The university is extending invitations to alumni who graduated in the spring, summer and winter of 2020 back to Madison on for the weekend of Sept. 17.
UW-Madison invites 2020 graduates back to campus celebration
WKOW-TV 27
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One in custody as UW-Madison PD investigate thefts, suspicious activity
NBC-15
In its report, UWPD says they contacted the suspect after a UW Madison community member called the department to report that the person entered a secure campus building immediately behind someone else. Officers say the suspect used the person’s credentials to gain access and they later took him into custody on a Dept. of Corrections warrant unrelated to the campus incidents.
UW Carbone Cancer Center program for young patients 1st of its kind in Wis.
NBC-15
The first program of its kind in Wisconsin designed to help improve the quality of life for young people diagnosed with cancer has launched Thursday at UW Carbone Cancer Center.
UW Madison to hold celebration for 2020 graduates
NBC-15
“The pandemic took from these graduates a special part of their college experience – the opportunity to mark the completion of their degrees at Camp Randall with their fellow Badgers,” says Chancellor Rebecca Blank.
ASM proposes initiatives for fall semester, holds first meeting with new council members
Badger Herald
Council proposed advocating for crisis response team, reforming school calendar year to better respect non-Christian holidays.
Student governance body reflects on alleged wrongdoings of outgoing vice chancellor
Daily Cardinal
“In the fall, Heller refused to convene his shared governance committee when students expressed concern over the smart restart,” said former ASM Chair Matthew Mitnick, providing examples that provoked student leaders to issue the vote of no confidence.
The ‘Flagship’ Folly
Chronicle of Higher Ed
One issue is whether there can be only one flagship per state. Flagship is a nautical metaphor. The flagship is the grandest vessel in a flotilla; the leader. In this metaphor, the flagship is the “top” campus in a university system. For some states, this makes sense. The University of Wisconsin at Madison leads the University of Wisconsin system. In other states, two universities claim flagship status, such as the Berkeley and Los Angeles campuses for the University of California system. Some states have two or more major university systems. The University of Texas at Austin is the University of Texas system’s flagship, but the College Station campus is the Texas A&M system’s flagship.
Summer Camp F.A.Q.: C.D.C. Guidelines and Answers From Experts
New York Times
The experience taught camps “what you don’t want to do,” said Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, a pediatrician at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health who has been working to develop Covid-19 protocols for camps, including one in Wisconsin.
China Approaching ‘Population Crisis’ as Numbers Fall for First Time Since 1960, Economist Predicts
Newsweek
Yi Fuxian, a statistician at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, wrote last year that China had “seriously overestimated the country’s actual birth rate and population size” as of 2019. He also cast some doubt on the “quality” of the census data set to be released in the coming months by Chinese Communist Party officials.
Search for Barry Alvarez’s successor as Wisconsin athletic director advances to next phase
Wisconsin State Journal
The deadline to apply to be the next University of Wisconsin athletic director has passed, but it might be a month or more until Chancellor Rebecca Blank and a selection committee decide on a successor to Barry Alvarez.
UW-Madison expands housing for fall 2021 semester
WISC-TV 3
According to the director of Marketing and Communication at University Housing, Brendon Dybdahl, the university is working in creative ways to open housing space and make sure every student feels at home.
UW announces openings for community vaccines
WKOW-TV 27
UW-Madison announced “thousands” of open appointments for vaccines Wednesday, as the state looks to continue a strong vaccine rollout.
UW Madison to house undergraduates in Lowell Center as residence demand spikes
NBC-15
University Housing and UW Conference Centers partnered in the temporary move as they expect an increase in the number of residents expected next year. According to the university, continued enrollment growth, an increase in the number of students living on campus and the renovation project at Sellery Hall are all factors in the new housing situation.
Critics compare Madison police response to Mifflin partiers, racial justice protesters
The Capital Times
After taking 2020 off, University of Wisconsin-Madison students resumed the Mifflin Street Block Party tradition last weekend, forming large crowds, damaging property and posing for selfies with Madison police officers, some of whom joined games of beer pong.
Madison-area hospitals to continue some pandemic protocols, push ahead on big projects
Wisconsin State Journal
At UW Health, telehealth was “very minimal” before the pandemic but accounted for the “vast majority” of visits last March and April, said Dr. Pete Newcomer, chief medical officer. It has settled at about 30% of visits, an amount he expects to remain. For some specialties, such as dermatology, telehealth hasn’t worked as well as expected, Newcomer said. “Sometimes you just need to see that lesion in person,” he said.
UW Students and compliant MPD officers should face disciplinary consequences for Mifflin gathering, property damages
Badger Herald
Mifflin party events shows double standard policing, failure of UW to protect students, enforce regulations.
UW System academic calendar conflict with Rosh Hashanah speaks to larger institutional problems
Badger Herald
Classes on six UW System campuses start Sept. 7 or 8, while Rosh Hashanah begins on the evening of Sept. 6, ends sundown Sept. 8.
A year in review: An ongoing fight for student justice
Daily Cardinal
Entering the school year, students and faculty alike were anxious for how the semester would look.
ASM passes three new pieces of legislation in last meeting of the year
Daily Cardinal
n this legislation, the Student Council officially committed to promoting self-determination, justice and liberation for Indigenous people at the UW-Madison and across Wisconsin. They further demanded that UW-Madison students should be able to apply to receive financial assistance from the COVID-19 Student Relief Fund as a one-time use of allocable fee reserves and demanded that UW-Madison eliminate a surcharge on students who take over 165 credits.
New ASM Chair and Vice Chair-elects look ahead for more progressive change
Daily Cardinal
Associated Students of Madison Chair-elect junior Adrian Lampron and Vice Chair-elect sophomore Lennox Owino look forward to leading the student government’s 28th session beginning in the fall.
As employees return, flexibility is key to post-pandemic workspace
Wisconsin State Journal
While more fresh air and daylight may improve employee health and morale, Malia Jones, an infectious disease researcher at UW-Madison, said employers need to normalize having employees stay home when they’re not feeling well.
Biden’s free community college plan could steer more students to Wisconsin tech colleges
Wisconsin State Journal
Wisconsin college leaders will take a close look in the coming weeks at President Joe Biden’s plan for a free community college program, which could influence already precarious enrollment patterns at schools struggling to fill seats.
‘We’re Going To Do This Again’: New Search For UW System President Could Start In July
WPR
This summer could see the launch of a renewed search for the next president of the University of Wisconsin System. It would come just over a year after a controversial, failed search in 2020 that included candidates who said they would only seek the job if they could be named as a sole finalist.
The Most Righteous Thing Joe Biden Has Done as President
The Nation
My father practiced law with a number of Armenian-Americans, including Vartak Gulbankian, who was born in the village of Talas, in what is now Turkey, on September 17, 1913. She arrived in the United States at the age of 6 with her parents, who settled in Racine. A remarkable woman, she graduated from high school at the age of 14 and, at the age of 21, graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School as the only woman in the class of 1935. She went on to practice law for more than 50 years and was a proud member of the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups that placed an emphasis on civil rights and civil liberties.
Transcend Madison competition rewards student innovation with $60,000 in prizes
The Capital Times
University of Wisconsin student innovators took home more than $60,000 in prizes last week for business pitches to design virtual reality science labs, teach young kids to swallow pills, and more.
Nelson, Russell B.
Wisconsin State Journal
Russell worked for the University of Wisconsin Extension for over 31 years as a 4-H youth agent. He was recognized as one of the 10 best extension agents in the United States in 1958.
Just 0.03% of fully vaccinated in Wisconsin have gotten COVID-19, state says
Wisconsin State Journal
Dr. James Conway, a UW Health pediatrician and vaccine expert, called the very low rates of breakthrough cases “reassuring” and proof the vaccines are working as well or better than expected. But the cases also serve as a reminder that people should keep taking coronavirus precautions for now even if fully vaccinated, especially given that more contagious variants are circulating, health officials say.
Factory shutdowns highlighted need for smaller, local meat processors
Wisconsin State Journal
The FFI was founded in 2013 and is part of the University of Wisconsin System’s Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship. The organization focuses on building and funding profitable businesses in the food, beverage and value-added agriculture sector through training, coaching, resources, tools and mentoring programs.
UW Health: Vaccine greatly reduce risk of COVID-19
WISC-TV 3
“There is simply no question that getting a COVID-19 vaccine will greatly reduce the risk of getting COVID-19, and will negate the intensity of COVID-19 symptoms,” UW Health Senior Medical Director Dr. Matt Anderson said. “The choice is clear.”
Suspect strikes plea deal in killing of UW professor & husband at Arboretum
NBC-15
Joggers discovered the victims in the UW Arboretum on March 31. Carre, 57, was pronounced dead at the scene, while Potter, 52, was taken to a local hospital where she later died.
Meet Andrea, a UW nurse on the front lines of own health battle
NBC-15
A nurse at UW Hospital is on the front lines of a health battle she didn’t see coming. Andrea Moskal, 36, has spent more than a third of her life caring for patients in the transplant unit. “Self-care in nursing is on the low end because that’s not our mindset. We think of others first,” she said.
SARJ petitions to rename Women’s Health Clinic to promote more inclusive care
Badger Herald
The Student Alliance for Reproductive Justice created a petition for University Health Services to rename their Women’s Health Clinic to the Reproductive Health Clinic.
ASM elects Lampron, Owino as new leadership for 28th session
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin Associated Students of Madison elected Adrian Lampron and Lennox Owino as the next chair and vice chair of the council on Saturday.
‘Toxic’ tenured professor to resign from UW following two conduct investigations
Badger Herald
Professor’s resignation comes over four years after suicide of doctoral student who worked in his lab.
UW wins sustainability award, students call for further action
Daily Cardinal
UW System President Tommy Thompson announced that UW-Madison won the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Postsecondary Sustainability Award on Thursday.
Students reckon with policing of Mifflin Street Block Party
Daily Cardinal
“Many officers could be seen playing beer pong in the same uniforms worn when brutalizing protestors all summer with gas and OC spray,” tweeted the BIPOC Coalition, an organization of students aiming to create an inclusive campus environment.
Invasive garlic mustard hurts native species—but its harmfulness wanes over time
National Geographic
But it may not be necessary to eradicate it to save forests. “In many ways its presence is more of a symptom of a disease rather than the cause,” says Richard Lankau, a researcher at University of Wisconsin. “Things like disturbance, overabundance of white-tailed deer, exotic earthworms—those things often seem to set the stage for bad garlic mustard invasions.”
Unionized workers have more job satisfaction — but for a sobering reason
MarketWatch
Unionized workers tend to say they are more satisfied with their job compared to their non-unionized counterparts, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin College of Business, Dartmouth College and University College London.
UW-Madison, MPD investigating vandalism at Mifflin Street Block Party; involved students may face disciplinary action
WISC-TV 3
UW-Madison leaders said Monday that several students may face disciplinary action for violations of public health orders and/or unlawful activity at the Mifflin Street Block Party. The statement from the university comes after footage of a vandalized SUV at the block party circulated on social media over the weekend.
Southeastern Wis. wells near bedrock cracks likely to contain arsenic, study finds
NBC-15
Geologists with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension recently discovered that these previously overlooked areas contain the harmful contaminant, which can even cause cancer if ingested over time. The team of researchers studied groundwater arsenic contamination in folds of bedrock, which is the result of 1.7 billion-year-old rock pushing up on younger rocks above it.
Experts explain effects of affinity groups
NBC-15
“It’s especially used among people who are basically all on the same basic side, but they still have different specific interests and so it’s helpful to be in a smaller group, where you can articulate and share your own experiences,” explained University of Wisconsin- Madison professor emerita of sociology Pamela Oliver.
UW Health notes ‘troubling’ drop in routine childhood vaccinations
NBC-15
Dr. Jim Conway, a UW Health infectious disease pediatrician and medical director of the immunization program, says the drop is “troubling.” “As people gather more and travel more, unvaccinated children are at risk of being exposed to more than just COVID-19, and without vaccines they are at risk of contracting dangerous but preventable diseases,” said Dr. Conway.
Badger Barstool’s attempt to replace commencement speaker André De Shields with Barry Alvarez highlights implicit bias
Badger Herald
“Really interesting how a Black man gets a chance and y’all are rushing to take it away,” UW BIPOC Coalition says.
Virtual celebrations of APIDA Heritage Month include panels, keynote event
Badger Herald
Keynote event will feature comedian, writer, actor Joel Kim Booster.
PAVE’s Denim Day 2021 seeks to support and empower survivors of sexual violence
Daily Cardinal
The UW-Madison chapter of Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment teamed up with the Interfraternity Council and the Panhellenic Association to host their first annual Denim Day event on Wednesday, April 28.
Badgers fans need to get vaccinated — Marilyn Lewis
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison and Madison need a return of fans in stands this year to make money. May I humbly suggest the university immediately announce that only fully vaccinated fans will be allowed at its venues such as Camp Randall, the Kohl Center, the Field House and the LaBahn Arena.
Wisconsin not saying how many fully vaccinated residents have acquired COVID-19
Wisconsin State Journal
Still, the relatively low tally of reported infections among those fully immunized should be taken as encouraging news, said Dr. James Conway, a UW Health pediatrician and vaccine expert. “I think this is reassuring. Four months into this, these vaccines are working as good, if not better, than we hoped they would,” Conway said. “It should be more incentive for those who are on the fence or wondering whether they should get these vaccines. … These things work.”
UW-Madison engineering professor who led ‘toxic’ lab will resign this summer
Wisconsin State Journal
A tenured UW-Madison professor at the center of a “toxic” engineering lab where one of his students died by suicide is resigning from the university this summer.
Helen Weaver, Chronicler of an Affair With Kerouac, Dies at 89
New York Times
Helen Hemenway Weaver was born on June 18, 1931, in Madison, Wis. Her father, Warren, was chairman of the mathematics department at the University of Wisconsin, and her mother, Mary (Hemenway) Weaver, was a schoolteacher and later a homemaker.
9 Free Meditation Apps Experts Love
The Healthy
The Healthy Minds Program is free and offers meditation practices aimed at enhancing awareness, connection, insight, and purpose, says Cortland Dahl, chief contemplative officer at Healthy Minds Innovations and a research scientist at the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Another boon from vaccinating millions of Americans: Jobs
CBS News
“A massive vaccine rollout certainly creates new jobs — from clinic clerks and managers to nurses, medical assistants/techs and pharmacists,” said Dr. Christine B. Whelan, a clinical professor in the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin. “There are the truck drivers to transport the vaccines and the computer folks to create the sign-up portals.”
IIHF U18 Men’s World Championship: 10 NHL draft-eligibles to watch in 2021
Sporting News
A divisive prospect in the 2021 NHL Draft, Ceulemans is committed to the University of Wisconsin for the 2021-22 season. NCAA rules do not allow athletes to play in the CHL, so the 6-2 defender has been plying his craft in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) for the Brooks Bandits.
‘I’m fine with being called an activist’: Angie Thomas on her The Hate U Give prequel
The Guardian
What about publishing? In the US there’s been a boom in books featuring diverse characters. A study by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that more than 12% of children’s books starred African American characters in 2019, compared with 5% in 2012 (in the UK, 5% of children’s books have black, Asian or minority ethnic protagonists, up from 1% in 2017).
How parents of adult children found new ties in the pandemic
The Washington Post
He (Xavier Schultze, 23) was at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in his senior year and had to head home during spring break. It was — like for so many burgeoning adults — devastating. But music gave their house a glimmer of joy. Over morning coffee, Alexandra and Xavier would listen to the Eagles, Aerosmith or Jimi Hendrix. “And he’s like, ‘What is this?’” Alexandra says. Soon, he was being schooled by his parents in the intricacies of how Hendrix and Prince were similar. Why Don McLean wrote “American Pie.” Mother and son found a new thread to bond over.
UW-Madison breaks ground on Divine Nine plaza to honor legacy of Black fraternities and sororities
WISC-TV 3
In one of the first campus events since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic, UW-Madison took a step towards creating visible spaces for Black involvement on campus.
UW-Madison breaks ground on Divine Nine plaza to honor legacy of Black fraternities and sororities
WISC-TV 3
In one of the first campus events since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic, UW-Madison took a step towards creating visible spaces for Black involvement on campus.
UW Pharmacy students help with Drug Take-Back Day
WKOW-TV 27
“Our goal is to collect medications from patients in their homes that they may be holding on to and no longer need,” said student Dan Funk. “This will help to prevent any misuse of any medications, but also will help to remove any medications that could potentially lead to an accidental poisoning.”
Space dedicated on UW campus to honor Black fraternities and sororities
WKOW-TV 27
A space on the East Campus Mall will soon be home to a plaza honoring the achievements of UW-Madison’s Black fraternities and sororities. The “Divine Nine Garden Plaza” was dedicated Saturday in a ceremony.
UW breaks ground on plaza to honor historically Black fraternities and sororities
Madison365
Saturday afternoon, student leaders and university officials hosted a dedication ceremony and broke ground on the new Divine Nine Garden Plaza located at East Campus Mall.
UW announces departure of Vice Chancellor of Finance and Administration Laurent Heller
Badger Herald
Heller will be moving on to work at Johns Hopkins University this summer.