Letter to the editor: I am writing to argue that the issue of divestment raised by the protesters should be taken seriously by the board.
UW should consider divesting from Israel over war in Gaza | Donna Silver
Wisconsin State Journal
Author: gbump
‘Right now, we have nothing’: The history behind Wisconsin track and field’s indoor facility concerns
Wisconsin State Journal
Those who trained at the Camp Randall Sports Center during the winter months can attest it was no palace. But the Shell, as it colloquially was known, had a running surface and spots for pole vaulters, jumpers and throwers to work on their crafts.
Tom Still: Life sciences ‘family tree’ in Wisconsin has big branch in Third Wave Technologies
Wisconsin State Journal
Such was the case recently when nearly 150 people gathered in Madison to mark the 30th anniversary of an improbable venture capital investment in Third Wave Technologies, then a new company founded by two UW-Madison professors with the goal of producing diagnostic tests to detect genetic markers for diseases.
Madison hospitals should make getting financial help easier, advocate report says
Wisconsin State Journal
With the amount of free and discounted care fluctuating at Dane County hospitals and unpaid patient bills up last year at UW Hospital, a Madison advocacy group says financial assistance programs should better help patients get coverage or reduce what they owe.
The Wisconsin Green Party wants to double down in 2026. Will it work?
The Capital Times
“It becomes kind of a vicious circle if you don’t have success at some level on the ballot, some candidate who’s showing a path forward for the party, it becomes hard to then recruit people who want to run, and hard to recruit volunteers and donors,” said Barry Burden, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Wisconsin abortion providers brace for another Trump presidency
The Capital Times
In October, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Collaborative for Reproductive Equity, known as CORE, released a study on the demand for abortion medications. The report examined how many people in Wisconsin ordered pills from out-of-state providers. The data was collected by the organization #WeCount, a national effort to track how many clinician-provided abortions are performed each month.
5 takeaways from Wisconsin football hiring Jeff Grimes as offensive coordinator
Wisconsin State Journal
It’s meat and potatoes time for the University of Wisconsin football team. Fickell, who’s entering his third year as Wisconsin’s coach, finalized a deal to hire Jeff Grimes away from Kansas, a BadgerExtra source said Sunday.
Podcast: Jay Rothman on UW funding, free speech, football money and ‘Marxist maniacs’
Wisconsin State Journal
Milfred and Hands play clips from the Wisconsin State Journal editorial board’s meeting last week with Jay Rothman, the “change agent” president of the Universities of Wisconsin.
Water quality of Madison’s lakes should concern us all | Will Luebke
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor: I am reaching out today from the standpoint of a concerned student at UW-Madison.
Having a city situated between two lakes has its advantages, but also its consequences. I’d like to express my concern and bring awareness to our area lakes, specifically their water quality.
OUR VIEW: Flat funding for UW won’t make Wisconsin great
Wisconsin State Journal
Republicans have long urged government to run more like a business.
Well, the Universities of Wisconsin are doing just that, under the leadership of President Jay Rothman. The GOP-controlled Legislature should appreciate and reward his effort with greater funding in the state budget.
DATCP on holiday scams; Budgeting your money this gift-giving season
Wisconsin Public Radio
Plus, how to budget for the holidays with Clare Dahl, a financial educator with UW-Madison Division of Extension in Dane County.
Now that Act 10 has been overturned, what’s next for Wisconsin teachers, professors and others?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In response to TAA concerns, UW-Madison said it has increased minimum graduate assistant stipends by 14% this year as part of a four-year planned increase, with some individual programs setting rates even higher to stay competitive.
30% of UW academic programs are considered ‘low-enrolled’ and will face further scrutiny
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Academic programs at Wisconsin’s public universities will face more scrutiny, with a new report classifying 30% of programs as “low-enrolled.”
UW-Madison student sole survivor of Tesla Cybertruck crash in California that killed 3
Wisconsin State Journal
AUW-Madison student was the only survivor in a single-vehicle crash of a Tesla Cybertruck that killed three college students in Northern California last week.
From Pabst to Liberace, Milwaukee exhibit showcases best of Wisconsin pop culture
Wisconsin State Journal
It’s been 50 years since Jerry Ringlien, an Eau Claire native and UW-Madison graduate, wrote what would become one of the best known jingles in advertising history.
The commercial was for Madison-based Oscar Mayer, where Ringlien was the company’s vice president of marketing, and featured 4-year-old Andy Lambros who, while sitting on a boat dock, taught the world how to properly spell B-O-L-O-G-N-A.
New UW video game Mooving Cows improves dairy farm employees’ animal handling skills
Wisconsin State Farmer
Van Os secured funding for the game titled “Mooving Cows”: Version 1.0 through the UW-Madison Research Forward Initiative.
UW-Madison staff worked collaboratively with dairy farm owners, professional bilingual trainers and veterinarians, inviting them to the campus to play the game prototype and provide critical feedback.
Pro-Palestine protesters disrupt UW Board of Regents meeting
Wisconsin State Journal
A few dozen protesters were forcibly removed from a UW Board of Regents meeting Thursday after disrupting the meeting’s proceedings.
Sarah Franklin makes Wisconsin volleyball history repeating as Big Ten’s best player
Wisconsin State Journal
Franklin became the first Wisconsin player to be named Big Ten Conference Player of the Year twice as she received that honor for the second consecutive year, the conference announced Wednesday.
UW Health in Madison, Children’s Wisconsin near Milwaukee merge pediatric heart care
Wisconsin State Journal
The collaboration, called Forward Pediatric Alliance, brings together pediatric heart care at Wisconsin’s two academic medical centers: UW’s American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison and Children’s Wisconsin hospital near Milwaukee.
1 Wisconsin football player makes an All-Big Ten team
Wisconsin State Journal
The Badgers had six players earn All-Big Ten honors, but just one make the first, second or third teams. Senior guard Joe Huber, who moved from left guard to right guard this year, made the coaches third-team list. Punter Atticus Bertrams, cornerback Ricardo Hallman, left tackle Jack Nelson, running back Tawee Walker and safety Hunter Wohler received unanimous honorable mentions.
Big changes are coming to West Mifflin Street, Madison’s best-known student neighborhood
Wisconsin State Journal
Miffland, as the neighborhood around West Mifflin Street is known, doesn’t look all that different from a half-century ago. Many of the single-family and multifamily houses with distinctive porches, balconies and yards that were built in the late 1800s and early 1900s are still there — and are still sought after by students. But now the way the neighborhood looks is changing, too.
$12M bridge project will finally connect Dane County with Devil’s Lake via state trail
Wisconsin State Journal
A 2021 study done by UW-Extension researchers found the proposed trail connection could attract hundreds of thousands of cyclists and snowmobilers from across the region, generating more than $6 million a year in direct economic impact.
Ag Briefs: UW expert says federal officials expected to require H5N1 milk testing
Wisconsin State Farmer
Dr. Keith Poulsen from UW-Madison’s Diagnostic Laboratory told Brownfield Ag News that a nationwide bulk tank or milk silo milk testing requirement is likely to be enacted this month. Poulsen says the new federal order should have more specific guidance about how officials can effectively perform a national surveillance. He said the Colorado model is likely to be adopted nationwide.
Universities of Wisconsin budget projections improve, aided by UW-Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
The Universities of Wisconsin are set to fare better financially than earlier projected, largely due to sizeable increases in tuition at a handful of schools and unaccounted-for donation dollars for UW-Madison, the system said Monday.
‘My Wisconsin experience changed my perspective’: How Badgers volleyball changed Julia Orzol’s life
Wisconsin State Journal
It’s like it was meant to be. That’s the only way Julia Orzol can explain how a chance meeting on a hillside in Slovenia more than five years ago would come to change her life.
Kristine Lea Winneke
Wisconsin State Journal
After three years, they returned to Madison, Wis., and Kristine obtained a position in the Secretary of State Office. Uncomfortable with elections changing office conditions, Kristine resigned and took a position at the University of Wisconsin Department of Engineering in the continuing education office.
Julie Schneider
Wisconsin State Journal
Her professional life was equally commendable, serving as the Director of the Medical Library at Mercy Hospital in Janesville followed by a career at the UW Madison School of Medicine.
29 ejected, 19 arrested during frigid Badgers game against Minnesota
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison police reported that 29 people were ejected from Camp Randall Stadium and 19 people were arrested during Friday’s frigid football game between the Badgers and Minnesota.
What Wisconsin football fans want to see at Camp Randall for the 2025 season
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin football fans at Friday’s final home game were ready to turn the page on the 2024 season and look ahead to 2025.
‘Monkey noises’ harassment case shakes UW’s communities of color
The Capital Times
On the crisp afternoon of Oct. 22, Shanglin Yang walked down State Street, a route he had taken countless times since beginning his computer science studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Wisconsin farmers push for Farm Bill to be passed
NBC-15
“Passing a farm bill or extending the current Farm Bill is really seen as a necessity,” Andrew Stevens, an assistant professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics at UW-Madison said.
Cost of Thanksgiving dinner in Wisconsin is down 2% from last year
NBC-15
“Food prices are not where they were before the pandemic, and I don’t expect they ever will be,” Andrew Stevens, an assistant professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics at UW-Madison said.
UW Health to be the official medical provider for LOVB Madison
Channel 3000
UW Health will be the official medical provider for LOVB Madison, a new Madison professional volleyball team.
UW needs to invest in students’ mental health
The Badger Herald
UW-Madison would greatly benefit from a program similar to Carroll’s Wellness Advocate initiative. 43% of UW students were positive for significant symptoms of anxiety and depression, according to the university’s 2022 Healthy Minds survey.
10-story student apartment building would go between 2 Downtown landmarks
Wisconsin State Journal
The 10-story apartment building that Trinitas Ventures of Lafayette, Indiana, plans to build at 619 and 699 W. Mifflin St. would add hundreds of student beds near the UW-Madison campus, where housing is in high demand.
What does Donald Trump mean for housing in Madison, and Wisconsin?
The Capital Times
“Regardless of who got elected, we would have said that there’s these deep structural crises in the housing system. And there are some really thorny trade-offs involved,” said Kurt Paulsen, a professor of urban planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “And you cannot just cut your way to housing affordability.”
Med Flight, some ambulances, now giving trauma patients whole blood
Wisconsin State Journal
UW Health Med Flight and some Milwaukee County fire departments are giving critically injured patients whole blood, not just blood products or saline solution, in the field to try to save lives.
It’s almost time to predict when Lake Mendota will freeze over
Wisconsin State Journal
To be considered frozen over, lakes Wingra and Monona must have at least half ice cover. Mendota, the largest of Madison’s lakes, is subject to another rule developed by limnologists Edward Birge and Chancey Juday in the early 1900s because of its odd shape: The lake is considered frozen when you can’t row a boat between Picnic Point on UW-Madison’s northeast side to Maple Bluff.
Friday could be Camp Randall’s coldest game in 60 years. Experts give fans tips
Wisconsin State Journal
“If you are protected and layered appropriately, you should be safe even in the temperatures that we’re expecting,” said Patrick Shahan, an assistant professor with the Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and an acute care surgeon. “You just have to be mindful of being too cold.”
Universities of Wisconsin unions want to talk directly with chancellors. So far, the answer is no
Wisconsin State Journal
Unions representing Universities of Wisconsin faculty and graduate workers are lobbying to meet directly with chancellors to discuss workplace conditions, saying the government councils representing them are no longer effective.
John Bryant Wyman
Wisconsin State Journal
Bry left the Marshfield Clinic in 1992 and, after a brief stint as a farm hand in Illinois, he began a faculty position at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He treated patients and taught medical students until his 80th birthday. In his later practice, he focused on irritable bowel syndrome and other chronic functional disorders. Patients who had suffered debilitating symptoms for years remain grateful for the healing he gave them.
Wisconsin leaders weigh in on Trump’s comments about higher ed
The Capital Times
Leaders of Wisconsin’s higher education systems were cautious Tuesday in predicting what could come from President-elect Donald Trump’s call to close the U.S. Department of Education. Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman said he spent time in Washington, D.C., last week where he asked Wisconsin’s delegation about this issue.
“I think the general consensus that I was hearing … was that, is it likely that the Department of Education, as it currently exists, is voted out of existence? Not highly likely, in their mind,” Rothman told a crowd in Madison.
UW-Madison is making a new promise to Wisconsin Indigenous students
The Capital Times
The privately funded program, known as the Wisconsin Tribal Educational Promise, covers the full cost of attendance for in-state students who are enrolled members of one of the 11 federally recognized tribes in Wisconsin.
Behind the scenes of a ‘special tradition’ on a game day with Wisconsin’s marching band
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin marching band already was in game mode despite more than 10 hours remaining before kickoff of the Badgers’ football game against No. 1 Oregon.
Wisconsin officer grabbing Nebraska coach’s arm a ‘misunderstanding,’ police say
Wisconsin State Journal
An on-field interaction between a UW-Madison Police officer and a Nebraska football assistant coach after Saturday’s game was a “misunderstanding” that ended in an apology, a police spokesperson said.
Western Wisconsin summit aims to reframe, humanize immigration
Wisconsin State Journal
An estimated 70% of the workforce on Wisconsin dairy farms is made up of undocumented immigrant workers, according to a UW-Madison study.
New Report Reveals Wisconsin Dairy Industry Up 16%, Contributing $52.8 Billion to State’s Economy
Hoard's Dairyman
The overall economic impact of Wisconsin’s dairy industry is bigger than ever, and dairy remains the leading sector of Wisconsin agriculture. This newly released data is from the Contribution of Agriculture to the Wisconsin Economy: An Update for 2022, conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics.
Wisconsin research team exploring ways to make cheese curds stay squeaky longer
Wisconsin State Farmer
John A. Lucey, professor of food science at UW-Madison and the director of the Center for Dairy Research, reported that national sales numbers for natural cheese curds have steadily increased to around $52 million in 2021. However, fresh cheese curds are still predominantly purchased in the Midwest.
Badgers track supporters raise Title IX concerns over new UW facility
The Capital Times
Track and field supporters are ramping up pressure on the University of Wisconsin-Madison to alter plans for a new indoor football practice facility.
UW-Madison’s record-breaking research spending fuels rise in national ranking
Wisconsin State Journal
The university announced the ranking change Monday alongside an announcement that it had spent a record-breaking $1.7 billion on research for fiscal year 2023, a 13.7% increase over the prior year. UW-Madison’s growth outpaced the national increase of 11.2% spent on university research and development, bringing the national amount spent to $108.8 billion.
Video of postgame encounter between Luke Fickell, Donovan Raiola circulates online
Wisconsin State Journal
An awkward postgame interaction between University of Wisconsin football coach Luke Fickell and Nebraska assistant Donovan Raiola on Saturday included a uniformed officer chasing down Raiola and briefly grabbing his arm.
PFAS cleanup idea for Dane County airport advances despite criticism
The Capital Times
High levels of PFAS have, as a result, plagued Lake Monona, with a University of Wisconsin-Madison study finding the lake’s foam had the highest concentration of PFAS in the state.
Rule of twos: UW faculty dance concert explores duality
The Capital Times
In Lathrop Hall, students pound the earth, float and fly. They bring dancing dualities to life in choreographies by University of Wisconsin-Madison Dance Faculty and guest artist Takehiro Ueyama, onstage this weekend.
Wisconsin star runner Bob Liking wraps career with strong finish at national championship
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin men’s cross country team finished fourth Saturday at the NCAA Division I championship meet, which was held at the program’s Thomas Zimmer Cross Country Course in Southwest Madison.
Wisconsin women’s soccer sees its season come to an end in Sweet 16
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin women’s soccer team had reached the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 for the first time in three years, and just the fifth time in program history, but the Badgers couldn’t keep their successful season going one more game Sunday in Irvine, California.
UW-Madison study will inject people with meth to answer a decades-old question
Wisconsin State Journal
But a pair of researchers at UW-Madison hope to close that decades-old knowledge gap through a study in which they’ll inject 17 people with small doses of both kinds of methamphetamine to see how the “D” isomer present in illicit meth metabolizes in the body and whether that changes when the “L” isomer, the kind in nasal sprays, is present.
Limiting Wisconsin football players from speaking about coaching change violates UW-Madison’s principles | Stephen D. Morton
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor: This is a violation of freedom of speech and UW-Madison traditions. The university would not permit a history or chemistry professor or others to silence their students and not permit any discussions.
Why snow piled on Camp Randall’s new heated field during high school football state championships
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin athletics officials hoped that the first snowfall on the new heated turf surface at Camp Randall Stadium would happen at a time when fans wouldn’t be watching in the bleachers and on TV.
Fearing birth control bans, Wisconsin women begin to plan ahead
The Capital Times
Jenny Higgins, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the scope of her work with CORE, the Collaborative for Reproductive Equity housed in the School of Medicine and Public Health, has not shifted as a result of Trump’s victory in the Nov. 5 presidential election.
However, “the landscape of contraceptive care in the state is likely to change drastically,” Higgins said.
What to know about Madison’s plan to charge for parking at some parks
Wisconsin State Journal
Only preliminary possibilities have been floated so far. One idea is to charge for parking at Vilas Park during home UW football games.