The University of Wisconsin at Madison-YouGov surveys of likely Democratic primary voters showed Sanders garnering 25 percent in Michigan, which holds its primary on March 10.
February 25, 2020
Research
The Daily 202: Bernie Sanders built a diverse coalition to win Nevada. South Carolina offers a tougher test.
New surveys show Sanders leading in three key Midwestern states that vote after Super Tuesday. The University of Wisconsin at Madison-YouGov surveys of likely Democratic primary voters showed Sanders garnering 25 percent in Michigan, which holds its primary on March 10.
Dems fight to rebuild ‘Blue Wall’ in 2020, but polls show warning signs in Wisconsin
A poll released Sunday by the University of Wisconsin—Madison Elections Research Center cast the race in a different light, showing all the Democratic candidates leading or tied with Trump in all three states, but most of them are within the margin of error. That survey’s sample of Wisconsin voters leaned Democratic by five points.
Why Mocha Books Is Crowdfunding To Open A Mobile Bookstore To Sell Children’s Books By Authors Of Color
The ongoing need for this type of service has been highlighted by statistics. Data on books by and about people of color and from First/Native Nations published for children and teens compiled by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison showed that in 2018, of 3,653 books received by CCBC, 405 were about Africans and African-Americans, 55 were about and First and Native Nations, 314 were about Asian Pacifics and Asian Pacific Americans and 249 were about Latinx people.
Polling Battleground States And Exploring Afrofuturism
We talk with a UW-Madison professor about his effort to take the political pulse of three battleground states, including Wisconsin.
Campus life
Political Strategist Symone Sanders to Speak At UW Memorial Union
Political strategist Symone D. Sanders will present a talk called “Black History, American History” Monday, April 6 in Shannon Hall at Memorial Union, the Wisconsin Union Directorate announced today.
GUTS presents budget proposal to SSFC
GUTS explains initiative to offer more paid tutor positions.
UW alumni donated $70 million in support of faculty recruitment, retention
The matching opportunity will run until Dec. 31, 2020, according to UW News, and the goals are to create endowed professorships, chairs and distinguished chairs based on the current campus faculty fund guidelines.
UW Graduate School honors 15 teaching assistants with awards
‘I hope they appreciate how much we appreciate the good work they do,’ assistant dean said.
Crime and safety
2 of 3 robbery suspects arrested after Regent St. mugging, police say
Police say three people were walking on the 1200 block of Regent Street when a young man asked to borrow their phone to call his mom. The victims said once they gave him a phone, he ran across the street to join two other men.
Police arrest two for UW campus mugging
Madison police say two of three suspects have been arrested following a mugging that took place in the 1200 block of Regent St. early Sunday morning.
Health
UW Health: 10 times as many kids have tested positive for the flu
More kids have been tested positive for the flu at UW Health in the past week than in the entire flu season up to this point last year – a lot more.
UW Health nurse residency graduation
Nineteen nurses completed their residency program at UW Health. Now they are ready to start their full time nursing careers. UW-Health’s program is just one of 31 accredited nurse resident programs in the country.
UW Health: Confirmed flu cases significantly higher than last year
Just this last week, Monday through Sunday, 188 adults and 125 children tested positive for influenza at the hospital. The numbers from last week alone are higher than the total number of confirmed influenza cases for the entire 2018-2019 season.
UW PharmD students create health app, improve cancer patient care
Creators questioned effectiveness of existing similar apps, helps cancer patients track care while kick-starting company.
Transplanting the Immune System: Easier on Patients?
In 27 years of doing transplants, Dixon Kaufman, MD, PhD, FACS, Ray D. Owen Professor and Chair Division of Transplantation Department of Surgery School of Medicine and Public Health at University of Wisconsin- Madison has never done one like Okey’s. Her sister’s kidney was a perfect match, but then both women took part in a second pioneering transplant to give Barb her sister’s immune system.
Athletics
Luke Benzschawel leaves Wisconsin football program because of lingering issues with his right knee
Tight end Luke Benzschawel has played his final football game for the University of Wisconsin.
The graduate of Grafton High School announced via Twitter on Monday he has decided to quit playing because of lingering issues with his surgically repaired right knee.
Opinion
Jill Richardson: A broken promise to teachers and nonprofit workers
OtherWords columnist Jill Richardson is pursuing a Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW Experts in the News
Recent polling results conflict in Wisconsin
“We think of this as a science, there are really good techniques for doing surveys, but it’s also imperfect.” Director of the Election Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Barry Burden said.
Coronavirus outbreak impacting milk prices, causing trade uncertainty
Mark Stephenson is the Director of Dairy Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his latest data shows the milk prices took a big hit on January 27 as the number of coronavirus cases increased across the globe.
UW Professor shares impact of Weinstein conviction to #MeToo movement
Janet Hyde, a Professor of Psychology and Gender and Women’s Studies at UW-Madison shared she was very glad that Weinstein was convicted.
Valley News – Proponents of healthy school lunches say the more who participate, the better the lunch
Quoted: Gaddis, an assistant professor of civil society and community studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of The Labor of Lunch: Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools, estimates that about 20 million students, primarily from higher earning families, forgo cafeteria meals in favor of lunches brought from home.
UW-Madison Related
Take a sneak peek at Pinney, Madison’s newest library
UW-Madison art professor Tom Loeser used the ash wood to create seating areas, which consist of benches and desks.
Why I Read Namtars, the Memoirs of Masters
And mindfulness does, indeed, relieve suffering to some degree. When my friend Richard Davidson—the psychology professor who founded the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison—and I reviewed the best of peer-reviewed scientific studies of meditation in our book, Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body, we found that even beginners benefited from mindfulness by becoming calmer, less easily upset, and more focused, among many other benefits.