The declining lake trends ice are one way to show Wisconsin residents the different influences and economic effects climate change can have on a community, said John Magnuson, aquatic ecologist and emeritus director of the Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “We are losing winter as we knew it,” Magnuson said. “We are degrading our sense of place.”
Quoted: “Stress makes us choose more energy-dense foods, more comfort food,” says Myoungock Jang, one of the researchers and a University of Wisconsin–Madison nursing professor, in the press release. “When young kids are exposed to this kind of food environment, that influences the eating patterns they are learning.”
“We saw these areas where everything was combusted and we hadn’t seen that previously,” says Turner, a professor of integrative biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has closely studied Yellowstone’s response to fire since 1988. “That was surprising.”
Researchers from the UW School of Medicine and Public Health worked with more than 2,700 players from 88 high schools around the Midwest. They found that players who wore headgear were just as likely to get a concussion as those who did not.
Motorists on Highway 182 last week may have glimpsed three men working to construct a small, science-fictionesque device in a field off the road. Measuring about 10 feet high, this gangly structure will soon be part of an international atmospheric research project slated to take place this summer.Funded by the National Science Foundation, the project will build upon the nearly 30 years worth of atmospheric data gathered at the WLEF-TV tall tower, located about 10 miles east of Park Falls. Quotes AOS Professor Ankur Desai.
Kim Phúc, 56, will speak at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., on June 8 at 5:30 p.m. The photographer, Nick Ut, will also be there to speak about his Pulitzer-prize photo.
University of Wisconsin junior Dana Rettke has been named to the 14-player roster for the U.S. Women’s National Team that will open play in the FIVB Volleyball Nations League in Ruse, Bulgaria.
Quoted: At a time when two out of every three undergraduates enroll in a two-year or four-year degree program within 25 miles of their home, according to the Department of Education data, Nick Hillman, associate professor of educational leadership and policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says it’s time policymakers and politicians begin paying attention to geography inequality, one of the most overlooked aspects of college access and opportunity.
“I had a great experience at [the] UW. There was one woman in particular, Dr. Colleen Capper, who really left an impression on me, and I will never forget her class. It has the most impact on me,” Greendeer explains.
