The Republican war on diversity, equity and inclusion could cost Wisconsin hundreds of engineers.
The GOP-controlled Legislature declined to fund a new engineering building for the University of Wisconsin-Madison as part of the state budget. The project would expand enrollment in the engineering college.
Isabelle Bogan is a junior studying marketing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is also a sexual assault survivor.
“I wasn’t treated very well by friends when I told them about it or by people who knew the [assaulter],” said Bogan.
Bogan said she never wanted to be labeled as a sexual assault survivor. She said she just wanted to continue on with her life the best way that she could. That’s why she became a peer facilitator at Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment, or PAVE.
In June, the Wisconsin Legislature approved pay increases for the 34,000 employees of the Universities of Wisconsin. Months later, Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said legislators wouldn’t give final approval for the pay raises until the university system eliminates 188 positions — all the university system’s jobs Vos claims are dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion. Last month, a GOP-controlled committee affirmed the decision: The approved raises would go to all state employees except those who work within the university system.
In response, Gov. Tony Evers sued the Legislature, calling the move an unconstitutional “legislative veto.”
A University of Wisconsin-Madison veterinarian describes the signs a bull gives when it’s about to charge at someone.
“So they’re going to turn sideways to you if they’re feeling threatened or aggressive, and then they’ll lower their head toward people or other animals, again, as a way of showing aggression, aggressiveness towards those individuals,” Ryan Breuer said.
Prof. Tiffany Green, a health care economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has researched the impact of birth- cost recovery programs, said a study she conducted pointed to better child support payments when birth-cost recovery (BCR) stopped.
“With the caveat that our results of preliminary, we found that BCR cessation was linked to increased probability of paying support to birthing parents (i.e., mothers and other individuals who gave birth), and that the amount of that support increased,” Green told the Wisconsin Examiner Monday. That pattern appeared “particularly pronounced among the fathers of Black children,” although not among fathers of white children. Future research will explore possible explanations for those differences, she added.
Eric Booth, hydroecologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said he remembers learning about the historic project in college classes.
“It’s the story of how we can change land use and land management for the better, to stem erosion and improve flooding outcomes,” he said. “Certainly in Wisconsin, it’s even more of a story that is told. But nationwide, people in soil conservation and water science know about the Coon Creek watershed.”
Students and faculty of the University of Wisconsin River Falls are mourning the loss of four members of the campus community.
In September, a professor of journalism died unexpectedly of natural causes. The obituaries of the three students say they all lost their battles with depression. Two of these students were from Minnesota. Last year, 43 percent of the student body came from Minnesota.
Dane County is home to more than 170 dairy farms, according to state records. It’s unknown how many provide housing to workers, but a recent statewide study on immigrant dairy workers by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School for Workers found that close to three-quarters of surveyed workers lived in employer-provided housing, typically on the farm
Social scientists, including Thomas Heberlein of the University of Wisconsin (now professor emeritus of community and environmental sociology), have been examining and documenting a decline in hunting in the U.S. for decades.
The rate of decline in gun deer hunting was predicted 16 years ago by a team of University of Wisconsin and Department of Natural Resources researchers.
The researchers, Richelle Winkler and Jennifer Huck of UW’s Applied Population Lab in Madison and Keith Warnke of the DNR, released a draft of their study in 2007 titled “Deer Hunter Demography: Age, Period, and Cohort Analysis of Trends in Hunter Participation in Wisconsin.“
A group of UW-Madison students reported a rock being thrown at them following a vigil to support Israel on Tuesday.
According to the Madison Police Department (MPD), the students say the rock was thrown at them from a State Street building after the vigil. The group also reported being harassed with “profane and hateful language.”
Nurses at UW Health submitted paperwork Thursday urging Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services to investigate concerns about patient safety.
It’s the latest escalation amid an ongoing labor dispute with the health care system, as nurses who are pushing for collective bargaining power raise alarms about the effects of under-staffing, employee turnover and worker burnout.
For the first time since 2014, enrollment at the Universities of Wisconsin grew over the previous year, climbing by more than 1,700 students, according to the official 10-day enrollment figures announced this week.
Every county in Wisconsin has at least one service member missing in action since Pearl Harbor. A team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is working to identify them and others at sites around the world.
Graduate and undergraduate students, professors and others at the university make up the team working on the Missing in Action Recovering and Identification Project, or UW MIA RIP. They all volunteer their time to travel to sites around the globe to find and repatriate the remains of soldiers lost in war.
The University of Wisconsin system is ending a policy requiring schools to consult with students when seeking to raise tuition for specific programs.
The Regents unanimously approved the policy change at a board meeting Thursday.
Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder could have access to medicinal psilocybin treatment under a bipartisan bill.
The proposal would create a pilot program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison run in collaboration with the university’s Transdisciplinary Center for Research in Psychoactive Substances and its School of Pharmacy. Veterans age 21 and older suffering from treatment-resistant PTSD would be eligible to participate as long as they are not currently serving as law enforcement officers.
If a tenant were to receive a second five-day eviction notice for nonpayment of rent within the same leasing year, then a landlord can give a no-cure notice, but the resident must be given 14 days to vacate, according to Sophie Crispin, director of the Eviction Defense Clinic at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside projects cutting about 9.5% of its workforce positions over the next year, joining the ranks of two other public universities making significant cuts to balance their budgets.
When he turned 18, he traveled to Wisconsin, enrolling at the University of Wisconsin-Madison because east coast universities had strict quotas on enrolling Jewish students. In Madison, he became acquainted with several students who volunteered to fight for democracy in Spain. So, it was no surprise that he would enlist in the war against the white supremist Nazi regime.
This fall, the Universities of Wisconsin saw its first growth in enrollment since 2014.
According to official 10-day enrollment figures, enrollment increased by more than 1,700 students. This brought the Universities of Wisconsin total enrollment to 162,528, which is a 1.1% increase from last year’s enrollment.
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is considering discontinuing some programs, citing shifting student demands and budget constraints.
It’s the latest in a series of budget cutting moves by state colleges, and comes as the school said it’s the fastest-growing university in the state.
A recent report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum shows Wisconsin households are shrinking at a rate slightly faster than the national average over the last five decades. We talk about some of the factors behind that trend with Kurt Paulsen, a UW-Madison professor of urban planning.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison kicked efforts to persuade the Legislature to come up with nearly $200 million for a new engineering building into higher gear Monday.
People looking to become special education teachers in Milwaukee have a new paid opportunity to do so.
UW-Madison is partnering with Milwaukee Public Schools on a Special Education Teacher Residency program.
Joshua Manders is a Jewish student studying at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Manders said since the Israel-Hamas war started on Oct. 7, his life has become very stressful.
“It definitely has been tough, that first week where, the first few days, especially when the war first broke out, it is a lot of emotions to go through,” said Manders.
Manders has direct connections to the war. That’s not unlike many other Jewish students on the UW-Madison campus.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin came to connect with University of Wisconsin-Madison student leaders on Friday as a part of Democrats’ weekend of “One Year to Win” events, a get-out-the-vote effort in the lead-up to the November 2024 elections.
Assembly lawmakers on Tuesday approved a wide range of proposals that would affect higher education in the state, including an automatic-admission policy for the flagship campus at the Universities of Wisconsin and standardized rules around free speech on state campuses, which Republicans argued would expand intellectual diversity and Democrats warned would have a chilling effect.
Earlier this summer, the Healthy School Meals for All coalition and UW-Madison Professor Jennifer Gaddis released the first statewide survey of the Wisconsin school nutrition workforce.
That report found that of the approximately 5,089 K-12 school nutrition workers across the state, 94% were women, and 88% were white.
It also found that four out of five school food workers who were not managers worked part-time, and that a quarter of schools across the state offered poverty-level starting wages for school nutrition workers.
Upon graduation, Ihim attended the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison. She “loved being a Badger,” from football games to Friday fish frys at the former Madhatter.
Everyone was shocked in December 2012 when Bret Bielema, the University of Wisconsin football coach, announced he was leaving for Arkansas, even athletic director Barry Alvarez. The Badgers were on the cusp of playing in a third straight Rose Bowl when the news came down, and Bielema went 68-24 during his seven seasons with the Badgers.
The UW–Madison Special Education Teacher Residency Program comes with a commitment: three years working in MPS after finishing the master’s. Those teachers continue receiving mentorship and guidance for at least the first two years of teaching after finishing the degree.
Assembly Republicans have voted to bar University of Wisconsin system officials from considering race when deciding how to distribute publicly funded financial aid to students, setting up a likely veto by Gov. Tony Evers.
The bill, which passed 62-35 along party lines Tuesday, seeks to eliminate race-based criteria for college scholarships, grants and loan programs.
Timothy Van Deelen is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology. He said the breeding season increases the likelihood of human-deer interactions for three or four weeks each fall.
“The male deer is almost a different animal during the breeding season, behaviorally,” Van Deelen said. “Bucks will dramatically extend their home range, and mature bucks are moving through their big home range trying to find does who are receptive to being bred.”
Editor’s note: This is the final chapter of a 5-part series in which former University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson and Vice President Jim Langdon reflect on their experience guiding the system though the COVID-19 pandemic.
Long before lines like “Don’t call me Shirley” became part of classic film culture’s lexicon, the men behind the movie “Airplane!” were busy hammering and nailing a stage together for their opening performance of Kentucky Fried Theater at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
It may be too harsh to call it a death spiral. But the University of Wisconsin System is in trouble and it’s not clear when or how it can turn things around. Consider what’s happening.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos nixed a 6% pay raise for UW System employees while allowing it to go through for other state employees. He’s trying to put pressure on the UW to discontinue its diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Ph.D. student from UW-Madison said she lost important research, and she could use your help in finding it. Chelsea Volpano said she lost her research boat in the waters of Lake Michigan Monday, Oct. 30.
This week, the State Legislature debated a series of election-related amendments to the state Constitution. The Republican-led proposals would outlaw private funding for elections, prevent non-U.S. citizens from voting in local elections and have current voter photo ID requirements written into the state constitution.
Interview with Howard Schweber, professor of political science and legal studies at UW-Madison.
Ranks of at least five colleges and universities in the state, including two from the University of Wisconsin system, have changed in an updated U.S. News & World Report’s latest list of educational institutions.
In the high desert of Wyoming, two UW-Madison scientists, Ethan Parrish and Dave Lovelace, Ph.D, discuss their collaboration to decolonize their scientific disciplines in order to promote a more inclusive future for the next generation.
Hannah Morrissey just released “When I’m Dead,” a book thatfollows the gripping story of a murder case, the third installment of the Black Harbor books. Having studied English and creative writing at University of Wisconsin-Madison, she has grown to know the ins and outs of every cold winter, meaning each and every detail added draws the reader deeper into the story.
Gov. Tony Evers filed a lawsuit against Republican state lawmakers Tuesday, claiming their decisions to block pay raises for employees of the Universities of Wisconsin, conservation projects and updates to the state’s commercial building standards are unconstitutional.
UW-Madison says claims shared on social media, as well as by conservative commentator Dana Loesch, regarding antisemitic protests on campus were “significantly exaggerated.”
In a lawsuit that could upend how the state Legislature operates, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is suing Republican lawmakers over decisions to withhold pay raises for University of Wisconsin System employees and to block conservation projects, arguing such actions made by legislative committees rather than the full Legislature violate the state Constitution’s separation of powers requirements.
Barry Burden, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Elections Research Center, said the situation in the state is not as black and white … er, blue and red, as Walker claimed.
“It seems factually incorrect to call Wisconsin a blue state,” he said via email, adding Wisconsin is actually remarkably balanced between Democrats and Republicans.
In fact, the UW Health spokesperson said the hospital isn’t certain if its decrease in applications is an indication of a trend – though she noted that some applicants have asked about the 1849 law in their interviews.
Dr. Ellen Hartenbach, chair of the OB-GYN department at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, also told Wisconsin Health News in May that the university is uncertain if abortion restrictions caused this year’s decrease in applicants.
Tucked away in a building on the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison is a vast collection of preserved animals, bugs and species that roamed our earth hundreds of years ago. It’s UW’s Zoological Museum.
Students, researchers and instructors use it for learning and teaching.
“Transgender women are not ‘real women’ ” was one of the statements 3,200 University of Wisconsin-Madison students were asked to rate their agreement with in a survey.
Sent to UW intramural and club sports athletes on Oct. 9, the survey was conducted by University of Indiana researcher Dr. Austin Anderson and polled students on their views on transgender athletic participation, as first reported by the Daily Cardinal.
Every year, 60 to 70 school psychologist positions in Wisconsin go unfilled.
That’s based on the most recent data collected by the Wisconsin School Psychologists Association. And it’s a good reminder why Katie Eklund, co-director of the School Mental Health Collaborative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, spends her time focusing on workforce initiatives.
“I’m not recalling a newspaper or news outlets suing someone for defamation,” said Kathleen Bartzen Culver, an associate journalism professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Nothing is leaping to my mind.”
Weeks out from opening day of an Indigenous art exhibit at the Chicago Field Museum last year, Doug Kiel raised an alarm with other curators.
One of the featured artists, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee professor and poet Margaret Noodin, had posted a statement online meant to address long-running questions about whether she was really Native.
“There’s a lot we still don’t know about consumer uses of these,” says Michael Collins, an expert in consumer and personal finance at the University of Wisconsin.
Take the case of Rufus Sweeney, a 4th-year medical student at UW-Madison and Oklahoma Choctaw. When he discovered his pre-diabetes condition, he turned to glucose monitoring apps in the market that recommended lifestyle changes, from diet adjustments to sleep tweaks. His breakthrough came when he prioritized physical activity over all other app notifications.
Sea ice is one way that scientists can learn about the effects of climate change. The Weather Guys are back to share about this year’s sea ice season. They’ll also fill us in on waterspouts and 75 years of the UW-Madison Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences.
Here’s what guests on the October 27, 2023 episode said about ongoing staff shortages in Wisconsin’s prison system and budget woes prompting closures of two-year state college campuses.
A new financial aid initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is aimed at making the cost of college more affordable to Wisconsin-based students from low-income backgrounds.
Wisconsin tour locations include Milwaukee’s Third Ward and City Hall, Madison’s Capitol Square and UW-Madison, Lake Geneva, Bayfield, Waukesha and more.
The labor market has started to loosen up. For instance, the number of job postings and quits has been trending down.
But even if the increase in wages is moderating, “it’s still at the moment, on a 12-month basis, faster than inflation,” noted Menzie Chinn at the University of Wisconsin.
Most models working at coarser resolutions can’t actually see simulated tornadoes, inferring them instead based on areas of air with a lot of spins. Atmospheric scientist Leigh Orf of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has taken advantage of advances in supercomputing to build 10-meter-resolution models that can directly simulate tornadoes. At this scale, turbulence comes alive, Orf says. His models reveal how small areas of rotation could combine to kick off a tornado. “It fully resolves non-tornadic vortices that merge together in ways that are very compelling, and I’ve never seen before,” he says.
State universities may have specific mandates to educate local students over those from abroad, which was the case when the University of California system capped out-of-state enrollments in 2017. But even large state systems like the University of Wisconsin take in significant numbers of international students. Why should the more than 3,000 international undergraduates in Madison be tossed out?
Carthage College’s faculty members believe a new policy increasing the number of classes they must teach without upping their pay is the administration’s first step toward laying off staff.
