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Blk Power Coalition to host teach-in on radical imagination

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The Badger Herald

The Blk Power Coalition will host a Black history teach-in Feb. 24 at 10:30 a.m. called “Radical Imagination.” The event will include a keynote address, a meditative practice and an intergenerational panel on Black student activism, chief officer of BPC Jekiah Manor said.

Founded during the Spring 2023 semester BPC is a student-led organization unaffiliated with the University of Wisconsin. The group focuses on making the UW campus a safer and better place for Black and Brown students, according to Manor.

Sen. Kelda Roys and Rep. Deb Andraca: Ban guns on Wisconsin campuses to value students over firearms

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Wisconsin State Journal

The Legislature can take commonsense steps to protect our students in Wisconsin. According to Everytown for Gun Safety, in states where elected officials have taken action to pass gun safety laws, fewer people die by gun violence. Gun safety laws save lives. And when it comes to the strength of our gun laws, Wisconsin is falling behind. We must do better, and we must act now.

New education center would ruin Picnic Point — Margaret Marriott

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Wisconsin State Journal

Letter to the editor: An education center on Picnic Point in Madison is not environmental stewardship, it is a form of development. While Madison builds gigantic buildings and races to “Manhattanize” the city, nature preserves and parks provide a refuge from culture and concrete.

Elizabeth Roberts

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Wisconsin State Journal

Undaunted by having no idea where Wisconsin was, in 1949, they caught a train to Madison. Performing well in her graduate studies with Konrad Akert, and after a six month visit to New Orleans (more on that later), she joined the UW faculty. She was drawn to study sports skills.

Glenn V. Fuguitt

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Wisconsin State Journal

A humble gentleman and scholar, Glenn defined the field of Rural Population, and was a founder of the WIS Applied Population Lab. Yet his personal inspiration came from “his students,” now professors, authors, and mentors alike.

Wisconsin weighs anti-obesity drug coverage for state workers

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Wisconsin State Journal

Dr. Samantha Pabich, a UW Health endocrinologist who treats many patients with obesity, said the newer drugs can help obese people lose a higher percentage of their body weight than older drugs. That can help control diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, pain and other conditions, and prevent the need for treatments such as home oxygen therapy and liver transplants, she said.

UW Health living kidney donors to hike Mt. Kilimanjaro

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Channel 3000

In the last 55 years, UW Health’s living kidney donor program has seen more than 4,000 life-changing transplants. But while losing a kidney may seem like it would take a significant toll on your body, a group of living donors are out to prove giving up an organ to save another’s life doesn’t mean your life has to change at all.

Wisconsin parents of young kids more likely to struggle with bills

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The Capital Times

Conducted by the UW Survey Center and analyzed by UW-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs, the survey went to around 3,500 people across the state. Researchers compared the responses of participants who have children under age 6 with those who don’t.

None of those findings are really “huge surprises,” said La Follette School professor Sarah Halpern-Meekin, who analyzed the results.

As hunger grows, UW-Madison is redirecting excess food from the landfill to its students

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Wisconsin State Journal

A number of programs, many of them student-led, redirect food waste from UW-Madison’s two largest food producers — University Housing, which runs multiple dining hall and food market locations across campus, and the Wisconsin Union, which oversees the Memorial Union and Union South — to student organizations or food pickup locations to give away free meals.

Wisconsin Assembly to vote on divisive power competition bill, limits to DEI initiatives

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Wisconsin State Journal

The proposed constitutional amendment before the Assembly on Thursday is the latest step in Wisconsin Republicans’ fight against government-run diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Republican lawmakers last year struck a deal requiring the Universities of Wisconsin to restructure their DEI programs, and GOP legislative leaders have said they plan to scrutinize similar programs in state agencies.

Wisconsin lawmakers to vote on constitutional amendment to limit diversity efforts

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The Associated Press

The proposal up for a vote Thursday would prohibit state and local governments, including the Universities of Wisconsin and local school districts, from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to anybody on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. It requires hiring decisions to be based on “merit, fairness and equality,” a term conservatives have used as a counter to DEI.

Madison-Milwaukee tech hub gets near-unanimous support in Legislature

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The Capital Times

Other members of Wisconsin’s tech hub consortium include businesses (GE HealthCare, Accuray, Exact Sciences, Plexus and Rockwell Automation), colleges and universities (Madison Area Technical College, Milwaukee Area Technical College, the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health and the Universities of Wisconsin), economic development agencies (Milwaukee7, Madison Region Economic Partnership and Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation) and workforce training organizations (Employ Milwaukee and WRTP | BIG STEP).

Dr. Edward N. Ehrlich

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Wisconsin State Journal

In 1974, he joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty as Associate Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine and headed the Division of Endocrinology. During his career, he was instrumental in pioneering research on hypertension and hormonal regulation in pregnancy, significantly advancing the field. Dr. Ehrlich’s legacy includes the establishment of the “Great People Scholarship” at the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, a tribute to his mentorship.