Research happening in Wisconsin studying the biology of early Earth shows there is the possibility of life on other planets. Betül Kaçar, a bacteriologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, tells us about the research and talks us through its ethics.
UW-Madison scientists played a pivotal role in helping a team share images of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, unveiled Thursday.
Thousands of students and family members will be in town celebrating spring commencement. Downtown Madison is expected to be very busy.
‘Students paying this amount of money to be at this school deserve more than a crumbling building,’ anonymous statement says.
The department stated in an alert to the campus community that the university has received multiple reports of the crime involving the same suspect, who allegedly fondled victims without consent.
All cases fourth degree sexual assault, involve same offender.
Mental health among student athletes has been thrust into the spotlight after at least five high-profile athletes died by suicide in recent months: Katie Meyer, a star goalie on Stanford’s soccer team; Sarah Shulze, a decorated runner for the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Lauren Bernett, the softball player who helped lead James Madison University to the Women’s College World Series; Robert Martin a lacrosse player at Binghamton University; and Arlana Miller, a cheerleader at Southern University. Others have also been reported, but not confirmed.
The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team plans to make its first international trip since 2017. The Badgers are scheduled to head to France on Aug. 7 to play four games in Paris, Lyon and Nice before returning home Aug 17.
Noted: Milwaukee Tool has a presence on college campuses including Milwaukee School of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
“This is a big step forward to know that you can grow plants,” said Simon Gilroy, a space plant biologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who had no role in the study. “The real next step is to go and do it on the surface of the moon.”
How should observers interpret last week’s Ohio Republican primary results for its open U.S. Senate seat? Several top vote-getters vied for the MAGA vote, but J.D. Vance, best-selling author of “Hillbilly Elegy,” won after being endorsed by former president Donald Trump. (Barry Burden, co-author)
“You think you have a chance of winning, so why stop?” said Yoshiko Herrera, a Russia expert and professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She noted that alleged Russian war crimes and reports of thousands of people being forcibly deported from eastern Ukraine is likely to stiffen resolve in Kyiv even further.
Madison, WisconsinLake-festooned state capital and college town (University of Wisconsin) of 278,000, 150 miles northwest of Chicago.
