Blank’s Slate

Today, the Supreme Court begins its oral arguments about the status of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. I want to restate my strong opposition to the decision to end this program and… Read More

A guest post from Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor in honor of Veterans Day We walk by iconic spaces like Camp Randall, Memorial Union, and the Red Gym every day on campus, but… Read More

This last year we did something we’ve never done before as a campus – we pulled together information on all our sustainability efforts, and submitted them for a Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (or… Read More

Chancellor Blank shared the following reaction to the Oct. 25 announcement that Ray Cross is planning to retire: Congratulations to Ray Cross on his retirement from a long and distinguished career in higher education. Ray… Read More

Sexual assault and misconduct remain serious problems on every campus across the country. Ensuring the safety of our students is a fundamental priority for all of us at UW–Madison. Today our university released results from… Read More

With the leaves starting to change color and fall semester in full swing, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on another successful Summer Term. Aside from enjoying summer in Madison with warm evenings… Read More

The following editorial was co-written by UW System Board of Regents President Drew Petersen and UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank. As the UW Board of Regents president and the chancellor of the state’s flagship university, we… Read More

I was delighted to receive the news Tuesday that two members of our faculty are receiving MacArthur “genius grants.” Lynda Barry in the Department of Art and Andrea Dutton in the Department of Geoscience are… Read More

Below is a  post co-authored by Chancellor Rebecca Blank and Steve Ackerman, Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education. As I’ve shared in other recent posts, UW–Madison values international research collaborations and is committed… Read More

I had the opportunity to stop by a few residence halls last week and chat with student staff, and students and parents as they were moving into University Housing. It’s something I like to do… Read More