UW Health has been navigating a five-year research effort involving 37 Alzheimer’s disease centers around the country. The first 2,000 participants enrolled this fall.
John Roach needed both his screenwriting and journalist hats when he signed on to direct “A Road at Night,” a new documentary about a tragic 2019 car crash outside of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Roach — perhaps best known for his decades as a Madison Magazine columnist and for cowriting David Lynch’s acclaimed film, “The Straight Story” — tracked down a witness to the crash who had previously not been identified.
In 2014, Garcia-Rivera entered a new role as a career adviser in UW’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and by then, a new generation of young people were entering a media and public relations industry completely transformed by those platforms and others.
“This study is definitely a trailblazer in the field of Alzheimer’s disease research,” said Ozioma Okonkwo, professor of medicine at the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and the UW Department of Medicine.
At 1 p.m. Gravy and a brass band will lead a parade of voters to Memorial Union’s early voting polls.
Elizabeth Wright, a UW-Madison professor of biochemistry, said the new images of RSV’s structure will support preventing and slowing infections in the future. Wright runs the research lab that created the new images.
Badgers coaches are earning more than $27.5 million in the 2024-25 school year, according to a BadgerExtra analysis of salaries provided by Wisconsin through a public records request.
UW-Madison’s Homecoming Committee has been preparing for the celebration for months. The jam-packed week of fun features everything from performances, to tailgates, to parties, and parades.
Hands-on science stations lined the street, one belonging to a group working in Song Jin’s Lab at the UW Department of Chemistry.
Six male nurse sharks live in a tank inside a laboratory on the UW-Madison campus. Originally from the Florida Keys, the sharks were moved to Wisconsin to help fight human cancer.
Rebekah Taussig visited the University of Wisconsin-Madison for discussions on disability in classrooms, panels and in her keynote speech as part of the Go Big Read curriculum.
“The Wisconsin Alumni Association is where all Badgers belong, and we’re excited to welcome alumni and friends back to campus for Homecoming,” Sarah Schutt, the chief alumni officer and executive director of WAA, tells Madison365. “We’re especially happy to support events and traditions that, for more than 10 years, have created meaningful spaces for alumni of color communities to connect and celebrate.”
As more students choose MATC for affordability, UW should streamline transfer processes and expand financial aid.
The educational, nonpartisan event was one of many celebrating Latine Heritage Month. This year’s theme, “Illuminating Our Voices,” aimed to showcase how Latine people share personal passions and culture through art.
The brutal attack and sexual assault of a woman happened early the morning of Sept. 3, 2023, and left her fighting for her life. In the criminal complaint filed against Thompson, a Madison Police Department sergeant who was one of the first officers on the scene of the downtown assault described the victim’s injuries as “one of the most horrifying things I’ve seen.”
According to a Dane County court filing obtained by 27 News, a lawyer for Brandon Thompson wrote to the judge “Defendant Brandon Thompson wishes to waive the upcoming motion hearing in his case, and wishes to instead enter a guilty plea.”
The University of Wisconsin-Madison removed a sex education module from University Health Services after an inquiry from The Madison Federalist indicated the module had a link to a pornographic website.
“It literally feels like [the] Hunger Games,” the student said of the housing process. “You got to be quick, or you’re going to be lost.”
Conservative students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison launched a new student newspaper, The Madison Federalist, Wednesday evening. They first covered a sex education program that ‘promotes pornography.’
University Health Services, PAVE-UW share resources for survivors, allies.
‘In order to be successful, we strive to make this organization a place that provides resources, space and a support group for all Latine students,’ LSU president says.
‘We’re still here, we’re not just in the past,’ Wunk Sheek marketing chair says.
“Cripescast” podcast host Charlie Berens will team up with University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism professor Mike Wagner in a sold-out event to highlight the importance of voting this November and break down key ballot issues.
University of Wisconsin-Madison indigenous student organization Wunk Sheek, celebrated Indigenous People’s day with a Powwow at Dejope Residence Hall. Over 150 people attended the celebration of campus Indigenous life.
In a survey sent out last spring, the College for Rural Wisconsin found that 82% of rural-identifying UW-Madison students felt somewhat or unprepared for college, director Jennifer Blazek said.
Festivities begin with the “Badger Games,” which is a bracket-style student intramural volleyball tournament. That goes from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Nicholas Recreation Center.
The Union will continue to host concerts, art events and other activities inside once the outdoor area closes.
Wisconsin Union announced the move on Monday. The removal date is subject to change based on factors including staffing. Crews will remove 2,000 chairs and 431 tables from the Terrace.
The iconic chairs are expected to be removed from the Terrace on Oct. 28. The more than 2,000 yellow, orange and green chairs and more than 400 tables mark an end to the Terrace summer entertainment season.
On Friday, over 50 students came to UW-Madison’s Library Mall to protest its investments in Israeli companies. Protesters took aim at how the university treated ongoing calls for divestment and new rules on free speech that followed late Spring’s encampment. The protest from SJP marks the last demonstration in its “Week of Rage” during the anniversary week of the genocide in Gaza’s start.
UW is facing a decline in the number of Black students in its freshman class, pointing to deeper issues in diversity, equity in higher education.
The revised Creando Comunidad program aims to bring together students interested in addressing systemic oppression by engaging with communities of color.
Protest leaders criticize university police, administration’s response to demands.
SJP marched from Library Mall to Bascom Hill, calling for the university to divest their funds and for an end to violence in Gaza as a part of their final event during their “week of rage.”
Event features informative booths, creative activities, wellness workshops.
Dr. Louis Macias serves as Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) at UW-Madison, where he leads efforts to maximize positive outcomes by aligning the College’s actions with its values, needs, and goals.
UW history assistant professor, SJP student leader, members connect Palestinian resistance to historical examples.
Nearby residents express concern over lack of police communication and increased violence in student-populated area.
Camp Randall had successful alcohol sales in the general seating area and will continue to sell alcohol for the rest of the season, though a former UHS doctor raised concerns on the decision.
UW Health Distinguished Psychologist Dr. Shilagh Mirgain joined WMTV Monday to talk about the issues parents are facing. One change Mirgain said needs to happen is a change in the “culture of comparison,” which she explained is the habit of comparing one’s family to others, especially on social media.
Mike Wagner is a professor and election expert at UW-Madison. He says no one person or individual will change the outcome of the November 5th election, but says it’s groups of people who could have the biggest impact. This means students, specifically out-of-state students.
Dr. Dominic J Ledesma is assistant vice provost for culture, climate and engagement at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT).
“They are not numbers. We will remember their names,” said Students for Justice in Palestine (SPJ) on the one-year anniversary since the genocide began while pro-Israeli counterprotesters mocked them at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Speakers share their accounts of the day, hopes for the future.
‘I’m disappointed, but not shocked,’ SJP member said of counter-protest.
“Many people on campus on both sides were touched by the news of this conflict a year ago, but today they are just used to it and have stopped caring,” SJP protester Junyao Wang told The Daily Cardinal. “We are not going to give up because we’re tired. We need to give people stimulation.”
Roughly 200 students gathered in Library Mall Monday night to remember the victims of the Hamas attack on Israel.
The Wisconsin Badgers announced in a post on social media over the weekend Coldplay would come to Camp Randall, exciting both local business owners and tourism leaders.
Latino judges from across Wisconsin spoke about their careers and the obstacles faced on their path to the bench at a panel held at Memorial Union.
Despite an entertaining and dominating performance by the Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Saturday, some fans ran into law enforcement trouble. According to statistics released by the UW-Madison Police Department Saturday, 26 people in total were ejected from the stadium during the game against Purdue. The total includes seven that were identified as UW students.
The University of Wisconsin Marching Band were not the only ones performing at Badger Bash Saturday.
Fans will have to chance to jump around and enjoy live music at Camp Randall when Coldplay arrives at the stadium next year.
Diego Campoverde Cisneros is diversity, equity and inclusion manager at UW Health, a role he took on in 2022 after nearly three years in a similar role at Quartz Health Solutions.
Natalie Arriaga de Brooks is the assistant director of the Wisconsin School of Business Multicultural Center, where she manages the center’s daily operations and its internship program.
A Sept. 26 legislative committee meeting highlighted the problems smaller University of Wisconsin System campuses face as a new budget season looms.
The demolition of the Mosse Humanities Building and construction of new art and music buildings are under discussion after regents approve $855 million budget increase.
A routine inspection conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture into the conditions of animals in the care of University of Wisconsin-Madison Enzyme Researchers this summer resulted in a handful of citations, the latest report found.
UW considering constructing new residence halls to solve housing shortage issues.
‘The students deserve to know where the money that is being donated in their name is going. They deserve to know where it’s coming from,’ SJP member says.
$90,000 budgeted for UW schools for the fall cycle of the Wisconsin Institute for Citizenship, Civil Dialogue grant program.
New report aims to strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystem across campus.
