Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin
@uwchancellor.bsky.social
I’m the 30th leader of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. #OnWisconsin
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UW–Madison’s new Puerto Rican Studies Hub, which launched in October as the first of its kind in the Midwest, is already becoming a center for outreach and scholarship focused on Puerto Rico’s rich culture and history.
UW’s Puerto Rican Studies Hub explores the archipelago’s culture and history from a new point of view
The first-of-its-kind center in the Midwest aims to put ‘UW–Madison at the forefront’ of an academic field with growing reach.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
UW–Madison’s new Puerto Rican Studies Hub, which launched in October as the first of its kind in the Midwest, is already becoming a center for outreach and scholarship focused on Puerto Rico’s rich culture and history.
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Despite uncertainty over federal funding, the university’s scientific community continued to advance knowledge and improve lives. Find out how from our favorite UW–Madison research stories of 2025: news.wisc.edu/a-year-of-re...
A year of resilience and discovery
Despite uncertainty over federal funding, the university’s scientific community continued to advance knowledge and improve lives. Find out how from our favorite UW research stories of 2025.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Despite uncertainty over federal funding, the university’s scientific community continued to advance knowledge and improve lives. Find out how from our favorite UW–Madison research stories of 2025: news.wisc.edu/a-year-of-re...
Happy holidays and happy New Year, Badgers! Here’s to a great 2026!!✨
December 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Happy holidays and happy New Year, Badgers! Here’s to a great 2026!!✨
Thank you to our excellent Winter Commencement speakers: nuclear engineer and Miss America 2023 @gracestanke.bsky.social ’23 and student speaker (congrats!) #UWGrad Jeeva Premkumar ’25. So grateful for the wisdom, humor and authenticity you shared with our new grads.🎓
December 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Thank you to our excellent Winter Commencement speakers: nuclear engineer and Miss America 2023 @gracestanke.bsky.social ’23 and student speaker (congrats!) #UWGrad Jeeva Premkumar ’25. So grateful for the wisdom, humor and authenticity you shared with our new grads.🎓
Congratulations to our Winter 2025 graduates! Wherever life takes our newest 2,151 alumni, I know they are ready and capable of incredible things. On, Wisconsin! #UWGrad 🎓🦡
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Congratulations to our Winter 2025 graduates! Wherever life takes our newest 2,151 alumni, I know they are ready and capable of incredible things. On, Wisconsin! #UWGrad 🎓🦡
Our Badgers make excellent leaders! It’s nice to see @time.com recognize this quality in their list of Colleges for Future Leaders — #6 for public universities and #22 nationwide. 👏
UW named a top institution for developing future leaders
The university ranks sixth nationally among publics in producing influential figures, according to an analysis by Time magazine.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Our Badgers make excellent leaders! It’s nice to see @time.com recognize this quality in their list of Colleges for Future Leaders — #6 for public universities and #22 nationwide. 👏
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Raj Vinnakota, president of the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, offers advice on how UW–Madison can lead the way in fostering civic dialogue: news.wisc.edu/engage-in-ci...
‘Engage in civil discourse and collaborative process’
Raj Vinnakota, president of the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, offers advice on how UW can lead the way in fostering civic dialogue.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Raj Vinnakota, president of the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, offers advice on how UW–Madison can lead the way in fostering civic dialogue: news.wisc.edu/engage-in-ci...
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Congratulations to UW professors Daniel Ludois and Guri Sohi, who have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors!
The academy recognized Ludois for his development of new types of electrostatic motors and power converters and Sohi for his work on computer microprocessors.
The academy recognized Ludois for his development of new types of electrostatic motors and power converters and Sohi for his work on computer microprocessors.
UW faculty members named National Academy of Inventors fellows
NAI fellowships are considered the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors, according to the organization.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Congratulations to UW professors Daniel Ludois and Guri Sohi, who have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors!
The academy recognized Ludois for his development of new types of electrostatic motors and power converters and Sohi for his work on computer microprocessors.
The academy recognized Ludois for his development of new types of electrostatic motors and power converters and Sohi for his work on computer microprocessors.
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Teaching students to deliberate not debate: In a public policy course, UW–Madison students put the science behind productive disagreement into practice.
Teaching students to deliberate not debate
In a public policy course, UW–Madison students put the science behind productive disagreement into practice.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Teaching students to deliberate not debate: In a public policy course, UW–Madison students put the science behind productive disagreement into practice.
Congrats to Badger senior Evelyn Browning: a 2026 Marshall Scholar!👏 One of only 43 awardees in the country this year, she will investigate genetic variants related to neurodevelopmental conditions as a grad student at @cam.ac.uk & @sangerinstitute.bsky.social.
Senior will take next step in science with prestigious Marshall Scholarship
UW senior Evelyn Browning will use the scholarship to continue her research of genetic variants.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Congrats to Badger senior Evelyn Browning: a 2026 Marshall Scholar!👏 One of only 43 awardees in the country this year, she will investigate genetic variants related to neurodevelopmental conditions as a grad student at @cam.ac.uk & @sangerinstitute.bsky.social.
Commencement Week has arrived!🎓Our Winter 2025 #UWGrad class is already doing impressive work across campus, community, and our state — and this is just the beginning. Meet some of our notable grads:
Meet a few of UW–Madison’s notable grads of winter 2025
We spoke with five of the many extraordinary Badgers who have taken advantage of what the university has to offer in singular and memorable ways.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Commencement Week has arrived!🎓Our Winter 2025 #UWGrad class is already doing impressive work across campus, community, and our state — and this is just the beginning. Meet some of our notable grads:
Very proud that more than 15,000 people in our Badger community donated to the Big Ten 'We Give Blood' challenge and that we won the $1M grand prize toward supporting health on our campus. Huge thanks to Abbott for championing this great cause. Together, we’re saving lives! 👏
December 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Very proud that more than 15,000 people in our Badger community donated to the Big Ten 'We Give Blood' challenge and that we won the $1M grand prize toward supporting health on our campus. Huge thanks to Abbott for championing this great cause. Together, we’re saving lives! 👏
Grateful to the UW Board of Regents for supporting our vision to create our first new college in many decades: the College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence. I look forward to working with many on & off campus to help make this college a reality.
UW Board of Regents approves UW–Madison proposal to create College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence
The new college will build upon the university’s strengths in computer, data, library and information sciences and statistics.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Grateful to the UW Board of Regents for supporting our vision to create our first new college in many decades: the College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence. I look forward to working with many on & off campus to help make this college a reality.
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UW–Madison‘s statewide network of hyper-local weather stations gives Wisconsin growers a powerful tool called Wisconet to reduce costs and improve yields.
Smart farming
UW‘s statewide network of hyper-local weather stations gives Wisconsin growers a powerful tool to reduce costs and improve yields.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
UW–Madison‘s statewide network of hyper-local weather stations gives Wisconsin growers a powerful tool called Wisconet to reduce costs and improve yields.
Badgers, there's only 2 days left of the @big-ten.bsky.social We Give Blood challenge by Abbott!🩸We’re neck-and-neck with Nebraska as the lead tightens — and your donation could help us win that $1M prize. If you’re able, please consider giving by December 5: bigten.org/abbott/
December 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Badgers, there's only 2 days left of the @big-ten.bsky.social We Give Blood challenge by Abbott!🩸We’re neck-and-neck with Nebraska as the lead tightens — and your donation could help us win that $1M prize. If you’re able, please consider giving by December 5: bigten.org/abbott/
Looking forward to welcoming #UWGrad Jeeva Premkumar as our Winter 2025 Student Commencement Speaker! 🎓 He’s taken leaps across continents (and into a freezing Lake Mendota!) and in just over a week he’ll take the stage to celebrate with our winter grads.
Jump into commencement with student speaker Jeeva Premkumar
As Premkumar prepares to address his fellow graduates, he's reflecting on the ways he’s been able to make the most of the hands-on opportunities that drew him to Wisconsin.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Looking forward to welcoming #UWGrad Jeeva Premkumar as our Winter 2025 Student Commencement Speaker! 🎓 He’s taken leaps across continents (and into a freezing Lake Mendota!) and in just over a week he’ll take the stage to celebrate with our winter grads.
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Why does federal research funding matter?
A delegation from Wisconsin's congressional staff spent three days at UW–Madison to see how national investments translate into real impact for Wisconsin.
Read more about their visit: federalrelations.wisc.edu/2025/11/25/c...
A delegation from Wisconsin's congressional staff spent three days at UW–Madison to see how national investments translate into real impact for Wisconsin.
Read more about their visit: federalrelations.wisc.edu/2025/11/25/c...
Congressional Staff See UW–Madison Research Up Close and the Federal Investments Powering Wisconsin Innovation
UW–Madison welcomed congressional staff for a three-day visit to campus, November 12 – 14, to see firsthand how national investments fuel discovery, improve lives, and strengthen Wisconsin's economy. ...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Why does federal research funding matter?
A delegation from Wisconsin's congressional staff spent three days at UW–Madison to see how national investments translate into real impact for Wisconsin.
Read more about their visit: federalrelations.wisc.edu/2025/11/25/c...
A delegation from Wisconsin's congressional staff spent three days at UW–Madison to see how national investments translate into real impact for Wisconsin.
Read more about their visit: federalrelations.wisc.edu/2025/11/25/c...
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Undergraduates in UW–Madison's School of Nursing are benefiting from a new nursing immersion program with the Ho-Chunk House of Wellness.
Learn more: nursing.wisc.edu/where-cultur...
Learn more: nursing.wisc.edu/where-cultur...
Where Culture Meets Care
Undergraduate nursing students are benefiting from a new nursing immersion program with the Ho-Chunk House of Wellness.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Undergraduates in UW–Madison's School of Nursing are benefiting from a new nursing immersion program with the Ho-Chunk House of Wellness.
Learn more: nursing.wisc.edu/where-cultur...
Learn more: nursing.wisc.edu/where-cultur...
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Director Susan Yackee argued in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that despite declining trust, many Americans want to restore civility and common ground. Our new public policy major will help students practice that civil dialogue.
⬇️ Read the full op-ed: www.jsonline.com/story/opinio...
⬇️ Read the full op-ed: www.jsonline.com/story/opinio...
Americans want to restore civility. A new UW-Madison major will help. | Opinion
UW-Madison will launch a new major in public policy. The most exciting element is that it will center civil dialogue in its curriculum.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Director Susan Yackee argued in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that despite declining trust, many Americans want to restore civility and common ground. Our new public policy major will help students practice that civil dialogue.
⬇️ Read the full op-ed: www.jsonline.com/story/opinio...
⬇️ Read the full op-ed: www.jsonline.com/story/opinio...
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Brothers, physician assistants, colleagues — Ben & Branden Statz have found a shared calling in emergency medicine at UW Health. Their story of connection through service reflects the remarkable skill and compassion our APPs bring to patient care every day. emed.wisc.edu/news/brother...
Brothers in care: Two physician assistants find a shared calling in emergency medicine at UW Health
Brothers Ben and Branden Statz share more than a last name — they share a calling. The Waunakee-born physician assistants work side by side in...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Brothers, physician assistants, colleagues — Ben & Branden Statz have found a shared calling in emergency medicine at UW Health. Their story of connection through service reflects the remarkable skill and compassion our APPs bring to patient care every day. emed.wisc.edu/news/brother...
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The first spoke in the Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub, the Badger Tech Foundry launched by the UW –Madison College of Engineering recruits and trains graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to help ensure ideas born in the lab become companies, careers & catalysts for change.
Badger Tech Foundry, first “spoke” in the Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub, focused on helping early-career researchers become serial entrepreneurs
As the first spoke in the Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub, The Badger Tech Foundry helps ensure ideas become companies, careers and catalysts for change.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The first spoke in the Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub, the Badger Tech Foundry launched by the UW –Madison College of Engineering recruits and trains graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to help ensure ideas born in the lab become companies, careers & catalysts for change.
Honored to be part of last night's premiere of Sacred Wisdom, Sacred Earth. So grateful to the Tribal elders, culture keepers, youth & the @lokainitiative.bsky.social at the @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social for bringing this film to life & honoring generations of Indigenous knowledge & stewardship.
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Honored to be part of last night's premiere of Sacred Wisdom, Sacred Earth. So grateful to the Tribal elders, culture keepers, youth & the @lokainitiative.bsky.social at the @centerhealthyminds.bsky.social for bringing this film to life & honoring generations of Indigenous knowledge & stewardship.
A Badger with crowning achievements as Miss America & as a nuclear fuels engineer, @gracestanke.bsky.social ’23 will be our Winter 2025 #UWGrad Keynote! 👑⚛️ She’s taken the Wisconsin Idea around the world through her travels, & I look forward to celebrating our graduates on December 14. 🎓
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A Badger with crowning achievements as Miss America & as a nuclear fuels engineer, @gracestanke.bsky.social ’23 will be our Winter 2025 #UWGrad Keynote! 👑⚛️ She’s taken the Wisconsin Idea around the world through her travels, & I look forward to celebrating our graduates on December 14. 🎓
I am heartbroken by Dean Linda Scott’s sudden passing. Her integrity, leadership, commitment to excellence & wonderful dry humor shaped the School of Nursing & the national nursing community & touched so many lives. Her legacy will endure & she will be dearly missed. nursing.wisc.edu/remembering-...
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I am heartbroken by Dean Linda Scott’s sudden passing. Her integrity, leadership, commitment to excellence & wonderful dry humor shaped the School of Nursing & the national nursing community & touched so many lives. Her legacy will endure & she will be dearly missed. nursing.wisc.edu/remembering-...
So pleased to open our 2nd annual Wisconsin Research, Innovation & Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Summit, connecting talented faculty & leaders across RISE-AI, -EARTH & -THRIVE. Great momentum, with 119 new hires & interdisciplinary collaborations tackling important challenges!
November 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
So pleased to open our 2nd annual Wisconsin Research, Innovation & Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Summit, connecting talented faculty & leaders across RISE-AI, -EARTH & -THRIVE. Great momentum, with 119 new hires & interdisciplinary collaborations tackling important challenges!