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How ‘eDNA’ Might Transform the Search for Missing Service Members
Wall Street Journal
October 6, 2022
Research
Campus life
Zoe Bayliss saved: Decades-old student housing cooperative finds new home
The Capital Times
While University Housing made an offer last spring to move the Bayliss co-op to a floor in Phillips Residence Hall, residents voted against the plan. That forced the state’s only student housing cooperative to search off campus.
Langdon Street move saves Zoe Bayliss co-op
Wisconsin State Journal
University Housing Director Jeff Novak said he wished the co-op well in the new location. “Glad to hear they found something in the community,” he said. “We tried to work hard together with them to find something suitable here on campus and thought that we had a great option for them, but (it’s) very positive to hear that they are able to secure something.”
Podcast host to visit campus as science journalist in residence
Badger Herald
Co-host of Radiolab Latif Nasser coming to campus to meet students, give talks, share experience
Grant Allocation Committee votes on FoundLand Musical grant recommendation
Badger Herald
Debate on three RSO grants tabled until next GAC meeting.
Students for Justice in Palestine deny involvement with antisemitic chalkings on first day of UW classes
Daily Cardinal
Chancellor Mnookin and Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Lori Reesor asserted they understood Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) had taken responsibility for the chalkings. SJP maintained that they had no involvement. However, SJP defended the message of the chalkings.
‘The sky is not the limit:’ Astronaut Scott Kelly shares life lessons from his year in space
Daily Cardinal
The mysteries of space have captivated the human race for centuries, driving us to learn and explore. Since Yuri Gagarin first reached orbit in 1961, over 600 people have ventured beyond Earth’s atmosphere. One of them is Captain Scott Kelly, who the Wisconsin Union Directorate Distinguished Lecture Series (WUD-DLS) welcomed to campus on Tuesday.
Crime and safety
‘He threatened to kill me’: UW student recounts threats from dorm intruder
WKOW-TV 27
A UW-Madison student told 27 News she knew she needed to remain calm as she tried to talk down a residence hall intruder after he threatened several students last month.
Community
Wisconsin’s 46 Most Influential Latino Leaders, Part 4
Madison365
Dr. Amanda Garcia is a paleobiologist and staff scientist on a NASA astrobiology team at the University of Wisconsin called MUSE (Metal Utilization and Selection across Eons).
Athletics
Wisconsin football players weigh in on Chryst ousting
NBC-15
Wisconsin’s Keeanu Benton, Chimere Dike, Nick Herbig, Graham Mertz, John Torchio and Braelon Allen all spoke during a news conference Wednesday.
UW Experts in the News
As Darrell Brooks Jr.’s trial moves forward, experts weigh in on what’s happened so far
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: “This is sort of a perfect storm for all the bad things that can happen,” said Keith Findley, a professor of law at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
“She now has to deal with this person who is being disruptive,” Findley continued. “She has to somehow respect his ability to represent himself, while still maintaining control of the courtroom and making sure the proceedings can move forward.”
In Wisconsin, Michels’ shift on abortion isn’t 1st reversal
The Washington Post
Michels is in his first campaign since an unsuccessful run for U.S. Senate 18 years ago. Barry Burden, a political science professor and director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin, said such candidates “make mistakes sometimes.”
GOP governor hopeful Tim Michels’ shift on abortion isn’t first reversal
Associated Press
Michels is in his first campaign since an unsuccessful run for U.S. Senate 18 years ago. Barry Burden, a political science professor and director of the Elections Research Center at UW-Madison, said such candidates “make mistakes sometimes.”
“They say things that commit them to a position or a path that they eventually don’t want to be on so that creates inconsistencies with their positions as they try to walk back earlier views,” he said.
Obituaries
Ann E. Collins (Scheide)
Wisconsin State Journal
Ann worked for the UW in many departments on campus over the years before retiring in 2010.