The NIH granted Dhavan Shah and John Curtin $3.42 million to work on a mobile phone app. The app seeks to prevent relapse amongst those recovering from addiction.
UW professors receive NIH grant to develop app to fight opioid relapse
Badger Herald
September 5, 2019
Research
Higher Education/System
Former UW-Whitewater chancellor on paid leave, but officials won’t say why
Wisconsin State Journal
Beverly Kopper resigned Dec. 31 after allegations of her husband’s sexual harassment surfaced last fall. The University of Wisconsin System agreed to pay Kopper at her chancellor’s salary over an eight-month period this year — about $162,000 — as she prepared to return to a full teaching schedule this semester at a reduced salary.
Campus life
Some old, some new and some Beyonce: New era for UW Marching Band begins
Wisconsin State Journal
Expect a little Beyonce, Jonas Brothers and Adele during the UW Marching Band’s first halftime show under new band director Corey Pompey.
This land is their land
Isthmus
Beginning with a plaque dedication on June 18, Our Shared Future is a way for the university to move from “ignorance to awareness,” says UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank.
UW ranks 25th-best university in world, according to newly-released list
Badger Herald
According to newly-published rankings by the Center for World University Rankings, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is ranked the 25th best university in the world, up from 27th place last year.
Missing in Action Project recovers World War II soldiers, sends them home
Badger Herald
Wednesday, operations manager for the UW-Madison Missing in Action project Chris Zaczyk delivered a presentation about missing Wisconsin airmen from World War II. The purpose of the MIA project is to honor the sacrifice of unrecovered veterans.
Renovation Roundup: A changing picture of campus
Daily Cardinal
Whether you’re a bewildered freshman, tenured professor or a seasoned Badger double-checking your DARS report, campus may look a little different as you stroll through Madison in the late days of summer.
‘Not the beginning of a campaign, but the continuation’: TAA fights for higher pay, fee relief
Daily Cardinal
Around 100 graduate students and other supporters of TAA protested this morning on Bascom Hill against low pay, segregated fees, the international student fee and a lack of workplace policies — all of which TAA have been campaigning for years.
State news
Wisconsin Republicans renew fetal tissue research ban bill
WISC-TV 3
State Sen. Andre Jacque and Rep. Janel Brandtjen on Wednesday began circulating the latest bill, versions of which have failed in recent years given opposition from the University of Wisconsin, medical and research communities.
Crime and safety
Langdon Street random attack brings 7-year prison sentence for Madison man
Wisconsin State Journal
A random attack near the UW-Madison campus in February that left a woman with multiple facial fractures will send a Madison man to prison for seven years, to begin once he is done with other sentences he is already serving.
UWPD Revolutionizes Recruitment Efforts to Diversify Force
Madison365
Under the leadership of Chief Kristen Roman, UWPD has created a first-of-its-kind Diversity and Inclusion officer to head up recruitment for the Department.
Arts & Humanities
New UW Marching Band Director Corey Pompey meets media for the first time
NBC-15
When asked about “replacing” a legend (Mike Leckrone): “The honest answer is you don’t! There is only one Mike Leckrone, and I’d be doing the band a disservice and myself a disservice, if I tried to emulate him.
Meet the new UW Madison marching band director, Dr. Corey Pompey
WISC-TV 3
“For our first show, you can expect a little bit of Beyonce, The Killers, Jonas Brothers and Adele,” Pompey said. “All four of those tunes will be done in three and a half minutes, but we will touch each one of those things. The second show, we are planning to do a funk show.”
Chazen becomes most open museum in country
Daily Cardinal
“True accessibility starts with our doors being open,” said Director of Chazen Museum of Art Amy Gilman.
Health
ASM hears update on Nicholas Recreation Center construction
Badger Herald
Associate Director of Strategic Engagement and Wellbeing Alex Pierce said University Recreation and Wellbeing will focus on two main aspects for the new semester: providing support for students’ mental health, as well as food and nutrition education.
Opinion
Maps of Amazon fires show why we’re thinking about them wrong
The Washington Post
For weeks, we’ve seen headlines saying the Amazon rainforest is burning. But something unexpected happens when you map satellite data showing both the fires this year and those that have burned in the previous four years: The bulk of the forest remains almost entirely intact. –Tim Wallace has a PhD in geography from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and is currently a visual storyteller at Descartes Labs.
UW Experts in the News
Dorian set to be the 7th billion dollar hurricane in 4 years
Spectrum News 1
Quoted: Shane Hubbard, a researcher with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says the overall cost in damages from hurricanes in that time span for the U.S. Is more than $335 billion
Hurricane tracking technology is about to regress 30 years, thanks to 5G cell networks | Salon.com
Salon
Quoted: “There is going to have to be some sort of agreement between the telecommunications and weather enterprises on what is a viable strategy on what protects the interests of atmospheric observing compared to delivering data via 5G,” Jordan Gerth, an Honorary Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Space Science and Engineering Center, told Salon.