Badger fans don’t need a ticket to take in the Rose Bowl experience. A new UW-Madison website can take fans to Southern California virtually.
Coming up roses: UW launches Rose Bowl website
NBC-15
December 17, 2019
Top Stories
Research
Scientists Seeking Cause of Huge Freshwater Mussel Die-Off
Associated Press
Quoted: University of Wisconsin epidemiologist Tony Goldberg is helping with the investigation. He specializes in wildlife diseases of unknown cause — and recently he’s been busy.“ Along with invasive species, we’re seeing invasive pathogens,” Goldberg said. “Often it’s the coup de grace for a species that is holding on by a thread.”
Rainwater in parts of US contain high levels of PFAS chemical, says study
The Guardian
“There were folks not too long ago who felt the atmospheric transport route was not too important,” says Martin Shafer, principal researcher with the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP), based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “The data belies that statement.”
Campus life
Video: UW unveils new Nielsen tennis facility
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin unveils its new Nielsen tennis facility.
Malaysian student shares inspiring story to a crowd of 7,000 people at US graduation
Malay Mail
Lisa Nur Marini Mohd Kamal was sharing her story at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) Winter Commencement (convocation day) to a crowd of over 7,000 people, including 1,200 graduates who were joined by family members and friends.
Crime and safety
UW police investigating after man found in Vilas Hall with blood on face
WISC-TV 3
The man reportedly told officers he was sleeping when an unknown person approached him and struck him in the face several times.
UWPD issues crime warning, continues to investigate Vilas Hall battery
Badger Herald
After checking security cameras and interviewing the alleged victim several times, UWPD said it is still unclear what happened.
Community
Madison school board approves buying $4.5 million building for Intensive Intervention Programs
WISC-TV 3
Andrea Ruppar, an assistant professor in special education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, urged board members not approve the purchase, saying the Madison Metropolitan School District has been becoming less inclusive for students with disabilities over the years.
Arts & Humanities
The Best Comics of 2019
The New York Times
Does the comics legend Lynda Barry’s MAKING COMICS (Drawn & Quarterly, 200 pp., $22.95) belong on a list full of more traditional narratives? The newly minted MacArthur genius teaches “interdisciplinary creativity” at the University of Wisconsin, and this slim volume — mimicking the feel of the composition notebooks that she requires her students to keep — initially appears to be a glorified lesson plan.
Interactive glass laboratory helps people create ornaments for upcoming holidays
WISC-TV 3
People made their own ornaments Sunday with the help of University of Wisconsin-Madison art students at the sold-out UW Glass Lab.
Health
As epilepsy drugs fail nearly one-third of patients, scientists seek root causes of seizures
Science Magazine
Two years later came VonMarkle. “I heard about this woman in the adult neurocritical care unit who was seizing, seizing, and wouldn’t respond,” says David Hsu, a pediatric neurologist at the University of Wisconsin.
Opinion
The Voter Theft That Wasn’t
Wall Street Journal
Enforcing the state law will merely help ensure that a liberal University of Wisconsin student doesn’t vote in both Madison and Milwaukee—or a Trump supporter in Wisconsin and Iowa.
Business/Technology
Retailers hope to cash in on the year’s final weekends
WTMJ
Quoted: “Typically, the Saturday before Christmas is very close to Black Friday in sales,” said Executive Director of the Kohl’s Center for Retail at UW-Madison, Jerry O’Brien. “There’s a lot of people [where] it’s actually part of their tradition, you go out just before the holiday and buy the stuff.”
O’Brien says one of the advantages of having a mid-week Christmas is the potential many workers might either start their holiday next weekend, or begin a long weekend at the start of Christmas.
“Additionally, it’s the time where people are taking their returns in, and they have gift cards, so there’s a lot of traffic in the stores and there’ll still be some really great deals out there,” he said.
UW Experts in the News
2019 wettest year recorded for Wisconsin, Midwest
WISC-TV 3
Quoted: The amount of rain and snow so far this year broke the previous record of 40.09 inches set in 1938, according to Steve Vavrus, senior scientist with the Nelson Institute’s Center for Climatic Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW-Madison Related
Your holiday feast just got more exciting with these recipes from Wisconsin chefs
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Debra Shapiro is a University of Wisconsin librarian and instructor in Madison and is a freelance cook and cooking teacher with extensive restaurant experience. She helps prepare monthly breakfasts for 60 to 70 diners at a community center. She shares recipes at debslunch.com/blog and conducts occasional cooking classes.