JadAllah joined researchers at the University of Houston and the University of Wisconsin-Madison on this project, which examined 10- and 11-year-old children.
Kids who play hours of video games each day test the same as non-players
WCIV
February 15, 2023
Research
Higher Education/System
UW-Madison Professor receives 2023 diversity award
The Daily Cardinal
Lori Kido Lopez received one of the UW System’s 2023 diversity awards for dedication to promoting diversity and inclusion.
Michigan State University Shooting Spotlights Campus Security Efforts
WSJ
“We aren’t going to erect fortresses around our campuses,” said Kristen Roman, chief of police at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “It’s about finding that balance, what tools do we see as necessary, what tools do we see as reasonable, and what are the resources that campuses have to procure those and implement them.”
Campus life
Hilldale movie theater to reopen for Wisconsin Film Festival
The Capital Times
The six-screen theater at Hilldale has been a part of the Wisconsin Film Festival since it opened as Sundance Cinemas 608 in 2007, and was the primary off-campus location for the festival. While the festival, produced by the UW-Madison’s Department of Communication Arts, has several screening venues on the UW-Madison campus, such as Shannon Hall and the Union South Marquee Theatre, booking conflicts have meant that campus screenings were limited to the first four days of the festival.
State news
Evers budget includes $2.6 billion in new Wisconsin K-12 school funding
The Capital Times
The budget would attempt to address the state’s teaching shortage through investments in “grow your own” programs that allow current staff to pursue additional higher education credits or licenses, or cover college costs for students who commit to teaching in their district of attendance after graduation. It would also provide stipends to student teachers and interns and those who agree to train and oversee them.
New UW scholarship aims to boost rural health care
Wisconsin State Journal
The Lyle L. Vandenberg Rural Health Scholarship was created by UW-Madison’s Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association, the American Medical Association Foundation and Homeward, a rural health care company started last year. It is named after a 1959 UW-Madison pharmacy graduate who provided pharmacy services in northeastern Wisconsin for many years before his death in 2021.
Crime and safety
UW police preach preparedness in the wake of Michigan State shooting
WMTV - Channel 15
UWPD Chief Kristen Roman says the department trains for an active shooter annually and offers training to campus staff, students, and anyone in Madison year-round. Last year, over 1,100 people took the department’s training course, and Roman says being prepared is crucial in any emergency for officers and the public.
Athletics
‘Everybody’s worst nightmare’: Gard shares thoughts on Michigan State campus shooting
WISC-TV 3
Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball coach Greg Gard took a few moments after his team’s win against Michigan on Tuesday night to share his thoughts on this week’s deadly mass shooting on the campus of Michigan State.
Opinion
UW’s Public History Project acknowledges past, lacks action for future
The Badger Herald
New permanent project expands Sifting & Reckoning exhibit, provides history but fails to address future.
If ChatGPT Can Replace What We Teach, We Should Teach Something Else
Newsweek
If AI that doesn’t really understand medicine (or much of anything else) can pass the test for being a doctor, then we need to change what we teach doctors—and everyone else. – David Williamson Shaffer is the Sears Bascom Professor of Learning Analytics and the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Learning Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Data Philosopher at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research.