The last six-year term of former Gov. Scott Walker’s appointees expired in May. But the farmer-designated seat on the board has been empty, as the former seat holder, Viroqua-area farmer Paul Buhr, resigned in January to serve on the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board.
June 13, 2023
Higher Education/System
Health
The Simple Way to Fight Aging, According to Experts
Exercise can help your memory and learning ability, too. Moderate-intensity exercise is linked to an increase in cerebral blood flow and brain glucose metabolism, which are connected to cognitive functions, says University of Wisconsin neuroscientist Ozioma Okonkwo, who co-wrote two studies on the subject.
Athletics
Badgers National Championship hockey team honored at The White House
The University of Wisconsin Women’s Hockey team was recognized on Monday at the White House for winning the 2023 NCAA National Championship.
Put together in 3 days, White House visit brings Wisconsin women’s hockey together again
They arrived from all over to be part of College Athlete Day at the White House, get a tour of the U.S. Capitol, meet Wisconsin’s senators and take in the sights.
White House welcomes UW women’s hockey, other champions
President Joe Biden and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff hosted College Athlete Day on the White House’s South Lawn on Monday, celebrating several women’s and men’s NCAA champion teams from the 2022-2023 season.
Opinion
Opinion | It’s not too late to achieve equal access to justice
Column by John P. Gross, a clinical associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School and director of the Public Defender Project. He teaches courses in criminal law, criminal defense and trial practice.
Engineering school is economic engine — Erhard Joeres
Letter to the editor: So let me get this straight: It’s more important to spend state tax dollars to attract better talent to have a competitive Badgers football team than contribute to fund a new engineering building to produce more engineers to keep the Wisconsin economy competitive? Hmm. What am I missing here?
UW Experts in the News
Mesoscale Convective Systems: The Science Behind These Thunderstorm Clusters
An MCS is a prolific lightning generator. A late-April 2014 MCS along the Gulf Coast produced 6,076 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes in just 15 minutes, according to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s CIMSS Satellite blog.
The uncanny valley, explained: Why you might find AI creepy
It’s hard to say, says Bilge Mutlu, a professor of computer science at the University of Wisconsin Madison. While the researchers expect that with repeated exposure, the uncanny valley reaction might diminish, Mutlu says that for him, the feeling has only gotten stronger.
UW-Madison Related
‘Wisconsin Pride’ film honors state’s LGBTQ+ trailblazers
The McCarthy Era, the civil rights struggle in the 1960s, the history of Indigenous people in Wisconsin — the stories told in the new PBS Wisconsin documentary, “Wisconsin Pride,” are in some ways very familiar to students of state history.