As he first announced nearly a year ago, Robert Golden will soon step down as dean of the School of Medicine and Public Health. He’s held that role since 2006, overseeing more than 5,400 faculty and staff, nearly 2,400 students and postgraduate trainees, and over $640 million in research grants.
Jay Rothman, the president of the Universities of Wisconsin, was thrust into the spotlight this year, from pro-Palestinian protests breaking out on his campuses across the state to his controversial ask for an increase of $855 million in funding.
UW scientists study how methamphetamine affects body, probe legal, medical, societal implications of drug.
There was an average of 6,083 tickets scanned for Badgers home matches this season, down 2.8% from the high-water mark of 6,261 in 2023 but still the second-highest figure on record.
Thomas Pyle wants to build on the momentum College Republicans drummed up at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this semester.
Just more than half of the Universities of Wisconsin freshman students who benefitted from a system-funded tuition-waiver scholarship program for low-income families in 2023 were the first in their families to attend college. That’s about twice the percentage of first-generation students in the freshman class last year.
A union representing hundreds of UW Health nurses hopes a recent court decision overturning limits on collective bargaining will pave the way for success in their own push for recognition, which is set to go before the Wisconsin Supreme Court next year.
David Drake leads the Urban Canid Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since 2014, researchers with the project have studied where coyotes and red foxes live in the Madison area, when they are active and how they interact with each other, in addition to humans and pets. University students help Drake set up traps around the city from November to March, so they can put radio collars on animals and track them.
“We’ve gotten some really good data,” said Drake, a professor and Extension wildlife specialist at UW-Madison’s Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology.
He retired as Volkman-Bascom Distinguished Teaching Professor of Law after teaching for 50 years at the University of Wisconsin Law School. He received numerous awards for excellence in teaching.
Sarah Franklin isn’t ready to put Madison in her rearview mirror just yet.
Wisconsin will receive $520,000 to host the Coldplay concert at the stadium on July 19, according to the university. The base rental fee is $200,000 and the other $320,000 is to cover expenses like staffing and security.
Aformer University of Wisconsin athlete said she had thousands of dollars remaining in a debit account funded by the athletic department when she finished her college career.
He was an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin.
It will run from Feb. 1 to April 30, 2025. The course will go over the plant diagnostic process and finding resources to use for diagnostics.
Suspect threatened victim with knife, neither affiliated with UW.
The suspect, who is known by the victim, displayed their knife before fleeing the scene Wednesday night. University of Wisconsin-Madison police are investigating this case.
UW Health Distinguished Psychologist Dr. Shilagh Mirgain has advice for talking to your kids about school shootings. She says if they are old enough to hear about it from friends at school, that’s an appropriate age and time to sit them down and talk it through.
The future of UW-Madison’s new engineering building, as well as other Universities of Wisconsin building priorities, is again in limbo after Republicans on the state’s Building Commission refused to reallocate nearly $70 million in state funds.
Q: Would you support a change in the university’s governance structure or spinning off the University of Wisconsin-Madison from the rest of the Universities of Wisconsin?
A: I supported those ideas in the past, so I’m certainly open to having discussions, but our caucus has had no discussion about any of those kinds of things.
Plans for a new, long-awaited engineering building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison face another obstacle after the State Building Commission denied a request Wednesday to adjust funding and approve construction.
UW Health’s new Eastpark Medical Center has seen an average of 1,000 patients a day in the month since it opened, an immediate wave of demand that reinforces the clinic’s goal of addressing a regional need, a top official says.
The request came after bids for projects in Eau Claire came in well under budget. However, the commission shot down the request due to what Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu called a lack of transparency.
Nimble’s roots trace back to 1999, when it was founded as NimbleGen in Madison, through research conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Janet Hyde, UW-Madison professor emerita of psychology and gender and women’s studies, believes socialization explains the gender gap. Hyde is an expert in both the psychology of gun violence and women.
“Of course, we don’t know the details about the motives in this particular one, but in general, women are socialized, girls are socialized, to care for others,” Hyde said. “This is such a violation of what girls are socialized to do — they’re socialized to play with baby dolls, and they’re socialized to become nurses. It’s great to be a caring person, but that’s why we see so few female shooters, because it violates the socialization.”
The Sept. 14 game against Alabama had 66,679 tickets scanned, higher than for night games against No. 1 Oregon on Nov. 16 (64,642) and No. 3 Penn State on Oct. 26 (66,319).
One resource people can turn to for their own healing is the Healthy Minds Program, Davidson said. The free, evidence-based app was created by Healthy Minds Innovation, a nonprofit affiliated with UW-Madison’s center.
Christian Franck, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, leads PANTHER, an multi-institution research hub based at UW-Madison, focused on understanding, detecting and preventing traumatic brain injuries. The hub brings together experts from different disciplines.
PANTHER has received over $50 million from the U.S. Office of Naval Research since 2017, including an additional $10 million recently to investigate how pulsed microwaves might injure the brain.
Fifteen ambulances responded to the shooting. Four victims were transported to St. Mary’s and three to University of Wisconsin-Madison hospitals, Madison Fire Chief Chris Carbon said.
Officers from the Madison Police Department, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department, Wisconsin State Patrol and Dane County Sheriff’s Department were on site. Barnes said he also had been in contact with the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
The first year of expanded alcohol sales for University of Wisconsin football home games brought decreases in the number of arrests and citations issued. A 19% drop in both categories for the 2024 season compared to figures from 2023 was both expected and surprising, a UW-Madison Police official said.
In a most convincing and dominating fashion, the Huskers swept the Badgers, 24-26, 17-25, 21-25. It was their 26th consecutive home victory in the NCAA tournament, a school record.
UW-Madison Police were dispatched to a single-vehicle crash on on Arboretum Drive near Mills Street at 11:15 p.m. A totaled black truck sat abandoned, having gone off the road and hit a tree, according to police spokesperson Marc Lovicott.
UW-Madison is adding a business partnership floor to its upcoming engineering building, aimed at opening a direct pipeline between students and the kinds of businesses that may one day employee them.
For several years, Mary worked with the Theater Department at UW-Madison, a highlight of which was traveling throughout the U.S. with performing theater students.
A new University of Wisconsin project aims to train pharmacists on responding to overdose deaths that, despite recent declines, continue to be seen as a public health issue in Wisconsin.
“Working in a restaurant is, I think, some of the best ways to learn some really cool life traits,” Jacobs said. “Whether it’s just about organization, cleanliness, empathy, or having to deal with people that sometimes you don’t want to deal with. It’s kind of a great way to learn.”
Dr. Tiffany Glazer spoke with WMTV Friday about the risks present for pregnant surgeons. Dr. Glazer is an ear, nose and throat surgeon at UW-Health, and led a review of this literature published in the journal of American Medical Association.
Diagnosed with two severe autoimmune diseases at the age of five, a recent graduate of UW-Madison has relentlessly pursued a cure since starting at the university. On Sunday morning, over 1,000 undergraduate, master’s, and PhD students crossed the stage at the Kohl Center to receive their diplomas.
SAD can significantly impact college students and interfere with their ability to attend classes, complete assignments, regulate their sleep schedules and maintain social connections, according to University of Wisconsin University Health Services Interim Director of Mental Health Services Ellen Marks.
Extension Specialist for Poultry Science at UW Madison, Ron Kean, is urging farmers to take extensive measures to prevent the virus from spreading to their flocks.
“Keeping them indoors, if possible, certainly cleaning and disinfecting anything that’s coming into the flock,” said Kean. “People tend to be a big carrier, we think. So, changing clothes, changing shoes, especially, or designated footwear.”
Chris McIntosh was upbeat about the state of the University of Wisconsin football program while making the rounds at Big Ten media days in July.
“Every single season that came along just seemed to fit the bill,” said Jonathon Martin, UW-Madison professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
All the players, assistants and television reporters had left the floor after Tuesday’s practice. University of Wisconsin volleyball coach Kelly Sheffield sat down in the bleachers.
Her latest project, “The Garden Without Strangers,” is now a permanent installation at UW Health Eastpark Medical Center in Madison. The recently opened center specializes in adult cancer care and women’s complex care.
UW Health’s East Madison Hospital has been designated as a Level IV Trauma Center. That means it will provide quicker critical care for patients in and around the east side of Madison.
If the case goes to trial, finding non-biased jurors may delay the case, UW-Madison Political Science Professor Howard Schweber said.
“It’s really hard to say how it will play out, but the confident prediction can be that it’s going to be a circus,” Schweber said. “These state prosecutions may be the best opportunity that we ever have to develop a record of what happened.”
UW Health announced Wednesday one of their hospitals received a new designation.
Merrifield discussed her priorities, the tech system’s upcoming state budget request and how she’ll approach conversations with lawmakers in a recent interview with the Cap Times.
Letter to the editor: According to Open Seat Food Pantry, a student organization at UW-Madison that seeks to address food insecurity, it is estimated that 12% of UW-Madison students are food insecure. The Office of Student Assistance and Support houses Badger FARE, a program that only provides $75 per academic year for those who meet the criteria. The school additionally provides frozen meals, but distributes them through churches, limiting its effectiveness.
All 19 protesters who were arrested after disrupting the UW Board of Regents meeting last week have been cited for obstructing a university meeting, with one person receiving an additional citation for intentionally spitting on food.
Diversity may be a hot button topic in many corners these days, but for the University of Wisconsin volleyball team, diversity is an essential part of its culture.
While nurturing her family, she worked as a Staff Nurse at Methodist Hospital; UW-Madison Student Health Services as a Nurse Clinician (earning the first certification in Wis) and Health Information Materials Coordinator until her retirement in 2000.
UWPD explained in an update that each of the 19 individuals will be cited for violating conduct on university property for allegedly “creating a volume of noise that unreasonably interfered with a university-sponsored or university-authorized activity.”
About 50 protesters disrupted a meeting at around 8:30 a.m. last Thursday at Gordon Dining and Event Center. Groups protesting included Students for Justice in Palestine at UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee Popular University for Palestine along with other Pro-Palestinian student groups from UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee.
“My understanding is the professor has apologized,” Rothman said. “I don’t think there’s a space for ad hominem attacks in our university. That’s not the right way to approach it, but we do want vigorous debates in our classroom because that’s how we all learn.”
Crowley, who has been the Milwaukee County executive since 2020 when he became the youngest county executive in Milwaukee County history as well as the first Black leader elected to the position, will also graduate at this ceremony from the UWM School of Education earning a bachelor’s degree in community engagement and education.
University spokesperson John Lucas told the Cardinal Dec. 7 that “UW supports the right to free expression within the bounds of the law and campus policy” and that the investigation and arrests were due to “disruptive behaviors” and violation of the Expressive Activity Policy.
The Student Services Finance Committee recommended an increase in student segregated fees after request from University Health Services to prevent staffing cuts, increase patient visits.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor called incoming U.S. Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “moron” during a recent lecture to students.
Letter to the editor: I am writing to argue that the issue of divestment raised by the protesters should be taken seriously by the board.
Those who trained at the Camp Randall Sports Center during the winter months can attest it was no palace. But the Shell, as it colloquially was known, had a running surface and spots for pole vaulters, jumpers and throwers to work on their crafts.
