Clipsheet

May 20, 2019

Research

Building a Talent Pipeline: Who’s Giving Big for Data Science on Campus?

Posted on 5/20/2019

Inside Philanthropy

What is the “most promising job” in 2019 according to Tech Republic? If you answered “data scientist,” you’d be correct. The field saw a 56 percent increase in job openings in the U.S. over the past year. What’s more, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts businesses will create 11.5 million jobs in the data science/analytics area by 2026. Given this trend, it should come as no surprise that higher ed donors, ranging from alumni to institutional funders, are digging deep for university initiatives in this area.

How a parasitic fish could help us fight brain cancer and stroke

Posted on 5/20/2019

Medical News Today

A recent study, conducted by a team of scientists from University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Texas at Austin, has looked at a type of molecule from the immune system of lampreys, called “variable lymphocyte receptors” (VLRs).

Parasitic fish could help treat human brain disease

Posted on 5/20/2019

Cosmos

In a paper published in the journal Science Advances, scientists led by Eric Shusta from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, US, detail how molecules extracted from sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) – a common northern hemisphere jawless species – could be used to ferry medications to targets within the brain.

Parasitic Fish Compound Could Help Treat Cancer And Stroke

Posted on 5/20/2019

Coastal Ledger

A team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Texas at Austin used mouse models with brain cancer. Their findings now appear in the journal Science Advances.

Higher Education/System

Rep. Dave Murphy: Wisconsin Has Untapped Potential Among Out-Of-State Students

Posted on 5/20/2019

Wisconsin Public Radio

A Republican bill introduced in the Legislature last month is looking to offer financial incentives to out-of-state University of Wisconsin System graduates who stick around for at least two years following graduation.

Campus life

UW-Madison student poets reflect on competition success

Posted on 5/20/2019

Daily Cardinal

Despite the chaos that comes along with the end of the year, a few members of Uprise Poetry Collective, a group of student poets at UW-Madison, took time to reflect on their slam poetry season, which culminated in their success at the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational in Houston, Texas.

No UW campus requires students to have measles vaccine

Posted on 5/20/2019

Wisconsin State Journal

Not a single University of Wisconsin campus requires students to receive the measles vaccine, and just one of the 13 campuses requires students to submit immunization records.

New campus organization prepares UW students for music industry

Posted on 5/20/2019

Daily Cardinal

Recent graduate Jake Walczyk started Madison Industry for Madison Students to fill a void plaguing the music scene on campus. He asked himself why this club was needed on campus and what purpose should it serve.

State news

Rep. Dave Murphy: Wisconsin Has Untapped Potential Among Out-Of-State Students

Posted on 5/20/2019

Wisconsin Public Radio

A Republican bill introduced in the Legislature last month is looking to offer financial incentives to out-of-state University of Wisconsin System graduates who stick around for at least two years following graduation.

Crime and safety

Several incidents near State Street result in busy weekend for MPD

Posted on 5/20/2019

Badger Herald

The Madison Police Department responded to several incidents downtown this weekend, from a weapons violation to a sexual assault.

Woman beaten in downtown disturbance, police say

Posted on 5/20/2019

WKOW-TV 27

Madison police are investigating a situation that happened early Sunday morning near UW-Madison’s campus.

Agriculture

Summer’s coming, and drinking pink – some from Wisconsin – is a sweet (or dry) way to stay cool

Posted on 5/20/2019

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Quoted: Just how are red grapes turned into pastel-colored wine? We asked Nick Smith, University of Wisconsin Associate Outreach Specialist and Instructor of Wine Science.

“The most traditional version would be to take your red fruit and lightly press it or macerate it for a very short time on the skins to get a hint of color,” he said, noting that longer skin contact will give a deeper color. “And then you ferment it like you would any white wine.”

Dairy research could be bipartisan — Donald Miner

Posted on 5/20/2019

Wisconsin State Journal

It may be that more money needs to be appropriated to research at University of Wisconsin System campuses to help the struggling dairy industry. But state Sen. Howard Marklein, R-Spring Green, and 27 other Republicans have taken a partisan path to address the problem.

Arts & Humanities

‘It’s impossible to turn away from this job’: photographer Lynsey Addario on what drives her into danger

Posted on 5/20/2019

CBC News

The most dangerous places on the planet exert an irresistible pull on Lynsey Addario.

Health

‘I Needed A Drink When I Got Home’

Posted on 5/20/2019

Wisconsin Public Radio

Noted: Linsey Steege, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, studies how to improve the health, safety and performance of health professionals. Her work points to what she calls the “supernurse” phenomenon.

Jessie Opoien: Access to health care versus access to fresh food is a false choice

Posted on 5/20/2019

[R]ather than abruptly canceling contracts with local suppliers, UW Health should have taken an approach similar to the city of Madison’s response to SSM Health’s plans — seeking ways to avoid an unnecessary choice.

Athletics

‘There’s a lot that goes into this’: Devil’s Lake hosts Big Ten Rowing Championships for first time

Posted on 5/20/2019

WISC-TV 3

For the past year or so, organizers have been working with park staff to prepare Wisconsin’s busiest state park for the 2019 Big Ten Women’s Rowing Championships. It’s the first time the event has been outside Indianapolis since 2010.

From drones to internet, putting on Big Ten rowing championships at Devil’s Lake brings logistics hurdles

Posted on 5/20/2019

Wisconsin State Journal

Bringing the Big Ten Conference women’s rowing championships to Devil’s Lake State Park on Sunday is the culmination of years of wishing, hoping and planning on the part of University of Wisconsin officials.

Business/Technology

Pioneered by UW professor, microgrids enable energy independence, resiliency

Posted on 5/20/2019

Wisconsin State Journal

It’s a self-contained electric system that can seamlessly connect and disconnect from the main power grid, said Bob Lasseter, the UW-Madison professor who coined the term in the early 2000s.

UW Experts in the News

PolitiFact Florida Did voter suppression keep Andrew Gillum, Stacey Abrams out of office?

Posted on 5/20/2019

Politifact Florida

Record turnout shows more voters were interested in the election, said Barry Burden, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor. It isn’t proof about whether voter suppression occurred.

Earthquake WARNING: Earth’s rotation is SLOWING and it will lead to MAJOR tremors

Posted on 5/20/2019

Express.Co.Uk

Quoted: Professor of geoscience Stephen Meyers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said: “As the moon moves away, the Earth is like a spinning figure skater who slows down as they stretch their arms out.”

Stuck in detention: For immigrants without lawyers, justice is hard to find

Posted on 5/20/2019

At the Chicago Immigration Court, the median bond in 2018 was $5,000. Erin Barbato, the director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic at the University of Wisconsin Law School, said much higher bonds are not uncommon.

American life is improving for the lowest paid

Posted on 5/20/2019

The Economist

Noted: One study in Wisconsin suggests that caretakers, for example, took home over $12 an hour by last year, so were only just getting back to their (real) average earnings achieved in 2010. Expansion at the bottom of the labour market “is finally pulling some wages up. But it’s certainly been much slower in this boom than any other,” argues Tim Smeeding, a poverty expert at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison. He describes “capital winning over labour” for several decades, and expects the trend to continue, given weak unions, more automation and other trends.

UW-Madison Related

New Collaboration with Virgil Abloh: “Pioneer DJ c/o Virgil Abloh™”

Posted on 5/20/2019

Associated Press

Born in Rockford, Illinois U.S.A. in 1980 – Virgil Abloh is an artist, architect, and fashion designer. After earning a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he completed a Master’s degree in Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

‘It’s impossible to turn away from this job’: photographer Lynsey Addario on what drives her into danger

Posted on 5/20/2019

CBC News

Lynsey Addario graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1995 with a degree in international relations and Italian. With no formal photography training, she started taking pictures a year later.