Blank’s Slate

As we close out another academic year, I want to acknowledge some of our students who have been particularly successful here at UW–Madison. I also want to thank our faculty and staff for the role… Read More

I traveled to Green Bay Monday to visit American Foods Group (AFG) with a group of state legislators. It was a great opportunity to see how the work we’re doing at UW-Madison impacts Wisconsin companies…. Read More

Our university’s history includes much to celebrate, and we talk frequently about these positive stories. Today, however, we must reckon with something we should all regret: the history of racism and exclusion on our campus…. Read More

Today the university released information in response to open records requests from several news organizations regarding complaints and investigations of sexual harassment over the past decade. I understand the interest in how our university has… Read More

It was a heartbreaking ending Friday night at the semi-finals of the women’s hockey Frozen Four in Minneapolis. As you might know, the Badger women fought through two overtimes, but finally lost to Colgate 4-3…. Read More

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