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Chancellor Mnookin: Spring Semester Welcome
The following message was sent to all students, faculty and staff from Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin on Jan. 24, 2024. Dear members of the campus community,…
Update on employee pay plan
Although I recognize we all would have liked this news several months ago, I am nonetheless pleased to share that the Joint Committee on Employment Relations (JCOER) today approved a pay plan for Universities of Wisconsin employees, including UW–Madison employees .
UW–Madison to cover full cost of undergraduate degree for students from Wisconsin Indian tribes
The Wisconsin Tribal Educational Promise program is not based on financial need; financial support will be awarded regardless of family income. When it begins next fall, the program will cover those already on campus, not just those new to campus. Any currently enrolled students at that time who qualify — undergraduates, J.D. students and M.D. students — will receive the program’s financial support.
Chancellor Mnookin’s reaction to Dec. 13 Regents vote
Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin shared the following reaction to the Dec. 13 Regents vote endorsing the legislative compromise package. The regents voted 11-6 to endorse the proposal.
Compromise and commitment mark UW, state legislative agreement
UW–Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin provides updates related to the ongoing conversations with state legislative leadership about the critical priorities of the Universities of Wisconsin and UW–Madison.
Chancellor Mnookin: Responding to Saturday’s neo-Nazi march in Madison
You may be aware that around noon Saturday approximately 20 members of a neo-Nazi group marched from areas adjacent to the UW–Madison campus to the State Capitol and East Side. The presence of swastika flags and other Nazi symbols in our midst, along with hateful white supremacist rhetoric, is disgusting and repugnant.
Chancellor Mnookin on stronger standards for courts weighing scientific evidence, expertise
Chancellor Mnookin, one of the most cited evidence law scholars in the nation, has published a new editorial in the journal Science in light of updates to a federal rule clarifying the use of scientific expertise in the courtroom. She argues for more consistent application of sound science and evidence, particularly in criminal cases.
Choosing humility, not hate
I am writing to share what is, to my mind, an extraordinarily thoughtful statement prepared by faith-based and community leaders who are on the UW–Madison Center for Interfaith Dialogue’s Faith Advisory Council. In it, they name a tension we are feeling acutely on our campus right now: the responsibility to ensure the right to free speech while simultaneously acknowledging that certain forms of legally protected speech can cause significant emotional harm to members of our community.
Chancellor shares update on employee pay plan
The following message was emailed to all faculty, academic and University Staff and Limited Appointments on Nov. 1.
Chancellor Mnookin statement on employee pay raises
The following message can be viewed in multiple languages. Español Hmoob བོད་སྐད Tibetan 中文 Chinese नेपाली Nepali On Oct. 17,…
Nearly 1,000 students new to UW–Madison this fall are in the first class of Bucky’s Pell Pathway recipients
In its first year, Bucky's Pell Pathway — which covers tuition, fees, housing, food and books for Pell-qualifying Wisconsin residents — has made debt-free higher education possible for 829 freshmen and 148 transfer students.
Ad hoc study group will recommend ways to improve the Black experience at UW–Madison
At the direction of Chancellor Mnookin, an ad-hoc group will study the Black experience at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and recommend steps the campus community could take to positively impact that experience.
Responding to the Supreme Court decision on admissions
Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin shared the following message with all UW–Madison students and employees on June 29, 2023. To our campus community, Today, the United…
Statement of Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin in response to Joint Finance Committee decisions on UW System budget
Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin shared the following statement on the UW System budget on June 22, 2023. “We appreciate the Joint Finance Committee’s decision to…
‘How Minds Change’ chosen as 2023-24 Go Big Read book
Author David McRaney focuses on why people believe the way they do and offers surprising evidence from psychology and neuroscience to explain what tends to be persuasive.
Legislature withholds approval for new UW–Madison Engineering building
University of Wisconsin–Madison leaders are expressing disappointment in reaction to the state legislative Joint Finance Committee’s decision to again withhold approval of a new College…
Charles Lee Isbell Jr. named UW–Madison provost
Isbell comes to UW–Madison from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he has been the John P. Imlay Jr. Dean of the College of Computing since 2019.
Mnookin: News from Provost Karl Scholz
The following message was emailed to all faculty and staff on March 13. To our faculty and staff— I hope you’re enjoying the beginning of…
Chancellor Mnookin offers her vision for UW–Madison at Board of Regents
In her first address to the UW System Board of Regents, Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin said that the university is thriving across many dimensions, but that its excellence can’t be taken for granted.
UW–Madison introduces pathway to debt-free education for Pell-eligible state students
UW–Madison strengthens its commitment to affordability with Chancellor Mnookin's announcement of Bucky's Pell Pathway.