Photo gallery of the ice cream social on Bascom Hill.
Chancellor Mnookin hosts ice cream social during first day as chancellor
The Daily Cardinal
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How to get kids on a healthy sleep schedule before the school year starts
WKOW-TV 27
Good sleep habits are important for both kids and adults, but they’re especially important for kids so they can get the most out of school, according to Dr. Rachna Tiwari, pediatric sleep specialist, UW Health Kids, and clinical assistant professor, UW School of Medicine and Public Health. Tiwari says kids who don’t get enough sleep may struggle with focus or be irritable.
UW Health Nurses fight for union recognition following the pandemic
WKOW-TV 27
For more than two and a half years, UW Health Nurses have asked for their union to be recognized. They said having a union would allow them to “have a seat at the table” in advocating for themselves, their patients and their community.
Emily Kumlien, UW Health Press Secretary told 27 News:
“At UW Health, we encourage our nurses to make their voices heard. Hundreds of them are doing that through our shared governance system of nursing councils, driving the continuous improvement that makes us not just a great place to work, but the #1 hospital in Wisconsin 11 straight years.”
As universal free school meals end, are Wisconsin families ready for it?
Wisconsin State Journal
After getting a trial run during the pandemic, Isaacson said there is broad support in Wisconsin schools to continue free meals for all.
That’s not a surprise, said UW-Madison historian Andrew Ruis.
“Significant emergencies like the Great Depression (and) the COVID-19 pandemic often change people’s views about what is possible from a social or political standpoint,” Ruis said. “I think there’s a real chance that universal school meals will be realized on a broader scale than they currently are.”
UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin gets a warm welcome. The meet-and-greets with GOP critics are still to come
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin-Madison welcomed its new leader Thursday on historic Bascom Hill with ice cream made from the campus dairy shop and the Badger Band playing “On, Wisconsin!”
UW-Madison law professor and novelist Steven Wright seizes the issues of our day to write unconventional thrillers
Isthmus
Peripatetic, or traveling from place to place, aptly describes Dre’s life, as it does his creator’s. In his zig-zagging career, Wright, now a clinical associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School and a former co-director of the Wisconsin Innocence Project, has seldom taken the safe route and has been, literally and metaphorically, all over the map.
Letter from UW-Madison group calls on Mnookin to improve COVID policies
The Capital Times
With the fall semester starting soon, a group of students, faculty and staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are urging new Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin to consider strengthening the campus’ COVID-19 policies.
UW-Madison chancellor celebrates first day on campus with ice cream social
NBC-15
In honor of her first day on campus, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin invited the UW community to an ice cream social. Students, faculty, and staff gathered on Bascom Hill to mingle with their new leader while enjoying a sweet treat.
UW-Madison chancellor hosts ice cream social on first day
WKOW-TV 27
UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin hosted an ice cream social Thursday afternoon.
The event was Mnookin’s first official day on the campus. All UW-Madison students, staff, and faculty were invited to the social.
Tuition, state funding and diversity: New UW-Madison chancellor’s agenda has familiar ring
Wisconsin State Journal
Jennifer Mnookin spent her first day on campus meeting with students, faculty and campus leaders as she takes on the role as UW-Madison’s 30th chancellor.
Mnookin, who comes to Madison from her previous role as dean of the UCLA School of Law, said her primary goal is to have conversations with UW-Madison students and staff and community and state leaders to discuss ways to keep UW-Madison affordable, while also addressing challenges like accessibility, funding and diversity.
A look at new UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin’s first day on the job
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A photo gallery from Chancellor Mnookin’s first day.
New UW-Madison chancellor meets with students, staff on first day on campus
Channel 3000
New University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin met with students and staff members Thursday during an ice cream social to mark her first day on campus.
Invasive insect that feeds on plants in the carrot family reported for first time in Minnesota
CBS Minnesota
Scientists identified the moth with the help of the University of Wisconsin Diagnostic Lab.
13 Surprising Reasons Your Partner Doesn’t Want Sex
The Healthy
It’s not talked about much, but it’s more common than you may think, according to University of Wisconsin experts. The condition affects approximately 10% of men per decade of life (i.e., 40% of men in their 40s, 50 percent of men in their 50s, 60% of men in their 60s).
College is increasingly out of reach for many students. What went wrong?
NPR
“And in the middle of his tenure as governor, there was a huge controversy because he actually pushed to change the language of the University of Wisconsin’s mission statement to take out the idea that the goal of the university is the search for truth.”
Teacher shortages loom ahead of the new school year. UW-Madison’s School of Education is trying to help.
Channel 3000
Kimber Wilkerson is the faculty director of UW-Madison’s Teacher Education Center. She says there are many reasons hiring teachers is difficult right now.
“A critique of the teaching profession is the pay,” said Wilkerson. “I think COVID has exacerbated that experience by making the working conditions for teachers even more challenging.”
University of Wisconsin medical students examine state’s future after reinstatement of 173-year-old abortion ban
The Daily Cardinal
The Supreme Court’s controversial Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, which was released on June 24, has led to vast disparities in reproductive healthcare access between states. In Wisconsin, the reversal of Roe v. Wade allowed the state’s 173-year-old abortion legislation to be enforced.
UW-Madison unlikely to provide abortion medication despite growing demand
The Daily Cardinal
Some colleges have, or plan to make, abortion medication available … the University of Wisconsin-Madison is unlikely to follow. As of now, University Health Services (UHS) on campus does not provide abortion medication.
“[Abortion medication] care falls outside the scope of our services. This is not affected by the recent Supreme Court decision,” UHS health communications strategist Sarah Clifford said.
Experts, lawmakers discuss the economic impact reproductive health care has on Wisconsin
WKOW-TV 27
Quoted: “We already have this the system where childcare is getting more and more expensive, harder and harder to get into childcare, more and more poverty, structural poverty that’s racialized,” Dr. Tiffany Green said. “Then we have abortion on top of that where the people that need them most can’t get access to the services they need and they’re more likely, for a lot of reasons, to be black, brown and or indigenous.”
Here’s why the 2020 election will never be ‘decertified’
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: “‘Decertifying’ (or any variant, such as ‘voiding’) a presidential election after the fact is simply not a thing,” UW-Madison political science professor Ken Mayer said …
“The complete absence of any decertification mechanism in either the constitution or federal statutory law is a fundamental point,” UW-Madison law school associate professor Robert Yablon said. “That legal silence is glaring given that other aspects of the presidential election process are set out in detail, including in Article II Section 1, the 12th Amendment, and the Electoral Count Act.”
Midwestern tuition reciprocity, how Big Ten schools could do better
The Daily Cardinal
Simply put, Midwestern residents looking to attend neighboring states’ universities are suffering at the expense of out-of-state tuition — even if they live only a few hours away from the school.
On the surface, university executives could use the guidelines of the Big Ten athletic conference to give in-state tuition reciprocity. Given that all current members of the Big Ten conference are “state-schools,” or public universities, this idea would allow all residents of these states to attend other Big Ten member schools at an in-state tuition rate.
UW-Madison responds to rise of COVID-19 cases in Dane County
The Daily Cardinal
The University of Wisconsin-Madison responded with recommendations from Public Health Madison and Dane County (PHMDC) health officials as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared Dane County a “high” community level of transmission as of July 21. This is because of an increase in hospitalizations and confirmed cases around the county.
The Madison-based mental health clinic that’s making therapy attainable for all
Wisconsin State Journal
Alvin Thomas, who is an assistant professor in the UW-Madison Human Development and Family Studies Department, said while there are many obstacles that minorities face in accessing mental health treatment, there are a few major issues that stand out.
Coyotes are here to stay in North American cities – here’s how to appreciate them from a distance
The Conversation
Coyotes have become practically ubiquitous across the lower 48 United States, and they’re increasingly turning up in cities. The draws are abundant food and green space in urban areas.
-David Drake, Bret Shaw, Mary Magnuson
Beyoncé to Replace Lyric on ‘Renaissance’ After Backlash From Disability-Rights Advocates
Wall Street Journal
Lizzo’s lyric change in June primed people to recognize the language in Beyoncé’s album, said Sami Schalk, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of the upcoming book “Black Disability Politics.”“The important thing is that it was brought up again and slowly over time, we will hopefully see more people thinking differently about this word,” Dr. Schalk said.
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, Senate candidate, said sanctuary cities make ‘everybody safer’
Fox News
In 2020, a study from the University of Wisconsin–Madison found “considerably lower felony arrest rates among undocumented immigrants compared to legal immigrants and native-born US citizens.”
Vanilla is anything but ordinary: Here are 5 unexpected products that contain this spice
Fox News
“It’s literally the most popular flavor and fragrance in the world, and it’s a multimillion-dollar industry,” University of Wisconsin botany professor and vanilla expert Ken Cameron said recently to On Wisconsin, the UW-Madison alumni magazine.
Badgers represent at inaugural volleyball media days
NBC-15
The reigning national champion Wisconsin Badgers took the podium on Tuesday and participated in Big Ten volleyball media days. The Big Ten became the first conference to host an in-person preseason volleyball media event.
‘I have all of this knowledge’: Lawmakers meet amid frustration over state license delays
WKOW-TV 27
“While UW Health has a resident program that enables recent RT graduates to be hired and begin working under a licensed RT, they are limited in the work they can perform until they obtain a license,” UW Health Press Secretary Emily Kumlien said in a statement. “Though challenges continue, UW Health is working to fill vacancies across the health system.
Jim Polzin: Diss volleyball and Wisconsin coach Kelly Sheffield will be there to call you out
Wisconsin State Journal
Sheffield indeed isn’t shy when it comes to pointing out what he feels are slights toward the sport he loves. He generated attention on Twitter over the weekend by calling out two accounts that cover women’s sports — @ESPNW and @justwsports (Just Women’s Sports) — for all-but ignoring college volleyball.
UW Health’s Dr. Jeff Pothof weighs in on latest COVID-19 news
Channel 3000
UW Health’s chief quality officer Dr. Jeff Pothof joins Live at Four to talk about the latest COVID-19 headlines.
UW-Madison research center celebrates 30-year anniversary
WKOW-TV 27
A UW-Madison educational center celebrated its 30-year anniversary Tuesday.
The OJ Noer Turfgrass Educational Facility is a research facility for professors to study and develop turf grass for the state. It is located on South Pleasant View Road in Verona.
Wisconsin football players weigh in on new academic bonus payments and their link to graduation
Wisconsin State Journal
The payments fall under new NCAA rules allowing money to go to athletes for even a minimum level of academic success, up to $5,980 per school year. There’s no mandate for athletic departments to pay the money or to link any of it to graduation, but UW announced last week it was doing both.
Monkeypox has spread to Wisconsin. Here’s what you need to know about the disease and how to avoid it.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: “It’s usually not just contact in passing, but really close skin-to-skin contact, that’s the major risk to spread,” said Dr. Dan Shirley, medical director of infection prevention at UW Health.
Tickets on sale now for the most intriguing Cap Times Idea Fest yet
The Capital Times
Events include appearances on campus by journalist Carl Bernstein and U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin.
Content partnership expands Big Ten volleyball exposure globally
Wisconsin State Journal
The Big Ten Network on Monday announced what it called a groundbreaking partnership with Volleyball World to extend coverage of the conference across the globe.
Wisconsin men’s basketball learns its Battle 4 Atlantis opening opponent
Wisconsin State Journal
The Badgers will face Dayton for the first time since they defeated the Flyers 105-93 in December 1961. The game is set for 1:30 p.m. Nov. 23 at the Imperial Arena in the Bahamas.
Remembering ‘Mr. Mile’ Don Gehrmann, a 12-time Big Ten running champion with Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Journal
Don Gehrmann, one of the country’s top collegiate runners during his time at the University of Wisconsin and a 12-time Big Ten Conference individual champion, has died.
Known as “Mr. Mile” during his running career, Gehrmann was 94 when he died on July 23 at Stoughton Hospital, according to an obituary.
UW-Madison 15th Red Shirt winner announced
NBC-26
The votes are in, and the winning design for the 15th annual The Red Shirt competition features Bucky flashing the iconic “W” gesture … Every purchase of The Red Shirt will go to support students on campus by funding scholarships for need-based students.
At UW-Madison, Grandparents University crosses generations
The Capital Times
At Grandparents University, the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s intergenerational education program, learners young and old enroll for a taste of campus life, the chance to learn from college instructors and an opportunity to spend time with their loved ones.
Madison readies ‘Isthmus Safety Initiative’ to address gun violence, sexual assault
Wisconsin State Journal
The project area is the Downtown entertainment area in and around State Street from Capitol Square to the edge of UW-Madison at North Lake Street, and two to three blocks on either side of State Street. The primary focus is weekend nights when people are frequenting bars, especially on Friday and Saturday nights between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. and during special events.
Hall of Fame worthy? Chris McIntosh and Troy Vincent are candidates for the College Football Hall of Fame’s 2023 class
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Two of the more dominant players in the history of the Wisconsin football program, both of whom have achieved success off the field, are on the National Football Foundation’s 2023 College Football Hall of Fame ballot:
Offensive tackle Chris McIntosh and defensive back Troy Vincent.
Monarch butterflies are now endangered. Here’s how you can help.
The Capital Times
The news came as no surprise to Karen Oberhauser, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum. A globally recognized expert on monarch butterflies, Oberhauser has been studying the species for nearly 40 years.
Labs’ testing limitation casts doubt on some meth cases in Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Journal
Officials with the UW-Madison-based Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene and the Department of Justice’s crime lab — which do the vast majority of toxicology tests used in state prosecutions — acknowledge that they don’t have the equipment needed to distinguish between two isomers, or forms, of methamphetamine.
Janet V. (Hedstrom) Eubanks
Wisconsin State Journal
Her career in the new field of computer programming began in Chicago when mainframe computers were room sized! She returned to Wisconsin and worked for DoIT, UW Madison for 40 years.
Wisconsin football coaches’ salaries reach new territory this season
Wisconsin State Journal
Coaches’ salaries were turned over to the State Journal via open records request after a handful of coach Paul Chryst’s assistants had changes to their compensation finalized July 1. The total figure is the highest for the football staff since the State Journal began tracking these numbers in 2004, eclipsing the previous high of just less than $10.04 million in 2019-20.
A Navajo scientist couldn’t translate his work to his family. Now, because of a UW-Madison project he co-founded, he can.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
That’s when Martin and his colleagues — Joanna Bundus, a biology post-doctoral fellow at UW-Madison, and Susana Wadgymar, an assistant professor of biology at Davidson College in North Carolina — founded Project ENABLE (Enriching Navajo As a Biology Language for Education), an online dictionary of biology terms translated from English to Diné Bizaad, a Navajo language.
Wisconsin unveils plan to award athletes with up to $25,000 as a graduation bonus
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin athletic department says it’ll pay more than $3.8 million per year to its athletes for academic performance, with most of the money tied to graduation.
Have Wisconsin’s fake electors been subpoenaed? If not, ‘it would be surprising’
Wisconsin State Journal
Saying “it would be surprising” if Wisconsin’s fake electors weren’t subpoenaed while other states’ fake electors were, UW-Madison political science professor Barry Burden said, “Government officials issuing these subpoenas would treat all of the states equivalently, especially because it was a shared network of conspirators who were communicating across state lines.”
Madison Chamber’s first economic inclusion manager sees empathy, listening as key
Wisconsin State Journal
She was also a project assistant with the university’s RISE program, which still runs to this day. The program creates an employment pipeline for UW-Madison students of color seeking internships. Assefa went on to serve in various directorial and advisory roles for UW-Madison, all in an effort to promote DEI on campus.
Most notably, Assefa was previously the director of the African American Student Academic Services department and an adviser to the First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Scholarship program out of the Multicultural Arts Initiatives office, where she eventually became the director.
UW-Madison will allow COVID-positive students to isolate in dorm rooms
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison will eliminate most isolation housing heading into the fall, the university announced in an email from University Housing to students detailing its COVID-19 policies for the fall 2022 semester.
International Talent: Ripe Silicon Valley Conditions That Are Changing Remote Work
Forbes
Silicon Valley is the perfect example of the international hiring phenomenon. Researcher Sarah Edwards from the University of Wisconsin-Madison explains that “the expansion of Silicon Valley into increasingly intimate and global spaces” will result in the decentralization of the Valley as the leading startup city. Other cities like Miami are thriving in the industry thanks to digital nomads and increased job mobility (as was shown during the Great Resignation.)
‘Aggressive’ Mom Demanding 2-Year-Old Girl Have Gel Nail Manicure Dragged
Newsweek
A 2020 study by the Department of Dermatology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison looked into the effects of prolonged exposure to UV and LED light used for gel polish manicures.
More Wisconsin kids are behind on vaccines. The ’why’ is complicated
The Capital Times
Quoted: “Overall, Americans are vaccinating their children. Overall, we have really good vaccination rates. And then there’s minority pockets of communities where they do it less, for different reasons,” said Dr. Dominique Brossard, a professor at UW-Madison who chairs the Department of Life Sciences Communication. Brossard’s area of expertise is in risk communication.
Why tight bonds between teammates matter for Wisconsin football
Wisconsin State Journal
Having strong bonds make possible the type of turnaround the Badgers had last season. After dropping three of the first four games of the season, UW won seven consecutive games to get into the thick of the Big Ten West title hunt, but a lackluster performance in the regular-season finale against rival Minnesota cost UW a division crown and Paul Bunyan’s Axe.
Jim Polzin: How Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren has ‘gained the confidence’ of conference leaders
Wisconsin State Journal
Kevin Warren’s opening statement Tuesday morning at Lucas Oil Stadium lasted over 21 minutes and included six uses of either the word “bold” or some form of it. The Big Ten commissioner used it two more times during the question-and-answer session that took up the second half of his news conference at the conference’s annual media event.
Big Ten football players express concern over travel with additions of UCLA, USC in 2024
Wisconsin State Journal
Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren was peppered with questions regarding the new additions. He said travel issues and strain on student-athletes is at the top of his mind, but didn’t share how those worries will be addressed.
What Happens To Your Body When You Drink Soy Milk Every Day
Health Digest
Research from the American Chemical Society concluded that the oxalate in soy and foods made from soy might increase the chances of developing kidney stones (via Science Daily). This is because oxalate and calcium are two key components of a type of kidney stone. However, registered dietician Dr. Kristina Penniston told the University of Wisconsin that oxalate-rich foods tend to contain other components that could inhibit kidney stones from forming. Additionally, not getting enough calcium (which is added to some soy milks) can lead to your body absorbing too much oxalate, which can result in calcium oxalate stones.
Appleton confirms 3rd monkeypox case
WBAY
“In Chicago and New York, in areas where there’s hundreds of cases, there are vaccine programs that are starting to get launched. And Wisconsin is prepared to do that, but there’s some details to work out when there’s sort of an opportunity to do that. Where there’s a lot of cases, we can expect a vaccine program at some point,” Ajay Sethi, a population health sciences professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison said.
It’s not just out west — new UW-Madison climate report shows increasing climate change impacts in Wisconsin
WKOW-TV 27
The United States has been overcome with extreme weather events over the past week from wildfires to droughts to floods. A new report from UW-Madison shows Wisconsin is also dealing with its fair share of climate change impacts, too.