UW-Madison will open Wisconsin’s first Prevention Research Center this fall, thanks to a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
UW to open Prevention Research Center
Wisconsin State Journal
April 16, 2019
Top Stories
Higher Education/System
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan to lecture at Notre Dame
Former U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan is joining the University of Notre Dame faculty and will be a guest lecturer in political science and economics.
Campus life
Wisconsin Athletics commits to limited trial run for hand rails at Camp Randall Stadium
Wisconsin State Journal
Responding to fan requests for hand rails in aisles of the seating sections at Camp Randall Stadium, the University of Wisconsin athletic department has launched a test project for next season.
Crime and safety
Apartment building evacuated during early morning fire
NBC-15
UW-Madison reached out to any students living in the building, to assess their needs.
Lit candle ignites fire at Madison apartment building; 1 person displaced, fire officials say
WISC-TV 3
The occupant suffered minor injuries but didn’t seek emergency medical care, the fire department said.
Community
Local partnership helps give back to the community
NBC-15
The relationship between Porchlight, a nonprofit that works with the homeless, and the Wisconsin Union started about a year and a half ago. Both groups said so far, it has been a huge success.
Alder-elect first woman to represent district 8 in over 20 years
NBC-15
The 19-year-old freshman at UW-Madison is studying philosophy and political science. Reddy said she had heard the District 8 seat might be opening before she arrived at UW, and after encouragement from a friend, decided to run.
Arts & Humanities
Fewer than 2% of British children’s authors are people of colour
The Guardian
The UK only began to track diversity in children’s books last year. In the US, where the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has tracked diversity statistics for years, campaigners recently pointed to a “seismic shift” in representation, with the number of children’s books featuring African-American characters more than doubling over the last 10 years, and the number featuring Asians more than tripling.
UW-Madison’s Yiddish Music Cylinders Added To National Recording Registry
Wisconsin Public Radio
UW-Madison’s music library is home to wax cylinders holding the oldest known recordings of Yiddish songs, made between 1901-1905. We talk to a librarian about the music, which is now part of the National Recording Registry.
Health
Supply of new, highly effective shingles vaccine ‘day to day’ as demand surges
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: The first vaccine provides some protection from the disease.
“But we don’t know how much because it wasn’t studied,” said Jeremy Smith, an internist and associate professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
UW Health is giving the vaccine to patients with an appointment with their physician as opposed to people who call wanting just the vaccine.
Anesthesia nightmare: what it feels like to wake up during surgery
The Independent
General anaesthesia, in contrast, aims to do just that, creating an unresponsive drug-induced coma or controlled unconsciousness that is deeper and more detached from reality even than sleep, with no memories of any events during that period. As Robert Sanders, an anaesthetist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, puts it: “We’ve apparently ablated this period of time from that person’s experience.”
Athletics
Camp Randall railings to be installed on limited basis for 2019 football season
WKOW-TV 27
UW Athletics will begin installing railings in Camp Randall Stadium in two aisles in an effort to assess the viability of doing so in other parts of the facility.
Madison’s pro soccer team to break in home field with exhibition game Tuesday night
WISC-TV 3
Madison’s new professional soccer team will be playing at its home field Tuesday night in a friendly exhibition game. Forward Madison FC will be taking on the University of Wisconsin Madison men’s soccer team.
Opinion
Foxconn announces protest center in Madison
Isthmus
Taiwanese flat screen maker Foxconn has announced that it is purchasing a building on the Capitol Square to make it easier for local protesters to gather at the building to denounce the $4 billion subsidy for the company, its skirting of environmental regulations and its history of backing out on its agreements.
Editorial Agenda 2019: Trees in the city
WISC-TV 3
A new study, co-authored by a UW Madison professor, finds trees play a big role in keeping towns and cities cool. That’s important for humans, but it’s also important for other organisms essential to life.
Column: Increased funding for computer science will prove beneficial for Wisconsin
Badger Herald
As universities struggle to keep up with increasing demand for computer science, government has a duty to fund these programs.
Business/Technology
What’s on MPR News
Minnesota Public Radio News
Guests: Julie Margetta Morgan, a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, specializing in college affordability and finance issues; Fenaba Addo, assistant professor of consumer science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Obituaries
Jonathan Wolman, Detroit News Editor, Former AP Exec, Dies
New York Times
Wolman attended the University of Colorado for two years before transferring to the University of Wisconsin’s main campus in Madison, where he received his bachelor’s degree in 1972.