Armenta came to Madison from Santa Cruz, California, in 2019 to pursue a master of fine art degree in printmaking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Finding studio space has been a challenge from the beginning of his art career, he said.
A 2020 report from the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found the number of days hotter than 90 degrees is likely to triple in Wisconsin by mid-century, and Milwaukee could see three times as many days with a heat index above 105 degrees by 2050.
The film about UW-Madison alum and former professor John Francis was shortlisted at this year’s Oscars.
Asecond UW-Madison international student has been granted protection from deportation just weeks before graduating, and a judge has ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to restore her visa after the administration deleted her record earlier this month.
Turning Point USA’s chapter map also shows chapters at many Wisconsin colleges and universities, including at most University of Wisconsin campuses.
Dugan, 65, graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1987. Since then, she spent a large swath of her career working for the poor and vulnerable, first with legal aid organizations and then as executive director of Catholic Charities.
Interview with author Christine Wenc about “Funny Because It’s True,” her book chronicling the history of “The Onion” from newspaper to multimedia American satirical standard.
“If we miss that window, where’s Arrowhead going to get their future band students? Where’s the University of Wisconsin going to get their marching band kids if all the band programs in this area collapse?” Vernon said.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 1980s was the perfect breeding ground to create the self-described “single most powerful and influential organization in human history.”
The 18 universities part of the Big 10 academic alliance include the University of Illinois, Indiana University, University of Iowa, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of Minnesota, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, University of Oregon, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, University of California Los Angeles, University of Southern California, University of Washington and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The confession hung in the air between us, startling in its honesty. My sister—a college senior at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and one of the most hard-working people I know—wasn’t joking. We were sitting at the kitchen table late one night, sipping tea, when she said it. She stared into her mug. “AI is replacing my critical thinking skills,” she admitted quietly. “I know it’s not ideal, but it’s so tempting.”
Some of the center’s services include a 24/7 help hotline, mental health therapy, support groups, medical and legal advocacy resources, and educational programming. The center also has advocates at Madison College, Edgewood College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where Pellebon said the center’s work is “steady.”
The report was commissioned by the state Department of Children and Families (DCF) and produced by the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a student one month away from graduating seemingly had her visa revoked for a previous traffic violation. In Florida, a student from Colombia was taken into custody by immigration agents after he was stopped by Gainesville police with an expired registration and driver’s license. He signed his self-deportation and returned home.
A local district is changing the name of a school. McFarland’s Conrad Elvejehm Primary School will get a new name. Its original namesake, Conrad Elvejehm, was a UW-Madison professor and the university’s thirteenth president. He was born in McFarland.
According to a report given to the McFarland School Board, Elvejehm also signed a petition to keep Black people from living in his neighborhood. He also blocked a film about racial discrimination toward renters from being shown, according to reporting from the Wisconsin State Journal.
The undergraduate experience comes with many built-in moments that form the basis for a common understanding of life as Badgers know it. Among these — confronting the perils of the University of Wisconsin all-you-can-eat dining hall buffets daily, doing your part to jump around so enthusiastically on game days that Camp Randall literally moves up and down, and, of course, spending time on Madison’s most famous strip of real-estate — State Street.
In March 2025, the University of Wisconsin announced that over the summer it would work to move individuals who work in human resources, finance and research administration out of their individual departments. These individuals will be moved into new administrative regional teams which will serve all units within the College of Letters & Science, according to The Cap Times.
Intellectually restless, he then enrolled in graduate school at the University of Washington, earning a Ph.D. in communications in 1989. For a decade, he taught in the journalism and mass communication department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The University of Wisconsin Office of Human Resources (OHR) will no longer host gatherings and events intended to aid retention of people of color on staff and faculty through community building, according to an email obtained by Madison365.
Mark is now an assistant professor of geography at the University of Oregon. He spent spring break this year in Wisconsin, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Robinson Map Library. For a week, he covered the library in fantasy maps as he worked to scan and digitize the collection.
He is completing a doctorate in educational leadership and policy analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also holds a master’s degree in educational leadership from Cardinal Stritch University, and a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
It’s also easy to deconstruct and recycle. But for all its advantages, wood has one real disadvantage: it burns. That’s why Ascent beams were sent to the U.S. Forest Services’ forest products laboratory at the University of Wisconsin.
The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and UW’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications hosted the 2025 ceremony for the Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics at the National Press Club last night. This year’s award went to The Seattle Times’ Hannah Furfaro, Lauren Frohne and Ivy Ceballo for their work exposing how medical and social service systems are failing teens in Washington.
The people who pushed the boundaries were basically my former students plus Dima Arinkin [a math professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison], who is my age. He was a close friend and collaborator for many years. So some ideas get recycled. It would be just nice to have an influx of people from the outside. They could bring in something totally new. I would be very excited to see new ideas.
For UW-Madison freshman Ryan Mathiason, the 40th time’s the charm.
The 19-year-old business major studying actuarial science didn’t know that most people give up on submitting crossword puzzles to the New York Times after a handful of rejections. For three years, Mathiason kept submitting puzzles, only to wait weeks to get told no.
A Middleton native, Karofsky has a bachelor’s degree from Duke University and master’s and law degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1992, she started as a Dane County assistant district attorney and was later promoted to deputy district attorney. She also has worked as director of human resources and general counsel for the National Conference of Bar Examiners and as an adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Judge Crawford lives in Madison, the state’s capital. She is married to Shawn Peters, an academic at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and they have two children.
This previous label, which debuted on the 2010 vintages, featured Hamel Family Wines in cursive and an image of a badger. The badger reflects two things, Hamel says. Badgers are found in their Sonoma vineyards, and Hamel, his father and his grandfather all graduated from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and Bucky badger is not only the school mascot, but Wisconsin is considered the Badger State.
The experimental closure of lower State Street that ran last year from May through October won’t happen this year.
In a resolution the Madison City Council adopted Tuesday, city staff are directed “to continue a very limited iteration of the experiment in 2025.”
In addition to The Bounty, Henley teaches an apparel collection development class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison two days a week.
District 8 Alder Muralidharan (MGR) Govindarajan was first elected in 2023, while a student at UW-Madison. Now, he works in the state Capitol as a legislative assistant for Representative Christian Phelps.
Jenn Tran is essentially a modern-day Hannah Montana.
The former Wisconsin Badger will be balancing the best of both worlds: Physician assistant school and the life that comes after being a “Bachelor” contestant, “The Bachelorette” and a “Dancing with the Stars” competitor.
UW-Madison continues to make adjustments to its financial plans with ongoing uncertainty about federal funding cuts, stop work orders and inflationary impacts from tariffs.
He graduated from UW-L in 1969 with a degree in art education. In 1973, he completed his Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture at UW-Madison through the Ford Foundation Fellowship.
After a brief time at Emporia State University in Kansas, Lowe returned to teach at UW-Madison in 1974. He became a full professor of sculpture in 1989 and served as chairman of the art department from 1992 to 1995.
UW-Madison leaders are limiting the freedom vice chancellors and other officials have over their budgets following the discovery of thousands in “questionable” expenses by the former chief of the university’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently investigated the matter, NPR reports. For their 2024 study, they asked 1246 dog owners to examine their pet’s behaviors around screens. Eighty-six percent (1077) of participants stated that their dogs appeared to watch the content. Additionally, most animals exhibited behaviors associated with excitement.
An earnest social media post about an odd kind of “cleanse” inspired a new short film from three University of Wisconsin-Madison grads now working in Los Angeles.
Written by Devin Mehta, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying finance.
In the only social science work on the issue in Wisconsin, a 2023 study by the University of Wisconsin Survey Center found 47.6% of its panel of state residents opposed crane hunting while 35% were neutral and 17.6% supported it.
Verveer faces an opponent in the April 1 race — Eli Tsarovsky, a UW-Madison graduate student and community organizer.
The nominee holds a doctorate in microbiology and immunology from the University of Wisconsin.
In designing the student housing community Chapter Madison, near the University of Wisconsin-Madison, St. Louis-based designer of student and multifamily residential settings CRG focused on the experiences of residents as they interact with spaces.
“With each project we’re becoming more empathetic developers,” says Alison Mills, CRG senior vice president of design and development. “Designing with residents in mind – creating a memorable first impression and a well-designed environment that’s responsive to their needs and enhances their quality of life – is the ultimate goal of every project.”
Voter turnout at the University of Wisconsin has hit a record high following the first day of early voting Tuesday, March 18. On the ballot are important decisions such as the Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates, candidates for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State of Wisconsin referendum question on Voter IDs.
The Associate Students of Madison — the student governing body at the University of Wisconsin — passed a piece of legislation titled “Keep Our Speech Free” during Wednesday evening’s ASM student council meeting, according to a statement from ASM Chair Dominic Zappia.
The University of Wisconsin was one of 60 schools that the U.S. Department of Education warned last Monday about a potential loss of federal funding if they fail to protect Jewish students.
At the first dark matter conference I attended after graduate school, I took a bet with a primary proponent of the “dark matter haze” idea, Dan Hooper of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Hooper thought we could confirm that these observations were caused by dark matter within the next five years. I took the skeptical position.
A new book from a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate is set to hit the shelves next week. “Funny Because It’s True: How the Onion Created Modern American News Satire” looks to tell the entire history of the satirical news paper that was founded on the UW campus.
A recent UW-Madison grad is shoveling his way to success after launching a snow removal business that’s seeing a flurry of activity.
Jake Piekarski is the CEO and Founder of Snow Scholars. The company offers flexible hours and high-paying jobs to college students that provide snow removal services to homeowners and businesses.
Documentary filmmaker Wendy Sachs was with her daughter Lexi at the University of Wisconsin-Madison when she first learned of the October 7, 2023, Hamas terror attack in Israel.
“The images coming out of Israel, babies and children, young people, grandparents being murdered. Their murders were being livestreamed, being put on Facebook. The videos from Telegram of Nova Festival, young people being taken hostage and kidnaped into Gaza,” Sachs said.
This canceled grant — which funded research into retirement that informed federal policymaking — has impacted the work of more than 50 people at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, including the termination of five senior researchers, says Ghilarducci, who anticipates more job losses at the other centers.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of 60 universities across the nation that receiving notice Monday from the U.S. Department of Education for allegedly failing to protect Jewish students.
The satirical newspaper The Onion was started by UW-Madison students in 1988 and became a comedy institution. We talk to Chad Nackers, editor-in-chief of The Onion, and Christine Wenc, author of of the new book “Funny Because It’s True: How The Onion Created Modern American News Satire.”
After school and work took her from Illinois to Colorado and Washington, Humienik returned to the Midwest for a two-year poetry MFA program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She graduates this May.
Interview with UW alum Errol Morris.
The lead attorney, Greg Wiercioch, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, told her that during his 16 years on the case, he’d come to believe Wood hadn’t killed her daughter or anyone else. He pointed out that DNA testing of a bloodstain on one of the other victim’s clothes had matched a different, unknown male, who could have also killed Fulton’s daughter.
Reynolds, who had been hired by the USDA in August, was one of two and a half administrative and support positions at the Soil Health Alliance for Research and Engagement in Madison. The alliance is a cooperative effort between the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, UW-Madison, and the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute.
The Madison city clerk’s office first informed the public on Dec. 26 about the unprocessed ballots from three wards near downtown and the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. That disclosure was six weeks after a first batch of 68 ballots was found in a tabulator machine, sealed in an envelope inside a sealed courier bag.
“Many of these uncounted votes belonged to University of Wisconsin students in downtown Madison. The students were voting in their very first presidential election and perhaps one of the most consequential elections of their lives,” Jeff Mandell, general counsel of Law Forward, said in a statement.
His high school grade point average (GPA) was an exceptional 4.42, much higher than the American average of 3.0, and he was one of only around 2,000 students to score 1590 or higher on the SAT, out of more than two million students who take the test every year.
Yet after sending off his applications, he was rejected by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Caltech, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell University, Georgia Tech, MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, the University of Illinois, the University of Michigan, the University of Washington and the University of Wisconsin.
New movies on streaming services: “Chaos: The Manson Murders”: Oscar-winning filmmaker and University of Wisconsin-Madison grad Errol Morris (“The Fog of War”) takes his own deep dive into alternate theories around the murders committed by Charles Manson and his followers. On Netflix March 7.
