Now called Union Commons, the historic space at 803 State St. has been taken over by the Wisconsin Union, which also runs Memorial Union, the Terrace, Union South, and other campus markets and cafes.
January 20, 2023
Top Stories
Research
Global Carbon Removal Efforts Are Off Track for Meeting Climate Goals
“Carbon removal looks a lot like renewables did like 25 years ago,” said Gregory Nemet, an environmental policy expert at the University of Wisconsin and one of the report’s co-authors. “Interesting technology: [It] could be really helpful for climate change, but [it’s] still small and not taken very seriously — in part because there wasn’t a lot of data about how much these technologies cost, how much we would need or how much there even was.”
Get your sleep! The negative effects of lack of sleep on your health
Research done by the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows that sleeping less than five hours a day affects the efficiency of leptin, the hormone that regulates your food intake, increasing your appetite.
Higher Education/System
Corey King named new UW-Whitewater chancellor
The UW System Board of Regents unanimously approved King’s appointment as chancellor Thursday, following a recommendation from a selection committee. The board’s pick brings an end to the nearly two-year search, which included input from a 12-member group of regents, students, faculty, staff and community representatives.
UW-Green Bay’s Corey King chosen to lead UW-Whitewater
Corey King will be the third permanent chancellor in five years to lead the 11,000-student institution. King is the vice chancellor for university inclusivity and student affairs at UW-Green Bay.
Campus life
This Wisconsin football game in 2022 had more than 28,000 no-shows
The University of Wisconsin football team had more trouble with the wind than it did with Maryland in a 23-10 victory that started just after 11 a.m. that Saturday. The inclement weather — some parts of Dane County recorded nearly 2 inches of rain for the day — was a factor in that game setting the high-water mark for no-shows at a Badgers football home game in the 16 seasons since UW started using ticket scanners.
Health
Prairie du Sac girl travels 1,000 miles for $2.7 million surgery to rebuild immune system
Dr. Christine Seroogy, a UW Health pediatric immunologist who oversees Maddie’s care, praised Odor’s dedication to his daughter, who is his only child … Maddie is the first UW Health patient to be sent to Duke for the procedure, Seroogy said. Upon returning from Duke, she will likely go back to UW’s children’s hospital for a while before being sent home. It takes six months to a year for the T-cells to develop.
Athletics
Wisconsin men’s basketball game at Northwestern called off because of COVID-19
The schools announced Thursday night that Saturday’s Big Ten Conference game in Evanston, Illinois, won’t take place as scheduled because of health and safety protocols with the Wildcats. They’ll try to find a date to reschedule but it won’t be Sunday.