“The students looked to create a prosthetic leg for Stubbs to create a little more mobility at home,” shop manager at UW Maker Space, Karl Williamson said.
Cat thrives with prosthetic legs from UW-Madison students
Spectrum 1
June 20, 2019
Research
Ho-Chunk Nation Digital Library Project Celebrates Its Third Year of Work
Madison365
The success of this project is primarily due to Omar Poler, instructor of the TLAM class at UW-Madison; Janice Rice, retired UW librarian and member of the Ho-Chunk Nation; and the students from the last three spring semesters’ TLAM classes.
Higher Education/System
New UW Regents president Drew Petersen discusses costs, research
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
What’s most important is that we demonstrate that a four-year degree adds to your earning potential.
Group aims to create interest-free student loan fund for Wisconsin college students
Wisconsin State Journal
People associated with the University of Wisconsin System, Madison Area Technical College and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, including former UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley and former UW System President Kevin Reilly, are on the group’s advisory board.
Faculty: State not funding UW tuition freeze means universities would have to make other cuts
WISC-TV 3
Judith Bursytn, the chair of UW-Madison’s chemistry department and a former president of the non-profit faculty group PROFS, said universities currently face problems recruiting and retaining faculty members because their salaries aren’t competitive.
New UW System Board of Regents president shares priorities for his term
NBC-15
“When I think about student success, I think about undergraduate research,” said Petersen. “We’ve been a leader but we know that when students have practical experience in their field of study, they’re career ready.”
Campus life
Some UW campuses raising pride flags, but not UW-Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
Several University of Wisconsin campuses have raised pride flags in celebration of LGBTQ Pride Month, but UW-Madison — often perceived as the most liberal of the 13 four-year campuses — will not.
Before Stonewall
Isthmus
Before “coming out” and “outing” were part of the gay dialogue, [UW-Madison] already had a decided policy. Getting caught as a homosexual could mean a notation on a student’s official transcript that the individual was “not entitled to honorable dismissal.”
Crime and safety
Man pleads guilty to taking 14-year-old girl from Tennessee to Madison for sex
Wisconsin State Journal
Rogers graduated from UW-Madison in December with a degree in atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Arts & Humanities
Market innovation
Isthmus
Noted: “There isn’t a huge market for studio art in Madison. I’ve sold one or two pieces in the last two years — my markets are Texas and New York,” says Michael Velliquette, an associate professor at UW-Madison who calls his work “paper sculpture.” His contributions to CSArt are small paper “meditation tools.”
Health
Shared decision-making could help you choose best medical treatment
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Johnson became part of a study at UW Health on what is known as shared decision-making — a process in which physicians and patients work together to help patients decide on the treatment options that best align with their priorities, concerns and values.
7-year-old girl stays strong while battling rare form of cancer
WISC-TV 3
The family went to their family doctor to get it checked out, and eventually they went to University of Wisconsin Health’s American Family Children Hospital.
Opinion
Editorial: Combat Blindness International
WISC-TV 3
For 35 years Combat Blindness International, headquartered here in Madison and founded by UW ophthalmologist Dr. Suresh Chandra, has been restoring sight to more than 360,000 people in five countries.
Monkey Cage: Why Facebook is pushing Libra
The Washington Post
Facebook is issuing Libra, a new electronic currency, and everyone is rushing to explain it; perhaps the best overall explanation comes from Bloomberg’s Matt Levine. Most of the commentary focuses, unsurprisingly, on the economics. Yet there is also a very important political economy story. Here’s what you need to know about the politics of Libra.
Business/Technology
Madison company to launch app that promises to ‘find the best music you’ve never heard of’
WISC-TV 3
Most of the team behind it graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison within the last year, and now, they’re working on getting the new app ready for emerging artists and fans across the country.
UW Experts in the News
Big Dairy Wants You to Know Vegan ‘Butter’ Isn’t Actual Butter
Washington Post
Quoted: Bob Bradley, a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison Department of Food Science and author of two books on the topic of butter, said in an interview that such products are mislabeled. “It is not butter,” he said flatly.
Census: Half of Wisconsinites over 40; white majority continues to shrink
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: The reason is large numbers of baby boomers are now in their mid-60s while younger people are simply having fewer babies, said Dan Veroff, outreach coordinator for the Applied Population Laboratory at UW-Madison.
Record late planting puts farmers in tough spot
NBC-15
Noted: Nick Baker, the Rock Co. agriculture agent for the UW-Madison extension service, said this could cause a ripple effect, as farming is not only a large employer for the region, but is also tied to what people ultimately see in the grocery store.
Professor develops new app for GPS tracking student attendance
Inside Higher Education
Noted: Universities already collect an extraordinary amount of information, said Alan Rubel, an associate professor in the Information School and Center for Law, Society and Justice at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
The flimsy promises of brain wearables
Axios
Noted: “There’s a bit of pulling the wool over people’s eyes, trying to talk up these products in a way that isn’t sincere and transparent,” says Karola Kreitmair, a medical ethics expert at the University of Wisconsin.
UW-Madison Related
Cuttlefish Arms Are Not So Different From Yours
New York Times
In an influential paper, Neil Shubin of the University of Chicago, Sean Carroll of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Cliff Tabin of Harvard University speculated that flies and vertebrates — and other animals with appendages — inherited this network of genes from a common ancestor.
The Deciders: Inside the Reuters Series on Some of America’s Most Politically Competitive Places
Reuters
Reuters gathered its data from state elections offices; the U.S. Census Bureau; the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank; and the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
Once fleeing for their lives, they now call Madison home: What it’s like to be a refugee
WISC-TV 3
Today, there are more than 15,000 refugees living in Wisconsin. Odds are, you’ve probably met some of them and don’t even know it. That’s the premise behind a town hall-style conversation happening Thursday at the Hillel building on the University of Wisconsin campus, which is located at 611 Langdon Street.