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Letter: Chronic animal welfare violations at UW-Madison demonstrate need for animal testing alternatives

Daily Cardinal

Following the most recent complaint of animal welfare violations, the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC) has established a pattern of violating federal standards. Their growing history of offense throws into question the effectiveness of primate research given its parameters and invites transition to more innovative, morally sound alternatives.

Absentee in-person voting on UW-Madison campus starts Tuesday

Daily Cardinal

Poll workers will be stationed at : East Campus Mall, Memorial Union and Union South. If weather does not permit, Madison residents and students will still be able to vote inside the Memorial Union. The tents will operate from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day until Oct. 30, when in-person absentee voting ends on campus. Absentee in-person voting concludes on Nov. 1 for the state of Wisconsin at large.

Inside Foxconn’s empty buildings, empty factories, and empty promises in Wisconsin

The Verge

By the end of the summer, Walker found himself in a tight reelection race against state school superintendent Tony Evers, a critic of the deal. Polling showed that few people felt the project would benefit their local economy, so Walker campaigned to show that all of Wisconsin would feel the effect of the “Foxconn bonus.” He was aided in this message by a string of announcements from Foxconn: a promised gift of $100 million to the University of Wisconsin-Madison; partnerships with local companies; and the purchase of buildings in far corners of the state that would become “innovation centers,” which Walker quickly featured in campaign ads.

Polls Missed The Mark In 2016. But Experts Say Things Are Different In 2020.

Wisconsin Public Radio

Aside from the Marquette poll, there is a new local, statewide poll in Wisconsin this year, the 2020 Election Survey from the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Like Marquette, this poll weights for education. Its latest results are similar to Marquette’s latest, showing Biden leading Trump by 4 points among likely voters, with a 4.5 percent margin of error.

4 key battleground states reporting record-high coronavirus cases weeks from Election Day –

ABC News

Ajay K. Sethi, an associate professor in population health sciences at the University of Wisconsin, told ABC News that the state has put in place strict restrictions to make sure voters are safe.

“Since previous COVID cases were tied to polling locations during the April spring election, there certainly is awareness and concern for additional spread of the virus on Election Day,” said Sethi. “Election officials are preparing to operate polling places safely, and a record number of Wisconsinites have voted already, so I am hopeful that Election Day will not add more fuel to the fire.”

Disney Adds Warnings for Racist Stereotypes to Some Older Films

The New York Times

Hemant Shah, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies portrayals of race and ethnicity in film and media, said that if white children consumed content with racist portrayals that went unchecked, it could “normalize the stereotype” for them and make it “normal for them not to call out stereotypes or racist behaviors they see in their lives.”

New UW acting prof Baron Kelly uses arts to open doors

Capital Times

As an educator, actor, director and author, Kelly has built his career on making lasting connections. This fall, Kelly joined the UW-Madison Department of Theatre and Drama, where he earned a Ph.D. in theatre research in 2003. He’s teaching a small, upper-level Shakespearean performance course this fall.

Letter: State could learn from UW campus

Wisconsin State Journal

UW-Madison students are among the brightest anywhere. New students learn quickly with drastic measures enacted to force them to adopt these actions.Public health experts should believe it really does work.The rest of the state should take note.

With fewer get-out-the-vote events on campus, will as many college students cast ballots?

Wisconsin State Journal

The vibe at Wisconsin’s largest university in this battleground state just 20 days out from the Nov. 3 election bore little resemblance to the campus atmosphere in the lead-up to the 2018 election when organizers passed out puppies, arranged celebrity visits, installed a bouncy house on Library Mall and wore costumes drawing attention to voter registration tables.

In-person absentee voting to begin Tuesday in Madison

NBC-15

Some Madison Public Library locations, UW-Madison Memorial Union and Union South, UW-Madison Student Activity Center, Madison College will be available for drive-up and walk-up voting, according to the City of Madison Clerk’s Office. Hours vary according to location.

Wisconsin Partnership Program to grant $6 million towards initiatives, health equity in Wisconsin

Daily Cardinal

The Wisconsin Partnership Program, an arm of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, aims to foster the goal of ensuring long-term health and wellbeing for the people of Wisconsin. Established in 2004, the Program has awarded 539 research, education and community grants to Wisconsin-based initiatives, totaling well over $254 million dollars.

Comedian Shane Mauss gets seriously funny at Wisconsin Science Festival

Cap Times

Mauss’ guests will include Heather Kirkorian, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Cognitive Development and Media Lab, UW-Madison professor of communication science Catalina Toma, and comedian Ken Reid, host of the “TV Guidance Counselor” podcast. The session will be held via Crowdcast, where audience members can comment and ask questions throughout the event.

Why New Dads Struggle With Depression – Male Postpartum Depression

Men's Health

There have been some appeals by experts over the years to take paternal PPD seriously, but those calls have been largely ignored. In January, three leading researchers, Tova Walsh, Ph.D., Neal Davis, M.D., and Craig Garfield, M.D., published a piece in Pediatrics—the influential journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics—urging pediatricians to screen for paternal PPD, just as they do for maternal postpartum depression. “It is now critical to recognize paternal depression as a community of pediatric providers and ensure consistent screening, referral, and follow-up,” they wrote.

La Grange School District 105 Set To Implement Voluntary COVID-19 Screening Program For All Students – CBS Chicago

CBS Chicago

The District 102 plan was developed under the guidance of district board member and microbiologist Dr. Edward Campbell, and has been in place since late August. He explained it by email:“The test we have implemented in D102 is a fusion of similar tests developed by David and Shelby O’Connor and University of Wisconsin Madison and Nick Myerson and Sara Sawyer at the University of Colorado.

In Blank’s absence, BIPOC Coalition shares demands at ASM meeting

Daily Cardinal

“We want to draw attention to the fact that Chancellor Blank did not come to this meeting tonight,” Stangler said. “Part of the reason why we were brought on this as a special order was to finally have an audience with Chancellor Blank, but after verifying her schedule with Chair Mitnick on the 10th of this month … she pulled out.”

Madison hospitals adopt policies on patient discriminatory behavior

Wisconsin State Journal

SSM Health, which owns St. Mary’s Hospital, approved a policy in June, saying it won’t honor patient requests for alternate caregivers that are rooted in bigotry. UW Health passed a similar policy in July, and UnityPoint Health-Meriter is in the process of adopting such a policy. The hospitals announced the effort Thursday.

A third of registered Madison voters have already cast their ballots

The Capital Times

In several wards traditionally dominated by University of Wisconsin-Madison students, solid voter registration numbers have not translated into high numbers of absentee ballots requested or returned. WEC data shows about 1,500 registered voters living in Ward 56, which includes the large southeast campus dorms. Voters there requested 127 ballots and have returned 38.

Covid-19 Cases Are Rising in More Than 40 States

WSJ

“This just makes me feel that the winter will be more ominous. I don’t think it’s going to go down. It could, we have the time for it to go down,” said Ajay Sethi, an associate professor of population health sciences at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. “But you really need to have a sudden and complete change in behavior across the state, and it’s hard to believe it will occur.”

Wisconsin Judge Temporarily Blocks State Order on Taverns as New Covid-19 Cases Hit Record

WSJ

Howard Schweber, a political-science professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, said the conflicts in all three states reflect the intense partisan divide, with Democratic governors and one or both houses of the legislative branch controlled by Republicans.

“What we have is just a sort of state-level version of what is sometimes called constitutional hardball,” he said. “Parties pushing the rules of the game and their interests to the extreme that the system will allow, which would be unfortunate if we were talking about, say, fiscal policy, but in the case of a genuine public-health crisis, is truly disastrous.”

Voter turnout: Will sports stadiums as voting sites boost the vote?

Slate

“I think it’s a combination of widespread national interest in racial justice and the pandemic happening simultaneously [driving engagement]—and the fact that these arenas aren’t actually being used for sports [that] makes them available,” said Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and founding director of its Elections Research Center. “So it’s sort of a perfect storm of all these things coming together that’s made it sort of a natural extension for teams to make.”

Trump and Biden in competing town halls with president facing uphill battle

The Japan Times

David Canon, chair of the political science department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, agreed.But he said Trump may have committed a “tactical error” by backing out of a virtual debate with Biden.“He needed the debates more than Biden did,” Canon said. “He’s the one that needs to change the momentum in the election.”

A call for action: UW BIPOC Coalition demands justice

Daily Cardinal

Included in the message was a “Protest Card” that listed guidelines that, should organizers fail to follow, may result in “conduct action and/or arrest.” The friendly tone of the email did not mask the malice behind its intent and we, as organizers, understood what we were being threatened with — “comply by our rules or face consequences.”

Bray, John “Jack” W.

Wisconsin State Journal

He was employed as an engineer with Univac Sperry Rand, served aboard the U.S. Geophysical Polar Center ship and worked for the UW – Madison, retiring as a chemist from the Wisconsin Occupational Health Laboratory.