Scientists aren’t completely sure why some intense thunderstorms turn the sky green, but research meteorologist Scott Bachmeier at University of Wisconsin-Madison says it could be linked to two factors: the color of the sky late in the day and the amount of rain in the storm.
“Different components of your diet have value and impact beyond their function as a calorie,” said Dudley Lamming, a metabolism expert from the University of Wisconsin who is involved in both studies. “We’ve been digging in on one component that many people may be eating too much of.”
“Coastal communities that are adapting to and preparing for future sea-level rise are largely adapting to the amount of sea-level rise that has already occurred,” said co-author Andrea Dutton, a geoscientist and sea level expert at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In a best-case scenario, she added, they are preparing for sea level rise at the current rate of a few millimeters per year, while the research suggests that rate will double within decades.
Saturday marks the final commencement ceremony for students at Northland College — a private, liberal arts institution on the shore of Lake Superior that’s set to close after 133 years.
Leaders of Wisconsin colleges and universities are speaking out against pending cuts to federal financial aid after they cleared a major legislative hurdle.
The Universities of Wisconsin system would have to provide students with around-the-clock access to virtual mental health providers under a new Republican proposal.
Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who won his mandate to lead the city-state with the ruling People’s Action Party earlier this month, received a master’s in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2004. He also earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Michigan, respectively.
Wisconsin college leaders say potential changes to federal financial aid would put higher education out of reach to more students and make college more expensive.
The man charged with the death of a University of Wisconsin-Madison student died in prison Tuesday.
Also recently serving as a coordinator, Jankovich began his career as an assistant to Brian Davidson and later Gary Gersh. He’s a graduate of the University of Wisconsin—Madison.
“It’s an audacious paper but, using just the contact lens, you wouldn’t be able to read a book in the infrared, or navigate down a dark road,” says Mikhail Kats at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who was not involved in the research.
Co-authored by Susan S. Engeleiter Professor of Education Law, Policy and Practice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
He received a bachelor’s degree in history in 1962 from Pomona College in Claremont, California. He earned a doctorate in history and philosophy from the University of Wisconsin in 1969 while he was an assistant professor of history at Washington University in St. Louis.
