UW-Madison found student voting on campus during last year’s election rose more than 17% compared to four years ago.
Report: Voting on UW-Madison campus up in 2018
WISC-TV 3
September 25, 2019
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Who Are 2019’s MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant Winners? Here’s The Full List Of Fellows
NPR
Andrea Dutton, 46, geochemist and paleoclimatologist. “Furthering current understanding of sea level dynamics by reconstructing the extent and rate of sea level rise in the ancient past.”
MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant Winners for 2019: The Full List
The New York Times
The MacArthur fellowships are awarded annually for exceptional “originality, insight and potential.”
Here are 2019?s MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winners, including cartoonist Lynda Barry and Chicago urban designer Emmanuel Pratt
Chicago Tribune
On the art faculty at University of Wisconsin, she teaches students how to conceive and draw comics and does research on the deeper language of imagery and on helping people defeat the voice in their head telling them they can’t draw.
MacArthur genius grants 2019: ‘Now I feel like I’m working with a face’
The Washington Post
Andrea Dutton, 46, a geochemist and paleoclimatologist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
2019 MacArthur Foundation ‘genius grant’ winners
The Washington Post
Lynda Barry, 63: graphic novelist, cartoonist and education, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Winners: An Algorithmic Playwright, Coral Researcher –
Wall Street Journal
Ms. Dutton, who is leaving the University of Florida for a new job at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, plans to spend the next year in New Zealand. There she will work with researchers to correlate her database on ancient coral reefs with ice-sheet data and computer models from Antarctica.
Wisconsin students make up smallest share of UW-Madison freshman class in at least 25 years
Wisconsin State Journal
Wisconsin residents make up a bare majority of freshmen at UW-Madison this year, the smallest percentage of in-state students the university has enrolled in at least 25 years.
2 UW-Madison professors win prestigious $625,000 MacArthur ‘genius’ award
Wisconsin State Journal
Two UW-Madison professors were named 2019 MacArthur fellows, an award that comes with a five-year, $625,000 no-strings-attached stipend to pursue projects of their choosing.
Research
ESTHER CEPEDA: Why your children’s school lunches matter
Daily Freeman
Noted: Last week I was primed for a conversation with Jennifer Gaddis, the author of “The Labor of Lunch: Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools.” I had just eaten a lukewarm cheeseburger (the cheese was totally unmelted) and then moved on to the accompanying banana, since I couldn’t stomach the wilted iceberg lettuce that was called “salad” or the soggy, undercooked fries that came with the “meal.”
But the public-school culinary experience isn’t what makes Gaddis’ new book important. It is required reading for anyone who wants this part of our students’ school day to be nourishing — not only for the kids, but for the women who feed them.
“So much of the work of feeding children is gendered — the majority of workers in food service, especially frontline food service, are women,” Gaddis told me. “Whether it’s happening at school or in the homes of the millions of students who take lunch from home to school, feeding students is typically done by women.”
There Is Such Thing as a Free (School) Lunch
Mother Jones
School’s back in session, and every day, 30 million kids head to the cafeteria to chow down. On this episode of Bite, Tom returns to the lunchroom at his elementary school alma mater and finds that the grey mystery meat he remembers has been replaced by tasty, fresh offerings that are free to every student. And he catches up with Jennifer Gaddis, author of the book The Labor of Lunch, who explains the economic forces that figure into school food, from “lunch shaming” to fair wages for cafeteria workers.
Researchers find new ways to improve moods in dementia patients, caregivers
Badger Herald
Researchers within UW’s School of Pharmacy, in association with Generation Connect, found that music, videos and photos on tablets improved the mood of dementia patients and their caregivers.
Higher Education/System
Lawmakers recommend funding for suicide prevention director, grants, state hotline
Wisconsin State Journal
Proposed bills in the report include: Require state educational entities, including public and private schools and the University of Wisconsin System, to include suicide prevention information on student identification cards.
Enrollment numbers up at UW System schools
Daily Cardinal
At UW-Madison, 7,550 freshmen are enrolled, up 10 percent from last year’s total of 6,862 students. The university selected these students out of a record-setting 43,921 applicants, 3 percent more than last year.
Campus life
UW Madison kicks off public history project to uncover racism
NBC-15
Kacie Lucchini Butcher, UW public history project director, said it’s important to recognize those difficult histories on campus.
Buy a backpack, feed students in need: UW Bookstore selling new bags to help the hungry
WISC-TV 3
For UW students, those meals come in the form of “meal swipes,” so food-insecure students are able to eat at the dining halls on campus.
Two Madison professors named 2019 MacArthur Fellows
WISC-TV 3
Lynda Barry, a graphic novelist, cartoonist and educator, and Andrea Dutton, a paleoclimatologist, were chosen as 2019 MacArthur Fellows.
Political, civic engagement in higher education important part of Wisconsin Idea, speaker says
Badger Herald
Diana Hess, Dean of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin spoke on the importance of political and civic engagement in higher education as a part of the Wisconsin Idea lecture series Wednesday night.
State news
In their hands: Wisconsin’s teacher shortage addressed at UW
Badger Herald
The School of Education serves as Wisconsin’s epicenter for educational research and teacher education, as well as hosting regarded programs in health and arts-related fields.
Arts & Humanities
Madison cartoonist Lynda Barry wins MacArthur Foundation ‘genius’ award
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Graphic novelist, cartoonist and creativity educator Lynda Barry of Madison is one of this year’s winners of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation fellowship, commonly known as a “genius” grant.
Health
Doctor shares healthy, effective ways to grieve
WISC-TV 3
UW Health Psychologist Shilagh Mirgain shares healthy and effective ways to grieve, whether it’s the loss of a job, a loved one or dealing with a serious illness.
Why Vaping Became A Public Health Priority In Wisconsin, The US
Wiscontext
“In Wisconsin today, 19 individuals will die of a disease directly caused by smoking cigarettes,” said Dr. Michael Fiore, who directs the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, in a Sept. 17, 2019 interview on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Central Time.
Athletics
Find a way: The story behind the saying on the Wisconsin Badgers women’s hockey NCAA championship rings
Wisconsin State Journal
The unveiling was part of a weekend that marked the dividing line between the celebration of last season’s success and the opening of a new campaign. The 2019-20 NCAA women’s hockey calendar officially opened last Saturday, and the top-ranked Badgers play their first game Friday at Lindenwood.
Menomonee Falls teen goes viral for being the sad Michigan fan in a sea of Wisconsin students during ‘Jump Around’
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
While the Wisconsin Badgers student section was jumping around — as they do — one Michigan Wolverines fan was not having it.
Business/Technology
Are DTC brands disrupting the original furniture disruptor?
RetailDive
Quoted: Of the new DTC brands, Hart Posen, professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s school of business, said, “You get the sense from looking at all of them that this is not your Ikea construction set. This is a high-quality product with a superior flat-pack to construction technology.”
Five signs it’s time to leave your job
NBC-15
We all have frustrating days at the office, but how do you know when it’s just that, or when it’s time to think about moving on? Wisconsin School of Business Senior Lecturer for the Weinert Center of Entrepreneurship, Dr. Phil Greenwood is in the studio — he says there are five clear signs it’s time to leave your job.
UW Experts in the News
UW expert explains implications in impeachment inquiry
WKOW-TV 27
Interviewed: According to David Canon, a political science professor at UW-Madison, after President Donald Trump’s comments confirming he did discuss Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden with the Ukranian president, the speaker felt there was enough evidence to change her stance.
In wake of global protests, UN gathers to debate climate change solutions
ABC 6
Noted: According to Constance Flanagan, author of “Teenage Citizens: The Political Theories of the Young” and an associate dean at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Human Ecology, social movements must build momentum over time, and the urgency of an issue like the environment can be difficult to sell because the consequences are long-term and abstract. It is harder to galvanize support to stop temperatures from rising slowly over several decades than to respond to a school shooting that left numerous children dead.
“There’s no one event that grabs media attention or people’s interest,” she said. “It really has to be cumulative, and climate
Column: Jumping worms invaded my compost. Have you checked your garden yet?
Chicago Tribune
Quoted: He and fellow jumping worm expert Brad Herrick, a University of Wisconsin ecologist, stress that since there are not yet any proven silver bullet methods to kill off these slithery pests, information may be their worst enemy. “Since humans are the main vectors for spread, education and best management practices can go a long way to slowing the spread,” Herrick said. “Gardeners informing other gardeners” is the best weapon we have right now.