Josette Jaucian has been “Bucky’s mom” — or on the occasion he misbehaves, “Bucky’s unofficial parole officer” — since 2000. She took over leading the Spirit Squad in that year, which consists of not only wrangling the multiple performers who bring the Bucky costume to life, but also overseeing the university’s dance team and cheerleaders, more than 60 students total.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison became interested in this topic because they wanted to understand a puzzling contradiction. On one hand, many people express support for diversity and inclusion. On the other hand, discrimination and exclusion remain persistent problems in society. The researchers wondered if part of the problem might stem from inaccurate perceptions of what others believe.
The study, “Diversity and inclusion have greater support than most Americans think,” was authored by Naomi Isenberg and Markus Brauer.
Howard Temin was a UW-Madison scientist who shared the 1975 Nobel Prize for his discovery of “reverse transcriptase,” which described how tumor viruses act on the genetic material of cells to make copies of themselves before integrating into the host genome.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents unanimously approved a compromise policy change Feb. 7 giving UW System President Jay Rothman more power to appoint top leaders while retaining some regent involvement.
UHS and Environment, Health & Safety said they were notified of a typhoid fever case in a campus member who worked at Capital Café, inside of Grainger Hall, while infectious. UHS sent the email to campus members who visited Capital Café on Jan. 29 or 30.
Howard Schweber, a professor emeritus of political science and legal studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, noted many judges previously worked as criminal prosecutors or defenders.
“It would be absurd to suggest that those judges must recuse themselves from any case involving a crime,” Schweber said.
Marcus Sedberry is set to become the Badgers football general manager, a BadgerExtra source said. Sedberry has been in the Wisconsin athletic department since February 2022 serving as the deputy athletic director and chief operating officer, with football being his top sport as an administrator.
Wisconsin Athletics announced Monday that Dr. Marcus Sedberry has been appointed General Manager of Wisconsin Football. His appointment to general manager is a new trend in college football and he is the first-ever general manager of the UW football team.
Following a 32-point performance in Wisconsin’s 94-84 upset win over Purdue, graduate John Tonje collected both the Jersey Mike’s Naismith Men’s College Player of the Week as well as Big Ten Player of the Week, according to a release from the Big Ten.
The basketball court now has Culver’s logos on two spots after a sponsorship deal went into effect in January.
Williamson also taught periodically at UW-Madison’s Law School and worked on constitutional and election law projects internationally, including in Iraq, Sudan and Ukraine. In addition, he was a trustee for the William T. Evjue Charitable Trust.
The rest of the top ten lobbying spenders in 2024 are rounded out by the Wisconsin Property Taxpayers Association, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, ATC Management Inc. – a transmission lines company, the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Wisconsin Insurance Alliance, according to the report. All of these organizations spent at least $350,000 lobbying state officials in 2024.
