UW-Madison is ranked among the top 50 universities in the world once again, and is in the top 25 of U.S. universities, according to rankings released Wednesday.
UW-Madison in top 50 (again) among world’s best universities
Wisconsin State Journal
September 28, 2018
Top Stories
UW-Madison ranks among top 50 universities in the world
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Madison ranked among the top 50 universities in the world.
UW-Madison in top 50 (again) among world’s best universities
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison is ranked among the top 50 universities in the world once again, and is in the top 25 of U.S. universities, according to rankings released Wednesday.
Research
UW-Madison professor’s study of dairy animal welfare shows shared values of consumers and dairy producers
WI Farmer
Dr. Van Os’ research focuses on understanding, evaluating, and improving the welfare of dairy animals from a biological perspective. She shared her findings recently with dairy producers at the Dodge-Fond du Lac County Forage Council meeting at Lomira.
How a ‘solar battery’ could bring electricity to rural areas
The Verge
The problem of energy storage has led to many creative solutions, like giant batteries. For a paper published today in the journal Chem, scientists trying to improve the solar cells themselves developed an integrated battery that works in three different ways. It can work like a normal solar cell by converting sunlight to electricity immediately, explains study author Song Jin, a chemist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. It can store the solar energy, or it can simply be charged like a normal battery.
Water Flea Giving Birth Makes a Big Splash in ‘Small World’ Videos
Live Science
Giving birth has never looked as easy (and weird) as it does in a video captured by photographer Wim van Egmond. In it, a wee see-through daphnia, or water flea, expels a wriggling, googly-eyed larva, its body just as transparent as its mama’s. Seconds after emerging into the water surrounding its mother, the young water flea darts swiftly away.
Climate destruction will hit U.S. national parks the hardest
MPR News
National parks will see less annual rainfall than other parts of the country and certain parks could warm by 16 degrees within the next 80 years, according to the analysis released Monday by University of California-Berkeley and University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists.
Higher Education/System
UW-System merger promises to maintain the value of higher education
Daily Cardinal
With the recent restructuring of the UW System and decrease in enrollment at UW Colleges, there has been turmoil regarding the effect of higher education on the state’s economy and its role going forward.
UW-Stevens Point enrollment hits about 7,700, lowest point in decades
STEVENS POINT – Enrollment at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has declined to its smallest number in decades, dropping by about 5 percentage points from this time last year.
Campus life
New campus initiative promotes a more diverse faculty
Daily Cardinal
A new initiative meant to enhance the faculty recruitment process by attracting staff from underrepresented populations was introduced at the Faculty of Color reception Tuesday.
Students, faculty combat falling voter turnout
Daily Cardinal
Will a new wave of eligible college voters line up at the polls this voting season? Studies show that may be unlikely.
State news
Trailing in polls, Walker urges College Republicans to spread message on campus
Badger Herald
Walker accepted accuracy of recent polls, but recalled Republican Sen. Ron Johnson’s 2016 reelection victory.
Community
“Personalized Pathways” Program Offers Glimpse of Health Science Majors
Madison365
First year high school students enrolled in the Personalized Pathways program from East, West, La Follette, and Memorial high school got a personalized tour of UW-Madison’s campus and its health science related disciplines throughout the week.
Health
Most UW students, faculty support tobacco-free campus, study finds
Badger Herald
Tobacco-free campus would likely involve campus-wide ban of tobacco products.
Will a Defibrillator ‘Vest’ Protect Recent Heart Attack Patients?
HealthDay News
Noted: “This study was a heroic effort. But there is no question that these kinds of patients are at high risk for sudden cardiac arrest and death,” said Richard Page. He is a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist and chair of the department of medicine at the University of Wisconsin’s School of Medicine and Public Health.
Athletics
Badgers prepare to host ‘Who’s Who’ of cross country at Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational
Wisconsin State Journal
By the rankings or by subjective analysis, it’s hard to conclude that the field for Friday’s Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational cross country meet is anything less than stacked.
UW Experts in the News
As Kavanaugh Allegations Widen, Elite-College Alumni Recall Harassment From Decades Past
Chronicle of Higher Education
Noted: Patrick Iber, now an assistant professor of history at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, said he views Kavanaugh’s nomination as an adjudication of sorts of whether American elites can be held accountable for their actions.
After College Presidency, Vincent Pushes for Access to Education as Head of Fraternity
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Noted: Dr. Jerlando F. L. Jackson, chairman of the Grand Boulé Social Action Committee said that Vincent’s work as vice president for diversity and community engagement at the University of Texas at Austin “transformed how the institution prioritized diversity and community engagement, an in turn, provided a model for the rest of higher education.”
Weather Forecasts Should Get Over the Rainbow
Wall Street Journal
Noted: Karen Schloss, head of the Visual Reasoning Lab at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, has advice for anyone trying to absorb this complicated information: “Be aware of the category boundaries in colors that we can see and take a moment to think about what the numbers represent, rather than making a quick judgment that, for example, ‘I’m in this color region so I don’t need to worry about this storm.’”
Obituaries
Dr. Rudolf “Tass” Dueland, Jr., 85
WISC-TV 3
He joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Veterinary Medicine in 1980 on the development team of the new school and as Founding Chair and Professor in the Department of Surgical Sciences. He was chairman of the department of Surgical Sciences from 1980 to 1986.
UW-Madison Related
Need an actor who can speak German or French? Better call UW grad Hans Obma
The La Crosse-born actor and University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate is a working actor in Los Angeles who has made an unusual niche for himself playing characters who come from places far from Wisconsin.
Former MLB coach tells his story of faith and baseball in Madison
NBC-15
Donnelly spoke to the Badger Basketball Team as wells as a Catholic group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“Personalized Pathways” Program Offers Glimpse of Health Science Majors
First year high school students enrolled in the Personalized Pathways program from East, West, La Follette, and Memorial high school got a personalized tour of UW-Madison’s campus and its health science related disciplines throughout the week.