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High stroke risk threatens the keepers of Oneida culture. Now, tribe works with UW to improve health.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Now, at a special health education event on the farm, she watched as Chef Arlie Doxtator, her nephew, cooked roasted corn mush in a clay pot and taught attendees about the benefits of traditional foods. Joining Doxtator remotely was Dr. Robert Dempsey, a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher and neurosurgeon.

Free meals for Wisconsin students would have broad benefits, Dems say

The Capital Times

Jennifer Gaddis, a University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor and expert on school food programs who has advocated for universal free meals, said she’s heard from food and nutrition directors around the state that the number of students receiving free school meals has dropped — despite efforts to inform parents about the process.

What Scientists Know About Long COVID, 3 Years In

CNET

Dr. Nasia Safdar, medical director of infection control at the University of Wisconsin, told CNET in 2021, when scientists were first getting a grip on long COVID, that the key to discerning the condition is to pay attention to new symptoms that develop or ones that never go away, starting about 30 days post-infection. This separates long COVID from the initial viral infection itself.

Wisconsin fires Tony Granato as men’s hockey coach

Associated Press

“Coach Granato is a great Badger and no one is more passionate about Wisconsin hockey or the University of Wisconsin than he is,” athletic director Chris McIntosh said Monday in a statement. “I have great appreciation for the heart and soul that he has poured into the program during his time as head coach.

The Right Side of History

The New Yorker

The trouble started with a writer on deadline. James Sweet, who goes by Jim, is a white professor of African history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the former president of the American Historical Association (A.H.A.). Every month, he was tasked with writing a column for Perspectives on History, a magazine put out by the association, which is mostly read by academics. Last summer, while he was on vacation in Ghana, he was struggling to come up with a column idea, and so he started looking around for inspiration.

Hundreds gather to honor former UW Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank at memorial service

WISC-TV 3

direct approach to leadership and her dedication to serving others.”She’s an incredible leader,” said current UW Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin. “She’s a role model to an awful lot of people and certainly I am one of them. It’s an honor to succeed her, sometimes a daunting honor, but I feel really lucky that I got to cross paths with her.”

Bioacoustics is revolutionizing conservation

The Atlantic

One of the biologists researching this issue was Zach Peery, from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Peery had been tracking the spotted owl’s decline since 2001, and he knew that a team in the state of Washington had been experimenting with ARUs to help identify northern spotted and barred owls there.

A simple way to mitigate doctor burnout

Washington Examiner

A controlled (but not randomized) study performed at the University of Wisconsin Health evaluated the impact of scribes on physicians involved in primary patient care. In the study, which included 37 scribe users and 68 controls, scribes were physically off-site and joined patient visits via an audio-only cellphone connection to hear and document visits in real time.

Four elements of quality campus-based eating disorder treatment

Inside Higher Ed

University of Wisconsin at Madison: Students with concerns about eating and related issues complete an eating disorder assessment. The three-session assessment explores mental health and social history. Diagnosis and treatment plans are discussed, as is a treatment plan. Care is delivered by a team of group and individual counselors, psychiatrists, and medical and nutrition providers. Students are seen weekly or biweekly.

West campus area is already special — Steve Verrill

Wisconsin State Journal

Letter to the editor: In the Feb. 24 story “Plan aims to revitalize the west side of campus,” UW-Madison strategic initiatives director for finance and administration Paul Seitz stated, “There really is no sense of place and no sense of being.”

Susan Stanford Friedman

Wisconsin State Journal

She served as Director of the UW – Madison Institute for Research in the Humanities, chaired the UW English Department, was a founding member of the UW Women’s Studies program, and published widely in modernist studies, narrative theory, feminist theory, women’s writing, migration and diaspora, world literature, religious studies, and psychoanalysis.

Theodore Arthur Peterson

Wisconsin State Journal

He worked on the Northern Highland State Forest before being hired by the University of Wisconsin-Madison as State Extension Forester. His 39-year tenure was varied, challenging, and fulfilling. He was recognized for service by the International Forest Products Research Society and given Distinguished Service Awards by U.W. Extension and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was inducted into the Wisconsin Forestry Hall of Fame on September 2, 2019.

Roadblocks put homeowners in the middle of dispute between tribe, town of Lac du Flambeau

Wisconsin State Journal

Richard Monette, an expert on Native American issues and director of the Great Lakes Indian Law Center at UW-Madison, said easement issues are not uncommon. In late January, a federal appellate court ruled that a lawsuit filed by the Seneca Nation of Indians against New York state may proceed over the tribe’s longstanding claims that a 1954 land deal permitting a highway to cut through part of its Cattaraugus Reservation was illegal.

A prolific fundraiser, Rebecca Blank reshaped UW-Madison research, finances

Wisconsin State Journal

Rebecca Blank’s influence can be seen in some unexpected places.

It’s embedded in a nationwide breast cancer database that examined how long patients could delay surgical treatments at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s noticeable in research endeavors she helped make possible. It’s found, subtly, in portraits hanging at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.

A Supreme Court justice’s paragraph could mean weaker protections for voters of color

NPR

But the judge cited Gorsuch’s one-paragraph opinion and decided the case had to be thrown out. That’s because, the judge said, the Voting Rights Act does not explicitly say private groups can bring Section 2 lawsuits. Dan Tokaji, dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School, says that literal interpretation of the law doesn’t make sense.

USF researcher living 30 feet underwater in Key Largo

Axios Tampa Bay

He’s advancing conclusions from a University of Wisconsin study, where cells exposed to increased pressure doubled within five days — suggesting increased pressure has the potential to allow humans to live longer and prevent diseases associated with aging.