Mikhail Troitskiy, professor of practice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told Newsweek that the arrest warrants for Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, the Commissioner for Children’s Rights for the Russian Federation, may be just the beginning of the ICC’s efforts.
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Java With Jamie: Celebrity astrologer Kyle Thomas
Thomas went on to earn two degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, one in psychology and one in English. He says he uses both when doing readings.
Jane Rotonda starts a new chapter as Wisconsin Book Festival director
The key partnerships for the book festival are endless: the creative writing folks at UW between the Center for Humanities, between all the different cultural studies, programs, and all those specific sectors within the university, but also just in our community. Accessing all of those partnerships, and making myself available to all of those partnerships, all of that is another way to build diversity in the programming.
2 Wisconsin swimmers earn medals on final day of NCAA championships
Junior Phoebe Bacon finished second in the 200-yard backstroke A finals in a time of 1 minute, 49.28 seconds. This secured her third All-American honor of the meet. She earned the No. 2 seed with a 1:50.03 time in the prelims. Sophomore Paige McKenna placed third in the 1,650 freestyle with a time of 15:48.71.
Want to celebrate Wisconsin women’s hockey’s national title with them? Here is how
The University of Wisconsin is hosting a rally at 6 p.m. Monday at LaBahn Arena. The doors for the free event will open at 5 p.m.
Who Wisconsin’s Mark Johnson wants to share championship trophy with
“I’m going to grab the trophy (Monday) and then I’m taking it over to sit down with my mom and get a picture with my mom,” Johnson said. “Because she’s not doing real well. So it’s something that I’ll be able to have with me for a long period of time.”
Kathryn Ann “Kathy” Thomas
From secretary to the UW-Madison Dean of Students LeRoy Luberg to front office manager at Kohl’s Grocery Store, followed by working closely with Dane County Executive, Jonathan Barry, and Wisconsin Division of Community Services Administrator, Eloise Anderson, and finally as a Grants Administrator and Prevention Specialist for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Kathy applied empathy, collaboration, and common sense problem-solving to everything she did.
Sharon L. McCarthy
She was employed with UW Madison for 35-plus years until she later retired from there.
Wisconsin women’s hockey returns to Madison as national champions
Video of the Badgers arriving early Monday morning after securing their seventh national championship. They received a colorful welcome.
Wisconsin wins 7th NCAA women’s hockey championship by blanking Ohio State
This 179-day journey began with an unusual splash of cold water thrown at the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team and at one point had a historic low point.
It ended Sunday with a more common sight: The Badgers piled onto the ice to celebrate a national championship and later splashed the cold water on coach Mark Johnson.
Wisconsin women’s hockey goalie grows from little experience to Most Outstanding Player
There were less than 3 seconds on the clock, one faceoff left and it was 150 feet away from her. University of Wisconsin women’s hockey goalie Cami Kronish raised her hands to her helmet.
“I cannot believe this is my life right now,” she said later, recalling her thoughts in the moment.
3 arrested in spree of Madison area burglaries, vehicle thefts, authorities say
Madison police worked with UW-Madison, Shorewood Hills and Waunakee police and the Dane County Sheriff’s Office in identifying, arresting, and charging the trio in the cases, which impacted more than two dozen people, Fryer said.
3 finalists named for UW-Platteville chancellor, including interim chancellor
UW System President Jay Rothman on Thursday announced three finalists to become the 15th chancellor at UW-Platteville, including interim Chancellor Tammy K. Evetovich.
See how much tuition would go up at UW-Madison, other campuses under System plan
UW-Madison’s resident undergraduate students would see a $419 increase in tuition and fees for the next academic year under a proposal unveiled by UW System President Jay Rothman.
Opinion | Proposed soot standards are not enough
If the EPA followed these recommendations, some studies estimate that the number of lives saved per year would increase to 20,000. That estimate climbs even as high as 53,000 nationwide, according to a 2022 study conducted by the University of Wisconsin, with 150 of those in Wisconsin alone.
Man arrested after allegedly bringing gun into UW-Milwaukee library
The 25-year-old man was seen loading the gun in Golda Meir Library on Thursday afternoon, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on Friday.
Barbara Meyer White
She was employed at U.W. Housing and the Mendota Mental Health Institution for over thirty years as a Food Service Manager and was active in the American Dietetic Association at the local, state, and national levels.
Wisconsin women’s hockey collects the 2023 NCAA championship trophy
Video: Badgers players and coach Mark Johnson get the NCAA championship trophy after defeating Ohio State 1-0 on Sunday in Duluth, Minnesota.
Wisconsin women’s hockey to celebrate NCAA championship win with fans
Starting at 6 p.m., people are invited to the LaBahn Arena for the free event. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and it’s free to attend.
Badgers to celebrate seventh National Championship at LaBahn Arena Monday
The team will be back in Madison on Monday, UW Athletics announced, and there will be a Welcome Home Event held at LaBahn Arena.
Tears of joy: UW med students discover fate during ‘Match Day’ ceremony
Friday was Match Day for fourth year medical students the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, a major step in their journeys toward becoming doctors.
Badgers women’s hockey holds welcome event following National Championship win
After taking down top-ranked Ohio State to win their seventh National Championship in program history, the UW women’s hockey team will celebrate their victory with fans on Monday night at LaBahn Arena.
‘It’s more than hockey’ for Wisconsin fans celebrating title win
Wisconsin Badgers Women’s Hockey is once again on top of the collegiate hockey world, winning their seventh title Sunday in a 1-0 title bout over the Ohio State Buckeyes. For a group of fans watching from Paul’s Neighborhood Bar in Middleton, it is a moment they will hold dear because of their special bond with the program.
Wisconsin’s 33 Most Influential Native American Leaders for 2023, Part 1
Carla Vigue was appointed in January as director of tribal relations at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A member of the Oneida Nation, she most recently served as director of communications, events and community engagement for the National Council of Urban Indian Health in Washington, D.C.
UW Odyssey Project launches Odyssey Senior
Earlier this month, the UW Odyssey Project launched a brand-new enrichment program called Odyssey Senior to spotlight the incredible and unique stories of Odyssey elders.
The Red Gym: Rich history leads to home for student organizations
UW’s International Student Services, located in Red Gym, supports international students.
Women’s Hockey: Badgers dethrone Buckeyes, reign supreme as national champions
Sunday’s victory marks Wisconsin’s seventh national championship in program history, third in four complete seasons.
Wisconsin earns seventh national title, Kronish earns unlikely shutout
The Badgers earned their third national title in five years, and seventh as a program, overtaking the Buckeyes with a single goal.
The Big Oil Firms Are Giving Up on Researching Algae Biofuels
“It’s very challenging and very expensive to bring these technologies to market,” said George Huber, whose biofuels research at the University of Wisconsin at Madison was funded by Exxon for years. “It’s not gonna happen overnight. It’s great they make these commitments, but you know they need to start putting in more capital into these projects.”
COVID-19: A look back on where the US succeeded and where we didn’t
“I think that that kind of mixed messaging created enormous space for doubt enormous space for skepticism among the public,” Dr. Richard Keller, a professor in the department of medical history and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, told ABC News. “It created levels of uncertainty that were really unnecessary and deep and eventually became harmful.”
WDIV-TV reporter Grant Hermes leaving Detroit for Boston job
A University of Wisconsin-Madison alum, Hermes moved to the Motor City from Oklahoma City, where he covered politics and did a recurring fact-checking segment for the 2018 Oklahoma governor election, according to his WDIV biography.
Fact check: Banks failed during both Trump, Biden administrations
“That is, bank failures are the results of mistakes that accumulate over time,” said Roberto Robatto, a finance professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
How the overturn of Roe v. Wade is impacting medical students entering gynecology
SULLIVAN: That’s Dr. Ellen Hartenbach, who chairs the obstetrics and gynecology department at the University of Wisconsin and practices at UW Health.
HARTENBACH: It would be either a spontaneous abortion, which would be a miscarriage, or it would be an induced abortion.
Want to help pollinators this spring? Expert suggests these tips
“Compared to some other native bees, honey bees are less efficient or unable to pollinate some of our food crops,” Susan Carpenter, native plant garden curator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, tells Nexstar. Honey bees are, instead, “domestic animals, maintained and cared for by beekeepers” that can be “detrimental to the wide diversity of native bees” around you.
Guest column: Medical education must become more expansive for holistic patient care
New UW Health fellowship points to need for more specialized providers.
From ‘Dukes Of Hazzard’ To Broadway To His New Album ‘Simple Man’ – A Conversation With Tom Wopat
He had vocal training in junior high and high school, then went on to study voice at the University of Wisconsin.
Opinion | The Cynical Reason College Applications Are Surging
The University of Wisconsin-Madison landed 45,000 early applications, a 10 percent increase over last year.
What China’s baby woes mean for its economy
“Having just one child or no children has become the social norm in China,” says Yi Fuxian, a senior scientist in obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a prominent critic of the one-child policy.
“Pinball,” Reviewed: A Remedy for Your Post-Oscar Hangover
The Braggs dramatize Sharpe’s pinball life, starting with his early days as a pinball wizard, as a student at the University of Wisconsin in 1971. The character—call him Roger—is played by Mike Faist, in his first-released film since his breakout role in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” and the new film gives him the time, the space, and the pace to deliver a far subtler and richer performance.
How TikTok went from teen sensation to political pariah
The University of Wisconsin joins several universities in banning TikTok on system devices. Students quickly figure out loopholes, using their phones’ data plans rather than school WiFi to access the video app.
Few legal challenges to laws limiting lessons on race, gender
Suzanne Eckes, an education professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, said it will be tough to prove that laws like Florida’s Stop Woke Act infringe on K-12 teachers’ academic freedom — largely because such freedom does not exist, at least according to the courts.
Big oil firms touted algae as climate solution. Now all have pulled funding
“It’s very challenging and very expensive to bring these technologies to market,” said George Huber, whose biofuels research at the University of Wisconsin at Madison was funded by Exxon for years. “It’s not gonna happen overnight. It’s great they make these commitments, but you know they need to start putting more capital into these projects.”
Wisconsin swimming sophomore finishes second at NCAA championships
University of Wisconsin sophomore Abby Carlson claimed second place in the 500-yard freestyle during Thursday’s portion of the NCAA women’s swimming championships at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Wisconsin women’s freshman hockey player earns All-American honor for first time in 22 years
Defender Caroline Harvey was named a second-team selection Thursday after a 38-point season that will continue Friday in the Frozen Four.
A look inside how the Wisconsin and Minnesota women’s hockey rivalry became so intense
The most decorated rivalry in women’s college hockey has been known to leave mental scars.
What’s it like to be a conductor? Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra fellowship helps reveal the answer
For an orchestra conductor, raising the baton at the start of a concert is a tiny fraction of the job. “I’d say it’s about 5% of what we do,” says Andrew Sewell, music director for the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra.
It’s that other 95% that Kelby Schnepel and Daewon Kang are learning as graduate students at the UW-Madison Mead Witter School of Music — and now as the first recipients of a new conducting fellowship with the WCO.
Republican proposal for exceptions to near-complete abortion ban in Wisconsin shut down within hours
“An agreement to update the disputed law could very well undercut the current legal challenge,” UW-Madison Law School associate professor Robert Yablon told the Wisconsin State Journal last November. “If an amendment were to build on the 1849 law, that could well be interpreted as an acknowledgement that the 1849 law (as amended) continues to apply.”
Ex-Wisconsin college student faces federal threat charges
A federal grand jury has indicted a former University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of threatening people at the school, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
Biden tries rebranding GOP as the real police defunders in budget showdown
Biden distanced himself from more liberal Democrats and their “defund the police” movement during his State of the Union address last year, instead asking Congress for increased money for police training, among other ideas, according to University of Wisconsin-Madison Elections Research Center Director Barry Burden.
Professor Mark H. appointed new faculty artistic director of OMAI
Professor Mark H. is the newly appointed faculty artistic director of UW–Madison’s Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI), home of the First Wave Hip Hop & Urban Arts Scholarship Program, OMAI announced on Wednesday.
Study shows Black patients suffer worse cardiovascular outcomes from lupus
Social determinants of health affect Black lupus patients more heavily than white patients, UW study finds.
Prices are still uncomfortably high — here’s what inflation is and what causes it
“We may see prices rise on certain things like gas or milk, but it’s not necessarily inflation unless you see prices rising sort of across the board, across many different products and services,” says Jordan van Rijn, who teaches agricultural and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Financial Security.
Russia Abandoning Outskirts of Kherson Months After Losing City: Ukraine
Mikhail Troitskiy, professor of practice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told Newsweek that Russia may be hedging its bets and trying to entrench its forces in comfortable defensive positions in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
Misha Esipov Creates Nova Credit To Provide Credit Data For Immigrants
The family first lived in Syracuse, New York, then moved to Urbana Champaign, Illinois where his parent became professors at the University of Illinois, and later to Madison, Wisconsin for the University of Wisconsin. Esipov would later graduate from New York University with a degree in mathematics and finance, which led him to his job at Goldman Sachs before his desire to change directions, get his MBA and start Nova Credit in 2016.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Is Devastating Birds, and Humans May Be Next
“We’ve been thinking a lot lately about this strain because of its potential to be a zoonotic disease” spread from animals to people, Adel Talaat, a microbiology researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told The Daily Beast. Talaat has been working on vaccine development for avian influenza that one day could be given to poultry.
Man in threats case to remain in custody on way to Wisconsin
A former University of Wisconsin-Madison student will remain in custody and be transported to Wisconsin from Michigan to face a charge of making threats against people at the school.
Why new housing rules stir so much trouble in Madison
“Lots of people want to live here. Job growth has been good, income growth has been good and housing demand has been really strong,” said Kurt Paulsen, a professor of urban planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “We’ve underbuilt housing relative to demand. That’s the squeeze — more people chasing fewer units.”
UW’s strong legacy of service continues with resumed overseas Peace Corps service
‘The Peace Corps is a logical extension of the university’s Wisconsin Idea,’ Returned Peace Corps volunteer says.
Ex-UW grad student charged with threatening students, staff, professors gets no bond from judge
A former University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student will remain in custody and be transported to Wisconsin from Michigan to face a charge of making threats against people at the school.
Leland C. “Lee” Lemens
Lee worked as an electrician at UW Madison retiring in 1992, and a member of IBEW Local 159, for 65 Years.