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March 2, 2026

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Spring ice is thawing earlier in lakes. What does that mean for life below the surface?

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NPR

“It’s hard to control the amount of carbon in the atmosphere, right, at the local level. But you can think about the things you can control,” says Zach Feiner, a fisheries biologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Maybe that means you make different harvest decisions. You keep fewer walleye. Maybe you decide to go fish for something … more resilient to harvest like a largemouth bass or bluegill that are more of a warm-water fish.”

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25th Bowlin’ for Colons raises money for cancer research

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WMTV - Channel 15

The 25th Bowlin’ for Colons event was held Sunday, with participants raising money for colon cancer research at the UW Carbone Cancer Center.

Bowlers laced up their shoes at one of nine south central Wisconsin bowling alleys for the fundraiser. Colon cancer is the third most diagnosed cancer.

Arts & Humanities

The Politics of Forgetting: Jorell Melendez-Badillo on Puerto Rico and Bad Bunny

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The Badger Herald

On Feb. 25, UW Madison assistant professor of Latin American and Caribbean History Jorell Melendez-Badillo shared his research on Puerto Rico for UW’s premier history honor society, Phi Alpha Theta.

Puerto-Rican superstar Bad Bunny understands the importance of Puerto Rican history and is incorporating it into his music, which is currently the most streamed in the world. Melendez-Badillo’s study of Puerto Rico is so comprehensive that Bad Bunny himself reached out for assistance for his Grammy-winning album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” after reading his work.

Melendez-Badillo shared how he was asked to provide a historical lens for the album as a public historian. His main task was to create 17 historical narratives to accompany the songs’ YouTube visualizers, from “conquest to present.” These videos reached a massive audience, with the video for the “DtMF” alone reaching 115 million views.

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UW–Madison expert says Iran leadership future uncertain, regime change unlikely

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WMTV - Channel 15

James Davis, a UW–Madison professor emeritus who studies Iranian politics, said speculation about regime change overlooks key political realities inside Iran.

“Coming back to the present, at this time, there is no recognized opposition movement. There is no recognized leader,” Davis said. “So, if the current regime were to collapse, what would take its place? At this time, we have no idea. I don’t know. The U.S. government doesn’t know. The CIA doesn’t know. Nobody knows.”