The University of Wisconsin will implement fiscal controls for the remainder of the 2025 fiscal year including hiring reviews, reductions in non-essential spending and the development of 5% and 10% budget reduction scenarios for fund 101 — a fund dedicated to state tax, federal indirect cost and tuition allocation.
Written by John Gross, a clinical associate professor of law at the University of Wisconsin Law School and director of the Public Defender Project.
Menzie Chinn, a professor of public affairs and economics at the University of Wisconsin, said, “People are maximally confused.”
To show how uncertainty plays out, Chinn gave an example of potential homebuyers: Lowering interest rates might entice them, but worries about a big drop in home prices over the next year — the kind that might arise from a recession — might scare them away.
“It’s better news, but washed out by this bad uncertainty,” Chinn said.
“Many politicians, law enforcement personnel and ordinary citizens are nonetheless incensed because this person should not have been in the country and thus capable of committing a crime,” said Michael Light, a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison who has studied the issue. “This view that the person’s undocumented status is an aggravating factor is also likely a reason why these crimes generate such strong responses.”
Dr. Megan Moreno, the principal investigator of the social media and adolescent health research team at the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics, called the USF survey a “groundbreaking” addition to ongoing research, because too many studies do not include the possibility of there being positive outcomes to kids having phones. “It is just so rare for studies to consider both benefits and risks,” she said.
Co-authored by Cortland Dahl, Ph.D., a scientist at the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the author of A Meditator’s Guide to Buddhism; Otto Simonsson, Ph.D., is with the Karolinska Institutet, and Simon Goldberg, Ph.D., is with the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Republican-ordered audits released Friday found that Wisconsin state agencies and the University of Wisconsin system have failed to track the millions of dollars they spent on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, making it difficult to fully assess the initiatives.
The survey was conducted by DCF and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty. They collected answers from over 3,600 providers who received CCC stabilization funds in November 2024.
A highly anticipated state audit found University of Wisconsin System campuses do not track how much they spend on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, or whether the millions spent on these initiatives pay off.
Wisconsin is home to one of the best college towns in the U.S., according to a recent report from RentCafe.
State agencies and the University of Wisconsin System failed to adequately track millions of dollars spent on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, according to audits released Friday, fueling ongoing Republican efforts to dismantle such programs.
Even if your dog wears a GPS tracker, Dr. Jessica Pritchard, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, says microchipping is still essential. Your dog’s collar could become detached, or they may wander into an area without a signal. Pritchard, who previously used a tracker with her dogs, says that microchipping and GPS trackers work together like locking your doors and installing a home security system.
The University of Wisconsin system and several state agencies failed to specifically track spending on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, Wisconsin’s Legislative Audit Bureau (WLAB) recently revealed.
At least 40 student visas have been revoked at schools within the University of Wisconsin school system, with more than two dozen from UW-Madison alone.
A spokesperson from UW-Madison wrote, “As of April 9, UW-Madison is aware of the automatic sevis termination of 26 total records. This includes 15 current students and 11 recent alumni on employment authorization … A sevis record termination generally means that a nonimmigrant individual no longer holds lawful nonimmigrant status and should depart the U.S. immediately.”
For many students, being away from home can be especially challenging during major holidays — and Passover is no exception.
But, thanks to the efforts of student leaders like Sophie Genshaft, the engagement intern and holiday chair at UW Hillel, Jewish students at the University of Wisconsin can look forward to a warm, welcoming and meaningful Passover experience this year.
At least 40 student visas across the UW System have been terminated as of April 10, according to university officials. The number has doubled since April 7.
Paul Robbins, dean of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a former board member for the ICF, told WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” that counting cranes might seem like a simple task, but it’s the only way to get a snapshot of the population around the state.
“Conservation is really based on pretty small numbers of beings in the world, so you actually have to find them and see them,” he said. “And that really requires people to be on the ground.”
There’s never been a better time to be a Wisconsin women’s hockey fan. Both the UW-River Falls Falcons and the UW-Madison Badgers took home national titles in their respective divisions. We talk with the teams’ coaches about the stories behind their success.
The report was commissioned by the state Department of Children and Families (DCF) and produced by the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The number of University of Wisconsin students whose visas were canceled by the Trump administration has risen.
According to a spokesperson for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as of April 9 a total of 26 students have now had their visas revoked. Fifteen current students and 11 recent alumni on employment authorization were impacted.
More than $12 million in research grants destined for the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been cut by President Donald Trump’s administration, according to a lawsuit filed by Wisconsin and 15 other states. Democratic state Attorney General Josh Kaul says the administration is “sabotaging medical and public health research.”
Between cuts to research funding and crackdowns on students participating in campus demonstrations, some international students at University of Wisconsin-Madison plan to find education elsewhere.
University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering students are inviting the public to learn more about the field at the upcoming Engineering EXPO 2025.
As the number of international students facing visa terminations swells this week, student leaders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are growing more concerned.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students contributed to a record-high turnout for uncontested local candidates in the spring 2025 elections, boosted by the marquee state Supreme Court race.
The NFL has announced a round of entertainment and other activities planned for the draft in Green Bay, but specifics are still to come on some on concert performers and other participants.
Under the tariffs, the price of a drink at a coffee shop could go up 3-5 cents per dollar, while the price of coffee at the grocery store could rise 10%, said Andrew Stevens, University of Wisconsin-Madison assistant professor of agricultural and applied economics.
Co-authored by Kateri Klingele Pinell is a clinical mental health professional and co-founder of the Wisconsin Student Parents Organization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a student one month away from graduating seemingly had her visa revoked for a previous traffic violation. In Florida, a student from Colombia was taken into custody by immigration agents after he was stopped by Gainesville police with an expired registration and driver’s license. He signed his self-deportation and returned home.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health used artificial intelligence to screen the electronic health records of patients admitted to the UW Health University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, between March and October 2023, for any sign that they were at risk of or had an opioid use disorder.
Michael Wagner, who leads the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, said that universities could make a greater effort to get the work of misinformation researchers into the public’s hands.
Universities must do “a more aggressive job of promoting the work, even when it highlights partisan asymmetries, even when it highlights other kinds of things that might leave universities open to attack from those who don’t like the fact that universities exist,” said Wagner, who noted that his center has been subpoenaed by Congress. “[That] is something they need to do a better job of, to help the researchers who are trying to do this stuff get their work out there to folks so that they can engage with it and decide how they want to incorporate that information into how they live their lives.”
The poverty guidelines are “needed by many people and programs,” said Timothy Smeeding, a professor emeritus of economics at the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin. “If you’re thinking of someone you fired who should be rehired, Swenson would be a no-brainer,” he added.
Managed by the Department of Botany, the greenhouse plays a crucial role at the university, assisting with classes and research initiatives. It is now under the leadership of UW’s Living Collections Manager III, Cara Streekstra, who has been with the department for over 12 years.
“We help further botany, education and teaching,” Streekstra said. “That’s the main focus of what we do in the botany greenhouses, teaching support. We grow plants specifically for use in lab courses and for horticulture, agronomy and also art classes and English classes.”
Last Spring, the University of Wisconsin chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine led an encampment protest on Library Mall that lasted from April 29 to May 10, 2024, which UW temporarily disrupted using police force on its third day.
A local district is changing the name of a school. McFarland’s Conrad Elvejehm Primary School will get a new name. Its original namesake, Conrad Elvejehm, was a UW-Madison professor and the university’s thirteenth president. He was born in McFarland.
According to a report given to the McFarland School Board, Elvejehm also signed a petition to keep Black people from living in his neighborhood. He also blocked a film about racial discrimination toward renters from being shown, according to reporting from the Wisconsin State Journal.
The disruption of Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield’s (’75 MPA) talk reveals a growing trend of selective free speech among pro-Palestinian activists.
A Madison man was arrested Friday after allegedly strangling a UW-Madison student in the UW Arboretum earlier in the week.
The recent visa record terminations of six University of Wisconsin students and seven alumni have caused concerns regarding international students.
The Wisconsin Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union Senior Staff Attorney Tim Muth says it is unclear what allowed the federal government to terminate these visas.
UW-Madison has found 13 more international student visas canceled by President Donald Trump’s administration, bringing the total number up to 40 announced across the Universities of Wisconsin this week.
A Madison man has been charged in connection with an aggravated assault at the UW-Madison Arboretum.
The victim reported being strangled and forced to remain in a vehicle on the morning of March 31, according to the UW-Madison Police Department. They were treated at a local hospital.
The undergraduate experience comes with many built-in moments that form the basis for a common understanding of life as Badgers know it. Among these — confronting the perils of the University of Wisconsin all-you-can-eat dining hall buffets daily, doing your part to jump around so enthusiastically on game days that Camp Randall literally moves up and down, and, of course, spending time on Madison’s most famous strip of real-estate — State Street.
UW-Madison Police Department arrested a man after a person reported being strangled last week in the UW Arboretum.
An aggravated assault was reported to UWPD the morning of Monday, March 31, explained UWPD. The victim reported being strangled and forced to wait in a vehicle during the attack.
The University of Wisconsin student organization VOCES, Voices of Courage, held a “Know Your Rights” panel for professors and students Tuesday. The panel focused on how to navigate potential U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement situations on campus.
In March 2025, the University of Wisconsin announced that over the summer it would work to move individuals who work in human resources, finance and research administration out of their individual departments. These individuals will be moved into new administrative regional teams which will serve all units within the College of Letters & Science, according to The Cap Times.
The University of Wisconsin’s School of Education graduate program has been ranked No. 1 for the second year in a row, according to the U.S. News & World Report.
A new recycling sorting system at UW-Madison is using artificial intelligence to help reduce waste on campus. “Oscar Sort” systems was introduced in four campus buildings a few weeks ago.
Intellectually restless, he then enrolled in graduate school at the University of Washington, earning a Ph.D. in communications in 1989. For a decade, he taught in the journalism and mass communication department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Among wards containing University of Wisconsin-Madison residence halls, Crawford received roughly 92.3% of the vote, outperforming Harris in wards containing university residence halls by nearly 15 percentage points, according to an independent analysis from The Daily Cardinal.
“Wisconsin has a lot of small companies that rely on imports,” said Chris Wojtowicz of the Small Business Development Center at the Universities of Wisconsin.
Wojtowicz spoke with WPR’s Robin Washington on “Morning Edition” about the local effects of tariffs.
The University of Wisconsin Office of Human Resources (OHR) will no longer host gatherings and events intended to aid retention of people of color on staff and faculty through community building, according to an email obtained by Madison365.
This is especially challenging when “there are a number of cases around the country which people are being deported who profess to have no idea why,” Howard Schweber said.
Schweber, a constitutional law expert and professor emeritus from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said, “The Trump administration is using laws in ways they’ve never been used before, for purposes which they’ve never been used before.”
The Trump administration is revoking visas for international university and college students across the country. Now, some international students at the Universities of Wisconsin have gotten their visas revoked.
A report from the University of Wisconsin-Madison estimates immigrants without legal status perform about 70 percent of the labor on Wisconsin dairy farms.
There are now more than two dozen current and former University of Wisconsin students on the list of students who’ve seen their visas revoked by President Donald Trump’s Administration.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health have shown a new AI tool was successful at flagging patients at risk of opioid addiction and at reducing hospital readmissions.
Over a dozen current and former international students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have had their visas revoked by the Trump administration.
Members of the UW-Madison community gathered Wednesday morning in Washington, D.C. ahead of their lobbying day on Capitol Hill.
“The reality is we’re certainly facing some interesting, challenging times here at the federal level,” said Craig Thompson, vice chancellor of university relations at UW-Madison. “There’s obviously potential cuts to research and other programs, and there’s just a great deal of uncertainty on campus.”
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Medicine and Public Health have developed an artificial intelligence-driven tool to identify hospital patients at risk of opioid use disorder.
Mark is now an assistant professor of geography at the University of Oregon. He spent spring break this year in Wisconsin, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Robinson Map Library. For a week, he covered the library in fantasy maps as he worked to scan and digitize the collection.
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials report that more than $1.7 million was raised to address key needs on campus during the sixth edition of the “Day of the Badger.”
