The Badger Herald and The Daily Cardinal last week interviewed University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank and Dean of Students Lori Berquam on a range of issues, from alcohol policy and sexual assault to tuition and diversity.
In a conversation with the Daily Cardinal and The Badger Herald, Chancellor Rebecca Blank and Dean of Students Lori Berquam addressed campus issues of sexual assault, alcohol policy, tuition cost and diversity.
The trend is worrisome for leaders in some of Wisconsin?s leading research institutions, which starts with UW-Madison. In 2012, according to the NSF, UW-Madison ranked third among all U.S. universities in total academic R&D spending at $1.17 billion. Half of that investment ($581 million) came from federal sources … ?Federal research dollars are an investment in our nation?s economic future,? UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank wrote recently. ?Cutting these dollars in the short-run may seem easy, but the long-term effects are large and negative. ? If federal support for basic research declines, our opportunities for economic growth through innovation will decline.?
If the deep cuts to the UW System in the state?s last budget are maintained, education programs at UW-Madison will be cut 4 percent across the board, Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in a meeting with student media Thursday.
University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank spoke highly of the university?s long-running research partnership with GE Healthcare during her first visit with the company?s top Milwaukee-area executives.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is starting her second year in the university?s leadership role by reaching out to areas of the state beyond just the world of Madison in an effort to emphasize the impact of the university across Wisconsin.
When Rebecca Blank moved into her corner Bascom Hall office last summer, the University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor also stepped into a state political environment rife with ill feelings and mistrust that, in recent years, had washed over onto campus affairs.
The importance of a second research hub for Wisconsin was part of a message delivered last week in Milwaukee by UW-Madison Chancellor Becky Blank, who spoke to a meeting of the Wisconsin Innovation Network.
For decades, it has felt like Milwaukee and Madison are separated by much more than 80 miles of highway and fields. The divide between Wisconsin?s two biggest cities?economically, culturally, and psychologically?has at times felt impossible to bridge.
In a meeting with the Wisconsin State Journal editorial board, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank talks about the success of UW?s “student-athlete” program in putting the emphasis on student while still winning games.
MADISON (AP) ? The University of Wisconsin System?s regents on Thursday approved asking Gov. Scott Walker for $95 million in additional tax dollars in the state?s next two-year budget after system President Ray Cross assured them the money would help boost the state?s economy.
Rebecca Blank, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has joined the Council on Competitiveness, a nonpartisan organization that works on public policy solutions meant to drive the United State?s economic growth in world markets. The council was founded in 1986.
One person was taken to a local hospital and an entire apartment building was evacuated Sunday following what was likely a suicide attempt that involved chemicals, the Madison Fire Department said.
The extended tuition freeze would mark another significant departure from recent practice at the System. Prior to the tuition freeze mandated by the Republican-controlled state Legislature starting with the 2013-2014 school year, the System had hiked tuition at four-year campuses 5.5 percent annually in each of the previous six years, the maximum annual increase allowed by law. System spokesman John Diamond said Wednesday that tuition now is viewed as ?a revenue source of last resort.?
Every student in the class of 2014 has a story: a struggle, a moment of victory; a parent or friend they?d like to thank; an exam they?d like to forget, and a wish fulfilled. UW-Madison footage is included.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank Wednesday told a gathering of over 60 members of the Chequamegon Bay Chapter of the Wisconsin Alumni Association that their alma mater has grown into one of the preeminent institutions of higher education in the United States and the world.
The center consists of business offices and specially designed spaces for use by federal and state officials, employers, and other agencies to assist student veterans, active duty students and more. Campus officials say there are around 600 prior-service veterans and current military members enrolled during a typical semester.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank will deliver a keynote speech at the local celebration of Founders? Day, hosted by the WAA: Chequamegon Bay Chapter and held at the Best Western Hotel Chequamegon. The chapter will also honor Ashland?s Carol B. Lindsey, a 1987 UW-Madison graduate, with its Badger of the Year award.
The Associated Students of Madison approved an appeal Wednesday directed at the Board of Regents, regarding Chancellor Rebecca Blank?s decision to overturn the budget-freeze from earlier in the semester.
The Faculty Senate wrapped up the 2013-2014 school year Monday afternoon, voting to approve the creation of two different positions in the graduate school administrative offices as well as the framework of the new campus-wide Diversity Plan.
After over a five-month search process, Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced via Twitter Thursday the new provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs.
The national discussion on income inequality reached campus Thursday afternoon as Rebecca Blank, chancellor of University of Wisconsin-Madison, gave her interpretation of the disparity of opportunity in the United States.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate approved a report by a working group Monday that examines the possibility of dividing two university leadership positions.
The University of Wisconsin Faculty Senate voted unanimously Monday to accept a plan to split job duties between two top level administrators in the area of research enterprise.
UW-Madison leaders are putting a positive spin on the Badgers? tough loss Saturday night.
Even in a loss, UW-Madison can consider itself a winner at the Final Four. That?s what Chancellor Rebecca Blank wrote in a blog post on Sunday that pointed out a number of ways the school gained exposure, royalties and possibly even donations through the Badgers men?s basketball team?s run through the NCAA tournament.
Since Rebecca Blank became chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison last summer, she has made a point of visiting all 13 of the UW system?s four-year universities. Wisconsin has one of the largest public higher education systems in the nation, but Blank realized she didn?t represent only Madison.
A campus-wide email blast by the Teaching Assistants? Association calling on the UW Athletic Department to pick up half the cost of a $223 million upgrade to recreational sports facilities was forwarded 600 times on Monday, the first day it was sent out, says the TAA.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank thinks the Board of Regents should consider raising tuition for out-of-state students.
After Act 10 went into effect, schools throughout the state were given more flexibility on an array of human resources decisions, including the ability for more teachers to receive merit-based pay
UW-Madison?s new chancellor, Rebecca Blank, came out last week in favor of raising tuition for out-of-state and professional school students, and the administration is making the case for quadrupling a student fee to pay for an overhaul of recreational sports facilities.
Rebecca Blank told the Regents to expect an aggressive push by her in coming years to raise UW-Madison tuition for those groups to the same or near what peers at other schools pay.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank highlighted her key policy focuses in education and tuition at a public meeting with the UW System Board of Regents Thursday.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank highlighted her key policy focuses in education and tuition at a public meeting with the UW System Board of Regents Thursday.
There?s a reason why President Barack Obama called out Rebecca Blank, chancellor for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, when he spoke at GE?s gas engines plant in Waukesha on Jan. 30.
Attracting and keeping top-tier researchers and scientists is a key goal for Rebecca Blank, chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The University of Wisconsin will be part of a national plan to make sure all children have the chance at a higher education.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank was one of 100 college presidents at the White House Thursday taking part in a forum on costs and accessibility.
UW-Madison has pledged a renewed focus on recruiting and keeping low-income students, with chancellor Rebecca Blank visiting Washington, D.C., for a Thursday summit on college access headed by her former boss, President Barack Obama.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank proposed initiatives Thursday to help expand access for low-income students to the state?s flagship university during a White House summit Thursday.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is committed to making the university accessible for low-income students, and is in Washington, D.C. to talk about it.
WASHINGTON — President Obama will convene a meeting with more than 100 college and university presidents Thursday — a chance for his administration to pivot away from its stalled legislative agenda to executive actions and also a rare opportunity for White House-level attention for a large group of academic leaders.
In a post on the UW chancellor?s website, Chancellor Rebecca Blank writes that she?s opposed to academic boycotts like the one suggested by American Studies Association of Israeli higher education institutions.
When Rebecca Blank arrived at the University of Wisconsin-Madison last summer, she became chancellor of one of the largest academic research universities in the world, but one that has an uneven track record for commercializing that work.
The 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson?s famous declaration of an ?unconditional war on poverty in America? this week has media sizing up how far the country has come in battling poverty in the last half century.
Before addressing graduates on Sunday, UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank congratulated the commencement crowd at the Kohl Center for simply showing up.
Noted: Wisconsin chancellor Rebecca Blank?s statement says in part if this were the case: “the athletic opportunities at Wisconsin would shrink substantially.”
Dr. Rebecca Blank, who took on the reins of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in March 2013 is no stranger to Big 10 schools. Blank received her economics degree from the University ofMinnesota before earning her Ph.D. in economics from MIT. She held positions at Michigan and Northwestern University.
Rebecca M. Blank was a top candidate in 2011 to lead President Obama?s Council of Economic Advisers, but then the White House turned up something politically dangerous.
Did UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank lose out on a key economic position under President Barack Obama in 2011 because of something she wrote 19 years earlier?
Editor?s note: The Daily Herald Media Editorial Board on Wednesday interviewed University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank, who took the university?s top spot in July. In this excerpt, Blank discusses her view of factors causing tuition to rise in higher education.
Blank addressed tuition concerns and talked about the role of the university in the state?s economy. Watch the full interview above.
The Academic Staff Assembly met Monday to hear from Chancellor Rebecca Blank about the human resources plan and a fund used to give raises for academic staff.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank this week called federal sequestration “the biggest problem” facing the Madison campus, saying it arbitrarily targets one of the campus? largest funding sources.
We are justifiably proud of the student population at UW-Madison. Students at our state?s flagship university come from all over the world and represent UW-Madison with intellect, curiosity, enthusiasm and an enterprising spirit that leads them to leadership positions after they graduate. Most of the time we have no trouble highlighting all that is great about UW?Madison: world-class faculty and research; a beautiful campus with remarkable facilities; nationally competitive athletics teams; a wonderful city in which to live. Occasionally, however, the spotlight shines on something of which we?re not so proud.
University of Wisconsin running backs Melvin Gordon and James White have combined this season for 1,684 rushing yards and 19 touchdowns.
Spend a few moments chatting with Rebecca Blank, UW-Madison?s new chancellor, and you may wind up as dizzy and out of breath as you would be if you followed her around for a day. She talks fast and thinks faster, delivering rapid-fire, perfectly articulated responses while maintaining a cheerful demeanor and welcoming smile.
Ruth Ozeki, the author of this year?s Go Big Read book, gave a lecture titled ?How to be a Better Time Being? to 1,200 audience members at Union South Monday, as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series.
Ruth Ozeki, author of ?A Tale For the Time Being,? the University of Wisconsin?s Go Big Read Book for 2013, spoke on how to bring the novel?s central theme of living in the moment into everyday practice at an event on campus Monday.
There?s trouble again at Palermo?s, the frozen pizza maker and UW-Madison Athletic Department sponsor and licensee whose labor practices fueled a sit-in at the UW-Madison chancellor?s office last spring.
