Edgewood College is moving all face-to-face classes online starting March 23 through April 6 at the earliest.
Edgewood College moves all classes online starting March 23
NBC-15
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UW limiting access to WIAA boys basketball tournament
NBC-15
The WIAA boys’ basketball tournament will go on as planned at the Kohl Center, however, the number of tickets allotted to each team headed to the WIAA boys’ basketball tournament will be limited, the University of Wisconsin announced Thursday morning.
UW Madison cancels in-person classes through April 10
NBC-15
According to the university, the decision comes after consultation with local, state and federal authorities.
UW-Madison suspends in-person lessons citing spread of coronavirus
WISC-TV 3
Students who live in the residence halls are being asked to take all essential items with them during spring break. Those students are being asked to not return to campus until at least April 10. The university is also asking students to complete their coursework remotely.
Small business owners who rely on UW-Madison students concerned about cancelled in-person classes
WISC-TV 3
“This is my job. My life is here,” said the owner of the Luang Probang Lao and Thai food cart near State Street. “It’s going to be slow for us. But if it’s too slow, we will close for a little bit. We will come back when everything gets better.”
COVID-19 response: How UW-Madison will make switch from in-person classes to ‘alternate delivery’
WISC-TV 3
At a press conference Wednesday, Chancellor Rebecca Blank said students will still need to keep up with their classwork. UW leaders are working with schools and professors to move class materials, lectures and discussions online when possible. Blank said independent study is another option.
Wisconsin’s 38 Most Influential Native Americans, Part 4
Madison365
Aaron Bird Bear, a citizen of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Diné nations, is the first tribal relations director at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Second LGBTQ+ Health Summit Coming April 17
Madison365
UW-Madison’s School of Nursing will host the second annual LGBTQ+ Health Summit on campus Friday, April 17.
Big events banned, NCAA tells fans to stay home over virus
The Washington Post
Penn State, Swarthmore, West Virginia’s Marshall University, the University of Virginia, the University of Tennessee system and the University of Wisconsin at Madison joined the rapidly expanding list of schools announcing plans to send students home and hold classes remotely.
UW suspends face-to-face instruction until April 10
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin will suspend face-to-face class instruction starting March 14 due to concerns about COVID-19, a text alert sent to UW students said.
Column: Madison campus is not diverse, could be more supportive
Badger Herald
Non-minority students could do more next year when Black History Month comes around.
Cuts In Wisconsin Hospitals Push Nurses To The Limit
Wisconsin Public Radio
Dr. Robert Golden, chairman of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority Board, sat in front of a sea of fed-up nurses as he tried to wrap up an agenda item at a monthly board meeting in Madison.
Ideal Glass Would Explain Why Glass Exists at All
Quanta Magazine
The hidden long-range order of this putative state could rival the more obvious orderliness of a crystal. “That observation right there was at the heart of why people thought there should be an ideal glass,” said Mark Ediger, a chemical physicist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Dean of Students responds to ASM questions on COVID-19 student concerns
Badger Herald
Pandemic situation is ’unpredecented,’ UW to work with students, Dean of Students said.
UW Campuses Making Changes To Operations Due To COVID-19 Concerns
Wisconsin Public Radio
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is canceling in-person classes after spring break from Monday, March 23 until at least Friday, April 10. The university is also asking students to stay home, if possible, and not return to campus until at least April 10.
UW athletic department officials meet to discuss options to deal with coronavirus spread
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“There’s a potential of closing the campus down,” Alvarez said, explaining he had just received an email from deputy athletic director Chris McIntosh alerting him of the meeting of senior staff. “I’m not exactly sure.”
Wisconsin colleges cancel in-person classes, drop events, send students home, extend spring break
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Multiple Wisconsin universities on Wednesday took dramatic steps to ward off or curb the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, everything from moving courses online to canceling university-sponsored travel and events to extending spring break.
Is the Diversity of Your School Accurately Reflected in Its Promotional Materials?
The New York Times
Julie Bosman, Emily Shetler and Natalie Yahr write about a promotional video made by the student homecoming committee at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a large public university with more than 30,000 undergraduate students, and the swift reaction to that video.
Wisconsin colleges cancel in-person classes, drop events, send students home, extend spring break
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Multiple Wisconsin universities on Wednesday took dramatic steps to ward off or curb the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, everything from moving courses online to canceling university-sponsored travel and events to extending spring break.
UW-Madison moving to online instruction amid COVID-19 coronavirus uncertainty
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison will suspend in-person classes for at least three weeks, an unprecedented action by Wisconsin’s largest university taken to slow the spread of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus.
Badgers women’s hockey, men’s basketball will play NCAA tournament games with limited spectators
Wisconsin State Journal
The NCAA took the unprecedented step Wednesday of closing the doors of its March Madness basketball tournaments and other championship events to most spectators in response to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Wisconsin sees 3 new cases of COVID-19; hospitals, government officials preparing for more
Wisconsin State Journal
Dr. Nasia Safdar, medical director of infection control at UW Health, said if hospitals share masks and equipment and add more isolation rooms, “I think that we could manage” the outbreak.
Russia Trying to Stoke U.S. Racial Tensions Before Election, Officials Say
The New York Times
Independent researchers continue to identify social media accounts with Russian links. Race was among the top issues that such accounts tried to foster division over, said Young Mie Kim, a University of Wisconsin professor who studies political communication online. Others included nationalism, immigration, gun control and gay rights.
What Are The Telltale Signs Of A Department Layoff?
HuffPost Life
If you want to know if your job is in jeopardy, consider whether management has laid people off recently, said Charlie Trevor, a professor of management and human resources at the University of Wisconsin–Madison school of business.
In Human Nature, Crispr’s Origin Story Comes to Life
WIRED
Noted: There’s no doubt Human Nature will contribute to improving the public’s literacy about Crispr, including the differences between editing cells that can pass down those changes to future generations (germline cells, like sperm, ova, and embryos) and ones that can’t (somatic cells, or those from other body tissues). That’s critical for the future of the technology, says Alta Charo, a bioethicist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who appears in the film for her work on the National Academy of Sciences’ reports on the ethics of gene editing.
Review: Waiting for wounds to heal and ‘Real Life’ to begin
Los Angeles Times
Wallace is a graduate student at an unnamed large Midwestern university (Taylor holds a degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison).
UW-Milwaukee extending Spring break after sick staff member tested for coronavirus
WKOW-TV 27
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone announced on Tuesday that the university is going to extend the Spring break by a week, now running from March 15-March 29.
Fact v. Fiction: Answering your questions about coronavirus
WKOW-TV 27
27 News sat down with Dr. Jeff Pothof, the chief quality and safety officer at UW Health, to discuss what people can do to prepare for potential COVID-19 transmission.
UW-Milwaukee extends spring break after employee tested for possible coronavirus
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will be extending its spring break by one week after an employee was tested for a possible case of coronavirus.
‘I won’t be canceling those plans’: UW-Madison students still plan on traveling during spring break
WISC-TV 3
“I haven’t really thought about canceling it because I know that my mom has really been wanting to see me,” said UW-Madison junior, Tyson Holtz. “I’m going to be going to Florida and that would be a shame if I weren’t able to see my mom and have a break from studies.”
Column: Communications should not be a requirement, only leads to apathy, disinterest
Badger Herald
Ability to communicate effectively can be key to employment for many college graduates, yet isn’t taught properly at UW.
UW stops applying travel grants to graduate student’s segregated fees
Badger Herald
Teacher’s Assistant Association member calls change ‘necessary but insufficient,’ graduate students asking for clarity.
Proposed Title IX changes could affect how colleges deal with dating violence
Badger Herald
“Students will be able to pursue a Title IX suit in the event that a university fails to act appropriately,” DAIS executive director said.
Biotech company makes new discovery in hormone imbalance research
Badger Herald
Startup company JangoBio develops organoid therapy for hormone imbalances.
Low admission rates in two-year UW campuses may close schools
Badger Herald
Closing of branch schools could disproportionately affect rural counties in state, merge with larger four-year campuses.
UW researchers receive grant, pioneer research on cranberry genomes
Badger Herald
$6.4 million USDA grant with matching funds, innovative genetic research, aid farmers in creating better quality products.
UW-Milwaukee extends spring break, prepares to move classes online due to coronavirus
Badger Herald
’With the health and well-being of our campus communities being paramount, we are taking quick and decisive steps as a safeguard,’ email statement says.
A Cause for Paws: Students turn to four-legged friends in times of stress
Badger Herald
As students face mental health disorders, therapy animals, emotional support animals provide relief.
Senior Class Office to raise $10,000 for Green Bandana Project
Daily Cardinal
The Green Bandana Project is a mental health awareness campaign created in 2016 by Madison freshman Colin Bass. The senior class hopes to fundraise $10,000, according to the gift proposal by the Senior Class Office.
Manufacturing health care: ‘Big data’ spurs cuts in Wisconsin hospitals, pushing nurses to the limit
The Capital Times
The Feb. 27 board meeting was the third in a row in which UW Health nurses asked the board to recognize their new union — so far to no avail.
Second Wisconsin resident tests positive for COVID-19 coronavirus, health officials say
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank “strongly advised” students and employees Monday to reconsider non-essential personal and business travel away from Dane County. The guidance comes a week before the start of the university’s spring break.
Toolkit offers local governments a guide to harnessing clean energy
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Indeed, rapidly falling prices and changing public opinion on climate change have erased the traditional financial and political costs associated with being a clean energy leader, said Greg Nemet, professor of public affairs and environmental studies at UW-Madison.
UW-Madison health researcher gives advice on fighting coronavirus
Journal Sentinel
I’m not an expert on the COVID-19 virus by any stretch, but I study epidemics and have general knowledge and training that is applicable. Here are my thoughts on what’s happening and what we should do.
Students shift to online coursework after UW suspends study abroad programs
The Capital Times
With study abroad programs suspended amid coronavirus fears, University of Wisconsin-Madison students are returning to the United States. And while they’re able to complete coursework online, they remain surprised and disappointed to have their experiences cut short.
For a Scientist Turned Novelist, an Experiment Pays Off
The New York Times
When he set out to write a novel, Brandon Taylor, a former doctoral student in biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin, approached it like a scientist.
How monkeys, mice and ferrets are helping scientists to fight coronavirus
Nature
But no animal model is perfect. “There’s going to be a need not just for one animal model, but multiple,” says David O’Connor, a virologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Monkeys and mice tell researchers different things about infection, shedding light on factors such as the role of the immune system or how the virus spreads. “We can try to learn as much as possible as quickly as possible and integrate that with the emerging volume of data from the clinic,” says O’Connor.
Wisconsin Sees 2nd Confirmed Coronavirus Case As Health Officials Fight Disease And Myths
Wisconsin Public Radio
Two commercial labs, Quest and LabCorp, will supplement testing being done at the State Laboratory of Hygiene on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and the Milwaukee Health Department. The state lab can do 100 tests per day and the Milwaukee lab up to 30. It’s not known yet how many additional tests will be done through the commercial labs.
Chryst Talks 2020 Roster Ahead Of Badgers Football’s Spring Practices
Wisconsin Public Radio
Spring practices start Tuesday for the University of Wisconsin Badgers football team.
Wisconsin farmers prep for potential wet, cold weather
Associated Press
Kevin Jarek is the agricultural agent for University of Wisconsin-Extension in Outagamie County. He said some farmers are worried about another late planting season this year because the National Weather Service has reported precipitation numbers that are above average.
The cost of education: Search employee salaries for Wisconsin universities
Wisconsin State Journal
Searchable database of University of Wisconsin System employee pay.
Schuster, Dr. Donald Sylvan
Wisconsin State Journal
Don was also a member of the UW Dermatology Department, holding the rank of Associate Clinical Professor during this period. He loved teaching and twice, he received the Dermatology residents award.
Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard named Big Ten Coach of the Year
Wisconsin State Journal
At the end of an emotional news conference Saturday afternoon at Indiana, the three men sitting to the left of University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Greg Gard put in some plugs for their boss.
Jim Graves: Make the Kohl Center a tougher venue for visitors by ringing court with students
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor: UW-Madison needs to ring the arena floor with students, making the Kohl Center a tough place for visitors to play.
5 UW campuses phase out coal as heating source this year
Wisconsin State Journal
In June, the UW System will end its statewide contract to provide coal for campuses. Stout, Oshkosh, Platteville, Stevens Point and Superior campuses have upgraded their remaining coal-fired boilers to run mainly on natural gas with a fuel oil backup.
As UW-Madison issues Spring Break advisory, rugby club to proceed with travel plans
WKOW-TV 27
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank issued an advisory Monday recommending that students and staff “reconsider non-essential personal or business travel away from Dane County” during the university’s Spring Break, from March 14-22.
Human behavior expert addresses Coronavirus panic
NBC-15
“This is just human psychology. We get scared of things we don’t know,” Dominique Brossard, UW-Madison Department of Life Sciences Communications Chair and Professor said.
Breaking down the facts and myths of coronavirus
NBC-15
Dr. Jeff Pothof is a UW Health Chief Quality and Safety Officer who is breaking down the facts and myths of coronavirus.
UW System to host national public summit on preventing sexual harassment in higher education
WISC-TV 3
The Public Summit of the Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education will be hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Oct. 19 and 20.
UW Chancellor advises students, staff to reconsider non-essential travel away from Dane County
WISC-TV 3
The university advised students, staff and faculty to reconsider “non-essential personal or business travel away from Dane County,” as “documented cases are growing rapidly both domestically and internationally.”
With Childhood Diabetes, Close Family Ties Lead to Flourishing Adults
Reuters
Carol Ryff, director of the Institute on Aging at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, who developed the scales of wellbeing used to assess flourishing, called the study a “model of innovative health science for the future” and a “breath of fresh air.”