On this year’s list, UW-Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings is No. 8, Adam Gamoran is No. 97, Stacey Lee is No. 176, and Jerlando Jackson is No. 177.
Four UW-Madison Faculty Ranked Among Most Influential Education Scholars in the U.S.
Madison365
Author: gbump
Yes To recalls unicorn face masks after complaints of burns
Today
Quoted: “They can look very similar,” Dr. Apple Bodemer, an associate professor of dermatology at The School of Medicine and Public Health at University of Wisconsin-Madison, told TODAY. “With an irritant reaction that can happen to anybody who puts the product on their skin.”
Lawmakers Unveil $10M Plan To Clean Up Water In Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio
One of the proposals from the task force would create a new Office of Water Policy within the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, a part of the University of Wisconsin-Extension. The office would be tasked with “coordinating efforts to manage, conserve, protect, and enhance the productivity of the state’s water resources,” according to the task force’s official report.
Autism’s genetic drivers may differ by sex
Spectrum News
Quoted: The findings support the idea that women can sustain a larger genetic hit than men without having autism, a phenomenon called the ‘female protective effect,’ says Donna Werling, assistant professor of genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who was not involved in the work. But the mechanisms that might protect women are a mystery.
Wisconsin egg production hits record-high: USDA report
NBC-15
Quoted: Ron Kean, a poultry specialist with UW-Extension, said the industry is changing.“I think the egg demand has been increasing over the past 10 to 15 years,” he said.
Number of people dying from cancer falling in Wisconsin
NBC-15
Quoted: Dr. Howard Bailey, Director at the UW Carbone Cancer Center, says when it comes to cancer research the national numbers mirror what doctors are seeing locally.
Cybersecurity expert warns of threat
NBC-15
Quoted: Dave Schroeder, UW-Madison Cybersecurity Expert, said Iranian cyber bots or other foreign actors could still retaliate following the recent attacks.
UW Odyssey Project Receives $50,000 From Rennebohm Foundation
Madison365
The UW–Madison Odyssey Project received a generous gift of $50,000 from the Oscar Rennebohm Foundation to support Odyssey’s mission of breaking the cycle of generational poverty through access to education.
Police, Secret Service mum after new incident at Mar-a-Lago
The Washington Post
In another Mar-a-Lago trespassing case, a University of Wisconsin student was arrested in November 2018 after he mixed in with guests being admitted to the club. He pleaded guilty in May to a misdemeanor and received probation.
Reporting Recipe: How to Investigate Professors’ Conflicts of Interest
ProPublica
Most of the researchers that declared conflicts of interest work for universities. For example, the University of Wisconsin-Madison filed 1,015 disclosures since 2012 — the most of any institution.
What U.S. State Population Changes Mean for American Elections
Newsweek
Quoted: Professor Barry C. Burden, director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told Newsweek the changes will not be large but probably give Republicans a “slight boost.”
Lynda Barry’s Making Comics is a “cookbook” for people afraid to draw
Vox
But it’s Beuys’s quote that comes to mind when reading Making Comics, the latest handwritten college textbook-of-sorts by the highly successful cartoonist Lynda Barry. In the book, Barry makes a similar assertion to Beuys by using the experience and anecdotes she’s accumulated during her tenure as a professor of comic book studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
How doctors will turn a breech birth before and during labour
Business Insider South Africa
According to the University of Wisconsin, Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, there are three types of breech presentation.
The Gene Drive Dilemma: We Can Alter Entire Species, But Should We?
The New York Times
Qutoed: LAs Alta Charo, a professor of law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, says of our genetic-engineering capability, “At a very instinctive level, there’s a sense that these are things humans are not supposed to be doing.”
Quoted: Playing to fears around worst-case scenarios can be a powerful tactic. Dietram Scheufele, who studies scientific and political communication at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, says that scientists are generally much worse than activist groups at shaping public opinion, in part because they tend to rely on logical reasoning and facts, while activist groups are more likely to tap into unconscious values and emotions — like using the term “Frankenfoods” to describe G.M.O.s.
Madison’s first children’s hospital celebrates 100 years since founding
NBC-15
It’s named in honor of a UW professor’s daughter who died of meningitis in 1916.
Stefania Sani: UWHC nurses’ effort to unionize is commendable
The Capital Times
Letter to the editor: It was very inspiring to witness the news conference on Dec. 19 when the UW Hospital and Clinics nurses made public their effort to organize a union.
Breast surgery device by company with UW founders now in use
Wisconsin State Journal
Anew breast surgery marker device, developed by a company founded by three UW-Madison faculty, is expected to be used by about 15 hospital systems by the end of January.
‘It still kills people’: Wisconsin at high risk of flu cases
NBC-15
Quoted: “It still kills people. So the average person who is healthy who gets the flu, of course, your risks are pretty low. But again people with some of these risk factors, people with some of these extremities of the ages can get it and it can be really severe,” says Joseph McBride, an associate professor of infectious disease at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Trailblazing Astronaut Dr. Mae C. Jemison to Speak at MLK Memorial Lecture
Madison365
A physician and engineer, Jemison has been inducted into both the National Women’s Hall of Fame and the International Space Hall of Fame, UW said in a press release,
Where people live can affect their brains, UW study says
Wisconsin State Journal
People who live in disadvantaged neighborhoods may have smaller centers of learning and memory in their brains, according to a UW-Madison study.
Bill seeks informed consent for pelvic exams under anesthesia by medical students
Wisconsin State Journal
UW School of Medicine and Public Health adopted a policy in July covering “educational sensitive exams,” including breast, pelvic, urogenital, prostate and rectal exams on patients under anesthesia or otherwise sedated.
Popularity Of CBD Oil Vexes Regulators And Researchers
Wisconsin Public Radio
The Green Barn Door is a CBD store near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus which expects some customers will be shopping not only for themselves, but for their dogs.
Why We Need Real Food & Real Jobs In American Public Schools
KALW
Guests: Jennifer E. Gaddis, assistant professor of Civil Society and Community Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison & author of The Labor of Lunch: Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools
Wisconsin Loses 10 Percent Of State’s Dairy Herds As Fallout From Low Milk Prices Continues
Wisconsin Public Radio
Mark Stephenson, director of dairy policy analysis for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said Wisconsin usually sees a 4 percent decline in herd numbers each year. But the prolonged period of low milk prices from 2014 to 2019 have forced many farms to sell their herds.
Newest AI technology: Fake people
The Washington Post
Companies infamously have embarrassed themselves through haphazard diversity-boosting attempts, Photoshopping a black man into an all-white crowd, as the University of Wisconsin-Madison did on an undergraduate booklet, or superimposing women into group photos of men.
Quintez Cephus leaving Wisconsin early for the draft
College Football Talk
The reason for Cephus not playing in 2018 stemmed from an off-field issue. The University of Wisconsin announced in mid-August that Quintez Cephus had been reinstated and was again a student in good standing at the school, two weeks after being found not guilty on a pair of sexual assault charges and almost immediately seeking reinstatement.
UW study shows retreating snow cover could produce winter rains over Great Plains
Wisconsin State Journal
Wisconsin’s snow line is expected to shift about 350 miles to the north by the end of this century, said Stephen Vavrus, a senior scientist with the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research and a contributor to the study.
Climate change is playing havoc with Mexico’s monarch butterfly migration
The Washington Post
Quoted: “The question we’re asking is ‘Can one of the world’s most adaptive insects adapt to climate change?’” asked Karen Oberhauser, who studies the species at the University of Wisconsin. “We are changing the conditions and just waiting to see.”
The Energy 202
The Washington Post
Quoted: “The question we’re asking is ‘Can one of the world’s most adaptive insects adapt to climate change?’” asked Karen Oberhauser, who studies the species at the University of Wisconsin. “We are changing the conditions and just waiting to see.”
The search for Eden: in pursuit of humanity’s origins
The Guardian
Quoted: “It’s a powerful metaphor but it also turns out to be a deeply mistaken one,” says anthropologist John Hawks of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in an article for the science newsletter Aeon. Instead he argues that our evolutionary history is more like a braided river, a band of streams that weave into and out of each other before eventually merging over hundreds of thousands of years into the same huge channel.
Associate Professor discusses the possible impacts of airstrikes on U.S
NBC-15
Quoted: UW Associate Professor Samer Alatout said any kind of war, whether that’s a third World War or a regional war in the Middle East, all depends on Iran’s reaction.
Making the most of winter
NBC-15
Quoted: Dr. Claus Andersen is professor of Scandanivan studies at UW-Madison. Andersen said he embraces ’hygge’ this time of year. “I would describe it as a danish concept used to describe situations and a certain atmosphere of extraordinary coziness and contentment.”
Sykes, James T.
Wisconsin State Journal
He also held a number of positions at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he lectured on public policy and long-term care.
Amid partisan clashes, Tony Evers ‘partially delivered’ on campaign promises in first year
Wisconsin State Journal
“I think the governor has had a challenging year because he’s entered an environment that, first of all, is divided government the first time Wisconsin has experienced that in eight years, and it’s divided government where parties are pretty hostile towards one another,” said Barry Burden, political science professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
With 2020 in sight, dark-money sites look to distribute their versions of the news
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison journalism professor Lewis Friedland said that in hundreds of in-person interviews and thousands of surveys conducted by him and other researchers, Wisconsinites consistently say they aren’t sure what news sources to trust, but they want balanced reporting.
McCarty, Diane Joy (Refvik)
Wisconsin State Journal
In 1966, Diane was accepted a position at the University of Wisconsin-Office of Student Financial Aid. She spent a 32-year career at the university and enjoyed the hard and challenging work of administering scholarship programs, dealing with students’ financial needs and problem solving, especially during registration week periods.
O’Connell, Debra Hannon
Wisconsin State Journal
For more than 40 years at the University of Wisconsin, School of Social Work, O’Connell worked as a program administrator, led the graduate admissions process, and created strong working relationships and friendships with many colleagues throughout the university, many of which she maintained after retirement.
Plain Talk: Despite the gloom, there’s good news at the University of Wisconsin
The Capital Times
“Your column is grumpy about the situation at the UW,” (Regent Whitburn) remarked. And while he admitted he didn’t “like the sniping that we face,” he made it clear there is still plenty to brag about the Madison campus
Corry, Barbara Weston (Hayes)
Wisconsin State Journal
She was retired from her career as an editor for the UW Department of Sociology.
Corriveau, Philip Alfred
Wisconsin State Journal
In 2004 he became director of Wisconsin Public Radio, his “dream job”: a job that he aspired to and worked toward since that first summer job as a board operator at WHA.
‘Not just small adults:’ At 100, UW’s children’s hospital continues to evolve
Wisconsin State Journal
Polio and other infectious diseases largely controlled by vaccines today were common among children a century ago when the first children’s hospital opened in Madison.
Baghdad, Indonesia, Australia: Your Thursday Briefing
The New York Times
A video meant to promote unity at the University of Wisconsin’s flagship campus in Madison has instead prompted a reckoning over who feels at home there when virtually every student featured in the video was white.
For Your Post-Holiday Enjoyment, Healthy ID Snacks
Evolution News
Soil has been called “that thin layer on the planet that stands between us and starvation.” Phys.org reported on work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that “shows how bacteria can degrade solid bedrock, jump-starting a long process of alteration that creates the mineral portion of soil.”
From service to science: NIH shifts focus of mentoring network aimed at boosting grantee diversity
Science
Quoted: “A growing body of evidence exists about how to create and sustain successful and inclusive mentoring relationships,” says Angela Byars-Winston, a professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin (UW), Madison, and chair of the committee that wrote the report. “We hope our report can catalyze [the] use of that evidence.”
Letter: Poor treatment of grad students rampant
Daily Cardinal
John Brady’s experience is not unique. His experience resulted from a systemic problem, not a problem limited to one professor/researcher or one department.
How do you make walking easier for a 2-legged dog? Ask UW-Madison engineers for help
Wisconsin State Journal
The assignment for a group of UW-Madison students: Find a way for this two-legged dog to walk more easily.
How to forgive someone who has hurt you—and why you should
Popular Science
Robert Enright, a professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education who has studied forgiveness extensively, says he understands the concern. But he feels the issue is actually a semantic one.
In a Homecoming Video Meant to Unite Campus, Almost Everyone Was White
The New York Times
The video was just two minutes long: a sunny montage of life at the University of Wisconsin’s flagship campus in Madison. Here were hundreds of young men and women cheering at a football game, dancing in unison, riding bicycles in a sleek line, “throwing the W” for the camera, singing a cappella, leaping into a lake.
The super-cool materials that send heat to space
Nature
Zongfu Yu at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Qiaoqiang Gan at the State University of New York at Buffalo found that an aluminium film coated in polydimethylsiloxane could not only stay cool, but also enhance water condensation during the day12. The pair started a company in Buffalo called Sunny Clean Water to commercialize the device.
Rose Bowl Could Wrap Up Jonathan Taylor’s Record-Breaking Stint At Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio
There’s a rich history of running backs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Jonathan Taylor is the latest Badger to add to that legacy.
Wisconsin Fans Turn Downtown LA Red Before Rose Bowl
Wisconsin Public Radio
In addition to fans donning their “Beat Oregon” pins, the pep rally drew University of Wisconsin-Madison dignitaries like Chancellor Rebecca Blank and athletic director Barry Alvarez. Monday marked Alvarez’s 73rd birthday. Fans sang to him before he gave a rousing speech.
Coaching Female Athletes, and Gender Inequality
The New York Times
As a former Stanford student athlete and now a faculty athletic representative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I read “A Women’s Sport, Ruled by Male Coaches” (news article, Dec. 20) with great interest.
Wisconsin Badgers Come Up Short In Rose Bowl
Wisconsin Public Radio
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fell just short of winning “the Granddaddy of Them All” on Wednesday.
Wisconsin Badgers Come Up Short In Rose Bowl
Wisconsin Public Radio
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fell just short of winning “the Granddaddy of Them All” on Wednesday.
Cartoonist and ‘Genius Grant’ recipient Lynda Barry on the scariness of creativity
The Globe and Mail
“When kids draw,” Lynda Barry says, “there’s almost always a story that comes with their drawing.” That childlike Eden, where words and pictures arrive in tandem, is a place that the cartoonist and associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is constantly trying to rediscover.
US Medical Schools See Decline In Rural Students
Wisconsin Public Radio
The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health didn’t immediately have geographic data for students going through its Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine. The program started in 2008 and will graduate its 10th class this year.
Here’s What You Missed In Wisconsin News Over The Holidays
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: “When you look across these deaths you see this pattern of higher risk behaviors in rural communities and also less access to primary health care,” said Pat Remington, emeritus professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Badgers fans experience 131st Rose Parade
WKOW-TV 27
Many Badgers fans kicked off the new year in Pasadena watching the 131st Rose Parade.
Rep. Dianne Hesselbein: Continue the Wisconsin Idea in the search for a UW president
The Capital Times
The Wisconsin Idea was born in 1905, when University of Wisconsin-Madison President Charles Van Hise said, “I shall never be content until the beneficent influence of the University reaches every family of the state.”
UW Marching Band plays in Rose Parade
WKOW-TV 27
In addition to the band, the university also had a float in the parade featuring Bucky Badger and some of the school’s cheerleaders.