The UW-Madison professor who contributed as a historian to Bad Bunny’s most recent album says his selection to headline the Super Bowl LX halftime show is a “victory” for Puerto Rico.
Bad Bunny and his team reached out to Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, UW-Madison associate professor of Latin American and Caribbean history, to write 17 historical narratives, which were made into videos called “visualizers,” to accompany his songs for his album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
State legislators representing the La Crosse region have helped author new bills for the Wisconsin Legislature that aim to help students around the state deal with the high cost of tuition.
Brooks Bollinger has occasionally caught his youngest son watching YouTube highlight videos of his dad’s playing days at the University Wisconsin and in pro football.
In turn, he has found himself sitting down with his second grader and reliving some of his past gridiron exploits, notably as a four-year starting quarterback with the Badgers
“The first thing that comes to mind is how damn long ago it was,” chuckled the 45-year-old Bollinger, a member of the UW Athletic Hall of Fame.
Foreign language departments at Wisconsin colleges and universities are facing an uncertain future after the Trump administration cut several funding sources the programs have relied on for more than 60 years. In March, the U.S. Department of Education dismantled its office of International and Foreign Language Education, which administered several major grant programs for language learning and international study.
Terrace Season is coming to an end, which means the colorful chair decorating Memorial Union will be leaving at 8 a.m. on Oct. 27.
The Terrace first opened in 1928, with the first full “Terrace Season” took place the following year in 1929. The green, orange and yellow Sunburst chairs first came to campus in 1933 and over the years emerged as a campus icon and trademark of the Wisconsin Union.
The Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory was activated in 2022 to help the state monitor and track the disease, testing samples from poultry and wild birds across the state. Since then, scientists there have continued running surveillance year-round as detections rise and fall with migration seasons.
“Since then, we’ve lost several hundred million birds,” said Dr. Keith Poulsen, director of the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. “It changes a little bit. Flu changes all the time, right? But this is still considered really the same outbreak that started in 2022. And it’s the biggest foreign animal disease outbreak in U.S. history.”
Dobby Stucki, a board-certified geriatric physical therapist and lecturer in the Doctor of Physical Health program at UW-Madison, joined second-year physical therapy student Zachary Carden at News 3 Now Live at Four on Thursday to discuss practical solutions for winter wellness.
From Tennessee classrooms to university research labs, artificial intelligence is helping teachers tailor instruction to every student. Developers like Kira’s Andrea Pasinetti and professors like Shamya Karumbaiah say that AI can act as a digital teaching assistant, tracking progress and giving real-time feedback, but only if it supports, not replaces, the human teacher.
Older Americans are often the victims of ageist attitudes. Then, a new UW department forms to improve treatment of larynx disorders. Then, we learn about possible cures for disease coming out of cell therapy research at the UW.
The suspect in an unprovoked, deadly attack near Camp Randall will go to trial.
Keith Jones stood mute as he appeared in Dane County court Tuesday. The court entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf, online court records stated.
Jones is accused of first-degree intentional homicide.
Neil Heinen recently attended two events — one being the dedication of the John D. Wiley Gallery for Art in Science — that showed people answering current political and societal challenges with determination and clarity of purpose.
The Multicultural Greek Council (MGC) and the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) held their Homecoming Yard Show at Shannon Hall on Friday, showcasing their cultures and unity through ‘strolling, stepping and saluting.’ — forms of performance that are prevalent in Greek organizations.
Wisconsin is ranked among the worst in the country for college affordability, according to a new report.
The National College Attainment Network, a nonprofit aimed at improving student access to higher education, has calculated each state’s affordability gap for nearly a decade. It compares the cost of attendance at each institution to what the average student and family can pay.
Two professors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have launched the Midwest’s first center for Puerto Rican studies.
Supported by a $3 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Puerto Rican Studies Hub aims to connect researchers, students, artists and the public through lectures, musical performances, fellowships, film screenings and more.
Luke Fickell requested fans’ ire Monday when asked for his message to a frustrated nation of University of Wisconsin football backers.
His answer asked for support for the players on the field and for fans to direct their anger about the state of the Badgers to him. Fury from fans can be heard at Camp Randall Stadium on game days, which have included two blowout losses at home in the past four weeks, and daily via social media.
