News

February 4, 2010

MADISON – As the country’s focus turns to economic recovery, Regent President Charles Pruitt told the Board of Regents Thursday that the time is right for the University of Wisconsin System to revisit the Growth Agenda for Wisconsin, the university’s strategic plan to increase the number of college graduates, create more well-paying jobs, and strengthen […]

January 8, 2010

MADISON – The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents on Friday unanimously approved three capital projects at UW-Milwaukee as part of a broader initiative to support the institution’s research activities and to reinforce its impact as an economic driver in the state. The approved projects include: The Kenwood Integrated Research Complex (Phase one); The […]

December 11, 2009

MADISON – Getting through college more quickly is a potential route to significant cost-savings for students, University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly told the Board of Regents Friday, in a wide-ranging discussion of quality, affordability, and differential tuition issues. “We need to be clearer about results of choices that students and families make […]

December 10, 2009

MADISON – The University of Wisconsin-Madison is consistently ranked among the finest research universities in the world. The challenge going forward is to maintain that status in the face of dwindling state support, Chancellor Biddy Martin told the UW System Board of Regents on Thursday. “We’re going to need more flexibility so we can help […]

December 9, 2009

MADISON, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will meet heretomorrow and Friday for its regularly scheduled meeting. Due to severe weather today, the meeting agenda will be modified in the following ways: A tour of the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR) scheduled for 8amtomorrow has been canceled. The Regents will […]

November 6, 2009

MADISON, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has announced that two professors and one academic department will receive the Regents’ 17th annual Teaching Excellence Awards.  It is the highest recognition bestowed on members of UW System’s faculty and academic staff for outstanding career achievements in teaching. The 2009 recipients are: Dôna […]

October 16, 2009

EAU CLAIRE – America may have “gotten it” – realizing that the future success of our society depends on doing a better job at education at all levels – but the real prospect of long-term economic pressures will make that job extremely challenging. That was the message from author Michael McPherson in a presentation to […]

October 15, 2009

EAU CLAIRE – The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is taking an active role in shaping the future, said UW-Eau Claire Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich, in welcoming the UW System Board of Regents to the campus Thursday. “Transformation isn’t an abstract idea here.  It’s what happens every day,” Levin-Stankevich said. Outlining the university’s vision of “Transforming Our […]

July 9, 2009

MADISON – As part of approving a $2.2 billion annual operating budget, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents on Thursday set tuition for the 2009-10 academic year, agreeing to a 5.5 percent tuition increase for most undergraduate students.  Only one Regent voted against the budget, which maintains the same rate of tuition increase as […]

June 12, 2009

MADISON – Regent Charles Pruitt of Milwaukee has been elected the new President of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.  Pruitt, who had served as Board Vice President for the last two years, was elected by a unanimous vote of the Board last week.  He succeeds Mark J. Bradley in the position. Regent […]