More than 360 professors who have won some of the university’s most prestigious research awards signed a letter they plan to send to the UW-System Board of Regents before their meeting Thursday.
Noted: As part of the special event, Professor Sissel Schroeder of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Anthropology will provide a brief presentation at the park shelter at 2 p.m. She will discuss her archaeological field school excavations, which will be under way at the time and focus on the residential homes of the prehistoric people who populated Aztalan.
The Internet continues to reshape entire industries. Few know this better than journalists like Katie Couric, who has recently shifted from reporting news on television to reporting news online. In her speech to graduates at the University of Wisconson Madison, she talked about the importance of taking risks and failing gracefully.
Katie Couric had some uplifting words of advice to give graduating students of the University of Wisconsin-Madison during her commencement speech on Saturday morning.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank will deliver a high-profile lecture Thursday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., as this year’s winner of the Moynihan Prize.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank updated University of Wisconsin’s Faculty Senate Monday on recent developments to raise money to make up for the deficit created by Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $300 million budget cut to the UW System.
Chancellor Blank has a blog that talks about the need to weaken the University of Wisconsin-Madison to make room for state budget cuts.
In an interview broadcast Sunday on WKOW-TV program “Capitol City Sunday,” state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, indicated that restoring funding to K-12 education and to transportation are also among the top priorities … [W]ith the UW Board of Regents voting to raise tuition on out-of-state and graduate students, Fitzgerald said there “seems to be even less of a commitment to backfill” a $300 million cut to the UW System over the next two years. The way that Fitzgerald described it, there is still some animosity left over from the Legislature’s 2013 dealings with the UW System over the latter’s fund surpluses.
A foreign delegation featuring 47 government ministers from 28 countries spent Wednesday touring Madison-area centers of technology and entrepreneurship, starting with a tour of healthcare software giant Epic Systems Corp. in Verona and moving on to many examples of UW-Madison-related innovations.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank and other University of Wisconsin System officials say increasing non-resident tuition will bring UW’s rates up to “market value,” but some experts worry the spike will decrease enrollment.
Thousands of UW-Madison students will have fewer courses to choose from and longer wait times to see academic advisers next year. Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced the University will eliminate 400 positions for the 2015-16 school year to trim $21 million.
The state’s flagship campus, UW-Madison, and its affiliated entities contribute $15 billion a year to the Wisconsin economy, according to a report commissioned by the university and funded by its foundation.
For every taxpayer dollar spent on the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the university generates $24 for the state economy, according to a new consultant’s report.
Tuition for graduate students and nonresidents would increase by at least several hundred dollars next year at most University of Wisconsin System campuses under a plan a regents committee approved Thursday to help the schools brace for $300 million in cuts Gov. Scott Walker has proposed in his budget.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is taking a long-promised plan to raise tuition for nonresident and professional students to the Board of Regents this week.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team came up a little bit short in the national championship game against Duke on Monday. Joy Cardin and UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank discuss what the program means for the university, especially its great run in 2015.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank says she is taking seriously concerns of discrimination against gays raised by Indiana’s new religious freedom law while Duke University declares it stands with the LGBT community.
Criticisms alluded to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank at the state’s Joint Finance Committee hearing Tuesday amid discussions of the proposed budget cuts and autonomy for the UW System.
The Student Labor Action Coalition held a rally Friday pressuring Chancellor Rebecca Blank to cut licensing ties with VF Corporation, the parent company of JanSport.
Tension was evident in Union South’s Varsity Hall Monday during a public forum discussing the ramifications Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed UW System budget cuts could have on UW-Madison undergraduates.
New this afternoon from PolitiFact Wisconsin: Amid the uproar over Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System, we check a claim by UW-Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank. She says UW-Madison “spent down reserves” as it was told to do two years ago and, facing the new cuts, has “no more reserves to spend down.”
State Democrats defended Chancellor Rebecca Blank Thursday after Republicans attacked her Wednesday for “playing politics” with her university.
The leaders of the state’s budget-writing Joint Finance Committee accused UW-Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank of playing Washington politics with the current budget debate, noting her ties to U.S. President Barack Obama and her predecessor’s support for elements of Gov. Scott Walker’s plans that she opposes.
Chancellor Blank statement: “Our recent conversations with legislators have been positive and we understand the pressures they are facing. As I have stated in the past, flexibilities offered through a public authority model are welcome and would eventually allow the System to function more effectively. However, we continue to be concerned about the impact of a proposed $300 million cut. We look forward to working with legislators throughout the budget process to reduce the impacts on the university.”
The co-chairs of the state Legislature’s budget committee slammed University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank Wednesday for “bringing Washington politics to Madison.”
Gov. Scott Walker has cited his experience battling unions here four years ago as proof that voters appreciate a political leader willing to “go big and go bold.” So as he woos supporters around the country for a possible presidential bid, Walker (R) is once again picking a fight against a powerful institution at home — public universities.
After a paper found that biomedical research is “an unsustainable, hyper competitive system,” the University of Wisconsin began a campus-wide conversation Monday launched by Chancellor Rebecca Blank.
More than 70,000 University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni who live in Wisconsin will get a robo phone call at about 7 this evening from Chancellor Rebecca Blank.
Schools and colleges within the University of Wisconsin-Madison likely will have to cut an average 6% from their budgets over the next two years, and administrative units will face deeper cuts, UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said Friday during a campus forum.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank says a permanent tuition cap like the one being discussed by some Republicans could “actively harm” the university, especially if state funding continues to drop.
Between a late-night meeting with third-shift employees and daytime forums with faculty, staff and students, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank this week has been fielding questions ranging from how soon potential layoffs could happen to whether sick leave could be threatened under Gov. Scott Walkers proposed budget.
To avoid a budget shortfall for 2015-16, UW Athletics has proposed a $3 increase in season football tickets for the second straight year, moving the per-seat price at Camp Randall Stadium from $45 to $48. That ranks seventh in the 14-member Big Ten Conference.
Recap of Thursday budget forum.
The increase, from $45 to $48 per seat, comes in the wake of chancellor Rebecca Blank’s request that the Athletic Department up its annual services contributions to campus.
UW chancellor, Rebecca Blank, is inviting the campus community to come together to discuss Governor Scott Walkers proposed budget cuts to the U-W System.
The state’s biennial budget may not be finalized until May or June, but layoffs as a result of Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System could hit UW-Madison as soon as April, Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced Wednesday.
A large, standing room-only UW-Madison faculty and staff audience heard Chancellor Rebecca Blank apologize late Wednesday night as she warned layoffs under Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal were unavoidable and could come as early as April.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank will host a series of forums this week to discuss Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed cuts to the UW System budget.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank will host a series of forums on Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget that she says would leave the campus with a $91 million shortfall next year.
Chancellors in the University of Wisconsin System are harnessing the power of the Internet to rally their campuses, alumni and parents of students for what could be a long battle over proposed state budget cuts.
In the aftermath of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget address, University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank spoke to the Board of Regents Thursday, saying Walker’s proposed cuts are “just too big.”
Governor Scott Walkers recent state budget announcement has been the talk of the town on UW-Madison campus this week. Tuesday afternoon Chancellor Rebecca Blank explained the situation to the UW Board of Regents.
A new report estimates University of Wisconsin campuses in Madison and Milwaukee would see the largest cuts of the UW System schools in the first year of Republican Gov. Scott Walkers state budget.
“These cuts are too large. They’re too large for our university, and they’re too large for the state.”
The UW-Madison Faculty Senate released a unanimously passed resolution Monday stating their disapproval of Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $300 million budget cut to the UW system.
Much about what Gov. Scott Walker planned to propose in his state budget remained unknown Monday, but that didn’t stop Democrats from blasting details that have come to light so far and arguing the second-term Republican is focused too much on pleasing a national audience at the expense of Wisconsin as he looks at a presidential run.
Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed 13 percent, $300 million budget cut for the University of Wisconsin System would lead to layoffs across the UW-Madison campus, chancellor Rebecca Blank said Tuesday, even though she and others see a long-term benefit in another part of the plan to give the university greater autonomy. The proposed spending cut is believed to be the most severe in the System’s nearly 45-year history. It would be accompanied by another two-year tuition freeze and come in exchange for System control over its finances, including major building projects.
Of the $300 million Gov. Scott Walker R-Wisconsin is proposing to cut from the UW System in his next two-year budget request, roughly $120 million would be taken away from UW-Madison.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said Tuesday that she has not yet seen full details of Governor Walker’s plan, adding “I am concerned about the magnitude of the proposed budget cuts and their impact on UW-Madison. “These proposed cuts are believed to be the largest in the history of the university. In the past, large cuts have always been mitigated by additional tuition revenue from resident and non-resident students,” Blank posted in a blog.
University of Wisconsin officials are warning of layoffs and cuts to student services following Gov. Scott Walkers announcement of planned budget cuts to the UW System.
Wisconsin universities now face the largest budget cuts in their history, even as colleges in other states crawl out of budget holes.
The Classified Staff Executive Committee discussed the possible effects of the upcoming state budget Thursday.
Recognizing her accomplishments in both policy and academics, University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank was awarded The Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize earlier this week.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is in pretty heady company today, winning the prestigious Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank says there is no proposal under discussion that would give her campus independence beyond that of the university system.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is in pretty heady company today, winning the prestigious Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize.
The chancellor responds to a State Journal report that Gov. Walker is considering giving the UW System more flexibility.
The American Academy of Political and Social Science awarded UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank with the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize, according to a Wednesday UW-Madison release.
University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank expects the university will face a cut in the next state budget.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank this week joined an elite group of winners of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize awarded by the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
