Dairy farming produces greenhouse gases in various ways, could cut emissions by half.
Researchers recommend ways farmers can adapt to warming climate, increase profitability
Badger Herald
October 9, 2019
Research
UW professor discusses importance of understanding diagnosis of autism in higher education
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin professor of sociology Doug Maynard spoke on the importance of understanding autism spectrum disorder and making spaces more accessible to those with autism as a part of the Wisconsin Idea, Past and Present lecture series Tuesday night.
Higher Education/System
UW Board Of Regents To Vote On Proposed Punishments For Students Disrupting Free Speech
Wisconsin Public Radio
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents are poised to approve draft rules Friday that would mandate suspension for students who disrupt the free speech rights of students or invited speakers on two occasions. The rule would require expulsion if a student is found to violate the policy on three occasions.
Campus life
The State of Journalism
Wall Street Journal
The Cost of NewsThe Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts a 10% decline in jobs for reporters, correspondents and broadcast news analysts by 2028, and it isn’t hard to guess why. It’s easy to come by free information in the internet age, so why pay? Unfortunately, there’s no reason to believe that free news is better news.
— Clare Stumpf, University of Wisconsin-Madison, actuarial science
UW celebrates Latinx Heritage Month
Badger Herald
Compared to years before, 2019 is likely to see most events, involvement.
Agriculture
Baldwin Says New Money For Dairy Innovation Could Help Farmers, Processors Weather Tough Market
Wisconsin Public Radio
Last month, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Dairy Research and the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association were selected to host one of three initiative sites. The group received $454,392 to provide grants and workshops to producers and processors in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota and Illinois.
Arts & Humanities
Hamel Center to open this month, but students cite concerns
Badger Herald
Lack of classrooms, practice rooms in Hamel Center is frustrating students.
Health
Is a vaping-linked lung illness a public health crisis? That depends on who you ask
PBS News Hour
Quoted: Communication scholar Dietram Scheufele at the University of Wisconsin-Madison said that at any point in time, roughly five issues tend to dominate a person’s memory. A constantly shuffling set of concerns struggle endlessly for one’s attention.
Opinion
A Note to the Nobel Prize Selection Committee
Scientific American
A professor here at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Howard Temin represented what society expects from us and had the characteristics that make society willing to fund our work. People want scientists who get up every morning committed to finding the truth.
Column: Education must be priority in UW’s sustainability efforts
Badger Herald
As an institution whose primary focus is on education, lackluster performance in this category is a call to action.
Column: UW Homecoming video emblematic of deep-seeded racial issues at UW
Badger Herald
While diversity training and more extensive critique process are good steps, they fail to address underlying racial issues in Wisconsin.
Business/Technology
The Technology 202: Satya Nadella wants Microsoft to be the tech company the government trusts — and buys from
The Washington Post
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a 2018 decision to throw out more than $500 million in damages owed by Apple to the University of Wisconsin for infringing on one of its patents. The win for Apple comes as it endures heavy scrutiny from federal regulators over its business practices.
UW claims Apple violated patent, US Supreme Court declines to hear case
Badger Herald
WARF spokesperson ’disappointed’ in Supreme Court decision.
Supreme Court denies UW-Madison appeal in patent battle with Apple
Daily Cardinal
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal Monday by UW-Madison’s patent licensing arm to reestablish a legal victory against Apple in a dispute over computer processor technology.
School of Business adds analytics graduate program to boost job search
Daily Cardinal
Introduced in Fall 2019, the degree hopes to optimize experiential learning through real-world computing projects and a variety of industry specific analytics courses — a skill many students feel they lack coming out of undergrad.
UW Experts in the News
Adjustable Desks: Health Benefit Or Hype?
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering professor Robert Radwin studies workplace ergonomics. He was not involved in the University of Pittsburg study but he instructs students on the qualities of sit-stand desks which he feels have gotten a lot of hype. He does not have one.
Every Single Living Thing Is Part of an Ecosystem. Here’s How They Work
HowStuffWorks
Quoted: “The ecosystem concept ecologists now use has been refined since it was first introduced by Tansley almost a century ago,” says Stephen Carpenter, a scientist in the Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Ecosystem science studies the interactions of all the living and non-living entities in a specified place. This definition is consistent with modern concepts of energy, nutrient flow and biogeochemistry, which barely existed during Tansley’s career.”
Expert breaks down online dating deception
WKOW-TV 27
Quoted: Catalina Toma is an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She studies how people communicate online, and has recently been investigating self-presentation and deception in online dating profiles.
UW-Madison Related
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear UW-Madison $506 million case against Apple
Wisconsin State Journal
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take a case requested by UW-Madison’s patent-licensing arm that could have awarded it about $506 million in damages from Apple, effectively ending the case.
Former Gabrielle Giffords staffer to direct communications for 2020 DNC Committee in Milwaukee
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: In a related hire announced this week, Hannah Mills, a Chicago native and University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate, was named press secretary for the host committee.