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September 10, 2024

Research

UW–Madison researchers share key takeaways about invasive species in Wisconsin’s lakes

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Wisconsin Public Radio

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who have studied invasive species in lakes for decades published a summary of key findings in the journal BioScience in August. “These were the ones that we felt challenge conventional views,” said Jake Vander Zanden, director of UW–Madison’s Center for Limnology and lead author of the analysis. “Almost all of these were surprising to me.”

Higher prices are burden for Wisconsin families. Senate candidates outline their remedies.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A scientific survey of nearly 4,000 Wisconsin residents by the UW Survey Center helped identify the top issues heading into the fall election. Throughout the year, we’ve been publishing opinion pieces from faculty at the La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW-Madison, our partner in the Main Street Agenda, exploring the public policy behind those issues.

Higher Education/System

UW-Madison students show gratitude for program that expands study abroad access

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Wisconsin Public Radio

During the 2022-23 school year, more than 2,500 UW-Madison students participated in a study abroad program, according to the university’s International Academic Programs annual report for that year.

“We really see it as an opportunity for growth,” said Dan Gold of UW-Madison’s study abroad office. “When you look at it conceptually, basically it’s just: What can you do that’s not on campus that will help your academic goals?”

Campus life

What does it mean to be Jewish? Age, upbringing influence response to Israel’s war in Gaza

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“Tension would probably be an understatement,” said University of Wisconsin-Madison junior Reuben Berkowitz of Milwaukee.

Berkowitz said his family, who raised him to understand the shared importance of Israeli and Palestinian safety, have supported him as he explored his relationship with Zionism, and chose to participate last spring in UW-Madison’s encampment. His father, Joel, is the director of UW-Milwaukee’s Jewish Studies program.

State news

State lawmakers remain divided on UW-Madison encampment

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Daily Cardinal

While Rep. Lisa Subeck, D-Madison, told the Cardinal she acknowledges protest is a tool for change, law and regulations remain an important principle for protesters to follow. “You can certainly exercise your right to free speech and right to assemble without tents in a camp… there is protest and then there’s civil disobedience,” Subeck said. “Actions have consequences, so whatever it is the protest is about when they choose to set up an encampment such as these students did, there are consequences that can come with that.”

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Community

Arts & Humanities

Take a fall-colors, art-loving journey to see these 7 Wisconsin art exhibits this autumn

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“Weaving a Legacy” features nearly 200 works of black ash baskets made by more than 40 Ho-Chunk makers from the mid-1800s to the present. The exhibit, which runs through Nov. 10, is curated by Tom Jones, a University of Wisconsin-Madison photography professor, who has collected and studied thousands of Ho-Chunk baskets for more than decade.

Athletics

Business/Technology

As election cycle heats up, WisconsinEye calls on Baldwin campaign to pull ad footage

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Wisconsin Public Radio

BJ Ard, a copyright expert at the University of Wisconsin Law School, said four factors determine whether the material is being used fairly. That includes the purpose and character of the use, the nature of the work being copied, the amount and substantiality of the work being copied and the market impact of the copying.

“There’s not a specific rubric spelling out which of these factors takes priority,” he said.

UW Experts in the News

The debate elevates 2024’s central question: Who’s paying attention?

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The Washington Post

It’s also probably the case that viewership trended upward since 1996 in part because of increased partisan identification. The University of Wisconsin’s Barry Burden made this point before that Biden-Trump debate and it tracks: Higher investment in partisan success would suggest more interest in seeing how well each candidate does.