The awards are presented to all types of faculty members whose teaching deserves acknowledgement and reward, according to the Office of the Secretary of the Faculty.
UW awards Distinguished Teaching Awards to twelve faculty
The Badger Herald
January 31, 2023
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Research
Study: The pandemic took a toll on school staff’s mental health
Spectrum News
Noted: A new study led by Matt Hirshberg, a scientist at the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, dove into the toll it took on their mental health.
Higher Education/System
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before Congress amid security concerns : NPR
NPR
(PHOTO CAPTION) The TikTok app logo is pictured in Tokyo, Sept. 28, 2020. University of Wisconsin System officials said Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, that they will restrict the use of TikTok on system devices.
Campus life
Easy on the salt, water quality experts tell UW-Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison spokesperson Kelly Tyrrell said the Facilities department uses salt as needed to keep its 13 miles of roads and 60 miles of sidewalks safe for use. Staff minimize salt usage by closing off redundant sidewalks and stairs on campus, using brine on roads if able and avoiding using salt while it’s actively snowing. Staff is trained to use the minimum amount of salt and opt for removing snow with plows or shovels.
“Exceptions can occur on machines intended to distribute bulk salt. For example, plow trucks upon start-up can unintentionally drop a bit more salt,” Tyrrell said. “(The Facilities department) has long been focused on reducing salt use wherever and whenever possible.”
UW-Madison professor wins prestigious award for opera composition
The Capital Times
Standing in New York’s Museum of Modern Art this January, composer Laura Schwendinger received a call from librettist Ginger Strand with life-changing news: They had just won a $50,000 award for their 2019 opera “Artemisia.”
University of Wisconsin Law School declines to participate in U.S. news survey
The Badger Herald
“The fundamental problem is that U.S. News doesn’t value what UW Law School values,” UW Law School Dean Dan Tokaji said.
SSFC approves SLP budget alteration, discusses spring schedule changes
The Badger Herald
Student Leadership Program budget altered to fund programs, account for price inflation.
UW-Madison’s Multicultural Student Center kicks off the spring semester with annual Comeback Carnival
Daily Cardinal
The Comeback Carnival is the first event of the semester for many student organizations, providing an opportunity to encourage involvement and promote upcoming events.
Athletics
Where are Marquette, Wisconsin and UW-Milwaukee in the NCAA Tournament bracket projections for March Madness?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin might be on the outside looking in if the NCAA men’s basketball tournament began today, while Marquette is looking to lock down a top-four seed. And don’t forget about UW-Milwaukee, which is tied for first place in the Horizon League and could reach the Big Dance for the first time since 2014 by triumphing in the Horizon League Tournament.
Here’s what bracket projections are saying on the precipice of February.
Three new Wisconsin football assistants to be paid a combined $1.375 million in Year 1
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin officials on Monday provided the contracts of three new football assistants, Colin Hitschler, Paul Haynes and Greg Scruggs.
Ex-Badgers linebacker T.J. Edwards went from undrafted to vital cog for Super Bowl-bound Eagles. Now he faces another ex-Badger, Leo Chenal
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Former University of Wisconsin linebacker T.J. Edwards has been an essential cog for the Super Bowl-bound Philadelphia Eagles, working his way up from undrafted free agent to the best linebacker on an NFC champion team.
Opinion
Opinion | Honest debate is the best way to beat misinformation
The Capital Times
We’ll never convince others of the merits of our opinions if we don’t trust one another sufficiently to sincerely engage in what the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents wisely identified more than a century ago as “that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”
Business/Technology
An accounting firm with a major Milwaukee office wanted to encourage Black developers. Here’s their strategy.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: “Milwaukee is this beacon of underrepresented development talent,” said Matt Paschall, a University of Wisconsin-Madison alum who leads the Baker Tilly program.
UW Experts in the News
How Migration Could Provide Solutions To Population Imbalances : Consider This from NPR
NPR
That’s Dr. Yi Fuxian. He’s a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. And in the last few years, he’s become kind of a demography whistleblower. He believes China’s own data shows the population actually started shrinking in 2018 and that the state willfully inflated its numbers by more than 100 million people.