Sluka’s agent, former University of Wisconsin football player Marcus Cromartie, told ESPN that UNLV didn’t come through on the verbal offer made by offensive coordinator Brennan Marion. Sluka’s father, Bob, also told ESPN that head coach Barry Odom later said in a conversation with Cromartie that the offer wasn’t valid because it didn’t come from Odom himself.
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What to know about noncitizen voting and the November referendum question in Wisconsin
“If you declared an intent to become a citizen, that was sufficient for you to vote,” explained Bree Grossi Wilde, executive director of the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which has researched referendum questions this year.
Trump expected to hammer border security during stop in Prairie du Chien
During a recent interview with WPR, University of Wisconsin-Madison Sociology Professor Michael Light said anecdotes used by politicians don’t always reflect the broader trends related to crime and immigration.
“Yes, immigrants have committed crimes. And immigrants commit less crimes than native born U.S. citizens,” Light told “Wisconsin Today” in July. “Both (of) those can be true.”
Elections can be polarizing. How are Wisconsin teachers bringing them into the classroom?
Wisconsin students aren’t required at the state level to take a government class. Some districts may have their own requirements, or government classes may be offered as an elective, but that lack of a state requirement can prevent students from learning about government itself, much less discussing and understanding current political events, said Jeremy Stoddard, a professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a researcher in the Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
How Milwaukee’s giant anti-poverty agency unraveled: weak controls, little oversight
One report can’t always catch every issue simmering at lower levels of an organization as large and complex as SDC, said Brian Mayhew, executive director of the Center for Financial Reporting and Control at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Wisconsin veterinary clinic tries new model, choosing co-op over corporate ownership
Dally’s Spring Green clinic and his fellow colleagues at Mazomanie Animal Hospital last year opened Cooperative Veterinary Care, a co-op that might be the first employee-owned veterinary cooperative in the country, according to the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives.
UW-Madison freshman class has fewer students of color
This year’s freshman class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison — the first since the U.S. Supreme Court banned race-based admission — has fewer Black and Hispanic students.
Overcoming distrust of West, one tribe in Wisconsin is partnering with UW for health care
These historic injustices continue to fuel distrust among Indigenous peoples toward Western institutions.
As a result, University of Wisconsin health officials were pleased when the leadership of one tribal community in northern Wisconsin recently agreed to meet about the possibility of signing up tribal members for clinical health trials. The entire tribal council for the Sokaogon Mole Lake Ojibwe Nation visited with health professionals at UW-Madison Sept. 11 and 12 to help build a cooperative relationship between the tribe and the UW Health system.
At UW-Madison, Black and Hispanic enrollment declines after affirmative action ends
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s incoming freshman class saw a decline in the percentage of students of color, diminishing the university’s recent progress in diversifying its student body, according to data released Monday.
Evers responds to UW neutrality policy for leader statements
Gov. Tony Evers spoke with UW-Madison students and responded to a new neutral-viewpoint policy for leadership across all Universities of Wisconsin schools after the spring 2024 campus protests.
Takeaways from Kamala Harris’ rally in the Wisconsin liberal stronghold Madison
“The last time I was in Madison, we went to the house where I lived when I was 5 years old, here in Madison,” Harris said. “Our parents taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and so we lived here for a period of time. So every time I land, the governor says, ‘Welcome home.'”
Enrollment is up or stabilizing at four UW branch campuses and dropping at five campuses
Four University of Wisconsin System branch campuses increased enrollment since last fall, while five saw student headcount decline, according to preliminary estimates released after an outcry from media organizations and a government transparency advocate.
New York Post campaign reporter was a paid consultant for the Wisconsin GOP
Kathleen Culver, director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said it is rare for political operatives or issue advocates to become news reporters.
“As a news consumer myself, I’m questioning whether the New York Post’s reporting is fairly covering races in our critical swing state,” Culver said. “That’s not a question for this staffer alone but for the overall content and tenor of the material the Post is putting out.”
Wisconsin farmers re-evaluate weed management after rainy spring, dry summer
“Fall is the best time to look at perennial weed control,” said Jerry Clark, a northwestern Wisconsin crops and soils educator who serves Chippewa, Dunn and Eau Claire counties through the Division of Extension at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Here are the 75 best employers in Wisconsin, according to Forbes
6. University of Wisconsin-Madison
What to know about Kamala Harris’ campaign stop in Madison
The campaign said it would dial in its focus on young voters with an office next to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and an organizer dedicated to college voters at UW-Madison and Madison Area Technical College.
Should Joe Gow be allowed to teach at UW-La Crosse? UW Regents committee to hold disciplinary hearing
Does former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow deserves a future teaching career on campus? And are pornographic videos protected by the First Amendment?
A UW Board of Regents committee will consider both questions in a disciplinary hearing Friday as it weighs whether to revoke Gow’s tenure.
‘It can’t be done with just nickel and diming it’: Gov. Tony Evers pitches nearly $800 million boost for Wisconsin’s universities
Gov. Tony Evers is making the rounds to pitch his funding proposal that could help keep some schools afloat amid budget struggles as he announced his 2025-27 budget will propose a more than $800 million increase for the Universities of Wisconsin.
Gov. Evers defends request for $855 million UW budget increase
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday defended his promise to ask for at least an $855 million increase in funding for the Universities of Wisconsin during the next budget cycle.
Study finds streamlining energy regulations could ease poverty on tribal lands
A group led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found historic federal policies deprived tribes of lands rich in natural resources like precious metals and fossil fuels. Even so, tribes were often left with lands most favorable for wind and solar development.
More than radio: expanding multimedia opportunities for students
Written by Kelsey Brannan, Director of Student Radio, University of Wisconsin-Madison, General Manager, WSUM Madison Student Radio.
How a Florida lawyer with a checkered past became the go-to attorney for Wisconsin prisoners
The types of allegations Story has laid out can lead to expensive and difficult-to-win lawsuits, according to Steven Wright, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and former attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.
“These are very hard cases to bring, both in terms of they’re expensive to develop the facts. The law is against your side,” said Wright. “It’s unequivocal that horrible things are happening at Waupun … But I am not certain, as somebody who’s a civil rights lawyer and who has worked for federal judges, that this is a problem that the federal courts are going to weigh in to solve.”
This is the best college for student experience in Wisconsin, according to the Wall Street Journal
Milwaukee’s Marquette University ranked highest on WSJ’s top 500 overall list among Wisconsin colleges, while the University of Wisconsin-Madison finished highest among the state’s public universities.
As protesters return to UW-Madison and UWM, new policies spark free speech concerns
The first two weeks of the fall semester looked nothing like the last two weeks of the spring semester at Wisconsin’s largest universities.
The tents have not returned. The news cameras have largely vanished. The police no longer seem perpetually parked near the pro-Palestinian encampments that were fixtures of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and UW-Milwaukee campuses in May.
Autumn events and activities; Psychologist explains the ‘Olympic mindset’
First, it’s a roundup of fall events and activities with Anne Sayers, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism. Then, psychologist Shilagh Mergain of UW-Madison is back to help you build an “Olympic mindset,” and tackle whatever comes your way.
Janesville plans to take ownership of GM Assembly Plant site by early 2025
Carolina Sarmiento, who studies urban development’s impacts on working-class cultural spaces at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said redevelopment plans rarely include supports for existing businesses.
‘Rest is not necessarily best’: A new approach to concussion treatment
Long before anatomist Julie Stamm wrote a book about youth concussions, she was an athletic trainer. One fall, during her undergraduate training at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she treated a high school football player who got a concussion, and didn’t get better.
Wisconsin child cares could serve 33,000 more children, if only they had the staff, new report says
If these programs could operate at full capacity, they could serve over 33,000 more children, said the report, authored by the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The study was done in partnership with the state Department of Children and Families.
These are the best colleges in Wisconsin, according to the Wall Street Journal
Milwaukee’s Marquette University ranked highest on WSJ’s list among Wisconsin colleges, while the University of Wisconsin-Madison finished highest among the state’s public universities.
Kelly Meyerhofer on Joe Gow and the adult entertainment boom
UW-La Crosse got national attention late last year, after the Board of Regents discovered that former Chancellor Joe Gow was posting adult content online. He was promptly fired.
Dead butt syndrome, and fueling intimacy in long-term relationships
Gluteal amnesia, or dead butt syndrome, can result from spending long hours sitting and being inactive. We talk about the symptoms – tight hip flexors and lower back pain – with the physical therapy sisters, Lori Thein Brody and UW-Madison Professor Jill Thein-Nissenbaum, .
Survey: Demand for child care outpaces providers’ capacity
Hilary Shager, author of the report and associate director of the University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty, said not having enough staff was a primary reason for not expanding capacity, mostly among group providers. She said providers pointed to low compensation as one of their top issues.
Universities of Wisconsin enrollment up overall
Preliminary enrollment figures released Monday show eight colleges in the Universities of Wisconsin system have more students this year than last fall.
Bugging the bugs: UW-Madison entomologist invents ‘insect eavesdropper’ to spy on pests
About two years ago, University of Wisconsin-Madison entomologist Emily Bick went down a research rabbit hole.
UW System sets ‘viewpoint neutrality’ standard on official statements
A new Universities of Wisconsin policy requires statements in the name of UW institutions to avoid expressing a point of view on political or social controversies.
Voter frustration fueled by lack of policy details on issues like health care, climate
The town hall meeting featured a panel discussion with two faculty members from the La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW-Madison who focus on climate change and health care policy, Morgan Edwards and Yang Wang, and Laura Olson, chief business development officer at Eneration, a subsidiary of Gundersen Health System that helps health care companies reduce their energy costs.
UW-Madison’s $75 million gift shows good of giving. Why not donate for affordable housing?
Letter to the editor: As is common, the wealthy donors will have an important new building on campus named after a family member. There are winners in all this. But I urge families with significant resources to consider a different giving opportunity: affordable housing developments.
These two Wisconsin cities are among the 100 best in the U.S., study finds
However, the ranking doesn’t tell the whole story: despite Madison’s relatively affordability compared to other U.S. cities, home prices and rents have skyrocketed in Madison in recent years and surpassed the area’s median income. University of Wisconsin-Madison students also face some of the highest off-campus rent prices in the Big Ten Conference.
UW System no longer readily providing branch campus enrollment data
The University of Wisconsin System is no longer reporting enrollment by campus, making it more difficult for the public to know where their local branch campus stands financially.
UW-Madison again ranks as one of the top ‘party schools’ in the United States for 2025
Wisconsin’s largest university earned the No. 6 spot on the Wall Street Journal’s list of the “Best Party Schools in the U.S.” for 2025.
How threats are escalating for Wisconsin’s public officials
Melissa Kono trains other municipal clerks around the stateas an associate professor with UW-Madison Extension Trempealeau County.
“There are outright threats, right? But there are also comments and things that are said that feel threatening,” she said.
Joe Gow isn’t alone. As industry booms, adult content creators fear being outed and fired
Less than 10% of Silverstein’s clients are exposed, he said, but forcing them to face the worst-case scenario helps them understand the stakes. He then walks them through real-life examples of outed adult content creators, including a name now familiar to many in Wisconsin: former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow.
Turning 40, the Haggerty Museum of Art is a Milwaukee venue deserving wider recognition
Its permanent collection includes about 10,000 works of art, said John McKinnon, who came on board as director in July from a similar leadership post at Elmhurst Art Museum in Illinois. McKinnon earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and worked as assistant curator of modern and contemporary art at the Milwaukee Art Museum from 2007 to 2010.
A UW-Madison student’s racist video stirred outrage. Now, new ideas have been offered to improve campus climate
A racist social media video featuring a University of Wisconsin-Madison student consumed the campus in spring 2023. A Black student advocacy organization formed. Protests staged. A petition signed, to the tune of 67,000 signatures. And an ad-hoc group formed to study the Black experience on campus.
Rural Wisconsin Naloxone boxes, Understanding Noncompete decision, 1982 Brewers Doc
Last month, a district court judge in Texas struck down a new rule from the Federal Trade Commission banning noncompete clauses in employment contracts. A legal scholar from the UW School for Workers explains what this means for workers in Wisconsin.
Long-planned UW-Madison engineering building nets $75M donation
University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni donors are giving $75 million for construction of a long-awaited new engineering building.
UW-Madison receives one of largest gifts in its history to build new engineering building
The University of Wisconsin-Madison unveiled a $75 million gift Wednesday for a new engineering building that just last year seemed doomed to be delayed.
Alcohol is being sold at Camp Randall this year for the first time. How is it impacting campus law enforcement?
This year, Wisconsin Athletics started selling alcohol at Camp Randall Stadium to the general public for the first time.
Wisconsin Master Naturalists, Ho-Chunk Nation to host ‘Caring for Grandmother Earth’ volunteer summit
For more than a decade, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Division of Extension has been offering the opportunity for people to become Master Naturalists by attending expert-led training sessions and volunteering their time to conservation efforts. Altogether, Master Naturalists volunteer over 25,000 hours of service each year to over 700 organizations across the state.
Wisconsin farm leaders say changes to national milk pricing system will lead to bigger losses
Wenzlaff said the Wisconsin Farm Bureau is working with experts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to plan a series of informational meetings in the coming months so farmers better understand their options ahead of a likely vote in December.
Wisconsinites have lower blood PFAS levels than found in other states, new study finds
Wisconsinites have lower concentrations of “forever chemicals” in their blood than residents of other states, according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Wisconsin eggs cause multi-state salmonella outbreak
Ron Kean, poultry specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said many farms will choose to cull an infected flock after a recall to ensure the bacteria does not continue spreading.
As election cycle heats up, WisconsinEye calls on Baldwin campaign to pull ad footage
BJ Ard, a copyright expert at the University of Wisconsin Law School, said four factors determine whether the material is being used fairly. That includes the purpose and character of the use, the nature of the work being copied, the amount and substantiality of the work being copied and the market impact of the copying.
“There’s not a specific rubric spelling out which of these factors takes priority,” he said.
In Focus with Corey Pompey: Directing the UW Marching Band
Murv Seymour talks with Corey Pompey at the Hamel Music Center about leading the University of Wisconsin Marching Band and crafting its musical direction in practice and on the field for Badgers fans.
How to increase our cybersecurity, and former UW Band leader releases memoir
For 50 years ending in 2019, Mike Leckrone directed the UW Marching Band. In his new memoir, co-authored by Doug Moe, Leckrone recalls the creation of the Fifth Quarter celebration that now follows every home football game, and where he got his penchant for sequins and spectacle.
UW-Madison students show gratitude for program that expands study abroad access
During the 2022-23 school year, more than 2,500 UW-Madison students participated in a study abroad program, according to the university’s International Academic Programs annual report for that year.
“We really see it as an opportunity for growth,” said Dan Gold of UW-Madison’s study abroad office. “When you look at it conceptually, basically it’s just: What can you do that’s not on campus that will help your academic goals?”
Higher prices are burden for Wisconsin families. Senate candidates outline their remedies.
A scientific survey of nearly 4,000 Wisconsin residents by the UW Survey Center helped identify the top issues heading into the fall election. Throughout the year, we’ve been publishing opinion pieces from faculty at the La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW-Madison, our partner in the Main Street Agenda, exploring the public policy behind those issues.
Take a fall-colors, art-loving journey to see these 7 Wisconsin art exhibits this autumn
“Weaving a Legacy” features nearly 200 works of black ash baskets made by more than 40 Ho-Chunk makers from the mid-1800s to the present. The exhibit, which runs through Nov. 10, is curated by Tom Jones, a University of Wisconsin-Madison photography professor, who has collected and studied thousands of Ho-Chunk baskets for more than decade.
What does it mean to be Jewish? Age, upbringing influence response to Israel’s war in Gaza
“Tension would probably be an understatement,” said University of Wisconsin-Madison junior Reuben Berkowitz of Milwaukee.
Berkowitz said his family, who raised him to understand the shared importance of Israeli and Palestinian safety, have supported him as he explored his relationship with Zionism, and chose to participate last spring in UW-Madison’s encampment. His father, Joel, is the director of UW-Milwaukee’s Jewish Studies program.
Healthy lawns; update from the UW Arboretum
Turf expert Doug Soldat is back with his annual fall lawn tutorial. We talk with him about the latest in lawn care research.
In the last half hour Native Plant Garden Curator at the UW-Madison Arboretum, Susan Carpenter is back. She’ll have updates on classes and tours, and what’s happening in the fall native gardens.