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January 28, 2025
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Research
Mass shootings correlated with alcohol sale spikes, UW research finds
Study could guide researchers toward healing-accelerating conclusions, researcher says.
Higher Education/System
Former UW-La Crosse chancellor Joe Gow sues UW system to get faculty job back
Former UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow, who was fired in December 2023 after university officials discovered he had been making pornographic videos with his wife, has sued the Universities of Wisconsin to get his faculty job back.
Former UW-La Crosse chancellor fired for creation of adult films files lawsuit against UW System
Former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse chancellor Joe Gow launched a lawsuit against the UW System seeking the reinstatement of his faculty position and compensatory damages.
Campus life
Donzaleigh Abernathy to be featured speaker at tonight’s 2025 MLK Symposium
Actress, author, and activist Donzaleigh Abernathy will be the featured speaker at the 2025 MLK Symposium tonight, 5:30-7 p.m. at Shannon Hall in the UW-Memorial Union.
Community
Business owners, community leaders line up to support new career-focused charter school
Organizers are also seeking a charter agreement with the UW Office of Educational Opportunity, although UW won’t make its decision until May.
Health
Moms on Medicaid would get a year of postpartum care under bill
Dr. Amy Domeyer-Klenske is an OB-GYN at UW Health, assistant professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the legislative chair for the Midwest region of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The current coverage period for Wisconsin Medicaid — 60 days after birth — is “arbitrary,” she said.
“There’s no physiologic magic writing that says that, you know, all pregnancy complications end at that point,” Domeyer-Klenske said.
Athletics
University of Wisconsin can’t compete with other schools in NIL era | Joseph Tripalin
Letter to the editor: The college football national championship recently concluded with Ohio State (oops, forgot the “The”) winning the championship.
Former Wisconsin women’s basketball player details alleged mistreatment under coach Marisa Moseley
Aformer University of Wisconsin women’s basketball player has claimed mistreatment in multiple ways by Badgers coach Marisa Moseley.
Wisconsin looking into former player’s allegations that coach Marisa Moseley mistreated her
Wisconsin is looking into a former women’s basketball player’s allegations that she was mistreated by coach Marisa Moseley and her staff.
Former Badger women’s basketball player alleges mismanagement of mental health, forced medication of a minor
Tessa Towers, a former Badger center, posted a Tik Tok in the popular “you’re so funny! thanks!” trend, where users post pictures with text describing traumatic events in their life. A popular audio played underneath. Towers posted 14 pictures outlining alleged abuse from Mosely and the staff.
UW Experts in the News
Some missing Madison ballots could have been counted, if clerk’s staff had acted in time
Other provisions may also allow the election commission to require the county to correct its canvass, said Bree Grossi Wilde, executive director of the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Wisconsin law appears to allow for the “ability to make a correction” if the county board of canvassers or the Wisconsin Elections Commission becomes aware of an error, she said.
UW-Madison paleontologist seeks to rewrite history, tradition
UW-Madison geology museum scientist Dave Lovelace’s 21st birthday was a bit unconventional.