Statement comes after $32 million budget cut, employee layoffs.
Wisconsin Assembly Democrats condemn GOP attempts to ‘trade’ DEI for buildings, pay raises
Badger Herald
Author: gbump
UW Colombian Badgers Celebrate Día de las Velitas at Union South
Badger Herald
’Day of the little candles’ event attendance increases from just 10 community members to 250 since 2016, organizer says.
‘Take My Word For It’: Photography graduate students tell their stories through their work
Daily Cardinal
Graduate photography students gave gallery-goers a glimpse into their own personal stories in an exhibition titled “Take My Word For It.”
UW System considering deal to freeze DEI positions in exchange for buildings, pay raise approval, sources say
Daily Cardinal
Wisconsin Assembly Democrats released statements Thursday denouncing Republican efforts to “trade” freezing diversity, equity and inclusion positions for pay raises and building project approvals across the UW System.
Kindergarteners visit college class at UW-Madison
WISC-TV 3
You never truly know what will come out of a kindergartener’s mouth, especially in a lecture hall. On Thursday, a class of kindergarteners was invited to Kenneth Mayer’s introductory American politics class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Letter | DACA residents contribute to workforce
The Capital Times
The bills would allow DACA recipients to qualify for in-state tuition at schools within the University of Wisconsin System. DACA individuals would be able to train and obtain professional licenses issued by the state. Additionally a biennial tax credit of $250 would be offered to offset the $495 fee that recipients must pay every two years to document their DACA status.
Tony Evers signs more than 40 bills into law, including overhaul of the alcohol industry
Wisconsin State Journal
Among the legislation signed: SB 380, which makes financial aid programs more user-friendly and lifts the $3,150 cap on the Wisconsin Grant award for Universities of Wisconsin and Wisconsin Technical College System students.
Wisconsin natives Hunter Wohler, Braelon Allen named AP All-Big Ten performers
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin football team’s best offensive and defensive players this season earned All-Big Ten recognition from The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Hanukkah brings 8 days of light, hope and food to Madison, as war rages in Gaza
Wisconsin State Journal
The eight-day December celebration is one that UW-Madison Classical Judaism Professor Jordan Rosenblum says always leaves a good taste in his mouth, blending history with modern culinary indulgence.
“There’s a nice connection. (The food) also happens to be delicious,” Rosenblum said.
How the Big Ten distributes bowl payouts to Wisconsin, other schools
Wisconsin State Journal
The ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa, Florida, picked Wisconsin for its Jan. 1 game, where the Badgers will play LSU. The game typically has a payout of $6.4 million, according to bowl officials.
Top Wisconsin Senate Republican says a deal is near for university pay raises. UW officials disagree
The Associated Press
The leader of the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate said Wednesday that lawmakers are nearing a deal that would allow for long-blocked pay raises for Universities of Wisconsin employees to take effect and for funding to be released to pay for construction of a new engineering building.
Wisconsin won’t ban gender-affirming care for kids; Evers vetoes bill
The Capital Times
The care can also include surgery, although most providers, including UW Health in Madison, do not provide “bottom” surgeries to minors, such as vaginoplasties and phalloplasties. Those procedures are provided only to adults and require extensive psychiatric evaluation before a “letter of readiness” signed by a mental health professional can ensure a patient is considered eligible for such gender-affirming surgeries.
Guest column: Racial identity needs to be considered in financial aid, scholarship decisions
Badger Herald
Proposal that does not consider marginalized identities in financial aid decisions reinforces inequitable systems in higher education.
‘Profit off of play’: Evolution of NIL impacts all universities today, including UW
Badger Herald
Evaluating state of NIL, athletes’ perspectives, flexibility as new concept.
A timeline of UW-Madison’s fight for a new engineering building
Daily Cardinal
Tensions have risen between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Republican-controlled Legislature as Assembly Speaker Vos indicated cutting DEI funding is his top priority.
Indigenous actor, activist Dallas Goldtooth headlines ‘Native November’ events
Daily Cardinal
Writer, actor and organizer Dallas Goldtooth addressed students and community members as the keynote speaker for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s “Native November.”
Science sit down: UW-Madison researcher attends COP28 global climate conference
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison Law professor Sumudu Atapattu shared her outlook toward the COP28 international climate conference in an interview with The Daily Cardinal.
Diverse professors are often expected to be role models. DEI cuts would leave them unsupported, two faculty say.
Daily Cardinal
Dr. Ramzi Fawaz and Dr. Sami Schalk talked about their experiences and perspectives on how conversations about diversity in the classroom benefit students broadly.
Student Veterans of America pushes for community space in historic location
Badger Herald
Study shows student veterans feel lower sense of belonging paired with lower academic success, leaders say shared space can fix this.
Campus Planning Committee ranks UW-Madison’s 2025-27 budget priorities
Badger Herald
New College of Engineering building, additional residence hall stand as top-ranked priorities
An engineering student transferred to UW-Madison, and it didn’t go to plan. Here’s why.
Daily Cardinal
Kayla Romanovs-Malovrh previously attended UW-Stout’s engineering program, until she realized she wanted a stronger program.
Four UW volleyballers named to American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Region team
Madison365
Senior Sarah Franklin was named Northeast All-Region Player of the Year and head coach Kelly Sheffield was named Co-Coach of the Year. Anna Smrek, Carter Booth, and Devyn Robinson round out the list of Badgers named to the All-Region team.
Democratic lawmakers introduce higher education funding bills
WISC-TV 3
The “Reaching Higher for Higher Education” package, introduced by Reps. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, and Jodi Emerson, D-Eau Claire, includes 10 separate bills and includes proposals ranging from an expansion of the Tuition Promise program to all Universities of Wisconsin institutions to a plan to increase need-based financial aid for students.
Larry Gallup: Protect the rights of Wisconsin’s student journalists
Wisconsin State Journal
Column by Larry Gallup, audience growth editor for USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin.
Jewish American Families Confront a Generational Divide Over Israel-Hamas War
The New York Times
For Judith Kornblatt, 68, fears of antisemitism lurked throughout childhood. Her mother had fled Austria in 1938, just as the Nazis were taking over, and settled eventually in Evanston, Ill. Ms. Kornblatt, who taught Slavic languages and literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recalled that when the family learned Nazis were planning a march in the neighboring city of Skokie, her mother went into a panic, and flew to Texas to visit a friend.
‘Moderate’ or Roe v Wade killer: can Trump have it both ways on abortion?
Donald Trump
Howard Schweber, a professor of American politics and political theory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that “Trump has what, in my experience of observing politics, seems like a nearly unique ability to maintain cognitive dissonance in ways that his supporters find untroubling.
Republican leaders of Wisconsin Legislature at odds over withholding university pay raises
The Associated Press
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said Monday that he opposes withholding the money.
DACA recipients could get in-state tuition, certifications under bill
The Capital Times
The set of bills proposed Monday would allow DACA recipients to obtain professional licenses issued by the state, qualify for in-state tuition at campuses across the Universities of Wisconsin system and create a biennial tax credit of $250 to offset a portion of the $495 fee that recipients must pay every two years as part of their deferred action renewal grant.
Misinformation research plows ahead—but so do detractors
Inside Higher Ed
Mike Wagner, Helen Firstbrook Franklin Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, received a letter from Jordan, the House Judiciary chair, in August requesting documents—followed by a subpoena in September demanding them. The August letter, which Wagner provided to Inside Higher Ed, noted that Course Correct, a project the University of Wisconsin at Madison is involved in, was funded by the National Science Foundation. The letter said the grant program was very similar “to efforts by other federal agencies to use grants to outsource censorship to third parties.”
2023 Hurricane Season Ends: A Recap of This Year’s Storms
The New York Times
“Such warm water ‘sets the stage’ for these events,” James P. Kossin, a climate scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, wrote in an email.
COP28 president draws fierce backlash with attack on climate science
The Hill
“Cheap renewables have killed the economics of gas and coal power generation with carbon capture — and even more so going forward,” Gregory Nemet, a University of Wisconsin professor who studies the public policy of technological change, told The Hill.
Miss Wisconsin, Miss Wisconsin Teen to compete in Miss America competition
WKOW-TV 27
Miss Wisconsin 2023 Lila Szyryj, 22, graduated from UW-Madison with a degree in journalism and mass communications. Her community service initiative is Breaking Down Breaking News, which works to educate people on media literacy and understanding each other.
Camp Randall installing heated field for 2024 season
WISC-TV 3
Even though the Badger football team is done tearing it up on Barry Alvarez Field for the season, crews are literally ripping the turf up to heat it up for next season’s potential cold games — and possible playoff games.
UWPD Mounted Patrol back in Badger territory
NBC-15
Nearly 35 years ago, officers with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department decided to saddle up to help keep crime at bay. Maybe you’ve spotted the two new recruits on campus or along State St.
RecWell announces Near East Campus Fields update, 2025 budget at SSFC meeting
Badger Herald
Field renovations will include artificial turf, fencing, outdoor restrooms, RecWell director says.
Student organization hosts UW’s first-ever ‘Bangladesh Night’
Badger Herald
Bangladesh Student Organization prioritizes growth, confidence following COVID hiatus.
Color of Drinking survey will identify opportunities to address campus climate around alcohol
Badger Herald
UHS-administered survey available through early January.
UW student cracks Forbes 30 Under 30 Energy list
Badger Herald
Former Miss America, Nuclear Engineering student reflects on UW experience, engineering programs.
‘Not a zero-sum game’: UW-Madison panelists discuss teaching Asian-American history alongside other identities
Daily Cardinal
Panelists shared thoughts and challenges about Asian-American representation in schools and how they feel its presence could create a brighter future in education.
Lonnie Lee (Steinmetz) Thompson
Wisconsin State Journal
She started her working career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an administrative assistant in the Medical College and followed that with many years as a Legal Secretary with several law firms in the Madison area.
UW system President Jay Rothman: Liberal arts not on chopping block
Wisconsin State Journal
Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman sought to clarify this week that he is not proposing to solve the system’s financial woes by eliminating liberal arts programs after sharing a report with chancellors that examined steps an Arkansas university took to head off its own fiscal crisis.
Times, tickets revealed for NCAA Regional hosted by Wisconsin volleyball
Wisconsin State Journal
The Badgers have another opportunity to avenge one of their three losses when they host Penn State at 6 p.m. Thursday with it being broadcast on ESPN2.
Woven portraits of women who champion water come to Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
The 1,400-square-foot gallery, named after a longtime art and history professor at UW-Madison, opened in 2004 and is operated by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters. The organization’s work includes examining science and culture in Wisconsin People & Ideas magazine, exploring pathways to a sustainable future through its Climate and Energy Initiative, offering courses and public talks, and supporting the state’s poet laureate.
Wisconsin football headed to Florida to face LSU in ReliaQuest Bowl
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin football team will need to pack sunscreen for its bowl game trip.
UW system leader’s email sets off concern for liberal arts’ future
The Capital Times
A story in a UW-Madison student newspaper set off a firestorm within the Universities of Wisconsin after it reported the system president suggested to chancellors they might consider “shifting away from liberal arts.”
UW-Madison grads create Happy Scratch to help pets fight allergies
The Capital Times
Happy Scratch, a nutritional supplement for cats and dogs with seasonal or food allergies, began in the laboratory of the late UW-Madison animal science professor Mark Cook, who discovered the allergy-fighting technology with molecular toxicologist Jordan Sand about 10 years ago. The two patented their discovery in conjunction with the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
Opinion | GOP attack on UW holding state back
The Capital Times
Guest column by state Sen. Melissa Agard, D-Madison.
UW-Madison’s updated wish list includes a $300M dorm, the university’s largest ever
Wisconsin State Journal
Further emptying out the Mosse Humanities building by building a new music academic building and adding nearly 2,000 beds to University Housing could rank high on UW-Madison’s list of priorities for the next state budget.
Wisconsin volleyball great to be founding player for pro team in Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
It’s official: Lauren Carlini is coming home.
Dane, Milwaukee counties stop making unwed fathers pay for Medicaid birth costs
Wisconsin State Journal
In Dane County, fathers were more likely to pay child support, and those payments increased, after the county stopped new birth cost recovery cases in 2020, according to a study this year by UW-Madison researchers. The study, by the university’s Institute for Research on Poverty, compared unmarried Medicaid deliveries in the county in 2020-2021 with those outside of the county in 2016-2021 and in the county before 2020.
More States Now Require Financial Literacy Classes in High Schools
The New York Times
But a recent study she wrote with Melody Harvey, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, found no impact on eventual retirement savings. Perhaps, she said, for teenagers heading to college or just entering the work force, the idea of retiring is too distant.
High school athlete asks how workouts, limited rest affect young body
USA Today
You know the story of Vitas from my column on sports specialization. She played a variety of sports in high school but didn’t develop a true passion or intensity for one until she walked on as a rower at the University of Wisconsin.
The Top 25 Universities For R&D Spending; Johns Hopkins #1 Again
Forbes
University of Wisconsin-Madison $1.524 billion
Former MMSD superintendent dies at 72
NBC-15
Nerad was born in Marinette, grew up in Kenosha, studied at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, then transferred to UW-Madison, where he got a bachelors and masters in Social Work.
Bridging the gap: Madison teacher brings classic card game to new generation at UW
NBC-15
PhD student and president of UW Madison’s Bridge Club Austen Fen says he and his friends first started discussing the idea of bridge club this year.
‘Reservation Dogs’ actor, climate activist speaks on value of comedy during Native November keynote
Badger Herald
’What we’re trying to do is confront power … Because for too long our stories have been told by non-Native people,’ keynote speaker Dallas Goldtooth says.
Mecha de UW-Madison temporarily relocated to Red Gym
Daily Cardinal
Mecha de UW-Madison moved from its location on Bernard Court to the Red Gym for at least one year due to looming Levy Hall construction.
Dane County judge declines to appoint prosecutor after PETA case alleged animal abuse at UW-Madison primate research center
Daily Cardinal
Animal rights group PETA obtained photos and videos of what it alleges were invasive experiments and animal cruelty inflicted on primates housed at the research facility
6 Madison student housing projects planned or under construction near campus
Daily Cardinal
As housing prices in Madison have continued to rise, developers have proposed several large housing developments responding to student housing needs.
ASM grants initial approval of 2025 fiscal year budget
Badger Herald
Council also approves feedback form to bridge gap between ASM, students.