Andrew Kydd, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an expert on international relations, joins Live at Four to talk about the latest developments in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Cindy Bremser arrived on campus only a couple years after the implementation of Title IX, which forbid gender discrimination at federally funded institutions. Bremser was an All-American track runner at UW-Madison but wasn’t recruited by someone. She was recruited by something.”[It was] handwritten note that said they were looking for people to join the track team. There was a time and a date so I showed up,” said Bremser.
As groups push for better integration of accommodations in classrooms, students spearhead creation of organizations, new Disabled Students Cultural Center to improve campus conditions.
Opera superstar Renee Fleming is coming to Madison in April not only to sing at UW-Madison’s Memorial Union Theater, but also to talk about the health benefits of music, the theater announced Monday.
Allison Prasch, an assistant professor of rhetoric, politics and culture at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, previewed President Biden’s first State of the Union address, and talked about historic examples of presidents addressing the nation in the midst of threats to economic and political stability both at home and abroad.
That new playbook, as promising as its goals are, might be a mistake, the chief global economists of Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and Morgan Stanley, as well as economists at the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin, said in a recent paper. Looking at inflation and employment for more- and less-advantaged groups, the team found that the balance between maximum employment and stable prices would be hard to achieve without serious risk.
Weight is often a key consideration for scientists pushing the boundaries of bullet-proof materials, imagining armor that keeps the wearer safe while also improving their mobility. Engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have now forged a new type of ultralight armor material described as a “nanofiber mat,” which features a unique chemistry that enables it to outperform Kevlar and steel.
Let’s look at some Wisconsin population data. First, the state increased in population between 2010 and 2021, and official data estimate that 65 of 72 counties gained population during this period. Yes, reliable data from researchers at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, project slight decreases in total K-12 enrollments statewide in the coming years. This is hardly a “looming demographic crisis,” particularly since many students do not enroll in higher education immediately after high school.
It’s hard enough to deal with one of those—but when there are so many stressful matters orbiting at once? It’s a lot, says Victoria Egizio, PhD, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics in Madison. “The Russian invasion of the Ukraine is now on top of all of the other anxiety-provoking events that have been unfolding in the world during the last couple of years,” Dr. Egizio tells The Healthy.
But most galling to Professor Yoshiko Herrera of the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, was the video’s failure to explore Moscow’s interventions into Ukrainian affairs since independence. She described the video as “naive” and an example of the kind of “whataboutism” Putin promotes: pointing out questionable parties and pieces of legislation in other countries, and thereby reducing scrutiny on far worse abuses on the part of Russian authorities.
Demonstrations unfolded at schools including Columbia, Stanford and Northeastern universities, as well as the University of Wisconsin-Madison. More than 300 people gathered Thursday in the atrium of the building that houses Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service for a town hall and panel discussion about the invasion. And a student group at Ohio State University advertised a Friday afternoon bake sale to support humanitarian and defense efforts in Ukraine.
That new playbook, as promising as its goals are, might be a mistake, the chief global economists of Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and Morgan Stanley, as well as economists at the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin, said in a recent paper. Looking at inflation and employment for more- and less-advantaged groups, the team found that the balance between maximum employment and stable prices would be hard to achieve without serious risk.
That new playbook, as promising as its goals are, might be a mistake, the chief global economists of Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and Morgan Stanley, as well as economists at the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin, said in a recent paper. Looking at inflation and employment for more- and less-advantaged groups, the team found that the balance between maximum employment and stable prices would be hard to achieve without serious risk.
Smukowski retired in 2020 as the Dairy and Food Safety Coordinator for the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She’s also the former president of the American Cheese Society, which in 2020 gave her a lifetime achievement award.
Hundreds of nurses at UW Health picketed in front of the hospital’s emergency room Thursday evening, calling on administrators to recognize their union.
Also feeling the pinch are college students like Tyler Katzenberger, who signed a lease last October for the place he’ll move into this fall. The 20-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison sophomore currently pays $450 per month to share a bedroom, and will pay $600 per month next year to have his own bedroom in a three-bedroom house shared with three roommates.
Marisa Moseley is riding a roller coaster of emotions on the sidelines and it’s fascinating to watch. One minute, the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball coach is drop-kicking the air in celebration after one of her players makes a 3-pointer; the next, she’s twirling in frustration after a breakdown on defense leads to an open shot for the opponent.
Quoted: UW-Madison public affairs and economics professor Menzie Chinn and UW-Madison economics professor Kim Ruhl.
Don was a Biochemist and Microbiologist for the UW Institute of Enzyme Research where he worked with the Electron Microscope.
“What I thought would happen was that when the traffic came back to normal, we would see the speeds go back down to where they were before 2020,” said Andrea Bill, assistant director of the Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory at UW-Madison. “And we did not see that in 2021.”
UW-Madison junior Jessica Melnik is unsettled by sexual assault victims waiting weeks or months for counseling services. Last October, for example, several students told her that a campus counselor wouldn’t be able to see them until the spring semester.
Video: University of Wisconsin women’s basketball coach Marisa Moseley sat down with columnist Jim Polzin to discuss her first season leading the Badgers.
UW-Madison announced on Feb. 16 that it will lift its mask mandate when spring break starts March 12.
Through Dave’s hard work and dedication, he was the founding general manager of the UW-Madison student radio station, WSUM, and was instrumental in cultivating what it is recognized as today.
Former Wisconsin Badger hockey star Sarah Nurse made a statement in Beijing helping lead Team Canada to a 2022 gold medal. She’s also been a playmaker well before then by using her voice to promote diversity and inclusion in the sport.
After miles spent walking its wooded trails every day, Doug Moe continues to dig deeper into the history of the 1,260-acre urban wonder.
Russian UW Madison PhD Candidate Anton Shirikov does not agree with President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine. ”Many Russians stand with Ukraine and many Russians want this war to stop,” Shirikov said. “They want Putin to fail and I’m one of them.”
Pediatrician at UW Health Kids and associate professor of pediatrics at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Dr. Mala Mathur, believes that this anxiety manifests in kids as a result of fear that them or a loved one could contract Covid-19.
In attendance were Democrat candidates Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes, current State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, Alex Lasry, Steven Olikara, Peter Peckarsky, Tom Nelson and Jeff Rumbaugh.
United States Ambassador to the United Nations and University of Wisconsin alumna Linda Thomas-Greenfield will be the keynote speaker for the UW spring commencement.
Organizations present on previous year’s budget, request funding changes.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank detailed her hopes and fears for bills that have been passed by the Wisconsin State Legislature in a university statement on Wednesday. They await being signed into law by Governor Tony Evers, or being vetoed.
Advancing diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been a major priority for L&S Dean Eric Wilcotts since taking the post back in 2020 — so much so that Wilcots viewed establishing a permanent role to support inclusion initiatives as a top administrative priority after becoming dean.
The new book “Battleground” is a deeply academic dive into how Wisconsin became such an unwelcoming place for civil discourse during the past dozen years … “The decay of the traditional political communication ecology in our state has accelerated over the past decade,” said Lewis Friedland, an emeritus journalism professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and one of six co-authors, all professors. Besides Friedland, the authors are Dhavan Shah and Michael Wagner, who teach journalism at UW, Katherine Cramer and Jon Pevehouse, both UW political science professors, and Chris Wells, a former UW journalism professor now at Boston University.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and an alum of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will return to campus May 14 as keynote speaker for spring commencement.
Madisonians were able to put their trivia knowledge to the test for a good cause Thursday night.
Sue Robinson, a professor at UW-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, joins Live at Four to talk about her new book News after Trump: Journalism’s Crisis of Relevance in a Changed Media Culture.
Hundreds of UW Health employees picketed outside UW Hospital Thursday evening calling for solutions to what they call a crisis within the healthcare system.
In an interview Thursday, Wisconsin School of Business Professor Moses Altsech said he believes gas prices will hit $4 per gallon in Wisconsin in the wake of Russia’s invasion of its eastern European neighbor.
In a quiet and peaceful demonstration, UW-Madison students made their message for “no war” loud and clear.
UW Health nurses have not had a union since their previous contract expired in 2014. They’ve been trying to change that for two years and rallied Thursday across from American Family Children’s Hospital in support of the effort.
UW-Madison Professor Yoshiko Herrera, an expert on politics in Russia and other post-Soviet states joined the 27 News at 6 newscast to discuss the impact and give some insight into the dynamics between the two countries.
Rumors have spread across campus that these incidents are part of a sex trafficking scheme using Apple AirTags, but the campus police denies these statements.
A group of approximately 12 protestors gathered at the top of Bascom Hill on Thursday to protest the Russian military’s invasion of eastern Ukraine which began earlier this week. Demonstrators carried signs and chanted slogans denouncing the actions of president Vladamir Putin and the Russian military.
On Wednesday, the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership presented Lang with its inaugural Tommy G. Thompson Distinguished Public Leadership Award, an accolade presented to individuals who have “committed themselves to public service, worked tirelessly to advance sound public policy, and exhibited virtuous leadership.”
One City Schools founder Kaleem Caire leaned against a wall in a third-floor hallway of the new school site, overwhelmed with emotion after signing a contract Wednesday with the University of Wisconsin System to expand his charter school up through the 12th grade.
An amended version of the bill clarifies that it only applies to federal money accepted by the governor on behalf of the state and not initial allocations provided to departments. The amended resolution also maintains the UW-System Board of Regents’ authority to accept and allocate federal funding without legislative approval. The amended resolution heads back to the Senate for concurrence.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will deliver the keynote address at the UW-Madison commencement ceremony on May 14.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will deliver the keynote address at the UW-Madison commencement ceremony on May 14.
’By doing this in the middle of the semester they have taken the choice away from those of us working on campus who might have chosen to opt out otherwise,’ one participant says
UW’s six-year graduation rate, based on freshmen who entered the university in 2015, is the highest its ever been at 89.2%, UW spokesperson Meredith McGlone said in an email statement.
’We are working for a world where PAVE is not needed, not where we are looking for answers to these problems,’ PAVE chair says.
’At this point, we have not located any AirTags on victims,’ UWPD Director of Communications says.
It’s long overdue for the university to make adequate investments in survivor and mental health services.
There are currently approximately 150 student families who receive assistance from the Office of Child Care and Family Resources.
Today, students who interact on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and in University Housing are free to engage and live with each other as they please. But, for students attending the university in its first century of operation, discipline and regulations on campus regarding housing and sexuality looked very different.
Have you ever wondered how to ask your sexual partner if they have an STI? Or where to find sexual health resources on and around campus? Well, The Daily Cardinal and Sex Out Loud have the answers to these questions, and more, for you.
“We are immensely honored to be hosting Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield and grateful that she has agreed to share her wisdom and experiences with our graduates,” outgoing Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in the release. “Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield is one of the most distinguished and highly regarded diplomats in the world. I am very proud that she is also a Badger.”
The Legislature’s budget committee voted unanimously Tuesday to advance companion bills that would provide up to $1.4 million per year to help farmers keep fertilizer on their fields and out of lakes, rivers and groundwater, and fund a new position within the University of Wisconsin System to monitor groundwater quality.
Republican legislators set their sights on the University of Wisconsin System on Tuesday, passing bills that are likely headed for vetoes but that will give the GOP talking points on the campaign trail heading into the November election.
