The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Wednesday its spring commencement speaker will be alumnus Steven Levitan, co-creator and executive producer of the ABC hit comedy “Modern Family.”
The UW-Madison alumnus who co-created ABC’s “Modern Family” will be the keynote speaker at the university’s spring graduation ceremony, officials announced Wednesday.
Noted: A team of 25 researchers from seven labs across the UW-Madison campus are two years into a four-year, $6 million EPA grant — the largest EPA grant currently on campus. The grant helps fund development of models of adult human tissue that are then exposed to environmental toxins. The National Institutes for Health and National Science Foundation also are funding sources for this research.
Madison streets, state highways and the campuses of UW-Madison and Epic Systems could soon be laboratories for driverless cars, after federal regulators gave a team of UW researchers approval to test the emerging technology at sites around Wisconsin.
The Trump administration has placed a temporary suspension on all new Environmental Protection Agency business, which bars staff from awarding new grants and contract. The move impacts five grants previously awarded to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Driverless cars are making their way to Madison. The U.S. Department of Transportation has selected the University of Wisconsin-Madison as one of 10 locations in the country to test automated technology.
The Badgers set a new record as the University of Wisconsin ranked 12th out of 200 universities nationwide for collegiate merchandise sales, proceeds from which go toward students in need.
MADISON, Wis. – The Trump administration has placed a temporary suspension on all new Environmental Protection Agency business, which bars staff from awarding new grants and contract. The move impacts five grants previously awarded to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
UW-Madison benefactors are funding a new scholarship for international students that they hope will help nurture the next generation of development and anti-poverty leaders around the world.
Reports circulated Thursday, the day before the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as president of the United States, that his first budget would propose the elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The University of Wisconsin System is suing the former chancellor and chief business officer at UW-Oshkosh, alleging the two men improperly used the university’s funding and credit to finance real estate projects for its private foundation.
UW-Madison physics professor James Lawler has been awarded the 2017 Laboratory Astrophysics Prize by the American Astronomical Society for his significant contributions to the science.
Governor Scott Walker (R-Wisconsin) wants to cut tuition for all UW System students, but not all Republicans are on board with that idea.
Wisconsin lawmakers from both parties are waiting for more details before they stake a position on Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut undergraduate tuition for in-state students at University of Wisconsin System schools.
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s state budget got a burst of good news Wednesday with news that tax collections will be nearly half a billion dollars more than estimated two months ago.
The Wisconsin women’s hockey team delivered for fans at Fill the Bowl on Saturday, defeating St. Cloud State, 2-0, in front of a record-setting crowd of 15,359 at the Kohl Center.
UW-Madison awarded 836 Ph.D.’s in 2015, earning the number three spot in the nation, according to the Survey of Earned Doctorates. The university fell behind only the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and the University of Texas-Austin.
The University of Wisconsin System has named UW-Platteville official Robert Cramer as the Sytem’s new chief operating officer.
A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison audiology students is spending the week on an important medical mission in Guatemala. During their mission, “Hearing the Call,” they’re screening and treating people who otherwise wouldn’t get such care — restoring their hearing and restoring their lives.
The University of Wisconsin announced at Thursday night’s game that the basketball court at the Kohl Center will be named after former Badgers player and booster Albert “Ab” Nicholas following the 2016-17 season.
Oliver Smithies, whose work as a genetics professor at UW-Madison helped lead to a Nobel Prize, has died.
Gov. Scott Walker got loud applause and big headlines this week for proposing in his annual State of the State speech the first tuition cut at University of Wisconsin System schools in more than 30 years.
Gov. Scott Walker’s State of the State message this week expanded on his recent theme of how bright the future is for the state — a bright future that must assume a strong contribution from the University of Wisconsin System if it is to be a reality.
epublican lawmakers in at least two states — Sen. Brad Zaun of Iowa and state Rep. Rick Brattin of Missouri — proposed bills this month that would eliminate the tenure system at public colleges and universities.
Lawmakers in two states this week introduced legislation that would eliminate tenure for public college and university professors. A bill in Missouri would end tenure for all new faculty hires starting in 2018 and require more student access to information about the job market for majors. Legislation in Iowa would end tenure even for those who already have it.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut tuition at the University of Wisconsin and use taxpayer funds to pay for it is shaking up normal political alliances with some Democrats expressing support while skeptical fellow Republicans worry it could put the state on a path toward socialist Bernie Sanders’ free college tuition plan.
Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut tuition for University of Wisconsin System students would be the first time that cost has fallen at the state’s flagship campus in decades.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut tuition at the University of Wisconsin and use taxpayer funds to pay for it is shaking up normal political alliances with some Democrats supporting it while skeptical fellow Republicans worry it could put the state on a path toward socialist Bernie Sanders’ free college tuition plan.
The University of Wisconsin System will get more state money in the next budget but it will be tied to performance, Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday.
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut tuition at the University of Wisconsin and use taxpayer funds to pay for it is shaking up normal political alliances with some Democrats expressing support while skeptical fellow Republicans worry it could put the state on a path toward socialist Bernie Sanders’ free college tuition plan.
Any lost revenues for UW System schools from a proposed tuition reduction would be made up for with additional state dollars for the universities, Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday in Eau Claire.
Gov. Scott Walker said during his seventh State of the State address Tuesday he will cut in-state tuition at all University of Wisconsin campuses in his upcoming budget proposal.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is calling on state legislators to fully fund a tuition cut Gov. Scott Walker promised in his State of the State address Tuesday.
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker promised in his State of the State address to cut tuition for all in-state University of Wisconsin undergraduates, even after the head of the multi-campus system called for him to end a four-year freeze.
Gov. Scott Walker said he wants to cut undergraduate tuition for Wisconsin residents at University of Wisonsin System schools in his annual State of the State address Tuesday.
A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison professors criticized the state Department of Natural Resources on Monday for scrubbing its website of language that stated human activity is causing climate change, accusing the agency of ignoring facts and violating the public trust.
Gov. Scott Walker is set to deliver his seventh annual State of the State address Tuesday afternoon. “A lot of his State of the State (addresses) are less rattling off policy ideas, as compared to other governors or certainly presidents when they do the State of the Union,” said Mike Wagner, professor of communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “When he does talk about what’s to come, it’s not always with a great deal of specifics.”
Conservative critics of higher education in Wisconsin have opened a new chapter of their long-running complaints about institutions such as UW-Madison, scrutinizing specific university courses and even a class reading they consider biased or inappropriate.
Higher education lobbyists have been torn over President Obama during his eight years in the White House. They cheered his support of funding for student financial aid and scientific research but they chafed at his efforts to hold colleges accountable for results and to expand civil rights enforcement to combat sexual assault.
Another offering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, this one on masculinity, is drawing fire from conservatives as an example of ideological excesses at the school.
Today, the UW’s flagship school in Madison has a $15 billion annual impact on Wisconsin’s economy and brings in $1 billion in research funding. Then as now, I was proud to carry on the tradition started more than a century ago by Van Hise and La Follette — that the university is intricately tied to the state. While today’s challenges differ in some ways from those that we tackled in my time as governor, I believe strongly that this collaborative approach remains the most effective way to solve them and ensure prosperity and health for the people of our state.
MADISON — A UW-Madison program that explores masculinity amounts to a declaration of war on men and the university should be punished in upcoming budget deliberations, a Republican legislator said Wednesday.
University of Wisconsin funding: (Gov.) Walker has said his budget will not cut UW funding, and has suggested the UW System could see an increase tied to performance-based metrics. (Senate Majority Leader) Fitzgerald said each two-year budget cycle should be reviewed independently. Campus carry: Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum, has said he plans to reintroduce legislation to allow concealed weapons to be carried on college campuses. University of Wisconsin-Madison students opposed to the idea have promised to protest it by carrying sex toys on campus. “That’s a good example of a bill that probably, you may have to make changes to it to get the support, but certainly I think we’ll take a look at that and probably tackle it earlier rather than later if we look at that,” Fitzgerald said.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald outlined their priorities for the upcoming 2017-18 session … The GOP now controls the executive and legislative branches of state and federal government for the first time in nearly five decades, and Republicans now hold near-unprecedented majorities in the Capitol, with a 64-35 seat majority in the Assembly — the largest since 1957 — and 20-13 in the Senate — the biggest since 1971 … But the two also were notably apart on key issues like how to fund school districts and the University of Wisconsin System for the two years starting July 1 and the possibility of medical marijuana being legalized in Wisconsin … Vos’ pledge for more transparency and to find broad public support for legislation came when asked by reporters on Tuesday whether he supports controversial legislation that would allow concealed carry permit holders to bring weapons to college campuses. “I think it’s incumbent upon the legislators who have an idea to spread across the state, find people to support it, get groundswells of support to bring an idea here, not just convince a bunch of people in our caucus to pass a bill without making sure the public is where we are,” said Vos on Tuesday. Fitzgerald said GOP senators would “take a look at” campus carry legislation but was noncommittal about its odds of passage. Vos said he’s open to the idea, but that the caucus hasn’t discussed it.
The leader of the Wisconsin State Assembly is temporarily pumping the brakes on a proposal that would allow people to carry guns on on college campuses in the state.
Capio Biosciences has developed technology that can identify cancer cells in the bloodstream, said co-founder and president Seungpyo Hong … Hong joined the UW-Madison faculty this week as a professor of pharmaceutical sciences; he had been at the University of Illinois-Chicago campus.
There’s nothing unusual about a planned UW-Madison class, “The Problem with Whiteness,” that so offended Republican lawmakers that they want the class cancelled, said the editor of a national higher education news website.
Megan Casey, 19, was traveling home on a private, two-engine plane following a Cleveland Cavaliers basketball game, according to a UW-Madison news release. The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for the plane, which is suspected to have crashed shortly after takeoff.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman and her father were among six people aboard a plane that disappeared over Lake Erie as the group was returning from a Cleveland Cavaliers game, the school said Monday as search crews continue to hunt for the aircraft.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman is one of the six people missing after a private plane crashed in Lake Erie near Cleveland last week, according to a release from UW.
Former UWPD chief Susan Riseling ordered the review after the April 14th arrest of Denzel McDonald. McDonald was arrested on 11 criminal counts of graffiti and one count of disorderly conduct for threatening a bystander.
Hanns Kuttner loves “It’s a Small World stories, and last September he shared one with Madison philanthropist Jerry Frautschi.
“The concern was that the excavation may have compromised the structure of the holy place,” said Dante Fratta, the UW-Madison associate engineering professor who joined a team to help maintain the site.
UW-Madison police will not participate in federal immigration operations, campus officials told students, as they look to reassure those who are concerned that the election of Donald Trump could lead to the wave of deportations he promised during the presidential campaign.
Late next month, the brainchild of a team of UW-Madison students will be loaded into a trailer and driven across country to a site south of Los Angeles, home to the headquarters of tech titan Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX.
Nine years ago this month, the University of Wisconsin-Madison was awarded its largest single federal grant ever: $125 million to launch a bioenergy research center. Now, bioenergy researchers at UW and their partners at Michigan State University are watching closely to see what the future holds for them under President-elect Donald Trump and his nominee for Energy secretary, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which tracks campus speech policies at colleges and universities across the country and criticizes efforts to limit First Amendment rights, said the statements this week from state Rep. Dave Murphy, R-Greenville, and Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, threaten academic freedom.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, long one of the nation’s most highly regarded research institutions, is a little less well-regarded these days. For the first time in 44 years, UW-Madison fell out of the top five U.S. research universities.
Turning up the heat on the long-smoldering relationship between state lawmakers and the University of Wisconsin System, leading Republicans are threatening to pull any hope of more state funding unless a new course at UW-Madison called “The Problem of Whiteness” is canceled.
Walker also said he won’t cut funding to the University of Wisconsin System in his next budget, but he may try to reduce tuition. And he rejected a Republican lawmaker’s suggestion that the state withhold funding from UW-Madison if it doesn’t drop a course on race relations called “The Problem of Whiteness.”
