Three University of Wisconsin campuses are mostly back to normal, after COVID-19 spikes forced administrators to halt in-person classes and quarantine residence halls for two weeks. So far, the number of students testing positive at UW-Madison, UW-La Crosse and UW-River Falls has decreased substantially.
The downward trend began during a two-week pause in face-to-face instruction and quarantine of two large dorms. Even amid a statewide surge in COVID-19, the university’s decline has continued for 23 consecutive days, outlasting expectations that cases would again spike seven to 10 days after the lockdown lifted.
The findings strongly suggest that at some point in the past, a similar virus jumped from animals to humans, giving rise to today’s rubella virus, the researchers say. Although neither of the new viruses is known to infect humans, the fact that a related virus jumped species raises concerns that the two viruses or other, as-yet-unknown relatives could cause human outbreaks. “We would be remiss not to be concerned, given what’s going on in the world today,” says epidemiologist Tony Goldberg of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, a senior author of the study.
Organization representative worked undercover in UW animal research lab for seven months.
As colleges have seen outbreaks, many have reconfigured their approaches to testing. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, after rising cases forced the campus into a two-week lockdown, students living in on-campus housing will now be tested weekly. After a surge in cases at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va. — a school that was testing only students who believed they had been exposed or were feeling sick — the university halted in-person classes, sent some students home and hired an outside firm to start a surveillance testing program.
Some of those closures came after students returned to campus or nearby, and COVID-19 cases spiked. James Madison University in Virginia halted in-person classes completely, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison saw an increase in cases that forced the school to enter a two-week lockdown.
George Floyd’s final words will be projected on the wall of UW-Madison’s Memorial Union Thursday night, according to a post on Facebook. The presentation will be Thursday at 7 p.m.
The display’s debut will include brief remarks by Natalia Lugovskaya, the WUD Art Committee director, and Johnson.
At the start of the school year, University of Wisconsin-Madison saw a significant surge in COVID-19 positive test results. In response, the university paused in-person instruction for two weeks, restricted students to their residences, and banned all large gatherings. University Chancellor Rebecca Blank explained this drastic measure as critical to not just flattening the curve of infection, but to maintaining the “opportunity to have campus open to students this semester, which we know many students truly want.”
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Wesley Lowery spoke with students in the University of Wisconsin School of Journalism and Mass Communication on Wednesday about the challenges of reporting on racial justice and the ethics of objectivity.
When Aaron Bird Bear first arrived at the University of Wisconsin-Madison two decades ago, he was shocked by its lack of infrastructure for retaining and graduating Native and Hawaiian students … UW-Madison did not yet understand how to reconcile its historic complicity ethnic cleansing and support Native students, said Bird Bear, the university’s first director of tribal relations.
In a release Wednesday night, the university announced it could not host the estimated 1,500 people it expect at the Badgers’ season debut against Illinois due to the increase of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations around the state.
Just Recovery will work to identify and support strategies for responding to COVID-19, recovery efforts and building resilience in communities of color by partnering with community-based organizations and local groups, including other government and social service agencies.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student was arrested Tuesday after a violent altercation at a residence hall. According to UW-Madison police, Roberto C. Antunez Perez, 18, and another student were in the midst of a “disagreement” when Antunez Perez hit the victim, held her down and strangled her.
“In recent weeks, we’ve received many questions about UWPD’s practices, policies and procedures,” a UWPD webpage reads. “We’ve worked to compile information that addresses the most common themes we’ve heard from you, our community, as well as those we identified as relevant to the national conversation regarding policing.”
In a letter sent to downtown apartment buildings, Madison Police Department Acting Chief Victor Wahl said students attending gatherings may be fined a minimum of $376 for “permit[ting] a health nuisance.”
“The vicious cycle between climate impacts on disease and disease impacts on climate is striking,” said co-author Aimée Classen, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and director of the University of Michigan Biological Station. “Our study highlights that scientists need to incorporate both animals and disease into the experiments and models used to predict future carbon emissions.
In addition to Ezenwa, Koltz, Deem and Classen, the study’s co-authors are David J. Civitello and Matthew Malishev of Emory University; Brandon T. Barton and Zoë E. Johnson of Mississippi State University; Daniel J. Becker of Indiana University; Maris Brenn-White of the Saint Louis Zoo; Susan Kutz of the University of Calgary; Rachel M. Penczykowski of Washington University; Daniel L. Preston of the University of Wisconsin-Madison; and J. Trevor Vannatta of Purdue University.
Following Gov. Tony Evers’ statewide mandate limiting indoor businesses to 25% of their normal capacity issues yesterday, UW air quality expert Tim Bertram spoke in a Badger Talks video about safety measures people should take while being indoors to limit the chance they get infected with the virus.
In response to the rising number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations throughout the state, UW-Madison announced only essential personnel will be allowed to attend the season opener at Camp Randall.
Today, UW-Madison announced that only essential personnel will be allowed to attend the game against Illinois at Camp Randall. Previously it had been announced that families of players and coaches would be able to attend.
This change will limit attendance inside of Camp Randall from about 1,500 people to only players and coaches of both teams, essential public safety and stadium operations personnel and some broadcasters and journalists.
Quoted: Professor David Canon, a political science expert from UW Madison, said it is possible President Trump is focusing on other states he needs to win in order to get to 270 electoral votes.
Sue worked for the University of Wisconsin Family Practice Program, scheduling residents for 15 years. She retired from on Dec. 30, 2009.
Bob worked for the Vari-Typer Corp. and then the UW-Madison as an office machine repair man. If there was problem, he could fix it.
