Adult ticks, approximately half of whom are infected with the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, are ready to feed earlier than usual this year.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Diseases at the University of Wisconsin-Madison started to look for ticks in February, almost two months ahead of schedule.
Fewer than one in five Wisconsinites supports a sandhill crane hunting season in the state, according to a study conducted by University of Wisconsin researchers. And approximately half of Badger State residents oppose such a hunt.
The data are part of an effort by the University of Wisconsin Survey Center to scientifically assess attitudes on hunting the large, long-legged birds.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will close its two-year campus in Waukesha, the fifth UW branch in less than two years to announce it would shutter its doors or move to an online model.
The Senate appears likely to fire John Miller and Dana Wachs, two of the six regents to vote late last year against a sprawling, controversial deal struck by UW system President Jay Rothman and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, that gives about $800 million in funding to the UW system in exchange for changes to the public university system’s diversity programming.
UW-Milwaukee announced the closure Monday, saying it would instead shift to a university center model at Waukesha County Technical College, where UW-Milwaukee will eventually have a physical space on the WCTC campus. UW-Milwaukee will also stop offering associate degrees and end its College of General Studies, the academic department that oversaw both the Waukesha and Washington County campuses.
The Republican-backed bill, signed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Feb. 20, requires the state’s flagship public university, UW-Madison, to accept all students who rank in the top 5% of their classes at the end of their junior year, and the 12 regional UW campuses to take all those who rank in the top 10%.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will close its Waukesha campus at the end of the spring 2025 semester.
At a Monday news conference, UW-Milwaukee chancellor Mark Mone cited declining enrollment, shifting demographics and budgetary issues as reasons for the closure, which was made under a directive from Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman.
First-day nametags. At the University of Wisconsin, one professor asked students on the first day of class to create a nameplate and to fill out a notecard with their major and other personal information such as interests or involvement in campus activities.
Campus organizations support students, build community through meals, events.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is currently undergoing a series of construction projects to create larger spaces and learning environments for several programs on campus.
Soil can even be submitted for fertility analysis to estimate the economic impact of erosion. The Agriculture Water Quality Program within UW-Madison Extension has mats available for interested participants.
Collaborating with partners such as UW-Madison, Madison Ballet, Wheels & Heels, Barrio Dance, NewBridge and Cycropia Aerial Dance, the program seeks to create a supportive environment where disabled individuals can explore movement, express themselves creatively, and build meaningful connections with their peers.
Marlon F. Hall, who is an artist-in-residence at UW-Madison, said the idea behind the Dear Black Future project is to collect as many letters as possible, all written with just four words, to detail aspirations for the Black community.
WHA has started a So Many Options campaign to boost interest in health care careers. It recommends expanding training opportunities, such as a nurse apprenticeship program started last year by UW Health and Madison Area Technical College.
We talk with a Madison features editor about the winners, losers, and snubs from the weekend’s 96th Academy Awards. Then Ajay Sethi, a population health expert at UW-Madison, reviews the CDC’s new coronavirus isolation guidelines. And we learn the history of private equity firms taking over American newspapers.
Maybe Alvarez has never even been in a position to quote Twain. Until now, that is, when Alvarez states, “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.’’
Last week, there was a rumor on the internet that the 77-year-old Alvarez had died.
National Player of the Year Sarah Franklin, middle blocker Carter Booth and opposite Devyn Robinson are among the 17 collegiate players training in Anaheim, California, through Friday with a scrimmage scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Saturday. They also will get to train with a pair of Olympic gold medalists in outside Jordan Larson, who played at Nebraska, and setter Jordyn Poulter, who played at Illinois.
The team began competing at the national competition last week Friday in Rice Lake and after six games over three days, they became national champions Sunday.
If you step inside a Sephora in the United States, including in Wisconsin, you’ll find RANAVAT. The skin and haircare brand has been featured on the “Today” show and by Vogue India, Women’s Health, InStyle and more. And, according to Vogue India, it’s gotten a celebrity following, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Mindy Kaling.
While the brand is Los Angeles-based and its products are made in India, it has Wisconsin roots. Its founder and CEO, Michelle Ranavat, is a Greendale native and a University of Wisconsin-Madison alumna.
Other states average significantly less. Manny Teodoro, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, has tracked the water rates of a sample of about 400 utilities across the country and found that the average monthly bill last year for a typical four-person, single-family household was $44.77. That represented a 25% increase from 2017.
