The University of Wisconsin-Madison will soon have a health center in Bangalore, India, to research and develop new vaccines for the country.
UW-Madison launches center in India to develop vaccines, study disease
The Capital Times
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UW-Madison’s west-campus vision could bring housing, lab spaces for businesses
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison’s west side could be dramatically reshaped under a new real estate strategy that would infuse high-density housing, hotels or retail into an area that, right now, is heavy with surface parking lots.
How Tiny Earth pushes boundaries of antibiotic research
The Badger Herald
Started just 11 years ago by Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Jo Handelsman, Tiny Earth has since expanded worldwide to over 700 participating instructors teaching the course and over 14,000 students enrolled each year.
Rebecca Blank, who led University of Wisconsin, dies at 67
CBS Minnesota
Rebecca Blank, an economist who served as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has died, less than a year after announcing that she had an aggressive form of cancer. She was 67.
‘She really cared’: UW-Madison alum remembers Rebecca Blank, reflects on her legacy
WKOW-TV 27
Barni Shiferaw crossed paths with Rebecca Blank several times during his senior year at UW-Madison. As the vice president for the Class of 2022, he met with Blank to talk about changes the student body wanted to see.
“It was an honor for me,” he said. “There’s not a lot of people at this campus who have the combination of the intelligence that she does, but then also the personability to make these things happen.”
Rebecca Blank, university chancellor who led Obama commerce team, dies at 67
Associated Press
Rebecca Blank, an economist who served as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison and was acting commerce secretary under President Barack Obama, died Feb. 17. She was 67.
Rebecca Blank, ‘transformational’ former UW-Madison chancellor, dies
The Capital Times
In her near-decade of tenure at UW-Madison, she accelerated the university’s research programs, achieved record-high graduation rates and developed scholarship programs catering to low-income students within the state. Her work also expanded the number of faculty and students, as well as put the campus’ finances back on track after the pandemic brought losses in revenue.
Rebecca Blank, 1955–2023
Inside Higher Ed
Rebecca Blank, who was chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison for nine years, died of cancer Friday. She was 67.
UW-Madison alumni remember former Chancellor Rebecca Blank
Channel 3000
Video: The University of Wisconsin announced on Saturday that former Chancellor Rebecca Blank died at 67. Her legacy and life leave a profound impact.
Former UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank dies at 67
Wisconsin State Journal
Former UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank, who helped put a university education in reach for low-income students through the Bucky’s Tuition Promise, steered the university through the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and brought billions in gifts and donations to expand research enterprise, died Friday of cancer. She was 67.
Former UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank dies of cancer at age 67
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
One of the longest-serving chancellors in recent UW-Madison history, Blank is credited with gaining the ability to enroll more out-of-state students, launching a full-tuition scholarship program for low-income Wisconsin students, and leading a $4 billion fundraising campaign. She’s remembered for smaller gestures, too, like bringing commencement back to Camp Randall Stadium.
Former Chancellor Rebecca Blank dies at 67 after cancer battle
The Daily Cardinal
Blank passed away Friday evening after a seven month battle with cancer, according to an email sent by current Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin to the campus community.
UW-Madison students react to Becky Blank’s passing
NBC-15
Students on the UW campus said most of their peers knew of the former chancellor’s cancer diagnosis announced in July, but her death shocked many.
‘There’s so much to love about Becky’: Rebecca Blank’s husband weighs in on her life and legacy
WKOW-TV 27
Tributes to former UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank have been pouring in from around the world since news of her tragic death came out Saturday. Now, the person who knows her best is also sharing a tribute.
UW-Madison creates endowed professorship named for former Chancellor Rebecca Blank
Wisconsin State Journal
The endowment, the first to be created in honor of Blank, is funded by donations from alumni and supporters.
Data science, computer science majors show biggest increase in student enrollment
The Daily Cardinal
Increase of enrollment in Computer, Data & Information Sciences is primarily due to tech sector growth and expanding job opportunities.
Bucky’s Pell Pathway seeks to increase opportunity for students in financial need
The Daily Cardinal
“Rural schools are doing a great job preparing students to be career and college ready or, moreover, future-ready,” said Jeff Eide, executive director of the Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance. “Bucky’s Pell Pathway is another step in supporting the financial barrier students and parents may see to higher education opportunities.”
For 40 years, the Wonders of Physics has been wowing
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison professor emeritus Clint Sprott has spent half of his life making people’s hair stand on end and shooting sparks out of people’s fingertips.
Are Wisconsin colleges worried about students using AI to cheat? Not really.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin-Madison students in Professor Paul Stoy’s class late last month stared up at the screen, mesmerized as a new technology called ChatGPT wrote a computer code to calculate planetary temperature. The task would normally take students several minutes while the chatbot completed it in seconds.
Hit with staggering enrollment declines, 2-year UW campuses might have discovered a way to survive
Wisconsin State Journal
The counties, who jointly manage the UW-Oshkosh at Fox Cities campus, are requesting a guarantee that, if they sink millions into renovating the campus’ 60-year-old cafeteria, and then the University of Wisconsin System shuts down the campus within the next five years, the System will pay the counties back for the renovations.
In dire need of more space, UW-Madison Engineering gets System’s top priority
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison will aggressively seek a new College of Engineering building as its top priority in the upcoming state budget cycle as growth stagnates and faculty compete with one another for coveted and increasingly limited lab space.
Mnookin announces tuition promise, asks for increased resources
The Daily Cardinal
Mnookin announced two major initiatives at the meeting — an increase in eligibility for Bucky’s Tuition Promise and the creation of Bucky’s Pell Pathway.
UW-Madison expands tuition promise for low-income students to cover room, board and other college costs
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is expanding its tuition promise program to cover not only tuition for some low-income students, but nearly all other college costs that can derail progress toward a degree, such as room and board.
Expanded Bucky’s Pell Pathway program covers more costs for lower-income Wisconsin students attending UW-Madison
WISC-TV 3
Hundreds of Wisconsin students from lower-income families are expected to qualify for an expanded program from the University of Wisconsin-Madison that will cover their full financial needs to attend the flagship campus, the university announced Thursday.
UW-Madison exhibit has ‘something new to say’ about race and art
Wisconsin State Journal
When incoming museum director Amy Gilman first saw “Emancipation Group” on display at the Chazen Museum of Art in 2017, she reacted like many visitors: She stopped in her tracks.
Most UW System students think campuses should disinvite offensive speakers
Wisconsin State Journal
More than half of University of Wisconsin System students believe campuses should disinvite speakers who are thought to be offensive, a free speech survey conducted last fall found.
UW awards Distinguished Teaching Awards to twelve faculty
The Badger Herald
The awards are presented to all types of faculty members whose teaching deserves acknowledgement and reward, according to the Office of the Secretary of the Faculty.
UW-Madison launches new center to confront its history of exclusion
Capital Times
“Our faculty, staff and students are eager to take this history and use it to make our campus a better place for everyone,” said Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin in a statement. “With the new center, we are committing to embedding the mission of the Public History Project in the daily life of campus and in our decision-making.”
University of Wisconsin Law School joins exodus of others not participating in U.S. News rankings
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin Law School won’t participate in this year’s U.S. News & World Report rankings, a decision made in protest of how the magazine prioritizes metrics that the school says conflict with its underlying values of accessibility and affordability.
UW-Madison launches center to explore, reckon with campus history
Wisconsin State Journal
Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin said in a statement that naming the center after Blank, who left UW-Madison last year and whose plans to become president of Northwestern University were hindered by a cancer diagnosis, was a way to recognize her role in creating the Public History Project.
A promising education | Racine native one of 800 attending UW-Madison via free tuition guarantee
The Journal Times
Jermika Jackson believes her son is destined for greatness. From a young age, D’Marion Jackson seemed wise beyond his years. He was a voracious reader who quickly finished handfuls of library books.
He is now a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and that was made possible by the college’s in-state tuition guarantee. D’Marion is one of about 800 freshmen receiving Bucky’s Tuition Promise.
University of Wisconsin System bans TikTok use on system devices
Associated Press
University of Wisconsin System officials said Tuesday that they will ban the use of TikTok on system devices.
University Club transforms to Union Commons on UW-Madison campus
The Capital Times
Now called Union Commons, the historic space at 803 State St. has been taken over by the Wisconsin Union, which also runs Memorial Union, the Terrace, Union South, and other campus markets and cafes.
Why Pride Night is important for this Wisconsin women’s basketball coach
Wisconsin State Journal
With a top-35 attendance average last season and over 3,200 fans per game at the Kohl Center already this year, the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball program has one of the top platforms in the sport. Assistant coach Caroline Doty hopes it can be put to use Thursday evening when the Badgers host their first Pride Game when they take on No. 11 Maryland in a Big Ten Conference game.
113-year experiment at UW-Madison ends this year. It will be crushing
Wisconsin State Journal
For more than 100 years, engineers at UW-Madison have been conducting an experiment pitting ordinary concrete against the test of time. The project, initiated by faculty member Morton O. Withey, began in 1910 as a 10-year test of the strength of concrete in the form of 6-by-12-inch cylinders. Dozens more cylinders were added in 1923, with a third batch in 1937.
UW-Madison names Oneida Nation member as new tribal relations director
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison has hired a new tribal relations director to continue the “high priority” work of strengthening ties with Wisconsin’s Indigenous nations, the university announced. Carla Vigue will join UW-Madison later this month to succeed Aaron Bird Bear, the inaugural tribal relations director.
Carla Vigue named University of Wisconsin Director of Tribal Relations
Madison365
Vigue, a member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, is currently director of communications, events and community engagement for the National Council of Urban Indian Health in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, she served for more than a decade as communications director for the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, where she developed and implemented a statewide strategy for engaging tribal veterans.
Creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive learning and working environment at UW-Madison
Wisconsin Public Radio
We talk with LaVar J Charleston, the University’s Chief Diversity Officer, about his job and efforts to promote equity and social justice. We also look at scholarship and service programs designed to increase diversity and foster equity.
UW Odyssey to help veterans transition into college with ‘Beyond Wars’ program
Wisconsin State Journal
The Odyssey Project will start a new initiative specifically for veterans, named Odyssey Beyond Wars. It joins the project’s umbrella of offerings, which includes the original Odyssey Project, which serves people with financial or other barriers to a college education; Odyssey Junior, for children of students; and Odyssey Beyond Bars, a program offering classes to those incarcerated in Wisconsin.
Director of Tribal Relations Aaron Bird Bear leaves UW-Madison a changed campus
Wisconsin State Journal
From the moment UW-Madison Director of Tribal Relations Aaron Bird Bear arrived on campus in 2000, he had a mission.
UW-Madison researchers seek to understand how forever chemicals move through soil
Wisconsin State Journal
Scientists at UW-Madison are working to better understand how toxic “forever chemicals” move through the ground, which could help communities like Madison find and clean up the manufactured compounds before they contaminate drinking water.
Christy Remucal, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at UW-Madison who specializes in PFAS but was not part of Gnesda’s study, said the research is a critical first step to being able to focus cleanup efforts.
Madison prepares for holiday blizzard, officials advise staying off the roads
The Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin–Madison issued a statement Tuesday that “based on currently available information, the university will be open for normal operations for the conclusion of final exams Thursday, as well as for business on Friday.”
Thousands to graduate this week from Madison College, UW-Madison
The Capital Times
UW-Madison’s 2022 winter commencement will take place this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Kohl Center, where the university will confer degrees to nearly 1,800 doctoral, master’s and bachelor’s students.
UW-Madison student crowned Miss America
Channel 27
The UW-Madison student represented the Badger State and was selected from a group of 51 women.
Miss Wisconsin Grace Stanke wins 2023 Miss America competition
Channel 3000
Stanke, a Wausau native, is a nuclear engineering student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as well as a competitive collegiate waterskier and a classical violinist.
Miss Wisconsin Grace Stanke Wins Miss America 2023
People
Miss Wisconsin Grace Stanke, a nuclear engineering student from the University of Wisconsin, was crowned Miss America 2023 on Thursday at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.
Miss America 2023 crown goes to Miss Wisconsin Grace Stanke
USA Today
Wausau native Grace Stanke, a 20-year-old nuclear engineering student at UW-Madison, was crowned the winner of the Miss America competition on Thursday at the Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, Conn., becoming the pageant’s 95th winner. She is the third woman from Wisconsin to win the title.
From GED to Ph.D.: UW commencement speaker Kirstan Gimse achieves dreams of being a scientist
Wisconsin State Journal
Gimse, who will be the student commencement speaker at UW-Madison’s winter commencement ceremony Sunday, has beat the odds to become the person she thought she’d never be. Nearly two decades after she dropped out of high school, she’s graduating with a Ph.D. in cellular and molecular pathology. Her research centers on Alzheimer’s research and gene therapies.
Good vibes: UW-Madison hip-hop class builds bridges through dance
Wisconsin State Journal
Taught by Ariel (AJ) Juarez, the class allows students to work on the building blocks of the dance style, such as house — a freestyle dance method that evolved from the underground music scenes in Chicago and New York City — and popping, which involves creating a jerking effect by contracting and relaxing one’s muscles.
Just how tight is Madison’s student rental market? Researchers hope to find out.
Wisconsin State Journal
A new collaboration between the city of Madison, UW-Madison departments and the UniverCity Alliance — a network of local government researchers and experts at UW-Madison — aims to change that.
AP source: Wisconsin negotiating with Cincinnati’s Fickell to be next Badgers football coach
AP Source
Wisconsin is negotiating a deal with Cincinnati’s Luke Fickell to try to make him the Badgers’ next head coach, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Wisconsin taps Luke Fickell for football job after great run with Cincinnati: ‘He is a transformative hire’
Fox News
Wisconsin hired Luke Fickell from Cincinnati to become their next head coach on Sunday.
Wisconsin football coach Luke Fickell finds ‘destination job’
Wisconsin State Journal
Luke Fickell is the 31st coach in Badgers football history after UW-System Regents on Sunday approved the deal struck between McIntosh and the former Cincinnati coach. McIntosh flew to Cincinnati on Sunday afternoon to pick up Fickell, and an invite-only welcome event and introductory news conference was planned for 4 p.m. Monday at Camp Randall Stadium.
Low enrollment leads UW-Platteville Richland to eliminate face-to-face classes next fall
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin System’s smallest campus next fall will no longer offer face-to-face instruction to students, with UW’s top leader citing low enrollment and financial pressures making the sustainability of the campus’ traditional education model “untenable.”
UW System moving degree programs off Richland Center campus
Wisconsin State Journal
In a letter Tuesday to UW-Platteville Interim Chancellor Tammy Evetovich, System President Jay Rothman outlined a four-step plan for the Richland Center campus, which includes moving all instructional programs to either the Platteville or Baraboo campuses for fall 2023 while developing a plan to “maintain a suitable presence” at the Richland County campus through such things as enrichment programs or courses for adults.
Update: Missing UW student from China found safe, police say
Wisconsin State Journal
Update: Police said Enzhe Xun was found safe after a tip from a community member.
Police seeking help in finding UW student from China
Wisconsin State Journal
Enzhe Xun, 19, was reported missing by his family on Nov. 15 after they had not heard from him, Madison police spokesperson Stephanie Fryer said in a statement.
UW-Madison provost, a finalist for chancellor, will rejoin faculty ranks
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison is in need of a new top academic administrator, as Provost John Karl Scholz plans to step back into the role of a faculty member.
UW-Madison provost stepping down, launching new search for an important position
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is launching a search for a new provost, an administrative position ranking just second to the chancellor in terms of importance.
The current provost, John Karl Scholz, will serve until the end of the school year and then return to the economics department, where he has taught since 1988. A new provost is expected to start sometime next summer, UW-Madison announced Tuesday.
UW-Madison students show enthusiasm for voting on Election Day
The Capital Times
Eager to vote, students filed into the Union South polling place Tuesday afternoon at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with many citing abortion as their reason for turning out.