To determine the 40 most obese counties in the U.S., 24/7 Tempo analyzed county-level data on adult obesity rates from the 2021 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps report, a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
May 20, 2021
Research
Campus life
New renderings show updated plans for Camp Randall Stadium renovations
The renovation of Camp Randall Stadium’s south end zone seating is underway. The University of Wisconsin athletic department confirmed in a statement Wednesday that the $77 million project to transform rows of bleacher seating into indoor club spaces, small loge boxes and rows of chairback seating is expected to be ready for the 2022 season.
Crime and safety
No prosecution for sex offender’s actions on UW-Madison campus
A representative of the Dane County District Attorney’s Office originally said Mills would appear in court on charges last week, but the view of his actions changed.”All of his cases were declined (for prosecution),” representative Alexandra Fischer says.
Arts & Humanities
“Wearable Tracy” and Connections Forged Through Funky Hats
The two women met while Kim was taking a “Design Thinking” workshop at the University of Wisconsin; Brandenbug, an anthropologist, gave a lecture about empathy and creativity, and the material so stuck with Kim that she struck up a conversation that led to a lasting friendship.
Health
‘There is a need for something new’: Applications open for UW-Madison’s psychoactive drug treatment master’s program
Reports of depression and anxiety went up six fold during the pandemic, according to Boston College researchers. “The pandemic has really caused the burden of negative mental health outcomes to skyrocket,” said Cody Wenthur, an assistant professor of pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. “We have a real need for new therapeutics and increased access to the effective treatments we already have.”
COVID-19 shot can be administered with routine vaccinations, health officials say
Dr. Jim Conway, pediatric infectious disease specialist and medical director for immunization programs at UW Health, echoed this advice Wednesday and said there was no reason to wait to get any vaccination, ranging from shingles to the flu.
UW Hospital adds hair care products for Black patients
After speaking with a patient, Dr. Jeannina Smith became aware of the lack of Black hair products at the hospital. From there, two nurses, Ann Malec and Nicole Vlasak, took the lead, which led to UW Health making hair oil, hair bonnets, hair picks, bristle boar hair brushes and cocoa butter cream available to patients.
Athletics
Devils hire former Olympic captain Meghan Duggan as manger of player development
Duggan, 33, is one of the most decorated women in U.S. hockey history with eight World Championship and three Olympic medals. She served as captain for each of the past two Olympic Games and has been in a leadership role for almost her entire hockey career. During her four-year span at the University of Wisconsin, she took home three NCAA titles and won the Patty Kazmaier Award as the best collegiate player in the country during the 2010-11 season.
Badgers great Meghan Duggan named manager of player development for New Jersey Devils
University of Wisconsin legend and former U.S. national team captain Meghan Duggan was named manager of player development for the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday, the latest prominent women’s player to join an NHL team’s front office.
UW Experts in the News
Major food companies linked to illegal destruction of the Amazon
“Allowing different properties operated by the same person or group to follow different rules opens a loophole that farmers can use to circumvent the soy moratorium,” Lisa Rausch, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin, told TBIJ.
Opinion: Here’s how to tell if this spurt of inflation is here to stay
So far, the actual growth in the price level has been temporary. Expectations of inflation remain muted because either the anticipated output gap or the responsiveness of inflation to the output gap are thought to be small, inflation expectations remain well-anchored, or all three.
Menzie Chinn is a professor of public affairs and economics at the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research examines the empirical and policy aspects of macroeconomic interactions between countries.
Experts predict Covid vaccination honor system could result in some masking truth
“Some tend to follow the honor system, while others don’t,” Dominique Brossard, UW-Madison Department of Life Sciences Communications Chair and Professor said.