“In the ancient world, there were other places people could have moved that were more resource-rich,” says Sissel Schroeder, an anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and co-author of the study. “In the modern world, we’re experiencing the same pressures but it’s becoming more difficult to find resource-rich areas that aren’t already occupied by humans.”
February 27, 2019
Top Stories
New UW health services director a national leader in college health
UW-Madison’s new director of University Health Services brings a national reputation to campus.
Research
Human Food Might Be Making Bears Age Faster
We found that the strongest driver of these telomere patterns across the state of Colorado were not these individual characteristics, it was the environmental characteristics,” said Jonathan Pauli, a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher involved in the study.
Wet weather, milkweed and more help drive insect trends in 2018
Every year, the University of Wisconsin Insect Diagnostic Lab receives thousands of samples and reports from around the state and region, providing a unique perspective into insect and other arthropod trends in Wisconsin and beyond.
Why It’s Difficult To Gauge The Effects Of Wisconsin’s FoodShare Work Rules
Those recommendations are part of a policy paper by graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs.
Higher Education/System
Tony Evers’ first budget sets up fight with Republicans
HIGHER EDUCATION: Evers plans to continue a tuition freeze at the University of Wisconsin for at least two years, boost funding by $150 million and allow for immigrants living in the U.S. illegally to pay in-state tuition. Republicans oppose the immigrant in-state tuition plan, a version of which they stripped from state law in 2011.
Campus life
College Republicans host Sen. Kooyenga to discuss value of education
Kooyenga says choice of school is an important aspect in closing achievement gap.
Remembering UW’s Black Student Strike Of 1969
“We wanted to get people to pay attention to us,” said Hines. “This was all about young people trying to get an education.”
State news
National Guard looking at possible punishment for Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s criticism of Wisconsin governor
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison law and political science professor Donald Downs, who studies free speech issues, said he knows of no exceptions in state law that would allow off-duty National Guard personnel to criticize the government.
Editorial: Keep tuition freeze, boost funding for UW System
The Democratic governor told the Associated Press in Sunday’s State Journal that he planned to freeze in-state, undergraduate tuition in his 2019-2021 budget proposal. UW tuition for state residents has been flat since 2013, thanks to former Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
Extension
Entrepreneurs invest $101 million with guidance from Small Business Development Centers
The centers provide entrepreneurs with new or existing businesses personalized consulting services to start, manage and grow their businesses. The program was founded in 1980 and in Wisconsin is part of UW Extension.
Arts & Humanities
New & Noteworthy
GLOSS By Rebecca Hazelton. (University of Wisconsin, paper, $14.95.) Hazelton’s poems cast a teasing light over the surface sheen of social norms, the playacting in every relationship: “Let’s pretend to be with other people,” one ends, “until we’re with other people.” But beneath their own witty surfaces, the poems also brim with loss and serious moral inquiry.
Health
UHS appoints Jake Baggott as new executive director
Baggott to bring diverse experiences to role as first-generation college student, veteran.
Athletics
A Wisconsin runner won a Big Ten track championship while shouting encouragement to her teammate
The announcer called Alicia Monson the “fastest coach at this meet.”
Monson, a junior on the University of Wisconsin women’s track and field team from Amery, won the Big Ten championship in the 5,000 meters in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Saturday, crossing the finish line in 16 minutes, 18.63 seconds.
Opinion
Socialism Is Back
Health care should be affordable for all. Education shouldn’t be followed by a debt hangover, decadeslong. The disenfranchised need to have the opportunity to succeed.That’s what young people mean by socialism.—Matthew Ingebritson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, finance, investment and banking
Column: As UW’s buildings crumble, so might its reputation as a prestigious learning institution
After catastrophic flooding around campus, it is clear that UW must allocate more money to stronger infrastructure.
Business/Technology
Wisconsin Hemp Scientific’s Testing and Processing
The trio has been friends since middle school and launched their first business, Greek Street food cart, while still in college at UW-Madison. As their graduation approached, they knew they wanted to start another business on a larger scale.
UW Experts in the News
North Carolina election fraud: Mitch McConnell’s dishonest spin
Quoted: “If the rationale were to prevent voter fraud, it would focus on absentee ballots,” said Barry Burden from the University of Wisconsin-Madison at the time. “The consensus is fraud is more common among mail ballots.”
Should American Libel Law Be Revisited? 1 Political Scientist’s Take
Quoted: Howard Schweber, First Amendment expert and professor of political science and legal studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recently spoke with Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Central Time” host Rob Ferrett about the case.
National Guard probing congressman’s criticism of governor
University of Wisconsin-Madison law and political science professor Donald Downs, who studies free speech issues, said he knows of no exceptions in state law that would allow off-duty National Guard personnel to criticize the government.
‘Too much milk’: Production is up, prices are down and farmers are in crisis
But political inaction, factory farms and tariffs are merely the symptoms of a problem that lies at the heart of Litkea’s troubles. Brian Gould, a recently retired University of Wisconsin-Madison agricultural economics professor, summed it up in four words:
Obituaries
Perry Wolff, Award-Winning TV News Documentarian, Dies at 97
He earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the University of Wisconsin and served in the Army during World War II in Europe, where he was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge.
Muzik, Edward J. Sr.
As executive secretary of TAUWP, Ed, along with many others throughout the state, played a central role in a nearly 40-year effort to win collective bargaining rights for faculty and academic staff in the UW-System.
Nesbit, Richard A. “Dick”
For 37 years, he worked for UW-Madison in Poultry Research, and 29 of those years at the University Turkey Farm in Arlington.
Hicks, Marilyn Agnes
She was appointed head of the Business School Library at UW-Madison, a position she held for many years. In 1991, she moved to the Memorial Library where she served as bibliographer for higher education and transportation until her retirement in 2014.