“While the increase in inflation during the pandemic has been problematic for many reasons, it is perhaps a necessary side effect of economic aid that has helped keep Americans out of poverty and businesses solvent during an extraordinary crisis,” wrote Menzie Chinn, a professor of public affairs and economics.
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UW Board of Regents give 2% raises to chancellors, System president
The UW Board of Regents approved 2% raises for chancellors and the University of Wisconsin System president in a closed-door meeting on Thursday. The $87,250 in leadership raises range from $12,123 for UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank to $4,669 for UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow. Raises for chancellors do not require legislative approval.
UW-Madison chancellor calls political divide the greatest threat to public universities
In her farewell address to the UW Board of Regents Thursday, Rebecca Blank also took aim at state involvement in campus building projects, criticized some “one-size-fits-all” University of Wisconsin System policies and again called for raising in-state undergraduate tuition.
Blank: Political divide is greatest threat to UW-Madison
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s outgoing chancellor is warning regents that the state’s bitter political polarization is the greatest threat to the school’s existence.
Blank: Political divide is greatest threat to UW-Madison
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s outgoing chancellor is warning regents that the state’s political polarization is the greatest threat to the school’s existence.
Rowing for a reason: Badgers crew teams take part in challenge to raise money for brain cancer research
The Wisconsin Badger men’s and women’s crew teams rowed their hearts out Thursday to raise money for brain cancer research. The teams took part in a yearly challenge that pits some of the top universities against each other for the cause.
Badger pride alive on the ice in Beijing
If Olympic teams could compete by college instead of country, Wisconsin Women’s Hockey could field its own roster. There are five Badger alumni competing for Canada in the Winter Games: Kristen Campbell, Emily Clark, Ann-Renée Desbiens, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull.
UW-Madison alum, rapper wife caught with $4.5 billion of stolen cryptocurrency
Lichtenstein grew up in Glenview, Illinois and according to university spokesperson Meredith McGlone, he then graduated from UW-Madison in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. During his time as a student, Lichtenstein worked for an internet marketing firm before creating his own tech startup, MixRank, which sought to reveal the ad campaign strategy of different companies’ competitors.
UW Health announces employee booster mandate
UW Health workers must receive a booster by May 2. Failure to comply could result in job termination.
UW researchers employ virtual reality technology to reimagine scientific exploration
UW Virtual Environments Group use the power of VR to enhance data visualization as others creatively.
Liz Claiborne Co-Founder Helped Create a Fashion Star
After service in the Navy, he earned an economics degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1948 and an MBA degree from Columbia University two years later. While working as a securities analyst at Sutro Brothers in New York, Mr. Chazen got a call from a Wisconsin classmate whose family owned an apparel maker. He was soon launched as a traveling garment salesman, driving to small-town shops in Indiana and Illinois, the start of a thorough education in the rag trade.
How The Crypto Couple Went From Wannabe Tech Luminaries To Targets In The Biggest Financial Seizure In Justice Department History
It was an image of success he had been building for a decade. After graduating with a major in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Lichtenstein had sought like-minded entrepreneurs and went to Silicon Valley, where he met other techno-libertarians, according to his trail of now-defunct websites and businesses identified by Forbes. One of his more notable sites was RonPaulFan.com, which contained a stream of news and support for the one-time Republican presidential candidate who became a famous advocate for cryptocurrency. According to the site’s banner, it was the “#1 source for all Ron Paul news.
Judd Bernard, Producer on the Neo-Noir Classic ‘Point Blank,’ Dies at 94
Born in Chicago on June 20, 1927, and raised in the city, Bernard attended the University of Wisconsin before moving to New York City to become a band manager. He then worked as a publicist who represented such clients as Billie Holiday, David O. Selznick, Stanley Kramer, Ben Hecht and Louis B. Mayer.
Scientists Hail ‘Big Moment’ for Future of Nuclear Fusion
Stephanie Diem of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, said the technology used by JET to achieve the result, using magnets to control ultra-hot plasma, show that harnessing fusion — a process that occurs naturally in the stars — is physically feasible.
NASA has big plans for space farms
“It’s just so expensive and so hard to constantly provide food and oxygen and all the things that you need to keep people alive,” Simon Gilroy, professor of botany at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who was not involved with the research. Space is a “weird” place for biology to exist in, says Gilroy, and that’s one of the reasons it’s a great opportunity to study plants and humans’ evolutionary record.
McQueen’s N.Y. Show, Kim Jones’ London Fete and Brooke Does Jordache
2018 FSF Scholar and Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles graduate Carrillo and 2021 FSF Virgil Abloh™️ Post-Modern Scholar and University of Wisconsin, Madison student Abrams won the opportunity to develop and manufacture the co-branded collections to be taken to market.
‘Loophole’ allowing for deforestation on soya farms in Brazil’s Amazon
Holly Gibbs, professor of geography and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US, said: “At the same time that soy farmers comply with the moratorium, they continue to deforest illegally for other purposes.”
Life expectancy for Pennsylvanians ticks up
Zoom in: Philadelphia is ranked the least healthy county in the state, according to the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
Indigenous farmers are leading a new food movement
She respectfully declines to identify the crops’ specific varieties to protect the recipient tribal nations and their seeds, citing past scientific and corporate exploitation—like genetic patenting. She first encountered resistance to the technology in 2017 when she embarked on a growing project on former Ho-Chunk land with Claire Luby, a postdoc researcher in plant breeding and seed systems at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Initially, the duo considered mapping the genomes of each plant, hoping the DNA would reveal advantages that may have helped the ancient corn adapt to the northern climate. They theorized that genetic patterns might suggest whether any varieties were the foundations for some of the present-day corn grown across the Midwest. Or maybe that a cluster of crops from the Great Lakes region are distantly related to Southwestern ones. But it wasn’t meant to be.
UVA spent $32,000 on lecture by critical race theorist Ibram X. Kendi
The $32,500 Kendi received to speak virtually to the university was more than $10,000 less than what he received in September from the University of Wisconsin to deliver a closed-door ticketed lecture.
Fitchburg man drives off from traffic stop, crashes vehicle, flees on foot, UW-Madison police say
The UW–Madison Police Department has arrested a Fitchburg man following a traffic stop in which he fled the scene and later crashed his vehicle.
GOP bill would give industry more control over environmental regulation in Wisconsin
“That is actually one of the key reasons for judicial review,” said Susan Yackee, director of UW-Madison’s LaFollette School of Public Affairs and an expert on the rule-making process. “We actually have a pretty clear process for doing this exact thing already.”
UW Health requiring COVID-19 booster shots for staff, volunteers
UW Health providers, staff, students and volunteers are required to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster by May 2, the organization said Wednesday. About 96% of staff are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, following a requirement announced last year. UW Health and UnityPoint Health-Meriter announced vaccination requirements in August after SSM Health, including St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, did so in June 2021.
UW-Madison keeps alive its 20-year streak in international computer competition
The university’s team placed 17th out of 117 teams at the International Collegiate Programming Contest world finals in Moscow last fall, the results of which were recently released. It’s the 20th consecutive year UW-Madison has made it to the world finals, a title no other school in North America can claim, according to the university’s Computer Sciences department.
Four Badger players invited to NFL Scouting Combine
Tight end Jake Ferguson (144th-ranked prospect at Pro Football Focus), inside linebackers Leo Chenal (#35) and Jack Sanborn (#120) and tackle Logan Bruss (#172) all project to be drafted within the first five rounds. Former Badger quarterback Jack Coan, who wrapped up his college career at Notre Dame, will also make an appearance at the combine.
UW Health adds to COVID-19 vaccine mandate – will require boosters too
UW Health workers will soon be required to have received an extra dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. On Wednesday, the health system announced it would require booster shots for its providers, staff, students, and volunteers starting in early May.
UW-Madison to honor six outstanding Women of Color honorees March 3
Six Madison-area women — Dr. Cat Burkat, Jennifer Gauthier, Dr. Sheryl Henderson, Carola Gaines, Danielle Yancey, and Carolina Sarmiento — have been selected to be honored with UW-Madison Outstanding Women of Color Awards.
Is there too much censorship on campus?
As UW-Madison professor Mark Copelovitch says in the New York Times podcast “The Argument: Is the University of Austin Just a PR Stunt?”: “We’re trying to make a commitment to sifting and winnowing … we’re scholars trying to figure out what is the, quote unquote, ‘truth’ about how the world works.”
University, faculty address COVID-19 learning effects on accessibility
The COVID-19 pandemic introduced a multitude of changes into the lives of students across the globe. From daily zoom classes to constant masking and social distancing in dormitories, nothing about college or learning felt the same. Those with disabilities, mental and physical alike, had to adjust their learning accommodations and routines as the pandemic altered major aspects of their lives.
Students seek out innovative opportunities with Badger Blockchain, a new organization on campus
University of Wisconsin-Madison welcomed a new student organization to campus this fall. Badger Blockchain, founded this past August, aims to “engage and evangelize the UW-Madison student community into Blockchain technology.”
ASM to discuss a resolution to “break free” from single-use plastics
The Associated Students of Madison will discuss the Break Free From Plastics Resolution legislation tonight to push for the school to stop purchasing single-use plastic. The legislation calls for the university to slowly eliminate the purchase of unnecessary and wasteful plastic.
Chazen Museum patron Jerome Chazen dies Sunday at 94
Jerome Chazen’s life inspires Chazen’s future, Chazen Museum’s chief of staff says.
Texas-style GOP abortion ban gets hearing in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin bill also mimics what University of Wisconsin Law School professor David Schwartz deemed most “sly” about Texas’ law. Because private citizens rather than state officials would enforce the ban, “it would be challenging for courts to block the law before a bounty-hunter brings a case under it, yet the law would deter access to abortion even without a bounty-hunting case being brought,” he said in a statement.
After Wisconsin wrestler was harassed and called racist names, Iowa is investigating
Officials at Iowa are investigating fans’ behavior at Carver-Hawkeye Arena after University of Wisconsin wrestler Austin Gomez reported he and his family were harassed at a dual match Saturday.
Wisconsin football posts job opening for defensive assistant coach
The posting only designates that the position is for a defensive coach and does not list a position applicants would be coaching. The State Journal has reported that Bob Bostad — UW’s inside linebackers coach for the past five seasons — will be moving over to the offensive line to fill the void at that position left by Joe Rudolph’s departure.
Wisconsin men’s hockey games against Notre Dame postponed due to COVID-19 protocols
If the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team and Notre Dame play a Big Ten series this week, it won’t be on Thursday and Friday as scheduled. The games between the Badgers and the 11th-ranked Fighting Irish have been postponed, UW announced Tuesday evening. The school cited COVID-19 protocols within the Badgers team for the decision.
Wisconsin, Iowa Release Statement After Wrestler Says Fan Called Him a Racial Slur at Match
“The Iowa Athletics Department was made aware of a situation that occurred on Saturday during our wrestling match at Carver-Hawkeye Arena against the University of Wisconsin,” the release read. “One of Wisconsin’s student-athletes reported a fan in the stands yelling racially insensitive remarks directed at he and his family. The University of Iowa denounces any act of hatred and is committed to providing a safe and equitable environment. Iowa’s Athletic Administration has reached out to Wisconsin, and the student-athlete, to apologize for the incident and to let them know we are following up on this matter. Any individual found in violation of our fan behavior policy is subject to being banned from attending future Hawkeye athletic events.”
Why outdated rainfall records are blocking cities’ climate change preparations
“Throughout most of the country, big storms are happening more often,” says Daniel Wright, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “There’s every reason to expect that rainfall will continue to intensify in the future.”
Opinion | A judge should not have rejected Ahmaud Arbery’s killers’ plea deal
Steven Wright, a clinical associate professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, teaches criminal appellate law and creative writing.The fate of Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers, whose federal hate-crimes trial began on Monday, took an unexpectedly dark turn last week when a federal judge rejected a plea deal reached with prosecutors. Under the deal, two of Arbery’s three killers were to accept responsibility for federal hate crimes; at least one had confirmed he would publicly admit race had motivated the murder. In exchange, the two men would serve the next 30 years in federal custody. The plea deal fell apart largely because the Arbery family objected.
#ConnorStrong: Local swim community shows support for beloved coach after tragic accident
Her son, Connor, fell near the Kohl Center on the UW campus and suffered a traumatic head injury. He was found by two men nearby who threw their jackets on top of Connor to keep him warm and waited until paramedics arrived.
UW Athletics denounces racist taunts aimed at its wrestler during Iowa match
University of Wisconsin Athletics is denouncing the behavior of a fan who allegedly called one of the Badger student-athletes a racial slur at a wrestling match over the weekend at Iowa.
UW, Iowa Athletics responds after fan yells racial slur at Wisconsin wrestler
University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Director Chris McIntosh issued a statement Monday acknowledging the “vulgar and racially insensitive language” that wrestler Austin Gomez experienced at the University of Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Sleeping eight hours a night could help with weight loss: study says
A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that by increasing sleep duration to 8.5 hours per night people reduced the number of calories consumed in a day and the long-term potential to gain weight.
An hour’s extra sleep puts overweight subjects into calorie deficit
The study also involved researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and explored this question via a randomized clinical trial involving 80 adults. These subjects were overweight and had habitually short sleep duration, of less than 6.5 hours a night, a recognized risk factor for obesity. The idea was to investigate whether extending their sleep duration could mitigate this risk, with the subjects taking part in a four-week study, the first two weeks of which were used to gather baseline information on sleep and caloric intake.
Mentoring Doesn’t Need To Be A Trial And Error Practice
Dr. Angela Byars-Winston is a professor in the UW-Madison Department of Medicine and a leading thinker on the science of mentoring.
Tong, Lillian
After returning from a sabbatical year in Australia in 1992, she was offered a job with the Center for Biology Education and with it she found her new passion: working with UW faculty to improve teaching and campus diversity. For the next 14 years she was instrumental in multiple campus-wide initiatives to engage faculty in undergraduate education, including Creating a Collaborative Learning Environment (CCLE), Instructional Materials Development (IMD), First Year Interest Groups (FIGs), Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI) and the National Academies Summer Institutes, to name just a few.
Jerome Chazen, fashion industry leader who helped UW art museum grow, dies at 94
Jerome Chazen, a UW-Madison graduate who went on to co-found Liz Claiborne Inc., and donated $25 million to fund the expansion of the campus art museum named after him and his wife, died Sunday at age 94. “Jerry was deeply devoted to the arts and to education,” UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in a press release, adding that Chazen was someone who found great joy in introducing new audiences to the art world.
Jerome Chazen, namesake of UW-Madison’s art museum, dies at 94
Jerome “Jerry” Chazen, a 1948 University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate and philanthropist for whom the Chazen Museum of Art is named, died Sunday at the age of 94, the university said.
UW-Madison remembers art advocate, philanthropist Jerome Chazen
Jerome Chazen, a philanthropist, arts advocate and man whose name was later honored in the new namesake of the art museum on UW-Madison’s campus, has died. He was 94 years old.
New temporary side effects linked to COVID-19 vaccine
But MD Michael Beninati, an OBGYN at UW Health, says there is no evidence to suggest the vaccine impacts a woman’s ability to conceive.
Remodeled Chemistry Building aims to bring collaboration to STEM education
Modernized labs, active learning classrooms, flexible lecture halls are features of new space.
UW researchers developing new rapid, more accurate COVID-19 test
New OIL-TAS test will provide cheap, fast, accurate alternative to PCR testing
‘Thought is stronger than any weapon’: Inside the new Bangkok library stocked with banned books
But censorship continues today, often indirectly. Academic Tyrell Haberkorn, a professor of Southeast Asian Studies at University of Wisconsin Madison, said the authorities use many methods to censor books. “There are different ways of banning books.
Official ways, such as when lists of banned books have been published in the Royal Gazette after 6 October 1976,” she said, referring to the black massacre of students on the campus of Thammasat University. “And unofficial ways, when Special Branch police or other state agents intimidate writers, publishers, or printers,” she said.
Winter Carnival returns to UW-Madison’s Memorial Union
The Wisconsin Union’s more than 80-year-old Winter Carnival features a variety of events and activities that showcase the fun wintertime opportunities available to Wisconsin Union members and guests.
Q&A: ‘Stranded on State’s’ Jake Jennings, Matthew Shaw put the spotlight on students
Every weekend, thousands of students flood to State Street to meet up with friends, grab a bite to eat, or just have a good time. Do you ever wonder what they all could be thinking?For over a year, Jake Jennings and Matthew Shaw have been getting to the bottom of it. The two friends came together to start an account on Instagram called “Stranded on State.”
UW-Madison’s newest sorority: Zeta Tau Alpha
Bringing a new sorority chapter to a university is no easy feat, UW-Madison ZTA President Rhyan Peed told The Daily Cardinal. She explained that there are a multitude of unexpected challenges that can arise during the complex process.
The annual Winter Carnival returns to campus in 2022
The Wisconsin Union Directorate and Hoofers will kick off their annual Winter Carnival on Monday. The event has been a long-time favorite for University of Wisconsin-Madison students and the local community for decades.
Is Our Wisconsin doing its job from behind a screen?
“When I did it as a freshman, it was the third or fourth day after we moved in,” Yadev said. “I really liked the intentions behind it; you could tell, based on the questions they were asking, that the staff wanted us to understand that a lot of us came from different backgrounds and have different identities that affect how we experience the world. I personally had never experienced something like that in high school.”
How offensive coordinator Bobby Engram found right fit with Wisconsin football
Bobby Engram wasn’t looking to leave his post as the Baltimore Ravens’ tight ends coach. He was in a strong organization, coaching one of the best players at the position in the league and learning from a highly respected coach. But the opportunity to become the offensive coordinator at the University of Wisconsin was too good to pass up.
Former Wisconsin goalie Alex Cavallini records shutout in first Olympic start for US
It was a first for Alex Cavallini. It was another two for Hilary Knight. The former University of Wisconsin women’s hockey stars were key parts of the U.S. victory against Switzerland at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday.