The University of Wisconsin fell short of winning its first national championship in volleyball Saturday.
Stanford Beats Wisconsin In Volleyball National Championship
Wisconsin Public Radio
December 23, 2019
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Higher Education/System
UW campuses spent down 56% of tuition balances since tuition freeze began | Higher education | madison.com
Wisconsin State Journal
Six years after public and political outcry over how much the University of Wisconsin System had on hand in unspent tuition money, a report released this fall shows the System has spent down more than half of its tuition balances.
Campus life
Watch Madison sports teams belt out ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’
Wisconsin State Journal
The spirit of the season is more important than the ability to hold a tune.At least that’s what we’re telling ourselves after we got together groups of people representing Madison-area sports teams to sing “The 12 Days of Christmas.”Athletes, front office personnel, a coach and a mascot from these teams loaned their voices to the effort: University of Wisconsin volleyball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s hockey, men’s basketball and wrestling; Forward Madison FC; the Madison Capitols; Madison College women’s basketball; Edgewood College; Madison Memorial girls basketball; Stoughton wrestling and the Madison Mallards.
How can I see my favorite marching band in the Rose Parade?
KTLA
If you can’t be in Pasadena to cheer on your hometown band, don’t worry, KTLA 5 has you covered! On New Year’s Day, in addition to our regular live stream of the entire Tournament of Roses Parade, we will be live streaming a separate video feed that focuses on the bands!
Agriculture
Federal Government Approves 10 New Pesticides For Hemp Farming
Wisconsin Public Radio
Shelby Ellison, a hemp researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the new approvals will add another helpful tool to farmers’ toolboxes.
Health
This is what it’s like waking up during surgery
Inverse
Quoted: General anesthesia, in contrast, aims to do just that, creating an unresponsive drug-induced coma or controlled unconsciousness that is deeper and more detached from reality even than sleep, with no memories of any events during that period. As Robert Sanders, an anesthetist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, puts it: “We’ve apparently ablated this period of time from that person’s experience.”
UW Experts in the News
New Day Weekend With Victor Blackwell and Christi Paul
CNN, New Day
Quoted: New Day Weekend With Victor Blackwell and Christi Paul – Barry Burden/Univ of Wis/Madison
Obituaries
Karl E. Meyer, Washington Post journalist and versatile author, dies at 91
The Washington Post
Mr. Meyer completed high school in New York City and graduated in 1951 from the University of Wisconsin, where he edited the student newspaper and a literary magazine.