For nearly a century, Trout Lake Station in Boulder Junction has been at the center of environmental research in Wisconsin. Now, a new documentary aims to show how the year-round field station’s work extends far beyond lake shorelines.
Operated by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Limnology, Trout Lake Station has been supporting research since 1925.
A panel of media professionals discussed the implications of modern-day censorship at the annual University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Journalism Ethics conference Friday.
“Journalism is a public good,” said Timothy Karr, senior director of strategy and communications at The Free Press. “The government needs to step in to figure out how it can help support that.”
PBS Wisconsin Education, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education, recently launched Whoopensocker, a new educational resource collection for upper elementary learners that provides an on-ramp to writing through group games and scaffolded lessons.
Whoopensocker was first developed as a six-week teaching artist residency by Erica Halverson, a professor in the department of curriculum and instruction at the UW-Madison School of Education. Halverson teamed up with PBS Wisconsin Education to make a multimedia version of the program that’s accessible to more educators around the state and in spaces where an artist residency may not be available.
The man injured in an attack on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus earlier this month has died, and campus police want prosecutors to pursue homicide charges for the suspect.
The victim of an unprovoked and targeted attack outside of camp Randall stadium on September 20 died in the hospital late last week.
After years of planning, Wisconsin Air National Guard members from the 115th Fighter Wing have the opportunity to continue clinical training at UW Health in Madison.
Former Wisconsin men’s basketball standout guard Brad Davison is joining Greg Gard’s staff as the Badgers’ special assistant to the head coach, the team announced on Sept. 29 via a press release.
