Enzhe Xun, 19, was reported missing by his family on Nov. 15 after they had not heard from him, Madison police spokesperson Stephanie Fryer said in a statement.
Police seeking help in finding UW student from China
Wisconsin State Journal
November 22, 2022
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Research
How the Great Depression shaped people’s DNA
Nature
The work, published on 8 November in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1, adds to a cache of studies indicating that exposure to hardship such as stress and starvation during the earliest stages of development can shape human health for decades. The findings highlight how social programmes designed to help pregnant people could be a tool for fighting health disparities in children, says co-author Lauren Schmitz, an economist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
‘It can actually change the game:’ UW-Madison researchers develop carbon nanotube foam to improve concussion prevention in helmets
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From the football field to the front lines of war, helmets are the first defense against brain injury. With more research going into materials that prevent kinetic energy from an impact reaching the brain, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison believe their new carbon nanotube foam will get ahead in the head game.
Campus life
Milwaukee police pledge to up female recruits to 30% by 2030
Noted: Well over 200 law enforcement agencies have signed on to the pledge, including five others in Wisconsin: the Dane County Sheriff’s Office and police in Madison, Fitchburg, Middleton and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW Odyssey Project looking for community support to purchase books for Odyssey family home libraries
Madison365
The UW Odyssey Project, a program that takes a whole family approach to break the cycle of generational poverty through access to education, giving adult and youth learners a voice, and increasing confidence through reading, writing, and speaking, is embarking on a book drive this holiday season and hoping that the greater Madison community will give the gift of books to Odyssey families to help the program expand home libraries for its many Odyssey families.
UW offers students $5,000, free food, housing to live off campus due to space constraints
Channel 3000
“We offered them an incentive of $5,000 if they chose to live off campus or we offered them free housing for the year in our Eagle Heights community, if it was a first-year student, for them we offered them a free dining plan if they chose to live off campus,” said Brendon Dybdahl, the director of marketing and communications for UW Housing.
State news
Wisconsin’s projected budget surplus grows to $6.6 billion
Associated Press
Evers has also voiced support for raising K-12 education funding by nearly $2 billion and increasing spending on the University of Wisconsin System.
Crime and safety
Police searching for missing UW-Madison student not heard from in more than a month
Channel 3000
Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing University of Wisconsin-Madison student who hasn’t been heard from in more than a month.
Police searching for missing UW-Madison student
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In an incident report posted Monday, Madison Police Department stated that the family of Enzhe Xun reported him missing after not hearing from him. He is an international student from China.
Opinion
Ending Standardized Law School Tests Could Diminish Diversity
Bloomberg Law
The American Bar Association is considering a major change in legal education: eliminating the longstanding requirement that applicants for law school take a valid and reliable admissions test like the Law School Admissions Test. This change would be effective with the law school class entering in 2026.
-Berkeley Law’s dean Erwin Chemerinsky and University of Wisconsin Law School’s dean Daniel Tokaji argue that law schools should not eliminate standardized tests for admissions. The ABA’s proposal to do just that may harm diversity efforts, they say.