While the world looks on with trepidation at regional wars in Israel and Ukraine, a far more dangerous global crisis is quietly building at the other end of Eurasia, along an island chain that has served as the front line for America’s national defense for endless decades. (Author: Alfre C. McCoy)
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Electric Motors Are About to Get a Major Upgrade Thanks to Benjamin Franklin
Leading the effort to resuscitate Franklin’s concept for motors big enough to use in industrial applications is C-Motive Technologies in Middleton, Wis. It is a 16-person startup founded by a pair of University of Wisconsin engineers named Justin Reed and Daniel Ludois who spent years tinkering with electrostatic motors to see if they could be improved.
Tammy Baldwin and Eric Hovde spar over abortion and the economy in tense Wisconsin Senate debate
Baldwin received her undergraduate degree from Smith College in Massachusetts and graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Hovde received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
How Long Does Halloween Candy Last?
Yes, but not in the same way that perishable items such as eggs, chicken and produce do. When candy goes bad, it’s “almost always a physical (drying out) or chemical (lipid oxidation, flavor change) change and not microbial,” Richard W. Hartel, a food science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says.
University Presidents Should Not Silence Themselves
Hamas attacks and the Israeli response. Colleges and universities around the country are reconsidering their neutrality policies in the wake of such positions adopted by the University of Virginia, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Southern California, Harvard, Stanford, and many others. Schools are balancing, on the one hand, whether they put student rights or voices at risk when they take sides on controversial issues or whether they have a moral obligation to address societal wrongs.
When Does a High Become a Trip?
Non-hallucinogenic, consciousness-altering experiences, like those reported to result from tabernanthalog use, sound far away from such mystical experiences, and more akin to how some people might feel after drinking a glass of wine or a strong cup of coffee. “Many of us are just filling our bodies with substances that cause acute alterations in consciousness of various degrees,” says Chuck Raison, a psychiatry professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
What Wisconsin voters are focused on in a swing county that’s backed the presidential winner for years
For the Democrats, the strategy entails running up the numbers in Milwaukee and Dane County, home to Madison — the state capitol and the University of Wisconsin. Biden won more than 75% of the vote there in 2020. Democrats are also trying to stanch the bleeding in rural swaths that have swung heavily towards Trump.
What we know: Fate of Texas death row inmate’s testimony before a state legislative committee is uncertain
“It’s the entire case, and that is Mr. Roberson’s case,” Keith Findley, professor emeritus with the University of Wisconsin Law School, testified before the Texas Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence last week. “When you have a prosecution, a conviction that rests entirely upon medical, scientific opinion, and it turns out that medical science is, at best, deeply disputed, you have a recipe for real problems.”
RSV research at UW-Madison could lead to new drugs, vaccines
Elizabeth Wright, a UW-Madison professor of biochemistry, said the new images of RSV’s structure will support preventing and slowing infections in the future. Wright runs the research lab that created the new images.
How much the Wisconsin Badgers spend on coach salaries
Badgers coaches are earning more than $27.5 million in the 2024-25 school year, according to a BadgerExtra analysis of salaries provided by Wisconsin through a public records request.
UW-Madison students kick off homecoming week with vibrant window art
UW-Madison’s Homecoming Committee has been preparing for the celebration for months. The jam-packed week of fun features everything from performances, to tailgates, to parties, and parades.
Madison hosts seventh annual Science on the Square fest
Hands-on science stations lined the street, one belonging to a group working in Song Jin’s Lab at the UW Department of Chemistry.
Can sharks cure cancer? UW-Madison research shows positive advancements
Six male nurse sharks live in a tank inside a laboratory on the UW-Madison campus. Originally from the Florida Keys, the sharks were moved to Wisconsin to help fight human cancer.
Conversations around disability reigned as Go Big Read author visited campus
Rebekah Taussig visited the University of Wisconsin-Madison for discussions on disability in classrooms, panels and in her keynote speech as part of the Go Big Read curriculum.
Saturday’s Multicultural Homecoming Tailgate and Watch Party will be “where all Badgers belong”
“The Wisconsin Alumni Association is where all Badgers belong, and we’re excited to welcome alumni and friends back to campus for Homecoming,” Sarah Schutt, the chief alumni officer and executive director of WAA, tells Madison365. “We’re especially happy to support events and traditions that, for more than 10 years, have created meaningful spaces for alumni of color communities to connect and celebrate.”
UW-Madison students’ ‘Nerve Ninja’ wins national inventors competition
Ateam of UW-Madison current and former biomedical engineering students sliced through the competition at a national collegiate inventors competition to win first-place with their combined forceps-scalpel device.
Madison College scraps monthslong search for new leader, restarts
More than a year after the school’s current president announced his retirement, Madison College is starting over in a search for its next leader.
Madison-area cystic fibrosis patients breathing easier thanks to new drugs
At UW Health, which took part in the clinical trial for Trikafta, nearly all 350 or so patients with cystic fibrosis are on Trikafta or similar drugs, and four of them are in their 70s.
Why a family visit carries extra meaning for this Wisconsin volleyball defensive specialist
Ordinarily, Ferda and Ali Guctekin watch their daughter’s University of Wisconsin volleyball matches on replay. That’s because most of the Badgers’ matches are played around 3 a.m. local time in Istanbul, Turkey.
‘Too much for me to handle’: How Wisconsin football players handle social media abuse
Ricardo Hallman can laugh about it now, but two years ago this week was a low point in his football career.
Guest column: UW must improve transfer pathways as MATC enrollment surges
As more students choose MATC for affordability, UW should streamline transfer processes and expand financial aid.
‘Political Palette’ event emphasizes global impact of voting through art during Latine Heritage Month
The educational, nonpartisan event was one of many celebrating Latine Heritage Month. This year’s theme, “Illuminating Our Voices,” aimed to showcase how Latine people share personal passions and culture through art.
Kamala Harris Warned Israel Not to Invade Rafah, Where Sinwar Was Killed
“This moment gives us an opportunity to finally end the war in Gaza,” Harris said during a campaign speech the University of Wisconsin.
To save monarch butterflies, these scientists want to move mountains
“If the monarch migration to this part of the world is to continue, both the trees and the monarchs will need to move,” says Karen Oberhauser, a biologist at University of Wisconsin-Madison who was not involved in the study. According to Oberhauser, who studies monarch butterfly ecology, assisted migration could be a possible solution; however, whether it will work remains to be seen.
Man accused in brutal attack of UW-Madison student to change plea
The brutal attack and sexual assault of a woman happened early the morning of Sept. 3, 2023, and left her fighting for her life. In the criminal complaint filed against Thompson, a Madison Police Department sergeant who was one of the first officers on the scene of the downtown assault described the victim’s injuries as “one of the most horrifying things I’ve seen.”
Man charged in brutal downtown assault of UW-Madison student to plead guilty
According to a Dane County court filing obtained by 27 News, a lawyer for Brandon Thompson wrote to the judge “Defendant Brandon Thompson wishes to waive the upcoming motion hearing in his case, and wishes to instead enter a guilty plea.”
UW-Madison temporarily removes sex education module after inquiry from conservative newspaper
The University of Wisconsin-Madison removed a sex education module from University Health Services after an inquiry from The Madison Federalist indicated the module had a link to a pornographic website.
Proposed UW-Madison residence hall could alleviate housing shortage
“It literally feels like [the] Hunger Games,” the student said of the housing process. “You got to be quick, or you’re going to be lost.”
UW-Madison students launch newspaper to fill ‘conservative student journalism’ void
Conservative students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison launched a new student newspaper, The Madison Federalist, Wednesday evening. They first covered a sex education program that ‘promotes pornography.’
Meet the “Separated” Production Team
In 2007, he (Errol Morris) was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was a graduate student at Princeton University and the University of California-Berkeley. He has received the Columbia Journalism Award and honorary degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Brandeis University, and Middlebury College.
‘Malicious’ texts sent to Wisconsin youths to discourage them from voting
In their letter to the attorney general, Merrick Garland, the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin and the non-profit organization Free Speech for People claimed that the text message had “targeted young voters aged 18-25” and “reached many voters who are part of the University of Wisconsin system”. Now, the letter alleges, “many students and other young voters are fearful that they will face criminal prosecution if they register and exercise their right to vote – because of a malicious, inaccurate text sent by an anonymous party.”
Kamala Harris works to fortify the ‘blue wall’ as Democrats fret over a 2016 repeat
said Barry Burden, director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “When the elections are this close, it’ (paywall)
Why Political Text Blasts Targeting College Students Are Drawing Outrage
Meanwhile, college students in Wisconsin, another swing state, allegedly received mass texts last week that advocates say could dissuade them from voting. The claim came in a Tuesday letter from a free-speech-advocacy group writing on behalf of Wisconsin’s chapter of the League of Women Voters, which supports expanding voting access but does not endorse specific candidates.
Greetings! Madison Public Market art projects take shape
Some art projects are still in the works, Wolf said, like a collaboration with UW-Madison Design Studies teaching professor Monika Thadhani and her class to make an engaging “food culture” wall of historic images.
UW-Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt to step down at end of school year
UW-Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt will step down at the end of the school year and return to the faculty after a turbulent 12 months during which 20% of employees were eliminated, two branch campuses were slated for closure and faculty rebuked his leadership.
Suspect in violent rape last year of UW-Madison student intends to plead guilty
Less than two weeks after he signaled he would pursue an insanity defense, a man accused of a violent rape of a UW-Madison student last year in the city’s Downtown says he will plead guilty.
Reported on-campus rapes decrease, UWPD finds
University Health Services, PAVE-UW share resources for survivors, allies.
Latine Student Union seeks funding for growing community
‘In order to be successful, we strive to make this organization a place that provides resources, space and a support group for all Latine students,’ LSU president says.
Powwow brings community members together to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day
‘We’re still here, we’re not just in the past,’ Wunk Sheek marketing chair says.
Comedian Charlie Berens to visit Madison to mobilize voters
“Cripescast” podcast host Charlie Berens will team up with University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism professor Mike Wagner in a sold-out event to highlight the importance of voting this November and break down key ballot issues.
‘Every day is an Indigenous day’: Wunk Sheek hosts campus Powwow
University of Wisconsin-Madison indigenous student organization Wunk Sheek, celebrated Indigenous People’s day with a Powwow at Dejope Residence Hall. Over 150 people attended the celebration of campus Indigenous life.
Watch Duty Wildfire Tracker Is the Hottest App of the Year
According to the University of Wisconsin, almost one-third of US land is in the so-called wildland-urban interface and thus susceptible to forest fires, up from 29.5% in 1990. Meanwhile, people are spreading out; some 44 million US homes are now under threat from fire, up from 30 million in 1990, the data shows. Climate change is making those 72,000 communities more tenuous.
Column | Climate change is transforming homeownership in the U.S.
To test this idea, Keys and Philip Mulder, now on faculty at the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s business school, searched for the prelude to a housing crash: a distinctive “lead-lag” pattern of a spike in unsold homes (“the lead”), followed by falling prices (“the lag”).
Tom Still: Tech, ’trep issues on campaign back burner, but should emerge over time
Some say the federal government should be allowed to appropriate products patented by universities and developed with private money if the underlying research received any federal funding and if the products are deemed unreasonably priced. In patent law-speak, that’s called “march-in” rights. It would be a major departure from the bipartisan 1980 Bayh-Dole Act, which was silent on what constitutes “reasonable” price and which has been credited with spurring innovation at major universities nationwide, including the UW-Madison. Erik Iverson, who leads the independent Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, has said the proposal “ignores years of input from experts” who have found “there is no legal justification to redefine march-in rights as a price-control tool.”
Here’s when the sunburst chairs at Memorial Union will go away for the year
The removal of the Memorial Union’s colorful orange, yellow and green terrace chairs — that bellwether of impending winter — will start the last week of October.
UW-Madison program supports college transition for rural students
In a survey sent out last spring, the College for Rural Wisconsin found that 82% of rural-identifying UW-Madison students felt somewhat or unprepared for college, director Jennifer Blazek said.
UW-Madison set to kick-off homecoming week, events starting Saturday
Festivities begin with the “Badger Games,” which is a bracket-style student intramural volleyball tournament. That goes from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Nicholas Recreation Center.
Terrace season coming to an end: chair removal anticipated to begin Oct. 28
The Union will continue to host concerts, art events and other activities inside once the outdoor area closes.
Memorial Union Terrace chairs to be removed beginning Oct. 28
Wisconsin Union announced the move on Monday. The removal date is subject to change based on factors including staffing. Crews will remove 2,000 chairs and 431 tables from the Terrace.
Sunburst chairs to be removed from UW-Madison Memorial Union Terrace later this month
The iconic chairs are expected to be removed from the Terrace on Oct. 28. The more than 2,000 yellow, orange and green chairs and more than 400 tables mark an end to the Terrace summer entertainment season.
Why Vote? Voices from the UW Odyssey Project
The UW Odyssey Project empowers adults to overcome adversity and achieve dreams through higher education.
William M. Reynolds
Bill served as director of the graduate program in school psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and held appointments as principal investigator at the Waisman Center on Mental Retardation and Human Development and as discipline chief of Psychology of the University Affiliated Program at the Waisman Center.
Carla Thompson Leskinen
Carla dedicated a significant part of her career to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, working in both the School of Agriculture and the Art Department.
Costs added up for Wisconsin women’s basketball WNIT play. Will benefits follow?
There was an extra step of paperwork necessary as part of the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team’s interest in participating in the 2024 Women’s National Invitation Tournament.
Jack Cipperly
He served as an Assistant Dean in the College of Letters and Science, working with students and staff for thirty two years, which seemed a job made in heaven for him.
Landlords’ lobbyist tried to delay UW-Madison’s new dorm, letter shows
Alobbyist organization for Madison-area landlords and property owners hoped to stall UW-Madison’s push to build a new residence hall, according to a letter to the UW Board of Regents shown to the Wisconsin State Journal last week.
It looks like Coldplay’s Camp Randall show is sold out
Those hoping to see British band Coldplay take the stage at Camp Randall next summer might have a hard time snagging tickets to the stadium’s first concern in nearly three decades.
UW Health’s $465 million Eastpark clinic to open on Madison’s East Side this month
UW Health’s seven-story Eastpark Medical Center, under construction for more than two years in the American Center Business Park on Madison’s Far East Side, will open for patients this month.
The Real Reason You Shouldn’t Let Your Dog Stick Its Head Out the Window
“The quick and dirty answer is that [we] discourage it,” Amy Nichelason, a veterinarian and clinical assistant professor of primary care services at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, tells Inverse. She says it’s not difficult to understand why dogs might enjoy riding with their heads out the window. With their keen sense of smell, “it really is just like sensory overload,” Nichelason says. “It’s like me in the candy store.”
How much longer will invasive stink bugs be around?
If you’re hoping to keep the stink bugs out, your options are slightly limited. The best way is physical exclusion, according to PJ Liesch, the director of the UW-Madison Insect Diagnostic Lab who is aptly referred to as “the Wisconsin Bug Guy.”