There’s a deep love of Milwaukee that shines through in “The Heartland,” but it’s a love that feels unrequited. UW-Madison 2018 graduate Marquise Mays infuses his documentary with gorgeous portraits of Black Milwaukeeans, especially Black children playing on the sidewalk or climbing on the playground equipment.
Part of that journey concluded earlier this spring when he graduated from the University of Wisconsin, fulfilling a promise he made to his parents to obtain the college degree he put on hold when he entered the NFL draft in 2014.
The University of Wisconsin System has already announced that campuses will encourage but not require the vaccine as a condition of enrollment. Interim System President Tommy Thompson cited legal restrictions, noting that the shots are authorized for emergency use. The former Republican governor also said that it’s unhelpful to prevent people with religious, political or ideological reasons against getting the vaccine from going to college. Dorms, however, add another layer to colleges’ conversations about vaccines.
The Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy, led by UW-Madison economist Noah Williams, released a report Monday that details just how bad things have been in the state.
“Only 3-in-10 Wisconsin workers who applied for unemployment insurance over the past year have been paid, and in recent months the rate has dropped to 1-in-8,” the report states. “Further, many of the unemployed workers who were paid endured long delays, with 30% waiting ten weeks or more for payment.”
The Pittsburgh Steelers drafted Isaiahh Loudermilk from the University of Wisconsin by trading into the fifth round of the 2021 NFL Draft. Here’s what different draft analysts were saying about Loudermilk
Noah Williams, an economics professor at UW-Madison and director at the Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy, said unemployment benefits are not the only reason why there is a reduction in labor supply.
James Conway, associate director of the UW-Madison Global Health Institute, explained many health systems in what he called “low-resource” countries are already strained, even at the best of times. They cannot handle the recent surges.
COVID-19 has hit close to home for the Hernandez family at the same time it’s kept loved ones far away. “We have some family members, they passed because of COVID,” Efren Hernandez of Madison said. “It’s hard because you cannot even say bye to them, not even a hug.”
According to 2019 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, people younger than 18 account for about 22 percent of the American population. That’s why “it is really important for kids to be included” in vaccination efforts, says Malia Jones, an associate scientist in health geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Applied Population Laboratory. Their inclusion is “good news for herd immunity.”
Yi Fuxian, a senior scientist in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says the population started to fall in 2018. His book “Big Country With An Empty Nest” argued against the one-child limit.
Or put another way, there should be no mistake after those nearly 20 years in Afghanistan. Victory is no longer in the American bloodstream (a lesson that Vietnam somehow did not bring home), though drugs are. The loss of the ultimate drug war was a special kind of imperial disaster, giving withdrawal more than one meaning in 2021. So, it won’t be surprising if the departure from that country under such conditions is a signal to allies and enemies alike that Washington hasn’t a hope of ordering the world as it wishes anymore and that its once-formidable global hegemony is truly waning.
Alfred McCoyAlfred McCoy is the J.R.W. Smail Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A TomDispatch regular, he is the author of In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power and Policing America’s Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State.
A Wisconsin man is looking to honor local nurses for all their hard work over the last year, and it’s now spreading positivity throughout this medical community. Curtis Crain calls it his “Hero Wall.” You’ll find the work of art in a hallway of UW Hospital. It features portraits of some of the many nurses.
Heather Kirkorian, a UW Associate Professor, says social media has evolved in the last decade and the research around its impact on children is complex. She says it’s all about the way it’s used. “While some young people may use social media to bully or end up being bullied, others may use it to connect when they’re feeling lonely,” said Kirkorian.
After a senior year challenged by the pandemic, UW-Madison’s Class of 2021 enjoyed a semblance of normalcy Saturday as the university held its first in-person commencement ceremony in a year and a half. Camp Randall Stadium was again the scene of smiling, robe-clad grads taking selfies with friends, jumping around and throwing mortarboards into the air.
To reconstruct this consequential chapter of the 2020-21 school year, the Wisconsin State Journal reviewed more than 3,000 pages of correspondence obtained under the state’s public records law from UW-Madison and the city-county health department.
He worked as a tool and die maker for the University of Wisconsin-Madison for many years.
Axelrod, 21, is a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison majoring in political science and journalism. She is also a regular columnist for The Badger Herald and she recently produced a documentary about an apartment building proposed for 126 Langdon St. that was denied by the Madison Plan Commission.
Dr. Jasmine Zapata’s mother and husband weren’t sure they wanted to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but after talking with her about their concerns they got immunized in March. Zapata, a UW Health pediatrician who is Black, is having similar conversations with patients, before church groups, at school forums and with friends and other family — pretty much anyone she knows who wants help making a decision.
Rawlings was precocious. She entered, and won, a lot of literary contests. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1918 and, with her first husband, moved to New York City to make a go of it as a freelance writer.
Diana Hess, dean of the UW-Madison School of Education and a professor of curriculum and instruction, said she wasn’t aware of any comprehensive surveying or research on the issue. “Generally, I am hearing that there was a lot of flexibility throughout the year — not necessarily standards lowering, but more options for students to meet standards in various ways,” she said. Michael Apple, also a UW-Madison professor of curriculum and instruction, agreed with that assessment, adding that “even with some districts having supposedly moved to ‘loosen standards,’ the reasons for doing this are often quite diverse depending on the political pressures from conservative and or progressive movements.”
University of Wisconsin students stage a protest against the war in Vietnam on Oct. 17, 1967. On April 4, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy broke the news of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination to a crowd in Indianapolis. Coretta Scott King, center, MLK’s widow walks in the funeral procession with her family in Atlanta, Ga., April 9, 1968.ASSOCIATED PRESS/GETTY IMAGES/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Knowing they had found something special, Gunderson and Meyer frantically shaved off slabs of the fossil-bearing rock, preventing them from being pulverized in the pursuit of limestone. They donated their find to the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum, where thousands of Waukesha specimens now fill drawer after drawer.
The official results from those sessions, part of a two-part, 200-person clinical trial, have now been combined with those produced by teams of investigators at NYU, UCSF, the University of Wisconsin, and myriad private practices across the US, in Canada and in Israel.
Jeremy Stoddard, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education, has studied since 2003 how 9/11 and its aftermath are taught in middle and high schools around the country.“There hasn’t been a lot of good data on that, it’s very anecdotal,” Stoddard said.
According to the university’s most recent data, more than 17,000 students and staff were tested for COVID-19 from April 29 to May 6. Only 18 of them tested positive, compared to 52 people the week before.
After another year of online learning and uncertainty, graduates in UW-Madison’s Class of 2021 tossed their caps at Camp Randall on Saturday to celebrate the next chapter of their lives.
Even though there were no spectators at Camp Randall, the Class of 2021 was still loud and proud on their graduation day.
UW said an engineering review found potential structural concerns in the northwest part of the building, requiring immediate attention. UW specified that an expansion joint located on the 6th floor of the building had failed, making it unsafe.
Becoming a doctor is a dream come true for Vivian Gama. It is an achievement that didn’t even cross her mind as a little girl. “It’s not very common for people where I’m from to come to the states let alone be able to go to medical school,” Gama said.
On Saturday, the UW-Madison Class of 2021 will celebrate commencement in-person. The graduation ceremony is only for the students; parents and guests of the graduates are not allowed in Camp Randall.Area businesses say this decision is bringing a much needed influx of customers.
Anyone can visit the terrace through the east side doors starting at 9 a.m. Monday and no reservations are required, the terrace announced.
After a year in hiatus, UW-Madison celebrated in-person commencement Saturday.
Keynote speaker, Broadway icon André de Shields tells graduates to ’seize the gift’ of their futures.
Ex-Badger football player Daniel Howell Jr. hasn’t cracked open a textbook in 30 years. On Jan. 25, however, he returned to UW-Madison to tackle his dreams and work towards earning his Bachelor’s degree.
I didn’t realize that we did that on campus. I was interested because I’d never touched a monkey before. They offered the job to me on the spot, once I said that I was okay with working with nonhuman primates.
Column by Hesselbein, D-Middleton, who represents the 79th Assembly District and is ranking Democratic member on the Assembly Committee for Colleges and Universities.
UW-Madison assistant professor Jirs Meuris said clear policies and communication with staff will help employees transition from traditionally in-person work environments to flexible and remote work. Because working from the office is still an ingrained habit, employees might not be open to a change they don’t fully understand.
Column by Theo, president and CEO of the Wisconsin Realtors Association, and O’Connell, executive director of the Wisconsin Counties Association.
In her career, Litza Bixler has been a choreographer, writer, teacher, costume designer, visual artist and filmmaker. So it’s ironic that the thing this eclectic artist may be best known for is a movie scene in which everybody is doing the same thing.
The system canceled its youth programs and camps last summer as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the country.System officials said Thursday that they feel they can resume the programs and camps this year thanks to renewed demand and better knowledge of how to contain the disease. The system plans to require pre-arrival testing, symptom screening, masks, social distancing and train instructors on safety protocols.
As University of Wisconsin- Madison seniors are set to graduate Saturday, the university announced more than half of its students are graduating without debt for the fifth year in a row. Around 57.2% of students did not take out student loans while in school, UW notes.
A new state Senate report calls for further restructuring of all University of Wisconsin System campuses except UW-Madison. The plan recommends “regionalization” of the state’s 12 other universities to achieve 15 percent spending reductions and avoid “the closure of several comprehensive campuses.”
The skulls of living cats are drilled with holes to screw metal strainer posts into their heads, then steel coils are implanted into their eyes and finally, the cats are deafened in “sound localization” animal experiments. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals describes the horrific details of this inhumane experiment conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and adds that the lead experimenter did not expect to produce a clinical treatment or cure from their tests on animals.
This was new information for the microbiology community, which prior to his discovery believed only spore-forming bacteria would be able to survive in those hot springs. Brock, who had a long career in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s bacteriology department, proved there were all kinds of bacteria living there.
Laurent Heller, vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has been named senior vice president for finance and administration at the Johns Hopkins University.
A native of Ames, Iowa, he grew up in River Falls, Wisconsin, one of six children whose father Richard was a chemistry professor at the University of Wisconsin. His mother Grace became a Lutheran minister when her children were grown. He earned his undergraduate degree at University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
Steven Deller, a professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison and expert on rural economies, says one factor contributing to Wisconsin’s rural housing crisis is the sharp decrease in construction of new affordable housing since the Great Recession. He says developers are focused instead on building luxury homes because they produce higher profits.
The paper appears in the journal Nature. Additional coauthors are from McGill University; the University of Massachusetts Amherst; Penn State; the University of California Irvine; the University of Bristol; the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Knowing they had found something special, Gunderson and Meyer frantically shaved off slabs of the fossil-bearing rock, preventing them from being pulverized in the pursuit of limestone. They donated their find to the University of Wisconsin–Madison Geology Museum, where thousands of Waukesha specimens now fill drawer after drawer.
Andrea Dutton, an expert in sea level rise at University of Wisconsin–Madison, who was a co-author, said the paper “addresses an important and pressing question” of what the Paris climate targets will mean for future sea level rise.
What they’re saying: “This study is a stark reminder that the fuse is short for deep and sustained cuts to greenhouse gas emissions,” study coauthor Andrea Dutton of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said via email.
“Once you hit this threshold, you can’t go back,” says study co-author Andrea Dutton, a sea level researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “You’re committed. That’s the big takeaway.”
UW-Health’s Dr. Nasia Safdar says we shouldn’t be in a rush to make that happen as the risk of transmitting viruses is still there. “In general…a lot of things get transferred from person to person via the hands,” she said.
Dr. Matt Anderson, UW Health’s Senior Medical Director of Primary Care, says employers will know their spaces best. He says as general guidance for workplaces, employees should wear masks.
The UW Diversity Forum will be held on Nov. 2-3 at Union South as well as online in an anticipated hybrid format.
Letter to the editor: Thompson is no “place holder.” He is a dynamic leader who is proving his value to UW System during these challenging times. Also, with Regent membership and leadership change underway, it seems advisable to retain Thompson’s steady hand and not dive into another national search now.
Michael Burcin said he will resign after 10 seasons as University of Wisconsin men’s golf coach.
There are two general types of cicadas, said PJ Liesch, an entomologist at UW-Madison: regular “dog day” cicadas and the more vibrant periodical variety, which are classified into “broods.”
Madison police have arrested a UW-Madison graduate student accused of multiple sexual assaults, including one that allegedly took place on campus last weekend, authorities reported.
The call came during Amy Jochsett Perez’s most difficult semester. It was April 2020 and Perez, a junior studying nursing at UW-Madison, was weighing whether to drop out of school. Seeing the stress that nurses were under during the pandemic made her question her career choice.
