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January 19, 2023

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Why Pride Night is important for this Wisconsin women’s basketball coach

Wisconsin State Journal

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.

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Scientists study crowdsourced trail camera photos of Wisconsin wildlife

Wisconsin Public Radio

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

KLAS

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.

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Cheating Tennessee Cop Maegan Hall Inspires Fake Porn Video ‘Leaks’

Rolling Stone

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.

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