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Facebook twitter As prepared for delivery, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. Welcome. Thank you for your leadership and partnership as we transition into a new semester, and for all that you’ve done over the past 18... Read More

UW System welcomes Tribal Nations leadership to discuss consultation policy (day 2 news summary) Friday, July 9, 2021 MADISON – The University of Wisconsin System is working to collaborate more closely with Wisconsin’s Tribal Nations to help more Native Americans access and succeed in higher education. The Board of Regents welcomed leaders of several Tribal Nations Friday to discuss development of a formal consultation policy between the UW System and its institutions and the Tribal Nations...

Board approves UW System’s 2021-22 Annual Operating Budget (day 1 news summary) Thursday, July 8, 2021 MADISON – The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents unanimously voted Thursday to approve a $6.564 billion annual operating budget for 2021-22. Key takeaways of the annual budget presented by Sean Nelson, Vice President of Finance, include: State operational funding (GPR) increased $42.3 million or 4.4% Includes Pay Plan increase for employees Tuition-setting authority returned ...

UW emails highlight the race to respond to the global SolarWinds hack. Written By: Rich Kremer / Wisconsin Public Radio | 6:00 pm, Jun. 28, 2021 × Thinkstock.com Email records show University of Wisconsin System cybersecurity staff raced to determine whether any of its 26 campuses or central office had been impacted by the global SolarWinds hacking incident discovered in December 2020. According to documents, some UW institutions were running the compromised software, though its unc...

The University of Wisconsin System ordered an audit late last month into UW-Madison’s bidding process for a large project just days before one of the companies not selected for the contract raised concerns and requested an investigation. UW-Madison sought a vendor last year to help phase in its Administrative Transformation Program, a massive, multiyear project that will move the university’s administrative services, such as payroll, human resources and finance, to a more secure cloud...