Universities of Wisconsin campuses have 1,177 more students this fall than previously projected, according to enrollment data released Tuesday.
UW campuses seeing higher enrollment than previously projected
Wisconsin State Journal
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James M. “Jim” Huffer, M.D.
Wisconsin State Journal
Jim joined the Orthopedics Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and eventually became a partner at Bone and Joint Surgery and Associates. In addition to patient care, he was a highly regarded teacher, earning the student-given UW Medical School teaching award twice. Jim also cared for and mentored student athletes on the UW football, basketball and hockey teams. The UW Hockey team won the NCAA National Championship in 1973, while Jim was the team physician.
‘Top Chef’s’ Dan Jacobs chosen as speaker for UW-Madison’s winter commencement
Wisconsin State Journal
“Top Chef: Wisconsin” finalist Dan Jacobs was chosen as the keynote speaker for UW-Madison’s Dec. 15 winter commencement.
UW-Madison librarian brings medical history to life
Wisconsin State Journal
Micaela Sullivan-Fowler, a librarian at UW-Madison’s Ebling Library for Health Services, has culled nearly 30,000 such ads from 1923 to 2007 into the digital Health Advertisements Database from Ebling Sources, or HADES. Former colleague Amanda Lambert and several students helped her compile the database, which continues to grow.
The $7.99 brat at Camp Randall? Wisconsin sells thousands each game
Wisconsin State Journal
Camp Randall Stadium sells between 8,000 and 10,000 of each on every football game day, with a complex path from supplier to buyer that involves scheduling, delivery and warehousing in addition to cooking and selling.
Cases dismissed against 3 of 5 people charged in pro-Palestinian protest at UW
Wisconsin State Journal
Cases against three of five people charged in connection with a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on UW-Madison’s campus last spring have been dismissed, while one paid a fine and another has the chance to see his case dismissed next year.
UW-Madison students’ ‘Nerve Ninja’ wins national inventors competition
Wisconsin State Journal
Ateam of UW-Madison current and former biomedical engineering students sliced through the competition at a national collegiate inventors competition to win first-place with their combined forceps-scalpel device.
Madison College scraps monthslong search for new leader, restarts
The Capital Times
More than a year after the school’s current president announced his retirement, Madison College is starting over in a search for its next leader.
Madison-area cystic fibrosis patients breathing easier thanks to new drugs
Wisconsin State Journal
At UW Health, which took part in the clinical trial for Trikafta, nearly all 350 or so patients with cystic fibrosis are on Trikafta or similar drugs, and four of them are in their 70s.
Why a family visit carries extra meaning for this Wisconsin volleyball defensive specialist
Wisconsin State Journal
Ordinarily, Ferda and Ali Guctekin watch their daughter’s University of Wisconsin volleyball matches on replay. That’s because most of the Badgers’ matches are played around 3 a.m. local time in Istanbul, Turkey.
‘Too much for me to handle’: How Wisconsin football players handle social media abuse
Wisconsin State Journal
Ricardo Hallman can laugh about it now, but two years ago this week was a low point in his football career.
Why Political Text Blasts Targeting College Students Are Drawing Outrage
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Meanwhile, college students in Wisconsin, another swing state, allegedly received mass texts last week that advocates say could dissuade them from voting. The claim came in a Tuesday letter from a free-speech-advocacy group writing on behalf of Wisconsin’s chapter of the League of Women Voters, which supports expanding voting access but does not endorse specific candidates.
Greetings! Madison Public Market art projects take shape
The Capital Times
Some art projects are still in the works, Wolf said, like a collaboration with UW-Madison Design Studies teaching professor Monika Thadhani and her class to make an engaging “food culture” wall of historic images.
UW-Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt to step down at end of school year
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt will step down at the end of the school year and return to the faculty after a turbulent 12 months during which 20% of employees were eliminated, two branch campuses were slated for closure and faculty rebuked his leadership.
Suspect in violent rape last year of UW-Madison student intends to plead guilty
Wisconsin State Journal
Less than two weeks after he signaled he would pursue an insanity defense, a man accused of a violent rape of a UW-Madison student last year in the city’s Downtown says he will plead guilty.
Tom Still: Tech, ’trep issues on campaign back burner, but should emerge over time
Wisconsin State Journal
Some say the federal government should be allowed to appropriate products patented by universities and developed with private money if the underlying research received any federal funding and if the products are deemed unreasonably priced. In patent law-speak, that’s called “march-in” rights. It would be a major departure from the bipartisan 1980 Bayh-Dole Act, which was silent on what constitutes “reasonable” price and which has been credited with spurring innovation at major universities nationwide, including the UW-Madison. Erik Iverson, who leads the independent Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, has said the proposal “ignores years of input from experts” who have found “there is no legal justification to redefine march-in rights as a price-control tool.”
Here’s when the sunburst chairs at Memorial Union will go away for the year
Wisconsin State Journal
The removal of the Memorial Union’s colorful orange, yellow and green terrace chairs — that bellwether of impending winter — will start the last week of October.
Why Vote? Voices from the UW Odyssey Project
The Capital Times
The UW Odyssey Project empowers adults to overcome adversity and achieve dreams through higher education.
William M. Reynolds
Wisconsin State Journal
Bill served as director of the graduate program in school psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and held appointments as principal investigator at the Waisman Center on Mental Retardation and Human Development and as discipline chief of Psychology of the University Affiliated Program at the Waisman Center.
Carla Thompson Leskinen
Wisconsin State Journal
Carla dedicated a significant part of her career to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, working in both the School of Agriculture and the Art Department.
Costs added up for Wisconsin women’s basketball WNIT play. Will benefits follow?
Wisconsin State Journal
There was an extra step of paperwork necessary as part of the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team’s interest in participating in the 2024 Women’s National Invitation Tournament.
Jack Cipperly
Wisconsin State Journal
He served as an Assistant Dean in the College of Letters and Science, working with students and staff for thirty two years, which seemed a job made in heaven for him.
Landlords’ lobbyist tried to delay UW-Madison’s new dorm, letter shows
Wisconsin State Journal
Alobbyist organization for Madison-area landlords and property owners hoped to stall UW-Madison’s push to build a new residence hall, according to a letter to the UW Board of Regents shown to the Wisconsin State Journal last week.
It looks like Coldplay’s Camp Randall show is sold out
Wisconsin State Journal
Those hoping to see British band Coldplay take the stage at Camp Randall next summer might have a hard time snagging tickets to the stadium’s first concern in nearly three decades.
UW Health’s $465 million Eastpark clinic to open on Madison’s East Side this month
Wisconsin State Journal
UW Health’s seven-story Eastpark Medical Center, under construction for more than two years in the American Center Business Park on Madison’s Far East Side, will open for patients this month.
Polzin: How a Hall of Fame speech filled with thank-yous ended a ‘beautiful day’ for Bo Ryan
Wisconsin State Journal
The man known for his attention to detail during a legendary coaching career that included stops leading University of Wisconsin men’s basketball programs at Platteville, Milwaukee and Madison is still a stickler for the little things when preparing for something.
UW volleyball star, Olympic medalist ‘dipping toe in coaching pond’
The Capital Times
Lauren Carlini was expecting to kick back and chill on the return flight to Madison after the University of Wisconsin volleyball team recently swept Rutgers in Piscataway, New Jersey. Instead, the former UW star spent the next few hours engaged in conversation with coach Kelly Sheffield, who had just collected his milestone 300th career win in 12 seasons at Wisconsin.
14 games require subscriptions for Wisconsin men’s basketball in 2024-25 season
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team played five games on Peacock last season. That will double for the 2024-25 season.
Madison schools’ $507M facilities referendum a ‘bet on the long game’
The Capital Times
While district-wide enrollment remained flat last school year, the student population is likely to trend downward for at least the next five years, according to projections by researchers at UW-Madison’s Applied Population Laboratory.
UW-Madison engineering building faces more steps before construction
The Capital Times
The design phase is nearly done. Then, the college will take the plans for the new facility to the UW system Board of Regents and State Building Commission, said UW-Madison College of Engineering Dean Ian Robertson.
Why Camp Randall concerts stopped in 1997 and why they’re coming back in 2025
Wisconsin State Journal
The answer isn’t straightforward, those involved with bringing a concert back to Camp Randall said Tuesday when the details were unveiled. The tendency has been for big shows to go to larger cities like Chicago, Milwaukee and Minneapolis than to try to fill a venue in Madison that will have a 58,000 capacity for the Coldplay date.
Texts, emails show UW leaders’ reaction to pro-Palestinian encampment
The Capital Times
Soon after police officers removed protesters’ tents and withdrew from the scene on May 1, a pro-Palestinian encampment reemerged on Library Mall, forcing University of Wisconsin-Madison leaders to contemplate their next step.
How Wisconsin is trying to speed up beer sales at Camp Randall Stadium
Wisconsin State Journal
The delivery arrived in the west concourse of Camp Randall Stadium midway through the first quarter Saturday. The cargo on a rolling flatbed cart already was causing a line to form a few minutes later.
Coldplay confirmed, date set for Camp Randall Stadium concert in 2025
Wisconsin State Journal
Coldplay has been confirmed for a Camp Randall Stadium concert in 2025 and the date is set, according to announcements by University of Wisconsin Athletics and Coldplay.
Catherine Armstrong Reznikoff
Wisconsin State Journal
Dr. Reznikoff was the first woman to earn a PhD from Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and went on to become a Professor of Cancer Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She earned international recognition for using novel techniques to define genetic changes in transitional cell carcinoma. Dr. Reznikoff served as Chair of the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program, underscoring her reputation and her integrity.
Armed with more than 1,500 pounds of cheese, UW-Madison students feed the World Dairy Expo
Wisconsin State Journal
The line extends out to the street for what UW-Madison students with the Collegiate Farm Bureau and the Badger Dairy Club are cooking up.
Coldplay world tour signaled as coming to Camp Randall Stadium in 2025
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin athletic department showed a promotional video at Saturday’s football game for the first concert at Camp Randall Stadium in 28 years.
The teases continued Sunday with an apparent confirmation of the group.
Blair Mathews
Wisconsin State Journal
He returned to his beloved University of Wisconsin until his retirement in 1994. During those decades Blair served as an Associate Dean in the College of Letters and Science, Assistant Dean in the Dean of Students Office and assistant to the Vice Provost. He counseled and advised countless students throughout his career whose lives he significantly influenced. Blair supervised doctoral and masters degree students as they served as clinical interns in the University Counseling Services.
Forceps. Scalpel. Nerve Ninja: UW-Madison engineers devise tool to limit nerve damage in surgery
Wisconsin State Journal
A patient should never come out of the operating room with more pain than they went in with.
That’s the thinking behind a group of UW-Madison engineers whose invention aims to make surgical incisions easier and reduce the incidence of accidental cuts from free-floating scalpels.
Pamela Kay Winne
Wisconsin State Journal
Pam taught elementary education in the Cottage Grove and Monona School Districts for seven years, until she joined Dr. Dempsey’s Neurosurgery team at the University of Wisconsin as a research coordinator. She finished her career as a research coordinator for the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention (WRAP) study at the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute.
26 ejected, 9 arrested during Badgers game against Purdue, UW police say
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison police reported that 26 people were ejected from Camp Randall Stadium and nine people were arrested during Saturday’s football game between the Badgers and Purdue.
It’s October and lilacs are blooming in the Arboretum
Wisconsin State Journal
Spring in October. That’s what David Stevens, curator of the UW Arboretum’s Longenecker Horticultural Gardens, is calling the unusual fall blooming of local lilacs that’s drawing crowds to see and smell the typically spring-blooming flowers.
The number of Spanish-speaking cheesemakers is growing. UW-Madison is educating them
Wisconsin State Journal
One of the Dairyland’s key industries has a shortage of people — and UW-Madison is stepping in to help.
Madison College sees student enrollment increase again this fall
The Capital Times
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.
$1.2M in alcohol sold at Wisconsin Badgers football games so far
The Capital Times
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.
Restaurant review: The Babcock Dairy store sells more than cheese and ice cream
Wisconsin State Journal
Besides selling the expected cheese and ice cream, the Babcock Dairy store at UW-Madison is also a sandwich shop.
Trump in Waunakee isn’t trying to win Dane County, just get to 24%
The Capital Times
“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.”
How southern Wisconsin could become a nuclear fusion mecca
The Capital Times
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.
Tom Still: UW’s Jay Rothman takes budget push on the road; path eventually leads to Capitol
Wisconsin State Journal
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 gets $5 million to improve health for pregnant Black women and their babies
Wisconsin State Journal
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.
How much a former Wisconsin volleyball star is making as a program analyst
Wisconsin State Journal
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.
Children in formerly redlined areas have increased asthma risk today, UW study says
Wisconsin State Journal
Children who grow up today in neighborhoods that were redlined, or graded low for home loans, in the 1930s are slightly more likely to have asthma, according to a new study involving UW-Madison researchers.
UW-Madison marching band entertains thousands with tribute to Ariana Grande
Wisconsin State Journal
Photos: The UW Marching Band honored Ariana Grande with a performance at Geneseo High School in Illinois on Saturday at the Maple Leaf Classic, a marching band competition.
Postseason spending helps push Wisconsin’s 2023-24 expenses past projections
Wisconsin State Journal
Budgeting for postseason competition at the University of Wisconsin is usually a line where officials expect more expenses than revenue.
UW-Madison’s new freshman class is less diverse than previous classes, new data shows
Wisconsin State Journal
The percentage of Black, Latino and Indigenous students in UW-Madison’s Class of 2028 has dropped, despite a record number of applications, following last year’s Supreme Court ruling that barred consideration of race in college applications.
Malfunctioning doors aside, Madison’s BRT debut ‘smoother than expected’
Wisconsin State Journal
The doors didn’t always work as they should. There were delays, some riders struggled to understand the new fare system, and more than one bus ended up being towed.
Letter | Student protesters have powerful support
The Capital Times
Dear Editor: In this new academic year, UW-Madison administration is beginning to enforce a crackdown on its own students and faculty who participated in the anti-war and anti-genocide protests at downtown Library Mall last spring, organized by Students for Justice in Palestine.
UW-Madison slips slightly in annual Best Colleges ranking
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison dropped slightly in the latest edition of the U.S. News & World Report’s rankings for 2025, going down one place to tie for 13th in the national public colleges category.
What to do if your family has a history of Alzheimer’s
Wisconsin State Journal
Column by Dr. Nathaniel Chin, a geriatrician, memory care specialist and medical director of the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at UW-Madison, and Darby Peter, a research assistant in geriatrics and gerontology at UW-Madison.
Peter R. “Pete” Weiler Jr.
Wisconsin State Journal
In the same year, Pete received a fellowship in physics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison where he earned a master’s degree in physics and a doctorate in physics. The University became home to him. He worked in Environmental Sciences and throughout his career, received many honors.