The interim police chief of the UW-Madison Police Department has been selected to lead the department permanently.
The University of Wisconsin- Madison announced Thursday that Brent Plisch has been named UWPD chief of police, starting on March 16.
Current interim University of Wisconsin–Madison Police Department (UWPD) Chief Brent Plisch was named chief of police, UWPD announced Thursday.
“Many of these uncounted votes belonged to University of Wisconsin students in downtown Madison. The students were voting in their very first presidential election and perhaps one of the most consequential elections of their lives,” Jeff Mandell, general counsel of Law Forward, said in a statement.
The University of Wisconsin football season will start with some history this year.
A shift in the schedule moved the Badgers’ season opener against Miami (Ohio) up to Thursday, Aug. 28 at Camp Randall Stadium, providing the program with its first Thursday regular-season kickoff since 2011.
March marks Women’s History Month and a time to honor the contributions made by women far and wide, here and now. The University of Wisconsin’s history is made up of countless accomplished women.
The Wisconsin Film Festival is presented by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Communication Arts and is now entering its 26th year. Ben Reiser, director of operations, said Madison has supported the festival’s growth.
“The film-going community in Madison has embraced it as a chance to see all these films that you do hear about from other film festivals,” Reiser said, and particularly, “as a chance to see them in movie theaters.”
Student athletes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have visited second grade classrooms in the Madison school district every Monday since September 2024 as part of the Role Model Reading Program, a partnership between the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) and the 2nd & 7 foundation created by Badgers head football coach Luke Fickell.
In a letter to all students, faculty and staff on Feb. 28, Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin and Provost Charles Isbell Jr. expressed concern about recent executive orders issued by the Trump administration.
Oglála Lakota activist, storytelling discuss cultural preservation, power of Indigenous voices.
‘MENA Heritage Month finally feels like a time where our voices are heard and our identities are really seen,’ MENA chair says.
Trump administration budget cuts could negatively impact science research, TAA co-president says.
Despite state, federal pushback against diversity initiatives, students, professors work to maintain inclusive campus environment.
Amid this uncertainty, UW spokesperson John Lucas said the university remains dedicated to its commitment to DEI in an email statement to The Badger Herald. “UW-Madison is committed to a campus environment that values diversity in both background and viewpoint, and fosters inclusion and belonging for all students, faculty and staff,” Lucas said in the email.
University of Wisconsin-Madison leaders’ recommendation to graduate school deans to lower future graduate admissions comes as the university is preparing for the Trump administration’s sweeping changes to federal grant spending.
In a letter to the campus community, University of Wisconsin-Madison leaders said federal decisions have created uncertainty though they reaffirmed the university’s values of diversity.
The event, “Tailoring the Black diaspora: Black Brilliance through the Ages,” featured four design themes: The Harlem Renaissance, Black Icons from the 1980s to early 2000s, a futuristic 31st century category based on Childish Gambino’s song “3005” and a Black Excellence category.
City planners recommend adding a fire hydrant, lighting upgrades and raised pedestrian crossings on State Street, which stretches from the state Capitol to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. They also favor adopting one-way traffic, automatic retractable bollards and bike lanes.
Bryce Dailey is a junior at UW-Madison. His art has been featured several times in the Memorial Union’s annual Student Art Show. However, he and several of his classmates wanted more showcasing experience, so Dailey organized an independent show.
Following NIH, NSF funding cuts, no central UW directive to decrease new admissions.
“We are thrilled to host Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield who has extensive experience in international policy and in modeling respect and compromise in policymaking.” said La Follette School Director Yackee.
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield will share policy insights and evidence-based solutions from her 40-plus years in the Foreign Service at a public presentation for the UW–Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs on Tuesday, April 1 at 7 p.m. at the UW Memorial Union in Madison. She is a UW alumna.
Professor Mark Copelovitch discusses Trump’s domestic, foreign policies, says future looks uncertain.
At an event hosted by WUD Society and Politics Monday, UW-Madison political science professor Mark Copelevitch voiced concerns about President Donald Trump’s remaking of the federal government.
The play, written by one of the giants of 20th-century theater, August Wilson, opens on the UW-Madison campus with a preview Thursday. Hicks plays Seth Holly, the owner of a Black boarding house in Pittsburgh where many different lives intersect in a search for identity and wholeness.
The Department of African American Studies hosted its first annual undergraduate symposium Feb. 22 at the Pyle Center. The symposium highlighted research, art and projects from students involved in the African American studies department taking classes, declaring the major or the certificate.
UW-Madison contributes a significant number of Peace Corps volunteers. Proposals of federal cuts to foreign aid pose serious risks to agency funding.
Law professor Bernadette Atuahene discusses inequitable nature of homeownership in America.
New organization to create community for Afghan students.
“A Little Night Music,” featuring a vocal quintet, is University Opera’s choice, running March 14-16 in Shannon Hall. With a story by Hugh Wheeler, the 1973 “Little Night Music” was inspired by an Ingmar Bergman film about an aging actress, Desiree (Madison Barrett), and what happens when her married lovers converge at her mother’s estate for a very dramatic “weekend in the country.”
For years, the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Mechanical Engineering foundry has served as a learning environment for students eager to gain hands-on manufacturing skills. But, the early months of 2024 saw the foundry’s permanent closure so the space could be used as a research lab.
UW Madison’s rowing team hosted its tenth annual erg challenge on Thursday at the Porter Boathouse to raise money for pediatric brain cancer research. Teams raised funds by completing a 100,000-meter rowing relay in partnership with the Robert Connor Dawes Foundation.
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Shayyah studies how other countries have started over after oppression — how they rebuild the economy, infrastructure and culture. He’d like to start his own humanitarian organization that will help war-torn countries recover, through education for children and young adults.
“ I don’t know if I’m alone in this, but I find it very hard to think about anything else at the moment,” the best-selling author told a packed crowd of students and community members at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Shannon Hall on Tuesday.
For many University of Wisconsin-Madison students, the beginning of September is a time to reacclimate themselves to Madison before classes start and take advantage of the remainder of summer to enjoy campus. But some say the first day of classes, usually the middle of the week after Labor Day, arrives too late.
Apartment prices surged most this month in college towns like Syracuse, New York; New Haven, Connecticut; Lexington, Kentucky; Madison, Wisconsin; and Lincoln, Nebraska. Those towns, all of which were in the top 10 of year-over-year rent growth in August, are home to Syracuse University, Yale University, the University of Kentucky, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, respectively.
Peter Rickman is the president of the Milwaukee Area Service and Hospitality Workers Organization now, but in 2011 he was a grad student and a member of the Teaching Assistants’ Association at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He remembers it was a Thursday when the governor “dropped the bomb”—which is what Walker himself called his bill dismantling unions. Rickman was in a meeting with other organizers at the time: “We all sort of looked around at one another and were like … this is our fight.” After all, teaching assistants were state employees, too.
Author John Green visited the University of Wisconsin’s Shannon Hall at Memorial Union on Feb. 18 to talk about the upcoming release of his new book, “Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection.” Green was introduced by professor of pediatrics at UW’s School of Medicine and Public Health Dr. James Conway.
Devesh Ranjan will step into his new role on June 16. He is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and won the Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award for outstanding achievement in Mechanical Engineering in 2023.
Lily’s Classic celebrated its 11th year as hundreds of attendees slip-slided their way onto Lake Mendota, raising money through a four-versus-four “boot hockey” tournament to benefit Lily’s Fund, which supports epilepsy research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UHS and Environment, Health & Safety said they were notified of a typhoid fever case in a campus member who worked at Capital Café, inside of Grainger Hall, while infectious. UHS sent the email to campus members who visited Capital Café on Jan. 29 or 30.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vosaims to remove racial DEI efforts and steer toward conservative inclusion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Badgers have won 10 of its last 11 homecoming matchups and last hosted Iowa for Homecoming in 2021. Wisconsin won 27-7 over the No. 7 Hawkeyes.
University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of Korean Studies Grace Jung discussed the prevalence of food product placement and coffee culture in K-dramas during her talk sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies.
The Office of Children’s Mental Health released new recommendations this week for students, parents and colleges to improve mental health and sense of belonging on campus.
Last year, an analysis released by the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau found most state agencies and University of Wisconsin institutions allowed employees to work from home up to five days a week and one-third or less of workstations in state offices were being used during auditors’ visits.
Based on six visits to 15 agencies and University of Wisconsin System offices between July and August 2023, the highest percentage of workstations being used was 34.5% at the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance. The audit was released in December 2023.
University of Wisconsin-Madison leadership is warning of potential negative impacts over the Trump Administration’s decision to cut funds related to medical and public health research.
Photos from UW-Madison’s Winter Carnival.
Growing up Arab in the U.S., media biases, Islamophobia, war in Gaza.
ASM added five non-binding referendums to the spring student elections Wednesday with the intention of using positive results to bolster advocacy efforts.
Chinese students and community members celebrated the Lunar New Year with friends, family and good food Saturday night.
Hosted by the University of Wisconsin Student Leadership Program, this free event offers students of all leadership backgrounds the chance to learn from nationally recognized speakers, engage in dynamic breakout sessions and connect with professionals across multiple industries, according to the Wisconsin Involvement Network.
The University of Wisconsin Ombuds Office and Provost Charles Isbell are conducting a search for two new Ombud positions, as announced on Feb. 5.
In celebration of Black History Month at the University of Wisconsin, the UW Black Cultural Center invited Los Angeles-based actress Marissa Bode to speak on intersectionality at Memorial Union on Wednesday, Feb. 5.
A Mazomanie native, who was featured in the film Wicked, was one of several keynote speakers who spoke at UW Madison’s Black History Month Wednesday night. Marissa Bode talked about her journey and experiences being an advocate for authentic representation for people with disabilities in the arts.
The executive order rejects the existence of intersex people and denies transgender, intersex and nonbinary Americans gender affirming healthcare and resources, possibly leading to increased sexual assault, violence and suicide rates.
This year’s featured storytellers, Yaari Walker (Yupik) and Valerie Barber (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe), and Neil Cantemaza McKay (Dakota) are dedicated to preserving and revitalizing Indigenous languages and traditions.
The annual UW Winter Carnival will begin on Thursday, February 6 with events going through Sunday, February 9.
Winter Carnival highlights Wisconsin’s winter traditions.
‘I have succeeded in college not in spite of my disabilities, but alongside being a disabled student,’ UW student says.
