Noted: This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with scientists Dave O’Connor and Tom Friedrich, who research viral infections at the University of Wisconsin. O’Connor and Friedrich formed a Slack channel on Jan. 22 to coordinate coronavirus research with scientists worldwide.
Quoted: A cache of Instagram posts captured by researchers showed that the Russians were “better at impersonating candidates” and that influence-mongers “have moved away from creating their own fake advocacy groups to mimicking and appropriating the names of actual American groups,” wrote Young Mie Kim, a University of Wisconsin professor who analyzed the material with her team.
The report from professor Young Mie Kim found that Russia-linked social media accounts are posting about the same divisive issues — race relations, gun laws and immigration — as they did in 2016, when the Kremlin polluted American voters’ feeds with messages about the presidential election.
Evers announced Thursday that he has selected Hector Colon, president and CEO of Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, to replace Gerald Whitburn.
The percentage of students graduating from Wisconsin colleges within six years has improved. While the state fared better than most other states, administrators at public and private universities in Wisconsin say they are rolling out new initiatives to further boost graduation rates and shrink disparities between students of color and their white counterparts.
Citing enrollment declines, UWM Chancellor Mark Mone this week became the latest Wisconsin university leader to send a now-familiar message: The university workforce needs to get smaller.
Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday named Héctor Colón, president and CEO of Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, the newest member of the University of Wisconsin System’s Board of Regents.
Héctor Colón, 47, will serve the rest of Gerald Whitburn’s term on the UW Board of Regents, which lasts through May 2025. Whitburn resigned in late January.
Five University of Wisconsin-Madison students and one faculty member spoke in opposition to proposed amendments to a UW Board of Regents policy that would require disciplinary sanctions for students who disrupt other people’s free speech.
More than 50 women were nominated and seven recognized for their work on campus and in the community.
Thursday was a night for celebrating accomplishments at UW-Madison. UW held its 12th annual reception honoring Outstanding Women of Color.
Noted: Rutgers University, Kent State University, the University of San Diego, Penn State University, Kennesaw State University, Fairfield University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Connecticut and the University of Georgia all told NBC News that they will not have any students self-quarantined on campus in dorms or other university housing.
In April 2015, University of Wisconsin star forward Frank Kaminsky was named Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year. Kaminsky, who had just led the Badgers to two straight Final Four appearances, became the first Wisconsin player to ever receive the award.
The Associated Students of Madison group is hosting Voterpalooza from 11:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. at Union South, Library Mall, and East Campus Mall Friday, March 6.
Graduate students hope investigation ends in further disciplinary action.
Issues stemmed from inadequate student feedback during mental health funding decisions.
The “Our Shared Future” heritage marker represents the significance of the Ho-Chunk land and the government’s past efforts to remove Wisconsin’s indigenous population.
The surest sign of spring for Madison movie fans is the release of the guide to the eight-day Wisconsin Film Festival, the campus-based event that brings independent film premieres, classic films, filmmakers and more to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and AMC Madison 6.
Quoted: “He was more or less left for dead a few weeks ago,” University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communications Professor Michael Wagner said of Joe Biden. “It’s really remarkable, Biden won states, where he did not advertise, did not show up, did not have a field office; it was all on the strength of endorsements over the last couple of days.”
A new multiple day law enforcement youth academy is coming to UW-Madison this summer. UW-Madison Police Department announced the program on Friday.
Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison’s expansion seeks to provide the space for Ho-Chunk people to tell their own story with their own voice in order to create a better understanding of their people among those who attend the facility, explained the executive manager and Ho-Chunk Nation member, Dan Brown.
The school’s Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic received $50,000 this year as one of nine grant recipients through the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s Entrepreneurship Support Program, according to a press release. WEDC allocated $432,000 to activities assisting business owners in underserved communities.
Like many students, composer and pianist Becca May Grant was clueless about life beyond the UW-Madison campus when she arrived in Madison in 1994. After all, why should a young white girl from Lakeville, Minnesota, know anything about the city’s diverse south side neighborhoods and the people who live there? But then a service learning project at Fountain of Life Covenant Church introduced her to a new world, just down the road from the university. And she forged a connection with that new world through the power of gospel music.
Before she died, Miriam became an advocate for the McPherson Eye Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: People may be mistaken if they feel like a temporary drop in greenhouse gas emissions is good for the environment, Andrea Dutton, a climate scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told ABC News.
When pollution is released into the air, the particulates “actually have a shielding effect” from the sun, Dutton said.
“If you take that away, then it has the opposite effect,” and the planet could warm even faster, Dutton said.
Quoted: COVID-19 is expected to have a major impact on the global economy. Projections have become increasingly pessimistic in recent weeks as the virus has continued to spread, said Ian Coxhead, a University of Wisconsin-Madison economics professor. He noted some forecasts predict negative economic growth in the U.S. during the second quarter or even over the whole year.
“The fortunes of any company in the state or in the U.S. are going to be, first of all, determined by the macroeconomic health of the U.S. economy,” Coxhead said.
While she felt no personal threat, Laura Buckman, a UW-Madison junior studying abroad in Italy, was disheartened to learn she must leave the country at the university’s request due to the recent outbreak of COVID-19, formerly known as Novel Coronavirus.
In the depths of the Kohl Center, home of the University of Wisconsin’s Badgers men’s hockey team, another week has ended much like the one before it — and the one before that.
Noted: Ryan J. Owens, J.D., Ph.D., is the George C. and Carmella P. Edwards Professor of American Politics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and director of the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Quoted: Peter Goff, an expert in educational administration at UW-Madison, read the 40-page report at WUWM’s request.
“What this [review] tells me is this is an HR department that’s bureaucratic, it’s about pushing things through,” Goff says. “It’s not about talent management. It’s not about teachers. It’s not about making sure our schools are staffed with the best people.”
Quoted: Connie Flanagan, a professor in the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, calls the decision “complicated” — one that requires thoughtful discussions ahead of time. “You can’t just put a sign in your child’s hand and be done with it. You have a responsibility to explain.”
Noted: Reared in Chicago, Ms. Gordon attended the University of Illinois and the University of Wisconsin. She moved to New York City when she was 19, to pursue a career in entertainment. She landed parts on radio and live television programs, including “Studio One” and “Robert Montgomery Presents.” She began doing mostly commercials in the mid-1950s.
Letter to the editor: It appears that sufficient time has passed to comment on the bothersome fact that not a single review of the UW Faculty Exhibition at the Chazen Museum, which began Feb. 1, has appeared in any of the local media.
