Fall enrollment at UW-Stevens Point’s campuses in Marshfield and Wausau is expected to be down by 44.2% and 21.4%, respectively, with Marshfield enrollment standing at 158 students, versus 283 last year, and Wausau enrolling 286 students, down from 364 last year.
Expect the leaves to really start showing off their radiant yellow, orange and red hues in mid-October, says an expert at UW-Madison.
“It’s really early October when we start seeing the peak colors across the state — particularly in parts of northern Wisconsin,” said Steven Ackerman, emeritus professor with the UW-Madison Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences.
In 1968 he moved to Wisconsin and began working at the UW Internal Audit Department and advanced to heading the department until his retirement.
Aformer University of Wisconsin athletic department employee has been ordered to repay more than $7,000 he stole from accounts belonging to former Badgers players.
In the child care sector specifically, unions are an anomaly, said Laura Dresser, a labor economist and associate director of the UW-Madison think tank High Road Strategy Center.
“Child care unions are really rare in Wisconsin … and unions are rare in child care nationally as well,” Dresser said.
Movies and books speculate whether humans are alone in the universe. A new group of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is working to find answers.
Thomas Beatty, an assistant astronomy professor, compared the creation of the Wisconsin Center for Origins Research to Marvel Comics.
The Universities of Wisconsin employed about 6,000 more employees during the 2022-23 academic year than in the 1992-93 school year, despite serving a similar number of students, according to a recent analysis by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, a nonpartisan arm of the Legislature.
Seven friends were gathered around a table inside a private room at a Madison restaurant on a summer night. They may well have been seated on wooden benches in a locker room, drenched in sweat.
Theranostics is gaining widespread attention in the medical research field and has become a rapidly growing industry, added UW-Madison Professor Zachary Morris, who specializes in oncology. Morris said the state’s research of theranostics has raked in millions of dollars in federal grants. Wisconsin’s promise in theranostics research in part secured the state’s status as a “regional tech hub” this year, unlocking $49 million in federal funds.
“This is an area on the industry side where we’re seeing enormous investment, and the hope is that investment is going to translate into improvements in care for cancer patients in the years to come,” Morris said. “In the state of Wisconsin, it’s a strength for our state as a whole, not only on the academic side but also on the industry side.”
The third floor of Madison Area Technical College’s health sciences building at the Truax campus finally feels like an operating room wing.
Yet, under a new UW policy announced by system administrators last week, top UW officials will be barred from making public statements about what might broadly be imagined as controversial. The policy lists those officials as “the UW System president and vice presidents, the university chancellors, provosts, vice chancellors, deans, directors, department chairs and others who, when communicating in their official capacity, are likely to be perceived as speaking in the name of and on behalf of the institution or one of its units.”
The No. 2 ranking by USCHO.com voters gave the Badgers the same spot in which they finished last season after losing to the Buckeyes in the NCAA championship game. Wisconsin was No. 1 to start last season and held that spot into November, when Ohio State swept a two-game series against Wisconsin in Columbus.
Wisconsin added more sales locations when it added alcohol to the menu on the main concourse this season, but at peak traffic times the merging of fans looking to get through and those waiting in lines made things slow to a crawl on the west side of the stadium.
Universities of Wisconsin systemwide enrollment is projected to increase by just more than 1,000 this fall overall, an encouraging sign as enrollment has increased for a second year in a row after a decade of declines.
According to UW-Madison political science professor Kathy Cramer, political ads aim to achieve two primary goals.
“One is activate people who are already leaning towards them or their party — and ads can definitely help kind of remind people both that an election is coming up and reconnect them with their party and the leading candidate. But the other thing that they do is persuade people on the margins,” Cramer told the Cap Times.
Universities of Wisconsin leaders must limit their public statements to matters that affect school operations and maintain neutral viewpoints under a new policy that system administrators released Friday.
Forget what the NCAA says. Ron Dayne considers himself the all-time college rushing leader. “Without a doubt,” he said.
Letter to the editor: Now I see they are doing away with the Hall of Fame walk. These bricks are very special to the people who purchased them. Some of these bricks were very old, and some were memorials to loved ones. It was all done very underhandedly. Brick purchasers received little or no notification.
He was admitted to the state bar in 1969 and was an Attorney at Law for the University of Wisconsin (1969-2002) where he practiced Higher Education Law. He traveled extensively during his career giving speeches and presentations on the new and developing higher education field of law.
In the early years of their marriage, Emy was the main breadwinner for the family, using her training in chemistry to find employment in the laboratories at what was then Rayovac, then later with Dr. Beinert at the Enzyme Institute and ending up with Dr. Ganther at the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the U.W.
UW-Madison police reported that 19 people were ejected from Camp Randall Stadium and 11 people were arrested during Saturday’s football game between the Badgers and Alabama.
While districtwide enrollment is expected to remain flat this fall, projections from the UW-Madison Applied Population Laboratory indicate the student population is likely to continue trending downward for at least the next five years.
UW-Madison’s efforts to address racism against Black students have been ineffective and reactionary, according to a new report from an ad-hoc group faculty, students and alumni that recommends more than 20 steps the university can take to address the problem.
Joshua Sims, social media’s College Football Travel Guy, told National Public Radio host Scott Simon Saturday about his favorite college creameries, ranking the Babcock Dairy store at UW-Madison on top.
After receiving a masters in chemistry at UW-Madison, he obtained a position with the University of Wisconsin Safety Department as a chemist for 26 years.
According to ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, a national, nonpartisan get-out-the-vote effort, UW-Madison’s voter turnout in the fall 2022 midterm elections was 55.8%. That’s nearly double the national average of 30.6% for college students as calculated by Tufts University.
Lauren Carlini’s career is coming full circle. Carlini, the first four-time AVCA All-American in University of Wisconsin volleyball history, is returning to the Badgers program as offensive analyst and strategy consultant, coach Kelly Sheffield announced Thursday.
When No. 4 Alabama visits Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday, it will be a rare chance for the University of Wisconsin football program and its fans to welcome a powerhouse from outside the Big Ten Conference.
The Levy surname will grace a second UW-Madison building, as prolific Madison-area philanthropists Marv and Jeff Levy have pledged $75 million in support of the College of Engineering’s new building.
Witnessing a nonconference game against a top 10 opponent at Camp Randall Stadium has become a once-in-a-generation experience, and University of Wisconsin football fans are paying a premium for the one coming Saturday.
Officials with UW-Madison reported Tuesday that the memorial bricks around Camp Randall could take years to relocate, possibly until 2027.
“It’s hard to say,” said UW-Madison Journalism Professor Michael Wagner. “Most of the literature in political science has suggested that debates don’t tend to matter in terms of who people vote for.”
University of Wisconsin Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor hosted a media roundtable with student journalists Tuesday. Updates on campus initiatives, financial and housing needs and free expression were prominent in the discussion.
For University of Wisconsin computer science major Tanvi Wadhawan, envisioning a future where artificial intelligence is not only present but omnipresent has been a no-brainer. Growing up in the Silicon Valley area, Wadhawan has long understood the potential of AI, so much so that it caused her to switch career paths.
“It’s [AI] why I switched gears from straight software engineering to security… it 100% has made me rethink my entire career,” Wadhawan said. “If ChatGPT or cloud AI can do my homework, it can do my job.”
The University of Wisconsin-Madison StudentPrint laid off all 23 employees and transitioned into a self-service shop called the Registered Student Organization (RSO) Print and Resource Center on Sept. 1 after 25 years of student-run printing services.
A lot has been on University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin’s plate since the spring.
Between a 12-day pro-Palestine encampment and juggling the university budget process, she’s had to carefully tread an upcoming election with a student body that has divided perspectives. Mnookin and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor sat down with campus media Tuesday to discuss free speech efforts, the affordable housing shortage and protest culture.
Two student housing developers — Core Spaces of Chicago and Mortenson Development of Minneapolis — have made agreements with the city and UW-Madison that let them offer lower rents to qualifying students at certain projects in exchange for added stories, Verveer said.
In 2020, UW-Madison and the Madison Metropolitan School District created a task force to study effective ways to teach literacy. Around that time, test scores showed about 80% of the school district’s students were failing to read proficiently.
Beverly Trezek, a UW-Madison professor who specializes in reading, said university administrators used the research to adjust courses. They added more instruction on topics like spelling and writing, and added opportunities for prospective special education teachers to teach reading in schools, she said.
Even when they’re leaving a University of Wisconsin football game early, fans generally give Camp Randall Stadium high marks for the experience.
The commission signed off on additions to UW Health’s East Madison Hospital and the Rohr Chabad House at the University of Wisconsin, as well as new housing aimed at youth at risk of homelessness.
In 1966, they moved to Madison, where David served as a physician for 35 years at the University of Wisconsin Student Health Service and the VA Hospital, where he compassionately provided care for generations of students and veterans. He was Associate Professor at UW Medical School.
That’s a new part of the entry process this season. Wisconsin has had similar checks at the Kohl Center since 2016 and added them at Camp Randall Stadium in 2023. Volleyball fans now also are subject to the security measures and an earlier time for gates opening — 90 minutes before the match instead of an hour.
By mimicking bat hibernation in a lab dish, UW-Madison researchers showed how the fungus that causes deadly white-nose syndrome spreads and how a lung cancer drug might stop it.
Column by Barry Burden, a political science professor and director of the Elections Research Center at UW-Madison.
Community Pediatrics in Beaver Dam has been acquired by UW Health and will be renamed UW Health Kids Beaver Dam Clinic in November.
The 30-second video premiered during the Badger football team’s season opener Aug. 30 at Camp Randall Stadium. University officials said the UW Marching Band-themed ad will play during sporting events throughout the year.
Of the 47 people ejected, 37 were UW students, and all 18 who were arrested were UW students, police said in a statement detailing the numbers.
UW-Madison will conduct its official student census on the tenth day of classes. Roughly 8,400 first-year students and another 1,400 transfer students are expected to enroll this fall, the university estimated in late August. Over 70,000 applicants sought a spot in the incoming class.
“This is the largest applicant pool in the university’s history and a 3.6% increase over last year’s record number of applicants,” according to Kelly Tyrrell, a campus spokesperson.
UW-Madison students and administration share the status of an agreement created after pro-Palestine protests on campus last spring.
A study from the UW’s Collaborative for Reproductive Equity shows that women in 19 Wisconsin counties do not have full access to maternal health care. Women in 11 of those counties live in what researchers call a “maternal care desert” — meaning there is no access to care.
Brianna Decker will be added to the American hockey shrine in December as part of the Class of 2024. The Dousman native and 2012 Patty Kazmaier Award winner won the 2011 NCAA championship with the Badgers, for whom she is the second all-time leading scorer.
Fans who purchased personalized bricks, some in memory of late family members or friends, will have the choice of having them be part of a new display or claiming them to keep.
After years of being crammed in an outdated UW-Madison School of Veterinary Science building, staff, students and their patients finally have a bit of breathing room.
Madison’s two major art museums — the Chazen Museum of Art on the UW-Madison campus and the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art on State Street — have joined forces with 14 other institutions statewide in hopes you’ll hit the road this fall and visit their galleries along the way.
University of Wisconsin fans who thought the personalized bricks they bought over the last three decades were going to be part of a permanent display have criticized the athletic department for going a different direction.
UW-Madison Police say they are investigating after pro-Palestinian graffiti was found on several parts of Library Mall Wednesday morning, including the fountain.
UW-Madison police said Wednesday that they are investigating a report of a person being groped by five or six people during Friday night’s Badgers football game at Camp Randall Stadium.
The share of Wisconsin dentists serving Medicaid patients is lower than the national average. In 21 counties, fewer than four out of every 10 dentists filed Medicaid claims in 2021 — and in seven counties, not one dentist did, according to the UW-Madison La Follette School analysis. The numbers were similar in Dane County, where about six out of 10 dentists filed no Medicaid claims that year and less than one-third of Medicaid patients received dental care.
The down and distance to gain were displayed, but there was no indication of what yard line the ball was on. That’ll change for Week 2 when the Badgers host South Dakota on Saturday, a Wisconsin official said.
Former UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow will have one last chance to keep his teaching job when the UW Board of Regents meets later this month to decide whether to revoke his tenure over pornographic films he produced with his wife.
