Marla Delgado-Guerrero has been counseling undergraduate students since she was one herself.
Once a UW-Madison Posse mentor, new program director is back to guide more students
Wisconsin State Journal
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University of Wisconsin celebrates 175 years
Spectrum News1
“It’s going to be a great day [Wednesday],” said Charles Hoslet, UW-Madison’s Vice Chancellor for University Relations. “We’re having a big event at the Memorial Union Terrace … We’re going to have live music and fireworks at the end of the evening.”
Can you say demisemiseptcentennial? UW-Madison kicks off 175th birthday celebration
WISC-TV 3
The state of Wisconsin’s flagship university celebrates its 175th anniversary this year; it was founded in 1848, the same year as both the state and the city of Madison.
Students, alums celebrate UW-Madison’s 175th anniversary
NBC-15
Many students and alums took part in the kick-off event. For Dave Arneson, Wednesday’s celebration created a memorable moment. Arneson played football for the Badgers as a tight end back from 1982 through 1984.
UW-Madison Celebrates 175 Years
WORT FM
Tomorrow is University of Wisconsin-Madison’s demisemiseptcentennial anniversary as the University of Wisconsin System’s flagship campus celebrates its 175th anniversary. To honor the milestone, the university will be holding a free celebration with music, fireworks, and of course, free ice cream.
UW-Madison celebrates 175th birthday
WKOW-TV 27
“For the past 175 years, UW–Madison has been a place where extraordinary ideas become life-changing realities, where we honor traditions of the past while also continuing to propel Wisconsin forward,” says Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin. “In the year ahead, we’ll celebrate many of the people, events and important advancements that have made UW–Madison one of the most respected institutions in the nation.”
The women behind the Manhattan Project that Nolan’s new film ‘Oppenheimer’ completely ignored
Business Insider
Joan Hinton was a physics graduate student at the University of Wisconsin when she was tapped for Los Alamos. She worked on a team building the first reactor able to use enriched uranium as fuel. Hinton also witnessed the Trinity Test. Just weeks after the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagaski, killing more than 200,000 people, Hinton drove physicist Harry Daghlian to the hospital after he was exposed to a lethal amount of radiation from a plutonium core. He died about three weeks later.
From UW’s Carillon Tower, Lyle Anderson has filled the campus with music for decades
Wisconsin State Journal
Over the decades, a Sunday afternoon stroll through the UW-Madison campus has been marked by bells playing the sonorous melodies of “On, Wisconsin,” “University Hymn” and other musical pieces.
How the history of pharmacy resonates today
Wisconsin Public Radio
More than 80 years ago, the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy was founded at UW-Madison. Today, the organization supports pharmacy education around the country. We speak with Lucas Richert, the institute director, and Hannah Rose Swan, the archivist at the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy, on how the history of pharmaceuticals resonates today.
Wisconsin’s Democratic governor guts Republican tax cut, increases school funding for 400 years
CBS Minnesota
Evers was unable to undo the $32 million cut to the University of Wisconsin, which was funding that Republicans said would have gone toward diversity, equity and inclusion — or DEI — programming and staff. The budget Evers signed does allow for the university to get the funding later if it can show it would go toward workforce development and not DEI.
Wisconsin line-item veto: How Gov. Tony Evers pulled a power move on Republicans
Vox
Another area that Evers vetoed was the elimination of 188 jobs in the University of Wisconsin system that were focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion, a Republican priority. He did not roll back a $32 million University of Wisconsin budget cut aimed at curbing funds for DEI programs, however. Under the Republicans’ proposal, the University of Wisconsin is still able to access those funds, but it must get approval from GOP legislators regarding its use first.
Gov. Evers signs biennial budget with dozens of line-item vetoes
NBC-15
Evers was unable to undo the $32 million cut to the University of Wisconsin, which was funding that Republicans said would have gone toward diversity, equity and inclusion — or DEI — programming and staff. The budget Evers signed does allow for the university to get the funding later if it can show it would go toward workforce development and not DEI.
Gov. Evers uses line item veto to spare 188 diversity, equity, inclusion staff at UW System from termination
Wisconsin Public Radio
Gov. Tony Evers has signed a Republican-drafted state budget that includes income tax cuts for most residents and a major increase in funding for K-12 education, more state aid to local governments and workforce housing. With his powerful veto pen, Evers spared 188 UW System diversity, equity and inclusion staff positions from elimination and eliminated tax cuts for the state’s two highest income brackets.
Tony Evers uses veto powers to extend annual increases for public schools for the next four centuries
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Evers also vetoed a plan from Republican lawmakers to eliminate 188 positions within the University of Wisconsin System focused on diversity, equity and inclusion programs, but maintained the $32 million cut in funding that was paired with the staffing reduction. Republicans put $32 million into a fund UW officials may request money from as long as the GOP-controlled committee approves the officials’ plans for its use.
Democratic Wisconsin governor guts Republican tax cut before signing state budget
The Hill
In addition, the budget also gives the University of Wisconsin System the ability to retain 188 positions that “had been targeted by the Legislature for work remotely related to diversity, equity, and inclusion,” per a press release from the governor’s office.
Wisconsin’s Democratic governor guts Republican tax cut, increases school funding for 400 years
Associated Press
Evers was unable to undo the $32 million cut to the University of Wisconsin, which was funding that Republicans said would have gone toward diversity, equity and inclusion — or DEI — programming and staff. The budget Evers signed does allow for the university to get the funding later if it can show it would go toward workforce development and not DEI.
Tony Evers vetoes DEI-related UW System position cuts in state budget
The Capital Times
Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a Republican attempt to eliminate 188 UW System jobs related to diversity, equity and inclusion Wednesday, cuts that were intended by GOP lawmakers to curb DEI efforts on campuses across the state.
Gov. Tony Evers signs GOP state budget that cuts taxes, boosts K-12 spending
Wisconsin State Journal
He said he would give the UW System the ability to retain 188 employees working in diversity, equity and inclusion offices that Republicans sought to eliminate.
Republicans have a lot to say about UW diversity programs. So do students
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
UW-Madison senior Ciboney Reglos interacts with DEI programming “basically every single day” she’s on campus. She is the senior class diversity, equity and inclusion director and a board member for the Filipinx American Student Organization, one of at least 65 multicultural student groups competing for limited funding and campus programming space.
UW-Madison IceCube researchers produce first neutrino image of Milky Way
Wisconsin Public Radio
New data from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s IceCube neutrino detector has led to the first ever image of our Milky Way galaxy using the subatomic “ghost particles.” An international team of researchers also found the Milky way is a neutrino desert compared to others.
UW-Madison researchers’ 3D-printed electric motor may revolutionize the industry
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison researchers have successfully developed an electric motor using 3D printing technology, paving the way for future electric motors to more efficiently use electricity without sacrificing power.
Supreme Court rules against affirmative action in universities
Wisconsin Public Radio
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ended a Harvard and University of North Carolina policy of considering a student’s race when accepting applications. We talk with Anuj Desai, a UW-Madison Law professor, about what the ruling means for Wisconsin’s public and private universities.
University of Wisconsin to review admissions policy after Supreme Court rules against affirmative action
Wisconsin Public Radio
Colleges and universities can no longer consider race when admitting prospective students following a 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down the use of race-conscious admissions. In Wisconsin, the decision was applauded by conservative activists and left the University of Wisconsin System reviewing potential effects from the ruling.
In a blow to diversity, U.S. Supreme Court restricts use of race in college admissions
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the consideration of race in college admissions, a ruling that may complicate how Wisconsin’s most competitive universities recruit diverse student bodies.
Assembly sends Tony Evers a state budget that includes tax cuts, an education spending boost and a cut to UW
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Evers previously said he would not sign a state budget that includes tax cuts for wealthy residents or maintains a $32 million cut to defund diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the UW System.
Both measures were included in the budget passed Thursday, but Evers has since softened his position and signaled he could support the UW provision because Republicans on the budget-writing committee included a companion provision that allows UW officials to request for the funding to be restored if the committee approves their plans for it.
Affirmative action ruling hits just as UW-Madison improves diversity
The Capital Times
In Wisconsin, the decision will likely have the largest effect on the University of Wisconsin System’s most selective campus, UW-Madison. While the school has long struggled to attract students of color, it recently ushered in its most diverse freshman class in the institution’s history. About one-third of last fall’s freshmen, or 2,695 total, identified as students of color.
Tax cuts and University of Wisconsin funding up for state Senate vote
The Associated Press
Taxes would be cut across all income levels, with the wealthiest benefiting the most, and the University of Wisconsin would get nearly half a billion dollars less than it asked for under a two-year spending plan up for approval Wednesday in the state Senate.
Here’s what’s in Wisconsin’s $99 billion budget slated for passage this week
Wisconsin State Journal
Another contentious spending provision is Republicans’ plan to cut the University of Wisconsin System’s budget by $32 million in an attempt to force the school officials to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion offices and programming.
Stuck for years without funding, Wisconsin’s state climatology office is now ‘open for business’
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
As part of a $9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wisconsin’s state climatology office will get $1.25 million over four years to reinvent itself. The goal is to raise the profile of the office and make it the go-to spot when people want weather and climate information, said Steve Vavrus, who became the state climatologist this year and heads up the office. Vavrus, also a senior scientist at UW’s Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research, had worked with the office frequently in past years.
Tax cuts and a UW squeeze: A look at the proposed GOP-backed Wisconsin state budget
The Associated Press
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: The University of Wisconsin System’s budget would be cut by $32 million, leaving UW nearly half a billion dollars short of funding it requested. Republicans cut the amount they say would be spent on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, over objections from UW leaders who say they may have to raise tuition and cut programs in response. The budget also does not include funding for UW’s top priority building project, $197 million to demolish and build a new College of Engineering building on the Madison campus. Republican leaders say there are ongoing discussions about funding that project.
Republicans vote to cut UW System budget by $32 million in attempt to defund diversity offices
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Republican lawmakers who control the Legislature’s budget-writing committee on Thursday voted to cut funding to the University of Wisconsin System by $32 million and nearly 200 positions in an effort to eliminate diversity offices and programming on campuses.
UW System president pushes back against criticism of campus diversity initiatives
Wisconsin Public Radio
University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman defended campus diversity programming this week as Republican state lawmakers consider cutting university funding by around $32 million because of opposition to those efforts.
Campus closures, tuition hikes possible if GOP cuts UW System budget, president says
Wisconsin State Journal
Campus closures, tuition hikes and the end of some educational programs are all possibilities if the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee goes through with proposed cuts over diversity, equity and inclusion offices on campus, UW System President Jay Rothman said Monday.
DEI Standoff Derails a State Budget
Inside Higher Ed
A fierce battle over diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education is being waged in the Wisconsin State Assembly, where it has temporarily paralyzed the state budget vote.
Gov. Tony Evers threatens to veto budget over UW System diversity-funding battle
Wisconsin State Journal
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said Wednesday he would veto any state budget that includes a proposed $32 million, Republican-backed state funding cut aimed at eliminating University of Wisconsin System diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Wisconsin Republicans delay vote on UW budget after top GOP leader pledged tens of millions in cuts
Wisconsin Public Radio
Wisconsin Republicans have delayed a vote on the state’s budget for the University of Wisconsin System, hours after a top GOP leader pledged the Legislature would cut the UW’s budget by tens of millions of dollars.
Republicans delay vote on UW System budget as debate over campus diversity efforts continue
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Lawmakers writing the next state budget spent eight hours behind closed doors Tuesday only to delay action on the University of Wisconsin System after the Legislature’s top Republican said UW campuses would see a $32 million cut in state funding − a move the Democratic governor characterized as a “war” on higher education.
Republicans delay vote on plan to cut UW System budget by $32 million over DEI programming
Wisconsin State Journal
After hours of negotiations behind closed doors, Republicans on the Legislature’s budget committee put off any vote Tuesday on whether to slash the University of Wisconsin System’s budget by $32 million in an attempt to gut funding for diversity, equity and inclusion offices and programming.
UW System grapples with trends of campus speech suppression
Daily Cardinal
A UW System student poll and video of a UW-Madison student voicing racist views has officials debating how to regulate freedom of expression at universities.
UW researchers using gene editing to develop drugs for blindness
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison researchers are part of a five-year, $29 million National Institutes of Health grant using gene editing to develop drugs for two rare diseases that cause blindness.
UW-Madison students design adaptive rowing machine for local company
The Capital Times
In the biomedical engineering design program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, students craft solutions to real world problems.
Mysterious species buried their dead and carved symbols 100,000 years before humans
CNN
Homo naledi’s shoulders — which were oriented for better climbing — and teeth shared similarities with earlier hominins like Australopithecus, said Dr. John Hawks, professor of anthropology and paleoanthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW-Madison student in racist video apologizes after remarks drew condemnation, protests from campus community
Daily Cardinal
“To the University of Wisconsin–Madison student body, faculty and community, I sincerely apologize for the harmful actions and comments I made towards African American individuals,” Godlewski said. “My words were utterly disgusting and unacceptable, whether in public or private.”
Engineering building still needed, UW-Madison, UW System say after denial of state funding
Wisconsin State Journal
After a stinging defeat by the Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee, which last week rejected a new engineering building at UW-Madison, campus and University of Wisconsin System leaders vowed to bring the project to fruition.
GOP lawmakers approve $2.4B capital budget but reject key UW project
Wisconsin Public Radio
Republicans on the Legislature’s budget committee voted for a $2.4 billion capital budget Thursday, the largest of any state building program in years but considerably smaller than the one proposed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
The capital budget would also leave out funding for several key projects, including a new school of engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the UW System’s top priority.
New UW-Madison engineering building in jeopardy after GOP leaves it out of budget
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s new engineering building is in jeopardy after the state Legislature’s powerful state budget-writing committee voted to leave the project out of its $2.4 billion spending plan for state building projects.
Republicans reject funding for top University of Wisconsin building project
The Associated Press
GOP lawmakers rejected funding Thursday for the University of Wisconsin’s top priority, the replacement of an engineering building on its flagship Madison campus, approving allocations for about 60% of the state government and UW projects sought by Gov. Tony Evers.
Republicans won’t fund new UW-Madison engineering hall, broadband expansion
The Capital Times
Republicans’ proposed capital budget does not include the $347 million that Evers proposed to build a new engineering building on UW-Madison’s campus, a top priority for the university. A new building would replace the College of Engineering’s 83-year-old facility, which is currently in “poor and unsatisfactory condition,” adding over 1,000 engineering students per year.
2 Madison-area companies get federal money to help curb climate change through fusion energy
Wisconsin State Journal
Realta Fusion, a fusion energy startup founded in the fall of 2022, received $12 million from the federal government and other organizations to design a magnetic bottle device that could help reduce the reliance industries that make common materials like plastic have on fossil fuels, Realta said.
That company was spun out of a two-year project at UW-Madison led by physics professor Cary Forest, who is Realta’s co-founder and chief scientific officer. The money for that project — $10 million — came from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Project’s Agency-Energy, or ARPA-E program.
UW System universities projected to be $60 million in debt by end of 2023-24, president says
Wisconsin State Journal
Most University of Wisconsin System schools will fall millions of dollars short of the money needed to maintain operations by the end of 2023-24 without additional state support, System President Jay Rothman warned Thursday.
New project at UW will connect Native students with financial support for postsecondary education
Madison365
The SSTAR Lab, which conducts original research and evaluation on issues related to college opportunity and student success, will conduct a policy scan of federal, state and institutional policies and programs to develop a comprehensive, publicly available dataset and web-based tool identifying programs that provide financial relief to Indigenous students.
UW–Madison chancellor Jennifer Mnookin finishes up her freshman year
Madison Magazine
Maybe Jennifer Mnookin had never waded in a cranberry bog, held a piglet at a state fair or ate cheese curds before she became chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, but she’s figuring out the Wisconsin Idea in her first year holding the top job on campus.
UW-Madison graduates largest class in its history with 7,826 degrees conferred
Wisconsin State Journal
Coumbe Gitter, who got her degree in biochemistry with an environmental science minor, graduated in good company outside of her own family tree — Saturday’s ceremony was the largest commencement in UW-Madison history, with 7,826 degrees conferred, according to UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin.
Thousands will graduate from UW-Madison, Edgewood and Madison College this weekend
Wisconsin State Journal
More than 10,000 Madison-area college students will receive degrees this weekend over a two-day span starting Friday.
Internet-famous for Irish dancing, Mary Papageorge is about to grab a new title: UW-Madison alum
Wisconsin State Journal
Mary Papageorge is a testament to putting her classroom learning to use. As one of the 70% of UW-Madison students who have a job offer in hand by the time they don their caps and gowns for commencement, Papageorge will take what she learned in class and on her portable Irish dance platform to improve consumer relationships.
Free speech, racial equity battles play out on Wisconsin campuses
The Associated Press
The fight over racial equity and free speech on Wisconsin college campuses is intensifying, mirroring a national battle as Republicans work to close campus diversity offices and demand students and faculty treat conservative speakers with respect.
UW-Madison launches first American Sign Language program
The Capital Times
The language sciences department will offer a semester-long introductory ASL course starting this summer and fall. Next spring, the department will also add a second level ASL course.
UW System will launch tuition-waiver program after Legislature axes it from proposed budget
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin System will still launch its Wisconsin Tuition Promise this fall, using $13.8 million it has on hand to fund the program for low-income students.
UW-Madison pharmacy archive fills the prescription for curiosity
The Capital Times
They are all items you can find in the collections at the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy (AIHP), an archival library located in the basement of Rennebohm Hall, which houses the School of Pharmacy at UW-Madison.
In wake of racist video, Mnookin wants ‘good faith’ talks with Black student coalition
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin is asking for meetings with student leaders from the Blk Pwr Coalition to address ongoing concerns following a racist video featuring a white student that went viral this week.