According to Karen Strier, a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison , feces throwing is not that normal of an occurrence in primates, especially in the wild.
Science Explains Why Chimps Throw Their Feces
Medical Daily
July 29, 2019
Research
Thanks to science, parasite can have sex in mice, not just cats
Mirage News
In a study now online in the journal Public Library of Science Biology a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison peels back the mystery of why the parasite, which infects a wide range of mammals, including humans, can only have sex and reproduce in the intestines of cats.
Sun’s Puzzling Plasma Recreated in a Lab
Quanta Magazine
A research team at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, built each of these factors into their laboratory model. Inside a 3-meter-wide plasma containment chamber — the “Big Red Ball” — the team placed a cylindrical permanent magnet about 10 centimeters wide and 10 centimeters long.
Physicists Made a Hot Plasma Doughnut to Study Solar Wind
Wired
So, to supplement the data gleaned from satellites and space probes, physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently created a glowing, doughnut-shaped plasma, a respectable 10 feet in diameter, that behaves like a miniature version of the solar wind.
NIH requirements offer new hurdles for fetal tissue researchers
Inside Higher Education
Researchers using fetal tissue faced another setback during the Trump administration as a notice from the National Institutes of Health spelled out new requirements for requesting grants for research involving the use of the tissue.
Cat-like lab mice created at UW could enhance study of parasite infection
Wisconsin State Journal
Now UW- Madison scientists have discovered why the parasite replicates sexually only in cat intestines. Using the new knowledge, they created cat-like lab mice to enable more research on the disease, a risk especially for pregnant women and people who eat undercooked meat.
Cannabis Culture
Washington Blade
Noted: African Americans in Wisconsin are four times more likely than whites to be arrested for violating marijuana possession laws, according to an analysis of 2018 arrest data by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.
Commenting on the state-specific study, University of Wisconsin-Madison sociology professor Pamela Oliver said: “The only possibility for these statistics to happen is for police to be stopping blacks more than whites. … We know the usage patterns are not different, so if you’re generating a difference in arrests, it has to be differential policing.”
Smith: Regional meeting raises profile, highlights challenges of CWD management
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Mike Samuel, UW-Madison professor emeritus, gave a presentation Tuesday titled “Lessons from 15-plus years of CWD Research in Wisconsin.” Since CWD is a frequency-dependent disease, Samuel said the only way to beat it is to reduce the prevalence in the population.
Higher Education/System
Republicans Seek To Alter Wisconsin Student Fee Voting Rules
Wisconsin Public Radio
Republican state legislators are recommending substantial changes to voting requirements for costly new facilities on University of Wisconsin System campuses.
Democrats unveil alternative to Republican bill package on UW campuses
Wisconsin State Journal
Democratic lawmakers on Friday released a package of University of Wisconsin System bills that reflect many of the same priorities of campus leaders.
The Real Cost Of College
WORT FM
Noted: First, she talks with professor Nicholas Hillman, an expert in higher education finance and a faculty affiliate of the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education(WISCAPE), to get a full picture of the cost of attendance, the generational divide when it comes to college, proposed solutions at the university and federal levels, and the importance of higher education for aspiring students.
Campus life
UW’s Chazen becomes first Madison museum to open seven days a week
The Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art announced this week that it will be expanding its hours to be open seven days a week starting September 3.
Madison launches campaign to make Downtown more accessible to people with disabilities
Wisconsin State Journal
The report found accessibility challenges in mobility, public transportation, private businesses, community events, parks and open spaces and semi-public spaces, including buildings owned by the state, city and UW-Madison.
Crime and safety
Man grabbed, robbed on Spring Street
Badger Herald
According to the incident report, the man was walking at around 1:30 a.m. when a partially masked man grabbed him and demanded he give him “anything he had.”
Credibility and consent at issue in sexual assault trial of former Badger Quintez Cephus
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sex among college students increasingly has raised debate about consent and assault, and that discussion becomes loudest when it involves a high-profile athlete.
Such is the case of Quintez Cephus, a former University of Wisconsin Badgers football player who goes on trial in Madison this week on charges he sexually assaulted two fellow students in the spring of 2018.
Arts & Humanities
Who repairs your busted books?
Noted: How does one become a book-repair expert? O’Hara’s path began at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she started on her master’s degree in 1990. While there, she began work in the preservation and conservation area in the basement of the library. She learned to triage and do everything from “tipping” an entire torn page into place to disassembling a book to wash the pages, then put it back together.
Health
Q&A: Dr. Petros Anagnostopoulos, chief pediatric heart surgeon at UW Hospital, discusses pediatric heart surgery and the importance of transparency
The Capital Times
Dr. Petros Anagnostopoulos, the chief surgeon at American Family Children’s Hospital, spoke to the Cap Times about his work, its challenges and how he strives to improve outcomes for patients.
Athletics
A Hartland native and Arrowhead High School grad will compete on the upcoming ‘America Ninja Warrior’
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: She left gymnastics for pole vaulting after her junior year, and committed to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she graduated in 2018. During college, she was a three-time Big Ten champion and two-time All-American, among many other accolades.
Opinion
Bob Holvenstot: UW, DNR not doing enough to clean up lakes
The Capital Times
Letter to the editor: The University of Wisconsin, Department of Natural Resources and a local fishing club seem to be more interested in either studying a dirty lake, promoting a “trophy” fishery or catching those trophy fish, at the expense of the general interest of residents, especially those who own shoreline property.
UW Experts in the News
Brian Hagedorn swearing-in illustrates power of appointments
Associated Press
Quoted: “You’d like to think you’ve got seven people sitting there and looking over the law and being fairly dispassionate about it. (Their decision) shouldn’t be predictable by someone who knows nothing about the law,” said Frank Tuerkheimer, an emeritus UW-Madison law professor who studies judicial ethics. “As we become more polarized, why shouldn’t appointment of judges be polarized, too? I would be surprised if it were otherwise.”
News media amplifies Trump tweets
WISN
UW-Madison journalism professor Mike Wagner says the more President Trump tweets and gets retweeted, the more media coverage he generates.
UW-Madison Related
Wisconsin grad Taylor Amann to compete on ‘American Ninja Warrior’
Journal Sentinel
She left gymnastics for pole vaulting after her junior year, and committed to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she graduated in 2018. During college, she was a three-time Big Ten champion and two-time All-American, among many other accolades.