University of Wisconsin System officials said Tuesday that they will ban the use of TikTok on system devices.
University of Wisconsin System bans TikTok use on system devices
Associated Press
January 25, 2023
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Research
The Ins and Outs of the UW Zoological Museum
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In an unassuming building off of West Johnson Street, sits the remains of around 750,000 animal specimens for scientific research in the UW Zoological Museum. One of five museum collections on the UW Madison campus, the collection provides hands-on research material for universities across the country.
Climate change is making conditions harder for Wisconsin trout. But there is hope.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: In a study published in the journal Ecosphere in December, Alex Latzka, a fisheries biologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and Bryan Maitland, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Aquatic Sciences Center, compared annual brook and brown trout population numbers over nearly three decades with climate and weather data from the streams the trout swam in.
Higher Education/System
UW System restricts use of TikTok on UW-owned devices
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin System is banning use of the popular social media app TikTok on UW-owned devices, a spokesperson said Tuesday.
The decision comes about 10 days after Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order banning the TikTok app on most state-issued devices. The mandate applied only to the executive branch, which consists of most of the state’s agencies but not the UW System.
Video: University of Wisconsin System to ‘restrict’ TikTok use
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System spokesman Mark Pitsch told The Associated Press about the move in an email on Tuesday. He did not explain whether the system was banning the use of the app or limiting its use to only certain situations.
Campus life
Women’s march draws more than a thousand to Madison on 50
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Protesters participating Sunday’s demonstration first gathered on the campus of University of Wisconsin-Madison, marched on Madison’s most well-known thoroughfare of State Street, and concluded the event with a two-hour rally in the rotunda of the state Capitol.
Students celebrate Lunar New Year on campus
The Badger Herald
President of the Vietnamese Student Association Isabelle Phan said while specific traditions can differ from family to family, the holiday is meant to be a time to appreciate togetherness.
State news
Gov. Tony Evers prioritizes mental health funding, education in State of the State address
Wisconsin State Journal
In the first State of the State address of his second term, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday proposed boosting mental health spending and increasing funding for public education and local governments — proposals that may see some support from the Republican-controlled Legislature, depending on the price tag.
Crime and safety
Former Badger Marcus Randle El found guilty in Janesville double murder
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A jury has found former Wisconsin Badgers football player Marcus Randle El guilty in the 2020 shooting deaths of two women, 27-year-old Brittany McAdory and 30-year-old Seairaha Winchester.
Athletics
How much Wisconsin football season tickets will cost in the first year of the Luke Fickell era
Wisconsin State Journal
Season tickets for Luke Fickell’s first season as the Badgers football coach are available for purchase.
UW Experts in the News
Opinion | The Resentment Fueling the Republican Party Is Not Coming From the Suburbs
The New York Times
In her groundbreaking study of Wisconsin voters, “The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker,” Katherine Cramer, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, prompted a surge of interest in this declining segment of the electorate. She summed up the basis for the discontent among these voters in a single sentence: “First, a belief that rural areas are ignored by decision makers, including policymakers, second, a perception that rural areas do not get their fair share of resources, and third a sense that rural folks have fundamentally distinct values and lifestyles, which are misunderstood and disrespected by city folks.”
100-year floods: The metric behind America’s infrastructure is out of date, and thanks to climate change we’re paying the price.
Slate
“It’s kind of a mess, even in the absence of climate change,” said Daniel Wright, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin. Wright helped Madison adopt climate-conscious design guidelines and works with the magically named U.S. Office of Water Prediction. “Almost all of [the models] assume that data varies from year to year, but underlying drivers are not changing over time. Those assumptions just don’t hold.”