University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman recently contributed to the coming demise of Richland Center. He has effectively closed a two-year campus that has been in Richland Center for over 50 years. It has been a cultural hub, a financial asset and a source of great pride.
December 14, 2022
Higher Education/System
Campus life
SSFC approves Wisconsin Union budget, Student Affairs Assessment Fee legislation
SSFC recommends Wisconsin Union does not add Registered Student Organization advisor.
Moda Magazine addresses controversial ‘Vicious’ issue at town hall meeting, promises structural changes
Readers raised alarms when Moda posted on Instagram about its fashion editorial photoshoot called “A Girl is a Gun,” which showed models posing with a prop gun. Dozens of comments called the use of the prop tone deaf and insensitive. Moda then deleted the Instagram post and removed the photoshoot from the issue online.
‘Turbulent’ years on campus haven’t altered students’ perceptions of UW-Madison
Results from UW-Madison’s most recent campuswide survey, conducted in fall 2021 and published in November, reveal that while most students say the campus’ climate is positive, students in marginalized groups are more likely to feel excluded from campus life and witness harassing or hostile behavior.
Health
‘A perfect storm’: Flu, respiratory viruses put strain on Madison hospitals
“We assumed that once we got through these rushes of COVID patients that things would improve relatively quickly, and that really hasn’t been the case,” said Jeff Pothof, chief quality officer and emergency medicine physician at UW Health.
UW Experts in the News
Madison restorative justice programs connect victims and offenders through empathy
“The people who do it find it life-changing,” said Jonathan Scharrer, the director of the restorative justice program at UW and a clinical assistant professor. “We’re able to reduce the distance between people and pull back from the othering of individuals, and put a human face on both sides.”
Why Nuclear Fusion Could Be A Clean-Energy Breakthrough
It takes more than extreme heat and pressure. It also takes precision. The energy from the lasers must be applied precisely to counteract the outward force of the fusion fuel, according to Stephanie Diem, an engineering physics professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Obituaries
Dale E. Treleven
He was a research associate for the UW-Madison Department of Family Medicine and Practice from 1971 to 1974, then was coordinator of the statewide oral history program at the State Historical Society until December 1982.
Gerald Matthew “Jerry” Smith
In 1958 he joined the UW Extension Program as Waukesha County Recreation Agent, rising to the position of District Director for the Southern District and Full Professor in the Department of Community Development. Upon his retirement, he was named Professor Emeritus by the UW Board of Regents and commended for Outstanding Service by the governor and legislature of the state of Wisconsin.
UW-Madison Related
Is TikTok a National Security Risk?
Love it or hate it, Meta has created an alternative to TikTok that scratches the same itch, without being subject to Chinese oversight. The American government should back an American business, over which it has some oversight, instead of a Chinese business over which it has little to none.—Devin Bresser, University of Wisconsin-Madison, electrical engineering