Fungal infections affect hundreds of millions of people globally each year. “They’re particularly a problem for people whose immune system is suppressed,” says David Andes at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This includes people being treated for cancer, organ transplant recipients and premature babies.
November 20, 2020
Research
Potent new antifungal discovered in the microbiome of marine animals
A new antifungal compound that is effective against even multidrug-resistant fungi has been found in the microbiome of a marine animal.Fungal infections affect hundreds of millions of people globally each year. “They’re particularly a problem for people whose immune system is suppressed,” says David Andes at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This includes people being treated for cancer, organ transplant recipients and premature babies.
Higher Education/System
Americans flock for Covid-19 tests ahead of Thanksgiving
Over the next week, more than 100,000 students in the State University of New York system will get tested for coronavirus. At Harvard, thousands more will do the same, as will students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Michigan.
The USA TODAY SmartEdition – Colleges plead with students to get tested
As those outbreaks continued, state and local governments cracked down, ordering students quarantined to campus, like at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, or asking colleges to send students home, like at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Campus life
UW moves forward to remove Chamberlin Rock following calls from students, BIPOC groups
Black students believe rock is symbol of injustice students of color face on campus daily, Wisconsin Black Student Union says.
UW set to remove Chamberlin Rock due to its racist past
“This is a huge accomplishment for us,” McWhorter told the State Journal on Wednesday. “We won’t have that constant reminder, that symbol that we don’t belong here.”
State Street mural artists discuss the work ahead
On Wednesday evening, the artists behind three of those murals gathered virtually for a panel discussion with Chazen Museum of Art director Amy Gilman and University of Wisconsin-Madison art professor Faisal Abdu’Allah, hosted by UW-Madison’s Center for the Humanities.
Health
Hershey Bears video coach Emily Engel-Natzke breaks barriers in hockey
The Bears, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Capitals, announced her hire without any “first” caveats, but Emily knew the weight it carried. She had worked for years under Tony Granato as an assistant for the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team. Now, she will finally get her shot.
Athletics
Nickel: He missed 15 months of football, lost a friend to suicide and caught COVID-19. Life is different for UW’s Scott Nelson.
What is college football for, anyway? Not for our entertainment or our diversion, not ideally. Not to make billions. At least it shouldn’t be. It’s meeting challenges. It’s sportsmanship. It’s gaining life lessons and handling them with the learned skills of discipline, delayed gratification and truly understanding what it means to be part of a team.
Opinion
Column: COVID-19 intensifies early leasing season amid campus uncertainty
Early lease renewals, rental search process should be pushed back given pandemic precautions, uncertainty
UW Experts in the News
Trump campaign’s Wisconsin recount could quickly turn into a lawsuit
Barry Burden, director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the recount effort is clearly not actually about changing the election result given the margin.
What Trump Showed Us About America
Katherine J. Cramer is professor of political science and chair of Letters & Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is author of The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker.
The past few years have taught me just how removed the cultural elite in the United States is from many of the other people in this nation. By cultural elite, I mean those of us who create the knowledge and the media content people consume, as well those of us in positions of political and other decision-making power. There is a deep well of people in this country who are sure the system is not working for them, and we seem to be only coming around to recognizing how deep it goes.
President Trump is seeking a recount in two Wisconsin counties, but what he’s really doing is preparing for a lawsuit.
Barry Burden, director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the recount effort is clearly not actually about changing the election result given the margin. Instead, he said, Trump’s goals could be to put a cloud over the election results, raise suspicions, and to lay groundwork for the future.
Movie Theaters Get State Boost
According to Tino Balio, a Professor Emeritus of Communication Arts at UW-Madison and an expert on the history of American cinema, the 1918 pandemic ultimately didn’t leave a lasting impact on the industry. “Throughout the 1920s, the film industry grew exponentially and it became well-entrenched and, during that period, there was a tremendous theater construction boom,” he says. But, Balio makes that caveat that things are different this time around.