As the Journal Sentinel reported, one UW-Madison study found 40 percent of species changes in northern Wisconsin and Michigan forests were tied to over-eating of plant life by deer, from stunting native tree regeneration to wiping out some plants altogether.
December 19, 2025
Research
Health
UW Health encourages living organ donation
“Living donation is the gift of a lifetime because a kidney from a living donor often lasts longer than a kidney from a deceased donor,” said Dr. Dixon Kaufman, the director of the UW Health Transplant Center and a professor of surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. “We see the urgent need for more donors every day, which motivated us to launch this initiative.”
Athletics
New Wisconsin offensive line coach Eric Mateos meets the media. What we learned.
Life is a whirlwind these days for Eric Mateos.
In the eight days since he was announced as the Wisconsin Badgers’ new offensive line coach he has met the linemen on the roster, offered scholarships to at least four high school prospects, watched a ton of film on high school players, potential portal targets and some of the Badgers’ games this season.
Business/Technology
Donald Trump is making Joe Biden’s fatal mistake
“Part of President Trump’s power has been his ability to make many people in the United States feel seen and heard,” said Katherine Cramer, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Telling them that the economy is doing fine, when their every day reality tells them otherwise, runs the risk of weakening that power. Particularly for people who aren’t super interested in politics—that is, most people—every day indicators of affordability like gas and grocery prices have a big effect on how well people think the economy is doing.”
UW Experts in the News
MMSD works to reduce seclusion and restraint incidents involving students with disabilities
Andrea Ruppar, a special education professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, describes seclusion and restraint as traumatic.
“Restraint and seclusion are two ways of restricting students movement within a school. And they are interventions that are meant to be used very rarely and only in cases of emergency,” Ruppar said.