Noted: Lomax didn’t forget about Lori, and in 2015 he brought together the team of researchers who would publish the description, using crowdfunding to get them and the specimen to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a week of intense study in 2016.
Noted: Those bones, representing a partial skeleton, were used to name the new dinosaur Hesperornithoides miessleri today in the journal PeerJ. Described by University of Wisconsin-Madison paleontologist and artist Scott Hartman and colleagues, this dinosaur is categorized as an early member of a group of svelte, small, sickle-clawed dinosaurs known to experts as troodontids. These were raptor-like dinosaurs related to the group that contains more famous carnivores like Velociraptor, as well as the forerunners of birds.
Acetaminophen—the active ingredient in many Americans’ go-to pain reliever, Tylenol—typically stems from a surprising source: coal tar, a viscous liquid produced when oxygen-deprived coal is subjected to high heat.
Advancements in Artificial Intelligence are at its forefront. Almost every other day, some or the other jaw-dropping scientific research makes its way to the news headlines. From self-driving cars, a robot that can write articles to AI doctors and teachers, there’s hardly any area that hasn’t been touched by AI. And now another research by University of Wisconsin–Madison involved a way to create AI using nothing but a piece of glass. It neither requires a computer nor any electricity.
The University of Wisconsin System recently launched a proposal to form the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin using the collective water expertise of faculty at all 13 UW System campuses. Building on existing strengths, the UW System proposes to create the Freshwater Collaborative to allow students to pursue elite, cross-disciplinary, water-related studies at the 13 campuses. The collaborative would also bring local, regional and global research talent to Wisconsin to help meet the global, regional and local demand for a skilled water workforce that could solve water resource problems here and throughout the world.
A UW System budget proposal would require UW-Madison students to pay an additional $170 in student fees, an average of $209 more in housing fees and $50 more for the meal plan.
Sanford Biggers constantly looks for creative ways to spark challenging conversations through his painting, sculpture, video and live performances. Sanford, who is black, says art plays a vital role in promoting those conversations, especially when topics become volatile and uncomfortable to discuss.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been ordered to turn over records used in determining how millions of dollars in public health grants were awarded. UW-Madison must also pay legal fees accrued during a two-year battle by the university to keep the records private.
Quoted: “People purchase these expensive fruits to demonstrate how special their gifts are to the recipients, for special occasions or for someone socially important, like your boss,” Soyeon Shim, dean of the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told CNN in 2017.
Martin was inducted into sports halls of fame in high school and college. He served as a basketball referee for more than 25 years and as an assistant football coach for the University of Wisconsin under John Jardine.
She found her second family while working at UW Madison, TRIO program.
Milwaukee musician Trapper Schoepp released a music video featuring over 60 Wisconsin personalities for his song “On, Wisconsin,” which he co-wrote using Bob Dylan’s lyrics.
