Corporate sponsors used the moment to pressure the Washington Redskins into changing their name. The Cleveland Indians followed close behind. College students used the moment to demand trivial changes on their campuses that did nothing to abolish racism. For example, students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison got a rock removed from campus because they believed it was racist. (And yes, that really happened ). They also violently removed the statue of a committed abolitionist, just to give some indication of how much these mobs knew about history
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Wages are up, especially in low-paying sectors
And prices have increased, said University of Wisconsin economist and Manhattan Institute adjunct fellow Noah Williams. “Inflation is up somewhere between 4.5% to 5%, probably, year-over-year,” Williams said. “So, yeah, that 5.5% average wage gain is really only maybe .5% to 1%.”
Accounting Experts Ask Congress to Change Proposal on Minimum Corporate Tax
Among those listed as signing the latest letter: Thomas Linsmeier, a University of Wisconsin accounting professor who served from 2006 to 2016 on the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the nonprofit organization that sets U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, and retired Cornell University professor Thomas Dyckman, who held positions with groups affiliated with FASB in the 1980s and early 1990s.
WaPost, WSJ take different approaches to Trump claims
“When something is factually incorrect, you need to take greater care with what you are going to do with it,” said Kathleen Culver, director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “I applaud the Post for being transparent in what they decided to do … I don’t know that we necessarily do enough of that in journalism, explaining to readers and viewers and listeners, explaining why we made the choices that we made.”
Failed by the healthcare system, transgender people find help elsewhere
Dr. Ellen Selkie, an adolescent medicine specialist at the University of Wisconsin, noticed that many of her patients came to terms with their gender identity through social media.
America’s Drunkest States
Using data from County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, a joint program between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, 24/7 Tempo identified America’s drunkest states.
Ted Cruz Talks About Joe Rogan Being ‘President’ Of Texas If State Secedes From U.S.
Cruz planned to speak last month at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, but the event was moved off campus because organizers refused to comply with the university’s policy requiring masks, WKOW-TV reported.
The battle over Biden’s child tax credit and its impact on poverty and workers
“Almost all of our thoughts were about families who had very low or zero earnings who would not work or reduce work effort,” said Timothy Smeeding of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. “We did not have any credible estimate of the substitution effect for families earning $25,000 to 40,000, and so we ignored it.”
Geraldine’s Pick: The person behind the concept
For as long as I have been at this university, I have gotten a weekly email from the University Bookstore about something called “Geraldine’s Pick.” While the majority of these emails have gone over my head, I could not help but be intrigued by the consistency. I began to ask myself, “What is Geraldine’s Pick?” and “Who even is Geraldine?”
Ho Chunk flag raised over Bascom Hall for the first time in UW-Madison history
In his opening remarks, the Director of Tribal Relations at UW-Madison Aaron Bird Bear explained that flag raising ceremonies are a common and an important part of contemporary Ho-Chunk culture. This flag raising marked the first time a different nation’s flag flew on Bascom — in the university’s history, representing strides forward from “ignorance to awareness” on campus, a phrase that was repeated in today’s program.
UW-Madison raises Ho-Chunk Nation flag at Bascom Hall
“Thousands of years before Europeans arrived here, the place we now call Bascom Hill was a sacred place for the Ho-Chunk people. They made this their home,” Chancellor Rebecca Blank said. “For many years, UW–Madison was not mindful of this history, and we paid little attention to our relationship with the descendants of those who were here long before us. But we are working to change that.”
Ho-Chunk Nation flag raised over Bascom Hall
This is also the first time the university is showing respect to another nation by flying their flag for a day alongside the United States and Wisconsin state flags.
Ho-Chunk flag raised for first time at UW-Madison
Karena Thundercloud, Vice President of the Ho-Chunk Nation, said “This occasion you are witnessing today is not only an acknowledgement of all that is history, but a testimony that our community is intertwined.”
Flag of Ho-Chunk Nation flies on Bascom Hill for first time in UW history
Chancellor Rebecca Blank, UW Director of Tribal Relations Aaron Bird Bear, Traditional Chief of the Ho-Chunk Nation Clayton Winneshiek and Vice President of the Ho-Chunk Nation Karena Thundercloud shared their remarks about the raising of the flag. The ceremony also featured traditional flag songs sung by the Wisconsin Dells Singers and members of Sanford WhiteEagle Legion Post 556.
UW branch campuses suffer steep enrollment losses, dropping 42% since merger
The University of Wisconsin System’s small branch campuses continue to hemorrhage students with enrollment declining 42% since a restructuring four years ago that was designed to keep them afloat by merging with nearby four-year schools.
Northern hemisphere lakes, Great Lakes warming fast
“The earliest observers that wrote these down were not scientists. Ice was important for the way of life and living and killing whales and fishing in the wintertime,” said John J. Magnuson, a limnologist the University of Wisconsin at Madison. “The longer records all began before there was a science, and the science is capitalizing on what’s occurred.”
Ancient child’s bones deepen mystery of enigmatic human relative
“No one involved in this had any expectations that we were going to find naledi bones in these situations,” says John Hawks, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “We’re pushing into places that are meters and meters down impossible passages.”
Vax skeptics score big in Green Bay
“I think that’s a fair question to ask, not only of Aaron Rodgers: Why did you potentially put these folks at risk?” said Jeff Pothof, University of Wisconsin Health’s chief quality officer and an emergency medicine physician. “Also, the Packers organization. If you knew Aaron Rodgers was a more high-risk individual being unvaccinated, why did you tolerate that? And lastly, the NFL in general. It sounds like the NFL in general knows who’s vaccinated, who’s not vaccinated. I’m sure they saw Aaron Rodgers speaking at press conferences too.”
How the $3 campaign contribution check box on your tax form works
Kenneth R. Mayer, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, said the program aimed to “allow candidates to be less reliant on private contributions from individuals, political action committees and parties.”
First Homo naledi child fossil found in the Cradle of Humankind
“This makes this the richest site for fossil hominins on the continent of Africa and makes naledi one of the best-known ancient hominin species ever discovered,” said John Hawks, Vilas-Borghesi Distinguished Achievement Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and lead author of a previous study on the Neo fossil skeleton, in a statement.
America’s native grasslands are disappearing
“Grasslands are mostly used for grazing of livestock and when that balance gets out of line, and crop agriculture becomes more profitable, that’s when we see the resurgence of the tillup,” says Tyler Lark, an researcher at the University of Wisconsin who has studied grasslands for the past decade.
Wisconsin’s 34 Most Influential Asian American Leaders, Part 5
Dr. Vallabh (Samba) Sambamurthy is the Albert O. Nicholas Dean of the Wisconsin School of Business. A leading expert on how businesses compete in the digital economy, Dr. Sambamurthy’s work has been featured in leading academic journals. Several Fortune 500 firms have engaged him as a consultant.
Members chosen for committee in search for next UW System President
Board of Regents President Edmund Manydeeds III, who will be the chair of the Special Regent Committee, announced seven regents of the 18-regent board will participate in the committee.
Column: With Blank leaving, here is what we need in our next chancellor
The most progressive thing Blank did was help institute the Badger Tuition Promise, which guaranteed free tuition for everyone whose parents make less than $60,000 a year. This was a great step to help more people that were previously unable to attend UW because of financial difficulties.
Student Services Financial Committee votes on budget for F.H. King
Committee settled on granting agricultural org $77,127.
Lab Report: Motor and Brain Development Lab studies motor skills to understand autism
Principal Investigator Brittany Travers is especially interested in underlying motor differences she observed through learning paradigms, such as typing and folding in individuals with autism.
UW-Madison selects Manu Raju as winter commencement speaker
Prior to starting at CNN in 2015, Raju was Politico’s senior correspondent on Capitol Hill for seven years, previously reporting for The Hill, Inside Washington Publishers and Congressional Quarterly.
Not underrepresented enough? Hmong American scholar denied fellowship opportunity
A researcher and doctoral candidate in neuroscience and public policy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was deemed ineligible for a fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) intended to support students from underrepresented groups — because as a Hmong American, she’s not “underrepresented.”
Madison man accused in hate crime on UW campus
A Madison man now faces multiple charges, including disorderly conduct, following what UW-Madison Police called a hate crime incident on campus last month.
CNN’s Manu Raju named UW-Madison’s winter commencement speaker
CNN’s chief congressional correspondent Manu Raju was named Wednesday as UW-Madison’s winter 2021 commencement speaker.
The Original Bucky Wagon makes a stop at UW-Madison’s homecoming
NBC15′s Erin Sullivan celebrated UW-Madison’s homecoming this week by learning about the Original Bucky Wagon. What was once an old fire truck has turned into a staple at home football games and special occasions.
How Many Jobs Will the Child Tax Credit Really Cost?
Your editorial “The Child Allowance Welfare Trap” (Oct. 8) and Robert Doar’s online op-ed, “The Bad Science Behind the Child Tax Credit Expansion” (Oct. 29) question the evidence behind a 2019 consensus report from a nonpartisan committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), on which we served. Rejecting the report’s conclusions, you and Mr. Doar cite estimates reported in a working paper released recently by Bruce Meyer and other University of Chicago researchers.
-Tim Smeeding, co-author
UW-Madison researchers finding out how video games can help with cognitive deficits
Professor C. Shawn Green, heading up the research in UW-Madison’s Psychology Building, says the study shows cognitive skills can grow by playing action video games. Visual attention and speed of processing can be improved, and people with mental disabilities can use video games to strengthen parts of their minds.
Madison man accused of hate crime in UW incident
A Madison man faces hate crime allegations following a mid-October confrontation near the Nicholas Recreation Center, on the UW-Madison campus.
CNN’s Manu Raju to be UW-Madison’s winter commencement speaker
A veteran TV reporter will be the winter commencement speaker at UW-Madison.
Grizzly troubles, offshore drilling suit: News from around our 50 states
Vel Phillips, Wisconsin’s first Black secretary of state, will be honored with a statue on state Capitol grounds, a state board decided Monday. The Capitol and Executive Residence Board voted unanimously to erect the statue of Phillips, the Wisconsin State Journal reports. Phillips, who died in 2018, broke a number of gender and race barriers throughout her career: She was the first Black woman to graduate from the UW-Madison School of Law and the first woman, as well as Black person, to serve on the Milwaukee City Council and to become a Wisconsin judge.
Column: To Chancellor Blank
I do think the future chancellor needs to make more of an effort to communicate with students, explaining both their role and policy processes. They should be more involved in understanding student life on campus and making up for the time lost due to COVID.
This Is America’s Drunkest City
Using data from County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (CHR), a joint program between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, 24/7 Wall St. identified the U.S. metropolitan area with the highest excessive drinking rate. In every metro area considered, more than 22% of adults drink excessively, while nationwide, the excessive drinking rate is 19.2%
Judge in Rittenhouse trial says CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin is clueless
It varies “from courtroom to courtroom at the judge’s discretion,” University of Wisconsin Law School Professor Keith Findley told CBS, explaining the point is to avoid prejudicing the jury against the defendant.
Madison man charged in hate crime incident against UW-Madison student
This hate crime, one of several racially-charged incidents against Asian campus community members within the last year, reflects a surge of on-campus incidents since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
ASM passes statewide shared governance legislation with the hope that other UW System schools follow suit
ASM passed the legislation through the Wisconsin State Statute with the goal of providing legal grounds for academic staff, faculty and students’ involvement in the decision-making process throughout the University of Wisconsin System, creating a new statewide body intended to pass legislation and organize systemwide campaigns and efforts.
Corporate archives and American history: how not being able to look at Firestone’s papers affected one historian’s writing.
Firms build worlds. On this, historians and businesspeople agree. Corporations have always been among the greatest forces shaping American life. And the many corporations that hold private archives documenting their past activities have unique powers to disclose—or hide—their contributions to racial injustice in America. That’s why, if they truly want to advance the cause of social justice, companies should throw open their archives for researchers to use.
-Gregg Mitman
UW-Madison student voter turnout increased in the 2020 presidential election
The University of Wisconsin-Madison saw its student-voter turnout for the 2020 presidential election rise to 72.8%, up from 65.4% in 2016. According to the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education (IDHE), UW-Madison’s voting rate was higher than the 66% rate of all other colleges.
Venue change at UW-Madison shows Ted Cruz does not understand censorship
Because it is so easy to figure out the regulations, it seems like Sen. Cruz’s choice to come to Wisconsin and create social media outrage with his absurd Tweets could have been an intentional way to generate free attention for his podcast. It appears to be a skilled publicity stunt.
UW permanently extends class drop deadline
The University of Wisconsin Office of the Registrar announced in an email Monday that they would permanently extend the deadline for dropping classes to the 12th week of classes. After Nov. 26 — the 12th week of the fall semester — students will need a dean’s permission to drop a class. The new course drop deadline now aligns with the last day students can completely withdraw from the fall 2021 semester, according to the Office of the Registrar.
Man charged with hate crime against UW student appears in court
At about 6:45 p.m. on Oct. 16, a UW student of Asian descent was walking home from the Nicholas Recreation Center when a man approached him. A UWPD report said that 34-year-old Gary Stephens of Madison slapped the victim’s phone from his hand without being provoked, smashing it on the ground. Stephens uttered a racial slur to the student, according to the report.
Dying to divest: UW students fight for climate justice on campus
An in-depth look at ongoing battle for divestment action on UW’s campus.
Hate crime charged against Madison man for alleged attack on Asian student
Ahate crime charge was filed Wednesday against a man who police said slapped an Asian student’s phone from his hand and called him by a racial epithet.
CNN political correspondent to speak at UW-Madison’s winter commencement
CNN chief political correspondent Manu Raju will deliver the keynote speech at UW-Madison’s winter commencement, the university announced Wednesday.
Aylesworth, Robert John “Bob,” Sr.
Bob worked as a civil servant for the University of Wisconsin, retiring in 1995. For the last 20 years of his career, he helped students at the UW-Pharmacy School. He was affectionately known as “Beaker Bob.”
UW-Madison student voter turnout rose in 2020 election despite COVID-19 obstacles
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic complicating the voting process for students, many of whom were newly eligible to cast ballots, voter turnout on campus increased from 65% in the 2016 election to 73% in 2020. In total, 24,572 UW–Madison students voted out of 33,749 who were eligible in the 2020 election.
Pauline Bart, feminist sociologist who studied violence against women, dies at 91
While struggling to find a tenure track job, Dr. Bart helped organize a 1969 caucus of female sociologists to promote the work of women in the field. The gathering spurred the creation of Sociologists for Women in Society, an international feminist organization. “She did all she could to create feminist spaces in sociology,” said Myra Marx Ferree, a former president of the group and sociology professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Kyle Rittenhouse trial: When can you shoot as self-defence?
But convincing the 20-person jury to convict Mr Rittenhouse will be an uphill climb, says John Gross, a criminal defence expert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“Once the evidence suggests that the defendant may have acted in self-defence, the burden shifts to the prosecution, and the prosecution has to disprove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant acted in self-defence,” he explains.
Widespread Coronavirus Infection Found in Iowa Deer, New Study Says
“If deer can transmit the virus to humans, it’s a game changer,” said Tony Goldberg, a veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies the evolution of infectious diseases as they jump between animals and people. “To have a wildlife species become a reservoir after transmission from humans is very rare and unlucky, as if we needed more bad luck.”
Ho-Chunk Nation flag to be raised on UW-Madison campus
A spokesperson for the university noted the flag-raising is part of an ongoing commitment to educate the campus community about the Ho-Chunk Nation’s history and to recognize the land as the ancestral home of the Ho-Chunk Nation.
Column: Levy Hall to rightfully replace troubled history of Mosse Humanities Building
After decades of design flaws, structural problems, UW’s College of Letters & Science is finally replacing Mosse Humanities Building.
SSFC hears presentation from FH King, proposed budget increase
The student-run agriculture collective is supported by segregated fees, mainly to fund the wage expenses for the salaried F. H. King board of directors and some general and programming expenses, according to their presentation.
Column: FAFSA system overcomplicates receiving aid amid tuition spikes
System requires high levels of documentation despite more UW, national college students requiring aid.
UW student voting up seven percent from 2016 in last November’s election
Trump’s presidency increased student voter turnout, political science professor says.
States Where the Most People Are Getting Cancer
Adult smoking and obesity rates are from the 2021 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program, produced by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, and are for 2017 and 2018, respectively.