The Universities of Wisconsin would be required to provide all first-year students with information on how to vote absentee in their home states under a bill introduced by GOP lawmakers.
January 3, 2024
Higher Education/System
UW professor ‘not concerned’ about claims of former Harvard president plagiarizing his work
“Both Dr. Gay and I are defining basic terms such as Section 2 and Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, covered jurisdictions, and bailout,” he said. “Good definitions of these terms would have to use similar language or they would not be accurate.”
Health
The Most Mysterious Cells in Our Bodies Don’t Belong to Us
Similarly, inherited microchimerism might help explain why some studies have found that people are better at accepting organs from their mother than from their father, says William Burlingham, a transplant specialist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Athletics
Once a Badger, always a Badger: Diane Nordstrom on her career in sports communications
Diane Nordstrom, the associate director of brand communications at UW-Madison, is retiring after more than three decades with the Badgers. We talk with her about the world of sports communications and how it’s changing.
Badgers honor the ‘architect’ of the Kohl Center — Herb Kohl
Herb Kohl’s courtside seats were unoccupied but not quite empty Tuesday night.
Late UW alum and Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl honored at Wisconsin men’s basketball game
The team set out a jersey for Kohl and put flowers on a seat in the Kohl Center. Kohl gave money to build the arena, which opened in 1998. There was a moment of silence before the game. After the game, head coach Greg Gard praised him.
Opinion
Tenure allowed me to speak out against evils of apartheid. Truth depends on it. | Opinion
Tenure is a rigorous process by which one’s academic publications are reviewed by the country’s (and often even world’s) top experts in one’s field of research. The tenure process is undertaken after completing 6 years of work and can take up to a year to assemble and review materials.
UW Experts in the News
Trump is on the Wisconsin ballot; Minocqua Brewing owner looks to sue
To Howard Schweber, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an expert in constitutional law, there are two separate issues at play: the legal and the political.
Wisconsin’s ‘Smart Growth’ law requires planning to meet housing needs, but enforcement is lax
“There have been no reported appellate court cases in Wisconsin dealing with the issue of how housing is addressed in local comprehensive plans,” said Brian Ohm, a retired professor in the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture at UW-Madison, calling the lack of legal challenges “a surprise to a lot of people.”
Obituaries
James “Jim” R. Leu
Jim worked as a Network and Systems Engineer in various locations, most recently at the University of Wisconsin Department of Information Technology.
Jon O. Baldock
At his core, Jon was always a farmer and a statistician, vocations he passionately pursued throughout his life. He became an Assistant Professor of Agronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1976.