Clipsheet

August 3, 2023

Research

UW study suggests Inflation Reduction Act’s $35 out-of-pocket costs for insulin led to a significant increase in prescription fills

Posted on 8/3/2023

Madison365

A new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the University of Southern California Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics found that the $35 cap on monthly out-of-pocket costs of insulin for Medicare beneficiaries has led to a significant increase of insulin prescription fills, especially for Black and Latino patients.

Wisconsin’s dairy industry relies on undocumented immigrants, but the state won’t let them legally drive

Posted on 8/3/2023

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A conservative estimate from a recent University of Wisconsin-Madison study puts the number of undocumented Hispanic workers on medium-to-large farms at roughly 6,200. That figure excludes the many immigrant workers on smaller farms, those with fewer than 500 cows.

Typhoon Khanun batters Okinawa with destructive winds, severe flooding

Posted on 8/3/2023

Washington Post

Satellite imagery of Typhoon Khanun as the eye passed south of Okinawa on Tuesday. (UW-Madison CIMSS)

Higher Education/System

Why some states are looking to end “scholarship displacement”

Posted on 8/3/2023

Marketplace

“There are some students who have really robust financial aid offers or really large scholarships, where that need figure is met, and then something needs to be reduced,” said Lo Klink, associate director for special awards and student engagement in the Office of Student Financial Aid at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Crime and safety

UWPD’s new app offers safe walking, “I’m OK,” & off-campus notifications

Posted on 8/3/2023

NBC-15

A new app from the University of Wisconsin Police Dept. promises to offer safety and a little more piece of mind – and you don’t have to be a student or staff member to use it.

Athletics

Here’s what’s new in Gatorade’s contract extension with Wisconsin athletics

Posted on 8/3/2023

Wisconsin State Journal

Gatorade is boosting how much product credit it gives the University of Wisconsin athletic department in a contract extension between the sides.

UW Experts in the News

Birders flocking to Green Bay to see ‘mega-rarity’ roseate spoonbill

Posted on 8/3/2023

Wisconsin Public Radio

David Drake, a wildlife specialist and forest and wildlife ecology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison compared juvenile birds to 16-year-old drivers.

“They know how to drive but, they don’t know where they’re going or how everything works,” Drake said. “We refer to that as an accidental. I’m assuming that’s likely what happened.”

Climate change is hitting close to home for nearly 2 out of 3 Americans, poll finds

Posted on 8/3/2023

PBS NewsHour

“It’s really hard to bring people on different ends of the political spectrum together on this issue,” said Nan Li, an assistant professor in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Obituaries

Klaus Westphal

Posted on 8/3/2023

Wisconsin State Journal

After receiving his PhD from the University of Tuebingen, he and the love of his life, his wife Margaret, took on the adventure of a lifetime and traveled by freight ship to Wisconsin, intending to stay for three years. There, Klaus became Director of the UW-Madison Geology Museum, a position he held for 34 years, where among other things he led a team to collect and restore the first dinosaur to be displayed in Wisconsin.