A team of scientists from the UW-led Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center mapped millions of acres of abandoned farmland across the U.S. over several decades in a study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. Knowing where this abandoned land is could help people evaluate it for different uses, including climate solutions, the team theorized.
June 21, 2024
Research
Higher Education/System
Gow pushes back on university claims of computer misuse, insubordination
Former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse chancellor Joe Gow pushed back on claims that he used university computers to visit pornography websites during a hearing on whether the university has grounds to dismiss him from faculty.
Fired UW-L chancellor Joe Gow defends his tenured faculty position
After two days of fiery exchanges at the Omni Center, former Chancellor Joe Gow and UW-La Crosse officials concluded their arguments Thursday about whether Gow should be allowed to keep his tenured faculty position.
Athletics
The details on the new contract giving Wisconsin volleyball coach Kelly Sheffield a raise
Kelly Sheffield’s salary as University of Wisconsin volleyball coach is getting a boost, with more on the line for continued success by the Badgers.
Opinion
Wisconsin prisons need federal oversight. Arrest of ex-warden shows why.
Column authored by Steven Wright, a clinical professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he directs the Constitutional Litigation, Appeals, and Sentencing Project.
Business/Technology
Decades of gene therapy research pay off big for Madison company
Thirty years ago, when the idea that would give rise to Mirus Bio took shape in a UW-Madison laboratory, scientists were only beginning to piece together the puzzle of human genetics.
UW Experts in the News
What are pollinators and how do they ‘hold entire ecosystems together’? We explain.
Susan Carpenter, the native plant garden curator at UW-Madison’s arboretum, said she also likes to keep an eye out for the yellow bumble bee. It’s one of the species in Wisconsin in need of conservation, she said.
Obituaries
Frank Emspak
In 1991, he applied to work at the School for Workers in Madison, WI, and started another chapter of his life.
Stephanie J. Davis
She worked in several Madison-area laboratories, most recently with the UW-Madison Carbone Center.
UW-Madison Related
Wisconsin’s 38 Most Influential Asian American Leaders for 2024, Part 5
Dr. Kaiping Chen is an Assistant Professor in computational communication at University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Life Sciences Communication.
Dr. Nathaniel Chinis medical director and Clinical Core Co-Leader for the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) and medical director for the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention (WRAP).
Chundou Her is a graduate student in Curriculum & Instruction at UW-Madison, researching the intersection of storytelling, youth activism, art, transformative justice, and participatory methods.