The Wisconsin State Climatology Office on the UW-Madison campus said Lakes Mendota and Monona opened on Sunday and Lake Wingra opened on Thursday.
Ice out! Madison lakes deemed open by State Climatology Office
Wisconsin State Journal
April 3, 2019
Research
Meteotsunami forecasting efforts underway in light of recent research
Badger Herald
A meteotsunami, generated by a 15-minute storm, caused the deaths of seven people at Lake Michigan in 2003, the Sea Grant Institute at the University of Wisconsin reported.
Higher Education/System
Without recommendations from Evers’ budget, future of UW System renovations remains uncertainty
Daily Cardinal
Major UW System projects include a new UW-Milwaukee chemistry building, phase two of a construction project on a UW-La Crosse science center and System-wide renovations and technology upgrades as well as utility improvements.
Campus life
UW Arboretum ranks as a national ‘historic place’
Anyone who has hiked, biked or skied through the University of Wisconsin Arboretum will register memories, whether they are of the fragrant explosion of lilac blossoms in spring, the brilliant crimsons and ambers of autumn leaves or the hardy conifers, heavy with snow.
Panel of diverse political perspectives discuss Green New Deal, issue of climate change
Badger Herald
Members of student political organizations debated most effective means to combatting climate change.
UW professor of Norwegian details country’s food culture, high standard of living
Badger Herald
Peggy Hager discusses Norway’s food, history in relation to prosperous country.
State news
Rhodes-Conway ousts longtime Madison Mayor Soglin
AP
Rhodes-Conway is managing director of the Mayors Innovation Project at University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center on Wisconsin Strategy. She promoted change such as using an affordable housing fund to fix up existing housing stock along with several green initiatives
Crime and safety
Burglary reported at Sellery Hall, UWPD currently investigating
Badger Herald
Suspect may have entered additional rooms Friday beyond those reported, police say.
Agriculture
Heart of the Farm Conference for Farm Women to be Held in Merrill
Antigo Times
Heart of the Farm-Women in Agriculture workshop is a University of Wisconsin-Madison, Division of Extension program committed to addressing the needs of farm women by providing education on farm business topics, connecting them with agricultural resources and creating support networks.
Opinion
Tom Still: Blending research, entrepreneurial spirit
Chippewa Herald
Through what has been named The Isthmus Project, Mackie and others connected to UW Health will offer a set of coordinated services to innovators in the health-care space.
How to cut child poverty in half
Brookings
Other countries have demonstrated that where there is a will, there is a way to accomplish this goal. Without strong action by policymakers, poverty and its inevitable consequences will continue to impose great costs on children, families, and the nation.
–Ron Haskins is the Cabot Family chair and a senior fellow in economics at the Brookings Institution. Timothy Smeeding is the Lee Rainwater professor of public affairs and economics at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Column: Perfect is not the enemy of good: UW must do better to improve sexual assault reporting
Badger Herald
Rejection of Callisto software on basis of imperfection jeopardizes students, ignores the software’s many benefits.
Column: Hate speech is free speech — it’s time that changes
Badger Herald
President Donald Trump’s recent executive order prompts discussion on free expression vs. diversity on campus.
UW Experts in the News
How these scam ads promoting fake tax breaks prospered on Facebook
AP
Quoted: “This is definitely concerning — definitely, it’s misinformation,” said Young Mie Kim, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor who studied 5 million Facebook ads during the 2016 elections. “I keep telling people: We don’t have any basis to regulate such a thing.”
Spring cleaning fever? Channel it into a reorganized, safety-minded kitchen
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: “When you do store things, the information the manufacturer provides can be really important,” said Barb Ingham, who as professor and food science extension specialist for the University of Wisconsin fields questions about food safety from around the state. “The shelf dating is really important … to getting the most for the money you spent for that product,” she said. “You’ll get the most quality for what you consume if you follow that date.
Obituaries
Charles Sanna, Man Behind Swiss Miss Cocoa, Dies at 101
The New York Times
After graduating with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1939, Charles began his career working for a United States Steel subsidiary in Gary, Ind.
Melder, June M.
Madison.com
June worked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for over 40 years and was awarded Emeritus status upon leaving.
UW-Madison Related
Madison ‘Mayor for Life’ Paul Soglin loses election in what could be his last race
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Now 73, Soglin first entered Madison city politics in 1968 when he was in college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison after gaining national notoriety as a student protesting the Vietnam War.