UW-MADISON | CHANCELLOR UW-Madison Chancellor Mnookin is leaving after 4 years. Here’s what she says went right — and what didn’t SABINE MARTIN May 12, 2026 May 12, 2026 Updated 9 hrs ago × Chancellor Mnookin reflects on her decision to call police to disperse the 2023 encampment that was on the Library Mall. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After four years leading UW-Madison, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin’s exit this week is like a graduation of sorts.kAm“{:<6 >2?J @7 @FC D6?:@CD[ x 766= =:<6 x 2> 8C25F2E:?8 27E6C 7@FC J62CD[ 2?5 D@ x[ E@@[ <?@H E96 6?@C>@FD =:76\492?8:?8 :>A24E E92E 2 A=246 =:<6 E9:D 42? 92G6[” |?@@<:? 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Tony Evers, Republican leaders agree to $1.8 billion deal on school funding, tax rebates Racine County decommissions 100-Mile Bike Trail due to safety concerns She narrowly survived hantavirus 30 years ago. Here’s what it was like. Police identify body found along shoreline in Wind Point as missing man New wave of ICE deployments could impact more than 40 states Jennifer Mnookin, outgoing chancellor for UW-Madison, speaks with members of the media Monday at Bascom Hall. Her final day is Saturday. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL kAmw6C E6?FC6 92D 366? >2C<65 3J E96 =2F?49 @7 EF:E:@? 2DD:DE2?46 AC@8C2>D 7@C =@H\:?4@>6 :?\DE2E6 DEF56?ED 2?5 2 D:>:=2C :?:E:2E:G6 4@G6C:?8 EF:E:@? 7@C F?56C8C25F2E6D H9@ 2C6 >6>36CD @7 7656C2==J C64@8?:K65 EC:32= ?2E:@?D :? 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Photos: UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin Jennifer Mnookin became the 30th chancellor of UW-Madison in 2022. She will leave this spring to be the president of Columbia University.
Highlights of Jennifer Mnookin's tenure at UW-Madison From her own ice cream flavor to a tense standoff with pro-Palestinian protesters and battles with the Legislature and the Trump administratio…
Recent stories by Wisconsin State Journal reporter Sabine Martin Sabine Martin reports on higher education for the Wisconsin State Journal. She covers the Universities of Wisconsin system, with a spotlight o…
WATCH: UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin talks police presence at pro-Palestinian encampment Chancellor Mnookin reflects on her decision to call police to disperse the 2023 encampment that was on the Library Mall.
UW-Madison to host send-off for Chancellor Mnookin before Columbia move UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin is leaving after spring commencement to become the next president of Columbia University.
UW system launches search for UW-Madison’s next chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, who has served as UW-Madison’s leader since 2022, is leaving the university in May to become Columbia University’s president.
What to know about Eric Wilcots, UW-Madison’s incoming interim chancellor Eric Wilcots is taking over from Jennifer Mnookin, who will become president of Columbia University on July 1.
What Columbia University and Jennifer Mnookin will get from each other UW-Madison and Columbia, where Jennifer Mnookin is taking the helm, have faced similar challenges, including student protests and heightened s…
Will Babcock keep scooping ‘Mnookie Dough’ ice cream when its namesake chancellor leaves? Babcock Creamery has developed a flavor named after UW-Madison’s last three permanent chancellors, including Jennifer Mnookin’s “Mnookie Dough.”
UW-Madison chancellor Jennifer Mnookin tapped as Columbia’s president Mnookin, 58, will succeed acting Claire Shipman at Columbia.
5 things to know about UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin's departure Here are some details about the chancellor's new post as president of Columbia University.
‘You are worthy’: Nearly 8,900 students graduate from UW-Madison Saturday’s commencement ceremony wasn’t only the finale for the Class of 2026. The event marked the close of Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin’s ten…
Students' grades in limbo as UW-Madison grapples with instructional software outage The outage has required professors to extend deadlines and adjust their grades if the outage prevents students from accessing final exam study…
After closures, here’s how Wisconsin counties are repurposing the UW system’s branch campuses Since 2023, eight of the Universities of Wisconsin’s 13 branch campuses have vacated their facilities, including two this spring.
