At the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Thomas Pile, chairman of the campus chapter of the College Republicans, said he is encouraged by how open-minded his classmates with different political attitudes have been in discussing the candidates’ positions.
Pile, a senior studying political science, isn’t fully sold on Trump. Pile said he is supporting Republicans in down-ballot races with more conservative values.
Photos: The UW Marching Band honored Ariana Grande with a performance at Geneseo High School in Illinois on Saturday at the Maple Leaf Classic, a marching band competition.
Dally’s Spring Green clinic and his fellow colleagues at Mazomanie Animal Hospital last year opened Cooperative Veterinary Care, a co-op that might be the first employee-owned veterinary cooperative in the country, according to the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives.
Elsdon started working in this space while serving as the executive director of a campus ministry center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he helped oversee the construction of student housing. Since he helped launch RootedGood in January 2020, he’s talked to faith-based groups across the country.“It’s just in the air,” said Elsdon. “Even churches that are doing well should be thinking about using their resources better.”
UW-Madison dropped slightly in the latest edition of the U.S. News & World Report’s rankings for 2025, going down one place to tie for 13th in the national public colleges category.
“The last time I was in Madison, we went to the house where I lived when I was 5 years old, here in Madison,” Harris said. “Our parents taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and so we lived here for a period of time. So every time I land, the governor says, ‘Welcome home.'”
Matthews, 66, was a Democratic voter for nearly all his adult life, motivated by antiwar positions he embraced as a student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in the early 1980s.
While those cases exist, I’ve also worked with enough families to know that an adult child’s marriage may disrupt once-close family relationships. For example, in my survey of 1,632 estranged parents conducted through the University of Wisconsin Survey Center, I found that 70 percent of parents didn’t become estranged from their adult child until after their child married.
Dahlia Saba, a PhD student at University of Wisconsin–Madison who worked with Students for Justice in Palestine, believes the Uncommitted Movement has made their demands for an arms embargo and permanent ceasefire clear and now is the time for action from Harris.
6. University of Wisconsin-Madison
“President Trump is making inroads with young voters on campuses like the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his message of making American wealthy, safe, and strong again is resonating with Wisconsinites of all backgrounds,” Kelly said. “The momentum is on our side.”
Dane County, where Ms. Harris is holding a rally on Friday night, is home to the state government, the sprawling flagship University of Wisconsin campus and, particularly in the last decade, a flourishing health care and technology industry.
I consider this to be the most underrated capital in the U.S. Every time I cross the country, I make a point of spending a day here. Home to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, it has a big city feel in a small package. It’s a town filled with arts, great food, and, as it’s surrounded by nature, lots of outdoor activities.
“He projects. He says, ‘Crazy Nancy’ — he is crazy,” Representative Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker, said at the University of Wisconsin on Monday. “He says, ‘Crooked Hillary’ — he’s crooked. Every adjective he uses is really about himself.”
The complaint was published by the Washington Free Beacon, a conservative news site that has published a number of similar complaints. Claudine Gay, Harvard’s first Black president, resigned in January after reports by the Washington Free Beacon highlighted instances of alleged plagiarism. In February, the site published a plagiarism complaint about a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer at Columbia, Alade McKen. In March, it published a similar complaint against the chief diversity officer of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, LaVar Charleston
However, the ranking doesn’t tell the whole story: despite Madison’s relatively affordability compared to other U.S. cities, home prices and rents have skyrocketed in Madison in recent years and surpassed the area’s median income. University of Wisconsin-Madison students also face some of the highest off-campus rent prices in the Big Ten Conference.
As far as formal leadership development programs, I am an alumna of the Big 10 Academic Alliance’s Academic Leadership Program, to which I was nominated while assistant dean at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. It was a wonderful way to gain an understanding of top issues and the incredibly challenging trade-offs facing campus leaders.
Similar complaints have been filed against diversity officers at Harvard, Columbia, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of California, Los Angeles, Bailey noted.
Its permanent collection includes about 10,000 works of art, said John McKinnon, who came on board as director in July from a similar leadership post at Elmhurst Art Museum in Illinois. McKinnon earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and worked as assistant curator of modern and contemporary art at the Milwaukee Art Museum from 2007 to 2010.
She ranked nationally as a teenager and was named most valuable player on her team at the University of Wisconsin, but quit tennis after graduation.
UW-Madison’s efforts to address racism against Black students have been ineffective and reactionary, according to a new report from an ad-hoc group faculty, students and alumni that recommends more than 20 steps the university can take to address the problem.
Joshua Sims, social media’s College Football Travel Guy, told National Public Radio host Scott Simon Saturday about his favorite college creameries, ranking the Babcock Dairy store at UW-Madison on top.
In the same breath, colleges claim that they remain committed to academic freedom, the right to protest and freedom of expression. In another extreme example, University of Wisconsin at Madison updated its expressive activity policy in a manner seemingly straight out of 1984, banning any speech activity short of “individuals speaking directly to one another” within 25 feet of a building, a policy UWM constitutional law professor Howard Schweber called “clearly unconstitutional” because it covers “an enormous and almost incalculable amount of First Amendment–protected expression in ways that have nothing to do with ensuring access to university buildings.”
University of Wisconsin, Madison: Updated its policy on “expressive activity” August 28. “Expressive activity,” defined as activities protected by the First Amendment including “speech, lawful assembly, protesting, distributing literature and chalking,” is now prohibited within 25 feet of university buildings.
NBC News Correspondent Shaquille Brewster reports from Madison, Wisconsin on the rapidly growing population of Dane County and how both Democrats and Republicans are trying to increase their vote share. (Barry Burden)
For University of Wisconsin computer science major Tanvi Wadhawan, envisioning a future where artificial intelligence is not only present but omnipresent has been a no-brainer. Growing up in the Silicon Valley area, Wadhawan has long understood the potential of AI, so much so that it caused her to switch career paths.
“It’s [AI] why I switched gears from straight software engineering to security… it 100% has made me rethink my entire career,” Wadhawan said. “If ChatGPT or cloud AI can do my homework, it can do my job.”
The University of Wisconsin-Madison StudentPrint laid off all 23 employees and transitioned into a self-service shop called the Registered Student Organization (RSO) Print and Resource Center on Sept. 1 after 25 years of student-run printing services.
Wenzlaff said the Wisconsin Farm Bureau is working with experts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to plan a series of informational meetings in the coming months so farmers better understand their options ahead of a likely vote in December.
Donald Harris, Kamala Harris’ father, is a post-keynesian economist who has written on Marxist theory. He is a retired Stanford University professor who has served as an economic advisor to his home country of Jamaica. He also taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Samira Ali, a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, entered the debate unsure whether she would vote at all. She left a raucous viewing party on campus still unsure. “She still has to impress me,” said Ms. Ali, 19. As someone who recently moved into her own place off-campus and has had to buy groceries for the first time, Ms. Ali said she wanted to hear Ms. Harris speak more about housing costs and inflation. “I’m still deciding,” she said as the debate neared its end.
The commission signed off on additions to UW Health’s East Madison Hospital and the Rohr Chabad House at the University of Wisconsin, as well as new housing aimed at youth at risk of homelessness.
The Beechcraft Queen Air had taken off from Madison with two pilots and one passenger, a graduate student from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. All three were involved in the research, on their way to measure temperatures across Lake Superior to see how large lakes heat the atmosphere.
The 30-second video premiered during the Badger football team’s season opener Aug. 30 at Camp Randall Stadium. University officials said the UW Marching Band-themed ad will play during sporting events throughout the year.
UW-Madison students and administration share the status of an agreement created after pro-Palestine protests on campus last spring.
Earlier this year, student encampments took over parts of both UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee campuses calling for an end to genocide in Gaza. As a new school year kicks off, the bombings continue, but those student groups and universities have undergone some big changes.
In Wisconsin, the average cost of center-based infant and toddler care exceeded in-state tuition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the 2023-24 academic year.
John Lucas, a university spokesperson, said in a statement to News 3 Now that the university is committed to free speech. “UW-Madison is committed to protecting and promoting free expression, with reasonable time, place and manner restrictions in place to ensure the university can continue to fulfill its responsibilities to teaching, research and service,” he said.
Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) named a new chief financial officer, Milwaukee Board of School Directors President Marva Herndon announced Tuesday.
Aycha Sawa assumed the CFO role on Tuesday. She’s a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Business.
The Main Street Agenda is here to help you navigate these times. It is an election-year project designed to provide information and civil conversations about the issues Wisconsin voters care most about. The topics come from a UW Survey Center survey, WisconSays, that asked residents about the top issues they face.
Oconomowoc native and proud University of Wisconsin grad Yuven Sundaramoorthy is representing his alma mater this weekend at the racetrack and his profession at the stadium.
Sundaramoorthy, who graduated from UW in December 2023 with a degree in computer science, is a rookie driver in the IndyNXT steppingstone series running along with the NTT IndyCar Series at the Milwaukee Mile.
The Wisconsin football team will begin its season on Friday, and UW alum Yuven Sundaramoorthy will race for the Milwaukee 100 in the INDY NXT Series at the Milwaukee Mile. Sundaramoorthy, who races for Abel Motorsports, is paying homage to the Badgers with a special helmet for the weekend that resembles the football team’s iconic helmet.
As inflation calmed last year, Wisconsin workers’ buying power grew at a record rate, according to a new report from the High Road Strategy Center, a University of Wisconsin-Madison think tank.
The center’s annual “State of Working Wisconsin” report shows what’s changed for workers of different races and genders in the last year.
Among the scholars whose work DiAngelo drew on without proper acknowledgment, according to the complaint, are Stacey J. Lee, a professor of education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as Northeastern University’s Thomas K. Nakayama, and his coauthor, Robert L. Krizek, a professor emeritus at St. Louis University.
The University of Wisconsin’s bid for a new trial was rebuffed by a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday in a long-running dispute between the school and Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab over computer processor technology that previously led to a $506 million victory for the university.
The McNair program’s racial eligibility criteria violate the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday against the U.S. Department of Education by Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, a conservative legal organization, on behalf of a national student group called Young America’s Foundation and two of its student members.
The plaintiffs include two white students, Avery Durfee of the University of North Dakota and Benjamin Rothove of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who said they were ready and able to apply but were ineligible due to their race.
“Line 5 is an investment in a future that doesn’t exist anymore,” said Isak Drangstveit, a freshman at UW-Madison who is activist with Action for the Climate Emergency.
The Wisconsin Badgers continue to be well-represented in the National Football League, with numerous ex-players landing on the initial 53-man rosters released Tuesday. We also can’t forget about Wisconsin high-school alumni who also made the cut.
The lawsuit filed by the conservative legal center Tuesday claimed the U.S. Department of Education’s $60 million McNair Program excludes students on the basis of race.
Alaafia got a grant from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation that focuses on sickle cell research to determine the disease’s impact on patients’ lives. Another grant from University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Wisconsin Partnership Program funds health care navigation services, including support in finding and using resources, preventive care and mental health support
Wendy Caldwell is the executive director of the Monarch Joint Venture nonprofit, which partners with the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum to run the volunteer counts. She said volunteers reported fewer monarchs this season than in past years.
When protest organizers and leaders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison reached a deal to end a pro-Palestinian encampment on Library Mall in May, they agreed to take a series of steps in the days and months ahead.
This included material from two Asian-American professors, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Stacey Lee and Northeastern University professor Thomas Nakayama.
How many of the UW bus 80s are being replaced by bendy buses?
Upon full roll-out, most buses running on UW campus will be our all-electric vehicles. But, our standard 40-foot buses will also be utilized on this route as needed.
In 1968, they moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where he taught and she did cancer research at the University of Wisconsin.
Dahlia Saba, an electrical engineering Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is undecided, but only on whether to vote for Harris or not at all. Her top issue is the war in Gaza. Saba had family members in the region who were able to evacuate earlier this year and is disappointed with the Biden-Harris administration’s robust support for Israel.
He held teaching positions at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign before the couple divorced in the early 1970s. He took a position with Stanford in 1972 as a professor of economics after also working at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Though he ended his university career at Stanford, Donald also taught for several years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The family lived in Madison from the time Kamala was 3 to 5 years old. Donald was an associate professor of economics at UW-Madison, while Shyamala worked as a breast cancer researcher in the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research.
The family lived in Madison from the time Kamala was three to five years old. Shyamala worked as a breast cancer researcher in the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at University of Wisconsin-Madison, while Donald was an associate professor of economics at the university.
Donald Harris is a post-keynesian economist who has written on Marxist theory. He is a retired Stanford University professor who has served as an economic advisor to his home country of Jamaica. He also taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
