Now, at a special health education event on the farm, she watched as Chef Arlie Doxtator, her nephew, cooked roasted corn mush in a clay pot and taught attendees about the benefits of traditional foods. Joining Doxtator remotely was Dr. Robert Dempsey, a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher and neurosurgeon.
March 7, 2023
Top Stories
Campus life
In-person tickets for Jane Goodall’s UW-Madison visit sold out
Tickets for Goodall’s visit to UW-Madison sold out in less than 90 minutes during the student presale Monday, organizers said. Goodall is scheduled to speak at Shannon Hall at Memorial Union on March 26.
UW Chabad, Hillel host events to celebrate Purim
‘It is a happy holiday, but it also has some deep issues that are relevant today,’ Hillel Rabbi says.
Grant Allocation Committee discusses event funding, travel grants for campus RSOs
GAC approves funding for Malaysian Student Association, Hmong American Student Association.
Arts & Humanities
The Right Side of History
The trouble started with a writer on deadline. James Sweet, who goes by Jim, is a white professor of African history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the former president of the American Historical Association (A.H.A.). Every month, he was tasked with writing a column for Perspectives on History, a magazine put out by the association, which is mostly read by academics. Last summer, while he was on vacation in Ghana, he was struggling to come up with a column idea, and so he started looking around for inspiration.
Health
Strep throat has hit Wisconsin hard. Here are answers to 10 important questions.
Dr. Greg DeMuri, a pediatric infectious disease doctor for UW Health Kids and professor at UW-Madison’s School of Medicine and Public Health, said this year’s strep season has been unlike anything he’s seen in his decade studying and treating the disease.
What Scientists Know About Long COVID, 3 Years In
Dr. Nasia Safdar, medical director of infection control at the University of Wisconsin, told CNET in 2021, when scientists were first getting a grip on long COVID, that the key to discerning the condition is to pay attention to new symptoms that develop or ones that never go away, starting about 30 days post-infection. This separates long COVID from the initial viral infection itself.
Athletics
Tony Granato fired as Wisconsin men’s hockey coach. AD Chris McIntosh wants program consistently at championship level
The University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach was relieved of his duties, director of athletics Chris McIntosh announced. Granato spent seven seasons on the job, compiling a 105-129-16 (.452) overall record and a 65-87-13 (.433) mark in the Big Ten. The program finished below .500 the past two years.
What Chris McIntosh is looking for in a new Wisconsin men’s hockey coach
Chris McIntosh acknowledged that there are multiple needs in the search for the next University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach.
Tony Granato fired as Wisconsin men’s hockey coach after 5 losing seasons
The Tony Granato coaching era with the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team, which started nearly seven years ago with hopes for a return to a place among the NCAA elite for a tradition-rich program, is over.
Wisconsin fires Tony Granato as men’s hockey coach
“Coach Granato is a great Badger and no one is more passionate about Wisconsin hockey or the University of Wisconsin than he is,” athletic director Chris McIntosh said Monday in a statement. “I have great appreciation for the heart and soul that he has poured into the program during his time as head coach.
UW men’s hockey coach ‘will not return’ next season
The current Badgers men’s hockey head coach will not return to the team, UW Athletics Director Chris McIntosh said Monday. McIntosh says Tony Granato, who just finished his seventh season with the team, is not going to return.
Granato gets the axe: Wisconsin to replace men’s ice hockey coach
Wisconsin will pursue new men’s ice hockey leadership, firing head coach Tony Granato after seven seasons with the team.
UW Experts in the News
Free meals for Wisconsin students would have broad benefits, Dems say
Jennifer Gaddis, a University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor and expert on school food programs who has advocated for universal free meals, said she’s heard from food and nutrition directors around the state that the number of students receiving free school meals has dropped — despite efforts to inform parents about the process.
Georgia Lawmakers Throw Punches Over Russian-Inspired ‘Foreign Agent’ Law
Mikhail Troitskiy, professor of practice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, formerly worked at the MacArthur Foundation in Russia for almost six years “until the Kremlin’s restrictive measures on NGOs kicked in and made philanthropy in Russia almost impossible.”