A member of the UW Board of Regents who was appointed by former Republican Gov. Scott Walker announced his immediate resignation Thursday.
UW Regent resigns, opening up spot for Tony Evers to replace Scott Walker appointee
Wisconsin State Journal
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Greta Thunberg Turns 17: A Look Back at Her Year
Newsweek
Quoted: In sum, she has become “a symbol of future generations whose lives will be impacted by the failure of older generations to act today,” Connie Flanagan, a professor at the school of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an expert in youth politics, told Newsweek.
New bipartisan efforts to protect Wisconsin youth from vaping
NBC-15
Quoted: Dr. Vivek Balasubramaniam with UW-Health’s Pediatric Pulmonology department says most recently, the death toll is up to 60 from incidents linked to vaping.
What do you do with your place at the table?: Dr. Mae Jemison Keynotes UW’s Annual MLK Lecture
Madison365
Hosted by UW-Student Affairs, the Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement and the Morgridge Center for Public Service, Jemison’s lecture filled Union South’s Varsity Hall to the brim.
Exclusive: Constance Wu, Celeste Ng, prominent Asian Americans endorse Elizabeth Warren
NBC News
Lori Lopez (WI), Associate Professor of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Evers unveils plan to tackle Wisconsin’s farm crisis
Wisconsin State Journal
A third proposal would expand the state’s Farm-to-School program will help to connect farmers and the food they produce with universities, technical colleges, hospitals and local businesses across Wisconsin.
UW Regents eyeing tuition increase in next budget biennium, System president says
Wisconsin State Journal
The UW System Board of Regents is eyeing a tuition increase in the next budget biennium, University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross told a legislative committee Wednesday.
Young, Merwin (Crawford)
Wisconsin State Journal
At the University of Wisconsin, Madison, he served as Chair of the African Studies Program (1964-48), Chair of the Department of Political Science (1969-72, 1984-87), Associate Dean of the Graduate School (1968-71), and Acting Dean of the College of Letters & Science (1991-92).
Student council, League of Women Voters renew voter registration drive on UW campus
The Capital Times
With less than a month to go before the Feb. 18 Wisconsin Supreme Court primary and three months before the April 7 presidential primary, students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are preparing to cast their ballots, a process that has become more confusing in recent years.
UW System presidential search committee to consider applicants outside of academia
Daily Cardinal
The agreed upon description for the new leader of the UW System does specify a minimum of 10 years experience in a “significant senior executive position,” along with knowledge of public higher education.
UW-Madison celebrates MLK Jr. Day by ‘looking up’ with Dr. Mae C. Jemison
Daily Cardinal
“When I was a little kid, this all started with looking up. I remember looking up at the sky and wondering what children on the other side of the world saw,” Jemison said. “It was something that connected me. And “look up” is one of those words that always brings us hope. I think very much that connects us with Dr. King.”
First female UW-Stout chancellor to focus on communication, community going forward
Daily Cardinal
Frank will assume her duties as chancellor on March 1, taking the position after Bob Meyer — who previously served as chancellor for five years — retired in August 2019. Since his departure, Patrick Guilfoile has acted as interim chancellor.
Panicking About Your Kids’ Phones? New Research Says Don’t
The New York Times
Quoted: Dr. Moreno, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin, said that in her own medical practice, she tends to be struck by the number of children with mental health problems who are helped by social media because of the resources and connections it provides.
Clones Help Famous Elm Tree Named Herbie Live On, for Now
AP
Working with the University of Wisconsin, Hansel helped to create and distribute about 300,000 “Liberty” elms that were based on trees from the Midwest. Those trees were named for Boston’s “Liberty Tree,” a giant elm.
Rural Montana Had Already Lost Too Many Native Women. Then Selena Disappeared.
The New York Times
Quoted: “Why does nobody care about this?” asked Grace Bulltail, one of Kaysera’s aunts and an assistant professor of engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “We’re not being given any information.”
Goodwill Sparks Deep Division, at Least on Balance Sheets
Wall Street Journal
Quoted: Thomas Linsmeier, a former member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, said he thinks there is “momentum on the board to move toward amortization.” A “driving factor of concern … is the amount of cost in the impairment test,” Mr. Linsmeier, a professor of accounting at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said.
A Balloon Above Antarctica Found Signals That May Lead to New Physics
VICE
“Our paper was less about exotic Beyond the Standard Model scenarios as it was investigating one of the few remaining Standard Model explanations of these odd events ANITA detected,” explained Alex Pizzuto, a graduate student in physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and one of the study’s leads, in an email.
Should We Alter the Human Genome? Let Democracy Decide
Scientific American Blog Network
Humankind needs greater scientific and moral clarity on germline genome editing. Achieving it requires inclusive, international, democratic deliberation, supported by our democratic institutions.
Meet Danez Smith: St. Paul’s internationally celebrated black, queer poet (and selfie icon)
City Pages
Smith has maintained a strong connection to performative poetry, but during their time at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, they began devoting more attention to written work.
Three local finalists named in American Dream Ideas Challenge
Deseret News
In March the three local finalists will compete against teams from Ohio State University, Arizona State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, pitching their ideas to the advisory board of Schmidt Futures. The winners will move on to the final round of competition this summer and are eligible for up to $1 million in funding from Schmidt Futures.
Dr. Emily Buttigieg: Wisconsin should treat abortion as health care, not a crime
The Capital Times
Letter to the editor from Dr. Emily Buttigieg, a third-year ob-gyn resident at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Senate approves funding for UW missing soldiers project
Associated Press
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers would be permitted to request funding from the state to recover missing Wisconsin soldiers under a bill the state Senate overwhelmingly approved Tuesday.
Mae Jemison talks personal journey leading to space, inspires young women
NBC-15
Greeted by a standing ovation, Jemison may be considered a living legend. Not only a former NASA astronaut, Jemison is also a physician, engineer and doctor.
Senate approves funding for UW missing soldiers project
WISC-TV 3
The state Senate has approved a bill that would allow University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers to request hundreds of thousands of dollars to recover missing Wisconsin soldiers’ remains.
First black woman in space offers message to Madison
WKOW-TV 27
She spoke about the impact Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had on her life and helping her overcome barriers in her field.
Lifelong support: As autism diagnoses rise, so does the growing need for research, programs focused on adults
Badger Herald
When Brett Ranon Nachman, a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin, entered graduate school, he noticed the campus’s lack of resources available to students with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Astronaut, physician, engineer Mae Jemison interprets MLK’s legacy
Badger Herald
Jemison encourages audience to use their talents to for positive social change.
‘It’s global warming. Simple as that’: Expert predicts extreme weather impacts on Lake Mendota ice activities
NBC-15
Quoted: According to John Magnuson, professor of limnology at the UW-Madison, Lake Mendota froze over on January 12.
Senate to vote on funding for UW missing soldiers project
NBC-15
The bill would allow the UW-Madison Missing-In-Action Recovery and Identification Project to ask the state to release $360,000 over the next two fiscal years to fund searches for Wisconsin soldiers missing around the world.
Female-targeted advertising, UW-Madison drinking culture factors in high female alcohol death rates
WKOW-TV 27
But there are groups working to change that. The Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project is an organization that provides UW students education and resources about the long-term, sometimes irreversible consequences of heavy drinking.
UW-Madison professors create revolutionary GPS device to help surgeons find breast cancer tumors during removal
WISC-TV 3
“When I first met this engineering team I said, ‘Google can see my driveway, why can’t I see the cancer?’ said Dr. Lee Wilke, a professor of surgery at UW-Madison and the director of UW Health’s Breast Center.
Houseplants become more active as days get longer
Wisconsin State Journal
Pruning serves a variety of functions, including shaping, removing dead matter, and cutting back to reduce stem loads and keep the plants from sagging or drooping, said Diana Alfuth, a horticulturist with University of Wisconsin Extension.
Wisconsin man returns to rural roots, trains to be doctor
Wisconsin State Journal
Dangelser, who graduated from Catholic Central High School in Burlington in 2011, finished his premed requirements last spring and started his first semester at the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine (WARM) at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, a program that specifically prepares student to practice medicine in rural Wisconsin.
When gamers on YouTube need help making videos, they turn to this University of Wisconsin grad
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Shakeel started his YouTube channel in 2008. He decided to take the platform seriously in 2015 while in college. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison last spring with a degree in information systems. He formed an LLC in 2019.
Chris Borland criticizes Wisconsin Badgers, NFL in Aaron Hernandez Netflix documentary
Wisconsin State Journal
Former University of Wisconsin linebacker Chris Borland spoke harshly of the football program and his brief time in the NFL on a Netflix documentary released this week.
UW-Madison, retired botany professor at odds over sexual harassment investigation
Wisconsin State Journal
AUW-Madison investigation into a longtime ecology professor found he engaged in sexual harassment — an investigation that the university is withholding in its entirety.
Kaeding, Carol
Wisconsin State Journal
She taught high school English and later worked as an administrative assistant, including many years at UW Madison.
Tremble, David Nevin
Wisconsin State Journal
In 1985, Dave took a job at the UW-Madison, Dept. of Planning and Construction, where he served as a draftsman and construction project representative from 1985 until 2000.
UW Presidential Search Committee to allow non-academic applicants
Badger Herald
Search Committee includes no academic staff or faculty.
UW System presidential search committee will consider non-academic applicants
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin System’s presidential search committee is casting a wide net for applicants in not stating a preference for candidates with a doctoral degree, opening the door for a non-academic to potentially lead the state’s public colleges.
An artistic response to climate change
Wisconsin State Journal
So audiences for “Floe,” a world premiere coming to Union Theater Jan. 22-24, should be prepared: It will not be a simple experience.
Surprise medical bills upset patients, engage lawmakers
Wisconsin State Journal
Other situations can result in surprise medical bills, said Sachin Gupte, legal advocacy coordinator at UW-Madison’s Center for Patient Partnerships.
Wisconsin College Students Part of Democrats’ Campus Push
AP
Democrats know that to defeat President Donald Trump they need to do a better job motivating young voters like University of Wisconsin junior David Pelikan, one of about 40 students being trained this week to become organizers for the eventual presidential nominee.
Wisconsin College Students Part of Democrats’ Campus Push
The New York Times
Democrats know that to defeat President Donald Trump they need to do a better job motivating young voters like University of Wisconsin junior David Pelikan, one of about 40 students being trained this week to become organizers for the eventual presidential nominee.
Wildfire-hit countries in need of new strategies to tame burning threat
Malay Mail
Between 1990 and 2010, the number of housing units next to or within forested areas grew by 60 per cent in the United States, according to research by Volker Radeloff, a forest and wildlife ecology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
New York transportation leads the way in reducing impact on climate
Smart Cities World
The Metro system is the 16th most-used transit network in the country, and students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison contribute high bike and pedestrian commuting scores.
China’s 2019 birthrate lowest in 70 years of communist rule
Al Jazeera
US-based academic Yi Fuxian, senior scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told the AFP news agency that even though China has abolished its One Child Policy, there has been a shift in the mindset of the population, with people now used to smaller families.
We’re trying to keep the Galapagos pristine. That might destroy them.
The Washington Post
Visiting the Galapagos Islands — which have long been considered Charles Darwin’s natural laboratory — is like stepping into a nature documentary. You can snorkel with playful sea lions, watch “Darwin’s finches” feed and inch up to ancient giant tortoises.
Elizabeth Hennessy is an assistant professor of history and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the author of “On the Backs of Tortoises: Darwin, the Galápagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden.”
SWIB says ‘core fund’ grew 19.9%, ‘variable fund’ 28.6% in 2019 in good news for state pension system
Associated Press
The primary investment fund for most Wisconsin public employees and retirees grew nearly 20% last year, bouncing back from a loss in 2018, the State of Wisconsin Investment Board reported Thursday.
Wisconsin college students part of Democrats’ campus push
Associated Press
Democrats know that to defeat President Donald Trump they need to do a better job motivating young voters like University of Wisconsin junior David Pelikan, one of about 40 students being trained this week to become organizers for the eventual presidential nominee.
Better late than never: Lake Mendota declared officially frozen
Wisconsin State Journal
Warm temperatures in December and early January caused ice to accumulate later than usual as the freeze date neared the latest on record for Mendota, according to the Clean Lakes Alliance. The latest freeze date on record for Lake Mendota is Jan. 30, 1932.
UW-Madison grad’s emotional commencement speech goes viral: ‘We’re gonna teach ’em how to say goodbye.’
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In the month since (Lisa Kamal) made the speech — a poignant meditation on belonging, resilience, diversity, mental health and kindness toward oneself — the video went viral, garnering 3.5 million views across multiple social media platforms and a lot of attention, especially from her home country of Malaysia.
Study: Madison city with the best work-life balance in the country
NBC-15
Quoted: “Madison, because it’s a university town and because it’s a state capitol, has that wonderful mix of lots of opportunities, lots of highly educated people, lots of ideas, lots of energy,” says Dr. Christine Whelan, School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: Madison.
Ada Deer, Kenneth Cole Named Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award Honorees
Madison365
Some Wisconsin Schools Are Finding It Difficult To Hire Social Workers To Help Kids
Wisconsin Public Radio
Schools in rural and northern areas of the state say they’re most affected by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s administrative rules guiding licensure, which require certification through one of three school social work programs at Wisconsin universities. The programs are offered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW-Milwaukee and UW-Green Bay.
Good news: USDA scientists are recalculating calorie counts
New Food Economy
Quoted: “That’s useful information to have and important to indicate on food labels,” says Bradley Bolling, an assistant professor of food science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who wasn’t involved in USDA’s nut research.
Brain Parasite Strips Rodents of Fears of Felines—and So Much More
Smithsonian Magazine
Quoted: If confirmed, the findings widen the scope of Toxoplasma’s effects. Just because the parasite isn’t as targetted as previously thought, doesn’t mean it’s no longer considered a master manipulator, says Laura Knoll, a parasitologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who wasn’t involved in the study,
How sports fans respond to their teams’ wavering odds of winning
EconoTimes
Quoted: Sundays, then, are spent watching win probabilities bounce around like an errant onside kick. This made me and my colleague Evan Polman, an associate professor of marketing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, wonder about how people interpret predictions that change.
How The ‘Phase 1’ US-China Trade Deal Will Affect Wisconsin Agriculture
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist Jon Pevehouse said even if all tariffs are lifted, there’s no guarantee Wisconsin farmers will get their Chinese markets back.
LGBTQ medical textbook aims to bridge gap
NBC-15
One of the senior authors said this book came from the heart. James Lehman, a UW-Madison psychiatrist and alum, said coming out when he was younger made his childhood tough.