Photos: UW-Madison's Bakke Recreation and Wellbeing Center

Bakke is anything but ordinary with amenities such as a teaching kitchen, an eight-lane swimming pool, a rock-climbing wall and eight basketball courts.

The Ho-Chunk Clan Circle is a set of sculptures signifying the Ho-Chunk Nation's historic presence on the UW-Madison campus, as well as its future in the area.

After a stinging defeat by the Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee, which last week rejected a new engineering building at UW-Madison, campus and University of Wisconsin System leaders vowed to bring the project to fruition.

The concept, in its final stages before going to the Board of Regents next month, will replace a soccer complex and greenhouses with housing and office space.

Republicans have scrutinized the System for years, focusing lately on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

The discovery comes as the demand for electric motors in heating and cooling systems and electric vehicles is rapidly growing.

The research suggests security systems within voice recognition software, frequently used to protect people's bank accounts and other sensitive information, aren't entirely safe from would-be thieves.

It's hoped the renovation will carry Sellery Hall for another 60 years before another major project could be needed, University Housing Director Jeff Novak said.