’I feel like I got the best of both worlds’: UW-Madison launches tuition program for Native American students.
UW-Madison launches program for Native American students
Spectrum News Wisconsin
January 2, 2025
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Research
UW-Madison researchers use AI to identify ‘sex specific’ risk factors in brain tumors
Wisconsin Public Radio
Pallavi Tiwari, a radiology and biomedical engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has spent the last 18 years developing artificial intelligence models to help study cancer.
Much of that work includes using machine learning to find ways to help predict cancer diagnosis, outcomes and drug responses, she said.
Food author says home cooks should stop using plastic cutting boards
Newsweek
A study from the University of Wisconsin actually shows that wood can kill bacteria in as quick as three minutes, while plastic cutting boards can allow bacteria to grow many days without proper care.
Scientists track changes at the Yellowstone supervolcano. Could it blow again?
USA Today
The mapping was done using magnetotellurics that measure the electrical conductivity of what lies below the Earth’s surface. Melted rock, magma, is extremely good at conducting electricity, so it makes precise mapping of areas where magma is stored possible. The testing was conducted over several months by scientists from the USGS, Oregon State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Higher Education/System
UW system has added 34 new programs since fall 2023; here’s what you can study now
Wisconsin State Journal
Universities of Wisconsin campuses have approved dozens of new programs in the past year, with expanded science or more-advanced degrees taking precedence.
Most Dane County districts don’t weigh class rigor in ranking students for guaranteed UW admission
Wisconsin State Journal
With a law guaranteeing top-ranked students admission to state universities set to take effect next school year, 15 of Dane County’s 16 school districts have opted for class-ranking systems that don’t take into account the difficulty of the classes students take.
State news
Climate change is warming our winters. How are Wisconsin ski hill operators adapting?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin ski hill owners are feeling the effects of warming winters due to climate change, but many are already adapting to keep business up, University of Wisconsin researchers have found.
Crime and safety
New Year’s Eve fire displaces handful of residents from apartment near campus
Wisconsin State Journal
Asmall number of residents has been displaced from a fire Tuesday night at an apartment complex near the UW-Madison campus.
Athletics
This unsung team’s ‘thankless job’ is crucial to Wisconsin football
Wisconsin State Journal
Head football equipment manager Jeremy Amundson and assistant equipment manager Sam Wrobel led a team of 14 student managers this season. This equipment staff collaborates with not just players and coaches but other Wisconsin departments to help provide the resources and assistance needed for the Badgers to perform at their best.
Business/Technology
Social media trend encourages young people to buy less and reconsider their consumption
PBS
“This idea of advertising is not new, but I think what is new is the amount of time and the wide variety of exposure that our young people have to this influencer culture,” said Melissa Bublitz, a consumer researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The economists’ word of the year
MarketPlace
“Almost all aggregate economic indicators indicated strong macroeconomic economic fundamentals for 2024, and yet there was substantial discontent. Even disaggregate measures for slices of the income distribution suggested pretty good conditions (wages exceeding inflation).” — Menzie Chinn, professor of public affairs and economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Doomed to be a tradwife
The Atlantic
Allison Daminger, a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin who studies the division of household labor, told me Fair Play is the program she tends to refer people to when they tell her they’re struggling with chore management. But people who seek it out, she said, often struggle with “overload, maybe some conflict in the relationship.” These are the very things that become hurdles to doing Fair Play.
UW-Madison Related
UW-Madison employees call for separate, paid bereavement leave
The Capital Times
Under UW-Madison’s current policy, employees can use accrued sick leave, vacation days, banked leave or personal holidays after a family member dies. A new proposal encourages the university to add a separate, paid bereavement leave category for all employees, including faculty, staff, graduate student employees, postdoctoral fellows and others.