The video was just two minutes long: a sunny montage of life at the University of Wisconsin’s flagship campus in Madison. Here were hundreds of young men and women cheering at a football game, dancing in unison, riding bicycles in a sleek line, “throwing the W” for the camera, singing a cappella, leaping into a lake.
January 2, 2020
Top Stories
Rose Bowl Could Wrap Up Jonathan Taylor’s Record-Breaking Stint At Wisconsin
There’s a rich history of running backs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Jonathan Taylor is the latest Badger to add to that legacy.
Wisconsin Fans Turn Downtown LA Red Before Rose Bowl
In addition to fans donning their “Beat Oregon” pins, the pep rally drew University of Wisconsin-Madison dignitaries like Chancellor Rebecca Blank and athletic director Barry Alvarez. Monday marked Alvarez’s 73rd birthday. Fans sang to him before he gave a rousing speech.
Wisconsin Badgers Come Up Short In Rose Bowl
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fell just short of winning “the Granddaddy of Them All” on Wednesday.
Research
The super-cool materials that send heat to space
Zongfu Yu at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Qiaoqiang Gan at the State University of New York at Buffalo found that an aluminium film coated in polydimethylsiloxane could not only stay cool, but also enhance water condensation during the day12. The pair started a company in Buffalo called Sunny Clean Water to commercialize the device.
Higher Education/System
Rep. Dianne Hesselbein: Continue the Wisconsin Idea in the search for a UW president
The Wisconsin Idea was born in 1905, when University of Wisconsin-Madison President Charles Van Hise said, “I shall never be content until the beneficent influence of the University reaches every family of the state.”
Extension
UW-Madison Extension Lincoln County helps launch vaping education program
“We have started to raise awareness in our communities through several efforts,” said Debbie Moellendorf, who works in the areas of positive youth development and health and well-being as an educator with UW-Madison Extension Lincoln County.
Community
Wood County groups host bipartisan panel on groundwater contamination
The Jan. 6 panel, organized by the Wood County Citizens Groundwater Group, will include state geologist Ken Bradbury; U.S. Department of Agriculture microbiologist Mark Borchardt; Sarah Yang, a toxicologist with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services; and Yi Wang, a UW-Madison horticulturist.
Arts & Humanities
Cartoonist and ‘Genius Grant’ recipient Lynda Barry on the scariness of creativity
“When kids draw,” Lynda Barry says, “there’s almost always a story that comes with their drawing.” That childlike Eden, where words and pictures arrive in tandem, is a place that the cartoonist and associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is constantly trying to rediscover.
UW Marching Band plays in Rose Parade
In addition to the band, the university also had a float in the parade featuring Bucky Badger and some of the school’s cheerleaders.
VIDEO: Wisconsin represented at Rose Parade
The UW Marching Band and Greendale Marching Band performed during the Rose Parade in Pasadena.
Health
US Medical Schools See Decline In Rural Students
The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health didn’t immediately have geographic data for students going through its Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine. The program started in 2008 and will graduate its 10th class this year.
Here’s What You Missed In Wisconsin News Over The Holidays
Quoted: “When you look across these deaths you see this pattern of higher risk behaviors in rural communities and also less access to primary health care,” said Pat Remington, emeritus professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Athletics
Coaching Female Athletes, and Gender Inequality
As a former Stanford student athlete and now a faculty athletic representative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I read “A Women’s Sport, Ruled by Male Coaches” (news article, Dec. 20) with great interest.
Wisconsin Badgers Come Up Short In Rose Bowl
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fell just short of winning “the Granddaddy of Them All” on Wednesday.
Badgers fans experience 131st Rose Parade
Many Badgers fans kicked off the new year in Pasadena watching the 131st Rose Parade.
‘A little disappointed, maybe a little cheated’: Badger fans in Wisconsin feel Rose Bowl loss
“(I’m) not happy,” Badger fan Robert Hill said. “Oregon beat us in the Rose Bowl several years ago. We lost three in a row. It’s been since 2000 since we won one. Not a good start to the year.”
Wisconsin Badgers fans make themselves feel at home in Pasadena before Rose Bowl
The lunch rush was escalating Tuesday inside the walls of the quaint Pie ‘n Burger restaurant along California Boulevard, with fans of the University of Wisconsin football team joining the queue.
UW Experts in the News
How to forgive someone who has hurt you—and why you should
Robert Enright, a professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education who has studied forgiveness extensively, says he understands the concern. But he feels the issue is actually a semantic one.
For the Record: UW-Madison Political Science Professor Kathy Cramer
An interview with Cramer.
Obituaries
Robinson, Arthur Selden “Selly”
Selly worked as a beloved professor at the Management Institute of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the field of Labor, Human Resources and Management.