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August 9, 2023

Top Stories

Wisconsin child care ‘crisis’ requires special session, Evers says

Posted on 8/9/2023

The Capital Times

Evers is again proposing spending for the University of Wisconsin System’s general operations and a new UW-Madison engineering building — both of which the Republican-authored state budget left out earlier this year. The governor’s plan includes $197 million for the engineering building, which UW-Madison previously specified as its top budget priority. The new building would replace the College of Engineering’s 83-year-old facility, adding over 1,000 engineering students per year.

Evers is also calling for $66 million in added funding for the UW System. He initially proposed a $305.9 million increase to the System’s budget over the next two years.

Research

Senator Baldwin celebrates $6-million in federal funding for Marshfield Ag Research Station

Posted on 8/9/2023

WSAW-TV

Senator Tammy Baldwin is celebrating millions of dollars for the Marshfield Agricultural Research station– or MARS.

Baldwin toured the facility in Stratford in which she helped them get $6-million dollars.

Baldwin visits agriculture facility

Posted on 8/9/2023

WAOW-TV

The senator met with officials from UW Madison and their facility in Stratford to talk about the importance of funding for the school’s Wisconsin Rural Partnership program, and how crucial it is that farms receive adequate funding.

Higher Education/System

Tony Evers calls special session to fund child care, expand paid family leave in Wisconsin

Posted on 8/9/2023

Wisconsin State Journal

Evers on Tuesday proposed spending $197 million to build a new engineering building on UW-Madison’s campus. He also proposed spending $66 million for the UW System’s general operations.

The GOP-led Legislature rejected funding the engineering building earlier this year and reduced the UW System’s overall budget despite Evers’ calls to spend hundreds of millions more.

Gov. Tony Evers proposes $1 billion for child care, workforce despite Republican lawmakers already denying similar plans

Posted on 8/9/2023

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Evers’ $1 billion plan would allocate more than $365 million to child care programs, guarantee 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave for Wisconsin workers, invest $66.4 million in UW System schools, award nearly $200 million for UW-Madison’s proposed engineering building and millions more for workforce education and grant programs.

ChatGPT is in the classroom; teachers want kids to think on their own

Posted on 8/9/2023

The Capital Times

UW-Madison computer sciences professor Jerry Zhu explained how AI language models work,  illustrating the increasing complexity that chatbots are able to operate with. ChatGPT and others base their technology on “conditional probabilities” of what letter, word or punctuation is most likely to come after another based on its database of how language has been used.

Wisconsin Republicans seek inroads with young voters ahead of first 2024 presidential debate

Posted on 8/9/2023

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Brian Schimming practically grew up on a college campus. His parents both worked for the University of Wisconsin-Madison and lived on Lathrop Street for 37 years, less than a block from Camp Randall Stadium. He spent a lot of his time wandering the rolling hills and historic buildings on campus or trekking over to bustling downtown Madison.

Campus life

Bernie Sanders joins Idea Fest roster

Posted on 8/9/2023

The Capital Times

Bernie Sanders has come to Madison many times to campaign — on behalf of his own presidential bids and the candidacies of the many progressive contenders who have sought his backing — but his appearance at the 2023 Cap Times Idea Fest on the UW-Madison campus will be different.

Arts & Humanities

Irish language lessons come to Madison

Posted on 8/9/2023

WORT FM

Ever wanted to learn the Irish language? A program at UW-Madison offers Irish classes to the campus community. And a similar program, along with a weekly conversation circle, is being offered to people outside of campus through the Isthmus Conversation Circle. WORT Reporter Heewone Lim is here today with Dr. Becky Shields, who is an instructor and an academic advisor in the Language Sciences program here at UW-Madison and leading efforts to bring Irish to Madison.

Health

Covid-19 cases on the rise in Wisconsin as summer winds down

Posted on 8/9/2023

TMJ-4

Dr. Jeff Pothof, chief quality officer and emergency medicine physician at UW Health, says a new COVID booster is good news. Dr. Pothof encourages people to get the new booster in September or October when they get their flu shot.

“Our immune systems get a little bit lazy and they don’t work as well against COVID. So having this booster is going to be helpful. It’s actually against the strain that’s pretty common out there right now,” Dr. Pothof.

UW Health Carbone Cancer Center to hold annual Roll and Stroll for Pancreas Cancer on Sunday

Posted on 8/9/2023

Madison365

The annual event is organized by the Pancreas Cancer Task Force, a group of volunteers dedicated to raising funds for pancreas cancer research while supporting patients throughout their cancer journey. Gerianne Holzman, chair of Roll and Stroll 2023, says “Gathering survivors, along with their family, friends, and care teams shows everyone impacted by this disease that they are not alone.”

UW Health to host free sports physical clinic Wednesday night

Posted on 8/9/2023

WISC-TV 3

There are a number of reasons why sports physicals are important, especially this time of year. Dr. David Bernhardt, a pediatric sports medicine physician with UW Health said it allows kids to participate in sport which has a significant impact on mental and physical health, among other benefits.

Athletics

Why more than 3 months passed before Tony Granato’s firing was official

Posted on 8/9/2023

Wisconsin State Journal

Word started getting out to University of Wisconsin athletic department employees about a change in the men’s hockey coaching staff shortly before 3 p.m. March 6.

Wisconsin native Tom Hamilton, Cleveland Guardians radio announcer, goes viral for call of weekend brawl

Posted on 8/9/2023

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

He began broadcasting in Appleton, including at Appleton Foxes baseball games, and spent time broadcasting University of Wisconsin football games. He latched on with a Columbus radio station in 1986, the first step toward his current gig in Cleveland.

UW Experts in the News

Preparing your teen for college and life in a dorm: Avoid over-packing

Posted on 8/9/2023

Fox News

“Sometimes we don’t know what to do with emotions,” so parents channel them into packing and shopping to feel productive, said Beth Miller, a coordinator for residence life at University of Wisconsin-Madison who has been involved in campus life for the past 17 years. “But sometimes parents are purchasing things based on emotion and not necessarily based on need.”

UW-Madison Related

Jewish values helped prompt food lockers

Posted on 8/9/2023

The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle

From age four, Angelina volunteered at Shabbat services for a local nursing home, which she continued to do until her graduation from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May. When she was younger, she would hand out grape juice or challah to participants. As she got older, she would play Chanukah songs on the violin. When in college, she led services herself and played the guitar. At a bittersweet final Shabbat service, Angelina received an award for the “largest percentage of one’s life as a volunteer.”  

UW curator handles tours, teaching, events, exhibitions. But she’s happiest working with her bone collections.

Posted on 8/9/2023

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Laura Monahan’s gifts go far beyond just the bare bones.

As the associate director and curator of osteology — bones and skeletons — for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Zoological Museum, she manages outreach programs, exhibitions, specimen collections, internships, tours, events, skeleton collections, grant writing and fundraising.