Some University of Wisconsin System campuses are expanding their coronavirus antigen testing strategies to include students living off campus.
UW Campuses Expand COVID-19 Antigen Testing To Off-Campus Students
Wisconsin Public Radio
October 20, 2020
Higher Education/System
Campus life
US colleges that welcomed students back likely led to a surge in Covid cases |
The Guardian
Her school, the University of Wisconsin – Madison, halted in-person classes for two weeks after cases spiked to over a thousand on the campus of more than 40,000. Cross said she is disappointed with the number of students she sees still walking around campus without a mask – even though the school requires masks in school buildings.
F.H. King continues sustainable produce handouts despite pandemic
Badger Herald
Student organization uses eco-friendly model to distribute fresh farm-to-table goods for UW students.
UW celebrates Latinx Heritage Month amid COVID-19 challenges
Badger Herald
Coordinators hope to strengthen sense of community amongst Latinx members through celebrations.
Early in-person voting for November election set to begin on campus Oct. 20
Badger Herald
Students can register to vote at early voting sites at three spots on campus.
Wisconsin Alumni Association kicks off virtual Homecoming week
Badger Herald
Classic events like Fill the Hill, singing of ’Varsity’ will all take place virtually due to pandemic.
Absentee in-person voting on UW-Madison campus starts Tuesday
Daily Cardinal
Poll workers will be stationed at : East Campus Mall, Memorial Union and Union South. If weather does not permit, Madison residents and students will still be able to vote inside the Memorial Union. The tents will operate from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day until Oct. 30, when in-person absentee voting ends on campus. Absentee in-person voting concludes on Nov. 1 for the state of Wisconsin at large.
State news
Inside Foxconn’s empty buildings, empty factories, and empty promises in Wisconsin
The Verge
By the end of the summer, Walker found himself in a tight reelection race against state school superintendent Tony Evers, a critic of the deal. Polling showed that few people felt the project would benefit their local economy, so Walker campaigned to show that all of Wisconsin would feel the effect of the “Foxconn bonus.” He was aided in this message by a string of announcements from Foxconn: a promised gift of $100 million to the University of Wisconsin-Madison; partnerships with local companies; and the purchase of buildings in far corners of the state that would become “innovation centers,” which Walker quickly featured in campaign ads.
Health
COVID-19 Is Ravaging Wisconsin, And Wisconsinites Still Aren’t Staying Home
Wisconsin Public Radio
Ajay Sethi, a public health professor with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said in the absence of a vaccine, the disease’s spread slows only in one of two ways: because the population achieves “herd immunity,” where most people are protected from prior infections, or because people follow public health practices. And every available study, Sethi said, shows Americans are nowhere close to herd immunity, and that attempting to achieve it would require mass infections and deaths.
UW Health experts bust seven myths about flu shots
WKOW-TV 27
As COVID-19 cases continue to spread across Wisconsin, doctors and health care professionals are urging people to get a flu shot to avoid a “twindemic.”
UW Madison awards $6 million in grants to health equity initiatives
NBC-15
The Wisconsin Partnership Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health announced the awards on Friday. Six groups were awarded $1 million, including initiatives that address the health of Black men and women, prevent suicide among Wisconsin farmers and promote economic stability and restorative justice, according to the release.
Athletics
Wisconsin football players ready to play in empty Camp Randall Stadium
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“It’s definitely going to be different,” UW safety Collin Wilder recently during a Zoom session. “Camp Randall is not going to be the same without 85,000 fans there. We’re definitely going to miss them and I’m going to miss my family being able to be there.
Opinion
Letter: Chronic animal welfare violations at UW-Madison demonstrate need for animal testing alternatives
Daily Cardinal
Following the most recent complaint of animal welfare violations, the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC) has established a pattern of violating federal standards. Their growing history of offense throws into question the effectiveness of primate research given its parameters and invites transition to more innovative, morally sound alternatives.
UW Experts in the News
Stimulus Spending, and Lots of It, Is the Only Way for Next President to Fix the Ailing Economy, Experts Say
Newsweek
Fenaba Addo Economist, Associate ProfessorUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
The next president should extend and expand help for the 43 million current and former college and graduate students who collectively are on the hook for more than $1.7 trillion in higher education debt, says Addo.
Voting violence feared as Trump calls for poll watchers, often illegal
USA Today
Intimidation at polling places by armed groups has the potential to be a serious problem in places like the Midwest, said Kenneth Mayer, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A private security firm has been recruiting former special operations troops to patrol polling sites on election day in Minnesota, the Washington Post has reported. Though the law varies by state, any poll watchers typically have to be certified in advance or it is illegal.