“There is this kind of global innovation system that I think has been one of the primary reasons why we’ve had this miracle of the cost of solar falling so much,” said Gregory Nemet, a professor at the University of Wisconsin who wrote a book on the solar supply chain. “To put up walls and to put up barriers, I think we’re going to squander some of that.”
“Election Day is just the end of voting now,” said Barry Burden, director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. “We have many election days and it’s just the final day on which ballots can be cast.”
Dan Tokaji, dean and professor of law at the University of Wisconsin Law School, talked about the voting lawsuits that have been filed across the country ahead of Election Day and the legal battle that’s expected to follow.
In the final meeting of the committee, the Legislative Council Study Committee on the Future of the University of Wisconsin System evaluated recommendations that could see UW-Madison succeed from the UW System and give universities bonding authority.
“The Black Badgers Homecoming Reception went really, really well. We were happy with the nice turnout and with the reception of everyone who was there, and just the ability to collaborate in the way that we did,” Roslynn Pedracine, president of WAA’s Black Affinity Group, tells Madison365.
If all goes well, the new engineering building will help the future of the engineering program and will boost Wisconsin’s economy as a whole. Conversely, the cost of this future improvement is leaving programs underfunded, tuition raised and immediate needs unmet.
Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau to succeed as new director, promising continued growth, innovation.
UHS provides vital resources for survivors and bystanders alike.
Mike Wagner, a journalism professor and political science expert at UW- Madison, believes celebrity influence can amplify engagement, but it doesn’t necessarily determine voting behavior. “Young voters are particularly receptive to ideas when they’re communicated in a relatable way, and that’s what these celebrities are doing,” said Wagner. “[Students] feel more connected to the election process because they’re supported by people whom they may value the most.”
Prior to attending a private screening last Friday of “A Road At Night’’ — a heartrending documentary on the Howard Moore family tragedy — Greg Gard took a precautionary step.
“I watched it on Thursday night just to prepare myself,’’ he said.
A 2023 UW-Madison survey of Wisconsin dairy farmers found that nearly 40% of farms have at least one foreign employee; other studies have estimated that immigrants account for up to 90% of the labor force in the dairy industry.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison encampment organizers created a “People’s Kitchen” open to everyone, supplied by donations from local restaurants, community members, organizations and supportive UW faculty.
A research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison produced high-resolution images of RSV structure, important for RSV treatment options and vaccine development.
Kacie Lucchini Butcher, director of the Rebecca M. Blank Center for Campus History, told The Daily Cardinal the reason for this may lie in direct impact. “With the war in Vietnam, people’s friends were dying,” Lucchini Butcher said. “I think there was a sense of urgency to those protests that made people feel as though they wanted to get involved.”
Approximately 832,300 patients received care in the 2024 fiscal year. Record levels of care this year included: 3,831,200 outpatient appointments, 237,400 emergency department visits, and 85,900 surgeries.
A student worker at UW-Madison’s Memorial Union carried out life-saving measures earlier this month after a person overdosed in one of the lounges. It was an uneventful day at Memorial Union when Ruben Aguilo Schuurs, Building Manager at UW, was flagged down by another worker in the building.
There is no state program that pays student teachers, DPI spokesperson Chris Bucher said. Grant funding may be available through individual colleges or universities, such as the UW-Madison teacher pledge program.
The campaign has invested in youth organizing in Wisconsin, hiring seven full-time campus organizers and a youth organizing coordinator. To broad applause, Ty Schanhofer, a first-time voter and student at the University of Wisconsin, introduced Harris and encouraged students to vote early.
The wound-healing film was invented in 2008 by a team at UW-Madison that included Ankit Agarwal, co-founder and chief scientific officer of the company.
Leslie Bow, a professor of English and Asian American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that while many Asian and Asian American women see Hello Kitty as a symbol of defiance, the protective, caretaking instinct aroused by “kawaii” isn’t without power.
With increased visibility of women’s volleyball and the success of the University of Wisconsin-Madison women’s volleyball team, the sport has flourished among girls too, said Franco Marcos. He anticipates Madison’s new professional women’s volleyball team, which launches in January, will continue to bolster the popularity.
While Harris’ team specifically targeted young voters from the University of Wisconsin on Wednesday, Trump’s campaign had a garbage-themed day.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is, once again, considering whether to light and pave a portion of the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path along Lake Mendota.
“These things can often appear to be disconnected,” said Kenneth R. Mayer, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Wisconsin. “It wouldn’t be at all surprising for people to not make a strong link between gerrymandering and the success of the Cleveland Browns.”
Ebbing price growth might seem novel, but it’s not surprising. Mark Eppli, director of the real estate program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, identified three main reasons price hikes are cooling. One is the supply of homes for sale.
For Sadie Rosenthal, a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, choosing to vote in the US swing state rather than her native Maryland was a no-brainer.
Universities of Wisconsin campuses have 1,177 more students this fall than previously projected, according to enrollment data released Tuesday.
Jim joined the Orthopedics Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and eventually became a partner at Bone and Joint Surgery and Associates. In addition to patient care, he was a highly regarded teacher, earning the student-given UW Medical School teaching award twice. Jim also cared for and mentored student athletes on the UW football, basketball and hockey teams. The UW Hockey team won the NCAA National Championship in 1973, while Jim was the team physician.
“Top Chef: Wisconsin” finalist Dan Jacobs was chosen as the keynote speaker for UW-Madison’s Dec. 15 winter commencement.
UW-Madison has announced a special guest for its winter commencement on Dec. 15.
Comedian’s comments toward Latinos, African Americans ignite backlash from Puerto Rican community, GOP leaders.
NOAA Climate, Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow presents how warming factors change in the Arctic, North Atlantic, their global impacts.
Cardinal View: UW-Madison expression policies shape debate on only their terms. This restricts student dialogue.
Dan Jacobs, a contestant on the popular cooking show and Milwaukee restaurant owner, will address graduates at the Winter Commencement Dec. 15.
The near-majority of ejections, 22, were for underage alcohol possession. There were also two ejections for entering the playing surface and four ejections for trespassing.
Authorities said it happened around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, in a southeast campus residence hall.
Micaela Sullivan-Fowler, a librarian at UW-Madison’s Ebling Library for Health Services, has culled nearly 30,000 such ads from 1923 to 2007 into the digital Health Advertisements Database from Ebling Sources, or HADES. Former colleague Amanda Lambert and several students helped her compile the database, which continues to grow.
UW informed students of on-campus incident occurring Oct. 22 via Crime Warning email sent Monday afternoon, no investigation currently underway.
In a talk at Memorial Union, Politico politics bureau chief Jonathan Marin discussed campaign strategies and the strong influence of University of Wisconsin-Madison students in the upcoming election.
The incident occurred at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, and the victim and alleged offender knew each other.
Camp Randall Stadium sells between 8,000 and 10,000 of each on every football game day, with a complex path from supplier to buyer that involves scheduling, delivery and warehousing in addition to cooking and selling.
Cases against three of five people charged in connection with a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on UW-Madison’s campus last spring have been dismissed, while one paid a fine and another has the chance to see his case dismissed next year.
“It’s really 51 separate elections,” Barry Burden, the director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told ABC News. “Every state and the District of Columbia has its own rules for running the election. Then each state awards its electors separately, and it’s up to candidates to win a majority of those electors to be elected president.”
I drove south out of Madison, Wisconsin, along solitary rural roads until I arrived at a secluded home set amid scattered forest and open prairie. Waiting inside for me were two men: Michael Samuel, a retired professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Bryan Richards, the emerging-disease coordinator at the US Geological Survey’s National Wildlife Health Center.
Another AI model, developed by NOAA and the University of Wisconsin, has shown skill in predicting the rapid intensification of hurricanes, an area where global AI models have struggled.
The letter says the change has the potential to reduce prices at the pump without harming the environment. There’s room for debate on both fronts. Newsom’s letter cites a UC Riverside study that found E15 wouldn’t increase nitrous oxide emissions, but a 2022 University of Wisconsin-Madison study found that the blend increases upstream emissions.
Achieving the right balance of crunchy and chewy in nonchocolate candy is tricky because of “moisture migration,” in which water moves between components and can affect the product’s quality, said Rich Hartel, a University of Wisconsin-Madison food scientist.
He recalled that his interest in science began as a child during visits to Milwaukee’s museum of natural history. He received a bachelor’s degree in science in 1963 from the University of Wisconsin, and his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine in 1966.
Kamala Harris will be at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Wednesday, while former President Barack Obama rallied the liberal base in Madison last week.
Hovde could be one of the richest senators – if not the richest – if he’s elected. After growing up in Madison and attending the University of Wisconsin, Hovde helped build his family’s real estate empire and took ownership of $3 billion Sunwest Bank.
If Varsity Blues accomplished anything, it affirmed the value of regular colleges, said Nick Hillman, an education professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Most students, he said, don’t attend universities with single-digit acceptance rates accused of taking bribes. Two-thirds of undergraduates attend college within 50 miles of home, according to the Institute for College Access & Success. “There’s been this acknowledgment over the last few years that geography really matters,” Hillman said. “The majority of students don’t attend places like USC or the Ivy League.”
Career centers: Matthew T. Hora, professor of adult and higher education and founding director of the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transition at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, says that many colleges realized around 2010 that their centers for teaching and learning and faculty development “needed to shift from an optional, pseudo-professional unit to a more well-resourced and skilled service unit.” That didn’t just mean “nice buildings, fancy software or more money,” he continues, but also “more skilled and well-paid professionals.”
More than 650 young voters joined rapper and UW-Madison alumnus Yung Gravy on a festive march down University Avenue to Memorial Union to cast their ballots on the second day of early voting in Wisconsin.
The documentary chronicles the Moore family tragedy: A 2019 two-vehicle crash in Michigan caused by a drunk wrong-way driver that killed two members of Howard Moore’s family and left the former University of Wisconsin men’s basketball player and assistant coach severely injured.
Hundreds of students and community members partied with artist Yung Gravy Wednesday afternoon before heading to the polls to vote.
Political journalist, columnist shares unique lens on political journalism ahead of presidential election.
On the second day of early voting, Yung Gravy led attendees to Memorial Union to vote early.
Today’s UW-Madison protests have passion but do not wield the same political influence that once shook campus and sparked national dialogue. Students must harness the generational protest tactics of the past.
Members of nonprofit Black and brown youth organization Leaders Igniting Transformation debated issues related to democracy on Thursday.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is already the only campus in the nation with two daily student newspapers. The student media landscape is only growing despite deep lay-offs in the professional journalism industry.
