Renovation at the new site will begin in January of 2020. Work is expected to be finished in late spring.
UW South Madison partnership expanding
WKOW-TV 27
December 11, 2019
Top Stories
Research
More Americans than ever say they’ve postponed seeking care for a ‘serious’ medical condition over cost concerns
MarketWatch
Noted: What’s more, severely rent-burdened respondents in that survey were more likely than renters overall to have postponed a routine check-up because they couldn’t afford it. Around 11% of U.S. households are severely housing cost-burdened, according to a report published this year by County Health Rankings & Roadmap, a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute.
Fixing nature’s genetic mistakes in the womb
The Mercury News
Quoted: “Any advance in fetal therapy, however welcome for good and important reasons, poses a risk of increasing pressure on pregnant women to sacrifice their own interests and autonomy…with women being subject to civil commitment or even criminal charges for failing to optimize the health of their fetuses,” said bioethicist Alta Charo of the University of Wisconsin, now a fellow at Stanford University.
Higher Education/System
UWSP is among UW-System campuses expanding adult education programs
WSAW-TV
The University of Wisconsin System is expanding options for adult learners.
UW-La Crosse Professor Accused Of Sexual Harassment Leaves University
Wisconsin Public Radio
A University of Wisconsin-La Crosse professor who was being investigated amid sexual harassment allegations is leaving the school.
UW-Madison academic staff pass resolution opposing UW presidential search committee
The Capital Times
Staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison passed a resolution Monday objecting to the composition of the UW System president search and screen committee.
UW-Madison Researchers Filed More Conflict Of Interest Statements Than Any Other Institution Since 2012
Wisconsin Public Radio
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison receiving grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) filed more financial conflict of interest disclosures than any other institution, according to data published by the nonprofit news organization ProPublica.
Pay raises for Wisconsin state workers up for approval next week
Wisconsin State Journal
The panel of legislative leaders is scheduled to meet Dec. 18 to act on the pay plans, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ office said Tuesday.
Age discrimination lawsuit against UW System moves forward
Wisconsin State Journal
One job candidate was 53 with nearly three decades of marketing and communications experience with the University of Wisconsin System. Another was a 23-year-old college student with less than a year of experience and weeks to go before earning her degree.
Campus life
NCAA volleyball: Open practices for Badgers, Texas A&M, Nebraska and Hawaii set for Thursday
Wisconsin State Journal
All four teams participating in the NCAA Madison volleyball regional will have an open practice Thursday at the UW Field House.
State news
Pay raise approval process drags for state workers
Wisconsin Examiner
After several months delay, contracts covering unionized state workers could finally go before state lawmakers for their required review next week.
Athletics
Badgers’ Jonathan Taylor again named an All-American by Football Writers Association of America
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin junior running back Jonathan Taylor was named a first-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America for the second year in a row on Tuesday.
Badgers assistants Alando Tucker, Joe Krabbenhoft take teaching to next level as members of scout team
Wisconsin State Journal
It’s all worth it to Krabbenhoft and Tucker, who seem to thoroughly enjoy their time on the scout team that goes against UW’s rotation players in practice. Not only does it help fill a competitive void for two of the more cutthroat players in program history, Krabbenhoft and Tucker see it as a great, on-court teaching mechanism as they try to get the Badgers ready for the next game.
Opinion
Barry Orton: Save us, Jim Sensenbrenner
The Capital Times
As impeachment hearings proceed in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, one key member could upend the fiercely partisan stalemate and fundamentally recenter the rule of law. U.S. Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, R- Menominee Falls, can save our Constitution.
UW Experts in the News
Wisconsin dairy farmers hopeful ahead of trade deal, industry expert says more work to be done
WISC-TV 3
Noted: Mark Stephenson, the director of dairy policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said this deal gets the U.S. dairy industry back about where it was in the original North American Free Trade Agreement, and it was the best the U.S. could get after fractured relationships from the original call for a renegotiation.
Tips On How To Shovel Snow Safely And Avoid Injury
Wisconsin Public Radio
Noted: As winter asserts its dominance with a new cover of white over major portions of Wisconsin, Brody and Jill Thein-Nissenbaum offer tips about how to stay safe while shoveling. Thein-Nissenbaum is an associate professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Doctor of Physical Therapy Program.
Periodic Table Of The Elements Turns 150
WUWM
Quoted: UW-Madison professor of chemistry Bassam Shakhashiri knows both the history of the table, and its modern relevance. He says the table came about through a collaboration of a few scientists but that Dmitri Mendeleev properly gets much of the credit.
“Dimitri Mendeleev, the Russian chemist, he proposed — sometimes people say he discovered — the pattern of similar behavior [of certain elements] and arranged them,” Shakhashiri explains.
Wisconsin dairy farmers hopeful ahead of trade deal, industry expert says more work to be done
WISC-TV 3
Quoted: Mark Stephenson, the director of dairy policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said this deal gets the U.S. dairy industry back about where it was in the original North American Free Trade Agreement, and it was the best the U.S. could get after fractured relationships from the original call for a renegotiation.
UW-Madison Related
Black Power 2019: Wisconsin’s 49 Most Influential Black Leaders, Part 3
Madison365
Sheridan Blanford joined the University of Wisconsin Athletics Department Diversity & Inclusion staff in August of 2017 and was named the Director of Inclusion in 2018.