Clipsheet

February 12, 2020

Research

How Fruit Flies May Be Able To Teach Us About Football Injuries

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Wisconsin Public Radio

With the help of several undergraduate researchers, Brusich anesthetizes flies in his lab and sorts them into individual vials. They then use a spring mechanism to launch the vials, at varying angles, against a padded surface. The method was developed by University of Wisconsin-Madison geneticists Dr. David Wassarman and Dr. Barry Ganetzky, Brusich said. It causes the flies to experience the same acceleration, deceleration or rotational forces a human might go through in a car crash.

UW Health researching disease highlighted on ‘This Is Us’

Posted on 2/12/2020

NBC-15

“I think more people are learning about but I think in general, most people think of Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia,” Dr. Nate Chin said.

Insulin injection invention by UW alumnus now on the market · The Badger Herald

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Badger Herald

The Steady Shot makes insulin injection possible with one hand.

UW Elections Research Center conducting polls in three Midwestern battleground states

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Badger Herald

ERC will partner with Wisconsin State Journal for polling done in Wisconsin.

Higher Education/System

Wisconsin Assembly passes campus speech bill

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The Capital Times

Rep. Diane Hesselbein, D-Middleton, on Tuesday called Assembly Bill 444 bill an unnecessary repetition of the U.S. Constitution. Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, called it a draconian state statute. Rep. Gary Hebl, D-Sun Prairie, called it a partisan waste of time.

Campus life

Bill Nye (the Science Guy) is coming to UW-Madison to talk about climate change

Posted on 2/12/2020

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Get pumped because Bill Nye, who you should all know as the Science Guy, is coming to UW-Madison April 21.

The science educator, mechanical engineer and author will lead a conversation about one of the most pressing issues of our time: climate change.

UW School of Pharmacy new master program, career readiness for students

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Badger Herald

Program consists of three semesters, with last semester internship during summer.

State news

Fast-moving GOP farm aid legislation would cost $36 million per year

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Wisconsin State Journal

The GOP proposal also would direct UW-Madison to compile a report on ways to best serve the state’s farmers and conduct research on technology specific to agriculture.

Arts & Humanities

Danez Smith Returns Home to Madison to Perform Poetry From Latest Book “Homie”

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Madison365

“It’s truly an honor to be here to support my friend for all the things you’ve accomplished from teenagehood to adulthood to beyond,” said Sofia Snow, Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI)/ First Wave Director and First Wave First Cohort Alumna.

Athletics

Target apologizes for printing a batch of ‘Minnesota Badgers’ onesies

Posted on 2/12/2020

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Target released a statement apologizing for some misprinted onesies bearing the name “Minnesota Badgers” in the familiar University of Minnesota maroon and gold, releasing a statement to WCCO-TV.

“Color us red,” the statement began. “As a Minnesota-based company, we know we are home to the Gophers.”

The events that led to Erik Helland’s ouster as strength coach for Badgers men’s basketball team

Posted on 2/12/2020

Wisconsin State Journal

There wasn’t a playbook to follow as a small group within the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball program tried to navigate the uncomfortable aftermath of Erik Helland using a racial epithet in front of players last month.

Opinion

State of Wisconsin, UW must implement anti-smoking program to combat youth vaping crisis

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Badger Herald

While Wisconsin stores are left in legal limbo following Trump’s new nicotine bill, Wisconsin,UW needs to take definitive action against high vaping rates.

UW Experts in the News

Far from U.S. politics, Wisconsin troops work with Ukrainian military in war with Russia

Posted on 2/12/2020

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Russia has always seen Ukraine as its own backyard and sphere of influence, said University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Yoshiko Herrera. When Ukraine considered having a relationship with the European Union, though not joining the EU, President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials got nervous.

What’s the Difference Between a Samurai and a Ninja?

Posted on 2/12/2020

HowStuffWorks

Quoted: Hindsight has a way of glamorizing warfare. Just ask Sarah Thal, a historian of “early modern and modern Japan” who teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Coronavirus fuels racial discrimination across the country

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NBC-15

Quoted: “One of the problems with the way in which xenophobia tends to cling to these kinds of outbreaks, is that we tend really to focus on the wrong things,” says Richard Keller, Professor of Medical History and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin.

UW-Madison Related

Madison’s Real-Estate Market Gets an Epic Lift

Posted on 2/12/2020

Wall

Eighty-thousand rabid fans pack into the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Camp Randall Stadium for games during college football season. If you’re not wearing Badgers red from fall to winter, it’s because you’re wearing Green Bay Packers green on Sundays.

A onesie oopsie: Target apologizes for ‘Minnesota Badgers’ goof

Posted on 2/12/2020

Wisconsin State Journal

If you’re from either Minnesota or Wisconsin, you know there’s zero confusion over who’s who, where’s where, and which one has the better world-class university.

UW staff express confusion, concern over job titles, salary update process

Posted on 2/12/2020

The Capital Times

Under a newly extended Title and Total Compensation timeline, staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will hear updates regarding potential changes to job descriptions and pay ranges at a series of forums beginning Tuesday.

The Wisconsin Historical Society Honors Vel Phillips, African American History Maker

Posted on 2/12/2020

Phillip’s life was a series of firsts. The first African American woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin–Madison law school. The first to win a seat on Milwaukee’s City Council. The first to become a judge in Wisconsin. The first to become Secretary of State of Wisconsin.