A contactless thermometer is helping some UW-Madison students track COVID-19 symptoms, and the thermometer was designed and created on the university’s campus.
Touchless thermometer tracks COVID-19 symptoms at UW-Madison
NBC-15
December 23, 2020
Research
Higher Education/System
UW System appreciative of stimulus dollars amid $257 million net loss in 2020
NBC-15
UW System President Tommy Thompson thanked the federal government Tuesday for funding that will come from stimulus dollars, however it isn’t clear how much the university will receive.
Wisconsin Colleges And Universities In Line For More Federal COVID-19 Assistance
Wisconsin Public Radio
Colleges and universities in Wisconsin are still evaluating how $23 billion in aid included in the latest federal COVID-19 stimulus package might help them deal with hundreds of millions of dollars in unexpected costs incurred during the pandemic. Higher education leaders and advocates say the federal funds will help, but more is needed.
Op-ed: Why we need to improve prison education
NBC-15
Op-ed by UW System President Tommy Thompson about the importance of improving prison education.
Audit: UW System paid out $68.5 million in student refunds
NBC-15
A new report shows the University of Wisconsin System paid out nearly $70 million in coronavirus-related refunds to students last year.
Campus life
Developer offers new plans for big housing project on historic street near UW-Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
After failing to win city approvals, a developer is offering revised plans for a seven-story apartment building on a street that’s home to many fraternities and sororities near UW-Madison.
Community
UW-Madison extends free COVID-19 testing into January
WKOW-TV 27
UW-Madison offers more free community testing
NBC-15
The University of Wisconsin will host six additional COVID-19 rapid testing events over the next couple weeks that will be open to the general public.
Arts & Humanities
Manitowoc Public Library is increasing diversity, inclusion in its collections
Herald Times Reporter
Noted: This past September, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for East Asian Studies offered a new grant program called East Asia in Wisconsin Library Program as part of their mission to promote better understanding of East Asian histories and cultures.
Health
UW Health doctor answers “man-on-the-street” questions about COVID-19 vaccine
Channel 3000
UW Health’s Dr. Jeff Pothof is hoping this will be the last of our State Street Doctor series. In the first segment we did back in March, Pothof answered any questions people had about COVID-19. In our second segment in July, doctors were learning more about the virus, so we did another.
UW Experts in the News
What did we learn? Malia Jones notes that polarization a public health crisis
The Capital Times
For epidemiologists like Malia Jones, a lot about 2020 was foreseeable. The experts who dedicate their careers to studying diseases knew the story of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic long before the rest of us did, and they knew another such catastrophe could be imminent.
What did we learn? Barry Burden saw an ‘amazingly nimble’ UW, election system
The Capital Times
On paper, 2020 wasn’t very different for Barry Burden. He taught political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and conducted research for its Elections Research Center. After finishing up the fall semester, he’s preparing for a month of much-needed winter break.
Obituaries
Shaw, Grace Douma
Wisconsin State Journal
After college she taught high school history, directed the women’s dormitory at Coe College, earned her master’s degree from UW-Madison, and eventually became the Assistant to the Dean of Women at UW. She met and married Joseph Lee Shaw in 1951. She left the workforce to raise three children, returning to the campus in 1963 as Assistant Dean in the College of Letters and Science and eventually the Assistant Director of the Faculty Advising Service, a position she held until her retirement in 1990.
UW-Madison Related
What did we learn? Dr. Cristina Delgadillo appreciates the small triumphs of health
Wisconsin State Journal
Delgadillo, a Latinx pediatrician at UW Health’s 20 South Park Street clinic, cares for children from infancy through their early 20’s. She is one of a few Spanish-speaking providers in the Madison area, and about 20% of her patients are from the Latino community, who still face barriers to healthcare. She came to Madison for medical school and never left, and has been practicing since 2010.
What did we learn? Gloria Ladson-Billings is not excited about ‘going back to normal’
The Capital Times
In April, Indian novelist Arundhati Roy published a series of essays, including one titled “The pandemic is a portal.” … This idea has been the year’s biggest takeaway for Gloria Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor emeritus, author and education researcher. The COVID-19 pandemic is a portal, she said, for educators in Madison and across the country to rethink how they teach.