UW-Madison has extended its mask mandate to Jan. 15, citing holiday travel and increasing COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in other parts of the state, the university said.
UW-Madison extends campus mask mandate to Jan. 15
Wisconsin State Journal
November 18, 2021
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UW researchers working to combat fatal Alexander disease
WISC-TV 3
Alexander disease has no cure, no standard course of treatment, and is typically fatal. UW researchers are working to change that. Waisman Center senior scientist Tracy Hagemann is leading a study alongside Albee Messing of the Alexander Disease Lab.
UW Health: Hospital conditions are driving factors behind risk for increased death rate among COVID patients in ICU
WISC-TV 3
Researchers with the UW School of Medicine and Public Health say physical health is only one factor to consider when analyzing a hospital’s likelihood to have increased intensive care unit mortality rates for patients with COVID-19.
Higher Education/System
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos attacks UW-Madison for references to critical race theory in student training
Wisconsin Public Radio
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, has joined current gubernatorial candidate and former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch in attacking the University of Wisconsin-Madison for including references to critical race theory in a training course for graduate students.
Campus life
UW extends mask mandate until Jan. 15
Badger Herald
The decision comes after Public Health Madison & Dane County announced earlier this month they have no plans to renew mask mandate.
UW-Madison extends mask mandate until Jan. 15
Daily Cardinal
he latest extension comes as the Dane County’s order is set to expire on Nov. 27.
UW-Madison extending mask mandate to Jan. 15
WISC-TV 3
The university’s mandate requires masks be worn in indoor spaces. In an email Wednesday evening, the university said the policy will be reviewed again in mid-January.
UW-Madison extends mask policy
WKOW-TV 27
It’ll now run until January 15 of next year.
State news
In-Depth: Legal experts reveal what takes place in jury room during deliberations
TMJ4
Quoted: “The idea is is that they will discuss the evidence, share their opinions with one another, spend time discussing whether they think the prosecution has met their burden of proof, but they don’t really get a blueprint for how to go about doing that other than to just discuss the evidence and listen to one another and keep an open mind,” said John Gross.
Gross is a UW-Madison Law School professor who has more than twenty years of experience serving as a criminal defense attorney. Gross expects jurors will spend a great deal of time sifting through video evidence.
“The jury is going to be able to look at that video as much as they would like in their jury room and figure out what they think you can see and hear and then conclude from all of that video evidence,” he said.
GOP leaders wants answers on UW-Madison training that references critical race theory
Wisconsin State Journal
In a letter sent Tuesday to UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said it was “unacceptable” and “appalling” to mandate training that “instills the university’s negative opinion of white students and the idea that students should feel guilty simply because of their race.”
Opinion
UW compliance with vaccination requirement impedes individual freedoms
Badger Herald
With a majority of UW employees and students vaccinated, mandates are unnecessary, morally questionable.
UW Experts in the News
Kyle Rittenhouse jury returns for second day of deliberations as Kenosha braces for verdict
USA Today
Keith Findley, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, called the lack of decision “odd.”
“The only reason I can think of for waiting is perhaps he wants to give the jury a chance to acquit so he doesn’t have to, but that’s speculation on my part,” Findley, co-founder of the Wisconsin Innocence Project, said.
EU seeks to block import of commodities that drive deforestation
The Washington Post
The proposal is “very promising,” said Holly Gibbs, a professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and an expert on deforestation.
EXPLAINER: What’s behind Rittenhouse mistrial requests?
AP
“From the defense point of view, to get a mistrial is generally considered a favorable thing,” said Ion Meyn, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School. “If you’re the defense, you’re definitely going to be doing this.”
Rittenhouse jury resumes deliberating after 2nd mistrial bid
AP
But to win a mistrial, the defense will have to meet a high bar and explain to the judge why what happened actually hurt Rittenhouse, said Ion Meyn, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Welcome To A True American Bloodsport: Redistricting
POLITICO
“It’s something the average member of the public thinks about, and is often unhappy about, in a way you wouldn’t have seen 10 years ago, and not at all 20 years ago,” says Barry Burden, director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Kyle Rittenhouse Trial Drone Footage Could Prove ‘Ugly’ for Prosecution
Newsweek
Speaking to the Associated Press, Ion Meyn, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, said the judge could grant a mistrial even if he finds the prosecution merely made an honest mistake.However, he said that this is unlikely as there must be proof that the prosecution’s actions influenced the jur
Biden embarks on swing-state sales pitch as Democrats face 2022 ‘red wave’
Washington Examiner
Regardless of history, polling suggests the country is “discontent,” and Republican-dominated statehouses are favorably redrawing congressional districts after last year’s decennial census and a successful down-ballot 2020 campaign season, according to Barry Burden, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Elections Research Center director.
Tips for talking to your elderly parents about money, long-term care
USA Today
As a parent, Cliff Robb, a professor of consumer science at the University of Wisconsin, tries to talk about basic finances like budgeting to his kids on a normal basis.
The COVID Cancer Effect
Scientific American
There is little doubt that the chaos ushered in by the pandemic will lead to more cancer deaths. But determining how many has been difficult: many cancers are slow-growing, their development can be complex, and factors such as treatment decisions play a big role in outcomes. To assess how missed screenings might affect cancer mortality rates, the National Cancer Institute turned to Oguzhan Alagoz, a professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison whose research involves modeling both cancer epidemiology and infectious diseases.
Rittenhouse jury resumes deliberating after 2nd mistrial bid
AP
But to win a mistrial, the defense will have to meet a high bar and explain to the judge why what happened actually hurt Rittenhouse, said Ion Meyn, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
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Saule Omarova, Biden’s pick to lead a key banking agency, set for tough confirmation hearing
The Washington Post
If confirmed, Omarova would be the first woman and first person of color to lead the 158-year-old agency. Since arriving in the United States , she has compiled a diverse work history. After receiving a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a law degree from Northwestern University, she worked as a lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell, a top New York firm, where she focused on corporate transactions and advising financial industry clients on regulation. She also served in the Treasury Department of George W. Bush’s administration, as a special adviser on regulatory policy.