The University of Wisconsin-Madison will face $320 million in pandemic-related losses by the time the current fiscal year ends in June, Chancellor Rebecca Blank said Thursday.
Blank: UW-Madison Faces $320 Million Pandemic Loss by June
AP
March 10, 2021
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Research
A year changed some of what we knew about COVID and who it affects most. But heartbreak was the constant.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: People who live to be 75 to 79 in Wisconsin, on average are expected to live another 13 years, according to state data. That average includes people who are quite ill with health conditions, noted Pat Remington, an epidemiologist from the University of Wisconsin- Madison.
“It is amazing how long people can live with multiple chronic conditions,” Remington said. “Everyone thinks that is when people die, but at 77 they are just likely to live to 90 on average.”
‘Personalized’ grafts reverse Parkinson’s in monkeys
Medical News Today
“Those drugs work well for many patients, but the effect does not last,” says Prof. Marina Emborg, who researches Parkinson’s at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, part of the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison).
Higher Education/System
New scholarship will help Milwaukee students of color become lawyers
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A new scholarship will support Milwaukee Public Schools graduates studying to become lawyers.
The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Scholarship is open to female and nonbinary students of color. Students can receive $2,000 in each year of their undergraduate studies in advance of law school and up to $10,000 in each year of law school at the University of Wisconsin or Marquette University.
Thomas Lyon, former Board of Regents president, dies
The Capital Times
Thomas Lyon, agriculturalist and former University of Wisconsin Board of Regents president, died Monday.
Gibson takes the reins as the new chancellor of UW Stevens Point
Madison365
He said his hobby is running the university, and when not spending time with his wife and four-year-old daughter Kennedy, he is reading.
Campus life
ACS Bridge Program makes an impact
Chemical & Engineering News
The ACS Bridge Program is not one size fits all, and that’s what makes it work, according to students and Bridge leaders. “You definitely cannot have a cookie-cutter mentality, because these students have such different backgrounds and such different needs,” says Robert J. Hamers, who leads the program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Madison Plan Commission denies Langdon proposal a second time
The Capital Times
The Hub II, a 7-story, 106-unit building proposed for 126 Langdon St. by Chicago-based Core Spaces Development was denied Conditional Use permits for the second time in less than a year.
Chancellor Blank apologizes for COVID-19 discussions held on private server
Badger Herald
’I think she was right to apologize, and I welcome the fact that it came swiftly and clearly,’ UW ethics and media law professor says.
Chancellor Blank expresses regret following secretive public records
Daily Cardinal
Chancellor Rebecca Blank apologized for her email correspondence with Big Ten leaders last summer that suggested moving communications to the network’s private platform amid COVID-19 discussions for the fall semester.
Health
California university offers to pay would-be spring breakers $75 not to travel
Fox News
Texas A&M University opted for a three-day weekend instead of a whole week off. The University of Alabama and the University of Wisconsin-Madison also did away with spring break but are giving students a day off later in the semester. The University of Mississippi, which canceled spring break, said it will end the semester a week early.
Athletics
UW-Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank apologizes over public records
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank apologized after it was reported that she suggested to other Big Ten leaders that their emails related to the COVID-19 pandemic be moved to a private portal.
Badgers women’s basketball coach Jonathan Tsipis dismissed after lopsided loss to Illinois at Big Ten tournament
Wisconsin State Journal
Jonathan Tsipis was relieved of his duties as UW women’s basketball coach following Tuesday’s 67-42 loss to Illinois in the Big Ten Conference tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Opinion
Column: Shortened library, Union hours contradict heightened student need for study spaces
Badger Herald
UW should expand hours beyond pre-pandemic levels to support student productivity and mental health.
UW Experts in the News
COVID Relief Bill Could Cut US Poverty in Half, For Now
Voice of America
“It’s a huge change,” said Sarah Halpern-Meekin, a professor in the LaFollette School of Public Affairs and the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She said the nearest historical comparison in terms of impact on society would be the Social Security Act of 1935, which set up a system of guaranteed income for most retirees in America.
Hard lessons: A decade after Act 10, teachers see a legacy of disrespect, judgment
The Capital Times
Kimber Wilkerson, faculty director of the UW-Madison Teacher Education Center, said one change that can likely be attributed to Act 10 is future teachers becoming “more conscious of things like morale and more conscious of compensation and benefits and overall climate.”
Children’s media expert reacts to Disney+ adjusting access to some films
NBC-15
“Disney [Plus] is taking recognition of the content,” AnneMarie McClain, a communication arts doctoral candidate at UW-Madison, said. She researches children, family and race in media. “They’re being honest about what’s in different content.”