman and UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin emphasized the mission of the Wisconsin Idea and the value of higher education during the Wisconsin Counties Association Legislative Conference Tuesday.
UW-Madison researchers discovered that in the absence of photoreceptor cry1 Arabidopsis plants grow significantly taller.
Professor Mark Copelovitch discusses Trump’s domestic, foreign policies, says future looks uncertain.
At an event hosted by WUD Society and Politics Monday, UW-Madison political science professor Mark Copelevitch voiced concerns about President Donald Trump’s remaking of the federal government.
Sir Michael Berry’s lecture kicks off three-part series on theoretical physics, his work in field.
The Department of African American Studies hosted its first annual undergraduate symposium Feb. 22 at the Pyle Center. The symposium highlighted research, art and projects from students involved in the African American studies department taking classes, declaring the major or the certificate.
UW-Madison contributes a significant number of Peace Corps volunteers. Proposals of federal cuts to foreign aid pose serious risks to agency funding.
In 1991, Williamson served as one of the lead attorneys in a lawsuit against the University of Wisconsin system’s Board of Regents, which had banned students from using racist or discriminatory language. The court found the hate speech code unconstitutional.
At UW, Stan was appointed Assistant Professor of Pathology and Assistant Director of the WSLH in 1960. He became Director of the WSLH in 1966, a position he held until 1979, when he was asked by the UW Medical School to create a Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
UW Health paralegal Andrea Redfield said that of the 505 distinct patients that had one or more visits to the PATH Clinic between June 1, 2022, and Nov. 30, 2024, “271 patients have had an order placed for puberty blockers, estrogen, and/or testosterone” but noted that “an order being placed in our system does not mean the patient picked up their prescription and/or took the medication.”
He was Professor Emeritus of Oncology and Medical Genetics, and Streisinger Professor of Experimental Biology at UW-Madison.
With the growing popularity of podcasts in recent years, there has never been a better — or more convenient — time to be a lifelong learner.
“Having Bucky here was definitely a perk for the kids!” said Kelly Lyke. She stopped by with her two daughters to toss some diapers in the red bin.
Law professor Bernadette Atuahene discusses inequitable nature of homeownership in America.
New organization to create community for Afghan students.
