“We have a large group of students and a big faculty. In terms of research, in dollars we are second to the School of Medicine and Public Health. It’s the biggest college at UW-Madison,” Wilcots tells Madison365. “It’s an enormous and broad operation … a lot of responsibility.”
June 11, 2020
Top Stories
Research
UW Health researching ‘COVID toes’
A team of researchers at the UW School of Medicine is studying how the skin condition referred to as “COVID toes” is connected to the virus.
UW Health study looks into ‘COVID toes’ in children
A team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is studying how the skin condition referred to as “COVID toes” is a connected to the virus; whether it is symptom of a COVID-19 infection or an immune response to the virus.
UW-Madison on quest to cure “COVID toes” in children
UW Health said on Wednesday that dermatologists at the university and elsewhere have seen an uptick in red to purple bruise-like blisters and bumps on otherwise healthy children.
Higher Education/System
Advanced education is in peril due to the pandemic
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for example, most employees face furloughs and layoffs, though graduate students are exempt. Some states, including Florida, are awarding “performance-based funding,” which includes $47.7 million going to the University of Florida.
ASM, AAUP declare UW system presidential search failed, ask committee to restart
’[ASM] rejects the flawed search process and will not support Johnsen’s candidacy’ ASM Chair said.
Agriculture
‘Food Is Always Last On My List’: Pantries Pivot To Meet Demand During Coronavirus Pandemic
The number of people who are uncertain where their next meal is coming from is likely beyond anything seen in recent history, according to Judi Bartfeld, food security research and policy specialist with the Division of Extension at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Community
Youth organizers announce new organization, Impact Demand
Three demands are community control, Breonna’s Law, Hands Up Act.
Health
UW Health: Asymptomatic patients can still spread the virus asymptomatic
“From the data we have, it still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual,” said Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, a top leader with the World Health Organization.
Athletics
Barry Alvarez releases statement on UW’s commitment to change, says ‘Black lives matter’
In the statement released by UW Athletics on Twitter, Alvarez wrote: “I was a college student-athlete in the 1960s. Change happened then, but we are still dealing with many of the same issues 50 years later. We have another opportunity now. Let’s work together to make sure we don’t waste it.”
Group of former, current Badgers players asks athletic department to engage in dismantling racism
A petition on change.org with the text of the letter has gained more than 1,750 signatures since Monday.
Former UW athletes challenge athletic department to fight racism
Former UW track and field teammates Hanna Barton and Banke Oginni were recently having a discussion about what they could do to encourage the athletic department to do more to combat racism.
Wisconsin announces 85 percent season ticket renewal for football
In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic and with the 2020 college football season still in question, Wisconsin Athletics still experienced 85 percent of season ticket-holders renewing for the fall.
UW athletes call on athletic department to address racism, Alvarez responds
Recent University of Wisconsin-Madison grads Banke Ogini and Hanna Barton, both former throwers on the UW track and field team, recently published an open letter to UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez and the UW Athletic Board calling for a deliberate process to address systemic racism.
Opinion
The Badger Herald Editorial Board: On elevating Black stories through ethical journalism
The Editorial Board began this week by informing our audience that our lack of coverage at the outset of the protests was not because of apathy or indifference, but technological difficulties.
UW Experts in the News
Thousands Of Voters Are Caught In A Legal Battle Over Wisconsin’s Election Rolls
Cascio, a assistant professor of journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, moved one floor down in his building to a two-bedroom apartment. Aside from his unit number, Cascio’s Madison street address and ZIP code stayed the same.
Indictments could be a sign of increased antitrust enforcement in farm sector
The indictments could be a sign that more charges are to come in the agency’s investigation, says Peter Carstensen, an emeritus law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a former attorney in the DOJ’s Antitrust Division
UW-Madison Related
Thousands Of Voters Are Caught In A Legal Battle Over Wisconsin’s Election Rolls | WisContext
Cascio, a assistant professor of journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, moved one floor down in his building to a two-bedroom apartment. Aside from his unit number, Cascio’s Madison street address and ZIP code stayed the same.
One year later, as he planned to participate in Wisconsin’s April 2020 primary, a reporter notified him he was on a list of voters set to be removed from the state’s rolls — news Cascio called upsetting.
WATCH: Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway Apologizes on Video
Rhodes-Conway was the Managing Director of the Mayors Innovation Project and a senior associate at the COWS (Center on Wisconsin Strategy) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for 13 years.