A new study finds University of Wisconsin-Madison Division 1 athletes are in better mental shape than their classmates.
Study: UW athletes in better mental shape than classmates
Wisconsin State Journal
December 28, 2018
Top Stories
Wisconsin Badgers end down year on high note with impressive win over Miami Hurricanes
Wisconsin State Journal
Nothing that happened in the Pinstripe Bowl was going to erase the memories of a season that went awry for the University of Wisconsin football team, but that didn’t mean the Badgers had nothing to gain Thursday at Yankee Stadium.
Research
New weight loss device helps rats lose weight, could work in humans
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison may have discovered a new way to tackle worldwide obesity, a major risk factor for a plethora of chronic diseases, including diabetes, cancer and heart disease.
A new ‘Uber for Poop’ in Senegal is creating competition to pick up waste from people’s homes
Business Insider
Noted: Lipscomb said she and her team — Terence Johnson at the University of Notre Dame, Laura Schechter at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Jean-Francois Houde at the University of Wisconsin-Madison — did not set out to oversee the system long-term. The professors worked with an NGO and handed the project off to Senegal’s government after finishing their research in 2016.
WPR’s 10 Most-Read Stories Of 2018
Wisconsin Public Radio
Noted: List includes story about research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Waisman Center.
Adults living with autism spectrum disorder may face a higher risk of developing certain health issues — such as cardiovascular, respiratory and digestive problems — than the rest of the population.
Higher Education/System
UW System To Pay $6.3M To Satisfy Lenders In Bankruptcy Negotiations With UW-Oshkosh Foundation
Wisconsin Public Radio
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents and the University of Oshkosh Foundation have come to an agreement to stave off bankruptcy for the non-profit. When the deal is finalized in the coming months, the foundation will look to merge with another foundation on campus.
As he prepares to leave office, Scott Walker’s record on the Truth-O-Meter
Politifact
Noted: Fundamental changes made to the language describing the Wisconsin Idea in the University of Wisconsin System’s mission statement were the result of a “drafting error.”
In fact, Walker’s administration had insisted to UW System officials on making the changes, giving detailed instructions on passages to be removed from state law. And eventually Walker himself acknowledged that the UW System had objected to the changes before his budget was put into final form.
Campus life
Mandatory meal plans, Alec Cook sentenced: Here are the Cap Times’ most-read higher education stories of 2018
The Cap Times
December 2018 graduates have made it across the stage this month, putting away another eventful calendar year for higher education. These are the top higher education stories covered by the Cap Times.
State news
Tony Evers to appoint longtime Madison educator as next state schools chief
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Taylor, who was the agency’s first female black assistant state superintendent, moved to Wisconsin from Marks, Mississippi, to study elementary education at UW-Madison.
Arts & Humanities
19 movies with Wisconsin connections in 2018, from ‘Avengers’ to ‘Aquaman’
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Vying with Stockhausen for busiest Badger at the movies this year was Carrie Coon. The actress who got her start on stages at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and in Madison-area theater played small but key roles in three movies in theaters this year, also very different: “Widows,” the sci-fi thriller “Kin” and “Avengers: Infinity War” (as one of Thanos’ minions).
UW Experts in the News
Wisconsin Meteorologists, Supercomputer Team Up To Improve Weather Forecasts
WUWM
Noted: Brad Pierce, who directs the Space Science and Engineering Center at the UW-Madison, says you could also try to understand the difficulty by considering the mathematical models and resulting graphs that became known as the Lorenz Butterfly.
Former Oscar Mayer plant seen as possible location for regional food terminal facility
Journal Times
Noted: Lindsey Day Farnsworth, a postdoctoral researcher at the UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, said such a facility would reduce the barriers to entry for small- and medium-size growers to getting their products into the Madison area.
Live from Cap Times Idea Fest: Wisconsin’s environment and communities of color
The Cap Times
Panelists include Monica White, an assistant professor of with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Community and Environmental Sociology.
UW-Madison Related
Jean Toomer’s ‘Cane’ and the Ambiguity of Identity
The New York Review of Books
Noted: Toomer entered an agricultural program at the University of Wisconsin—where he was apparently taken by many for a Native American—but dropped out after only a year.
The Most Millennial Moments of 2018
Washingtonian
Noted: Emma Sarappo reported Sam Alhadeff, a newly minted University of Wisconsin-Madison alum, created a housing résumé to maneuver the veritable Tetris that is the DC housing game. The document extolled his “roommate perks,” like taking calls from his mother into another room, and language skills—he’s a natural at “reading the room.” Alhadeff successfully secured a home and 15 minutes of Washington, D.C. Housing, Rooms, Apartments, Sublets Facebook fame: His post now has over 1,600 likes and almost 200 comments.