UW-Madison’s School of Veterinary Medicine and its adjoining hospital is poised to expand the amount of working space for students and staff by about 50 percent as part of a $128.1 million project.
October 16, 2018
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Research
Researchers and doctors working to better predict preterm birth
“What the study that the university of Wisconsin is hoping to accomplish, is look at other things that we haven’t maybe focused on before,” said Calkins. “Now we have the technology to look further into what some of those risk factors may be from a biological perspective and not just those environmental risk factors.”
How to Harness Your Anxiety
A large-scale study from the University of Wisconsin in 2012 demonstrated that how we think about anxiety and stress can change how those feelings impact us.
Ants Produced Antibiotics Millions of Years before Humans
“If the fungus dies, the ants die,” said Cameron Currie, a microbial ecologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies the fungal-farming ants and their mutually beneficial relationships with other species.
Professor’s book explores intersectionality of ableism, race through fantasy
Schalk, an assistant professor of gender and women’s studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will discuss her book Wednesday in the East Rotunda of Powell Library, specifically addressing how able-mindedness is based on racial and gendered norms.
National parks getting hotter, drier
“A higher fraction of national parks are in extreme environments,” said Patrick Gonzalez, a forest ecologist at the University of California, Berkeley who authored the study with UC Berkeley colleagues and scientists at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Five things to know about the $59.8 million Cedarburg schools referendum
Noted: For the 2018-19 school year, the district’s enrollment is 2,970, an increase of 33 students from the previous school year. That number is higher than what the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Applied Population Laboratory (APL) projected in its study it completed for the district in June 2017. The APL’s projected number for the 2018-19 school year in its Residential Development Projections Model, located on page 26, was 2,950.
Higher Education/System
UW-Parkside class, lecture series discusses smart cities
The University of Wiscosnin-Parkside is one of those institutions, as a recent lecture series and course has focused on answering what the term “smart city” — a term frequently used by Foxconn officials — truly means. The course was discussed before Foxconn decided to host a Smart Future Summit last August on Parkside’s campus.
Campus life
UW pursues more inclusive Homecoming at kickoff event
Respect for group inclusivity an important aspect, Staskunas said.
SSFC approves Wunk Sheek budget, hears Live Free presentation
Native American student organization received a 20 percent budget increase.
Students, community members celebrate UW-Madison Homecoming
Homecoming week at UW-Madison is a time-honored tradition filled with student and community activities that highlight what it means to be a badger.
Crime and safety
UW police respond to ‘bogus’ tip at Veterinary Medicine building
Police believe call was to tax police resources.
UW-Madison police respond to campus situation believed to be ‘swatting’ incident
The UW-Madison Police Department said Monday night that officers were responding to the university’s School of Veterinary Medicine for what is believed to be a “swatting” incident.
Agriculture
Wisconsin Food Hub Co-op receives USDA grant to boost regional food distribution
The cooperative received a USDA Local Food Promotion Program grant in September to further work on building a regional food distribution system. Project partners include the UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, Willy Street Co-op, Epic Systems and Second Harvest Food Bank, among others.
Athletics
UW Students shoot baskets to fight cancer
Badgers men’s basketball head coach Greg Gard and his wife Michelle put their money on the line for Swish Upon a Cure.
Opinion
Black Balloons For The Lost Orphans
The protesters were mostly high school and university students. They carried black balloons, dozens of them – one for each teenaged orphaned girl who died while in police custody in a March 2017 schoolroom fire.
*Fr Gregory Jensen is the pastor of Sts. Cyril & Methodius Ukrainian Orthodox Mission and the Eastern Orthodox chaplain at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW Experts in the News
Report Calls For Capturing Carbon To Combat Climate Change. How Would That Work?
Here & Now’s Robin Young speaks with Gregory Nemet, professor of public affairs and environmental studies at the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
Centenary of 20th century’s worst pandemic
University of Wisconsin-Madison microbiology professor Michael Gale also believes such a scenario could certainly happen again.”We have seen several flu pandemics since the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic (1957, 1968, 1977, 2009, for example),” he said. “The 2009 global flu pandemic is considered to have resulted in up to over 200,000 deaths, so flu remains a major public health threat.
UW-Madison Related
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s assault on public education could be coming back to bite him
That same year he also removed from state law tenure protections for University of Wisconsin professors, a move that educators warned would hurt the school’s ability to retain and attract talented faculty.
No. 23 Wisconsin still has hope in Big Ten despite struggles
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Their playoffs hopes are all but gone. The defense is banged up. The offense struggled in a blowout loss to Michigan.