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March 13, 2023

Research

Scientists unlock new information about Wisconsin’s climate in Cave of the Mounds. Here’s what they found.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A new study, published in Nature Geoscience, found there were abrupt changes in Wisconsin’s climate that have a “credible link” to a major warming episode in Greenland between 48,000 and 68,000 years ago.

As the climate is projected to get warmer, scientists can look back at these major warming events for clues about what to expect in the future, said Cameron Batchelor, lead author on the study and now a post-doctoral researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The study was a part of her doctoral research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Higher Education/System

130-year-old farm training program getting new life at UW-River Falls

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Wisconsin Public Radio

A 130-year-old program created to connect Wisconsin farmers with university research is getting a second chance at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

UW-Madison announced last year that the Farm and Industry Short Course would move from a 16-week, on-campus certificate program to a non-credit format that would use online learning. Officials said the change was due to a significant decline in enrollment, with less than 100 students each year over the last decade. With only 20 students projected to enroll in the program for 2022, officials said it no longer had enough students to run the self-funded program.

Campus life

Young voters can help Democrats. Will enough of them cast ballots in Wisconsin Supreme Court race?

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Gordon Dining Center voting ward on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus usually draws about 50 voters in spring primary elections.

But this February, 515 voters cast their ballots there, according to turnout data from the city of Madison clerk’s office. Other campus-area voting wards reported similarly high voting rates. A dorm along Lake Mendota reported 39% turnout.

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Athletics

From custom omelets to hibachi night, how Wisconsin football is changing how it feeds players

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Wisconsin State Journal

Training table refers to the meals and other food provided by the university to athletes outside of campus dining halls, including money added to athletes’ Red Card, which can be used at local restaurants and grocery stores. Athletic scholarships include a meal plan for campus dining halls and training table access, and UW also provides walk-on football players with training table meals. NCAA rule changes over the past 10 years eliminated restrictions on the number of meals a program can provide per day and the food available outside of scheduled meal times.

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Obituaries

Nancy A. Schensky

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Wisconsin State Journal

After 32 years with the State of Wisconsin she retired in 2012, at the age of 78, as an administrative assistant from the University Office of Biological Safety.