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January 20, 2023

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Research

Global Carbon Removal Efforts Are Off Track for Meeting Climate Goals

Scientific American

“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.”

Higher Education/System

Corey King named new UW-Whitewater chancellor

The Capital Times

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.

Campus life

This Wisconsin football game in 2022 had more than 28,000 no-shows

Wisconsin State Journal

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

Wisconsin State Journal

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.

 

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