“Many of the unsolved problems in particle physics and cosmology are deeply intertwined,” write physicists Fernando Marchesano, Gary Shiu and Timo Weigand in the 2024 Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. String theory may provide the path to solving those problems.
November 22, 2024
Research
Campus life
UW reinstates Sex WIse module after negotiations
While the module has now been reinstated, Runde said some content, particularly around the discussion of pornography, was shortened as part of the compromise reached with the administration. Runde said they were unsatisfied with some of the compromises, citing a disconnect between UW administrators and students’ experiences on and off campus.
Dreading political conversations this holiday season? This Union Committee has you covered
As the holiday season commences, the Wisconsin Union Directorate Society and Politics Committee shared some tips to help students get through political conversations with family members.
Agriculture
RFK Jr. says he drinks raw milk. How safe is unpasteurized milk?
Drinking unpasteurized milk is “a really stupid, bad idea,” said John Lucey, a professor of food science and the director of the Center for Dairy Research at University of Wisconsin at Madison. “It’s almost like a doctor shouldn’t wash their hands before they go into an operating room.”
Community
These disability doulas are helping people navigate life more comfortably
When I ask Sami Schalk, associate professor of gender and women’s studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of “Black Disability Politics,” how disabled people should prepare for the next Trump term, she says, “The state is going to abandon disabled people more than ever. Informal networks of care and support are the only way we survive.”
Health
Health officials spread awareness of antibiotic resistance amid respiratory virus season
Antimicrobial resistance responsible for 35,000 U.S. deaths annually, expert says.
Athletics
UW-Madison runner feels right at home ahead of NCAA championships
There was the Memorial Union Terrace on Lake Mendota. There was the Dane County Farmers’ Market on the Capitol Square. There were other destinations on State Street, and beyond. But among his favorite spots on the University of Wisconsin campus, Bob Liking picked one uniquely personal to this historic, four-time Big Ten cross country champion.
Wisconsin adjusts heated field at snowy Camp Randall Stadium
Snow started to build up on Camp Randall’s artificial turf in the first half of the Division 7 game between Edgar and Potosi/Cassville but it wasn’t because the heating system was off or had failed, Wisconsin senior associate athletic director Jason King said.
Opinion
Trump’s second presidency will only accelerate America’s imperial decline
Written by Alfred McCoy, the J.R.W. Smail Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
From 25 years ago: Make Camp Randall streaker fold clothes
Put him to work — sorting clothes at the Dane County Free Clothing Center. Who knows? He might even find something to wear.
Letter to the Editor: Pay the TAs: Unpaid teaching requirements hinder education, research
I am a co-president of my graduate student labor union, the Teaching Assistants’ Association. We represent Teaching Assistants (graduate workers who teach classes, grade papers, lead discussion sections) and Research Assistants (graduate workers who do research, often in a laboratory setting) and all other graduate workers.
UW Experts in the News
Huckabee as Trump’s pick for Israel ambassador is a win for Christian Zionism. Here’s why.
“These are the people that were loyal to Trump in the first administration, were loyal to him when he was out of power and are now going to be close to the center of the second administration,” said Daniel Hummel, a religious historian at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and a leading expert on evangelical support for Israel. “I don’t know how they would be any closer — but I don’t see any daylight right now.”
Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens buried their dead differently, study suggests
“The data are limited, but this is an impressive survey,” John Hawks, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who did not take part in this research, told Live Science. Notably, he said there appear to have been consistent burial practices that distinguished Neanderthal and early H. sapiens burials. This is surprising because all of these small, scattered populations wouldn’t be expected to share cultural practices over long stretches of space and time.