At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, anesthesiology professor Matthew Banks is tinkering with something in between leaving the trip alone and anesthesia: What if you let people have their full-on psychedelic experience, but then erase their memory of the trip altogether? Do you need to remember a trip for the benefits to stick?
The latest statue, called “Honor the air, land and water,” will be on public display at Memorial Union Wednesday night.
Core Spaces said the Johnson & Broom project will include affordable student housing in the same style as another project Core is building on State Street called oLiv Madison.
The oLiv project will have 386 units with over 1,000 beds, and 10% of the beds will be set aside for discounted rates for students receiving financial aid, through an agreement between Core Spaces and the University of Wisconsin.
When the Big Ten conducts its 2023 Media Days on Wednesday and Thursday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, there will be only three holdovers from that ’11 gathering: Ferentz in his 25th season at Iowa, Bielema in his third season at Illinois and Fickell in his first season at Wisconsin.
Noted: Protesters frequently targeted information technology, not only because of its role in the Vietnam war but also due to its association with the imprisoning forces of capitalism. In 1970, activists at the University of Wisconsin destroyed a mainframe during a building occupation; the same year, protesters almost blew one up with napalm at New York University.
Limnology experts will pay especially close attention to algae growth in Madison’s lakes this week, according to Emily Stanley with the UW-Madison Center for Limnology. Excessive heat and calm water are both good ingredients for algae blooms, she said.
Stanley is expecting algae and weeds to get “slightly greener” but isn’t anticipating anything extreme. The lack of rain has slowed the growth of algae blooms this summer, so a few hot days shouldn’t make much of a difference.
A strike could cost the U.S. economy more than $7 billion, according to research firm Anderson Economic Group, and it would have negative impacts across southern Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison distinguished lecturer Peter Lukszys said.
The Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison has a Barbie collection dating back to 1961. That’s two years after she originally debuted in the same iconic black-and-white-striped bathing suit. The museum also has a Barbie dressed in a University of Wisconsin-Madison cheerleader uniform.
