Micaela Sullivan-Fowler, a librarian at UW-Madison’s Ebling Library for Health Services, has culled nearly 30,000 such ads from 1923 to 2007 into the digital Health Advertisements Database from Ebling Sources, or HADES. Former colleague Amanda Lambert and several students helped her compile the database, which continues to grow.
October 29, 2024
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Higher Education/System
New UWM center aims to confront discrimination in urban planning, policies
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s new Center for Equity Practice and Planning Justice wants to “deconstruct and mitigate” the remnants of those policies that still shape and hyper-segregate Milwaukee today.
Campus life
Politico reporter Jonathan Martin stresses importance of UW-Madison in the 2024 presidential election
In a talk at Memorial Union, Politico politics bureau chief Jonathan Marin discussed campaign strategies and the strong influence of University of Wisconsin-Madison students in the upcoming election.
Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair holds early vote block party on Library Mall
Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler held an early vote block party for University of Wisconsin students on Friday afternoon.
The block party took place on Library Mall, where around 20 students and community members tabled to encourage pedestrians to register to vote.
Q&A: ‘We’re seven days away from making history’: Actor Adam Brody rallies UW-Madison voters
Actor Adam Brody, known for his role as Seth Cohen on the Fox series “The O.C” and most recently as Noah on “Nobody Wants This,” hosted a student meet-and-greet on behalf of the Harris-Walz campaign in Madison on Sunday, where he spoke about Madison’s pivotal role in what he called “a historical election.”
‘Nobody Wants This’ and ‘O.C.’ star Adam Brody was in Madison this weekend, urging UW students to vote
From Netflix’s new comedy series “Nobody Wants This” to Madison, Wisconsin.
Actor Adam Brody, known for his breakout role in “The O.C.,” stopped by the state’s capital over the weekend. And, yes, his visit did have to do with the fast-approaching presidential election.
State news
‘Voter rescue’: Help in Milwaukee for hundreds who show up at wrong place
“This is a really interesting phenomenon,” said Barry Burden, director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, adding that he had not heard of such initiatives elsewhere. He noted similar confusion among students at UW-Madison, where the early voting site is not always the same as the Election Day polling place.
Crime and safety
25 arrested, 51 ejected during UW Homecoming game
The near-majority of ejections, 22, were for underage alcohol possession. There were also two ejections for entering the playing surface and four ejections for trespassing.
Sexual assault reported on UW-Madison campus
Authorities said it happened around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, in a southeast campus residence hall.
Sexual assault reported on UW-Madison campus
UW-Madison officials stated in a message to the campus community Monday that a sexual assault was reported last week.
Sexual assault reported in southeast dorm
UW informed students of on-campus incident occurring Oct. 22 via Crime Warning email sent Monday afternoon, no investigation currently underway.
Sexual assault reported in southeast dorm
The University of Wisconsin reported a sexual assault occurring in a Southeast Residence hall Tuesday, Oct. 22, according to a Crime Warning email sent to students Monday afternoon.
Sexual assault reported in southeast campus residence hall
The incident occurred at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, and the victim and alleged offender knew each other.
Cases dismissed against 3 of 5 people charged in pro-Palestinian protest at UW
Cases against three of five people charged in connection with a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on UW-Madison’s campus last spring have been dismissed, while one paid a fine and another has the chance to see his case dismissed next year.
Arts & Humanities
Celebrity endorsements of presidential candidates grow, how it could impact the election
“Celebrity endorsements are not likely to literally change somebody’s mind, but they are likely to get people to pause and say, ‘should I pay attention to this person?’ ‘Can I trust this person in the way that I trust and or admire the celebrity that I’m thinking about?’ And that just gives people another opportunity to find a way into political participation,” said UW Professor Mike Wagner.
Athletics
The $7.99 brat at Camp Randall? Wisconsin sells thousands each game
Camp Randall Stadium sells between 8,000 and 10,000 of each on every football game day, with a complex path from supplier to buyer that involves scheduling, delivery and warehousing in addition to cooking and selling.
Business/Technology
A historic mansion was the center of a bitter City Hall fight. New owners are reinvigorating it
Singh has a law degree from Georgetown University and a master’s in business administration from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her resume includes stints as Dohmen Co. Foundation president and Burke Foundation chief executive officer.
UW Experts in the News
Rising warm temperatures across Southern Wisconsin creating climate change concerns
According to UW Madison Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Department Professor Jonathan Martin, September to October of 2024 is the second warmest it’s been since 1938. Martin studies the world’s air flow and said climate change is partially caused by warm winds eroding ice in the north and causes warmer temperatures in Wisconsin.
”It’s definitely climate change,” Martin said. ”The problem is you don’t want to keep accumulating these winds all in one direction, that is warmer, warmer and causing problems around the globe. I think we’re in that situation.”
What you need to know about the Electoral College as 2024 race nears end
“It’s really 51 separate elections,” Barry Burden, the director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told ABC News. “Every state and the District of Columbia has its own rules for running the election. Then each state awards its electors separately, and it’s up to candidates to win a majority of those electors to be elected president.”
How Wisconsin Lost Control of the Strange Disease Killing Its Deer
I drove south out of Madison, Wisconsin, along solitary rural roads until I arrived at a secluded home set amid scattered forest and open prairie. Waiting inside for me were two men: Michael Samuel, a retired professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Bryan Richards, the emerging-disease coordinator at the US Geological Survey’s National Wildlife Health Center.