Staghorn ferns (Platycerium bifurcatum) make wonderful houseplants. As told by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, younger and smaller plants can be grown in containers, however, the staghorn fern grows on trees in its natural environment. Because of this, some home gardeners mount theirs on wooden boards or bark slabs, which allow for perfect drainage and make the plants easier to manage.
January 13, 2023
Research
Higher Education/System
UW draft plan shows no in-person programs, at all, for Richland Center campus
UW-Platteville’s Richland campus would lose all in-person programming under a draft plan Platteville administrators drew up at the request of University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman.
Campus life
Martin Luther King Jr. Day events and closings
Benjamin Jealous, former NAACP president, investigative journalist and educator, will give the keynote speech at UW-Madison’s MLK Symposium event at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 23 at Shannon Hall, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.
State news
EXPLAINER: List of states banning TikTok grows
The University of Wisconsin System, which employs 40,000 faculty and staff, is also exempt. But a UW System spokesperson said despite the exemption, the university was conducting a review and moving toward placing restrictions on the app being used on devices in order to protect against serious cybersecurity risks.
Crime and safety
2 women attacked in apparent sexual assaults in Greenbush area, Madison police say
City and UW-Madison Police will be putting extra resources into policing the area, Fryer said.
Athletics
The people and experiences that made Wisconsin football coach Luke Fickell
Fickell, now 49 and the coach of the University of Wisconsin, quickly has gone about giving the Badgers program a facelift. From bringing in fresh offensive schemes, an entirely new coaching staff and a different approach to recruiting that already is paying dividends, the UW program feels as if it already is his despite being hired six weeks ago.
UW Experts in the News
India to overtake China as world’s most populous nation
That, combined with India’s growing population and a shift away from China due to geopolitical reasons, may help the South Asian country chip away at China’s dominance as the world’s factory. “A lot of production capacity will be moved to India,” Yi Fuxian, a scientist in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told Axios.