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December 21, 2023

Research

Could lab-grown meat compete with factory farms?

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Wisconsin Public Radio

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved the first lab-grown chicken meat for commercial sale. It’s the first cell-cultivated meat to be approved in the country, and it’s grown from stem cells in a bioreactor—no slaughter required. We talk to Jeff Sindelar, a professor and extension meat specialist in the department of Animal Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, about whether lab-grown meat could eventually compete with the factory-farmed meat that dominates the industry.

Tax credits and remote work

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POLITICO

New Jersey development continues to flourish in some of the Garden State’s most fire-prone areas, the Asbury Park Press found during an analysis of housing and forest data from the University of Wisconsin.

Higher Education/System

State news

Lawsuit alleges State Bar of Wisconsin’s “diversity clerkship program” is unconstitutional

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CBS Minnesota

On its website, the bar association says the program is for University of Wisconsin and Marquette University law school students “with backgrounds that have been historically excluded from the legal field.” But the lawsuit alleges that is a new focus and that the program has historically been touted as a way to increase racial diversity among attorneys at law firms, private companies and in government.

UW Experts in the News

Navigating joint custody of children and child support systems

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Wisconsin Public Radio

Over the last few decades, Wisconsin and the U.S. have seen divorces lead to a growing rate of equal joint custody of children, instead of one parent gaining sole custody. We talk to Quentin Riser, an assistant professor of human development & family studies at UW-Madison, about how this shift has affected families and the child support system.

Wisconsin Catholic leaders stress that the church still doesn’t recognize gay marriage

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Wisconsin Public Radio

Susan Ridgely is a professor of religious studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She said Francis has wanted to portray the church as welcoming since early in his papacy. She pointed to his symbols of service, such as washing the feet of young inmates.

The declaration is a “natural extension” of Francis’s olive branches to a changing world, she said. “That’s a major step towards kind of an openness of the church and an acknowledgment that people reaching out for God should get that blessing through the church,” she said.

Army’s Blast Safety Limit May Miss Risks From Powerful Weapons Like Tanks

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The New York Times

“It’s basically a place holder, because no one knows what the real number should be,” said Christian Franck, a professor of biomechanics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who is part of a team that is modeling the effects of blasts on the brain for the Defense Department. He echoed the assessment of many other researchers.“If the right kind of wave hits brain tissue, the tissue just breaks — it literally gets torn apart,” Dr. Franck said. “We see that in the lab. But what kind of blast will do that in real life? It’s complex. The work takes time. There is a lot we don’t know.”

UW-Madison Related

Wisconsin’s 51 Most Influential Black Leaders for 2023, Part 4

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Madison365

Shawn Anthony Robinson, Ph.D, is a social entrepreneur, co-founder of the award-winning graphic novel Doctor Dyslexia Dude, a research affiliate with the Wisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB) at the University of Wisconsin Madison, served on the advisory council of Benetech, and a former Board member with the International Dyslexia Association.