For an executive who just watched a half-billion dollars swirl down the drain, Erik Iverson is a cool cucumber. Just maybe the right guy at a crucial moment for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
Man with a plan
Isthmus
December 13, 2018
Top Stories
Climate Change Is Reversing a 50-Million-Year-Old Cooling Trend
Nova Next
The study’s lead author, Kevin Burke, worked with paleoecologist Dr. John Williams of the University of Wisconsin-Madison to assess the climatic characteristics of several geologic time periods, including the Early Eocene (beginning 56 million years ago), the mid-Pliocene (beginning 3.3 million years ago), the Last Interglacial (beginning 130,000 years ago), the mid-Holocene (beginning 7,000 years ago), the pre-industrial era (beginning in 1750), and the early 20th century.
Research
Fetal tissue research targeted by abortion foes inside administration
The Washington Post
He has cited research by Matthew Brown, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin at Madison who works on transplant immunology. In an interview, Brown said he was startled by such assertions, which he discovered when colleagues sent him a video of a Heritage Foundation forum where Prentice spoke.
Climate change: Humans are winding back Earth’s climate clock 50 million years
Newshub
“In the roughly 20 to 25 years I have been working in the field, we have gone from expecting climate change to happen, to detecting the effects, and now, we are seeing that it’s causing harm,” said Jack Williams, professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Exclusive: Controversial skeleton may be a new species of early human | New Scientist
New Scientist
More than twenty years after it was first discovered, an analysis of a remarkable skeleton discovered in South Africa has finally been published – and the specimen suggests we may need to add a new species to the family tree of early human ancestors. According to a study led by Travis Pickering of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Little Foot had an arm injury. He suspects she fell onto an outstretched hand during her youth, and that the resulting injury troubled her throughout her life.
Higher Education/System
UW-La Crosse students try logrolling as a stress break before finals
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Learning the sport turned out to be a perfect study break for Zaemisch and fellow stressed-out UW-La Crosse students heading into finals that start Saturday. Students signed up for group lesson slots at the Mitchell Hall pool last week.
The Liberal Arts May Not Survive the 21st Century
The Atlantic
or many years, wisconsin had one of the finest public-university systems in the country. It was built on an idea: that the university’s influence should not end at the campus’s borders, that professors—and the students they taught—should “search for truth” to help state legislators write laws, aid the community with technical skills, and generally improve the quality of life across the state.
The Liberal Arts May Not Survive the 21st Century
The Atlantic
For many years, wisconsin had one of the finest public-university systems in the country. It was built on an idea: that the university’s influence should not end at the campus’s borders, that professors—and the students they taught—should “search for truth” to help state legislators write laws, aid the community with technical skills, and generally improve the quality of life across the state.
Colleges Grapple With How To Help Rural Students On Campus
National Public Radio
Many colleges and universities were caught by surprise when frustration among rural Americans spilled over into national politics during the 2016 election. That, in addition to steady declines in enrollment, has pushed some schools to pay more attention to rural students — and to recognize that these students need at least as much help navigating the college experience as low-income, first-generation racial and ethnic minorities from inner cities.
Campus life
Student Council faces ‘constitutional crisis’ over possible SSFC appointment
Badger Herald
Student Council also heard a presentation given by Jocelyn Milner, vice provost of Academic Affairs and director of Academic Planning and Institutional Research, about the Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Project for March 2019.
With record number of suicides in Wisconsin, focus turns to youth
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison’s Suicide Prevention Council, started in 2013, tries to assist students who need help and improve well-being on campus, Donovan said. Overall, college is considered to be “protective” against suicide, but “there are significant stressors,” she said.
Agriculture
Dairy Revenue Protection Program Informational Meetings offered by UW-Extension this winter
WI State Farmer
University of Wisconsin-Extension will offer a number of meetings across the state for farmers interested in learning about the new Dairy Revenue Protection program, a new federal insurance tool, with a quarterly payout to dairy farms when milk revenue falls below their insured revenue level.
Community
Kids Fund grants help address the challenges of poverty
Capital Times
Neighborhood House got $2,000 for its program that pairs at-risk kids with UW-Madison college students to learn the advantages of higher education.
Arts & Humanities
Local author takes Madisonians back to the 1960s with new book
WKOW-TV 27
“This book covers the big issues that drove the decade,” said Levitan. “Civil rights, urban renewal, the growth of the University of Wisconsin, the efforts to build a civic auditorium [Monona Terrace], and the student anti-war protests.”
Health
WisContext: Rethinking Treatment Of Traumatic Brain Injuries Among Children With Disabilities
Wiscontext
Quoted: Walton O. Schalick III noted concerns about the use of CT scans to evaluate traumatic brain injuries in children at a Wednesday Nite @ the Lab lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Nov. 8, 2017. The talk, which looked more broadly at changing approaches to treating disabilities among children, was recorded for Wisconsin Public Television’s “University Place.”
Self-weighing, self-awareness may prevent holiday weight gain
Reuters
Few randomized controlled trials have studied effective programs to combat the year-end bloat, noted Dale Schoeller of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, who wasn’t involved in the study.
Athletics
Wisconsin’s Dana Rettke earns first-team All-America honors
Wisconsin State Journal
Three members of the University of Wisconsin volleyball team earned All-American honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association, the organization announced Wednesday.
Badgers running back Jonathan Taylor becomes Wisconsin’s 10th NCAA unanimous All-American
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor joined elite company Wednesday by earning first-team All-American honors from the American Football Coaches Association.
UW Experts in the News
It ain’t over when it’s over: In Michigan, Wisconsin and elsewhere, losers seek to undermine election results
Los Angeles Times
Quoted: “This is about as fundamental as it gets,” said Howard Schweber, a professor of political science and legal studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. “The way people lose faith in political institutions is when it seems they’re no longer governed by constitutional principles but government by capture — to the victor go the spoils.”
The new math
Capital Times
Much of the data efforts used in MMSD revolve around predictive analytics, according to UW-Madison School of Education professor Rich Halverson. “Predictive analytics is where you try to use records of student performance to predict where they’re going to be so you can reach out to students and intervene,” said Halverson, who serves as the associate dean for innovation, outreach and partnerships.
UW-Madison Related
With record number of suicides in Wisconsin, focus turns to youth
La Crosse Tribune
UW-Madison’s Suicide Prevention Council, started in 2013, tries to assist students who need help and improve well-being on campus, Donovan said. Overall, college is considered to be “protective” against suicide, but “there are significant stressors,” she said.