In 1970 she was employed by the School of Music at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, serving as Undergraduate Advisor in Music Education, and for ten years, from 1976 to 1986, also as administrator of the Summer Music Clinics for junior and senior high school students. She retired from the university in 1998.
Behnke, 63, who grew up in Madison and went to college and law school at UW-Madison, was nominated in February to be ABA president. If confirmed in a vote in August, she will be president-elect for a year before becoming president next year.
Two renovation projects at Camp Randall Stadium have entered the final push now that the University of Wisconsin’s spring commencement is in the rearview mirror.
Cameron Huss capped an exceptional four-year University of Wisconsin golf career with his first trip to the NCAA Division 1 National Championship, but the senior fell just short of reaching Monday’s final round in Carlsbad, California.
Here are five major Madison-area road projects to be on the lookout for this season.
Five University of Wisconsin track and field athletes earned spots in the NCAA Outdoor Championships next week in Eugene, Oregon, after turning in impressive showings under tough conditions at the West First Round last week in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The last 28 years of his career were at the UW- Madison in the Art Department becoming an Emeritus Professor.
Guest column by Donald Downs, emeritus political science professor at UW-Madison.
Robert “Bob” Atwell, one of the last two of former Gov. Scott Walker’s appointees on the UW Board of Regents, has told Universities of Wisconsin leadership he won’t step down when his term ends this month.
The Badgers will play Butler next season in a neutral-site game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, according to Jon Rothstein of College Hoops Today, at an unknown date and time.
Archaeologists with the Wisconsin Historical Society announced Thursday they have identified up to nine more dugout canoes on the lake’s bottom near Shorewood Hills.
Ross Kopfer knows all about facing head on life’s unforeseen obstacles. Decades before he would have to fight for his life in the wake of a tragic car crash, he was forced to make a “leap-of-faith” decision on his life’s trajectory before his final year of college.
Jackie also worked in editorships; Professional Project Manager at American Family Insurance; and Administrative and Research Assistant to Dean, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The UW Board of Regents approved the extension at a meeting in April, with plans to reevaluate in 2026-2027. Regent Bob Atwell voted against the extension, saying it was a COVID-era policy and the rationale to keep it going “has passed.”
The typical season for tick emergence is from May to September, said Susan Paskewitz, UW-Madison professor of entomology. But last year, she and her team found tick nymphs, or young ticks, as early as April 13, a record. This year, her team found ticks again in April.
The five members of the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coaching staff will earn more than $5 million in combined salary in the 2024-25 season.
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday called on Republicans who control the state’s budget committee to release previously approved state funds set aside to aid communities facing the closure of several Universities of Wisconsin branch campuses.
Crews will work over the next few days to put in a new pier near UW-Madison’s Memorial Union.
At the NCAA Regional Tournament in West Lafayette, Indiana last week, Huss carded a 211 over three rounds (66-74-74), the best 54-hole score by a Badger in the tourney since 1991.
UW Health said four clinics would be closed until noon Wednesday due to power outages: Yahara Clinic, Science Drive Medical Center, Digestive Health Center, and Cross Plains Clinic.
The application window is open now for another round of By Youth for Youth funding thanks to the city of Madison, UW Extension and United Way of Dane County securing a climate specific grant. Any youth climate-focused projects can apply for a grant of up to $5,000.
Aiden Assad, a college sophomore at UW-Madison, also received the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. scholarship award through its Madison Alumni Chapter.
“What I have learned is that they offer connections, networking, lifelong relationships, and things you can capitalize off of in the long run,” said Assad. “it’s a beautiful brotherhood.”
Four UW Health clinics will be closed until noon Wednesday because of power outages.
The leaders of the encampment protest that occurred at Library Mall earlier this month called on the UW-Madison Police Department on Tuesday to return items that they said were confiscated when law enforcement cleared the encampment on May 1.
WARF Therapeutics’ portfolio includes innovations tied to “theranostics,” a term for delivery of radioactive drugs that can be diagnostic and therapeutic in the same dose. In short, it’s about pinpoint targeting of potentially malignant cells for both diagnosis with one drug and destruction with another.
“With the mild El Niño winter we had this last year we started seeing some activity back in months like February,” UW Extension Entomologist PJ Liesch said. “I always like to remind folks that technically, you could bump into ticks in Wisconsin any month of the year as long as it’s warm enough. It generally has to be free of snow on the ground and about 40 degrees and above.”
Giles-Klinkner was one of three finalists for the position and will step into the new role immediately. She has served as Madison College Interim Provost during the 2023-24 academic year after the retirement of Dr. Turina Bakken.
UW Applied Economics Assistant Professor Andrew Stevens said it’s more than just an attempt to help people dealing with high grocery costs caused by inflation.
UW-Madison botanist Shelby Ellison, who examined the plants for WMTV before they were removed, told the station that they were cannabis plants. But she told The Associated Press on Friday that she couldn’t say for certain whether they were marijuana or hemp.
Letter to the editor: Sometimes people may feel a certain apprehension about attending an unfamiliar place. I want to tip my hat to the exceptionally talented caring group at this location.
Wisconsin students study abroad at dozens of universities globally every year, while the University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the top producers of Peace Corps volunteers. Other eligible voters might be temporarily in another country for their job.
Terrie Mess of Lake Geneva sent TMJ4 photos of several cicadas hatching in her yard on Friday. PJ Liesch, with UW’s Department of Entomology, along with the DNR, confirmed that this represents the first report they are aware of in Wisconsin this year.
Letter to the editor: Standing in stark contrast to this academic wasteland is the announcement that UW Madison has, over several years now, produced more Peace Corps volunteers than any other campus in the country. This accomplishment does not happen by chance but is the product of vision and hard work by the International Division of the University, our campus recruiter, and the tireless work of the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Wisconsin–Madison in volunteer recruitment. Congratulations to them. They are still able to find students with hearts to serve and to inspire them to follow their dreams.
Through a bill signed by the governor in February, top students at high schools across Wisconsin will be guaranteed to get into a Wisconsin university. Through Senate Bill 367, now Wisconsin Act 95, Universities of Wisconsin is offering certain high schoolers in the state some assurance.
There has been a general rise in solar activity on the sun in recent years, said Mayra Oyola-Merced, UW-Madison assistant professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences.
Guest column by Anusha Talwalkar, a recent graduate of the master of public health program at UW Madison.
“We’re here to give away scholarships to acknowledge their success on, you know, graduating high school and going to college,” UW-Madison Divine 9 Chairperson Alexander Ricketts said. “It is the first time we ever came together and done something like this in Madison.”
For several decades, he worked happily in two half-time jobs at UW-Madison, the first as a technical writer at Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE), an academic unit that he first joined in 1966. In 1974, he began concurrent employment as a computer programmer at the Waisman Center, a UW research hub on developmental disabilities and neurodegenerative diseases.
Letter to the editor: I was behind the police line at the Commerce Building riot at UW-Madison in 1967. Crossing Bascom Hill, I had encountered small clusters of young people helping bloodied demonstrators away from the packed crowd. The police had just cleared the building of sit-in demonstrators, and around 15 officers had formed a defensive semi-circle outside the main doors.
Michigan took first place and their second consecutive title while Wisconsin finished sixth in the championship.
The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh is discontinuing in-person classes at its Fond du Lac campus on Friday.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced the creation of a new central location for information and resources related to the spongy moth. The Spongy Moth Resource Center is part of a combined effort by the DNR, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection and University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension.
As a result, some schools, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have delayed their commitment deadlines. But many colleges are expecting fewer freshmen to enroll next school year, according to the Forum. Enrollment declines could be particularly sharp at community colleges, where many students from historically disadvantaged communities opt to attend due to their lower cost.
The Badgers are welcoming seven other Big Ten crews to Wisconsin this weekend for the conference regatta. It’s the fourth time the state has held the event and the second time for Devil’s Lake State Park in Baraboo as the body of water chosen for racing.
The return of University of Wisconsin men’s basketball and men’s hockey teams to the NCAA Tournament in 2024 meant higher bonus payouts for the athletic department.
The zoo’s animal care team brought in consultants and veterinarians from UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, the Henry Vilas Zoo, the Kettle Moraine Equine Hospital and Regional Equine Dental Center, and others, to assist with the procedure and its planning.
Singapore’s new prime minister is a 1994 graduate of UW-Madison. Lawrence Wong took over as prime minister on Wednesday, becoming the fourth leader of the country since its independence in 1965.
UW Madison Assistant Director of Federal Rewards Katy Weisenburger said her office is working to extend deadlines for students who, to know fault of their own, couldn’t make the FAFSA process work.
”I have seen a lot of students be very discouraged, yes, for sure…. I have had parents crying about not being able to get this done,” she said. “It’s a really awful situation. I would not be surprised if some students choose to not apply for financial aid or choose to not go to school because of this situation, which is really sad.”
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student adaptation of the play “Boy Gets Girl” by Rebecca Gilman cuts deep into dating experiences and expectations of women in a three-day run in Vilas Hall room 4010.
The collective, launched in the second half of 2022 to facilitate name, image and likeness deals for Badgers players, released its first tax filing Thursday. It showed nearly $3.5 million in contributions and more than $1.7 million in payments to athletes.
Saturday, May 18, the University of Wisconsin Russian Folk Orchestra will present its 26th annual spring concert, ‘The Snowstorm’. The concert will feature several soloists as they perform Slavic-inspired orchestral pieces.
The author, Dr. Phil Greenwood, joined WMTV on Wednesday to discuss the five strategies for growth. Dr. Greenwood says he was motivated to write this book as these strategies have been taught at UW for decades.
The Badgers on Wednesday hired Lance Randall as an assistant coach. Randall rounds out the Badgers coaching staff, joining Joe Krabbenhoft, Sharif Chambliss and Kirk Penney.
The University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center is now home to the new Initiative for Theranostics and Particle Therapy.
Construction season is in full swing on UW-Madison’s campus, as some of their summer projects are already underway.
You can show some school spirit with new Badger Red mini Terrace chairs.
Terrace enthusiasts can add a new mini Terrace chair to their collection as a new limited edition chair has been unveiled.
Kirk Penney, Wisconsin’s special assistant to the head coach, will be inducted to the FIBA Hall of Fame’s class of 2024 during a September ceremony in Singapore.
Letter to the editor: In this global economy, more companies do business with Israel than don’t. Additionally, many of these companies develop medical and other technologies that save lives and advance human knowledge. Then there is the hypocrisy: If UW-Madison must divest in Apple and other phone makers because of its Israeli market (and use of its products by the military), are UW students going to give up their iPhones?
Letter to the editor: We of Madison for a World BEYOND War found what happened there extremely inspiring. Of the many things we witnessed, the conduct of the students was a true ray of hope in our murky future. We saw young people capably imagining & creating a better world.
