In 2020 so far, UW-Madison distributed 6,241 Bachelor’s Degrees, 1,352 Master’s degrees and another 867 Doctoral Degrees. Photo courtesy of Macy Madsen, 2020. Author: Jessica Gregory The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a finalist for the annual Degree Completion Award …

Students can make an appointment to be tested for COVID-19 on campus through their UHS account. Photo courtesy of Jessica Gregory. Author: Jessica Gregory Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced in an email that in-person classes will move online for at least …

The usual white “W” in UW Athletics’ crest logo will be changed to black for the 2020-2021 school year. Photo: UW Athletics. Author: Sam Buisman UW-Madison’s athletic uniforms will feature a black “W” throughout this school year as a gesture …

While UW-Madison officials believed its hybrid programs for the fall would allow its international students to remain in the U.S., faculty still forcefully came out against the policy. Photo: vonbloompasha, licensed under creative commons. Author: Sam Buisman The Trump administration …

Amongst the new programs are a $10 million fundraising effort for diverse recruiting, mandatory implicit bias training for freshman, $1 million in funding for research on race in America. Photo: Bryce Richter, licensed under creative commons. Author: Sam Buisman UW …

While UW Madison’s plan for hybrid instruction should qualify its international students to remain in the U.S., Blank issued a statement against the new policy. Photo: Richard Hurd Author: Sam Buisman UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank urges ICE to scrap a …

Classes will resume either in-person or online depending on their size until Thanksgiving break, after which all courses will be virtual. Photo: Richard Hurd. Author: Sam Buisman UW Madison unveils its re-opening plan for fall, featuring hybrid courses, mass COVID-19 …

As the sun set, shattered glass, riot police and tear gas blanketed State Street. Photo: Carla Christenson. Listen to the audio version of this piece here, originally aired on 6/1/20. Author: Sam Buisman Peaceful protests on State Street over …

The University is planning a mix of online and in-person classes based upon what can be administered safely under COVID-19. Photo: college.library, licensed under creative commons. Graphic: Sam Buisman Author: Sam Buisman The UW-Madison plans to conduct hybrid courses not …

Officials ordered most UW employees to take three or six furlough days while the Chancellor and vice-chancellors also received pay cuts. Photo: Phil Roeder, licensed under Creative Commons. Author: Sam Buisman UW Madison faculty will suffer mandatory furloughs and pay …

Author: Will Kenneally Foxconn is backtracking on plans to produce LCD screens in southeastern Wisconsin, and to instead focus on research and development in the state. A Foxconn representative tells Reuters that the high costs of production and labor …

Author: Will Kenneally The technology company Foxconn announced it will give UW-Madison $100 million–the largest donation in university history for a research partner–for what the company said will be “engineering and innovation research.” The donation coincides with the …