University of Wisconsin-Madison geochemist and paleoclimatologist Andrea Dutton told The Associated Press that she was stunned when she learned earlier this month that she had been selected.
September 26, 2019
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Academics Dominate 2019 MacArthur Grant Winners
Lynda Barry, associate professor of interdisciplinary creativity, University of Wisconsin at Madison
2 from Bard College among MacArthur Foundation ‘genius grant’ winners
Andrea Dutton, 46, geochemist and paleoclimatologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2019 MacArthur Foundation ‘genius grant’ winners
Lynda Barry, 63: graphic novelist, cartoonist and education, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Lynda Barry is a Macarthur “genius”
She is also a talented teacher: we both taught the same Clarion class a few years back and the profound effect she had on our students shone through in their work. In early November, Drawn and Quarterly will publish Making Comics, which anthologizes her teaching exercises and her pedagogical method, honed in her years as an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison art department and at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (it’s a companion volume to her 2014 book Syllabus).
Higher Education’s MacArthur Fellows: The 2019 Class
Lynda Barry is associate professor in the Department of Art at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is a cartoonist and graphic novelist.
2 UW-Madison Professors Among ‘Genius’ Grant Winners
Where some may see obstacles and controversy when it comes to climate change and art education, two University of Wisconsin-Madison professors and 2019 MacArthur Genius Grant winners see opportunity.
MacArthur Foundation announces $625K genius grant recipients
University of Wisconsin-Madison geochemist and paleoclimatologist Andrea Dutton told The Associated Press that she was stunned when she learned earlier this month that she had been selected.
UW class of 2023 upholds promise to Wisconsin residents
UW released statistics about the class of 2023, which enrolled 7,550 freshmen this year. The university committed to enrolling at least 3,600 Wisconsin residents every year in 2015, and this year 3,797 students, or 50.3% of the class came from Wisconsin.
Research
New Series Of Bills Aims To Combat Suicide In Wisconsin
Another proposal focuses on guns. A study from University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers found suicides made up almost three quarters of all gun deaths in the state from 2000 to 2014.
Apparent new rise in autism may not reflect true prevalence
Diagnoses of those two conditions increase with maternal education, points out Maureen Durkin, professor of population health sciences and pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Durkin was not involved in the study but wrote an editorial accompanying the work3.
Can you teach kids kindness? New curriculum hopes to reverse trend of bullying in schools
Now, a team of psychologists at the University of Wisconsin think they have a way to help reverse the trend.
Big Question About Primes Proved in Small Number Systems
The new proof, by Will Sawin of Columbia University and Mark Shusterman of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, solves the twin primes conjecture in a smaller but still salient mathematical world.
UW-Madison scientist earns ‘genius’ grant as she seeks 125,000-year-old clues about climate change
A scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is looking back at least 125,000 years to try to figure out how climate change might impact humanity’s future.
Andrea Dutton and her work have been recognized with a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, otherwise known as a ‘genius’ grant.
Higher Education/System
Task Force proposes gun dealers step up to prevent suicides
Another proposal would require public schools, the University of Wisconsin System, technical colleges and private colleges to include the number for a suicide prevention hotline on student ID cards.
Campus life
The Incredible Shrinking Semester: Paying More And Getting Less
Students were elated when the University of Wisconsin announced in 2017 that it was going to reduce the spring semester by four to five days, extending the winter break to January 23.
Madison City Council member representing UW-Madison campus resigns
After serving six months on Madison’s City Council, Ald. Avra Reddy, 8th District, submitted her letter of resignation from the council Wednesday because of an ongoing illness in her family.
Expert panel discusses ethics of immigration reporting
Varied group of experts agreed on importance of ethical language in immigration reporting.
Agriculture
How Trump’s Presidency Looks from Rural Wisconsin
Quoted: “Is it backfiring?” Mark Hagedorn, a dairy expert at the University of Wisconsin-Extension, asked about farmers’ decision to back Trump. “I think we can argue that six ways to Sunday.”
Athletics
Wisconsin’s Tess Hackworthy shares Big Ten Conference Women’s Golfer of the Week honor
University of Wisconsin senior Tess Hackworthy was named Big Ten Co-Golfer of the Week, the conference announced Wednesday.
Opinion
Column: Take a walk on the wild side…of campus
Despite distance from center of campus, living in Lakeshore offers many benefits that Southeast residents don’t have.
Business/Technology
Harry Potter’s Broadway Box Office Tactic Cloaks Drop in Demand
“When supply is fixed (as in this case), a decrease in demand requires a decrease in price to clear the market,” stated University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Alan Sorensen.
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Harry Potter’s Broadway Box Office Tactic Cloaks Drop in Demand
Quoted: “When supply is fixed (as in this case), a decrease in demand requires a decrease in price to clear the market,” stated University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Alan Sorensen.
Climate change: Landmark UN report warns sea levels will rise faster than projected by 2100
Quoted: “It drives home the message that policies that curb greenhouse gas emissions can have a strong effect on future sea level rise,” said Andrea Dutton, an associate professor in the Department of Geoscience at the University of Wisconsin Madison. “What we do today can decide which of those pathways we’re on.”
How To Help Save Our Oceans If The New UN Climate Report Scares You
Quoted: “It drives home the message that policies that curb greenhouse gas emissions can have a strong effect on future sea level rise,” Andrea Dutton, associate professor in the Department of Geoscience at the University of Wisconsin Madison, said to CNN.
Community discusses pros, cons in vaccination debate at State Capitol
Quoted: “People that have a medical reason they can’t be immunized, they may have a religious reason they can’t be immunized or they may just choose not to be vaccinated, They benefit solely because there are firewalls around them of people who are immunized,” said Dr. James Conway, a UW Health immunization specialist.
Obituaries
Stoffels, Jason N.
He worked for the University of Wisconsin Madison for over 20 years, in the maintenance dept.
Jason N. Stoffels, 44
He worked for the University of Wisconsin Madison for over 20 years in the maintenance dept.
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Before studying journalism at the University of Wisconsin, Cohen taught English as a Second Language in the Madison schools