A plan to bring some rationality to a chaotic west Madison traffic corridor has been pushed back a year, but bike and pedestrian advocates say safety features resulting from their input will improve the project.
December 27, 2019
Campus life
Athletics
Throwback photos: The evolution of Wisconsin’s Bucky Badger over the years
Scroll on for a history in photographs of one of the best mascots in college athletics.
Rose Bowl gear ‘flying off the shelves’
As the Wisconsin Badgers football team prepares to play against the Oregon Ducks football team in the Rose Bowl in California, fans in Wisconsin are cheering on the Badgers with Rose Bowl merchandise.
UW Experts in the News
Fathers should be screened for postpartum blues, too
Quoted: “Depression among new dads is a problem that too often gets overlooked,” lead author Tova Walsh, an assistant professor of social work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told Reuters Health.
US raises tobacco age to 21
Noted: Director of the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention Dr. Michael Fiore said raising the age to purchase tobacco products will protect young teens from permanent damage caused by nicotine.
Obituaries
Allee Willis, Hall of Fame “September” songwriter, dead at 72
After studying journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she moved to New York and landed a job as a secretary at Columbia Records, working first as a copywriter before turning her attention to songwriting and performing.