Researchers at UW-Madison are helping future astronauts get a better night sleep.
Better sleep in space? Madison researchers help future astronauts
WISC-TV 3
August 28, 2019
Research
Higher Education/System
Classroom ‘exodus’: Education schools grapple with finding the next generation of teachers as more leave the profession
The Capital Times
While UW-Madison’s teacher education program has a large market share among the state’s preparatory programs due to its size, the number of students earning teaching degrees declined by 25 percent between 2010 and 2016, according to data compiled in a 2018 paper by researchers at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
Wisconsin school removes ad with crime tape, black student
AP
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has apologized for an ad that depicts a black criminal justice student with crime scene tape wrapped around her neck.
Campus life
Luxury student housing worsening socioeconomic divide in higher ed
Hechinger Report
A 1926 brochure for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, cited in the book, described two new quadrangle-style dormitories as places where “the son of banker and farmer will find mutual understanding.”
UW Cinematheque provides the cure to the summer movie blahs
The Capital Times
The start of fall means movies with a little more substance to them, usually. That’s especially true in Madison, because when the University of Wisconsin-Madison is back in session, the UW Cinematheque fall season begins.
What happened to Witte?! Inside the 2.5 year, $53 million renovation of a popular UW residence hall
WISC-TV 3
Two and a half years and $53 million later, you’d never know Witte Hall was built in 1964. Its new amenities, from top-of-the-line WiFi to new furniture and air conditioning, are not only on par with the UW-Madison’s newest dorms but rival luxury student housing.
Health
Hot Toddy: Can This Home Remedy Really Cure Your Cold?
Men's Health
Hot liquids help move mucus and germs out of your system. They “increase the mucociliary clearance rate,” explains Bruce Barrett, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the department of family medicine and community health at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Basically, it helps your body sweep mucus and germs out of your body.
UW Experts in the News
The Amazon Is on Fire, but Earth Has Plenty of Oxygen
The Atlantic
Shanan Peters, a geologist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, is working to understand just how it was that our lucky planet ended up with this strange surplus of oxygen. At a presentation in June, at the North American Paleontological Convention in Riverside, California, he pulled up a somewhat unusual slide.
First day of school: Teaching jobs go unfilled at rural schools
USA Today
Quoted: In fact, said University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher Peter Goff, who has studied teacher retention in rural areas, educators value strong support systems, good school leadership and welcoming communities just as much as higher pay.
Reminder: Make sure your kids’ immunizations up to date ahead of new school year
WISC-TV 3
Quoted: “It’s extremely important for all children who are eligible to receive vaccines because the vaccines actually protect them from disease and also protect others,” said Dr. Jeannina Smith, infectious disease specialist from the UW-Madison.
Obituaries
Hoveland, Dorothy A. “Dottie”
Wisconsin State Journal
She worked as a waitress at the Memorial Union Rathskeller and then for the University of Wisconsin-Ag Sciences as an accountant for 30 years.
UW-Madison Related
$550,000 Homes in Vermont, Wisconsin and North Carolina
New York Times
It is on the edge of Hoyt Park in the Sunset Hill neighborhood, less than 10 minutes southwest of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and downtown.