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December 22, 2023

Research

Octopus DNA seems to confirm scientists’ theory about a long-standing geological mystery

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CNN

In a commentary published alongside the study, Andrea Dutton, a professor in the department of geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Robert M.
DeConto, a professor at the School of Earth and Sustainability at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, called the new research “pioneering.”

They noted that while geological evidence had been mounting that the icy expanse of the West Antarctic ice sheet may have collapsed during the Last Interglacial period, “each study’s findings have come with caveats.”

Higher Education/System

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos: ‘We’re going to get maps’

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Wisconsin Public Radio

In the same interview, Vos also said he would continue challenging programs aimed at increasing diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, in the state.

That comes after he secured a victory on that issue by exchanging pay raises for UW employees and funding for certain university projects — notably, a new engineering building at UW-Madison — for a reduction in DEI-related staff positions in the UW system.

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Opinion

Letter | UW will find a way on DEI

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The Capital Times

Letter to the editor: Despite the setback for diversity by Republicans the momentum for justice and righteousness will continue for all Americans. We hold these truths to be self evident since the creation. The righteous in the UW and the state of Wisconsin will find a way to continue making progress in diversity.

UW Experts in the News

When Immigrant Dairy Farm Workers Get Hurt, Most Can’t Rely on Workers’ Compensation

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Pro Publica

“Workers’ compensation really doesn’t work for anyone, not even the workers it’s supposed to work for. It really doesn’t,” said Lola Loustaunau, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School for Workers who is studying access to workers’ compensation for immigrant workers in high-risk industries. “That gets increasingly worse the more precarious workers are.”

Do you wash your meat? Some cooks are divided over the practice.

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National Geographic

Washing meat likely originated in cultures around the world as a way to get rid of the inedible material left on freshly slaughtered meat, says Kathleen Glass, associate director of the Food Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before industrialized food processing (and today in communities that still butcher their own meat), washing was an important line of defense against dirt, animal debris, and perhaps also the host of pathogens that live in raw meat.

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