Edgewood College is taking a two-pronged approach in phasing out its mask mandate, officials announced Tuesday.
Edgewood College to continue requiring masks in classrooms through April 1
Wisconsin State Journal
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Legislature approves education bills, putting election-year talking points into focus
Wisconsin State Journal
The wide-ranging bills the Assembly approved include a proposal by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, AB 884, that would specify that if any University of Wisconsin System institution requires a course in diversity or ethnic studies, students could instead complete a course on the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights. That bill passed the Assembly 60-34 and Senate 21-12 along party lines.
Diapers address basic care need in children, leading to healthier and more economically stable adults
NBC-15
Jessica Pac, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin Madison School of Social Work, said diapers address a basic need because they enable kids to stay in childcare.
New ‘counter monument’ sculpture on State Street celebrates shared humanity
Wisconsin State Journal
Downtown Madison is not new to the debate over historic monuments. But thanks to the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and a UW-Madison art professor, State Street’s iconography is now home to a new kind of monument. The museum unveiled its newest installation Tuesday evening, “Blu³eprint,” a 12,000-pound limestone sculpture designed by Faisal Abdu’Allah. For Abdu’Allah, it is a deeply personal piece that aims to reimagine the role of identity in public art.
Kyle Rittenhouse has ‘close to zero’ chance to win lawsuits, experts say
Wisconsin State Journal
Rittenhouse winning any libel suit would be “really, really hard,” said Robert E. Drechsel, professor emeritus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication.
UW-Madison’s “UniverCity Alliance” to partner with six Wisconsin communities in 2022
Daily Cardinal
Six new Wisconsin communities have been selected to work with the University of Wisconsin-Madison to address and solve problems facing their local population, thanks to the UniverCity Year (UCY) program.
UPDATED: The Black Voice to premiere documentary ‘We the Vision’
Badger Herald
A new documentary titled “We the Vision“ will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of The Black Voice, which is University of Wisconsin’s only newspaper made by and for Black students, with its debut at the Marquee Theater on March 1 at 6 p.m.
SSFC votes to move meetings in-person, hears GUTS budget proposal
Badger Herald
GUTS to raise wages, add new positions with requested budget increase.
JSA commemorates 80th anniversary of Japanese American internment during WWII
Badger Herald
In recognition of the 80th anniversary of Japanese American Internment, the Japanese Student Association organized its first “Week of Remembrance.”
Making fuel from plants at UW-Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
Video: While corn-based ethanol may be no better for the climate than fossil fuels, UW-Madison scientists are working on new plant-based fuels that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
New presidents or provosts: Keystone OHSU Penn South Carolina Tulsa UofPeople UW Whitworth Williams
Inside Higher Ed
Jay O. Rothman, chairman and CEO of the law firm Foley & Lardner, in Wisconsin, has been chosen as president of the University of Wisconsin system.
Joke’s on them: how Democrats gave up on rural America
The Guardian
The wealthy voted for Trump, and Trump rewarded them with tax cuts. But rural political conservatism relates to rural economic conditions in other, more complicated ways. During the Great Recession, Katherine Cramer, a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, spent several years conducting ethnographic studies on rural, often white, Wisconsinites. She found a persistent sense that rural areas and the people who live there are mistreated, creating a recognizable “rural consciousness”. People felt not only that they had been abandoned by the government, but that cities and cultural elites hoarded power and prestige at the expense of rural areas.
Pilgrim’s Pride Ex-CEOs Face Felony Trial Over Alleged Price-Fixing In Chicken
Forbes
“Cartels make a lot of money, even after you deduct what they have to pay out for damages,” says Peter Carstensen, a professor of law emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “If the government can’t win a criminal conviction here, it will significantly decrease the probability of more criminal cases.”
Updating Dating Helps Tackle Deep-Time Quandaries
Eos
This long-term process set the stage for the evolution of eukaryotes—organisms that encase DNA within their cellular nuclei—which eventually began to breathe oxygen and grow into bigger organisms, said Annie Bauer, an assistant professor of geoscience at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Whether this happened roughly simultaneously across the globe or in geographically isolated pockets at different times is still being studied. By comparing the timing of oxygenation from place to place, she said, scientists can determine whether these first whiffs arose together as a globally synchronous exhalation or as discrete puffs.
Michigan’s Juwan Howard suspended, fined after slapping Wisconsin coach
The Hill
Juwan Howard, the head coach of men’s basketball at the University of Michigan, has been suspended and fined after slapping an assistant coach for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team in the head after his team’s loss on Sunday, The New York Times reported, citing the Big Ten collegiate athletic conference.
Explainer: What would proposed bail changes mean for Wisconsin?
The Capital Times
In Wisconsin, if someone is arrested for a crime and charges have been filed against them, they appear in front of a court commissioner for an initial appearance. At that hearing, the court commissioner considers the conditions, if any, that someone can be released while their criminal case is pending, said University of Wisconsin Law School professor Cecelia Klingele. Posting bail can be a condition of release. However, as the state’s bail laws currently exist, judges can impose “monetary conditions of release … only upon a finding that there is a reasonable basis to believe that the conditions are necessary to assure appearance in court.”
Durand, Bernice B.
Wisconsin State Journal
Bernice moved to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1970, where she had a postdoctoral position and was appointed a Lecturer in the Physics Department. It was there that she met her husband of 51-years, Loyal (Randy) Durand, a professor in the department. They were married after a whirlwind romance, and were extremely close, noted for always holding hands as they walked around campus or elsewhere. Bernice joined the tenure-track faculty in 1977, received tenure in 1986, and became a full professor in 1992.
GOP looks to discourage race theory, help right-wing talkers
Associated Press
Republican legislators are setting their sights on the University of Wisconsin System, scheduling votes Tuesday on contentious bills that look destined for vetoes but will give the GOP talking points on the campaign trail heading into the November election.
Punishments handed down after Michigan-Wisconsin men’s basketball altercation
Wisconsin State Journal
Michigan coach Juwan Howard and Wolverines players Moussa Diabate and Terrance Williams II also were suspended. Howard, who struck UW assistant coach Joe Krabbenhoft in the face during the altercation, won’t coach in Michigan’s five remaining regular-season games and was fined $40,000.
Education bills on legislative docket Tuesday puts election-year talking points into focus
Wisconsin State Journal
The state Legislature plans to vote Tuesday on more than a dozen education bills that form a key plank of the Republican midterm election strategy: eliminating courses on racism and diversity, expanding private school vouchers and giving parents more control over their students’ education.
Ethanol no better than gasoline, study finds; UW scientists seek better plant fuels
Wisconsin State Journal
Though popular with Midwestern farmers and long hailed as an environmentally friendly alternative to imported oil, ethanol made from corn isn’t actually reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a new study finds. But UW-Madison researchers say there are home-grown alternatives being developed at laboratories in Madison.
The Black Voice to premiere documentary ‘We the Vision’
Badger Herald
’I hope that the general campus community gains an insight into the impact and legacy that The Black Voice has had on the entire campus as a whole,’ former editor-in-chief says.
Tonight’s “We The Vision” celebrates the 50th anniversary of UW’s The Black Voice
Madison365
“One of the things that has been so beautiful being able to work on this documentary is that when I was interviewing people, it really just felt like I was talking to my homies about the experiences we went through and it was cool to get their perspectives,” says Nile Lansana, director of The Black Voice’s first documentary titled “We The Vision.”
Michigan coach Juwan Howard suspended for rest of regular season; Gard fined $10K
WISC-TV 3
Big Ten: Brawl a ’clear violation’ of conference sportsmanship policy.
Michigan’s Howard to be suspended for rest of regular season following postgame brawl, Gard fined
WKOW-TV 27
Following the Big Ten’s official announcement which included fines and suspensions, UW Athletic Director Chris McIntosh issued a statement calling the $10,000 fine to be a “Wisconsin fine” and not a “Greg Gard fine.” McIntosh went on to add the university will assume the responsibility for paying the fine.
Tommy Thompson to give spring commencement address at UW-Platteville
NBC-15
UW System President and Former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson will address University of Wisconsin- Platteville students during this year’s spring commencement ceremony, the school announced Monday.
Michigan coach suspended through end of regular season after Wisconsin confrontation
NBC-15
Michigan men’s basketball head coach Juwan Howard will be suspended for five games, through the end of the regular season, after he tried to throw a punch at Wisconsin’s assistant coach.
Big Ten investigating postgame fight in Badgers win over Wolverines
WISC-TV 3
The end of the game was marred by an exchange of punches from players on both teams. Michigan head coach Juwan Howard and Wisconsin head coach Greg Gard got in each others’ faces before the fight, and Howard appeared to slap Wisconsin assistant coach Joe Krabbenhoft in the face.
Michigan coach Juwan Howard hits Wisconsin assistant following Badgers win
WKOW-TV 27
Michigan coach Juwan Howard slapped Badgers assistant coach Joe Krabbenhoft after he disagreed with a timeout by Greg Gard following Sunday’s game. The conflict began when Wisconsin coach Greg Gard and Howard began exchanging words in the handshake line, at which point players and coaches began crowding around them.
U.S. sea levels could rise more than a foot over the next 30 years
PBS
The report “is the equivalent of NOAA sending a red flag up” about accelerating the rise in sea levels, said University of Wisconsin-Madison geoscientist Andrea Dutton, a specialist in sea level rise who wasn’t part of the federal report. The coastal flooding the U.S. is seeing now “will get taken to a whole new level in just a couple of decades.”
Introducing The Black Voice’s first documentary, “We The Vision”
The Black Voice
The Black Voice is proud to announce our latest project, our first documentary that will premiere on Feb. 22, at 6 p.m. at UW-Madison’s Marquee Cinema! Check out the trailer below.
ASM says UW ignores shared governance principles in new mask mandate order
Badger Herald
Most students voted to keep mask mandate till end of spring semester.
Act of ‘Heresy’ Adds Horseshoe Crabs to Arachnid Family Tree
The New York Times
In a paper published last week in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution, Prashant Sharma, a professor of biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his colleagues are challenging the idea that horseshoe crabs are on their own very particular and individual branch on the tree of life.
ASM, TAA express concern over mask mandate removal
Daily Cardinal
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s decision to no longer require masks in indoor settings after March 12, the start of Spring Recess, has elicited puzzlement and irritation amongst members of student government and the Teaching Assistants Association.
Chelsea Manning emphasizes the importance of community building in a talk with campus community
Daily Cardinal
On Thursday night, Manning gave her first in-person lecture since the beginning of the pandemic to an audience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Howard throws punch after Gard, Badgers take down Wolverines in Sunday matchup
Daily Cardinal
Coach Gard’s late-game timeout and alleged touching of Juwan Howard sparked an eye-opening altercation after Sunday afternoon’s game.
Abroad, UW-Madison students deal with COVID-19; university explores program alternatives
Daily Cardinal
For the 1,208 UW-Madison students studying abroad this semester across 24 countries, the pandemic has shifted expectations and changed the structure of international study.
Residents worry State Street’s vibe is at risk from new developments
The Capital Times
The displacement of longstanding businesses on State Street to make way for modern mixed-use buildings could permanently alter the vibe and look of what is perhaps Madison’s most iconic area.
Biggest Wisconsin volleyball home crowd ever? It may have happened in 2021
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin volleyball team saved its biggest for last in terms of home crowds on its way to its first NCAA championship. There were more than 7,000 people in the UW Field House for the regional final victory against Minnesota last December that sent the Badgers to the Final Four. Was it the biggest group ever to watch a UW volleyball home game? It’s hard to say definitively, but it’s at least in the top three.
Why shirts honoring Black designer and Wisconsin alum Virgil Abloh are special to Badgers athletes
Wisconsin State Journal
When Virgil Abloh died in November after a two-year battle with cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare cancer, a group of University of Wisconsin athletes wanted to honor the contributions Abloh made to Black culture.
‘Better late than never:’ Michael Finley deserves this rare Wisconsin men’s basketball honor
Wisconsin State Journal
Finley had a brilliant four-year career at UW and was selected 21st overall in the 1995 NBA draft, the first of the amigos off the board: Ford (Illinois Chicago) was taken five picks later and Boyce (Colorado) went in the second round. Finley played 15 seasons in the NBA, making two appearances in the All-Star Game and winning a title with the San Antonio Spurs as a role player in 2007. He’s been just as successful off the court and is now the assistant general manager/vice president of basketball operations for the Dallas Mavericks.
Fayram, Richard Roberts
Wisconsin State Journal
He worked as a Landscape Architect at firms in the Chicago area, Rockford, and at UW-Madison. He was proud of his work on the Rockford Sportscore Complex and the UW Campus Master Plan. His landscape designs often featured native plants.
Michigan athletic director says he has apologized to Wisconsin AD for ‘totally unacceptable behavior’
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel denounced the actions of Wolverines men’s basketball coach Juwan Howard in a statement Sunday afternoon after No. 15 Wisconsin’s 77-63 victory Sunday at the Kohl Center in Madison.
Federal bill adds $5 million a year to UW-Madison bioenergy research center
Wisconsin State Journal
The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, a federally funded research center led by UW-Madison, would receive an additional $5 million in funding each year through 2026 from legislation that passed the House earlier this month but still faces hurdles to its final passage.
Watch now: Fight breaks out at the Kohl Center following Wisconsin win over Michigan
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin and Michigan men’s basketball teams had a heated exchange after the No. 15 Badgers defeated the Wolverines 77-63 on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022 at the Kohl Center in Madison.
Dunwoody, Sharon Lee
Wisconsin State Journal
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Sharon was the first woman director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, serving from 1998-2003, and later served as UW-Madison’s Associate Dean for Graduate Education. In 2019, the Journalism School created the Sharon Dunwoody Early Career Award to honor outstanding PhD graduates of the school for their accomplishments in research and teaching.
Benson, Robert H.
Wisconsin State Journal
Bob worked for U.W.-Madison, Animal & Dairy Science Department as a Dairy Herdsman for 36 years, retiring in 2000. He enjoyed taking care of the cattle.
Time dilation was measured on the smallest scale yet
Popular Science
One such optical clock exists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This clock holds six strontium pancakes—in effect, six smaller clocks—in the same structure. (There’s nothing unique about that number; they could add more or less. “Six is somewhat arbitrary,” says Shimon Kolkowitz, a physicist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.)
Governors push for inflation solutions ahead of midterm elections
Axios
Driving the news: Wisconsin’s Gov. Tony Evers announced in his “State of the State” address this week that he’ll extend the University of Wisconsin’s tuition freeze for another year. The Democratic governor also renewed calls to funnel the state’s budget surplus back to taxpayers, giving every Wisconsin resident a $150 tax rebate.
White House Isn’t Rushing to Copy Democratic Governors’ New ‘COVID-Normal’
The Daily Beast
“The White House and CDC are in a no-win position,” said David O’Connor, a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of Wisconsin. “Not only is there not a one-size-fits-all solution that they can recommend to the entire country, but there are a spectrum of reasonable options given a receding Omicron surge in late winter.”
Transgender lawyers gearing up to fight anti-trans bills
The Washington Post
Harvard is just one of many schools — including Columbia University, New York University, the University of Michigan and the University of Wisconsin at Madison — with student organizations that center queer and trans people of color. Many law schools maintain chapters of OutLaw, an LGBTQ student group.
Former Badgers Sarah Nurse, Ann-Renée Desbiens power Canada over US for Olympic women’s hockey gold
Wisconsin State Journal
There was no stopping Canada in the Beijing Olympics women’s hockey tournament, and two former University of Wisconsin players were key in the crowning achievement Thursday.
UW-Madison mask mandate to end March 12
The Daily Cardinal
Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced Wednesday that the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s current on-campus mask mandate will be extended to March 11. The decision follows an announcement made earlier in the day by the UW system that all on-campus mask mandates will be allowed to expire in early March.
UW to drop mask mandate before spring break
The Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin announced in an email that its mask mandate will expire March 12, the day spring recess begins.
Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes visits UW-Madison, tours Red Gym and multi-cultural center
The Daily Cardinal
Lt. Gov. Barnes walked through and received a tour of the Red Gym Wednesday following Gov. Tony Evers State of the State address the night before. His visit focused mainly on the multi-cultural center, which is home to the Black Cultural Center, Latinx Cultural Center, Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Student Center and American Indian Student and Cultural Center.
Madison swim community supports UW student’s recovery
The Daily Cardinal
The family of a University of Wisconsin-Madison senior has found support among the Madison area swim community after their son, a member of Swim Club UW and coach at the Madison Aquatic Club, sustained a serious head injury on Jan. 30.
UW System set to remove campus mask mandates in March
The Capital Times
According to a statement issued by interim president Tommy Thompson Wednesday morning, the reversal will come by spring break at the latest. Those dates vary by campus, with UW-Madison’s recess beginning March 12.
Solar opponents say Wisconsin Constitution bars leases, ask regulators to toss permit application
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison law professor Heinz Klug said opponents may be misreading the clause, which was designed to prevent feudal tenure, a system of servitude, rather than restricting a landowner’s ability to lease out land.
GOP bill aims to strip subjectivity from UW admissions process
Wisconsin State Journal
Some students applying to University of Wisconsin System campuses have long wondered whether there’s a minimum GPA or test score they must meet to gain admission, despite UW admissions officers denying there is any hidden threshold.
UW-Madison to lift mask mandate March 12
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison will lift its mask mandate when spring break starts March 12, a move criticized by some on campus as too soon to begin easing up on the COVID-19 safety measure.