A little over 11,900 students are attending classes, an increase from about 11,300 at the same time last year and roughly 10,700 students in fall 2022, said Tim Casper, executive vice president of student affairs.
Camp Randall has made over $1.2 million in gross alcohol sales since the stadium started selling beer and wine during Badgers football games this season, according to University of Wisconsin-Madison estimates shared with the Cap Times.
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.
UW Hillel board member Ari Rosenblatt shares holiday traditions, reflects on impacts of Oct. 7.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine member Vignesh Ramachandran denied responsibility for three non-academic misconduct charges related to the spring encampment.
The People’s Farm and University Housing encouraged volunteer participation, gave insight into food production during Eagle Heights open farm tour.
Dove’s Beauty Bar is an easy-to-use cleanser that’s also budget friendly, says Dr. Apple Bodemer, a board-certified dermatologist and associate professor of dermatology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. The hypoallergenic formula is safe to use as both a facial cleanser and body soap, and it contains mild and moisturizing ingredients like glycerin that can help maintain the skin’s natural moisture barrier, according to the brand.
Trump’s proposals to deport millions of undocumented immigrants — which would be exceedingly difficult to carry out — would bring major consequences for the construction industry and the overall housing market if he succeeds. In a widely cited February paper, researchers at the University of Utah and the University of Wisconsin found that higher immigration enforcement reduced the number of construction workers and led to less home building and higher home prices. The paper also found that “undocumented labor is a complement to domestic labor,” and that deporting undocumented construction workers also cut back on the labor supplied by domestic workers.
But the picture is more complicated. Migrants living in the country illegally have been more likely to live in overcrowded conditions, meaning their departure would leave fewer units available. Undocumented laborers make up a significant portion of the construction workforce. A recent paper from researchers at the University of Utah and University of Wisconsin found that greater immigration enforcement led to less homebuilding, higher home prices and fewer jobs for domestic construction workers.
Besides selling the expected cheese and ice cream, the Babcock Dairy store at UW-Madison is also a sandwich shop.
It’s not unheard of that a state like Wisconsin has received so much attention from candidates and politicians acting as surrogates for the Republican and Democratic campaigns. In fact, according to University of Wisconsin-Madison Political Science Professor Barry Burden, we’re likely to see even more visits from people passing through the state before we reach November 5.
UW continues to strengthen commitment to faculty diversity with 22nd annual reception.
Community members learn the art, history behind making paper.
UW aims to boost civic engagement through live music, voter registrations.
A new method of treating Parkinson’s disease passed non-human trials at UW-Madison.
Graduate students, faculty lead discussions on plants like wild rice and cannabis, highlighting medicinal uses and cultural significance.
After recommendations from a working group on Registered Student Organization code of conduct, the University of Wisconsin-Madison required student organizations to have an advisor listed and outlined consequences for organizations that do not participate.
“Out of the whole 300 applicants, we took about 20 total,” said Tim, a person on a hiring committee for a sought-after position at UW-Madison whom the Cardinal is identifying by a pseudonym due to privacy concerns.
“It is risky for the Republicans to write off Dane County entirely,” said Barry Burden, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “There are simply too many votes here.”
The company plans to continue its relationship with UW-Madison despite moving headquarters to another state, said Darren Gale, a top executive at Type One Energy. Madison is home to its physics research.
“Funds to the university, utilizing people involved in the university, the folks who live and work in Wisconsin that are part of Type One — all of those benefits will continue,” he said.
Shylee Ravid and Lexi Gold are freshman at UW-Madison and have multiple friends that are currently studying abroad in Israel. Ravid said that she texted her friends to check in, after learning of the missile attack Tuesday morning.
GOP attempts to protect conservative voices with End Woke Higher Education Act, putting campuses at risk for hate speech.
The complex shape of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one hurdle limiting the development of treatments for an infection that leads to hospitalization or worse for hundreds of thousands of people in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. New images of the virus from researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison may hold the key to preventing or slowing RSV infections.
There’s a wonderful new book by a scholar at the University of Wisconsin [at Madison], Xueli Wang, called Delivering Promise, and she says, “We need to be students first and educators first.”
Cheese makers’ key tool in adjusting the number of these bonds is acidity, says John Lucey, a food scientist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and director of the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research. In cheese made at a relatively neutral pH, there are enough calcium bonds that casein molecules are stiffly bound to each other.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison named a new executive director for the Office of Student Financial Aid Monday. UW-Madison Office of Student Financial AidPhil Asbury will begin the role on December 1.
Recent research conducted by UW faculty finds how to help improve economies on Native American reservations through clean energy.
Ryan Podolak, Associate Director of the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards, is alleging that Vignesh Ramachandran is in violation of 17.09(11) False Statement/Refusal to Comply With Reasonable Request, 17.09(14) Violation of Ch. UWS 18 and 18.07(04) Picnicking and Camping, per the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System (UWS) Administrative Code, Chapter 17 and 18.
Scalpers and scammers stand to make huge profits on facebook marketplace, GroupMe, Snapchat, Student Seats.
At the Coachman’s Inn just north of Edgerton, Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman stood in a private dining room to make his case for why public financial support for the UW system must rise beyond its current ranking of 43rd among the 50 states.
UW-Madison’s Prevention Research Center has received a $5 million federal grant to reduce racial health disparities and improve maternal and infant health outcomes for Black women.
Some campus organizers at schools like Arizona State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison are leading community campaigns for legal defense to support students and community members facing legal action. These efforts have persisted throughout the summer with groups at the University of Wisconsin-Madison “packing the court” for their peers’ hearings, raising money for bail funds, and leading public pressure movements to get charges dropped.
There is such a thing as an endemic fungus, a place a fungus grows and where it doesn’t. So, moving it should be done thoughtfully,” said Anne Pringle, a professor of botany at University of Wisconsin-Madison. “In practice, we’re only about conserving plants and animals. We don’t have that sense of the biodiversity of fungi. But we’re starting to have that conversation.”
Terri L. Young, co-chair of the NASEM committee that produced the report and chair of the department of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, talked with Scientific American about the implications of the myopia epidemic for people with myopia and policymakers.
‘It is really important to recognize the ways that we differ, but that we can do that within the system,’ Chancellor Mnookin says
The University of Wisconsin-Madison “Sustain-A-Bash” campus tour highlighted environmentally focused projects across campus.
With extreme weather becoming more frequent and destructive due to climate change, homeowners in parts of the U.S. facing mounting risks are likely to see significantly higher insurance costs in the years ahead, according to a June paper from experts at the University of Wisconsin and University of Pennsylvania. “Property insurance serves as the front line of defense against climate risk for homeowners and real estate investors,” the researchers noted. “By 2053, we estimate that climate-exposed homeowners will be paying $700 higher annual premiums due to increasing wildfire and hurricane risk.”
The Wisconsin Black Student Union hosted a candlelight vigil on Friday to commemorate Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams, who was executed in Missouri on Tuesday.
The agency reported four e-scooter thefts on the night of Wednesday, September 25 — one from outside the Educational Sciences building, one from outside Mechanical Engineering, and two from outside LaBahn Arena.
Pumpkin on its own is not toxic to dogs. In fact, a little pumpkin can do some good in some cases because it’s high in fiber. “If people are worried that their dog’s stool is a little firm or hard, or that they’re constipated, we’ll use it because of its nice, high fiber content to help soften stool,” Calico Schmidt, a veterinarian and clinical instructor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, tells Inverse. “So it can be nice and beneficial, and many dogs like it, which is a plus, too.”
UW Madison students, faculty, staff and alumni worked together at Makeathon 2024 to build Toddler Mobility Trainers on Friday. Volunteers, no matter their experience with engineering and shop, could help in different areas of building a small, customized wheelchair for young children with disabilities.
(Photo caption) Anti-Israel demonstrators protest the Israel-Hamas war at the University of Wisconsin Library Mallon on April 29, 2024, in Madison, Wisconsin. Protests across US college campuses since last October indicate a disenchantment among younger Americans with the current political and cultural climate. (Getty Images)
Hundreds turned out to reflect, celebrate legendary crew and coaches, and screen the world premier of a new documentary, “Wisconsin Where They Row.”
The two, Dahlia Saba and Vignesh Ramachandran, face disciplinary charges for allegedly “planning and carrying out an encampment on university lands.” Disciplinary charges were brought based on an op-ed co-authored by the two in The Cap Times where they critiqued the UW-Madison administration’s refusal to engage with protestor demands to divest from companies profiting off the genocide in Gaza.
Showcase continues to connect new students with campus sustainability resources.
‘I’m tired and drained of the collective mourning, the constant disappointment and blatant racism,’ WBSU Outreach Director says.
UW-Madison’s overall ranking dropped slightly from 35th in 2024 but still stayed 10 places higher than its 49th-place ranking in 2019. Its ranking among public universities fell one spot from 12th last year.
Former UW Athletics employee Marcel Dubois is facing charges for spending upwards of $7000 using cards meant for student athletes.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted unanimously Friday to fire a communications professor who was seeking to retain tenure after his dismissal as chancellor of one of the system’s campuses for making pornographic films.
This year’s freshman class has a lower percentage of Black, Indigenous, and Latino students compared to last year.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos promoted contraceptive access and highlighted Republican Party goals in Wisconsin during a College Republicans of University of Wisconsin-Madison event.
‘If you go out and try to find the truth and tell the story it’s always there for you,’ Maraniss says.
“It’s really pushing back against this idea that you need to constantly be buying things to have a happy and fulfilling life,” Megan Doherty Bea, assistant professor of consumer science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, shared with CNN.
Red light therapy applies specific wavelengths of light (usually around 630 nanometers) onto your skin. This wavelength can penetrate 2 to 3 millimeters below the skin, and cause positive reactions in the cells just under your skin, says Dr. Apple Bodemer, a board-certified dermatologist and associate professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
But the letter confirming the former Badgers star’s duties as an offensive analyst and strategy consultant with the program indicates that it’s a two-year term paying $45,000 annually.
At the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Thomas Pile, chairman of the campus chapter of the College Republicans, said he is encouraged by how open-minded his classmates with different political attitudes have been in discussing the candidates’ positions.
