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November 30, 2021

Research

Tropical cyclones in Asia could have double the destructive power by the end of century, study finds

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CNN

One of those studies, from researchers at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), looked at nearly 40 years of satellite data of global storms. The study, published last year, found that global warming has increased sea surface temperature in regions where tropical cyclones form. The combination of these warm temperatures, along with changes in atmospheric conditions, have allowed storms to more easily reach higher intensities.

Higher Education/System

A New Force in American Labor: Academe

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Chronicle of Higher Ed

hy are so many academic workers in the UAW to begin with? Tracing this history leads us back to the 1970s, the dawn of academic-worker organizing. Back then, the first successful attempts at forming academic-worker unions, at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, found homes in the American Federation of Teachers — a logical choice for workers in the education sector.

Campus life

State news

Wisconsin health officials waiting for more data on omicron coronavirus variant

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Wisconsin Public Radio

Quoted: Dr. Nasia Safdar, the director of infection control at UW Hospitals and Clinics, said she and other health care experts are wondering whether the omicron variant will be more contagious, how serious infections will be and how effective current vaccines will be in combating it. Safdar said it’s important to remember that even if existing vaccines are less effective on this new strain, they are still likely to offer some protection.

“Every decision that we make in this pandemic is going to be a trade-off between the risk and the benefit, and it’s what can one do to mitigate that risk,” said Safdar. “And of course, we don’t know how this is going to unfold fully yet. But it is a reminder that let’s do everything that we can on our end to mitigate things.”

 

Crime and safety

Health

UW Health specialist on next steps in handling Omicron variant

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NBC-15

A new COVID variant of concern has been named: Omicron. Dr. Dan Shirley with UW Health says there are a few next steps in dealing with this variant to focus on in the weeks to come. “The first step, that is still kind of ongoing, is to one: develop a way so everyone knows to look for this variant,” explained Dr. Shirley, an Infectious Disease Physician.

Athletics

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Obituaries

Remembering Virgil Abloh, trailblazing fashion designer, UW Alum

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NBC-15

“Virgil is a 2003 UW grad and actually got his degree in civil engineering,” explained Sarah Schutt, Executive Director of the UW Alumni Association. “We know now he never pursued engineering as a career, but he shared in several interviews that the problem-solving mindset that he learned in engineering and his base in humanities, he drew from every day in his work in design, music, and all the ways he influenced culture.”

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