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September 2, 2021

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UW-Madison reports 90% of campus fully vaccinated even without vaccine mandate

Posted on 9/2/2021

Wisconsin State Journal

UW-Madison reported on Thursday that nine out of every 10 members of the campus community are fully vaccinated — even without mandating students and employees to get the shot.  “I’m proud of our students and employees for taking this important step to protect themselves and others,” Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in an announcement. “And I’m grateful to our staff, who worked tirelessly to achieve these results.”

UW reports sky-high vaccination rates

Posted on 9/2/2021

NBC-15

The University of Wisconsin is celebrating meeting or exceeding its COVID-19 vaccination goals among students and staff heading into the fall semester. According to numbers released Thursday, nine in ten people in the Madison campus community are fully vaccinated.

Research

UW chemist has used showmanship to excite people about basic science for more than a half-century

Posted on 9/2/2021

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Bassam Shakhashiri stood before a packed theater, all eyes riveted on the bright red handkerchief in his hand.

“The blue is there. It’s hiding,” Shakhashiri said, having playfully promised his audience that he could change the cloth’s color. “I’m going to sho

Higher Education/System

UW-La Crosse becomes first campus in the state to reach a 70% vaccination rate

Posted on 9/2/2021

Spectrum News

Former Wisconsin governor, and national health secretary under President George W. Bush, Tommy Thompson is now at the helm of the UW System as interim president. Thompson recently kicked off a tour that will include stops at all the campuses this fall to urge students to get vaccinated.

Another Sign Of The Pandemic’s Effect On College Students: Fewer Transfers

Posted on 9/2/2021

Wisconsin Public Radio

Fewer students transferred between colleges over the 2020-2021 school year, and new data show that trends in who is transferring between colleges — and where they’re going — may be exacerbating existing inequity.

Campus life

Students And Faculty Are Complying With College Vaccination Mandates

Posted on 9/2/2021

Forbes

The University of Wisconsin reported that 90% of its campus community had been vaccinated despite not having a mandate in place.

UW-Madison: 9 out of 10 people on campus fully vaccinated

Posted on 9/2/2021

WISC-TV 3

Nine out of 10 people on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, including faculty, staff and students, are fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

Sprinkler keeps oven fire under control at UW-Madison Wisconsin Energy Institute, authorities say

Posted on 9/2/2021

Wisconsin State Journal

Asprinkler kept an oven fire under control at the UW-Madison Wisconsin Energy Institute on Tuesday until fire crews arrived to put it out, authorities reported.

As UW-Madison gears up study abroad programs, students remain wary

Posted on 9/2/2021

The Capital Times

In a “typical” semester, the University of Wisconsin-Madison would be sending hundreds of students abroad to more than 260 programs in 65 countries across the globe. This fall, only 97 students are currently signed up to make the trek, and that number may be dwindling.

Crime and safety

Wisconsin Energy Institute at UW-Madison evacuated after lab fire

Posted on 9/2/2021

WISC-TV 3

While an oven and lab room suffered significant damage, nobody was injured.

Firefighters battle lab fire on UW campus

Posted on 9/2/2021

NBC-15

The fire forced people to evacuate the building, MFD reported.

Nobody injured in UW campus laboratory fire

Posted on 9/2/2021

WKOW-TV 27

The Madison Fire Department reports no injuries after a fire flared out of a laboratory oven in the Wisconsin Energy Institute Tuesday.

Health

UW Health: RSV cases on the rise since July

Posted on 9/2/2021

WKOW-TV 27

Cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common respiratory virus among children with similar symptoms to COVID-19, are on the rise.

Madison officials support UW Health nurses’ effort to form union

Posted on 9/2/2021

The Capital Times

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and City Council members are supporting the efforts of local UW Health nurses to form a union and urging the hospital’s board to hold a union election by the end of the year.

Athletics

New UW women’s basketball coach Marisa Moseley looks to turn around struggling women’s basketball program

Posted on 9/2/2021

Madison365

This past April, UW made Marisa Moseley the eighth coach in Wisconsin women’s basketball history and is counting on the former “Patriot League Coach of the Year” to turn around the UW program like she did at Boston University.

UW Experts in the News

Madison doctors give tips to mitigate stress as students head back to school

Posted on 9/2/2021

NBC-15

Dr. Marcia Slattery, a pediatric psychiatrist, explained that a common trigger for anxiety is the uncertainty about the upcoming school year.

Waukesha School Board Debate Raises Bigger Questions About School Lunch, Social Safety Net

Posted on 9/2/2021

Wisconsin Public Radio

Quoted: Andrew Ruis, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of a book about the origins of school lunch, said universal lunches are good for families as well as children even beyond providing meals to students who need them.

“One of the things that school meal programs have always done, going back to the turn of the century, is that they’re extremely beneficial for parents and in particular for mothers, who tend to bear a larger portion of the child care burden,” he said.

Largest study of masks yet details their importance in fighting Covid-19

Posted on 9/2/2021

NBS News

Ajay Sethi, an epidemiologist and associate professor of population health sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who was not involved with the study, called the research “thoughtfully put together” and “impressive on many different levels.”