AUW-Madison investigation into a longtime ecology professor found he engaged in sexual harassment — an investigation that the university is withholding in its entirety.
January 21, 2020
Top Stories
UW System presidential search committee will consider non-academic applicants
The University of Wisconsin System’s presidential search committee is casting a wide net for applicants in not stating a preference for candidates with a doctoral degree, opening the door for a non-academic to potentially lead the state’s public colleges.
Research
UW-Madison professors create revolutionary GPS device to help surgeons find breast cancer tumors during removal
“When I first met this engineering team I said, ‘Google can see my driveway, why can’t I see the cancer?’ said Dr. Lee Wilke, a professor of surgery at UW-Madison and the director of UW Health’s Breast Center.
Higher Education/System
UW Presidential Search Committee to allow non-academic applicants
Search Committee includes no academic staff or faculty.
Campus life
Female-targeted advertising, UW-Madison drinking culture factors in high female alcohol death rates
But there are groups working to change that. The Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project is an organization that provides UW students education and resources about the long-term, sometimes irreversible consequences of heavy drinking.
An artistic response to climate change
So audiences for “Floe,” a world premiere coming to Union Theater Jan. 22-24, should be prepared: It will not be a simple experience.
State news
Senate to vote on funding for UW missing soldiers project
The bill would allow the UW-Madison Missing-In-Action Recovery and Identification Project to ask the state to release $360,000 over the next two fiscal years to fund searches for Wisconsin soldiers missing around the world.
Extension
Houseplants become more active as days get longer
Pruning serves a variety of functions, including shaping, removing dead matter, and cutting back to reduce stem loads and keep the plants from sagging or drooping, said Diana Alfuth, a horticulturist with University of Wisconsin Extension.
Health
Wisconsin man returns to rural roots, trains to be doctor
Dangelser, who graduated from Catholic Central High School in Burlington in 2011, finished his premed requirements last spring and started his first semester at the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine (WARM) at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, a program that specifically prepares student to practice medicine in rural Wisconsin.
Surprise medical bills upset patients, engage lawmakers
Other situations can result in surprise medical bills, said Sachin Gupte, legal advocacy coordinator at UW-Madison’s Center for Patient Partnerships.
Athletics
Chris Borland criticizes Wisconsin Badgers, NFL in Aaron Hernandez Netflix documentary
Former University of Wisconsin linebacker Chris Borland spoke harshly of the football program and his brief time in the NFL on a Netflix documentary released this week.
UW Experts in the News
‘It’s global warming. Simple as that’: Expert predicts extreme weather impacts on Lake Mendota ice activities
Quoted: According to John Magnuson, professor of limnology at the UW-Madison, Lake Mendota froze over on January 12.
Obituaries
Kaeding, Carol
She taught high school English and later worked as an administrative assistant, including many years at UW Madison.
Tremble, David Nevin
In 1985, Dave took a job at the UW-Madison, Dept. of Planning and Construction, where he served as a draftsman and construction project representative from 1985 until 2000.
UW-Madison Related
When gamers on YouTube need help making videos, they turn to this University of Wisconsin grad
Shakeel started his YouTube channel in 2008. He decided to take the platform seriously in 2015 while in college. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison last spring with a degree in information systems. He formed an LLC in 2019.