Led by wildlife ecologist David Drake at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, these researchers have observed behavior that suggests the critters may be more prone to peaceful coexistence than are their highly competitive peers in the state’s hinterlands.
September 20, 2019
Research
Scientists invented an electric baseball hat to reverse male baldness
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and Shenzhen University actually developed the electrical stimulation device not the hat. What’s amazing about it is that it’s small enough to fit inside a regular baseball hat, doesn’t use batteries, and actually works.
Hillary Clinton way off, again, on Wisconsin voter ID
The University of Wisconsin conducted a study that could be what Clinton relied on for the low end of the range. It involved a survey of 293 registered voters who didn’t vote in Dane and Milwaukee counties in the 2016 election.
Why are America’s students so bad with money? Ask their teachers…
Most high-school educators have backgrounds teaching subjects other than personal finance, so it’s no surprise that research like one 2010 University of Wisconsin–Madison study shows few teachers possess the confidence to teach the subject, even though a majority are willing to learn
Is Reversing Baldness Really As Easy As Wearing a Hat?
Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison developed a noninvasive, low-cost hair-growth-stimulating technology unobtrusive enough to fit under a cap.
Balding reversed by tiny wearable device that zaps your head with gentle electric pulses
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a low-cost growth-stimulating technology that reverses balding.
Baseball cap that zaps your scalp could REVERSE male balding
The team, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, tested it out on the back’s of shaved lab rats and found that when they moved it caused the flexible patch to bend and stretc
Growing hair on bald heads with electric tech may soon be easy
Reversing baldness could someday be as easy as wearing a hat, thanks to a noninvasive, low-cost hair-growth-stimulating technology, according to engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
WCER launches $1.5 million study of 6 Historically Black Colleges and Universities
A new partnership with the United Negro College Fund and UW-Madison’s Counseling Psychology Department will be studying internship programs at six Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) that have a high number of STEM graduates.
Higher Education/System
UW- La Crosse receives largest donation in school history for economics program
UWL Chancellor Joe Gow announced the $2.1 million gift from the Menard family at the Community Council meeting.
Campus life
UW must take holistic approaching to address negative aspects of Greek life
If the university wants to truly change something about the way Greek life operates at the university, it first needs to realize the impact that sororities and fraternities have on campus culture. Many traditions involving hazing, recruitment and drinking in fraternities and sororities have become normalized by the entire UW community.
Madison’s mysterious tales and oddities
A sculpture without an origin, hauntings in a popular brewpub, a deadly corner, unidentified flying objects, a town that no longer exists and a team of paranormal investigators; Madison is a city laced with mystery and intrigue. Whether it can be seen, understood or believed is up to you. Try not to get spooked by some of the stories you read.
Arts & Humanities
Inside look at the new Hamel Music Center at UW-Madison
I want my students to feel like they’re in a space that acknowledges that they are musicians and artists and they deserve to have spaces that sound good to them and are pleasing for their audiences,” Susan Cook, Director of the Mead Witter School of Music at UW-Madison, said.
Green Card Voices: Book release celebrates Madison, Milwaukee immigrant students
The Madison public book launch is from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday night at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education, where the Memorial students featured will read their stories and meet with audience members.
Athletics
Yes, to Save the World, Wisconsin Really Needs to Beat Michigan
I don’t need to tell you that my alma mater, Wisconsin, plays Michigan in college football on Saturday, and the fate of the planet—or at least my petty psyche—is dependent on Wisconsin winning, preferably by at least 17 touchdowns.
7 College Football Travel Destinations Worth Visiting
Camp Randall Stadium is the oldest stadium in the Big 10 conference and home to the Wisconsin Badgers.
Limited number of tickets available for Saturday’s Badgers vs. Michigan game
More Badger fans have something to jump around for. On Thursday, UW-Madison announced a limited quantity of tickets are being released for the previously sold out game.
Game on: UW-Madison and University of Michigan gardens make wager on football game
In a Facebook post, Allen Centennial Garden, a botanical garden on the UW-Madison campus, made a bet with the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum at the University of Michigan about which university’s football team will win the game.
UW Experts in the News
Denisovan face and body reconstruction uses DNA methylation
Quoted: University of Wisconsin anthropologist John Hawks, who was not involved with this research, endorsed this group’s investigation of ancient DNA methylation and called them pioneers of the technique. “It’s a line of investigation that I want to see people pursue,” he said.
This is almost certainly not what Denisovans looked like
Quoted: “Today we cannot predict very much about a person’s bone morphology,” says John Hawks of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
How Imelda’s Prolific Rain, Flooding Compares to Harvey in East Texas
Quoted: According to an analysis by Shane Hubbard from the University of Wisconsin, Harvey’s 20-inch-plus rainfall footprint was about 13 times larger than Imelda, a whopping 28,949 square miles. That’s an area slightly smaller than the entire state of South Carolina.
UW-Madison Related
What Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid Will Encounter in Wisconsin
Lloyd describes how her own father left their family farm at age 18 — “he already could see the difficulty in trying to make a living that way” — and she traveled widely in pursuit of an education tied to farming: a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies from Brown University, a masters in rural development from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, work on sustainable forest management issues in Russia, Sweden and Finland in the 1990s and then a doctorate in rural sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Madison’s mysterious tales and oddities
Before Bascom Hill became a symbol synonymous with the University of Wisconsin–Madison, it was the city’s first cemetery.