What if you could heal your wounds four times faster than normal with just a bandage? That’s exactly what researchers at UW-Madison are trying to accomplish.
UW-Madison researchers develop bandage that speeds wound healing
WISC-TV 3
December 8, 2021
Research
‘Futuristic’ bandage created at UW speeds up healing time, research finds
NBC-15
The bandage uses a tiny generator to catch energy from a person’s natural movement, such as breathing or twitching. It then converts that energy into mild electric pulses that are sent to an electrode in the bandage, creating an electric field around the wound and healing it.
Higher Education/System
Why It’s so Difficult to Recruit Diverse Teachers in Early Childhood
EdSurge
Written by Meredith Whye, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a former early childhood teacher.
Campus life
Madison City Council OKs Downtown project with some beds for low-income students
Wisconsin State Journal
The Madison City Council signed off Tuesday on a large luxury student housing project fronting the 300 block of State Street, which would reserve more than 100 beds for low-income UW-Madison students, after a petition that would have made it more difficult to pass failed to gain enough valid signatures.
Study abroad programs respond to new Omicron variant
Badger Herald
As international protocols change, UW study abroad office prepares to adapt.
SSFC passes ASM internal budget, The Black Voice presents budget fiscal year 2023
Badger Herald
SSFC will vote on eligibility of The Black Voice GSSF status this Thursday.
Grades aren’t as important as once thought when determining future success, UW experts say
Badger Herald
’In general, good grades won’t hurt, but they are far from the only factor,’ UW associate vice provost says.
UW Libraries encourage professors to make course materials accessible for all students
Badger Herald
Textbooks are expensive, but professors want updated materials, UW professor said.
State news
Conservationists aim to protect songbird in Wisconsin as its population sees steep decline
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: Staffen said it’s unclear how many Connecticut warblers have historically been found in Wisconsin. There are around 1.5 to 2 million birds worldwide, said Stan Temple, professor emeritus of forest and wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Temple noted Connecticut warblers and other species like spruce grouse and boreal chickadees are occupying the southern edge of their range in northern Wisconsin. Those forest-dwelling species are contending with habitat loss as climate change is causing those forests to shift further north. In the next several decades, the southern limits of the songbirds’ range likely will no longer include Wisconsin.
“So in the long term, assuming that climate change continues unabated, the bird is destined to disappear from the Wisconsin landscape, regardless pretty much of what we do,” said Temple.
Increasing survivor advocacy at state legislature, UW but expanded services needed
Badger Herald
’We have opened up more options for people to get an exam done and have evidence collected,’ associate professor says.
Athletics
Wisconsin volleyball player Danielle Hart is inspiration — Daniel Smith
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor: Hart responded to a season-ending injury with a team-first attitude, supporting and contributing to her teammates’ success, while accepting that life sometimes doesn’t work out as planned. Isn’t this what athletics are supposed to foster?
6 Wisconsin football players earn AP All-Big Ten honors
Wisconsin State Journal
The Badgers were fourth in the conference with six players on the first or second teams. Iowa (nine), Ohio State (eight) and Michigan (seven) finished ahead of UW in number of honorees.
UW Experts in the News
Ariana Grande ‘Asianfishing’ Controversy Explained
Newsweek
Meanwhile, Leslie Bow, a professor of Asian American studies at the University of Wisconsin, described blackfishing as “a racial masquerade that operates as a form of racial fetishism” to CNN that same month
UW Health’s Dr. Pothof gives latest on Omicron variant, holiday guidance
WISC-TV 3
UW Health’s Dr. Pothof sits down with News 3 Now Live at Four to tell us the latest on the Omicron variant as scientists race to determine what kind of protection vaccines offer.
Obituaries
Constance Ahrons, former UW-Madison prof who studied divorced couples, dies
Wisconsin State Journal
Constance Ahrons, a prominent psychologist and therapist whose groundbreaking work challenging traditional stereotypes about marriage and divorce began at UW-Madison, died Nov. 29 at her home in San Diego. She was 84.