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September 21, 2018

Research

Climate Change Causing Huge Rainstorms

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Urban Milwaukee

On the Aug. 30, 2018 edition of Wisconsin Public Radio’s Route 51 show, two University of Wisconsin System scientists discussed where Wisconsin stands in the bigger picture of climate change. The ripple effects vary around the world — wildfires in California and above the Arctic Circle in Sweden, a deadly heat wave in Japan, the bleaching of coral in the Great Barrier Reef, and, closer to home, a worrisome toxic algal bloom on Lake Superior.

Campus life

State news

The Con in Foxconn Wisconsin

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American Prospect

In March 2018, the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, which serves 8,600 students, proposed axing all of its humanities degrees in response to a $4.5 million deficit, an amount equal to 0.01 percent of the state’s financial commitment to Foxconn.

Crime and safety

UW Experts in the News

Could my baby be lactose intolerant?

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The Bump

Quoted: Just like adults, babies and toddlers who are lactose intolerant lack the lactase enzyme. When this occurs, “the lactose travels through the stomach into the gut undigested and causes fluid to move from the gut tissue into the gut itself, which causes cramping, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhoea,” Dr Mark Moss, a paediatric allergist at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, told The Bump.

Analysis: Hurricane Florence’s Rain Produced Massive Flooding, But Paled in Comparison to Harvey

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The Weather Channel

Quoted: The area drenched by more than 20 inches of rainfall covered more than three times more area in Texas and Louisiana during Harvey than in the Carolinas during Florence, according to an analysis by Dr. Shane Hubbard, a researcher from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin.

Obituaries

Judith L. “Judy” Koppa, 79

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WISC-TV 3

Judy’s career took her to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to work for the Department of Analysis Services and Information Systems, the University Regents, and the Waisman Center.

Colescott, Warrington W.

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After two years as an instructor at Long Beach City College, Warrington came to UW-Madison on a one-year appointment and stayed for the rest of his long teaching career.

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