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February 28, 2023
Higher Education/System
Campus life
Primatologist and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall to speak at UW–Madison
“An Evening with Dr. Jane Goodall: Inspiring Hope Through Action” will consist of a 90-minute speech followed by a Q&A at Memorial Union in late March.
Grant Allocation Committee approves funding for affinity, music, athletic groups
During their meeting at the Student Activity Center, the GAC also discussed travel grant funding for the spring Model UN conference and nationals for the swim and gymnastics clubs.
‘Formless’ shakes up performing arts by blending art and activism
“Formless” features a cohort of new performers every year and will premiere for the second time ever on at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Play Circle in the Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.
With ‘Fences,’ UW-Madison theater department moves into revealing territory
Some 700 area high school students already have matinee tickets reserved for “Fences,” the upcoming play from the UW-Madison Department of Theatre and Drama.
Health
Sarah Davis and Jill Jacklitz: Don’t nickel and dime patients for online messages to their health providers
Davis and Jacklitz are co-directors of the Center for Patient Partnerships at UW-Madison, which teaches health advocacy.
UW Experts in the News
Video games are not damaging children’s brains: Study
Professor Shawn Green, from the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, added: “The current study found results consistent with previous research showing that types of gameplay that seem to augment cognitive functions in young adults don’t have the same impact in much younger children.”
Obituaries
Walter Mirisch, legendary Hollywood producer, has died
Walter Mirish was born in New York on November 8, 1921. He worked for an aircraft manufacturer during World War II before studying at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard Business School.
Some Like It Hot and West Side Story Producer Walter Mirisch Dead at 101
Mirisch, a Harvard Business alum and University of Wisconsin, Madison graduate, also produced classics such as Pink Panther (1963), Hawaii with Julie Andrews (1966), Dracula (1979), and Fiddler on the Roof (1971).
UW-Madison Related
Sara Nelson Could Be the Greatest Labor Secretary Since the New Deal
When Sara Nelson agreed to come to Madison, Wis., to discuss the future of labor at an ideas festival on the University of Wisconsin campus in the fall of 2021, it was supposed to be just another appearance by one of America’s most engaged and energetic labor leaders. Then, Nelson, the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, ended up having a pair of surgeries that required her to use a wheelchair for several months. Of course, she could have canceled the trip. But that’s not how Sara Nelson rolls.