Political strategist Symone D. Sanders will present a talk called “Black History, American History” Monday, April 6 in Shannon Hall at Memorial Union, the Wisconsin Union Directorate announced today.
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GUTS presents budget proposal to SSFC
Badger Herald
GUTS explains initiative to offer more paid tutor positions.
UW PharmD students create health app, improve cancer patient care
Badger Herald
Creators questioned effectiveness of existing similar apps, helps cancer patients track care while kick-starting company.
UW alumni donated $70 million in support of faculty recruitment, retention
Badger Herald
The matching opportunity will run until Dec. 31, 2020, according to UW News, and the goals are to create endowed professorships, chairs and distinguished chairs based on the current campus faculty fund guidelines.
UW Graduate School honors 15 teaching assistants with awards
Badger Herald
‘I hope they appreciate how much we appreciate the good work they do,’ assistant dean said.
The Daily 202: Bernie Sanders built a diverse coalition to win Nevada. South Carolina offers a tougher test.
The Washington Post
The University of Wisconsin at Madison-YouGov surveys of likely Democratic primary voters showed Sanders garnering 25 percent in Michigan, which holds its primary on March 10.
The Daily 202: Bernie Sanders built a diverse coalition to win Nevada. South Carolina offers a tougher test.
The Washington Post
New surveys show Sanders leading in three key Midwestern states that vote after Super Tuesday. The University of Wisconsin at Madison-YouGov surveys of likely Democratic primary voters showed Sanders garnering 25 percent in Michigan, which holds its primary on March 10.
Dems fight to rebuild ‘Blue Wall’ in 2020, but polls show warning signs in Wisconsin
Sinclair Broadcasting Group
A poll released Sunday by the University of Wisconsin—Madison Elections Research Center cast the race in a different light, showing all the Democratic candidates leading or tied with Trump in all three states, but most of them are within the margin of error. That survey’s sample of Wisconsin voters leaned Democratic by five points.
Why Mocha Books Is Crowdfunding To Open A Mobile Bookstore To Sell Children’s Books By Authors Of Color
Forbes
The ongoing need for this type of service has been highlighted by statistics. Data on books by and about people of color and from First/Native Nations published for children and teens compiled by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison showed that in 2018, of 3,653 books received by CCBC, 405 were about Africans and African-Americans, 55 were about and First and Native Nations, 314 were about Asian Pacifics and Asian Pacific Americans and 249 were about Latinx people.
Polling Battleground States And Exploring Afrofuturism
Wisconsin Public Radio
We talk with a UW-Madison professor about his effort to take the political pulse of three battleground states, including Wisconsin.
Transplanting the Immune System: Easier on Patients?
KSAT
In 27 years of doing transplants, Dixon Kaufman, MD, PhD, FACS, Ray D. Owen Professor and Chair Division of Transplantation Department of Surgery School of Medicine and Public Health at University of Wisconsin- Madison has never done one like Okey’s. Her sister’s kidney was a perfect match, but then both women took part in a second pioneering transplant to give Barb her sister’s immune system.
Valley News – Proponents of healthy school lunches say the more who participate, the better the lunch
Valley News
Quoted: Gaddis, an assistant professor of civil society and community studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of The Labor of Lunch: Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools, estimates that about 20 million students, primarily from higher earning families, forgo cafeteria meals in favor of lunches brought from home.
Why I Read Namtars, the Memoirs of Masters
Tricycle
And mindfulness does, indeed, relieve suffering to some degree. When my friend Richard Davidson—the psychology professor who founded the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison—and I reviewed the best of peer-reviewed scientific studies of meditation in our book, Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body, we found that even beginners benefited from mindfulness by becoming calmer, less easily upset, and more focused, among many other benefits.
Lynn Cohen, Magda on ‘Sex and the City,’ Is Dead at 86
The New York Times
After spending a year at the University of Wisconsin and a year at Northwestern University, Lynn Kay moved to St. Louis. While there she played roles in regional theater productions and taught at a summer theater program.
Candidates Receive Endorsements From Democrats Who Benefited From Their PACs
Truthout
Quoted: “It is a sort of classic strategy to curry favors and build a network,” said Eleanor Powell, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Those contributions help make it easier for the campaign to reach out since they already have a relationship with the elected official.”
Legacy Preference Gets Fresh Look Following College-Admissions Scandal
Wall Street Journal
And last year, to address the Varsity Blues scandal, University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank wrote on her blog that the state’s elite flagship university didn’t consider legacy preference in admission.
Wake up! Scientists find the ‘on’ switch in primate brains
The New Daily - Australia
“For as long as you’re stimulating their brain, their behaviour… and their brain activity is that of a waking state,” said Dr Yuri Saalmann, University of Wisconsin–Madison psychology and neuroscience professor, in a prepared statement.
Hmong Leaders Rally Against Trump Administration’s Deportation Push
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: Yang Sao Xiong, a professor of Asian-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says Hmong history as war allies of the U.S. military has long shaped the way the community sees itself. But the story of broader Hmong acceptance in the U.S. has never been simple.
Wisconsin Experts Disagree On Dairy Industry Impact Of Dean Foods Sale
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: But Peter Carstensen, professor emeritus from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School, said the deal could end up hurting dairy farmers by giving DFA too much power over the market.
Bernie Sanders is running stronger than other candidates in critical Rust Belt states
Daily Kos
Sanders holds a 16-point lead over his closest competitors in Wisconsin, based on the University of Wisconsin-Madison survey.
Bernie Sanders leads Pa. primary in poll, with close race against Trump
Philadelphia Inquirer
“All three states are up for grabs in 2020,” said Barry Burden, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Elections Research Center, which conducted the poll. “Trump is in a more difficult position in Michigan than the other two states, but each of the Midwest battlegrounds could be won by either party, almost regardless of who becomes the Democratic nominee.”
Sanders has wide leads in two of three battleground states: survey
The Hill
Sanders holds a 17-point lead over his closest competitors in Wisconsin, based on the University of Wisconsin-Madison survey.
Bernie Sanders leading Democratic field in Michigan new poll says
Detroit Free Press
“Sanders is well-positioned to pick up the lion’s share of delegates in these states unless another Democrat breaks away from the pack to challenge him,” said Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin and and director of the Elections Research Center.
Bernie Sanders top choice among voters, Democratic candidates lead Trump in UW poll
WKOW-TV 27
This year, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Elections Research Center (ERC) conducted polls in three Midwestern battleground states: Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
‘It just really motivates us,’ Grassroots groups respond to new UW-Madison poll results
WKOW-TV 27
The results of a new UW-Madison poll energized some Democratic grassroots activists Sunday while it had others feeling defiant.
From coffee to crackers, UW-Madison robots deliver to meet higher student demand
NBC-15
This winter semester, more UW-Madison students are bundled up inside, counting on app-based delivery robots to feed their appetites.
UW Poll: Sanders leads in WI primary; all Dems hold edge vs.Trump
NBC-15
The findings come from the first UW-Madison Elections Research Center Battleground Survey of 2020. The Wisconsin Poll is conducted in collaboration with the Wisconsin State Journal.
Author of ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ to give lecture at UW-Madison
WISC-TV 3
Award-winning science writer and author Rebecca Skloot is set to give a lecture in Shannon Hall at Memorial Union on March 4.
New survey reveals Bernie Sanders leads in Wisconsin, battleground states
WISC-TV 3
According to UW-Madison Election Research Center, three major battleground states, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, appear to be up for grabs in November.
“I am excited to see them grow.” UW Athletics Director of Inclusion Relishes Role with Athletes of Color
Madison365
When UW Athletics Director of Inclusion Sheridan Blanford joined the university in August 2017, she was at the forefront of Diversity and Inclusion efforts in collegiate sports.
Mark Johnson, and the ‘priceless’ stories he’s heard in 40 years since the Miracle on Ice
Wisconsin State Journal
One of the sayings that Mark Johnson is fond of using as coach of the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team is that every game has a story. With one game, however, that is a dramatic understatement.
Know Your Madisonian: For UW-Madison dean, the future is history
Wisconsin State Journal
He continues to teach the course on a limited basis in Madison, where he grew up, the son of two school teachers, and where he’s assistant dean for the College of Letters and Science and director of UW-Madison’s First-Year Interest Groups.
Farmers welcome conservation support, wary of government regulations
Though Dodge and Sauk counties have farmer-led conservation groups, Columbia County currently does not. However, George Koepp, agriculture agent with the University of Wisconsin-Extension Columbia County, said that may soon change. In March he and county conservation officials plan to meet with a variety of local farmers, which includes Schoepp, to discuss creating a farmer-led organization.
Small UW campuses provide access to education. What would happen if they disappeared?
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin System restructured its branch campuses — its small universities that attract a large share of the state’s nontraditional students — to avoid the closures that threaten other small institutions because of enrollment decline.
‘Discomfort’ important in ‘Real LIfe’
Wisconsin State Journal
“Real Life” is a raw, uncomfortable and deeply powerful look at what it means to be black and queer in a university setting much like Madison’s. The novel, released Tuesday, is written by former Madison resident Brandon Taylor, who was a biochemistry doctoral student himself at UW-Madison, and decided to leave the program to attend the Iowa Writers’ Workshop about four years ago.
Your letters to the editor: UW should create fund for research monkeys
Wisconsin State Journal
They are the overlooked heroes that society and the labs should be sending to a sanctuary whenever possible.
Starting Up: Company started at UW-Madison hopes to make paint production greener
Wisconsin State Journal
Barnett discovered the plant-based method while working on his Ph.D. in chemical engineering at UW-Madison in professor George Huber’s lab.
18 months into UW merger, small, rural campuses still struggling to find students
Wisconsin State Journal
The UW System’s 12 other branch campuses face a similar storm of challenges: rising costs, repeated budget cuts and a tuition freeze for 12 of the past 14 years. Mostly, though, the problem centers on enrollment, which is what Poole spent his 42-year career on campus worrying about before retiring in 2013.
Former Badger Marcus Randle El formally charged in Janesville double homicide
Wisconsin State Journal
A former University of Wisconsin football player who is the brother of a standout in the 2011 Super Bowl has been formally charged in a double homicide that police say was connected to a drug deal.
UW departments expand Native programming around touring Our Shared Future marker
Capital Times
This spring, seven schools, colleges and departments will temporarily host the marker, organizing events, hosting speakers and incorporating Native topics into their curricula.
Bernie Sanders surges to the lead among Wisconsin Democratic voters in new statewide poll
Wisconsin State Journal
The Wisconsin poll, coordinated by the UW-Madison Elections Research Center in collaboration with the Wisconsin State Journal, also shows a precipitous decline in support for former Vice President Joe Biden and an upswing for the newcomer to the race, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Donald Downs: Keep Big Brother off UW campus
Wisconsin State Journal
For example, a sociology professor mentioned to his students that some theories in higher education are “sacred cows” — a term frequently used to describe something that is taboo to challenge. A student who grew up in India then filed a complaint asserting that the professor’s use of the term was “condescending and racist.”
Bloomberg News Wrestles With Coverage of Candidate Bloomberg
The New York Times
Quoted: Kathleen Culver, director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin, said she fears less that reporters are being held back internally than externally, where some readers feel the name of their organization speaks more about their independence than the work they do.
Is Psychedelic Therapy The Medicine Of The Future?
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: “Depression is arguably the major health problem in the world,” said Charles Raison, a psychiatrist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Usona Institute, a medical research group in Madison studying psychedelic therapies.
This new device seems to pull electricity out of thin air
Popular Science
“I think it is very interesting work,” says Xudong Wang, a University of Wisconsin Madison engineer who works with other kinds of non-organic nanowires to harvest energy. “It is always exciting to see new materials and new concepts emerge to provide renewable energy solutions.”
Headlands Center for the Arts director leaving to lead Texas museum
San Francisco Chronicle
Maidenberg, 42, grew up in Israel until age 7, when her family moved to New Jersey. She came to San Francisco in 2000, shortly after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she focused on “African and Diasporic studies with focus on contemporary African Art,”
‘Miracle On Ice’ Turns 40: Wisconsin Coach Who Scored 2 Goals Will Attend Team Reunion
Wisconsin Public Radio
Mark Johnson has led the University of Wisconsin-Madison to five national championships as head coach of its women’s hockey team. As a player, he holds the record for career goals by a Badger. Though he went on to play 11 seasons in the NHL, Johnson’s most famous achievement came as an amateur in Lake Placid, New York.
UW to support Hmong students, staff, faculty after US government begins deportation negotiations
Badger Herald
University officials said UWPD does not engage in immigration enforcement.
WUD Cuisine hosts talk about refugee food culture
Badger Herald
Will Hofkamp of WUD Cuisine discusses food culture adaptation refugees are forced to incorporate.
UW-River Falls threatened with lawsuit for allegations of prohibiting free speech
Daily Cardinal
Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian law firm, sent UW-River Falls a letter on Feb. 10, notifying the university freshman Sofie Salmon had obtained the legal counsel of the firm due to an incident on campus in fall 2019.
UW Health expands nurse residency program amid national, state shortage
Daily Cardinal
“We’ve really tried to be proactive, so that we don’t feel the shortages as much as some other sites have felt,” said program manager Kim McPhee.
UW-Madison expresses support for Hmong, Laotian community members
Daily Cardinal
“We support and value all members of our community, especially our Hmong members during this period,” said UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank.
In These States, College Students Say Republicans Have Made It Harder for Them to Vote
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Most Wisconsin colleges do not provide student IDs that are in compliance. The University of Wisconsin at Madison began issuing voter IDs to students in 2018, which they can obtain on campus throughout the year, including on Election Day. While this helps many students on the state’s largest public campus, it does not solve the problem.
Soil microbiology – Knowing how plants and microbes work together can boost crop yields
The Economist
Quoted: Previous investigators have known this, but have taken simplification too far, by isolating and studying single microbes. That, Jo Handelsman of the University of Wisconsin–Madison told the meeting, is where they have gone wrong
David Ruder Weathered Black Monday as SEC Chairman in Late 1980s
Wall Street Journal
Though his application to Harvard Law School was accepted, he chose the University of Wisconsin law school, closer to home, and was editor of the law review there. He worked for a law firm in Milwaukee for several years and was recruited to the Northwestern law faculty in 1961.
David Ruder Weathered Black Monday as SEC Chairman in Late 1980s
Wall Street Journal
Though his application to Harvard Law School was accepted, he chose the University of Wisconsin law school, closer to home, and was editor of the law review there. He worked for a law firm in Milwaukee for several years and was recruited to the Northwestern law faculty in 1961.
Students push universities to stop investing in fossil fuels
AP
Georgetown University’s board of directors announced this month that it will end private investments in coal, oil and gas companies within the next decade, and some faculty at Harvard have called for a similar shift. There were sit-ins and demonstrations last week at dozens of schools, including Gonzaga University, the University of Wisconsin, University of Pittsburgh and Cornell University.
Scientists Jump-Started Consciousness in Monkeys by Pinpointing This Brain Region
Singularity Hub
Built on decades of previous research, a team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison teased out a tiny chunk of brain tissue within the thalamus, a nub above the brain stem, as a critical part of NCC. As proof of concept, they gave it several bouts of electrical shocks, and restored awareness in unconscious monkeys under heavy anesthesia.
Scientists jump-start consciousness in brains of monkeys
Zime Science
In a new study, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison took this a step further, performing experiments on sleeping or anesthetized macaques.
Falling US solar-plus-storage prices start to level as batteries supersize
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Noted: There is still room for reducing the cost of solar, both by improving the physical workings of the technology itself and by reducing the cost of production and deployment of solar photovoltaics, said Greg Nemet, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who researches technological shifts and how public policy can affect those changes. Once denounced as too expensive, solar energy is already displacing other fuel sources as the cheapest form of generation in some regions.