Police in Madison have cracked the case of the conifer crooks who stole a rare tree from the University of Wisconsin Arboretum in November.
3 fraternity pledges cited in theft of rare tree from UW Arboretum in Madison
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
March 29, 2021
Campus life
Another Class of Covid Faces Curtailed Commencements
The New York Times
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will hold in-person ceremonies in its Camp Randall Stadium, which can hold about 80,000 people. The university will hold two ceremonies on May 8, but graduates cannot bring guests.
Daytona Beach: Spring break 2021 has fewer college students amid COVID
USA Today
A short list of schools that have canceled or altered spring break plans includes Ohio State University, the University of Tennessee, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Iowa State University, the University of Northern Iowa, Baylor University, Kansas State University, Wichita State University, Purdue University, the University of Kentucky and Davidson College, according to the website Inside Higher Ed.
Weekend Roundup: Evers Signs 14 Bills Into Law
Wisconsin Public Radio
Band: Earlier this month, the University of Wisconsin-Madison changed its COVID-19 guidelines to allow 50 people to gather indoors and 150 people outdoors. This paved the way for the school’s varsity band to have its first large group practice in over one year.
Students to return to Madison for in-person classes in the fall
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison students should plan to return to campus for mainly in-person instruction and expect a “new normal” this fall, said Chancellor Rebecca Blank. In a March 25 blog post, Blank announced that the fall semester at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will look more like fall 2019 than fall 2020. While guidelines for the semester have not yet been defined, they will be based on the state of the pandemic, Blank said.
Crime and safety
‘Pine crime’ solved: 3 students cited for theft of rare, 25-foot tree from UW Arboretum, police say
Wisconsin State Journal
One of the more bizarre crimes in Madison history has been solved, with citations being issued to three 19-year-old UW-Madison students in the theft of a 25-foot pine tree from the UW Arboretum in November.
Health
Vaccine rollout in Wisconsin picks up speed
NBC-15
UW Health’s Dr. Matt Anderson attributes the turnaround to hard work from health care workers, tackling the immense learning curve quickly.
UW Health moves forward with vaccination efforts
WKOW-TV 27
UW Health is now welcoming eligible members of the public to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine at its locations.
Surgical consent altered at UW after case involving hysterectomy
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison’s obstetrics and gynecology department changed its surgical consent process to ask patients to sign consent forms on the day of surgery, not before, after a case in which a patient’s ovaries were not removed as desired during a hysterectomy.
Athletics
Wisconsin hires Marisa Moseley as next women’s basketball coach
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin women’s basketball program made it official Friday that Boston University head coach and former Connecticut assistant Marisa Moseley will be the next head coach.
University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez expected to announce in the next few weeks he’s retiring
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Barry Alvarez, who established Wisconsin football as a Big Ten power in the 1990s and has served as full-time athletic director since 2006, is expected to announce soon he is retiring.
‘Who has done more for Wisconsin athletics?’: Former players tell how Barry Alvarez affected their lives
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
When Vitaly Pisetsky enrolled at the University of Wisconsin in 1996, he was just three years removed from coming to the United States from the Soviet Union with his family.
Canadiens sign Cole Caufield to entry-level contract
MSN
Police: Driver dead after car crosses median on Dixie HighwayWho said no one would want to play for the Patriots? Bill Belichick still…Montreal Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin has stayed true to his word and has signed top prospect Cole Caufield as quickly as could be considered possible. After the top-seeded University of Wisconsin was unceremoniously upset in the East Regional of the NCAA Tournament by Bemidji State University on Friday, Caufield’s collegiate career came to an end.
Report: UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez expected to announce retirement
NBC-15
University of Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez is expected to announce his retirement, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Report: Barry Alvarez, UW athletic director, expected to retire
WKOW-TV 27
Alvarez has been the UW’s athletic director since 2006. He started at UW in the 1990s and helped establish Wisconsin Football as the Big Ten powerhouse we now know it to be.
Report: UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez expected to announce retirement
WISC-TV 3
After more than three decades serving the Badgers in a variety of roles, Barry Alvarez is reportedly planning to announce his retirement.
‘A challenging opportunity’: New Badgers women’s basketball hire Marisa Moseley embraces rebuilding process
Wisconsin State Journal
Marisa Moseley is no stranger to rebuilding projects. She’s got a major one in front of her after agreeing to be the next University of Wisconsin women’s basketball coach, a hire that was made official Friday evening.
Sources: Barry Alvarez moves up retirement plans; Wisconsin athletic director expected to make announcement in coming weeks
Wisconsin State Journal
Barry Alvarez is set to retire after nearly 17 years as the athletic director at the University of Wisconsin.
Examining the challenges Wisconsin faces in search for Barry Alvarez’s replacement as athletic director
Wisconsin State Journal
Hiring athletic directors has been a rare occurrence over the past three-plus decades at the University of Wisconsin, speaking to the stability atop a department that has produced sustained success over that time.
Business/Technology
The Way Bosses Conduct And Communicate Layoffs Is Inhumane. There’s Another Way.
HuffPost Life
After layoffs, morale tanks and turnover increases. As Charlie Trevor, a professor of management and human resources at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, previously told HuffPost, how layoffs are handled can tell “a survivor a great deal about the company’s priorities and about the type of treatment one might expect moving forward.”
UW Experts in the News
A Biblical Mystery and Reporting Odyssey: 1883 Fragments
The New York Times
But then, in 1956, Shapira popped up again — on the front page, no less — when The Times reported that Menahem Mansoor, a respected scholar at the University of Wisconsin, was reopening the case.
Super-cold thunderstorm sets temperature record
BBC News
Dr Proud and Scott Bachmeier, a research meteorologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, US, report the event in a paper in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
What are the benefits of mindfulness meditation?
Mashable
It wasn’t until 2003, when Dr. Richard Davidson, founder and director of The Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, gave a talk at the University of Pennsylvania, that Jha once again woke up to the benefits of mindfulness.
UW-Madison Related
Opinion | Readers critique The Post: A fist-bump like no one’s ever seen before
Washington Post
The essay’s focus was on her role as the “primary architect” of the Social Security bill in 1935. With great anticipation, I read the article, looking for some mention of preeminent economist Edwin E. Witte, known as the “father of Social Security.” Because Witte taught economics at the University of Wisconsin, my husband chose to attend the outstanding graduate program in economics there in 1950. Since his undergraduate days at Syracuse University, he had looked up to Witte as a mentor. (Letter to the editor)
Ciara and Russell Wilson celebrate 6-year anniversary of the day they met: ‘You are beauty to me’
MSN
The couple met at a University of Wisconsin basketball game in 2015. “It was different,” Ciara said of their meeting on a 2019 episode of Red Table Talk. “I had never had that feeling in my life. It was just, like, calm. We were connecting in every way…”
‘Bitten With The Concrete Bug’: Sculpture Gardens Showcase Wisconsin’s Outsider Artists
Wisconsin Public Radio
Anderson Kramer is a Ph.D. candidate with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Art History, where she focuses on concrete sculpture gardens in the Midwest.