‘Do you dabble in live lobsters?’: Behind UW-Madison’s $36,000 lobster feast
The University of Wisconsin-Madison treated students to an unusual and expensive dining hall experience this spring: whole lobsters flown in from Maine.
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison treated students to an unusual and expensive dining hall experience this spring: whole lobsters flown in from Maine.
An estimated 500 community members gathered at the Capitol on Monday to protest the influence of billionaires and large corporations in politics, joining a ‘Workers over Billionaires’ rally held nationwide on Labor Day.
Following a record-breaking 74,000 applications for this year’s freshman class, 8,500 first-year students and 1,200 transfer students entered the Kohl Center for University of Wisconsin-Madison Convocation Tuesday afternoon.
The Madison Police Department plans to remove the homeless encampment near the Wisconsin Veteran’s Museum on the Wisconsin Capitol Square, after residents and business owners reported issues to MPD from the area.
September is the start of many new beginnings — a new school year, season and stressors. Over 500 students attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wheelhouse Studios’s annual “Free Group Painting: Paintacular,” Monday on the Memorial Union Terrace.
Wisconsin conservative Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley announced Friday she will not run for a second term in the 2026 election, opening the race for new conservative candidates.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Police advised students Monday morning just after 10 a.m. to stay clear of the area around the east side of the UW Arboretum due to a ‘suspicious object’ under investigation.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison plans to create a new administrative unit to collaborate with the business community amid campus-wide budget cuts, led by a new Associate Vice Chancellor for Entrepreneurship who will drive business growth at the university “beyond patents.”
The University of Wisconsin-Madison suspended Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) for violating five university policies following an April protest at a campus event hosting a former U.S. Ambassador.
Nearly 90,000 of the current 700,000 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients in Wisconsin could lose their benefits, as President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act creates more demographic and work eligibility requirements for the program.
New federal loan restrictions passed as part of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act are expected to reshape how thousands of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison pay for their education, potentially increasing reliance on private loans and reducing access for low-income families.
Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) announced plans in late June to cancel “University of the Air” along with three other legacy shows in part because of federal and state funding challenges.
The Madison Common Council approved a trio of zoning ordinances intended to address the city’s housing crisis by legalizing more types of housing and streamlining development in an unanimous vote last Tuesday.
The 2025-27 Capitol Budget passed at the beginning of July includes $7 million for virtual mental health services to University of Wisconsin students at all campuses apart from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The inclusion of the funding follows a bill introduced by Sen. Jesse James, R-Thorp, and Senate Republicans on June 2 to address mental health issues among UW System students.
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers announced Thursday, he will not seek a third term in the 2026 midterm elections, opening up the race for governor — one of five democratic-controlled governorships in states President Donald Trump won last November.
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The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state’s 1849 abortion ban July 2, but Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin (PPWI) says changes to Medicaid in President Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ could keep reproductive care away from many Wisconsinites.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin announced the Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement (DDEEA) would close and its programs would largely be relocated to the Division for Teaching and Learning in a Wednesday afternoon email to the UW-Madison community.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents unanimously voted to raise undergraduate tuition by 4% for the 2025-26 academic year, with an optional 1% increase for individual campuses in Thursday's regents meeting.
Gov. Tony Evers signed Wisconsin’s 2025-27 bipartisan state budget into law Thursday morning, securing a $256 million increase to the University of Wisconsin System budget after months of negotiations with Republican lawmakers. It’s a far cry from the $856 million the system requested, but a welcome alternative to the $87 million cut Republican legislators floated just two weeks ago. Here’s what that money will mean for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.