UW system President Jay Rothman has promised he won’t seek to raise tuition during the life of the two-year spending plan if the system gets the money.
The three demands are priorities for the rally’s organizer, the American Federation of Teachers’ Wisconsin chapter: protecting the jobs of around 30 tenured staff of UW-Milwaukee, supporting Gov. Tony Evers’ intentions to ask for the largest ever budget increase to Universities of Wisconsin, and beginning Meet-and-Confer.
The 17 students and faculty formerly under OSCCS investigation accused the university of recommending harsher probations and initiating investigations with limited evidence on Palestinian students and those associated with UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine. Students plan to request hearings to challenge these preliminary decisions.
Budgets invest in AI research, career advising, mental health, $293.4 million new residence hall.
If we run public higher education even more like a business that prioritizes efficiency over all other values, the outcome will be a disaster for a significant majority of students and the state.
Employees across the Universities of Wisconsin would receive a 5% pay increase in July next year and another 3% raise in July 2026 under the budget proposal. This boost would help wages keep up with inflation, the system said.
They’re trying to make being at Camp Randall a memorable experience and keep fans engaged through games that often extend past 3½ hours. But change sometimes isn’t widely accepted.
“Homeowners, whether they know it or not, definitely are taking on more risks,” says Philip Mulder, an assistant professor of risk and insurance at the University of Wisconsin’s business school. A 2023 paper, for instance, found that U.S. residential properties are overvalued by $121 billion to $237 billion for current flood risks alone.
Donald Harris is a post-keynesian economist who has written on Marxist theory. He is a retired Stanford University professor who has served as an economic advisor to his home country of Jamaica. He also taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Nearly three dozen faculty at UW-Milwaukee’s branch campuses will lose their jobs after the UW Board of Regents voted Thursday to use for the first time a decade-old policy allowing universities to lay off faculty members.
Katherine J. Cramer, a professor of American Politics at UW-Madison and author of the acclaimed book The Politics of Resentment, notes, “Rural voters in those places… could be the deciding factor.”
Janssen is entering his sophomore year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He said he’s seen peers from school down at the convention. Beyond the university scope, Janssen said there’s a large number of people around his age from Wisconsin and other states.
Harris briefly lived in Madison, where her parents taught at the University of Wisconsin. She was not at the DNC on Wednesday evening but was instead campaigning in Milwaukee.
In the summer of 2021, a research team led by entomology professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Rick Lindroth, encountered a severe spongy moth infestation in an aspen tree research plot near the university’s agricultural research station.
That didn’t stop Evers from reading off the rest of the major sports teams based in his state, including the University of Wisconsin Badgers and Milwaukee Bucks and Brewers. Once it came time to announce the delegation’s vote for Harris, the governor started to choke on his words.
The crash is the third in which a bicyclist has been injured at the crossing in the 600 block of West Washington Avenue in the last month, according to data compiled by the UW-Madison’s Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory. The others occurred on July 29 and Aug. 11.
The Badgers have the same challenges of trying to reverse a decrease in attendance figures at Camp Randall as they did last season. They still have to balance needs and wants of a broad spectrum of ages in customers.
New rows of premium seats that will be used for hockey and basketball games are mostly in place. Two rows of cushioned black seats with a Motion W logo were added along the sidelines in some areas. Other areas that are still in construction have tables and will get tall chairs.
Dana Rettke returned to the UW Field House on Tuesday night to watch her former team sweep Bradley in an exhibition match, but she didn’t come alone. Rettke brought her silver medal from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games with.
She earned her nursing degree at Bethesda Hospital in St. Paul, her Bachelors degree 1959, Masters in 1964 and Ph.D. in 1966, all three at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Jane was a Professor and Associate Dean in the School of Education retiring in 1992.
University of Wisconsin athletic director Chris McIntosh and UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin led a countdown that ended in a big reveal Tuesday night.
Another banner is hanging from the rafters of the Field House, this one celebrating the Badgers volleyball team’s 2023 appearance in the NCAA Final Four.
Development of the Columbia Energy Storage Project is led by Alliant in partnership with WEC Energy Group, Madison Gas and Electric, Shell Global Solutions US, Electric Power Research Institute, UW–Madison and Madison Area Technical College.
Wisconsin added the Field House and Camp Randall Stadium to the party this season. The debut for football is Aug. 30, a Friday night game against Western Michigan. Volleyball got a bit of a soft launch Tuesday night for the exhibition.
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a program called Bucky’s Tuition Promise, which covers tuition and fees for lower-income students for four years, also includes two years of aid for transfer students.
The U.S. plans to draw down and store more than a billion tons of CO2 annually by 2050, more than one fifth of what it currently emits. For that to be possible, carbon removal would have to become one of the world’s largest industries in just a few decades, expanding by more than 40 percent each year. That’s far faster than most technologies develop—although it is comparable to the pace of solar panels and electric vehicles. “It’d be one of the biggest things humans have ever done,” says Gregory F. Nemet, a professor of public policy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, who wrote a book called How Solar Energy Became Cheap. “One of the hardest things we’ve ever done. But not unprecedented.”
Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman proposed a 2025-2027 budget request that he believes would allow the state’s public universities to climb the ranks in public funding and reach the national median. Wisconsin currently ranks 43rd out of the 50 states. For comparison, Illinois ranks first, Michigan third, Iowa ninth and Minnesota tenth.
The first group of participants started an apprenticeship on Monday with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Madison College and UW Health for registered respiratory therapy. Officials said this program is the first in the country to offer an academic degree for a respiratory therapist credential.
Rothman announced that his budget request, if approved, would effectively fund the preservation of branch campuses in the system, and could mean higher wages for staff. He said that proper pay is one way to maintain qualified staff.
President Jay Rothman said during a brief Zoom news conference Monday that his administration plans to ask regents on Thursday to approve asking for the money as part of the 2025-27 state budget. The request is only the first step in a long, winding budget-making process.
Universities of Wisconsin schools would keep in-state undergraduate tuition steady for the next two academic years if lawmakers hike state aid by $855 million of state dollars as part of the upcoming budget cycle, UW system President Jay Rothman said in a budget request Monday.
The photograph is the essence of former University of Wisconsin men’s track coach Ed Nuttycombe, who won 26 Big Ten championships (13 indoors, 13 outdoors) over 30 years.
The Universities of Wisconsin’s top priorities in its next capital budget are tearing down and replacing two failing 1960s-era monstrosities: Cowley Hall at UW-La Crosse, and the towering concrete fortress known as Mosse Humanities building at UW-Madison.
Newsweek previously reported that a study from the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Veterinary Medicine found dogs were more engaged when the TV showed other animals versus humans and that movement triggered an active response from canines.
The magnet systems were delivered to the University of Wisconsin’s Physical Sciences Laboratory in Stoughton, Wisconsin, this year by Commonwealth Fusion Systems. The project operates as a public-private partnership with Realta Fusion, Inc., a UW-Madison spin-off company that contributes funding, according to the lab.
The UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County campus will consolidate its operations from five buildings to one, leaving the four remaining buildings for other uses, in an attempt to remain viable as other Universities of Wisconsin branch campuses close.
Now that Krabbe is on the RUSP, “my guess would be that it would be approved” in Wisconsin, said Dr. Jennifer Kwon, a pediatric neurologist at UW Health who is on the federal committee that voted early this year to add it.
Letter to the editor: As the retired, long-time campus executive of the Fox Cities (Menasha) campus, the Cap Times editorial on branch campus closings (“Stop closing Universities of Wisconsin campuses,” Aug. 14) could not be more timely. I and another campus retirees are organizing our community to deal with our campus’ impending closure.
Thompson, who took on the role as Wisconsin DOT secretary five years ago as one of Evers’ first department head appointees, will leave the agency on Sept. 11 to take a position at UW-Madison, Evers said. On Sept. 16, Thompson will begin his new role as vice chancellor for university relations at UW-Madison, university officials announced Friday.
Kay worked the majority of her career in cancer research at the University of Wisconsin. Over the years she became the “lab mom” by her description. She spent 47 years working at the UW’s McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research.
The hall of fame plaques are moving to a new, unconfirmed location when the building they’re on, the Camp Randall Sports Center, is demolished later this year. Fences are up around the building to start that process.
The event saw future Badgers take the turf at Camp Randall for an afternoon of fun in the form of combine-like drills– a bench press, vertical jump, broad jump, 40-yard dash, a quarterback toss, and field goal kick. They could also take pictures with Bucky and run around the field.
We must not only hold landlords accountable but also examine the choices we are making. As students, we have the power to advocate for more sustainable, affordable living situations that meet our needs without sacrificing our financial stability.
North Lake Street on the UW-Madison campus will be restricted to one-way traffic going south beginning Monday so that a contractor can continue work replacing a sanitary sewer, the city’s Engineering Division said Friday.
The University of Wisconsin men’s and women’s hockey teams will play a doubleheader at Wrigley Field on Jan. 4 as part of a Big Ten event, which BadgerExtra previously reported.
Letter to the editor: While all Americans can be proud of the Team USA athletes in a variety of sports, I felt the results for women’s rugby bronze medalist Alev Kelter (who played women’s soccer and hockey at UW-Madison), women’s volleyball silver medalists Dana Rettke and Lauren Carlini (both standouts for UW volleyball) and especially women’s soccer gold medalist Rose Lavelle (perhaps the greatest UW women’s soccer player of all time) were particularly notable.
The second phase, which began in March, involved cleaning, painting and applying decorative gold leaf, and repairing and replacing glass beads and tiles that add to the elegance of the pavilion. The project is being funded by UW-Madison, which was gifted the pavilion more than 20 years ago.
An experimental nasal spray flu vaccine being developed by a Madison company, based on UW-Madison research, boosted immunity in older adults who also got a flu shot, compared with those who got only a shot, a study found.
After graduation, Jason continued his service to the University, transitioning to a full-time role in 1997 as an advisor in the International Student Services Office (ISS). Over the next two decades, Jason rose to the position of Associate Director of ISS, where he played a pivotal role in shaping the international student experience at UW-Madison. His leadership extended to various campus-wide committees, including the Exchange Coordinators Committee, the International Student Recruitment and Marketing ad hoc committee, and the Behavior Intervention Team (BIT).
This spring, UW-Madison diverted over 162,000 pounds of material from the landfill as students moved out of residence halls, including 7,515 pounds of futons and nearly 4,000 pounds of food.
To do this, the university recruits hundreds of student and staff volunteers and collaborates with various departments and community organizations, according to Malorie Garbe, sustainability coordinator for University Housing. Nonperishable food was donated to The River Food Pantry, Goodman Community Center and the on-campus Open Seat food pantry. Sergenian’s Floor Coverings and Reynolds Urethane Recycling took carpet and mattress toppers, Garbe said.
According to a Bias Incident Report obtained by the Badger Herald, the suspects targeted members of the multicultural Sigma Psi Zeta sorority. One of the suspects threatened to kill a student whom they mistakenly believed to be Saudi Arabian, further heightening the severity of the situation.
Lukas Nowak was formally charged Monday for disrupting a November sorority meeting with racist threats and disorderly conduct.
175 years after UW-Madison was founded, it continues prioritizing teaching, research and public service across the state. Now, the university is celebrating its impact while thanking Wisconsinites in the Chippewa Valley and beyond for their support.
A Madison man has been formally charged following an incident last fall inside a building on the UW-Madison campus where he’s accused of making threats and racist comments.
Students have been working on various projects that have to do with river bank stabilization, conservation plans for the next 50 years, and green technology to prevent blue-green algae blooms.
A criminal complaint filed in Dane County alleges that on Nov. 28, 2023 at around 11 p.m., Nowak and another man barged into a classroom where a group of sorority sisters were studying and practicing a dance.
It was the middle of the Great Depression when millions were unemployed, including the elderly with little to no help from their families. When President Roosevelt took office, he organized a committee to come up with a solution, headed by University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members Edwin Witte and Arthur Altmeyer.
Lukas Nowak was one of three men who entered several rooms in the Humanities building on November 28, 2023 and disrupted a student organization meeting by making threats and racist comments.
Letter to the editor: Why on Earth would this not be supported? It benefits the schools and students. My siblings and my son went through this system. The difference between them was my siblings graduated without debt, while my son has debt. I’m especially disturbed reading that over 30 tenured faculty are slated to be laid off. Majors have been cut.
In 2011, the Madison School Board rejected the proposal for what has now become One City Schools. The board rejected a different charter proposal in 2017 for what now is the Isthmus Montessori Academy.
Both those schools, and the Milestone Democratic School, now operate through a charter with UW Office of Educational Opportunity.
On November 28, the man, 20, and two other men disrupted a student organization meeting in the Humanities building, making racist and profane comments and threatening people in multiple rooms, according to UW-Madison Police spokesperson Marc Lovicott. The man was originally arrested Dec. 1.
