With a top-35 attendance average last season and over 3,200 fans per game at the Kohl Center already this year, the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball program has one of the top platforms in the sport. Assistant coach Caroline Doty hopes it can be put to use Thursday evening when the Badgers host their first Pride Game when they take on No. 11 Maryland in a Big Ten Conference game.
January 19, 2023
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Research
Scientists study crowdsourced trail camera photos of Wisconsin wildlife
Snapshot Wisconsin has collected more than 2 million images caught on motion-sensor trail cameras. Researchers have looked at many of the photos and found further evidence of animals changing their behavior due to the presence of humans and loss of habitat.
Interview with associate professor Benjamin Zuckerberg, and Jonathan Pauli, a professor of wildlife ecology, both in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology.
Las Vegas valley flood patterns are changing, new study shows
This change in the urbanization of the valley is the focus of a new study published on Jan. 6 in The Journal of Hydrometeorology, from the Desert Research Institute (DRI), the Clark County Regional Flood Control District, the University of Wisconsin- Madison, and Guangdong University of Technology. The study shows that flood intensity in the valley took an “abrupt shift” in the mid-1990s.
UW-Madison researchers study psilocybin’s effects on opioid, meth users
Through two new clinical trials, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison hope to better understand how opioid and methamphetamine addictions can be treated using a different drug: psilocybin.
Health
Mental health ER visits among children nearly triple at UW Health in past decade
UW Health saw more than 40 children a month who needed psychiatric care last year, up from about 15 children a month a decade earlier, the organization said Thursday.
Athletics
Cheating Tennessee Cop Maegan Hall Inspires Fake Porn Video ‘Leaks’
The black market for explicit, compromising leaks (both real and phony) of images connected to niche scandals is certainly robust: last year, celebratory locker room nudes taken by the University of Wisconsin-Madison women’s volleyball team after a championship win were openly shared and critiqued across social media.
Kohl Center donors deserve our thanks — John Finkler
Letter to the editor: It has not only helped and been a great resource for UW-Madison athletes and fans, but many others in Madison, Dane County and the entire state of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin men’s basketball halts pursuit of potential replacement game
The Badgers won’t host a non-conference game in place of playing the Wildcats if the Big Ten Conference contest gets postponed, as coach Greg Gard said Tuesday was likely.
UW Experts in the News
It’s mid-January and the Great Lakes are virtually ice-free. That’s a problem.
Noted: Of the last 25 years, 64% had below-average ice, said Michael Notaro, the director of the Center on Climatic Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The steepest declines have been in the north, including Lake Superior, northern Lake Michigan and Huron, and in nearshore areas.
Russian Soldiers Who Fled Front Lines Call Out Putin for Lying About War
Mikhail Troitskiy, professor of practice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told Newsweek that it’s unlikely the mobilized soldiers in question expected to remain in “territorial defense.”
China’s population is shrinking. The impact will be felt around the world
“India is the biggest winner,” tweeted Yi Fuxian, who studies Chinese demographics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW-Madison Related
Tom Skilling: Q&A With WGN-TV’s chief meteorologist
Starting his successful career at 14, Skilling was hired by WKKD in Aurora while attending West Aurora High School. He went to Madison in 1970 to study meteorology at the University of Wisconsin. This year marks his 45th anniversary at WGN.