Most of the researchers that declared conflicts of interest work for universities. For example, the University of Wisconsin-Madison filed 1,015 disclosures since 2012 — the most of any institution.
January 8, 2020
Higher Education/System
Crime and safety
Police, Secret Service mum after new incident at Mar-a-Lago
In another Mar-a-Lago trespassing case, a University of Wisconsin student was arrested in November 2018 after he mixed in with guests being admitted to the club. He pleaded guilty in May to a misdemeanor and received probation.
Arts & Humanities
Lynda Barry’s Making Comics is a “cookbook” for people afraid to draw
But it’s Beuys’s quote that comes to mind when reading Making Comics, the latest handwritten college textbook-of-sorts by the highly successful cartoonist Lynda Barry. In the book, Barry makes a similar assertion to Beuys by using the experience and anecdotes she’s accumulated during her tenure as a professor of comic book studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Health
How doctors will turn a breech birth before and during labour
According to the University of Wisconsin, Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, there are three types of breech presentation.
Madison’s first children’s hospital celebrates 100 years since founding
It’s named in honor of a UW professor’s daughter who died of meningitis in 1916.
Stefania Sani: UWHC nurses’ effort to unionize is commendable
Letter to the editor: It was very inspiring to witness the news conference on Dec. 19 when the UW Hospital and Clinics nurses made public their effort to organize a union.
Breast surgery device by company with UW founders now in use
Anew breast surgery marker device, developed by a company founded by three UW-Madison faculty, is expected to be used by about 15 hospital systems by the end of January.
UW Experts in the News
What U.S. State Population Changes Mean for American Elections
Quoted: Professor Barry C. Burden, director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told Newsweek the changes will not be large but probably give Republicans a “slight boost.”
The Gene Drive Dilemma: We Can Alter Entire Species, But Should We?
Qutoed: LAs Alta Charo, a professor of law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, says of our genetic-engineering capability, “At a very instinctive level, there’s a sense that these are things humans are not supposed to be doing.”
Quoted: Playing to fears around worst-case scenarios can be a powerful tactic. Dietram Scheufele, who studies scientific and political communication at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, says that scientists are generally much worse than activist groups at shaping public opinion, in part because they tend to rely on logical reasoning and facts, while activist groups are more likely to tap into unconscious values and emotions — like using the term “Frankenfoods” to describe G.M.O.s.