“We believe in a diverse set of thoughts,” says Kaleb Autman, a Black student at the University of Wisconsin whose group is demanding a zero-tolerance policy on hate speech. “But when your thought is predicated on the subjugation of me or my people, or to a generalized people, then we have problems.”
“The rise of party activists is the theme of the last 20 years,” says Byron Shafer, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin who wrote the definitive history of the 1968 reforms in Quiet Revolution: The Struggle for the Democratic Party and the Shaping of Post-Reform Politics. “And a lot of it does come from what happened back then.”
Billy Blathras, 20, a student at University of Wisconsin–Madison, drove in last night with some of his fellow college Republicans to phone bank. “From my experience with the calls, most of them when we get an answer are for President Trump, which isn’t really too surprising considering his kind of commanding lead over the rest of the field,” he said
About 1 million people typically step up to work the polls in a presidential election, said Barry Burden, director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The tributary streams used by Hovsgol grayling for spawning are also drying up. “They no longer have water in them during the spring spawning season,” says Olaf Jensen, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Nearly 80% of the 96 streams that once flowed into Lake Hovsgol are dry during the key months when the fish migrate.
A comprehensive analysis by FiveThirtyEight recommended going for two, especially late in the game, but a separate analysis by a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor, Laura Albert, concluded it’s best to kick the extra point. Even on similar questions, slightly different assumptions or data can lead to different answers.
With efforts to bring passenger rail service to Madison once again gaining momentum, the city has identified eight potential sites for a rail station, located along three corridors Downtown, near the coming Madison Public Market and by the former Oscar Mayer plant.
Letter to the editor: As a proud UW-Madison alum and emerita professor, I’m deeply dismayed by the GOP’s efforts to strong-arm the Board of Regents into diminishing diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Cohen, who studied foreign policy and mass media’s role in shaping it, spent three decades at UW-Madison, first joining the faculty in 1959 and later serving as chair of the political science department. Cohen later transitioned into administrative roles, including associate dean of the Graduate School in the 1970s and vice chancellor of academic affairs in the 1980s.
The Badgers won both games against the Fighting Irish to secure the No. 1 spot in the Big Ten and extend their winning streak to nine.
One of his big fights, which he eventually lost, but really won, was against the UW-Madison’s decision to take a piece of Bascom Hill’s John Muir Woods to build a new social sciences building just north of the hill’s celebrated Carillon Tower.
The first female UW-Madison faculty member to start a biotech business, Allen-Hoffmann left her role as CEO of Stratatech after the acquisition and has since retired from her subsequent role as vice president of regenerative medicine at Mallinckrodt. She did not respond to a request for comment.
The university announced Thursday that officials will seek permission from Universities of Wisconsin regents to sell the residence along the Lake Michigan shoreline. Real estate website Zillow estimates the six-bedroom home is worth about $1.4 million. The university’s real estate foundation purchased the home in 2012 for $955,000.
State Journal reporter Barry Adams drives through the UW Arboretum the day after southern Wisconsin’s first major snowstorm of the season.
Dr. Jones, an emeritus professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, devoted decades to explaining the American democratic process — why citizens vote as they do, how politicians wield or fail to wield their power while in office, and how the branches of government interact.
Wastewater testing works at all because “everybody poops,” said David O’Connor, a virologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“These previously invisible vessels radically changed our knowledge about the scale, scope and location of fishing activity,” writes Jennifer Raynor, an author of the study and a natural resource economist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, in the Conversation.
This is because the brain has to switch back and forth to give each one attention, says Megan Moreno, an adolescent medicine physician who studies media and digital health at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Over time, too much stimulation may be detrimental to your ability to concentrate on any one task. “We are in this world with lots of little micro interruptions,” Moreno says. “It is hard to piece together the stories, and it’s harder to retain them, because you have to do so much work to put them together.”
Letter to the editor: Just days after the UW Board of Regents caved and reversed its vote on the significant reduction to efforts of diversity, equity and inclusion, the UW system brazenly announced it is looking to double its numbers of international students in the next five years. How impressive, right?
The average number of tickets scanned at Badgers home matches in 2023 was 6,261, the highest on record and a 4.6% climb over 2022.
UW-Madison is heading up a $150 million study at Alzheimer’s disease centers around the country that seeks to shed more light on mixed dementia, or having more than one kind of the neurological disease.
Dietram Scheufele, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor whose work includes looking at AI and political communication, noted the new technology comes at the same time there’s been a rise in disinformation delivered by foreign adversaries to disrupt the U.S. electoral system.
CEO Dr. Alan Kaplan said that despite the challenges facing health care providers, UW Health saw a “very strong” year. “Our vision at UW Health is providing remarkable care to our patients and our community,” he said. “Our more than 24,000 providers and staff made that vision a reality for a record number of patients over the last year.”
Study leader Sterling Johnson said the study is a significant milestone in Alzheimer’s research.
Mikhail Troitskiy, professor of practice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told Newsweek that the strategies of countries like Sweden and other NATO allies are being accentuated because Ukraine aid from countries like the U.S. could end. Russia might view this as an opening for “spillover” into other foreign lands.
By the 1890-91 school year, more than 200 of Massachusetts’s 351 towns had an average daily attendance of 90%, and only 11 were below 80%. During the following decades, mandatory schooling spread nationwide. William Reese, a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, found that just 6% of adolescents were in high school in 1890 but that by 1930 half of them were.
Strateos, a Menlo Park-based cloud lab provider, says it has been able to reduce the experimental time cycle of protein engineers at University of Wisconsin Madison from 8 days to 6 hours by combining an “AI-driven protein design platform” with a cloud lab.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison study of local clerks’ experiences after the contentious 2020 election found that over 60% of those surveyed said the turmoil wouldn’t affect their decision to continue serving. Some found that the experience actually strengthened their resolve to keep administering elections.
Local governments and state agencies would be prohibited from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to anybody on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin under a proposed constitutional amendment Republicans began circulating last week.
The goal is not to replace any Wisconsin students but to help make up for the fact there are 20,000 fewer students at UW campuses than there were 10 years ago, thanks to a declining pool of in-state high school students and some attrition in interest in earning a four-year degree. International students make up about 4% of UW enrollment — much of it concentrated at UW-Madison — while neighboring states Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan and Iowa report higher shares, in most cases double or more.
Lawmakers will bring forward a bill to fund the construction of UW-Madison’s new engineering building, among other projects, that was one of the most significant aspects of the deal struck last month between the Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman and Assembly Speaker Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester.
AJ Storr’s journey to becoming a standout player for the Wisconsin Badgers is more than just a basketball story; it’s a tale of family, inspiration, and giving back to the community.
Following his Air Force service Paul worked at the University of Wisconsin School of Business in Madison and was a program director at the Fluno Center.
The Badgers have been excited to see her continue to defy people’s misconceptions, and learn more about the glass ceiling-shattering guard. While she remains the lone Indian-American player in Power Five, Patibandla has been embraced by her teammates while continuing to celebrate her culture.
And you can expect the sagas of long-standing issues with the UW system — anticipated budget shortfalls, enrollment and the future of the branch campuses — to continue as well. Here are five things to keep an eye on in 2024.
He received a PhD in 1961 from the University of Wisconsin in Electrical Engineering and taught for 34 years at UW-Madison. A highlight was receiving a Fulbright Scholarship in 1968 and spending an adventurous year in Germany with Elaine and 4 young children.
The first season of the Luke Fickell coaching era at the University of Wisconsin brought slightly larger crowds than were at Camp Randall Stadium in 2022.
Researchers and farmers have been trying to crossbreed these two species of hazelnuts for over 100 years, said Jason Fischbach, emerging crops outreach specialist with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension. Since 2007, Fischbach has worked to develop a commercially viable version of this crop through the Upper Midwest Hazelnut Development Initiative. He partnered with farmers who grew the plant from seedlings to breed the best varieties.
Harry worked in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the UW-Madison from 1961 until retiring as an Associate Professor in 1995, at which time he was honored with an Emeritus appointment.
Brynn Teeling, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who attended a town hall in Iowa for Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign, said she was “extremely frustrated” with the prospect of a Biden-Trump rematch, citing Mr. Biden’s age and Mr. Trump’s divisiveness.
The beta testing-like process has complicated financial aid advisors’ communication with students, said Helen Faith, director of the Office of Financial Aid at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
In 5 billion years, our sun will balloon into a red giant star. Whether Earth survives is an “open question,” Melinda Soares-Furtado, an astrophysicist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, says. Sure, Earth could be swallowed by the sun and destroyed. But in some scenarios, Earth escapes and is pushed farther out into the solar system.
If you resolve to stay healthy, Madison, Wis., is a good choice. With five general hospitals — including UW-Madison School of Medicine — and more than 20 medical clinics, finding healthcare is accessible in Madison. The city also boasts a low percentage of uninsured residents and a high doctor-patient ratio.
Gov. Tony Evers criticized Republican-led attempts to weaken DEI programs and applauded a recent court ruling ordering new legislative maps in Wisconsin.
Professors and students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed groundbreaking technology that could assist doctors in identifying developmental disorders before a child is born.
Snow Scholars is a snow shoveling business founded by UW-Madison students. They serve other students, as well as residents in the Madison community.
Michelle A Chui, PharmD, PhD, a professor in pharmacy administration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy, told Health she doesn’t think medicines can spoil in your medicine cabinet from shower or bath moisture, or general humidity in the home.
Gov. Tony Evers said threats from Republican legislators are “not going to scare me out of” employing diversity, equity and inclusion programs in state government.
The use of programs to foster inclusion and support for marginalized communities at the Universities of Wisconsin and other state agencies have come under fire from conservatives in recent months.
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said he has no plans to change state government’s use of diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, positions, despite increased criticism of the practice from Republican lawmakers.
“What an exciting opportunity for softball in the state of Wisconsin,” UW-Madison head softball coach Yvette Healy said in a statement. “We’ve had a lot of Badgers play in summer collegiate softball leagues the last few years, flying all the way to Florida to see great competition over the summer.”
After a closed Board of Regents meeting Dec. 27, Rothman messaged Gow saying he was out as UWL Chancellor. The decision to fire Gow came after Gow confirmed a report to Human Resources that he was appearing in and producing online pornography with his wife, as well as writing several books about their experiences in the pornography industry under pseudonyms.
The deal, which Evers called “rotten” during a one-on-one sit down with News 3 Now, secured funding for building improvements, employees pay raises, and general funds for UW schools; in exchange, the GOP-controlled Legislature required the university system to reassign a third of current diversity, equity and inclusion positions to other work.
Researchers from GFW; the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Duke University; University of California, Santa Barbara; and SkyTruth analysed 2m gigabytes of satellite imagery between 2017 and 2021 to detect vessels and offshore infrastructure in coastal waters across six continents, where 75% of industrial activity is concentrated.
Researchers have recently found a way to shine a light on ocean activity that was once conducted in the shadows. A new study published in the journal Nature was spearheaded with Global Fishing Watch (GFW), alongside researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Duke University, University of California Santa Barbara, and SkyTruth. In it, they combined satellite imagery, vessel GPS data and artificial intelligence to map industrial vessel activity and offshore energy infrastructure across the world from 2017 to 202
The Wisconsin GOP forced the state to slash DEI programs in order to receive critical funding for the University of Wisconsin system, and the GOP-led state Assembly passed a bill that bans financial aid based on race and other forms of diversity. The right’s racist crusade against campus inclusivity is showing no sign of slowing down.
It’s ironic to say the least that the side that has made its entire identity about opposing cancel culture has now adopted it wholesale. Indeed, they used to be silent when students were chanting heinous things—like when a white student went on a anti-Black tirade at the University of Wisconsin-Madison last year. The video went viral, and many students wanted the woman to be expelled, yet the university did nothing because according to their statement on the matter, “the university can’t limit what students and faculty post to their personal social media accounts and can’t take action against posts that are not unlawful.
Calls for her resignation grew in the following weeks after dozens of plagiarism allegations, first reported on by The Washington Free Beacon, were unearthed, including this claim: “In a 2001 article, Gay lifts nearly half a page of material verbatim from another scholar, David Canon, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin.”
Jonathan Martin, professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at UW-Madison, points to a “robust” El Niño, which refers to a warming of the ocean’s surface, or above-average surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
Courtney Bell, a UW-Madison professor and director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, said evaluating students on how well they meet specific standards has always been part of the grading process. Although grades might show up differently on report cards now, Bell said standards-based learning dates back to the 1980s.
Even some scholars whom Gay has been accused of plagiarizing have dismissed the allegations, including David Canon, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Gay has been accused of using nearly verbatim language from Canon’s 1999 book in an article she published in 2001.
