Some were with Republicans who reacted coolly in May to her selection as the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s 30th chancellor. The former UCLA law school dean drew the kind of initial GOP skepticism that met predecessor Rebecca Blank when she arrived as a former President Barack Obama cabinet member in 2013.
September 22, 2022
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Research
Can goats help manage Wisconsin’s invasive species?
Agronomy Ph.D student partners with American Family Insurance to study best invasive species management methods.
Wisconsin football team and researchers partner with the NFL to study concussions
The main goal of the study is to look at the conditions surrounding an injury. Researchers are looking at the conditions on the field that cause sport-related concussions to occur, according to Daniel Cobian, assistant professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
UW-Madison professors to study microplastics in Great Lakes, say research is ‘underexplored’
Microplastics are ubiquitous. The tiny plastic particles have been found in the air, oceans and food — they’ve even made it to our gut.
But for all the research on microplastics, there’s been little study on nano- and microplastic pollution in the Great Lakes. Now, University of Wisconsin-Madison assistant professors Haoran Wei and Mohan Qin are pioneering that effort.
Higher Education/System
The Prestige Hierarchy: Five Universities Trained One Of Every Eight Tenure-Track Faculty At Doctoral Universities
According to a new study, one in eight (13.8%) of U.S.-trained tenure-track faculty members employed at doctoral universities earned their PhDs from just five prestigious universities: the University of California, Berkeley; Harvard University; the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Stanford University; and the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Campus life
Students write thank you notes on Thank a Badger Day at UW-Madison
The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association (WFAA) hosted ’Thank a Badger Day’ on Wednesday.Students wrote thank you notes to donors who supported the school over the last year.
UW Homecoming kickoff concert to feature indie bands Alvvays, Slow Pulp
Alvvays, a Canadian-based group that fuzes psychedelic sounds with pop-friendly hooks and melodies, will headline the show less than a week after the group releases their third album that’s more than five years in the making.
Chazen opens new exhibit ‘unlike anything they’ve done before’
Historical artifacts from the UW Archives combine with curator commentaries to detail the history of marginalization on campus. From athletics to admissions, housing and class work, the exhibit spares no details in recounting the school’s exclusionary past.
Crime and safety
Bicyclist injured after crash into vehicle near campus
“It’s up to both bicyclists and motorists to share the road and follow the rules of the road,” Lovicott said in the email statement. “In this particular case, MPD shared that the driver of the vehicle had the right of way.”
Health
UW-Madison orthopedics chair Dr. Thomas Zdeblick resigns
Dr. Thomas Zdeblick stepped down after 22 years of service as chair of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s department of orthopedics.
Business/Technology
Buy now, pay later models are gaining popularity. What are the risks?
Quoted: “I don’t think it’s definitely a bad thing, because we need to have avenues for people to get access to credit,” said Cliff Robb, a consumer science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. But some borrowers may struggle with BNPL “because they may have over-projected their ability to manage it.”
UW-Madison Related
New report shows Black-white disparities in Madison-area private-sector employment
The report also found that at the state’s flagship public university, UW-Madison, only about 2% of professors and 3% of associate professors are Black, in a state with a Black population of about 6.8%.