While mass shootings, specifically on school grounds, have compelled lawmakers to enforce regional gun restrictions and bans, five states welcome concealed weapons on campus. The University of Colorado, the Oregon University System, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Mississippi, and Utah public colleges or universities allow students to have a gun on the grounds.
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Research Roundup – Do Stem Cells Hold Clues to Schizophrenia?
Simon Goldberg at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and colleagues compiled data from 14 meta-analyses including a total of 145 randomized-controlled trials (RCTs) of mental health apps among 47,940 participants. The sample size may seem impressive, but the results were weak. Overall, the authors didn’t find convincing evidence that apps were effective, only “highly suggestive evidence” of efficacy for anxiety, stress, depression, and quality of life
UW System announces Wisconsin Tuition Promise for underserved Wisconsinites
The University of Wisconsin System announced the Wisconsin Tuition Promise Wednesday, a program that will allow first-generation and low-income Wisconsin students to attend the UW System’s 12 universities for free.
Wild mushrooms aren’t all poisonous, but they all require caution
KidsPost asked Anne Pringle, a scientist who studies fungi at the University of Wisconsin, about fungi’s image problem.
Women Shouldn’t Do Any More Housework This Year
Most people don’t think of their own households as reproducing sexist societal dynamics, research by Allison Daminger, a sociology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has shown. That would be too painful. Instead, we find ways to rationalize the housework disparity, making excuses like “She’s a perfectionist” and “He’s laid back.” This isn’t really true — as Daminger points out, some men who claim they aren’t detail-oriented hold jobs as project managers or surgeons.
WATCH: UW Health’s Dr. Jeff Pothof weighs in on latest COVID-19 news
UW Health’s chief quality officer Dr. Jeff Pothof joins Live at Four to talk about the latest COVID-19 headlines.
Lack of nurse educators fuels Wisconsin’s nursing shortage
Without enough teachers, nursing schools are unable to enroll more students, said Susan Zahner, associate dean for faculty affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Nursing. On top of that, classroom space is often limited due to budget constraints, and schools are struggling to provide enough clinical sites to train students.
Why does UW-Madison ranks dead last in sustainability among its peers?
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, addressing the climate crisis begins at the Office of Sustainability. But what, exactly, does “sustainability” mean?
UW-Madison community discusses impact of expected student loan announcement
UW-Madison School of Business lecturer Moses Altsech said the move is a temporary fix for a much bigger problem. “There are some people for whom this will be very beneficial, but what it really is, is a one-off in terms of the relief, it doesn’t do anything to address the long-term rising cost of higher education,” Altsech said.
How Quitting a Job Changed My Personal Finances
The Karles represent a group of individuals and families who have made a change and are now dealing with the financial consequences, for better or worse. “The pandemic made people really think and take stock of their living situations,” said Cliff Robb, an associate professor of consumer science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “We saw so many different employment opportunities become flexible in their structures, so people started to reassess it all.”
David Kay, weapons inspector who helped disprove Iraqi WMDs, dies at 82
Early in his career, he was an assistant professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, during which he also served as an adviser in international organizational affairs to the U.S. mission to the United Nations.
23 FUN THINGS TO DO IN MADISON WI YOU’LL LOVE
The pride of University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus, the historic Memorial Union Terrace is a great spot to take in the waterside views of Lake Mendota. Open seasonally as the weather allows, this spot has been a favorite for nearly 100 years.
Corn silage is essential for livestock; here are tips on harvesting
Kevin Shinners, a biological systems engineer in the Ag. Engineering Department at the University of Wisconsin, says soil contamination could be an issue because this is not like hay ground. Whenever there is soil contamination, the risk of undesirable clostridial fermentation increases. The key will be a careful setup of equipment to keep dirt out of the harvested forage.
Dare to Lead: How Administrators Can Overcome Impostor Syndrome
Derek Kindle, vice provost for enrollment management at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, offered another approach: “Be authentic throughout your interviews, negotiations, and on-boarding. Although there are elements of showcasing your skills, experiences, and talents, it should come from a place of authenticity — knowing that you want and need those around you to accept and respect all of who you are and what you bring, and vice versa.”
Vasculitis Explained: Everything You Need To Know
Medical science has not developed a reliable means of preventing vasculitis as of this writing, per Medscape. However, anything that works to reduce inflammation in the body may help to prevent or reduce inflammation of the blood vessels. While noting that inflammation comprises a critical and complicated system of chemical reactions aimed at defending the body against illness and injury, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health offers a handout detailing various steps that may be taken to reduce levels of unnecessary inflammation. These include not smoking (remember, Buerger’s disease may resolve through the cessation of smoking, according to Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center), and getting adequate exercise and good quality sleep, stress management, and weight management.
Monkeypox & Covid-19 risk mitigation plans ahead of UW fall semester
Back-to-school preparations are fully underway at UW-Madison. This year, that includes preparing for and thinking about two viruses, instead of one.
$237.4 million in UW-La Crosse projects gain support of UW Board of Regents
Five construction, renovation and improvement projects totaling $237.4 million for the UW-La Crosse campus have been approved by the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents to be included in the UW System’s 2023-25 budget request.
State ban permits life-saving ‘therapeutic abortions.’ What does that mean?
“There’s never going to be like a checklist,” says Dr. Lisa Barroilhet, a gynecologic oncologist and the interim chair of obstetrics and gynecology for the UW. “Even before there were particular concerns about the legal ramifications, these situations are always incredibly individualized and nuanced.”
William H. Marshall
In 1990, Bill retired from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, after serving as Associate Dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and Director of the School of Family Resources and Consumer Sciences.
Dr. Theodore “Ted” E. Rose
Ted moved to Wisconsin and was a professor at the University of Wisconsin – Madison from 1957 – 1990.
Why jumping in a Madison lake in Wisconsin volleyball uniforms is a ‘special’ senior tradition
The University of Wisconsin volleyball team took five pictures of the senior class, each with a different combination of players, during its media day.
Four seniors captured another memory on Wednesday participating in a near-decade-old tradition. Coach Kelly Sheffield memorialized the moment those seniors jumped into Lake Mendota with a slow-motion video he shared on Twitter.
David Lloyd Ankley
David started his 32 year UW-Extension career in Marinette County in 1965, eventually becoming Portage County’s Agriculture Agent in 1970, retiring in 1996. The highlight of his career was being Executive Secretary of 1982s WI Farm Progress Days.
UW researchers discover orangutan genome mix-ups that could affect zoo animals
UW-Madison scientists studying the genetics of orangutans in zoos were stumped. The lineages they found didn’t match those made public when the orangutan genome was sequenced in 2011.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, ‘Let It Go’ songwriter join UW prof on new podcast
Barbara Ames didn’t write “Hamilton.” She hasn’t won the EGOT. And she didn’t create the upcoming podcast “Arts Educators Save the World.”
Without Ames, though, the world may not have the Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robert Lopez and Erica Halverson that did.
Ames taught each of the three renowned artists when they attended New York’s Hunter College Elementary School. Halverson, a University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education professor who is an expert in how people learn through the arts, is hosting the new podcast.
UW Bookstore launches cow-themed game bib overalls
The UW Bookstore has launched a new clothing line ahead of the upcoming football season, and it will have fans seeing spots.
WATCH: Discussing the future of the housing market with UW’s Mark Eppli
Mark Eppli, the director of the James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, joins Live at Four to talk about the future of the housing market.
UW drinks a lot of beer, according to the Princeton College Rankings
The Princeton Review has ranked the University of Wisconsin-Madison first for colleges with ‘Lots of Beer.’
UWPD, Dane County officials respond to body found on Lake Mendota
It was quickly determined that the person was deceased, but officials suspect no foul play.
UW Regents request $24.5M from state for Wisconsin Tuition Promise
The UW System will fund the first year of the program in 2023-24 with $13.8 million. At a Thursday meeting on the UW-Green Bay campus, the Board of Regents also voted in favor of requesting $24.5 million from the state Legislature in its upcoming 2023-25 budget to help cover the tuition waiver in its second year.
Debbie Ford: Give more Wisconsin students a grant for UW System schools
Wisconsin can take one other important step: increasing our state’s commitment to the Wisconsin Grant program.
Art museum director and UW-Madison pediatrician who promotes reading chosen for national board
Two well-known names from UW-Madison will now be part of the 11-member body that advises the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, the university announced Thursday. Amy Gilman, director of the UW-Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art, and Dipesh Navsaria, professor in the School of Human Ecology and of pediatrics and adolescent medicine in the School of Medicine and Public Health, were named Aug. 12 as new members of the National Museum and Library Services Board.
With COVID-19, flu upticks expected this fall, doctors urge vaccination
“We’re anticipating that there will be pretty significant COVID activity and certainly very significant flu activity,” said Dr. James Conway, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at UW Health.
“It’s going to be a little crazy for a few weeks this fall,” said Dr. Jonathan Temte, an associate dean at UW School of Medicine and Public Health and member of a federal COVID-19 vaccines working group. “We’re going to be entering some unchartered waters.”
A $300 million indoor football practice facility at Wisconsin is closer to happening
The University of Wisconsin athletic department wants to spend nearly $300 million for a new indoor football practice facility next to Camp Randall Stadium that it hopes will make it more competitive in recruiting.
Forward Fest panel: Lack of female representation in STEM industries means ‘missed ideas’
The other panelists — including Marina Bloomer, founder of Middleton startup that helps girls get interested in STEM, Stellar Tech Girls; Aimee Arnoldussen, innovation and commercialization mentor for UW-Madison’s Discovery to Product organization; and Guelay Bilen-Rosas, UW-Madison assistant professor of anesthesiology and co-founder of AyrFlow, a medical device startup — all said they agreed with White’s sentiment during the panel discussion.
Man’s body found in lake Friday morning behind UW Memorial Union
Rescue teams were called to Lake Mendota Friday morning behind the UW Memorial Union, where they found a man’s body in the water.
Drug reduces asthma attacks in some children, UW researchers find
University of Wisconsin researchers found a drug that reduces asthma attacks in children living in low-income urban neighborhoods, according to a study published in The Lancet.
Artist paints murals in UW-Madison’s South Madison Partnership building
Applying to paint a series of murals inside a Madison building just seemed natural to Lilada Gee.On Thursday, those murals went from concept to creation.
Madison artist designs five murals for a south side UW-Madison building
A local artist and volunteers partnered together to put the finishing touches on a UW-Madison building on the south side of the city.
Patrick J. Michaels, Vocal Outlier on Climate Change, Dies at 72
Dr. Michaels was a visible and polarizing figure in the climate change debate — partly because of his stridency and partly because, unlike many politicians and other policymakers, he had scientific credentials. He held a doctorate in ecological climatology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, was for decades a professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia and Virginia’s state climatologist, and had published in scientific journals.
The Court’s Liberals Still Have Power
About the author: Joshua Braver is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
To become law, a Supreme Court opinion needs the backing of five justices. That reality has forced progressive justices for almost 50 years to compromise with center-right justices, resulting in legal doctrine rife with contradictions and loopholes, which conservatives have ruthlessly exploited to pare back the rights of women, racial minorities, and the gay community. Progressive justices had to make these bargains in order to get the five votes needed to be in the majority. That’s how things work.
More Athletes Are Getting Their Nutrition Through an IV. This Should Stop, Experts Say
“Finally, know what supplements and drugs are banned by your sport,” and check with your trainer or dietitian before taking anything, she concluded.More informationThe University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public health has more about athletes and nutrition.
Washington Heights community school inspires individuality
Raymond Medina found robotics internships through counselors, affording him the experience to apply for and win a full-tuition scholarship to the University of Wisconsin to study mechanical engineering.
Big Ten lands $7 billion, NFL-style TV contracts
The Big Ten’s new $7 billion media rights deal will string the conference’s top football games across three major networks each week, creating an NFL-style television schedule on Saturdays.
How Wisconsin could use the extra millions it’ll soon receive from new Big Ten media deals
The seven-year agreements announced Thursday with Fox, CBS and NBC starting with the 2023-24 season are reported to be worth an average of more than $1 billion per year for the conference, which will trickle down a part of that to its 14 schools — soon to be 16 with the 2024 additions of UCLA and Southern Cal.
How Wisconsin football’s freshman dance battle serves as a ‘rite of passage’
It’s one of many traditions for UW freshmen. Other traditions include a night of karaoke, obnoxious haircuts or even being told to wear a dress.
Upperclassmen will lead the team into the equipment room, push aside things and ask for music to be turned up really loud.
Dane County hospitals: masks, COVID-19 screenings still required
In a joint message, Access Community Health Centers, Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin, Stoughton Health, SSM Health, UnityPoint Health-Meriter, UW Health and Madison’s Veterans Hospital said they wanted to remind people that masks are still required in their facilities.
As prison education expands in Wisconsin, incarcerated students find success
In addition, the Odyssey Beyond Bars program expanded its English 100 college-credit course to four state prisons this past semester. The University of Wisconsin-Madison organization will add an intro to psychology class next year.
In collaboration with UW-Madison and four other campuses, the UW System will also soon offer incarcerated students a pathway to a bachelor’s degree through its Prison Education Initiative. Last December, the program received a $5.7 million grant from Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.
Fraternity house burglarized over summer break, Madison police say
Clothing, electronics, cash and “high-end sports memorabilia” were reported missing from a Langdon Street fraternity near UW-Madison after a break-in was reported Monday, Madison police said.
25 Women Who Could Break the NHL’s Head Coaching Gender Barrier
Carla MacLeod – 39 – Head Coach, University of Calgary & Team Czechia – MacLeod is an Olympic gold medallist and World Champion with Team Canada. She also captained the University of Wisconsin in the NCAA.
UW-Madison staff make preparations for Monkeypox cases ahead of the school year
“I think there does have to be some type of forethought as people come back to campus in the middle of this,” said Medical Director for Infection Prevention at UW-Madison, Dr. Dan Shirley. “It’s really keeping up to date and thinking about some of these factors leading to the spread of Monkeypox.”
Norma Ellen (Reetz) Topper Clementi
On July 7, 1995, Norma retired from her job as a custodial worker for UW Madison after 27 years of service.
UW System proposes statewide tuition waiver program for low-income students
Some University of Wisconsin-System students from low-income families will have their tuition and fees waived under a new initiative announced by UW System President Jay Rothman.
The Wisconsin Tuition Promise will waive remaining costs not covered by financial aid for students from families with incomes below $62,000 per year beginning in fall of 2023.
With the fall semester weeks away, Wisconsin colleges prepare for monkeypox
Free tuition program will expand to all UW campuses next year
University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman on Monday announced the creation of the Wisconsin Tuition Promise, a new initiative starting in fall 2023 to ensure underserved Wisconsin students can attend any UW System university without paying tuition or fees, according to a press release from UW System.
UW System wants to expand UW-Madison’s tuition promise program to all UW campuses. Will the state support it?
At a Monday news conference on the UW-Milwaukee campus, UW officials framed the scholarship program as a “gamechanger” that will help more students graduate and ease the workforce shortage straining the state.
“We are in a war for talent,” UW System President Jay Rothman said. “We are not graduating enough people with four-year degrees and graduate degrees in order to help sustain the economic growth of the state. We hear that from employers all the time.”
UW System launches tuition promise to ease education costs
The UW System will give tuition assistance to students in an attempt to give thousands of students better access to affordable education.
University of Wisconsin launches free tuition program for regional campuses
The University of Wisconsin System is launching a new tuition waiver at its 12 regional campuses.
The program, dubbed the Wisconsin Tuition Promise, is modeled after the Bucky’s Tuition Promise program at UW-Madison. Beginning in fall 2023, Wisconsin residents who come from families making less than $62,000 a year will have any tuition and fees remaining after receiving financial aid waived.
Chef and author Abra Berens talks artisan grains and recipe rules
Q: How does Farm to Flavor fit in with that?
A: I’m so excited about this event in Madison — it’s one of the most producer-oriented events that I’ve been a part of. It’s really exciting to have that conversation between growers and end users, like chefs or manufacturers … or direct to consumer, to be breeding plants with an emphasis on flavor.
University of Wisconsin has been leading that charge for so long. And it’s really just inspiring to see how it’s growing and continuing.
‘Point Wisconsin’ follows UW volleyball team’s championship run
Sports writer Dennis Punzel captures the moments big and small with his new book, “Point Wisconsin,” which tells the story of the people, places and events that led to the Badgers’ volleyball title that was years in the making.
‘A little bit for everybody’: How the Inflation Reduction Act could boost clean energy
Provisions in the bill will also improve the economics of community-owned solar farms, energy storage and systems designed to use waste heat from industrial facilities, said Tim Baye, a professor of business development and energy specialist at UW-Madison.
“It’s a big toolbox for decarbonization,” Baye said. “There’s a little bit for everybody here.”