University of Wisconsin System officials are offering campuses guidelines for reopening this fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
UW System offers guidelines for in-person instruction for fall semester
Associated Press
June 15, 2020
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University of Alaska president withdraws as sole finalist in UW System president search
Wisconsin State Journal
The sole finalist in the running to lead the University of Wisconsin System withdrew his name from consideration Friday after a months-long search marred with criticism and growing concern about the candidate’s qualifications.
Research
Drought and Fire Concerns Intensify as a Flash Drought Develops in Plains, Heat Builds in Southwestern, Central U.S.
The Weather Channel
Jason Otkin, a drought researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said he uses at least a two-category worsening in the U.S. Drought Monitor over a four-week period or a three-category intensification over an eight-week period as criteria for a flash drought.
UW study finds children benefited from Sesame Workshop incarceration resources
NBC-15
“There aren’t very many interventions for children with incarcerated parents, even though millions of children in the United States experience a parent leaving to go to jail or prison,” said the study’s lead author Dr. Julie Poehlmann-Tynan, the Dorothy A. O’Brien Professor in Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Higher Education/System
Here’s What College Will Look Like In Fall In Wisconsin
Patch
Public colleges in the University of Wisconsin system will welcome students back to campus for the fall 2020 semester after the spring 2020 semester was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic in the state.
‘Ultimately, the plan is just that — a plan’: A look at reopening plans across the Big Ten
The Minnesota Daily
University of Maryland, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Penn State University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Northwestern University, University of Michigan and Rutgers University have yet to announce a concrete date of reopening or plan at all as of Sunday. Most are set to release updates in the coming weeks.
UW System announces students, faculty will return to campus in fall
WISC-TV 3
Cross said campuses are “preparing an environment that reduces risk” for a safe return amid the coronavirus pandemic.
UW System announces students, faculty can return to campus this fall
WKOW-TV 27
The University of Wisconsin System officially announced Sunday that students will head back to campus for the fall 2020 semester for in-person and online instruction, according to UW System President Ray Cross and Regent President Andrew S. Petersen.
The only candidate for UW System president withdraws from consideration
NBC-15
In what University of Wisconsin System Regent President Andrew Petersen called “a dark day for the UW System,” the only remaining candidate for the University of Wisconsin System president has withdrawn his name from consideration for the position.
UW System releases guidelines for reopening campuses in Fall
NBC-15
They call for putting classes of more than 50 students online, having a plan if coronavirus cases spike, re-evaluating dorm and dining hall operations, use of masks and placing students who share classes together in dorms.
UPDATED: UW System releases official COVID-19 guidelines for the fall semester
Badger Herald
UW-Madison spokesperson Meredith McGlone said in an email to The Badger Herald that the administration is working to finalize their plans, and they expect to make an announcement in the next week.
UW System announces students, faculty and staff will return to campus for fall 2020 semester
Madison365
“We are preparing an environment that reduces risk so that students, faculty, and staff can return to campus in person this fall,” UW System President Ray Cross said in a statement.
Campus life
UW-Madison medical students join national movement ‘White Coats for Black Lives’
WISC-TV 3
Madison physicians joined the Student National Medical Association at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health chapter in vowing to be leaders of that change in this community.
Langdon Street development controversy spurs creation of student-led neighborhood association
The Capital Times
Members of the newly formed Campus Neighborhood Association met Thursday night to begin reviewing proposed bylaws and plans for the group, which include securing a larger role in development projects of Madison neighborhoods with large concentrations of students.
State news
Health Care Providers, Advocates In Madison Call For End To ‘Public Health Crisis Of Racism’
Wisconsin Public Radio
Early Saturday morning, several hundred health care providers and advocates rallied at the state Capitol in Madison. The Student National Medical Association chapter at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health organized the event, called “White Coats 4 Black Lives.”
Crime and safety
Madison police make sexual assault arrest near UW campus
WKOW-TV 27
According to an incident report, officers responded around 7:00 a.m. to the 600 Block of University Avenue.
Madison Police: Suspect in custody after sexual assault on University Ave.
NBC-15
Officers said they saw the suspect and the victim in the area and the suspect was taken into custody with help from a K-9 unit.
Arts & Humanities
Real-life scientists inspire these comic book superheroes
Science News
In 2015, Gardiner and two other friends, Khoa Tran and Kelly Montgomery, founded an online publishing company called JKX Comics. At the time, the three were pursuing Ph.D.s in different fields at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. And they knew how tough it can be to explain research or engage students in the nuances of science.
Health
White coats, black lives: Health care professionals march in Saturday rally
The Capital Times
The event, which was organized by the UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s Student National Medical Association, was meant to mobilize the health care community to take actionable steps toward eliminating racism in the practice of medicine.
Athletics
Wisconsin Athletics must show what it’s doing on race, associate athletic director Michael Jackson says
Wisconsin State Journal
“Our goal as a department is to ensure that the student-athlete experience is best in class,” Jackson said. “And I think as you take a look at the strategic plan that we’re working on, we’re taking the necessary steps to ensure we meet those objectives.”
Badger wide receiver works toward change in Madison
NBC-15
From a star at Stoughton high school to now a senior for Wisconsin football, Adam Krumholz has given his all on the field. But with his community joining the country in a fight for racial equality while battling the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam and his girlfriend Demi Philosophos have found a way to make their biggest impact on Madison.
UW Experts in the News
Trudeau’s 21-Second Pause Wasn’t An Awkward Silence
Forbes
Beyond damage control, it’s become common practice in leadership to work in moments of silence. As University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of psychology and psychiatry Richie Davidson, a confidante of the Dalai Lama, shared in a recent interview with my home institute, his team regularly takes “2-3 minutes between meetings” to sit in meditation. What this silence does for the problem at hand, far from turning away, is allow us to turn toward it—the problem within ourselves.
black lives: In corporate reckoning on race, a skin-deep industry stands out
Bloomberg
But beauty brands have historically enabled a “consistent erasure of people of color,” said Sami Schalk, a professor of gender and women’s studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Because black folks have not been in power, the beauty industry has always marginalized us and told us that our bodies and hair is not okay and needs to be changed.”
Automated fact-checking won’t stop the social media infodemic
Mashable
Katy Culver, director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, said the economic incentives to boost users and engagement often inform how companies approach corporate social responsibility.
Joe Biden is leading in the polls, but Donald Trump has held the edge in small-dollar donors
Wisconsin State Journal
Small-dollar donations — defined as $200 or less — are important to both candidates and voters, according to Eleanor Powell, a political science professor at UW-Madison whose research focuses on the influence of money in politics.
First-of-its-kind drive-thru veterinary clinic planned for Sun Prairie
Wisconsin State Journal
Ruthanne Chun, a clinical professor in the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine and director of the UW Veterinary Care hospital and clinic, said she and 30 or 40 colleagues she contacted via a veterinary medical Listserv had never heard of the drive-thru concept before, excepting the switch during the pandemic to curbside service.
Obituaries
Cynthia Navaretta, Who Promoted Female Artists, Is Dead at 97
The New York Times
Cynthia Greenberg was born on Jan. 31, 1923, in the Bronx. Her father, Morris, owned some of Manhattan’s first parking garages, and her mother, Sophia, was a homemaker. She studied at the University of Wisconsin and New York University before earning a bachelor’s degree at Columbia University in 1946 and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering there in 1948.
Heaney, Barbara Page
Wisconsin State Journal
She also served as adjunct Law Professor at the UW Madison Law School.
UW-Madison Related
Workers Cautiously Return To Jobs During COVID-19 Pandemic
Wisconsin Public Radio
Twenty-two-year-old Erica Hill also feels lucky. A geological engineering major at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Hill recently started an internship with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT).
Judd Kinzley: New federal proposals would lead to sharp declines in Chinese students coming to Wisconsin
The Capital Times
Column by Kinzley, an associate professor of modern Chinese history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.