The leader of a committee searching for a new chancellor for the University of Wisconsin-Madison says she wants to pick someone by May.
Committee hopes to pick new UW-Madison chancellor by May
WISC-TV 3
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UW System offering students $500 tuition credit for hospital work
WISC-TV 3
“Our students have stepped up in the past,” Thompson said in a statement. “This is another opportunity for them to gain valuable experience while helping Wisconsin combat the latest coronavirus wave.”
UW Health uses eICU to help rural hospitals during COVID-19 surge
WISC-TV 3
As a surge of COVID-19 cases put further stress on rural hospitals, UW Health is helping out.The hospital’s eICU program gives UW Health experts a chance to help other hospitals that may not have enough intensive care units or expertise on site.
Fans get chance to take photos with Badgers’ National Championship trophy
WISC-TV 3
The celebrations continued Wednesday for Badger Volleyball after the team won their first National Championship Saturday.
UW Health technology helps rural hospitals manage latest COVID-19 surge
WKOW-TV 27
Rural hospitals throughout Wisconsin are facing a daunting task caused by a new wave of COVID-19 cases in their emergency rooms corresponding with already full hospitals.
Wisconsin women’s basketball calls off Eastern Illinois game due to COVID-19
NBC-15
The Wisconsin women’s basketball team has called off its game Wednesday against Eastern Illinois due to COVID-19 cases in the Badgers’ program. The women’s team was set to face off against the Panthers on Thursday at the Kohl Center.
UW System offering $500 tuition reimbursements to help fight COVID-19
NBC-15
The University of Wisconsin System wants to give $500 tuition credits to hundreds of students for joining the front lines in the battle to contain the worsening COVID-19 pandemic.
Omicron Tracking in U.S. Is Hindered by Data Gaps
Wall Street Journal
With less real-time reporting and piecemeal testing programs, policy makers are reacting to Covid-19 rather than proactively working to contain it, said Ajay Sethi, an associate professor of population health sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
High school football player Jaden Rashada signs endorsement deal with recruiting app
ABC News
Rashada said he did some of his own research to make sure he was allowed to explore endorsement deals. He also worked with an adviser, Ethan Weinstein, to help secure his first deal. Weinstein is a college junior who represents a handful of college athletes in NIL deals. He has previously worked in the University of Wisconsin recruiting office and interned with agent Drew Rosenhaus.
2% pay raises approved for Wisconsin state employees, except Milwaukee County DA
Associated Press
The bipartisan Joint Committee of Employment Relations voted unanimously to approve the pay plan.
Health care workers frustrated, exhausted amid latest COVID surge
ABC News
Dr. Jamie Hess, an emergency physician at University of Wisconsin, reported that her team is seeing higher volumes of patients in the emergency department than ever before.
$1 million donation will support renovations at One City Schools’ future campus
Wisconsin State Journal
The planned renovation of the facility brings One City Schools closer to its goal of offering a tuition-free public charter school, authorized by the University of Wisconsin System, for students in grades 5-12. One City Schools currently offers a tuition-based independent preschool that serves 2- and 3-year-olds as well as 4K students and a tuition-free public charter school for students in K-4.
Birkemeier, William Philip
Wisconsin State Journal
In 1960, now Dr. William P. Birkemeier accepted a professorship at the prestigious University of Wisconsin College of Engineering and moved his family one final time to Madison. As a university professor at a major research-one Institution, Dr. Birkemeier made significant contributions to his discipline of electrical and computer engineering.
Wisconsin men’s basketball team finds new opponent for Thursday’s game at Kohl Center
Wisconsin State Journal
The Badgers will play George Mason at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Kohl Center. Tickets remain valid despite the change in opponent.
Search panel aims to name next UW-Madison chancellor in May
Wisconsin State Journal
The tentative timeline, laid out for the first time by search committee chair Karen Walsh, includes an application deadline in mid-March, semifinalist interviews in mid-April, campus finalist visits during the first week of May and a recommendation to the full UW Board of Regents by mid-May.
West, Wanda Mae (Cook)
Wisconsin State Journal
Wanda worked as a meat wrapper for Kohl’s Food Stores in Madison, and after retiring from there she worked for UW-Madison Housing.
‘Twindemic’ | Effectively absent last year, the flu’s coming back
NBC-15
While the precautions taken last year to prevent the spread of COVID-19 also resulted in an astounding drop in typical flu cases too, health officials at UW Health warn not to expect a similar reprieve this winter.
Record TV audience watched Badgers women’s volleyball national championship win
WISC-TV 3
Nearly 1.2 million people tuned in to watch the Wisconsin Badgers women’s volleyball team take home their first national championship Saturday night, setting a record for the most-watched women’s college volleyball match ever on ESPN, the network said Tuesday.
UW Health experts warn of potential ‘twindemic’ this winter
WISC-TV 3
According to UW Health medical director Dr. Jim Conway, flu cases are already increasing in Wisconsin, further straining the state’s hospitals.
UW expert: Omicron could be dominant COVID-19 variant in Wisconsin in matter of days
WISC-TV 3
Dr. Nasia Safdar, the vice chair for research in the School of Medicine and Public Health and UW Hospital’s medical director of infection control, made the remarks in a live-streamed question-and-answer session focused on the variant Tuesday night.
UPDATED: ‘Large portion’ of omicron cases in Dane County identified on UW campus
Badger Herald
Cases surge in Dane County with nearly 150 confirmed cases.
How Long Does Omicron Take to Make You Sick?
The Atlantic
Shorter incubation periods generally lead to more infections happening in less time, because people are becoming more contagious sooner, making onward transmission harder to prevent. Ajay Sethi, an epidemiologist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, told me he still wants more data on Omicron before he touts a trim incubation. But “it does make sense,” he said, considering the variant’s explosive growth in pretty much every country it’s collided with. In many places, Omicron cases are doubling every two to three days.
What Is Engaged Scholarship and How Can It Improve Your Research?
Inside Higher Ed
As academics engage with and learn from communities, the benefits of community engagement—more valid, compelling and informative scientific discovery—will continue to become apparent. Ultimately, the motivations driving community-engaged scholarship coalesce around a desire to improve the quality of one’s research, which should be a career-long goal for all of us in academia.
-Kristen Slack is a professor of social work and affiliate of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She is also the founder of Prof2Prof, an interdisciplinary platform for sharing research scholarship as well as instructional tools, resources and strategies for higher education. Visit their FAQ page for more details on how to use Prof2Prof to heighten the discoverability of your academic scholarship, broadly defined, and to learn from peers within and across disciplines, continents and academic roles.
2021 was a pivotal year for octopuses, manatees, wolves, and more
Vox
Although millions of monarchs used to arrive in California each fall, this year’s tally is still an encouraging sign. It indicates that monarchs, like many insects, can recover quickly under the right conditions. “They lay hundreds of eggs,” Karen Oberhauser, a monarch expert and professor of entomology at the University of Wisconsin Madison, told Vox in December. “Good conditions can lead to quick increases in their numbers.”
COVID forces Wisconsin men’s basketball team’s opponent to cancel Thursday’s game at Kohl Center
Wisconsin State Journal
The Wisconsin men’s basketball team is searching for a new opponent for Thursday at the Kohl Center after Morgan State notified the Badgers on Monday that it can’t travel due to COVID-19 complications within its program.
DNA sequencing can help babies with symptoms not explained by newborn screening
Wisconsin State Journal
With older children or adults who have spent years trying to pinpoint the cause of their conditions, speed is not as vital, he said. That’s why genome sequencing for patients at the new Undiagnosed Genetic Disease Clinic is done at UW-Madison’s Biotechnology Center, which can run so-called “long-read” sequencing that can provide even more answers. UW plans to study up to 500 patients at the clinic over five years, with the goal of diagnosing rare disorders and discovering new disease genes.
How Chris Vogt is balancing Wisconsin basketball, graduate school finals and helping his hometown
Wisconsin State Journal
While the majority of his University of Wisconsin men’s basketball teammates focused on resting and finishing finals during a scheduled week off between games, Vogt traveled to Mayfield to help his community after much of the city was devastated by a tornado Dec. 10.
UW Regents increase salary ranges for top leaders amid 2 major searches
Wisconsin State Journal
The UW Board of Regents on Monday increased salary ranges for top leaders between 5% and 32%, a move that will give them more negotiating power amid two high-profile searches for the next University of Wisconsin System president and UW-Madison chancellor.
Losing a legend: Celebrated Olympian and UW–Madison crew star Carie Graves dead at 68
Madison Magazine
Graves was the star of the first national championship won by a UW varsity women’s team; a two-time Olympian and five-time national rowing team member. She died Sunday.
UW-Madison researchers say sharks hold potential for future COVID-19 treatment
WKOW-TV 27
UW-Madison researchers say study of four nurse sharks swimming in a campus lab aquarium holds promise in developing a more effective treatment for COVID-19. The study involved examining the properties of the antibodies of the three-foot long, juvenile sharks after drawing their blood.
Wisconsin’s 48 Most Influential Black Leaders, Part 2
Madison365
Chayla Edwards is a defender with the NCAA national champion University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team, where she played in all 21 games during the championship campaign.
This award is the biggest yet for Wisconsin volleyball star Dana Rettke
Wisconsin State Journal
Rettke was named Friday as the National Player of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, the first Badgers player ever to receive that honor.
NCAA champion Badgers volleyball players celebrate with their fans
Wisconsin State Journal
The celebration that began on the floor of Nationwide Arena on Saturday night following the longest match in NCAA tournament history, picked up late Sunday afternoon when the team landed in Madison.
Teams, athletes around Wisconsin congratulate Badger volleyball for first national title
WKOW-TV 27
With the Badgers volleyball team taking home its first championship Saturday night, teams and players around Wisconsin sounded off online to congratulate them.
UW Madison holds first in-person ceremony for winter graduates since 2019
WKOW-TV 27
UW Madison marked the graduation of more than 1,000 students at the Kohl Center Sunday.
UW hosts celebration as National Champion Badgers return home
WISC-TV 3
Badger Volleyball captured the first National Championship in program history on Saturday. Now, fans got their chance to party with the team.
1,800 Badgers graduate at UW’s winter commencement
WISC-TV 3
More than 1,800 doctoral, professional, master’s, and bachelor’s students earned degree inside the Kohl Center on Sunday at UW-Madison’s Winter 2021 Commencement.
UW-Madison Winter Carnival to return in-person
NBC-15
Lady Liberty will be gracing Lake Mendota once again this February.
UW-Madison winter Class of 2021 celebrates after years of resilience amid pandemic
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison student speaker Jai Khanna reflected on the past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic as he looked out across a sea of faces, masked under their graduation caps, during the university’s first commencement that allowed friends and families of graduates to attend in person since December 2019.
CNN correspondent Manu Raju addresses UW Madison winter graduates
NBC-15
An exciting weekend for UW Madison continued with in-person Winter Commencement Sunday. CNN’s chief congressional correspondent and former NBC15 intern Manu Raju addressed 1,200 graduates and their families on the importance of taking risks.
UW volleyball fans celebrate championship win
NBC-15
For the first time in the program’s history, the University of Wisconsin Badgers’ Volleyball team hoists the NCAA Championship Trophy after beating the Nebraska Cornhuskers to earn the title.
Wisconsin’s 48 Most Influential Black Leaders
Madison365
Marisa Moseley is in her first season as the head women’s basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin.
Volleyball: UW beats Nebraska in a thriller to win first ever national championship
Badger Herald
Badgers get the job done and go out in style.
2021 winter commencement opens doors to family, friends for first time since 2019
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin graduates gathered Dec. 19 decked out in caps and gowns to celebrate the first in-person commencement with family and friends since 2019.
UW-Madison reports highest number of COVID cases since September
Daily Cardinal
University of Wisconsin-Madison health services reported 75 positive COVID-19 tests among students Thursday, the highest number of confirmed cases in a single day yet this semester. The previous high was 65 cases one Sept. 16, a week after fall semester began.
UW Health: Voices from the COVID-19 intensive care unit
NBC-15
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers at UW Health are sharing their experiences in the intensive care unit (ICU) at University Hospital in Madison. University Hospital is a level one trauma center, a referral center for other hospitals, and often sees the sickest patients or patients that need a higher level of care.
UW-Madison study finds shark proteins prevent virus that causes COVID-19
NBC-15
UW-Madison explained that the proteins, known as VNARs, are taken from the immune system of sharks. Researchers found these proteins can prevent the virus that causes COVID-19, its variants and other related coronaviruses from infecting humans.
The Revolutionary Writing of bell hooks
The New Yorker
In 1973, Watkins graduated from Stanford; as a nineteen-year-old undergraduate, she had already completed a draft of a visionary history of Black feminism and womanhood. During the seventies, she pursued graduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of California, Santa Cruz.
New Report Touts Benefits Of State Income Tax Repeal As Governors & Lawmakers Jockey To Become Nation’s 10th No-Income-Tax State
Forbes
This is the context in which a new study was released today by University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Noah Williams, founder of the Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy (CROWE), finding that Wisconsin taxpayers and the state economy as a whole would benefit if the Badger State were to become the nation’s 10th no-income-tax state, making it the only state in the Midwest without an income tax.
Groundbreaking Feminist Scholar bell hooks Dies at 69
Smithsonian Magazine
hooks attended Stanford University on a scholarship and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English. As a 19-year-old student, she wrote the first draft of what would eventually become her first work of feminist thought, Ain’t I a Woman?, She went on to receive a master’s degree in English from the University of Wisconsin in 1976 and a PhD in literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1983.
Wisconsin basketball player raises over $150K for hometown wrecked by tornadoes
ABC News
When a tornado ravaged his hometown in Kentucky, University of Wisconsin basketball player Chris Vogt was preparing for one of his team’s biggest games of the season.
Winter graduations could be super-spreader events
Inside Higher Ed
The University of Wisconsin at Madison is also requiring all attendees to wear masks at the Kohl Center arena on Sunday. At Arizona State University, which hosts 24 separate convocation events throughout the week, masks are required for indoor ceremonies and strongly recommended for the commencement inside Sun Devil Stadium.
Seeking Refills: Aging Pharmacists Leave Drugstores Vacant in Rural America
Kaiser Health News
“It’s going to be harder to attract people and to pay them,” said David Kreling, a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy. “If there’s not a generational thing where someone can sit down with their son or daughter and say that they could take the store over, there’s a good chance that pharmacy will evaporate.”
High five: Badgers go distance and will play for NCAA volleyball title
Wisconsin State Journal
The Badgers (30-3) will face No. 10 Nebraska for the title on Saturday night. To get there, it took arguably the best effort of the season for the Badgers to get past a talented and driven Louisville team, which finished 32-1.
All for one: Wisconsin sports world congratulates Badgers volleyball on Final Four victory
Wisconsin State Journal
From other University of Wisconsin squads to professional teams and sports personalities — and even the official “Grit Factory Hat” account — the Wisconsin sports world joined in on the celebration after the fourth-seeded Badgers volleyball team defeated the top-seeded Louisville Cardinals in an epic five-set NCAA Final Four showdown Thursday night in Columbus, Ohio.
UW Police warn against safety risks of Apple AirTags
WISC-TV 3
Apple AirTags are a convenient way to keep track of personal property, but UW Police say they can also be a safety risk. According to police, the tags can be used for stalking.
Students evacuated after reports of potential gas leak
Daily Cardinal
According to police officers on scene, Chamberlin Hall, Sewell Social Sciences, Van Vleck, Ingraham Hall and Bascom Hall were all evacuated but are now cleared and reopened.
bell hooks, Pathbreaking Black Feminist, Dies at 69
The New York Times
She received a master’s degree in English from the University of Wisconsin in 1976 and a doctorate in literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1983, with a dissertation on Toni Morrison.
Trailblazing Black feminist and social critic bell hooks dies at 69
The Washington Post
Dr. hooks received a bachelor’s degree in 1973 and studied English literature in graduate school, earning a master’s degree in 1976 from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a doctorate in 1983 from the University of California at Santa Cruz, where she wrote her dissertation on novelist Toni Morrison.
bell hooks, ‘Aint I A Woman’ and ‘All About Love’ author dies at 69
USA Today
Born Gloria Jean Watkins in Hopkinsville, Kentucky she went on to pen many literary works under the pseudonym bell hooks, a tribute to her great-grandmother that she chose to write using lowercase letters to focus attention on her words rather than herself. After receiving a Bachelors’ degree from Stanford University, a Master’s from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her doctorate a the University of California – Santa Cruz.