From pioneering the field of bioethics 50 years ago to applying morality to science’s greatest controversies today, the field’s evolution continues on campus.
The rise of bioethics: How the discipline began, persists at UW
Badger Herald
September 30, 2021
Research
Higher Education/System
Madison College, UW-Madison School of Education form partnership to diversify teacher workforce
Madison365
Madison College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education have announced a new transfer agreement that will create a direct pipeline for future elementary and special education teachers.
The USA TODAY SmartEdition
USA Today
On one hand, some institutions, like the University of Wisconsin, are still providing housing for those who need to quarantine or isolate. In Madison, those students may have to travel 35 minutes to an off-site hotel, according to an email to students and parents. Students are also responsible for their own food. On the other hand, some colleges, such as the University of Delaware, have some space for students to isolate.
Wisconsin Democrats propose bills to boost funding, access for higher education
The Capital Times
Democratic legislators are introducing a package of bills that would secure additional funding for the University of Wisconsin System and the state’s technical colleges, as well as make college more affordable through tuition freezes and need-based financial aid grants.
Campus life
Podcast | Making Wisconsin: Remembering the Sterling Hall bombing
NBC-15
In the first half of this episode, NBC15′s Charlie Shortino and Gabriella Rusk take a look back at that day and the events that led up to the bombing. Then, we hear from Phil Little, who was part of the official response to the Sterling Hall bombing.
ASM’s Equity and Inclusion Committee strives to develop solutions for campus-wide issues
Daily Cardinal
The EIC is one of just five open ASM committees on campus, meaning that there is no application to join or participate in organizing events.
Q&A: Adrian Lampron, your new ASM Chair
Daily Cardinal
The past year has been a tumultuous one for the body — much of it spent in gridlock with administrators over their handling of the pandemic, equity and inclusion for students of color and the role of university police on campus. For new ASM chair Adrian Lampron, the new session is a fresh chance for the student voice to be heard and heeded on those issues.
ASM passes legislation aimed to strengthen shared governance, additional funding for a co-responder program
Badger Herald
Both the legislation, budget alteration passed during the meeting Wednesday night.
Kids may not be able to get Pfizer shots until November; vaccination rates among pregnant people low: Today’s COVID-19 updates
USA Today
Some institutions, such as the University of Wisconsin, are still providing housing for those who need to quarantine or isolate. Others, such as the University of Delaware, have some space for students to isolate but encourage students with positive cases to return home if possible.
State news
Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station Offers New Opportunities To ‘Move The Industry Forward’
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: Amaya Atucha, fruit crop specialist for UW-Madison, said she and other researchers are grateful to the cranberry growers that let them host projects on their marshes. She said worrying about the crops was a common issue that held back progress.
“When we want to study things related to an invasive insect or a disease in which you really have to let that disease take over your marsh or your production bed, you’re not going to do that in a grower’s commercial marsh, because the grower makes their living out of the fruit,” Atucha said.
Attorney general candidate admits removing old podcasts; missing episodes feature Trump critics
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Four episodes of a podcast hosted by Ryan Owens — some of them featuring critics of former President Donald Trump — have disappeared from the internet as the Republican candidate for attorney general ramps up his campaign.
Owens on Wednesday offered evolving accounts regarding the removal of the episodes of the University of Wisconsin-Madison podcast.
Health
Few Influenza Cases Last Year Could Have Implications For This Season
Wisconsin Public Radio
Public safety precautions put in place last year to help stem the spread of COVID-19 also caused influenza cases to nosedive.
But that could backfire during this year’s flu season, said Dr. James Conway, associate director for health sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Global Health Institute.
“Obviously, we don’t have a lot to go on because the social lockdown and mitigation programs on both sides of the globe have really shut down influenza across the board,” Conway said. “And so, it’s really been sort of an educated guess.”
Athletics
Badgers change course, launch search for deputy to athletic director Chris McIntosh
Wisconsin State Journal
UW last week advertised a job opening for a deputy athletic director, the role McIntosh held before he was promoted in July.
Wisconsin athletics covers budget shortfall with $20 million no-interest loan from campus
Wisconsin State Journal
The final report will show that the University of Wisconsin athletic department came out about even financially from the 2020-21 school year that was upended by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Opinion
Greek life is not the problem — ignoring it is
Daily Cardinal
Blaming Greek Life — the entitled party animals — was an easy avenue at the start of the pandemic. In “Greek life being Greek life,” relentless socializing spurred the foreseeable lockdown of 22 sorority and fraternity houses at the start of the 2020-2021 academic year. Presently, however, Greek life is not at fault — the blatant disregard for in-chapter sorority members are.
Business/Technology
Johnson and Senate GOP’s Debt Ceiling Vote Could Spell Trouble for US, World Economy
Up North News
Quoted: Although Congress has come to this precipice many times before, the perception is that the two parties are more “locked-in” than before, and that has people worried, said Menzie Chinn, a professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin’s La Follette School of Public Affairs and expert on fiscal and monetary policy.
“This is the first time where it may not just be [political theater] but it is actually a case where they very well may not [pass an increase to the debt ceiling], and the consequences are big,” Chinn said. “When you shut down the government, essential services still continue, but if you hit the debt limit, you have to stop payments.”
UW Experts in the News
Judge delays selecting a special prosecutor for the 2016 shooting of Jay Anderson Jr. to October
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Keith Findley, a professor of law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that person will then review all the evidence in the case. They could ask the police for more reports or issue subpoenas, as well.
They’ll then evaluate the evidence and determine whether they want to prosecute Mensah.
Yamahiro found probable cause that Mensah committed homicide by the negligent handling of a dangerous weapon. The special prosecutor will not be required to file that specific charge, but they could, Findley said. They could also file additional charges, different charges or no charges at all.
Pandemic continues to impact the workforce
NBC-15
“There’s worker shortages in a number of fields so a lot of college grads have their pick in certain areas,” said Matthew Hora, Associate Professor of Adult and Higher Education at UW-Madison.
Some fear boosters will hurt drive to reach the unvaccinated
AP
Dr. James Conway, a pediatric infectious diseases expert at the University of Wisconsin, said last week that if vaccine-hesitant people “start to get the idea that this is only going to last for six or eight or 10 months,” they may be further soured on the whole idea.
New Glarus Brewing owner files defamation suit against shareholders’ law firm
Wisconsin State Journal
Defamation suits can be difficult to win in the United States, which has more robust freedom-of-speech protections than many other countries. Non-public figures can recover damages if they can prove defamers printed something “without adequately checking on its truth,” according to UW-Madison political science and legal studies professor Howard Schweber.