With her husband’s drawn-out illness, Boss’s life came to resemble the cases she’d spent her career studying. Nearly 50 years ago, as a doctoral student in child development and family studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she researched families with at least one member who was either physically or psychologically absent.
The theory that the moon might have abundant reserves of helium-3 goes back several decades. In 1986, scientists at the University of Wisconsin estimated that lunar soil could contain a million tons of the isotope, also known as He3.
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) approved spending more than $600,000 to investigate the state’s 2020 presidential election. State municipal clerks have been subject to subpoenas while a “significant number” have received threatening and hostile messages, a report on the election by the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison concluded. — Stephen Joyce
State Superintendent of Schools Jill Underly said Monday she is “mixed” on the University of Wisconsin System’s recent move to remain ACT/SAT test-optional for another two years.
Noted: University of Wisconsin Administration: Up to $5.7 million to create a “workforce-ready curriculum” for students who are incarcerated “to teach employable skills to students while incarcerated and continue supporting them post-release through program completion and career placement.” The program will pilot at UW-Oshkosh, UW-Milwaukee, UW-Parkside, UW-Green Bay, and UW-Madison.
UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee joined dozens of colleges that are halting COVID-19 vaccine mandates after a federal judge last week blocked the Biden administration’s order requiring shots for federal contractors.
The 2% increase is anticipated to take effect Jan. 2, 2022. The state’s legislative Joint Committee on Employment Relations (JCOER) still needs to formally approve the pay plan increases and effective date.
The University of Wisconsin – Madison is putting its COVID-19 vaccine requirement for workers on hold right now, after a federal court last week blocked President Joe Biden’s Administration from enforcing a mandate for employees of federal contractors.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s winter commencement ceremony is set to be held in-person on Sunday morning at the Kohl Center.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s winter commencement ceremony is set to be held in-person on Sunday morning at the Kohl Center.
Re-Wear It, a new student organization that promotes conscious consumerism and sustainable fashion, had their final clothing swap of the semester Friday. Students and campus community members are invited to bring clothing items they no longer want to swap out for new items at Re-Wear It’s events.
Quoted: “We’re learning that it’s pretty easy to turn the economy off. But it’s really hard just to flip the switch and turn it back on,” said Steve Deller, a professor in agriculture and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“What COVID has done is, among other things, it’s changed the risk-benefit calculation that workers do,” said Menzie Chinn, a professor of public affairs and economics at UW-Madison.
A former University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of third-degree sexual assault on campus last week has a harassment history dating back not just the last few months in Wisconsin, but also stretching into last year in Rhode Island.
In a statement Tuesday, UW-Madison spokesperson Meredith McGlone said the pause, announced Monday, is effective immediately.
One year ago, Tina Schubert became the first person in the state of Wisconsin to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. As a respiratory therapist for UW Health, she saw firsthand the damage the virus could do to a person, and she was scared. But she says she felt something different after receiving the shot.
UW Health Respiratory therapist Tina Schubert was the very first person in the state to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Schubert says vaccines have allowed schools to return to in-person learning, families and friends have been able to come together and the medical community has learned more about vaccines. These are all things that give her hope.
To debate the free speech crisis — or lack thereof — on campuses, Jane Coaston brought together Greg Lukianoff, the president and C.E.O. of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), and Mark Copelovitch, a professor of political science and public affairs and the director of the Center for European Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Climate change may be one of the other threats pushing down monarch numbers. It’s messing with weather across their range, which plays a huge role in how many butterflies ultimately arrive in Mexico each year, according to Karen Oberhauser, a monarch expert and professor of entomology at the University of Wisconsin Madison. It’s getting hotter where monarchs breed, for example, and that makes it harder for them to flourish, she said.
News 3 Now talked to UW Health Dr. Bill Hartman to find out the latest on coronavirus vaccinations and the first reported death from the Omicron variant in the U.K.
Sarah Orr, Director of UW-Madison’s Consumer Law Clinic says if you are sued for an unpaid medical bill, be sure to have the debt validated and check to see if the provider will accept a settlement amount for what you can afford.
