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‘This is going to end up in court’: Community members sound off on UW-Platteville at Richland campus’ future

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Wisconsin State Journal

The listening session Thursday was a forum in which community members could share ideas on how to revive the Richland Center campus, or at least keep it on life support. And while speakers offered suggestions on how to keep a presence at campus, they also at times directed their frustrations at state Rep. Tony Kurtz, state Sen. Howard Marklein and University of Wisconsin System Vice President for University Relations Jeff Buhrandt.

Fact check: Did liberal high court candidate Janet Protasiewicz violate the judicial code of conduct?

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Wisconsin State Journal

The statements Protasiewicz made about maps and abortion do not appear to violate the ban on making pledges on issues likely to come before the court, said UW-Madison Law School associate professor Robert Yablon.

“This rule prohibits judicial candidates from promising to rule in particular ways on particular legal questions, but it does not bar them from sharing their values and opinions,” he said.

E-bicycle lithium ion battery fire prompts evacuation of Cole Hall at UW-Madison, authorities say

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Wisconsin State Journal

The Madison Fire Department was sent to Cole Hall, 625 Elm Drive, at 7:34 p.m. for reports of a battery fire in a dorm room. An occupant used a fire extinguisher from the common hallway to put out the fire just prior to the arrival of fire crews at 7:39 p.m., and no one was injured, Fire Department spokesperson Cynthia Schuster said in a statement.

National Endowment of the Humanities grant funds Indigenous education effort

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Daily Cardinal

The funding was awarded to a team of project directors — Professors Kasey Keeler, Ruth Goldstein, Joe Mason, Caroline Gottschalk Druschke and Jen Rose Smith — who received the funding through NEH’s Humanities Initiative Grants. According to the NEH, the funding is intended to “strengthen the teaching and study of the humanities in higher education through the development or enhancement of humanities programs, courses and resources.”

Opinion | The Resentment Fueling the Republican Party Is Not Coming From the Suburbs

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The New York Times

In her groundbreaking study of Wisconsin voters, “The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker,” Katherine Cramer, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, prompted a surge of interest in this declining segment of the electorate. She summed up the basis for the discontent among these voters in a single sentence: “First, a belief that rural areas are ignored by decision makers, including policymakers, second, a perception that rural areas do not get their fair share of resources, and third a sense that rural folks have fundamentally distinct values and lifestyles, which are misunderstood and disrespected by city folks.”

100-year floods: The metric behind America’s infrastructure is out of date, and thanks to climate change we’re paying the price.

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Slate

“It’s kind of a mess, even in the absence of climate change,” said Daniel Wright, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin. Wright helped Madison adopt climate-conscious design guidelines and works with the magically named U.S. Office of Water Prediction. “Almost all of [the models] assume that data varies from year to year, but underlying drivers are not changing over time. Those assumptions just don’t hold.”

Carbon emissions in Madison suburbs exceed national average

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The Capital Times

And while density and access to public transit are major factors, so is wealth, according to Morgan Edwards, an assistant professor of public affairs at the University of Wisconsin. Her research focuses on the role of technology in addressing the threat of climate change. “It’s not surprising that, all else equal, emissions are higher in more affluent and less densely populated areas, but these averages can also mask a lot of variability,” Edwards said. “Two households in the same neighborhood could have very different emissions.”

Direct Air Capture Could Help Pull Carbon Dioxide From the Sky

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Business Insider

“The next decade is crucial because the amount of deployment required in the second half of the century will only be feasible if we see substantial new deployment in the next 10 years,” Gregory Nemet, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a coauthor of the report, said during a press call.

Wisconsin hires Matt Mitchell to coach OLBs, special teams

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USA Today

“I’m thrilled to be joining the staff at the University of Wisconsin,” Mitchell said in a statement released by the school Monday. “Coach Fickell has a proven track record of success and has assembled a championship level staff. That, in combination with the tradition and enhancements being made at Wisconsin, has me excited for the future of this program.”

How to protect your pets during flu season

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Axios Dallas

They’ve spent the last few months working with the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s veterinary medicine school to coordinate a “clean break” among their dogs, housing exposed dogs in a separate area from others.

Charles T. Snowdon (Chuck)

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Wisconsin State Journal

Chuck (81), “a scholar and fine gentleman” was a Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for 44 years. During his tenure, he served as Chair of the Psychology Dept, director of the Honors Program at the College of Letters and Science, editor of major scientific journals, and oversaw several undergrad research symposia.

John H. N. Morledge

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Wisconsin State Journal

He taught for years at the UW Medical School. He interviewed applicants who wanted to become doctors, amazing them when he asked more about their views on life and travel and literature than about chemistry or biology.

UW-Madison professor creates beet that actually tastes good

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Wisconsin State Journal

Irwin Goldman has spent much of his career de-beeting the beet. A horticulture professor at UW-Madison, Goldwin is a plant breeder focusing on onions, carrots and beets in his lab. And while carrots and onions are just fine, beets take priority for him, since he’s the only person in the nation who’s working on breeding the plant.

There’s a path away from toxic polarization: shared problem-solving

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The Hill

It is within our grasp to solve the problems facing our nation and world. To get there, we must reject the lure of polarization and dogmatic certainty and instead, seek interdependence and collaboration. The world depends on it. –Clif Conrad is a professor of Higher Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-author (with Todd Lundberg) of the book “Learning with Others.” Todd Lundberg is an associate director in the Center for Teaching, Learning & Mentoring at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Cancer blood test using DNA fragments brings hope for earlier detection, say researchers

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Fox News

A University of Wisconsin­–Madison research team was able to detect cancer in the bloodstream in most of the samples tested, it said. Muhammed Murtaza, professor of surgery at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health based in Madison, Wisconsin, led the study, which was published recently in Science Translational Medicine, a medical journal from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, according to the study’s press release.

Emmanuel Bor and Ednah Kurgat Win Titles at USATF Cross-Country Championships

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Runners World

The top six athletes came together as a group in the final loop. With 1,000 meters remaining, a leader finally emerged when Micah Wilson of the University of Wisconsin broke away from the pack. But the lead didn’t last long as Marco Langon of Villanova caught up quickly. The competitors went back and forth until Young sprinted ahead of the duo heading into the homestretch.

Weird winter weather: Thundersnow, frost quakes and more

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The Washington Post

“Very intense winter storms can trigger the rare phenomenon of thundersnow,” says Michael Notaro, an atmospheric scientist and director of the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. “Thundersnow events usually bring infrequent lightning flashes and quieter thunder as the heavy snowfall muffles the sound.”

Global Carbon Removal Efforts Are Off Track for Meeting Climate Goals

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Scientific American

“Carbon removal looks a lot like renewables did like 25 years ago,” said Gregory Nemet, an environmental policy expert at the University of Wisconsin and one of the report’s co-authors. “Interesting technology: [It] could be really helpful for climate change, but [it’s] still small and not taken very seriously — in part because there wasn’t a lot of data about how much these technologies cost, how much we would need or how much there even was.”

Corey King named new UW-Whitewater chancellor

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The Capital Times

The UW System Board of Regents unanimously approved King’s appointment as chancellor Thursday, following a recommendation from a selection committee. The board’s pick brings an end to the nearly two-year search, which included input from a 12-member group of regents, students, faculty, staff and community representatives.

Prairie du Sac girl travels 1,000 miles for $2.7 million surgery to rebuild immune system

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Wisconsin State Journal

Dr. Christine Seroogy, a UW Health pediatric immunologist who oversees Maddie’s care, praised Odor’s dedication to his daughter, who is his only child … Maddie is the first UW Health patient to be sent to Duke for the procedure, Seroogy said. Upon returning from Duke, she will likely go back to UW’s children’s hospital for a while before being sent home. It takes six months to a year for the T-cells to develop.

 

This Wisconsin football game in 2022 had more than 28,000 no-shows

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Wisconsin State Journal

The University of Wisconsin football team had more trouble with the wind than it did with Maryland in a 23-10 victory that started just after 11 a.m. that Saturday. The inclement weather — some parts of Dane County recorded nearly 2 inches of rain for the day — was a factor in that game setting the high-water mark for no-shows at a Badgers football home game in the 16 seasons since UW started using ticket scanners.

Las Vegas valley flood patterns are changing, new study shows

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KLAS

This change in the urbanization of the valley is the focus of a new study published on Jan. 6 in The Journal of Hydrometeorology, from the Desert Research Institute (DRI), the Clark County Regional Flood Control District, the University of Wisconsin- Madison, and Guangdong University of Technology. The study shows that flood intensity in the valley took an “abrupt shift” in the mid-1990s.

Cheating Tennessee Cop Maegan Hall Inspires Fake Porn Video ‘Leaks’

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Rolling Stone

The black market for explicit, compromising leaks (both real and phony) of images connected to niche scandals is certainly robust: last year, celebratory locker room nudes taken by the University of Wisconsin-Madison women’s volleyball team after a championship win were openly shared and critiqued across social media.

Why Pride Night is important for this Wisconsin women’s basketball coach

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Wisconsin State Journal

With a top-35 attendance average last season and over 3,200 fans per game at the Kohl Center already this year, the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball program has one of the top platforms in the sport. Assistant coach Caroline Doty hopes it can be put to use Thursday evening when the Badgers host their first Pride Game when they take on No. 11 Maryland in a Big Ten Conference game.