The rule threatens to upend the legal status of thousands of international students in Wisconsin, including roughly 5,800 on the UW-Madison campus.
Wisconsin joins multistate lawsuit over international student rule
Wisconsin State Journal
July 14, 2020
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UW Health patients to test antibody drug for COVID-19
Wisconsin State Journal
UW Health patients will be among those testing an experimental antibody treatment heavily backed by the federal government to see if it can treat and prevent COVID-19.
Research
Exploring potential of solar-flow batteries
Cosmos Magazine
That is 40% more efficient than the previous record for solar-flow batteries, which also were developed by Song Jin and colleagues in his lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, US.
New long-lasting solar-flow battery sets efficiency record
UPI.com
The solar-flow battery has a 20 percent efficiency rate of converting energy from the sun, setting a new record of efficiency — a 40 percent improvement over the previous solar-flow battery record — according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Solar flow battery breakthrough combines PV generation and storage in one device
RenewEconomy
Chemists from the Song Jin lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison said on Tuesday that the new device was made of silicon solar cells combined with advanced solar materials and integrated with optimally designed chemical storage components.
Solar flow battery efficiently stores renewable energy in liquid form
New Atlas
Capturing energy from the Sun with solar panels is only half the story – that energy needs to be stored somewhere for later use. In the case of flow batteries, storage is relegated to vats of liquid. Now, an international team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists has created a new version of these solar flow batteries that’s efficient and long-lasting.
Higher Education/System
Left in Limbo: International Students Grapple with Uncertainty Following ICE Ban
Sojourners
“For me specifically, this country is the only home I have known,” said Radha Kanchana Karthik, a 2018 graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison who moved to the U.S. from Chennai, India in 2003.
UW supports federal lawsuit over international student rule
Associated Press
The University of Wisconsin supports a multi-state lawsuit filed Monday challenging the Trump administration’s new restrictions on international students, interim system president Tommy Thompson said.
Health
How to use eye makeup safely during coronavirus
The Washington Post
In addition to possibly contracting the virus from contaminated fingers or brushes, a makeup user also risks exposure to the coronavirus from the products themselves, especially if those products are shared with others or are used outside of the home, said Sarah M. Nehls, an ophthalmologist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. “The makeup could be potentially contaminated,” she said. “[The coronavirus] has been found on the ocular surface. This is why conjunctivitis [pinkeye] can be an initial symptom of infection.”
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Wisconsin joins federal lawsuit against new ICE international student rules
NBC-15
Kaul announced Wisconsin is joining 18 other Attorneys Generals in the lawsuit against. The lawsuit includes nearly 200 declarations from institutions, including The University of Wisconsin – Madison, Milwaukee, Stevens Point and Stout.