The committee studying the future of the Universities of Wisconsin wants the state Legislature to explore spinning off the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW-Madison spin-off idea headed to Wisconsin Legislature
Wisconsin Public Radio
November 5, 2024
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Research
How To Manage Your Emotions On Election Day
Forbes
As you spend time with people close to you, don’t be afraid to lean on them for social support. Research shows that you can literally outsource your negative emotions to those you’re closest to, minimizing their impact. In a groundbreaking study at the University of Wisconsin, researchers put people in MRI machines and threatened to shock them at random. There were three groups of participants: People who were alone. People who held the hand of a stranger. People who held the hand of a loved one.The researchers measured fear activity in each person’s brain, and they found something incredible in the third group. Participants’ brains were much less active. They could literally outsource their fear to their loved ones.
Campus life
Kickoff time, TV information released for Wisconsin football’s showdown with No. 1 Oregon
Wisconsin State Journal
This week’s bye week allows for a turn of focus to No. 1 Oregon coming to town Nov. 16, a game that will kick off at 6:30 p.m. and be televised on NBC. It will be the Badgers’ third consecutive primetime game on NBC.
Wisconsin Union hosts Thanksgiving to-go meals
Badger Herald
Wisconsin Union will also host Friendsgiving available to all UW-Madison students.
Uncommon Ground: Students find civil debate forum in Library Mall
Badger Herald
Conservative students sometimes come up to College Democrat’s table to disagree, but they always have a civil conversation, Schanhofer said. UW College Republicans Chair Thomas Pyle said his organization frequently collaborates with College Democrats. “I think we have a great relationship with College Democrats right now,” Pyle said. “… I would love to see more of that in the real political world out there … We don’t need to hate our political opponents.”
With record early turnout, more than 10,000 early vote at UW-Madison locations
Daily Cardinal
Students reported lines of about two hours, and early voters at campus polling locations comprised nearly a fifth of in-person absentee ballots cast in Madison.
Community
It’s official: 20 years of construction on University Avenue is finally over
Wisconsin State Journal
More than two decades of construction on the Near West Side’s main thoroughfare has finally wrapped up, a process that’s certainly added to commutes but is leaving the area better protected from intense flooding.
Opinion
Opinion | Wisconsinites want a focus on state and local issues
The Capital Times
Column by Jessica Maki, a mass communications Ph.D. student at UW-Madison who earned her master’s at Louisiana State University, and Michael W. Wagner, the William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea, director of the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal and professor of journalism and mass communication at UW-Madison.
Business/Technology
Social Security advocates call for stronger support to live up to FDR’s vision
Wisconsin Examiner
Another myth is that Social Security won’t be there for younger workers. J. Michael Collins, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs and the leader of the UW Retirement and Disability Research Consortium, said he hears that often from his students at UW.
In the worst case scenario, however, the shortfall would cut benefits to 72 cents on the dollar, he said.
Immigrants provide important economic contributions in Wisconsin, report says
Wisconsin Public Radio
“There’s an undercount in the Latinx population, and, in particular, the undocumented population,” said Armando Ibarra, a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School for Workers. “This population of folks is hesitant to interact with folks that represent the federal government or the state government, because of their precarious immigration status.”
Black Males in Engineering: An innovative form of education
Badger Herald
Founder of the Black Males in Engineering project, Brian A. Burt, is leading research into how Black men are often excluded from science, technology, engineering and mathematics — or STEM — industries. Through BME, Burt hopes to emphasize that Black mens’ journeys throughout STEM need to be aided by many people throughout their lives.
UW Experts in the News
US Drought Map Shows Which States Are Worst Affected
Newsweek
“This fall [in precipitation] has been a prime example of flash drought across parts of the U.S.,” Jason Otkin, a meteorologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, wrote in a NASA Earth Observatory post. “These events can take people by surprise because you can quickly go from being drought-free to having severe drought conditions.”
Why the winner of the 2024 presidential race might not be projected on election night
ABC News
“It can take a few days and sometimes more,” said Barry Burden, the director of the Elections Research Center at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Illinois has races to watch, too
POLITICO
It create “a lot of suspicion and misinformation about what’s happening,” said Barry Burden, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor who runs an elections center on campus. “There were a lot of allegations in 2020 about votes being dumped or something happening maliciously in the middle of the night because it did happen in the middle of the night. That’s when election officials finished their work. It’s really just a product of the state law that requires that they can’t start counting until Election Day.”
When will we know the presidential election results? A state-by-state guide
CBS News
Barry Burden, Director of the University of Wisconsin’s Elections Research Center, said, “typically 2 to 2 ½ hours after polls close, we start to get a pretty good picture of the state,” but he noted Milwaukee takes longer.”It’s the biggest city, and it has the most ballots, and it also counts absentee ballots at a central location,” Burden said. “That’ll be after midnight, 1 (a.m.) or 2 a.m.”
UW-Madison Related
Harris Allies Attempt 3-Pointer in Final Second Against Trump
The Daily Beast
The committee is eager to turn out young voters and Black voters across the battlegrounds. It is putting up 300 digital kiosks across college campuses that include the University of North Carolina and its affiliated campuses, Michigan State University, Temple University, Marquette University, and the University of Wisconsin.