Clipsheet

December 6, 2021

Research

America’s 50 Dirtiest Cities

Posted on 12/6/2021

24/7 Tempo

To that score and the ranking of each city of resident satisfaction with city cleanliness, 24/7 Tempo added each municipality’s average daily PM2.5 (the concentration of particulate matter with a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometers) per cubic meter of air, drawn from the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, a collaboration between the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation. Total population is from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2019 American Community Survey five-year estimates.

Higher Education/System

UW System developing Bachelors degree program in WI prisons

Posted on 12/6/2021

WISC-TV 3

The University of Wisconsin System is moving forward with plans to give people in state prisons a chance to earn a UW Bachelors degree while incarcerated, after receiving funding to develop a pilot program.

Campus life

How the change from cardboard cutouts to cheering fans is propelling the Wisconsin men’s basketball team

Posted on 12/6/2021

Wisconsin State Journal

UW’s freshmen and sophomores never had experienced a normal atmosphere at home or away because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some venues had limited capacity last season and some fans were allowed to attend the NCAA tournament at neutral sites.

Beyond the Binary: Gender Inclusive Community expands housing options for trans, gender-nonconforming residents

Posted on 12/6/2021

Badger Herald

Students within GIC share how gender inclusive housing options brought them new, deeper sense of community.

State news

Wisconsin Republicans overhauled elections oversight 5 years ago. Now they’re pushing to do it again.

Posted on 12/6/2021

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Quoted: “It feels a lot like the criticism we heard five or six years ago of the GAB,” University of Wisconsin-Madison Elections Research Center director Barry Burden said in a recent interview.

Business/Technology

Small Business Grants In Wisconsin

Posted on 12/6/2021

Forbes Advisor

The Entrepreneurial Training Program provides grants of up to $750 to entrepreneurs who complete startup coursework by the Small Business Development Center at the University of Wisconsin. Entrepreneurs must match at least $250, and the coursework must focus on business modeling or business planning.

UW Experts in the News

Waukesha parade suspect’s low bail in prior case is typical practice in Milwaukee

Posted on 12/6/2021

Fox News

Cash bail is used to ensure a defendant appears in court, but a judge can also consider danger to the community under Wisconsin law, said John Gross, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School.

Obituaries

Constance Ahrons, Advocate of ‘Good Divorce,’ Dies at 84

Posted on 12/6/2021

The New York Times

She went on to earn her master’s in social work from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1967 and her doctorate in counseling psychology, also from Wisconsin, in 1973.

UW-Madison Related

‘Everyone knew!’ Problems with UW-Madison prof who led ‘toxic’ lab persisted for 2 decades

Posted on 12/6/2021

Wisconsin State Journal

With a six-sentence resignation letter wishing UW-Madison all the best, engineering professor Akbar Sayeed left behind “a career-long string of victims” and a department that failed time and again in responding to his bad behavior, according to a newly released investigative report.