UW-Madison is going to virtual instruction for the next two weeks and is quarantining students in Sellery and Witte Residence Halls.
UW-Madison going to two weeks of virtual instruction, two residence halls quarantined
WKOW-TV 27
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UW-Madison students scramble for supplies, answers as two-week quarantine begins
WKOW-TV 27
A stream of students with bags full of snacks and packs of water filed out of the Fresh Madison Market Wednesday night. As of 10 p.m., residents of Witte and Sellery Halls were to quarantine in place for the next two weeks per an order from Chancellor Rebecca Blank.
Number of COVID-19 tests on UW Madison campus down significantly on Labor Day
WKOW-TV 27
A relatively small number of UW-Madison students were tested for COVID-19 on Labor Day, but the percentage of those tests that were positive saw a significant jump.
COVID-19 vaccine trial halted at UW Health
WKOW-TV 27
The COVID-19 vaccine trial underway at multiple locations, including UW Health, is on hold after one participant in the United Kingdom suffered a serious adverse reaction.
Group of UW-Madison students face ‘disciplinary action’ after video of gathering surfaces on social media
WKOW-TV 27
A university spokesperson tells 27 News that officials believe the gathering did not take place in a campus residence hall. The caption in the video reads “Covid dorms”The university is now working to identify the students involved and will be pursuing the appropriate disciplinary action.
AstraZeneca halts COVID-19 vaccine trial at UW Hospital
WISC-TV 3
The COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial at UW Hospital just started last week, but it’s now on hold.
Madison mayor blaming parties for increase in cases at UW-Madison
WISC-TV 3
Madison’s mayor thinks she knows exactly what’s causing so many college students to catch COVID-19, and in her mind, it’s preventable.
COVID-19 cases for UW- Madison students living off campus rising
NBC-15
A spokesperson for the university said in an email that data showed that the spread is due to social interactions, not academic interactions.
7 in 10 new COVID-19 cases were UW students or staff, PHMDC reports
NBC-15
At least 71 percent of the 901 people in the county who tested positive were UW students or members of its staff, Public Health Madison & Dane Co. reports. The agency’s numbers come a day after the university directed its students to restrict their in-person interactions and limit their movements to essential actions for the next two weeks.
Jelly Belly is giving away a candy factory in a nationwide treasure hunt
CNN
The mysterious candy factory is the ultimate prize, and with it comes full ownership of the building and a candy making course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Klein said. Whoever claims the candy factory can create their own candy company, though Klein will offer his confectionary expertise if necessary.
UW-Madison Students Cope With The Pandemic
Wisconsin Public Radio
With a growing number of COVID-19 cases confirmed at UW Madison, Chancellor Rebecca Blank directed students to restrict their movements. We speak with the chair of the Associated Students of Madison about how students are coping with the pandemic and what they think of the university’s restart plan.
AstraZeneca COVID-1 9 vaccine trials halted at UW Health
NBC-15
UW Health is halting their AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trials on Tuesday after a suspected adverse reaction in the United Kingdom.
UW-Madison Reports More Than 1,000 COVID-19 Cases, As Students Told To ‘Severely Limit’ Interactions
Wisconsin Public Radio
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials are attempting to get a handle on the spread of the coronavirus amidst a recent spike of cases on campus.
Coronavirus Puts School Cafeteria Workers At Risk, Too
The Atlantic
For as long as federal funding for school lunch programs has existed, the labor that makes those meals possible has been low-paid and underappreciated. “A lot of teachers were forming unions in the 1960s and ’70s, but there was a reluctance for cafeteria workers to do the same,” Jennifer Gaddis, a professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and author of The Labor of Lunch: Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools, told me. “There was this idea that you’re taking money away from free-lunch programs for kids. But historically, there’s never been a lot of national or state-level support within school nutrition, until recently.”
Learning at home could have benefits for America’s students
The Washington Post
More than a century ago, when the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Human Ecology was the Department of Home Economics, students learned in a Practice Cottage, a house in which they were required to live for a period of time to apply and test what they had learned in their classes. Learning through doing expanded and amplified what happened in the classroom and reframed the home as a place of innovation, change and possibility.
School protocols for COVID-19
NBC-15
Quoted: “That will really look different depending on the community resources and assets,” Paula Tran Inzeo, MATCH Director with the UW Population Health Institute said. “Whether there’s a place for folks to go depending on the system or if they’ll be sending folks home, but you’ll want to separate people.”
Column: Debate surrounding Lincoln statue will have generational effect
Badger Herald
As Black Lives Matter movement gains traction in media, so does complicated history involving Lincoln statue.
Freshmen face difficulties adapting to university life in age of COVID-19
Badger Herald
Freshmen say it is difficult to meet, spend time with due to social distancing, restrictions inside UW dormitories.
LINK.Madison calls for removal of Chamberlin Rock over racist nickname
Badger Herald
Protests prompted UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank to search for alternative means to honor former UW President Thomas C. Chamberlin.
COVID restrictions alter fall semester on campus
Badger Herald
As the ever present coronavirus looms, Badgers everywhere are adjusting to the fall semester.
The Tuition Dilemma: students, universities grapple with budget cuts, increased tuition
Badger Herald
While universities attempt to mitigate money loss, students struggle with the idea of paying for Zoom University.
UW sets, breaks coronavirus records over holiday weekend, forcing stay-at-home order
The Capital Times
Sunday marked the highest number of cases for both Dane County and University of Wisconsin-Madison on-campus testing since the pandemic started in March, breaking the previous record set only one day prior on Saturday.
Politicians push Big Ten to start football, fall sports
Wisconsin State Journal
Agroup of 10 Midwest politicians are adding to the voices pleading for the Big Ten Conference to overturn its decision to postpone the fall football season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Man treated for overdose arrested after barricading himself in restroom with knife at University Hospital, police say
Wisconsin State Journal
APrairie du Sac man treated for an overdose was arrested after barricading himself in a restroom while armed with a knife on Saturday night at University Hospital, police reported.
Free Speech, Wrong Speech and Ivory Towers
WSJ
Today’s increasingly politicized higher education too often compounds the problem by dishonoring both freedom and standards of truthfulness.
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Kamala Harris visits Milwaukee for her first in-person campaign event
The Washington Post
“I once lived in Wisconsin, did you know that? Wisconsin is part of my story,” Harris told reporters Monday, noting that her parents taught at the University of Wisconsin when she was young.
New York Will Test the Dead More Often for Coronavirus and Flu
The New York Times
Thorough testing can also affect which bodies are autopsied at medical examiners’ offices, where resources and staff have been strained, said Dr. Erin Brooks, a pathologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Someone whose cause of death can be confirmed by a positive test for the coronavirus, for instance, might not need to be investigated further.
Kathryn Garcia, Sanitation Chief, Considers Running for Mayor
The New York Times
Ms. Garcia grew up in Park Slope, Brooklyn, attending local public schools, including P.S. 321 in Park Slope, and then Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where her daughter is now a senior. She still lives in the neighborhood, and her son lives nearby.
In Year of Voting by Mail, a Scramble to Beef Up In-Person Voting, Too
The New York Times
For all of the attention on voting by mail, perhaps four in 10 votes — 60 million ballots — are likely to be cast in person this fall, either early or on Election Day. Overall turnout could well reach 150 million for the first time, up from 137.5 million in 2016, according to Barry C. Burden, the director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW-Madison Black Student Union Calls For Boulder Removal
Wisconsin Public Radio
Black students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison want the school to remove a 70-ton boulder from campus because its nickname is a racial slur.
Wisconsin Economy Takes A Hit From Sports Delays, Cancellations
Wisconsin Public Radio
Businesses in Madison won’t benefit from college football season this fall. When the Big Ten announced it would postpone the season due to the pandemic, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s athletic department announced it could miss out on about $100 million in revenue this year.
Meyer, Gary “Butch”
Wisconsin State Journal
Butch worked for the State of Wisconsin at the University in the Registrar’s office until his retirement in 2000.
Gradel, Lawrence Paul “Larry”
Wisconsin State Journal
He worked as a plumber for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, retiring in 2003.
A week into UW-Madison classes, everyone has an opinion on how to proceed
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison’s return to the physical classroom nearly six months after shifting all courses online last spring stokes fear among some who say the safest option is to continue online and relief to others whose experience teaching or learning remotely was underwhelming.
State Street Brats closes temporarily due to COVID-19
Wisconsin State Journal
State Street Brats in Madison is closing temporarily because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the sports bar announced Sunday.
UW-Madison orders 9 sororities, fraternities with positive COVID-19 cases to quarantine
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison ordered students who live in nine fraternity and sorority houses to quarantine for two weeks after more than three dozen members recently tested positive for COVID-19.
Hidden harvest: UW-Madison study finds recreational fishing catch rivals supermarket sales in Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Journal
Anew study from UW-Madison confirms what more than a million anglers already know: Wisconsin’s lakes are a major source of food.
UW-Madison restricts student movement, activities for 14 days as COVID-19 spreads
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank on Monday ordered undergraduate students to restrict their movements for 14 days to curb the spread of COVID-19 on campus as cases continue to rise.
UW-Madison asks undergraduate students to limit in-person interactions for 14 days
WISC-TV 3
The letter said students should only leave their residence for “essential activities,” including receiving a COVID-19 test or medical care; participating in academic activities including classes, studying or research; purchasing food; going to a job; running or walking; or attending a religious observance.
Dane Co. sets new single-day record for coronavirus cases, at least half among UW-Madison students, staff
WISC-TV 3
PHMDC officials said the number of confirmed cases includes people tested on the UW-Madison campus, but it does not account for students or staff who may have been tested at off-campus sites. As more contact tracing is completed, officials expect the proportion cases tied to UW-Madison to increase.
UW-Madison student government demands return to virtual instruction
WISC-TV 3
The Associated Students of Madison published a letter asking for a “moral restart,” which includes moving all classes online, lowering residence hall capacity and requiring a negative COVID-19 test before attending social gatherings.
‘Obviously they want to party’: 9 UW-Madison Greek houses placed on quarantine following outbreak
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Public Health Madison & Dane County announced Friday a mandatory 14-day quarantine for members of nine UW-Madison fraternities and sororities who live in off-campus chapter houses.
Students hope UW-Madison restrictions on undergrads will slow COVID-19 spread, keep campus open
WISC-TV 3
As the University of Wisconsin-Madison calls on its undergraduate students to severely limit their movement and in-person interactions, some hope it will be enough to keep campus open.
9 UW-Madison fraternities, sororities ordered to quarantine to stop spread of COVID-19
WKOW-TV 27
Members of other Greek life organizations said they saw this coming, with the influx of gatherings since students started arriving in past weeks.
Voter drive canceled following UW-Madison COVID-19 restrictions
WKOW-TV 27
The Madison City Clerk’s Office has canceled all voter registration drives scheduled to take place on the UW-Madison campus over the next two weeks.
UW-Madison undergrads urged to limit in-person interaction for next 14 days
WKOW-TV 27
As the number of positive COVID-19 cases among UW-Madison students continues to rise, campus leadership is directing all undergraduate students to severely limit their in-person interactions for the next 14 days.
UW-Madison students say semester is “a maturity test” due to pandemic
WKOW-TV 27
With the university starting the semester in a hybrid model of classes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, junior Max Serpe said the atmosphere wasn’t the same, but he was glad to finally be back on campus. “It had been six months since I walked into the business school, so it felt really good,” he said. “It’s a home and I’m happy to be home.”
Student association at UW-Madison calling for university to move to all-virtual format
WKOW-TV 27
This comes after Chancellor Rebecca Blank wrote an open letter to students that was published on a university website, asking that undergraduates limit their exposure to other over the next 14 days.
UW-Madison chancellor to undergrads: “severely limit” in-person interactions as COVID-19 cases sharply rise
WKOW-TV 27
One week into the fall semester, UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sent a letter to undergraduate students Monday calling on them to restrict their in-person interactions to “essential activities” only.
UW- Platteville Chancellor says actions this weekend could put the semester in jeopardy
NBC-15
Chancellor Dennis Shields spoke in a video on YouTube saying the university is closely monitoring health concerns as it relates to COVID-19 with help from Grant County Health Department, the CDC and student health services.
Hundreds in quarantine, after positive cases are traced to UW-Madison fraternities, sororities
NBC-15
Wrapping week one of classes, the university announced that nearly 40 students tested positive for COVID-19. Scattered across nine fraternities and sororities, the students were told to isolate, as the other members of their chapter homes were told to quarantine.
MPD say surveillance video shows alleged UW graffiti suspect
NBC-15
The footage shows the suspect walking at 4:40 a.m. in the 700 block of State Street, according to an incident report. Police continued saying the University Book Store and St. Paul’s Catholic Student Center were sprayed with black paint and had similar words on them.
Wisconsin student-athletes organize united rally for diversity on campus
NBC-15
Wisconsin Athletics announced a new athletic plan for racial equality following Unity March.
Nearly 200 students ordered to quarantine at UW-Eau Claire after 69 students test positive for COVID-19
WEAU TV
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire reports 69 students have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Sunday including 17 students who live on campus in residence halls and 52 students living off-campus. Classes began at the university on Wednesday.
State Street Brats announces temporary closure
NBC-15
“To prioritize the safety of our customers, employees and community, we will be closed until further notice,” the bar posted on Instagram.
UW- Madison directs undergrad students to restrict in-person interactions, movements
NBC-15
UW-Madison students are being asked to quarantine for two weeks following a spike in new COVID-19 cases linked to campus.
Breaking down decision-making within Public Health
NBC-15
Quoted: “We’re trying to make policies for the collective good,” Paula Tran Inzeo, MATCH Group Director with UW Population Health Institute said. “No single decision is made by one person.”
Voter registration drives at UW- Madison canceled for 2 weeks
NBC-15
The city clerk’s office tweeted about the cancellations, saying they were due to the in-person interaction restrictions on UW’s campus that was announced on Monday.
Hundreds of UW Greek life members to get tested after COVID-19 outbreak
Badger Herald
All members of nine residences must be tested, quarantine after 38 Greek life members tested positive for COVID-19.
UWPD arrests man with knife in incident at UW Hospital
Badger Herald
Man was arrested for felony possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia, probation hold.