This irony is documented in a newly published study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers Benjamin Zuckerberg and Jennifer McCabe. Their research focused on the city of Chicago.
House Republicans on Thursday worked to build a case for the Trump administration to stop federal funding of research on tissue from aborted fetuses while Democrats brandished a scientist’s letter that undercut the GOP claims. The letter was authored by Matthew Brown, a researcher at the University of Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.
The artists call it “the glory hole.” It’s one of three furnaces essential for glassmaking, used to reheat glass while a piece is being worked on. On this late November day, inside the Glass Lab on North Frances Street, the glory hole is burning at 2,150 degrees Fahrenheit. The door is open and the inside glows a molten orange. Helen Lee, assistant professor of UW-Madison’s art glass program, stands next to it, holding a blowpipe with a partially-made goblet at the end of it.
He has authorized students to bring in controversial conservative figures, such as commentator Katie Pavlich, when other faculty would not.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police shared an image of text included in one of the hoax messages, which included, ” There is an explosive device (lead azide) in the building where your company is conducted.”
Valerie Donovan, the Suicide Prevention Coordinator for UW-Madison University Mental Health Services, says the numbers can be scary. “They really show this issue and we’ve seen from the numbers that they are trending up,” said Donovan.
Restorative justice is a reconciliation method that seeks mediation between offenders and victims when a crime has been committed. The overall goal of restorative justice is to allow all parties–including the community as a whole–to heal from crime. State Senator Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee) joins us to talk about why she’d like to see restorative justice implemented more broadly in Wisconsin. And Jonathan Scherrer, Director of the Restorative Justice Project at the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Frank J. Remington Center, gives us a broad look at the method.
Quoted: Stephen Lucas, a UW-Madison professor specializing in politics, rhetoric and culture, sees the political messaging as an attempt to “give a veneer of legality or legislative propriety” to what is effectively a power grab — and, like gerrymandering and voter ID laws, an attempt to further disenfranchise Democratic voters.
“Politicians have never been known for logical consistency, or a high degree of truthfulness, or a high degree of transparency,” he says. “We shouldn’t expect total consistency from either party, but it seems to be particularly brazen in these cases.”
Tara Tschillard and Lydia Roussos, employees at Wisconsin Public Radio and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, were also thrilled to rediscover the show had a second life online. They recently reminisced over some of the show’s quirky details.
