Chancellor Blank

I wrote an op-ed about Bucky’s Tuition Promise and it recently appeared in several local newspapers around the state. We launched the program as one of many efforts to dispel the myth that UW-Madison is… Read More

One of the things I requested when I arrived in 2013 was a short and straightforward document that showed where our money comes from at UW-Madison and how we spend it. The result was the… Read More

In these past weeks, it’s been horrifying to listen to the testimony of over 100 young women about the sexual abuse they experienced from a doctor associated with one of our fellow Big Ten campuses…. Read More

I want to take a moment to reflect on past year and some successes here at UW that are worth savoring. Let’s start with a few items on the education and research front side that… Read More

Last month, the National Science Foundation released its FY2016 Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey results.  This survey indicates how much each university spends on research and is commonly used as a measure of… Read More

In recognition of Veterans Day on November 11, I want to recognize the members of the U.S. Armed Forces who are part of University of Wisconsin–Madison’s heritage and its future. When you are at a… Read More

 A recent campus-wide survey of students found that most view our climate positively, consider diversity important and are trying to create a more welcoming environment for other students.  There are significant differences, however, between different… Read More