Federal and state officials are encouraging people directly working with dairy cattle, livestock, and poultry to take extra precautions as highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks continue to circulate.
Last week, three finalists from the search for UW-Madison chancellor were revealed. Only one of the three finalists reportedly has a past connection with Wisconsin, which ended in 2014.
Mike Wagner, Director of the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication, joins the Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz to speak with Andy Moore about Tuesday’s midterm results and what they say about the country’s shifting political climate.
A special project brought a team of volunteers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison to northern France in the summer of 2016.
Charles Konsitzke, associate director of the UW’s Biotechnology Center, was leading the nascent University of Wisconsin Missing in Action Recovery and Identification Project (UW MIA RIP). It was hard work, involving hours of digging and sifting soil in a large area roughly 60 by 80 feet.
UW-Madison police reported the fewest ejections and arrests of the season during Saturday’s football game between the Badgers and Rutgers at Camp Randall Stadium: 12 ejections and eight arrests.
University police issued eight citations for underage drinking at Saturday’s Badgers-Rutgers game. Six of these citations went to UW-Madison students.
Eight people were arrested, six of whom were students.
Wisconsin’s universities, already shaken by federal shifts and leadership changes at the UWs, may see even more turbulence after Tuesday’s election results.
A “blue wave” swept the nation Nov. 3 as Democrats were elected from coast to coast to seats of power many haven’t held in decades. In Wisconsin, that led to a Democratic “trifecta,” meaning the party controls the Wisconsin Assembly, Senate and governor’s office.
Sam Warfel is a fourth-year undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where his research focuses on the ionized interstellar medium and HII regions. Outside of school, he enjoys astrophotography, aurora chasing, bicycling, hiking, and woodworking.
The Universities of Wisconsin announced the three finalists for chancellor of its flagship campus Nov. 5 – which did not include the interim leader, sparking frustration from some alumni.
University of Wisconsin obstetrics and gynecology researchers published a new study highlighting the disparities in cervical cancer in Wisconsin between 1998 and 2022, according to the Wisconsin Medical Journal. The study investigated why invasive, yet preventable cancers are still prevalent, particularly in patients who face barriers to receiving adequate health care, according to an email statement from assistant professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology and study co-author Dr. Ran Catherine Zhang, MD, MPH.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Thursday that UConn President Radenka Maric is one of three finalists to become its next chancellor.
The finalists have agreed to interviews and public forums next week, UW-Madison wrote in a message to its campus community. Maric is scheduled to give her presentation Nov. 13.
The Special Regent Committee for the UW-Madison Chancellor Search have named their three finalists for the position on Thursday.
The finalists are:
About two dozen UW-Madison alumni and donors wrote a letter to the president of the UW Board of Regents on Wednesday expressing dismay and disappointment that interim Chancellor Eric Wilcots isn’t a finalist for the permanent position.
The Wisconsin State Journal obtained the letter Thursday, ahead of the Universities of Wisconsin announcing the three finalists. Wilcots isn’t among them.
W-Madison students graduated with a record number of degrees over the last academic year, the university announced Wednesday.
The university awarded 14,162 degrees to 14,092 recipients.
Computer science continues to be the top major at UW-Madison, with interest ballooning on campus in the last few years.
The Universities of Wisconsin has named the three finalists in the search for UW-Madison’s next chancellor, not including the current interim leader, sparking concern among alumni and donors.
Badgers fans are invited to hang out at Badger Bash before the start of the Wisconsin football game this Saturday.
Badger Bash begins 2-and-a-half hours before every home football game.
Badger Bash will start at 12:45 p.m. Saturday. Kickoff against Rutgers is set for 3:15 p.m.
Madison police are asking people to come forward after at least eight people reported being drugged at a UW-Madison fraternity house last week, as the department works to gather more information about the alleged incidents.
This week, host Amellia Fowler speaks with Daily Cardinal staff writer, Lilly Nicandri, about her story, “‘The day we let killings become normalized is the day we lose our humanity’: Community hosts vigil against ICE detention centers,” in a discussion of a recent vigil held by UW–Madison organizations commemorating those who have lost their lives to ICE.
Madison police are asking people to come forward after at least eight people reported being drugged at a UW-Madison fraternity house last week, as the department works to gather more information about the alleged incidents.
Madison Police Department Capt. Kipp Hartman told WMTV 15 News on Wednesday that police have received a Crime Stoppers tip with limited information but have not spoken directly with anyone involved. No active law enforcement investigation is underway.
Every morning from Monday to Thursday, Latin 305 professor Vanessa Schmitz-Siebertz kicks off her class by writing four English words on the board and asking students to tell her their roots. On Oct. 27, those words were punish, orient, nutrition and abortion.
Hands shot up and as Schmitz-Siebertz went down the list, she didn’t have to wait long for a student to offer an answer.
UW-Madison officials said at least eight people were reportedly drugged at a fraternity house on Langdon Street last week.
The druggings reportedly occurred sometime between Thursday, Oct. 29, and Friday, Oct. 30. They were reported to the university, not police, and officials said there is no active police investigation.
Tashia Morgridge, a longtime supporter of UW-Madison and education statewide, died on Friday at the age of 93.
Morgridge’s daughter-in-law, Carrie Morgridge, said she was surrounded by family when she passed.
Dr. Ben Carson will deliver a free public lecture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Nov. 9.
The former U.S. secretary of Housing and Urban Development and renowned neurosurgeon will speak at 6 p.m. in Varsity Hall II at Union South, according to an announcement on Tuesday afternoon. The lecture, titled “The American Dream is Alive,” is hosted by the Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy and Young Americans for Freedom.
Tashia Frankfurth Morgridge, a 1955 University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate and celebrated educator and philanthropist, died at the age of 93 on Oct. 30, according to an announcement by the Wisconsin Alumni Association.
At least eight people reported being drugged at a fraternity house on Langdon Street, UW-Madison announced to students in a crime warning email on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the university, the reports happened between Thursday, Oct. 29 and Friday, Oct. 30. The university did not name the fraternity.
The University of Wisconsin released a Crime Warning email to the UW student body Tuesday detailing a report of at least eight people being drugged at a fraternity house on Langdon Street between Oct. 29 and 30, according to the crime warning.
Tashia Morgridge, co-founder of the Morgridge Institute for Research and a major donor to educational institutions across Wisconsin, died Oct. 30. She was 93.
Madison police are seeking at least eight people who were reportedly drugged at a Langdon Street fraternity house last week.
UW-Madison on Tuesday put out an alert to faculty, staff and students about the druggings, which were reported to the university anonymously and occurred either Thursday or Friday.
Native November, a month-long celebration of Indigenous culture, hosted by the University of Wisconsin Indigenous Student Center Coalition, began Monday. The theme of this year’s celebration, Rooted in Reciprocity: Indigenous Ways of Knowing, acknowledges the influence of generational Indigenous knowledge, according to UW Student Affairs Associate Communications Director Darcy Wittberger in an email statement.
Direct admission and high school dual enrollment programs kept overall enrollment figures from dropping significantly this year across at the state’s four-year public universities, despite a drop in international students.
Overall enrollment totaled 164,579 in fall 2026, according to 10th day enrollment figures, released Friday by the Universities of Wisconsin.
Discussions over creating Madison’s North and Near West area plans are set to launch this month as city leaders try to shape the direction of two different parts of the city.
Two men accused in a hazing incident at a Madison fraternity in September will not be charged, the Dane County District Attorney’s office said on Monday.
Police responding to an anonymous tip found about 30 partially clothed men covered in food, condiments and other liquids in the sweltering basement of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house at 112 Langdon St. on the evening of Sept. 23.
tudent enrollment at half of the Universities of Wisconsin’s remaining two-year branch campuses increased this fall, while three others reported declines.
Overall enrollment across the UW system’s six branch campuses decreased by 5.7%, or 163 students, to a total of 2,719, according to student counts based on the 10th day of school released Friday. Notably, enrollment at UW-Stevens Point’s Wausau campus dropped by nearly 41%.
he UW-Madison campus and public will get the chance to hear from finalists vying to be the university’s new chancellor next week.
On Monday, Thursday and Friday evenings next week, finalists for the top job at UW-Madison will visit campus and give public presentations at Tripp Commons in Memorial Union, located at 800 Langdon St., the university announced Monday.
The two men arrested after a reported hazing incident at an unsanctioned Madison fraternity earlier this year will not be criminally charged.
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne told Channel3000.com that “there was not enough evidence to prove a criminal charge against the two individuals beyond a reasonable doubt.”
If you were hoping to get a photo with the reigning NCAA women’s hockey national champions and their trophy, Sunday is your chance.
Members of the Wisconsin women’s hockey team will be at Mr. Splash Car Wash at 3837 E. Washington Ave. from 10 a.m. to noon on Sunday, with the national championship trophy, taking photos and signing autographs.
Mitchell Berman, a Democrat running for Congress in former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan’s district, says he has killed roughly two dozen deer during his lifetime.
For some lawyers, academia is a long-standing ambition. Others discover an interest in research and teaching only after spending time in legal practice or pursuing further studies.
An LL.M. can provide a pathway into academia, allowing students to explore research interests, develop relationships with professors and prepare for doctoral studies. But the qualification itself is not always necessary.
Deep in Antarctic ice, thousands of sensors are watching for flashes of blue light. These sensors are part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s IceCube Neutrino Observatory, which monitors particles light years away from our solar system. This fall, that work won a Nobel Prize. Now, Babcock Dairy at UW-Madison wants to celebrate with a scoop.
On a February day two years ago, a parent called Sauk Prairie High School to ask if their child should drop out of an Advanced Placement course.
The University of Wisconsin students should keep in mind the variety of campus resources available when going out this Halloween weekend, especially with the added excitement of the Brewers first World Series win, according to UW Student Affairs.
Dane County prosecutors declined to file charges following a reported hazing incident at a Madison fraternity last month that received widespread attention.
Part of Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Crowley’s plan for data centers addresses climate change. I can tell you with authority that it would deliver on that promise.
I was so confused when my Spotify Wrapped dropped this year, and my top artist was Piero Piccioni, an Italian composer of jazz and film scores. Where was Frank Ocean? Steve Lacy? Even Olivia Rodrigo was absent from the rankings. Then I thought about what I listen to while I study and write for hours every day, and it all clicked.
In the 2024 and 2025 seasons, the Wisconsin Badgers football team experienced their first consecutive season-losing record since 1992, coming on the heels of consistently ranking in the top five in the Big Ten from 2017-2019 and ranking ninth in program spending.
Cheers erupted at Union South on the UW-Madison campus Wednesday night as hundreds of Brewers fans watched Milwaukee win the World Series.
The watch party was originally scheduled for Memorial Union but moved to Union South, where fans filled nearly every seat, watching every play and cheering on the Brewers as they closed out the championship.
The search for a new Universities of Wisconsin president “could not be happening at a worse time” and should be delayed until a new governor and lawmakers take office in January, former Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson said in a letter to the UW Board of Regents.
Madison Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and community members marched to Madison Municipal Building Oct. 20 to protest the proposed firing of Interim Independent Police Monitor (IIM) Aeriamique Glass and demand accountability for Kiel Baitinger-Peterson, the Madison police officer who shot Corey Ruiz in July. The march preceded a 12-hour Common Council meeting that ended with Glass’s termination.
As the Nov. 3 midterm election approaches, news has been dominated by political coverage of candidates running for political offices and positions across Wisconsin.
With combined advertising and campaign spending totaling over $80 million, Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Crowley and Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany spent substantial amounts criticizing each other to reach voters statewide, according to WisPolitics.
For 26 years, Wisconsin’s Driftless Area was represented in Congress by a moderate Democrat. Through multiple presidencies, including President Donald Trump’s first administration, Ron Kind was considered to be one of the most bipartisan House members and was easily reelected.
Now the 3rd Congressional District is one of the biggest battlegrounds in the nation.
A Nobel Prize-themed ice cream will make its way into Babcock Dairy’s library of flavors this spring, and UW-Madison is asking the public to pick it.
UW-Madison’s Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics on Oct. 6 for his work as principal investigator of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a university-operated international research collaboration in the South Pole near the Amundsen-Scott Station.
The economics of UW-Madison needing more dorm space to meet demand for on-campus housing and the financial reality of prime campus real estate “wasted” on a 70-bed, 40-year-old dorm seem obvious. But I will mourn the loss of a cherished place when the wrecking ball comes for Merit Hall
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is looking to expand its dorm capacity through a privately owned dorm on state land on campus that would require nearly $30 million in annual rent.
The costs will be part of comparable housing costs for new students to add nearly 1,700 student beds to campus starting in fall 2029.
Dr. Francis Halzen, the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, sheds some light on the mysterious, subatomic particles that whiz through us everyday.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is spending over $62million to expand its radionuclide research and production facilities, including the nation’s first cyclotron dedicated to producing alpha-particle-emitting radionuclides.
The expansion has received $48.5 million in initial funding and had an additional $13.5 million approved by the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents in 2025. The National Institutes of Health also awarded the university a $10 million grant for the project.
UW-Madison police reported 19 ejections and 12 arrests during Saturday night’s football game between the Badgers and USC at Camp Randall Stadium.
That was fewer than half the 45 ejections reported at the Badgers’ previous home game, an Oct. 3 matchup against Michigan State. Police also reported 23 arrests at that game.
Actor and comedian Will Ferrell made an appearance as the DJ at an outdoor fraternity party Saturday, before the Badgers took on USC at Camp Randall, according to social media posts.
The colorful chairs overlooking Lake Mendota are saying goodbye for another season, marking the end of one of Madison’s most recognizable traditions.
The Wisconsin Union will begin removing approximately 2,000 yellow, green and orange sunburst chairs from the Memorial Union Terrace on Monday, October 26, bringing the 2026 Terrace season to a close.
A recent University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate aiming to close a university meat research laboratory’s gas chamber for pigs said he misrepresented publicly available footage from an Australian gas chamber as his own footage of UW-Madison’s gas chamber in a statement to The Daily Cardinal on Oct. 25.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Police say a video an animal rights activist claimed he secretly recorded inside the university’s Meat Science facility appears to have been fabricated using publicly available footage.
Ryan Blum, a recent UW–Madison graduate, told WMTV in September that he secretly entered the Meat Science & Animal Biologics Discovery Building after months of planning and recorded pigs undergoing carbon dioxide stunning.
