Other experts embrace the new finding. T. gondii “clearly manipulates the crap out of the host,” says Laura Knoll, a parasitologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and there’s no evolutionary reason this manipulation needs to focus on cats.
January 15, 2020
Research
Using robots to assist teachers and improve student learning
The lead author, post doctorate research associate at University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States, Emmanuel Senft, says the findings from their research are twofold.
Racist Housing Practices From The 1930s Linked To Hotter Neighborhoods Today
An additional study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Medical College of Wisconsin also found a similar pattern: In nearly 90% of the 115 cities they looked at, the highest-rated neighborhoods on the redlining maps had the most tree cover in the city by 2011.
Compassion Training Could Help Parents And Their Children
A new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison finds that parents who take compassion training could help reduce their children’s stress levels. We talk to a researcher about the study and how reducing stress in childhood could have a positive impact for life.
‘How can we compete with Google?’: the battle to train quantum coders
This quantum bottleneck is only going to grow more acute. Data is scarce, but according to research by the Quantum Computing Report and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, on one day in June 2016 there were just 35 vacancies worldwide for commercial quantum companies advertised. By December, that figure had leapt to 283.
Campus life
Statue of Liberty to return to Lake Mendota
The iconic statue will be inflated on Feb. 6 as part of The Wisconsin Union’s Winter Carnival.
Feds close 1 of 4 cases into UW-Madison’s handling of sexual assault
Federal authorities recently closed one of several investigations looking into UW-Madison’s handling of sexual assaults and also opened gender discrimination cases at two other University of Wisconsin campuses last year.
Community
Q&A: Jessie Conaway prioritizes the ‘humanity of partnership’ between UW, tribal nations
Conaway and professor Patty Loew became co-chairs of the Native Nations_UW Strategic Working Group, an ongoing collaboration between the university and Wisconsin tribes. After listening sessions with the 12 tribes — Wisconsin’s 11 federally recognized tribes and the Brothertown Indian Nation — the working group moved into a series of feedback loops to finalize a strategic plan of priorities and action items.
Athletics
Badgers finish No. 13 in Amway coaches poll and No. 11 in Associated Press poll
Despite a one-point loss to Oregon in the Rose Bowl, Wisconsin finished in the top 15 of both major polls.
The Badgers (10-4) finished No. 13 in the Amway coaches poll and No. 11 in The Associated Press poll.
Klarbrunn’s Wisconsin-only flavor raises nearly $25K for Badgers Give Back
Since releasing its Bucky’s Cherry Berry flavor, which was only available in the Badger State, in 2018, Klarbrunn has raised nearly $25,000 for the fund, which helps encourage positive health and nutrition habits in people of all ages.
UW Experts in the News
Are wolves partly to blame for the dairy crisis? No. Tiffany misses the mark.
Quoted: Mark Stephenson, director of the Center for Dairy Profitability at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said in an email to PolitiFact Wisconsin that wolves haven’t come up as a factor in his conversations with milk producers.