Dreamers of UW-Madison apply for GSSF eligibility for first time.
SSFC hears presentations from UW Dreamers, approves CWC budget after 10% decrease
Badger Herald
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Poll workers young, old step up on Election Day
Badger Herald
UW students, seasoned poll workers alike brave COVID-19 to help voters.
Madison on Election Day: UW DACA grad Gilberto Osuna-Leon
The Capital Times
A “Dreamer” currently protected from deportation under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the 22-year-old recent University of Wisconsin-Madison grad is authorized to work but can’t vote.
Former UW-Madison chancellor Donna Shalala loses re-election bid in Florida
Wisconsin State Journal
Former UW-Madison Chancellor Donna Shalala narrowly lost her bid for re-election Tuesday evening in a Florida U.S. House upset race for Democrats.
Badgers women’s hockey team tops national preseason rankings
Wisconsin State Journal
The Badgers are No. 1 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine preseason poll released Tuesday, making it the sixth time coach Mark Johnson’s team has started a season in the top spot.
No. 10 Wisconsin football’s game against Purdue canceled; 27 active COVID-19 cases in program
Wisconsin State Journal
The program announced Tuesday it canceled this Saturday’s game against Purdue, marking its second straight cancellation after last week’s game at Nebraska also was wiped out due to the outbreak.
Madison on Election Day: UW political science professor Kathy Cramer
The Capital Times
Four years ago, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Kathy Cramer, along with her daughter, dressed up in red, white and blue to cast her vote in the 2016 presidential election. Cramer has always “celebrated the act of voting.” But this year, she is checking in on polling sites on a much emptier campus and hoping people who have voted early stay home.
As analysis of COVID-19 outbreak continues, Barry Alvarez says UW is ‘trying to figure out how we can improve’
Wisconsin State Journal
As the search continues for what started the COVID-19 outbreak inside the University of Wisconsin football program, athletic director Barry Alvarez and others are trying to learn from the situation to prevent from it happening again.
Madison on Election Day: UW student vote coordinator Ellen Abad Santos
The Capital Times
Ellen Abad Santos will be working printers Tuesday evening at the Chazen Art Museum, a new feature at all five on-campus polling locations this year. As Associated Students of Madison’s vote coordinator, Abad Santos has spent fall semester gearing up for Election Day, shifting in-person events online to make sure students have accurate information about voter IDs and polling locations.
‘Our voices should be heard’: Pandemic, high anxiety fuel big turnout in Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Journal
On UW-Madison’s campus, temperatures in the mid-60s made the job of volunteers encouraging students to vote easier. Eight poll workers stood outside Memorial Union just before 1 p.m. asking everyone who walked by whether they’d voted.
Stepping up: First-time poll workers help prevent absentee ballot backup in Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
Aly Orvis, a 20-year-old UW-Madison student who was a first-time poll worker on campus, said she heard there was a shortage of poll workers and decided to step up to help so older people who are vulnerable to COVID-19 didn’t have to.
Voting 2020 problems, updates: Texas judge keeps ballots; many lawyers
USA Today
“In case after case and time after time, allegations of material numbers of people intentionally committing vote fraud, they just don’t withstand any scrutiny,” said Kenneth Mayer, professor of American politics at the University of Wisconsin.
21 battlegrounds that will seal Trump’s fate
POLITICO
Home to the University of Wisconsin and the state capital, Dane regularly delivers huge Democratic margins — along with Milwaukee County, it helps balance out the conservative vote delivered by the suburban Republican counties outside Milwaukee.
Politics pit neighbor against neighbor as Election Day looms
The Washington Post
The fear created by threats and violence has a chilling effect on the nation’s political process, said Katherine Cramer, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Record voter turnout, close election anticipated in Sauk Co.
NBC-15
Quoted: Mike Wagner, a political expert from UW-Madison, says President Trump will rely on rural counties as a path to winning the Badger State.“If he is able to get back to his 2016 numbers, he could very well win Wisconsin and win the election,” said Wagner.
Surging coronavirus cases loom large in pivotal Wisconsin
The Boston Globe
“The almost daily increases in cases, deaths, and hospitalizations in Wisconsin keep voters’ attention on the pandemic and that attention does not help Donald Trump,” said Barry C. Burden, the director of the Election Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Where Can Out-Of-Work Wisconsinites Find Jobs?
Wisconsin Public Radio
Steve Deller, a regional economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, agreed that data using online job postings leaves out an important component of hiring for many businesses: word of mouth.
UW expert recommends advanced testing if Badger game goes on
WKOW-TV 27
Quoted: “I would think you would want to intensify the testing beyond just the antigen testing and you would want to include PCR testing,” says UW-Madison Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine David O’Connor. O’Connor stresses he does not speak for his department or the university and has not consulted with the UW Athletic Department.
Halloween in Madison drastically different this year as Freakfest is canceled, gatherings limited
Daily Cardinal
Despite precautions and no recorded incidents of public health violations, UW-Madison’s 7-day average for new COVID cases during the Halloween weekend is the highest it’s been since the end of September, at just over 30 cases.
UW Health asks in-person voters to stay safe on Election Day amid COVID-19
NBC-15
UW Health advised voters wear a mask over their nose and mouth while waiting in line to vote, as well as using hand sanitizer after touching shared surfaces such as door knobs and voting machines.
Big Ten missed opportunities to provide its football teams with a more flexible, workable schedule
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
When University of Wisconsin officials announced the cancellation of the Big Ten football game at Nebraska because of rising coronavirus numbers, they did so knowing the move could eventually hurt the Badgers’ chances of qualifying for the league title game. If UW’s home game Saturday against Purdue is cancelled – a move school officials are considering – the margin of error for Paul Chryst and his players will be close to zero.
Turnout on UW campuses may be key in close legislative races
The Capital Times
As Nov. 3 looms, student turnout in mid-sized cities across Wisconsin such as Green Bay and La Crosse could sway the outcomes of potentially competitive legislative districts. But with fewer students living on campuses and ongoing challenges stemming from the COVID-19 crisis, it’s more difficult than ever for campaigns and organizers to reach those potential voters.
Horge, Louise M.
Wisconsin State Journal
She was employed at the University of Wisconsin Primate Research for over 17 years.
Wallsch, Doris
Wisconsin State Journal
Doris retired from the University of Wisconsin Law School after 26 years of service.
Barry Alvarez: Wisconsin football up to 22 active COVID-19 cases
Wisconsin State Journal
UW athletic director Barry Alvarez said on ESPN’s “College GameDay” Saturday morning that the program now has 22 active cases.
Olson, Clarence C.
Wisconsin State Journal
In 1961 he joined the University of Wisconsin Dairy Science Department as a leader of educational and training programs for the National Dairy Herd Improvement (DHIA) program. Under his leadership, participation by farmers increased to include well over half of all dairymen in the state, and average milk production per cow more than doubled.
What went wrong at Wisconsin: Daily COVID-19 testing was supposed to protect Big Ten football from outbreaks
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin football coach Paul Chryst had completed his daily testing for the COVID-19 virus by early afternoon Oct. 23. Chryst’s result came back negative that Friday, as did every other rapid-response antigen test from a group that included his staff, players and other game-day personnel.
Beautiful and resilient: bluff country landscapes key for species survival as planet warms
Wisconsin State Journal
By the end of the century Wisconsin’s climate could be similar to St. Louis, according to models developed by scientists with the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impact. That’s roughly analogous to the warming the Earth experienced coming out of the last ice age between 19,000 and 8,000 year ago, said Jack Williams, a UW-Madison geologist and geographer who uses fossil records to study how species respond to climate change.
Don’t Be Fooled By The Very Strong GDP Report
Forbes
Aaron Sojourner at the University of Minnesota and Menzie Chinn at the University of Wisconsin have constructed the graph below which projects the size of the economy based on various September quarter growth rates vs. the December 2019 quarter.
Western Wisconsin helped put Trump over the top in 2016. Here’s how some voters there feel about him now
CBS News
And while many of Wisconsin’s small towns and cities in its southwestern corner drove up Mr. Trump’s margins, most had not voted for Republicans in decades, says Barry Burden, director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
‘There’s a big presence in this state that we didn’t see 4 years ago’
POLITICO
Leading the way in the record early turnout are the liberal strongholds of Milwaukee and Dane County, home to the University of Wisconsin and the state capitol of Madison.
Swing states: Biden, Trump fighting for these 6 battleground states
USA Today
While the president has played down the pandemic in his visits, Wisconsin has been setting records for cases and hospitalizations. The state university’s ranked football team, the University of Wisconsin Badgers, had to cancel its Oct. 31 game against Nebraska when multiple players and the coach tested positive.
Colleges to ramp up coronavirus testing before Thanksgiving
The Washington Post
The issue is especially important for schools serving a national market, such as the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The public university, in a state hard hit this fall by the virus, has about 32,000 undergraduates. University officials say they will expand testing hours on the weekend before Thanksgiving to ensure that any student who wants a viral test before leaving Madison can get one. Those who test positive and live in campus housing would be offered a room to live in isolation temporarily.
As virus cases surge to new records, outbreaks in swing states could shape the election.
The New York Times
“Things are really running rampant, so there is a lot of discontent,” said Barry Burden, the director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Wisconsin Faces a Challenge: Getting Out the Vote When Most People Have Already Voted
The New York Times
In Madison, volunteers who would have knocked on doors to remind people to vote are instead holding signs on busy street corners. At night, the Democratic National Committee is projecting reminders to vote onto the sides of buildings at the University of Wisconsin campuses in both cities.
What Role Did Camp Randall Play In The Civil War?
Wisconsin Public Radio
To answer Hanson’s question, WPR’s “Central Time” reached out to Daniel Einstein, the historic and cultural resources manager for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Einstein is in charge of campus structures and landscapes; archeology, including effigy mound sites; public art, like university commemorative objects and statues; and the campus art collection.
Badgers’ COVID-19 Cases Now At 22
Wisconsin Public Radio
University of Wisconsin-Madison athletic director Barry Alvarez says the total number of positive COVID-19 cases within the Badgers’ football program has increased to 22.
Wisconsin battles rapid rise in Covid cases amid partisan disputes over safety
The Guardian
As a result, public safety measures have been largely left up to municipalities and individuals, said Patrick Remington, former epidemiologist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The People Who Love Trump’s Coronavirus Response
The Atlantic
Other wrinkles of our current political moment could further explain why so many Trump supporters approve of the president’s pandemic response. Katherine Cramer, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, says the most consistent theme on the right-wing talk-radio shows she’s been listening to is a desire to trust people to make their own decisions, rather than trusting the government to make decisions for people.
Europe Aims to Emerge Smarter From Latest Lockdowns
WSJ
“The question is not so much what policy needs to be enacted, but what are people willing to embrace?” said Ajay Sethi, an infectious-disease epidemiologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “A policy is only as effective as people will follow it.”
Election Day disinformation concerns: Premature winners, ballot claims
Detroit Free Press
Some researchers will focus more on what happens after the election. University of Wisconsin, Madison Professor Young Mie Kim studied Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and continues to monitor for Russian-linked accounts in 2020. She leads research called Project DATA, or Digital Ad Tracking and Analysis. It tracks digital political ads to learn how parties, organizations and candidates target potential voters.
Treatments For COVID-19 Still Largely Unproven As Wisconsin Cases Climb
Wisconsin Public Radio
“I don’t see it as being a cure, but I do believe it will end up being a very good medicine though,” said Dr. William Hartman, an assistant professor of anesthesiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.
Europe and US facing new round of shutdowns amid virus surge
AP News
“It is absolutely exhausting right now,” said Dr. Jeff Pothof, chief quality officer at UW Health, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s hospital and medical arm. Nearly a third of its COVID-19 patients are in intensive care, filling all three wings of the ICU, he said. Some require one-on-one care around the clock.
Wisconsin DOC releases data on COVID-19-related inmate deaths for first time; 5 are dead
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison journalism professor Robert Drechsel, an expert on media law and access to information, said federal privacy laws prevent the release of medical information about specific, named inmates, but do not cover broader statistical information that would not reveal a prisoner’s identity.
Madison-based startup looking to revolutionize computing with a new type of computer chip
Wisconsin State Journal
Founded in 2017 by UW-Madison professor and researcher Karu Sankaralingam, SimpleMachines Inc. is ready to launch a new type of computer chip that Sankaralingam said is faster and more powerful than currently available chips while using less electricity.
AD Barry Alvarez updates the Wisconsin football program’s coronavirus totals
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“I just got a report this morning, today we are at 10 staff, 12 players, a total of 22,” UW athletic director Barry Alvarez said Saturday on ESPN’s “College GameDay.” “So we are still having additions in our cases, and that’s something we have to get our arms around and control of.”
UW campuses grapple with whether reopening led to community spread of COVID-19
Wisconsin State Journal
“It is impossible to think that anything that could happen in a school could happen without echoes in the larger community,” UW-Madison pathology professor David O’Connor said. “The question is: how large are those echoes?”
COVID-19 takes down Halloween on State Street
Wisconsin State Journal
Officials with the city, public health and UW-Madison all encouraged people to stay away from the iconic street on what typically is its biggest night.
Moon, Phyllis J.
Wisconsin State Journal
Her major accounting experience was 12 years as account examiner with the University of Wisconsin extension division.
Need more scares after Halloween? The next election in Wisconsin has already started
Wisconsin State Journal
“Unless there’s a Great Depression, like the worst in the nation’s history, an impeachment of a president or a terrorist attack on the country, you’re going to see the president’s party losing seats in the midterm in the House,” said UW-Madison political science professor David Canon.
House divided: New crop of outspoken Madison liberals challenge Madison’s liberal status quo
Wisconsin State Journal
“There does appear to be a divide between a rising cohort of political activists and more established figures in local politics, in terms of both style and substance,” UW-Madison political science professor Barry Burden said. “People who have been in the mix for a while tend to be more trusting that the political system will operate as it should. The younger generation is motivated to become active precisely because they see the system and its leaders as ineffective and maybe even malicious.”
Democratic Party bus tour stops on UW-Madison campus
WISC-TV 3
The Wisconsin Democratic Party’s “What’s at Stake” bus tour stopped at the UW-Madison campus this afternoon.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin delivers pizzas to UW-Madison student volunteers, organizers
WISC-TV 3
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin thanked University of Wisconsin-Madison students who have organized on-campus voting efforts Sunday night.The Wisconsin democrat delivered pizzas to students on East Campus Mall.
Black Arts Matter Festival goes virtual this year to build community for Black artists
NBC-15
According to a news release, University of Wisconsin- Madison alumna Shasparay Irvin, an artist and slam poet, co-produced the festival along with the Wisconsin Union Theater. Irvin created the festival while she was a student and debuted it in 2019.
Regeneron trial participant from Fitchburg feeling ‘great’ as maker halts testing in sickest of patients
NBC-15
Dr. William Hartman, who is leading the trial at UW Health, said the medicine has shown not to be as effective among that patient group.
Examining who could make the biggest impact in the 2020 election
NBC-15
Quoted: “This is the big question mark hanging over election day, ‘Who’s going to show up on Election Day, in the middle of a pandemic?’” Eleanor Neff Powell, UW-Madison Booth Fowler Assoc. Professor Political Science said.
Latest Badger football COVID-19 report: 12 players, 10 staff members test positive
NBC-15
UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez told ESPN’s College GameDay Saturday that 10 staff members and 12 players tested positive, adding 6 new cases since UW’s Thursday update.
Column: Students should not bear responsibility to monitor others following Smart Restart failures
Badger Herald
Introduction of campus influencers may decrease outbreaks, but only once UW takes accountability for inconsistent enforcement of rules.
Chancellor Blank agrees to two meetings per semester with BIPOC student groups in tense confrontation
Badger Herald
Blank pointed to work in the newly created Diversity, Equity and Inclusion branch — resulting from the Homecoming Video incident and subsequent demands last year — to recognize BIPOC student concerns.
Football: Wisconsin’s COVID-19 case count rises to 22 players, staff as of Saturday morning
Badger Herald
’We’re still having additions in our cases and that’s something we’ve got to get our arms around and control,’ athletic director says.