Children who grow up today in neighborhoods that were redlined, or graded low for home loans, in the 1930s are slightly more likely to have asthma, according to a new study involving UW-Madison researchers.
UW System President Jay Rothman addressed freedom of expression leaders about the UW System’s plans to promote a marketplace of ideas.
While the programs are free to attend through a webinar, UW said registration is required for each session. All programs will be recorded and available for later viewing.
A 65,933 students applied to be part of this year’s freshman class, a 3.8% increase from last year. Freshman enrollment is up 6.9% from last year, with total enrollment setting a new UW-Madison record at 52,126 students.
The governor and UW-Madison’s student governance organization have backed a call from a campus labor organization for regular, voluntary meetings with administrators over workplace concerns.
Palestine Legal, a civil rights and advocacy group, argued that university disciplinary proceedings against pro-Palestine activists violate First Amendment rights and called on the university to drop two cases they called “discriminatory.”
The number of underrepresented students of color in the University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman class dropped from 18% to 14.3% this year following the U.S. Supreme Court’s race-conscious affirmative action ban last June.
SJP UW leaders voiced frustration regarding divestment negotiations, disciplinary hearings.
Students motivated to bring unique personal identity, background to study abroad experience.
Some of the women alleging Combs abused them are Black women, which may play a part in the doubt they faced. According to Chloe Grace Hart, an assistant professor of sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison, this dates back to the 19th century, where the minimization of of Black women’s experiences of sexual violence in the United States was “actually written into law.”
Interview with Laura Cooney, associate professor in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Dr. Megan Moreno, a pediatrics professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine who studies adolescents and problematic social media use, said Instagram’s new youth default settings were “significant.”
“They set a higher bar for privacy and confidentiality — and they take some of the burden off the shoulders of teens and their parents,” she said.
During a recent interview with WPR, University of Wisconsin-Madison Sociology Professor Michael Light said anecdotes used by politicians don’t always reflect the broader trends related to crime and immigration.
“Yes, immigrants have committed crimes. And immigrants commit less crimes than native born U.S. citizens,” Light told “Wisconsin Today” in July. “Both (of) those can be true.”
Wisconsin students aren’t required at the state level to take a government class. Some districts may have their own requirements, or government classes may be offered as an elective, but that lack of a state requirement can prevent students from learning about government itself, much less discussing and understanding current political events, said Jeremy Stoddard, a professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a researcher in the Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
“Because both major parties are expecting tight results in the battleground states that will decide the presidency, there has been more than the usual amount of interest [in] how minor party and independent candidates might affect the results,” University of Wisconsin-Madison Elections Research Center Director Barry Burden told the Washington Examiner. “Republicans have been assisting Kennedy in his efforts to get off the ballot assuming that his departure provides more votes for Trump. Republican allies have also been assisting progressive Cornel West with ballot access under the assumption that he would take votes from Harris.”
At the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Thomas Pile, chairman of the campus chapter of the College Republicans, said he is encouraged by how open-minded his classmates with different political attitudes have been in discussing the candidates’ positions.
Pile, a senior studying political science, isn’t fully sold on Trump. Pile said he is supporting Republicans in down-ballot races with more conservative values.
Photos: The UW Marching Band honored Ariana Grande with a performance at Geneseo High School in Illinois on Saturday at the Maple Leaf Classic, a marching band competition.
