‘The Peace Corps is a logical extension of the university’s Wisconsin Idea,’ Returned Peace Corps volunteer says.
UW’s strong legacy of service continues with resumed overseas Peace Corps service
Badger Herald
March 15, 2023
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Higher Education/System
Here’s what to know about UW promise programs for low-income students
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The UW System is funding the first year of the Wisconsin Tuition Promise program, which launches next fall and provides full tuition coverage for new, in-state freshmen and transfer students whose families earn $62,000 or less. The program is open to students attending any UW campus except UW-Madison, which already offers its own tuition promise program that isn’t funded with taxpayer money.
Crime and safety
Man in threats case to remain in custody on way to Wisconsin
AP
A former University of Wisconsin-Madison student will remain in custody and be transported to Wisconsin from Michigan to face a charge of making threats against people at the school.
Ex-UW grad student charged with threatening students, staff, professors gets no bond from judge
Associated Press
A former University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student will remain in custody and be transported to Wisconsin from Michigan to face a charge of making threats against people at the school.
Community
Why new housing rules stir so much trouble in Madison
The Capital Times
“Lots of people want to live here. Job growth has been good, income growth has been good and housing demand has been really strong,” said Kurt Paulsen, a professor of urban planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “We’ve underbuilt housing relative to demand. That’s the squeeze — more people chasing fewer units.”
Business/Technology
Wisconsin banking officials reassure customers after 2 out-of-state bank failures
Wisconsin Public Radio
Roberto Robatto is associate professor of finance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He said the Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse is the result of two failures of the regulatory framework and serves as a warning sign for industry.
“This interest rate risk is something that banks are supposed to be careful about, and they manage that, but the type of interest rate risk that Silicon Valley Bank took was very high,” he said.
Misha Esipov Creates Nova Credit To Provide Credit Data For Immigrants
Forbes
The family first lived in Syracuse, New York, then moved to Urbana Champaign, Illinois where his parent became professors at the University of Illinois, and later to Madison, Wisconsin for the University of Wisconsin. Esipov would later graduate from New York University with a degree in mathematics and finance, which led him to his job at Goldman Sachs before his desire to change directions, get his MBA and start Nova Credit in 2016.
UW Experts in the News
Prices are still uncomfortably high — here’s what inflation is and what causes it
Bankrate
“We may see prices rise on certain things like gas or milk, but it’s not necessarily inflation unless you see prices rising sort of across the board, across many different products and services,” says Jordan van Rijn, who teaches agricultural and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Financial Security.
Russia Abandoning Outskirts of Kherson Months After Losing City: Ukraine
Newsweek
Mikhail Troitskiy, professor of practice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told Newsweek that Russia may be hedging its bets and trying to entrench its forces in comfortable defensive positions in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Is Devastating Birds, and Humans May Be Next
The Daily Beast
“We’ve been thinking a lot lately about this strain because of its potential to be a zoonotic disease” spread from animals to people, Adel Talaat, a microbiology researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told The Daily Beast. Talaat has been working on vaccine development for avian influenza that one day could be given to poultry.
Obituaries
Leland C. “Lee” Lemens
Wisconsin State Journal
Lee worked as an electrician at UW Madison retiring in 1992, and a member of IBEW Local 159, for 65 Years.