The University of Wisconsin-Madison says many classes will be in-person starting Sept. 2 but will move online after Thanksgiving. UW-Milwaukee says classes will be a mix of online and in-person instruction throughout the semester.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and UW-Milwaukee announced Wednesday that they would bring students and employees back for the fall 2020 semester.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will reopen Sept. 2 for the fall semester with free access to COVID-19 testing, required face coverings and a balance between online and in-person teaching.
Come on back to campus this fall, UW-Madison told its 45,000 students Wednesday.
“The health and safety steps we are announcing today are rigorous, thorough and backed by science,” UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank said.
As part of the university’s “Smart Restart” plan, students will be allowed to come back to campus for academic instruction on Sept. 2, according to a statement from the university. Classes will be held with a mix of in-person and online classes until Thanksgiving break. After the break, all classes will switch to virtual for the last nine days of instruction in addition to exams.
UW-Madison plans to begin fall classes as scheduled on Sept. 2 with in-person instruction and a full curriculum. After Thanksgiving, UW-Madison will switch to a virtual format for the final nine days including exams. UW-Madison made this decision based on the likelihood that students leaving and returning to Madison over the Thanksgiving recess would increase the risk for COVID-19 infections on campus.
Noted: According to data presented to the Board of Regents at the beginning of the month, the system anticipates a total loss of more than $100 million through the end of the summer, even taking into account the emergency federal funding they’ve received.
The UW System will receive $20 million of the funding, coming just as UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee announced their plans to reopen for the fall Wednesday.
The money will help offset the cost of technology infrastructure, personal protective equipment and other expenses, UW System President Ray Cross said, but said more help will be needed.
So, University of Alaska System President Jim Johnsen, the sole candidate from a more than $200,000 search, has withdrawn from consideration to be the next president of the University of Wisconsin System. Walrus blubber apparently beats out bovine cheese.
The University of Wisconsin System said in a statement that it expects to receive approximately $19 million of the money earmarked for higher education.
Instructors will deliver courses in a hybrid of online and in-person instruction until Thanksgiving break. After break, the last nine days of instruction and final exams will be held virtually.
One study will involve DHS partnering with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) to test for COVID-19 antibodies in people across the state. Antibody testing looks at whether someone has been infected with the coronavirus in the past, whether or not they showed symptoms.
Somewhere in America, a 14-year-old Black boy is playing video games in his room, and his parents are satisfied that they are keeping him safe from COVID-19. But then, in Minneapolis, George Floyd is killed by a police officer, and his parents are reminded that their son’s life could just as easily be snuffed out.
Author Alvin Thomas is an assistant professor in the Human Development and Family Studies Department in the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Coaches around the country, including those at the University of Wisconsin, were provided more information about how their respective offseasons can look this summer.
In fact, having parents who worry excessively about what their kids are missing out on is likely more damaging than missing out on experiences, said Dr. Seth Pollack, Ph.D, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“If all viruses suddenly disappeared, the world would be a wonderful place for about a day and a half, and then we’d all die – that’s the bottom line,” says Tony Goldberg, an epidemiologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “All the essential things they do in the world far outweigh the bad things.”
“They think a lot about, well, what happens if this mosquito larva is in cold water or if it’s in really hot water? Or what happens if this adult female mosquito can’t find a shady spot to rest in?” says Lyric Bartholomay, an entomologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. “It’s awesome what kinds of questions emerge.”
Quoted: “Because of what we know of this study, I think for me, I think we’ve reached a point where the evidence of benefit seems significant,” said Dr. Ehlenbach.
Dr. Banes taught at Florida State University, the State University of New York’s Purchase College, Wesleyan University and Cornell University before joining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1991. She taught dance and theater history and, from 1992 to 1996, chaired the dance program.
