Renovation at the new site will begin in January of 2020. Work is expected to be finished in late spring.
UW South Madison partnership expanding
WKOW-TV 27
Author: gbump
Wisconsin dairy farmers hopeful ahead of trade deal, industry expert says more work to be done
WISC-TV 3
Quoted: Mark Stephenson, the director of dairy policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said this deal gets the U.S. dairy industry back about where it was in the original North American Free Trade Agreement, and it was the best the U.S. could get after fractured relationships from the original call for a renegotiation.
Black Power 2019: Wisconsin’s 49 Most Influential Black Leaders, Part 3
Madison365
Sheridan Blanford joined the University of Wisconsin Athletics Department Diversity & Inclusion staff in August of 2017 and was named the Director of Inclusion in 2018.
Rose Bowl excitement means high demand for tickets
NBC-15
The message from the university is: don’t wait. UW-Madison expects tickets and travel packages to sell out very fast, possibly within the week.
Beloved Education Advocate Jacqueline DeWalt to be Honored at Prenicia Clifton’s Songs for Hope 2019
Madison365
DeWalt, who mentored Clifton throughout her undergraduate career at UW-Madison and beyond, was not only a mentor to Clifton, but also an inspiration and a true friend.
Black Power 2019: The 49 Most Influential Black Leaders in Wisconsin, Part 2
Madison365
Frederic “Ric” Ransom serves as Vice President and President, UW Hospitals, Madison Region, where he provides overall direction for American Family Children’s Hospital, UW Health at the American Center and University Hospital.
UW starts counting Minnesota residents and transfer students in resident enrollment report
Badger Herald
Policy now requires UW to enroll minimum 5,200 in-state students.
SSFC approves WBSU budget
Badger Herald
This was last meeting of the semester, meetings will resume Jan. 23.
UW System receives grant to support adult learners
Badger Herald
This grant will go towards new initiatives including All Learning Counts, UW Extended Campus.
UW alumni co-found FoodChain, looks to help local farmers
Badger Herald
FoodChain provides online marketplace, handles delivery.
City Council to launch UWPD off-campus citations pilot program
Badger Herald
Program will process some citations in municipal instead of county court, reducing cost to students.
New UW System President selection committee has one student, no academic staff on board
Badger Herald
UW Madison Academic Staff Assembly Chair calls the move “short sighted.”
UW lab pioneers new approach to study origin of life
Badger Herald
Sitting on a laboratory shelf on the third floor of the state-of-the-art Wisconsin Institute of Discovery building are a collection of small vials, each containing a primordial chemical soup. They are all a part of University of Wisconsin botany professor David Baum’s experiment that may change the way scientists study the origin of life.
The semester that was: Fall 2019’s biggest stories
Badger Herald
From the campus level to the city to the state, here are the biggest headlines from Fall 2019.
Brookings: 90 percent of high-tech job growth happened in 5 metro areas
Vox
Brookings suggests intensive government investment — direct funding, tax preferences, workforce development — to stem future regional economic divergence. The report lists a number of areas like Madison, Wisconsin; Albany, New York; and Provo, Utah, that have existing assets like universities that could potentially make them future innovation hubs, but this will only happen if there’s a concerted effort.
Opinion: Iowa ethanol subsidies aren’t worth getting burned
The Daily Iowan
Quoted: Tim Donohue is a bacteriology professor at the University of Wisconsin — Madison who studies renewable energy. Donohue told me that corn ethanol does have advantages over other fuel sources because it burns better, releasing fewer pollutants into the air. He said there are indirect factors to consider as well.
Health researchers disclose $188 million in conflicts of interest, NIH data suggests
PBS NewsHour
Most of the researchers who reported conflicts of interest work in academia. The University of Wisconsin-Madison filed 1,015 conflict disclosures for its researchers since 2012, the most of any institution. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was second with 358 disclosures, and the University of California, Los Angeles, was next with 294.
New global 5G standard worries meteorologists
Physics Today
Quoted: Quantifying the ramifications of more-limited water vapor measurements to meteorological models is difficult, says meteorologist Jordan Gerth of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “Short-term weather forecasts for areas far away from cities where these 5G networks exist may not be impacted substantially,” he says. “Long-term forecasts downstream of big cities and populated areas may be impacted more.”
Tips On How To Shovel Snow Safely And Avoid Injury
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: As winter asserts its dominance with a new cover of white over major portions of Wisconsin, Brody and Jill Thein-Nissenbaum offer tips about how to stay safe while shoveling. Thein-Nissenbaum is an associate professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Doctor of Physical Therapy Program.
Badgers’ Sydney Hilley named first-team Academic All-American
Wisconsin State Journal
Junior setter Sydney Hilley became the first player in the history of the University of Wisconsin volleyball program to be named to the first-team Academic All-America team selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
UW offering Rose Bowl fan packages
NBC-15
The offer boasts, “Do more than watch the bowl: live the experience.”
UW-Madison students petition for transition to renewable energy by 2050
WKOW-TV 27
Campus Leaders for Energy Action Now (CLEAN) announced a petition demanding the university transition exclusively to renewable energy by 2050, and derive all electrical power from renewable resources by 2030.
Professor Glen E. Myers, 85
WISC-TV 3
Glen Everett Myers, age 85, of Madison, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, passed away peacefully on December 2, 2019 at UW Hospital.
Protest calls for climate action, announces new student coalition
Badger Herald
Protestors will gather every Friday at Library mall as a part of Fridays for Future.
Nelson, Catherine Anne (Gehin)
Wisconsin State Journal
Cathy began her lifelong work in 1965 with the University Extension. She spent 36 years working in Milwaukee, first training mothers who were on welfare to move to employment, and then 10 years helping the Milwaukee community of Hmong immigrants. One of her last major projects was Grandparents Who Raise Grandchildren
Downtown Madison residents scrutinize proposed Hub II apartment building on Langdon
The Capital Times
Downtown Madison residents have begun to weigh in on the proposed seven-story Hub II proposed for 126 Langdon St. The Hub II will represent the latest in student housing by the developer behind The Hub on State Street and The James on West Gorham Street.
Bloomberg: His news reporters need to accept restrictions
Associated Press
Kathleen Culver, a professor of journalism ethics at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, said she’s concerned about the extent to which Bloomberg reporters feel intimidated about their boss’ remarks.Culver said she understands Bloomberg’s reluctance to step fully away from the company he created, but he might want to look at ways to completely disassociate himself with Bloomberg News at this time.
UW regents approve 2% pay raises for chancellors
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has approved 2% raises for all 13 system chancellors.
UMN disability student group moves to form Big Ten coalition
The Minnesota Daily
This academic year, OGPSD has undertaken efforts to connect with similar organizations in other Big Ten schools, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Iowa. They hope to bring these organizations together to form something larger and more capable of creating change for students with disabilities.
Myers, Prof. Glen E.
Wisconsin State Journal
Glen Everett Myers, age 85, of Madison, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, passed away peacefully on December 2, 2019 at UW Hospital with his devoted wife, Susan, and daughter, Christine, by his side.
Instruments Worth $28K Stolen From UW-Madison Lockers
Wisconsin Public Radio
Six instruments worth $28,000, including a $10,000 violin, have been stolen from lockers inside a University of Wisconsin-Madison campus building, police said.
UW System Awarded Grant To Improve Pathways To Degrees For People Of Color
Wisconsin Public Radio
The University of Wisconsin System wants to make it easier for work, military and other life experiences to count as college credit as adult students work to earn degrees and other credentials. The hope is that crediting what the system calls “prior learning” can help with retention and completion, particularly for people of color.
It’s a Good Time to Be a US Airline
Adweek
While airlines haven’t exactly been scandal-free over the past few years, the net effect of negative press hasn’t had any measurable effect on profit, said Kaplan. Grounded Boeing planes might mean fewer seats in the sky for some airlines, but that can both drive up prices and offer unaffected airlines the opportunity to pick up new customers and increase capacity.
-Kathryn Lundstrom is a reporter covering breaking news. Before joining Adweek, she wrote about politics for The Daily DONUT, analyzed policy at the Texas Capitol, worked as a fellow for The Texas Tribune and checked facts at Sports Illustrated. She holds an M.A. in journalism and a master of global policy studies from the University of Texas at Austin and got her B.A. in international studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Rose Bowl berth rewards Badgers for 10-3 season
Wisconsin State Journal
UW stayed at No. 8 in the final College Football Playoff rankings, good enough to earn the Big Ten’s bid to the Rose Bowl, where the team will take on No. 6 Oregon. The game is a rematch of the 2012 Rose Bowl, when the Russell Wilson-led Badgers fell to the Ducks 45-38.
Plain Talk: Tony Evers should raise hell over UW president search committee
The Capital Times
Last week (former Lt. Gov.) Lawton was particularly upset — outraged would be a better word — over UW Regent President Drew Petersen’s refusal to include faculty, staff or students on the search committee for a new system president to replace outgoing president Ray Cross.
Martens, Geraldine “Gerry”
Wisconsin State Journal
In 1977, she then moved to Madison and worked for UW as an auditor but spent most of her time at UW Physical Plant accounting until her retirement in 1998.
Centro Hispano’s Becas scholarships help students advance in higher education
The Capital Times
The Becas luncheon will take place at the Discovery Building on the UW-Madison campus. Each of the recipients will have their own host table for up to eight people and there will be approximately 200 other guests in attendance.
‘Falling short of our legacy’: Student activists demand UW commitment to clean energy
The Capital Times
CLEAN and other organizations drafted a proposal to Chancellor Rebecca Blank and the administration calling for a transition to renewable electricity by 2030 and entirely renewable energy sources by 2050, which was delivered to Bascom Hall.
Food Tech News: KitKats Sweetened with Upcycled Cocoa Pods, QFC Sells Produce Grown In-Store
The Spoon
The University of Texas at Dallas welcomed a fleet of Starship autonomous delivery robots onto campus this week. According to CBS DFW, the robots will deliver food and groceries to students in a three-mile radius of campus and will charge $1-2 per order. In addition to UT Dallas, Starship’s ‘bots already operate on-campus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Houston, Purdue, George Mason University, and Northern Arizona University, and were recently pulled from the University of Pittsburgh after an accessibility incident.
George Church: The complicated ethics of genetic engineering
60 Minutes
Not everyone agrees. A 2017 survey at the University of Wisconsin-Madison asked 1,600 members of the general public about their attitudes toward gene editing. The results showed 65 percent of respondents think gene editing is acceptable for therapeutic purposes. But when it comes to whether scientists should use technology for genetic enhancement, only 26 percent agreed.
‘No silver bullet’ to reverse UW-Madison’s slide in national research ranking
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison’s national research ranking, cemented for nearly 45 years as one of the top five in the country, has dropped in recent years, with the latest figures placing the university eighth among hundreds of institutions.
It’s long past time to give every child free lunch at school
The Washington Post
Since the National School Lunch Program was created in 1946, it has had a flawed funding model that relies on children’s payments to supplement federal funding. This ultimately puts pressure on local school administrators to go after families with unpaid school lunch bills, or “lunch debt,” to balance budgets.
-Jennifer Gaddis is assistant professor of civil society and community studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of “The Labor of Lunch: Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools.”
NCAA volleyball: Schedule set for Badgers’ Sweet 16 match at UW Field House
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin volleyball team will face Texas A&M on Friday at 1 p.m. in the NCAA tournament regional at the UW Field House.
Black Power 2019: The 49 Most Influential Black Leaders in Wisconsin
Madison365
Gia Gallimore is the director of diverse alumni engagement at Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association. One of her core goals is to connect alumni of color with the alumni association at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Birds are getting smaller. Scientists see the echo of climate change.
NBC News
Quoted: This could be especially problematic if birds are unable to adapt quickly enough in the face of global warming, said Stanley Temple, a professor emeritus of forests and wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who was not involved with the study.
Grad Students To UW-Madison: Fire ‘Toxic Lab’ Professor
Wisconsin Public Radio
Graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are demanding the university fire a professor who reportedly created a toxic work environment in his lab.
Black and brown children not represented in children’s books
Baltimore Sun
Believe it or not, these numbers actually represent progress. The CCBC, based at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, has been compiling these statistics since 1985, and the numbers have slowly but steadily improved.
Remembrance Lake: In Japan, Climate Change Unravels 600 Years of History Held Dear
Reuters
Quoted: More than 20 years ago, John Magnuson, a longtime researcher of inland waters at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was scouring the world for climate observations taken before the 1840s when he remembered Suwa.
UW grad students honor life of doctoral student, deliver petitions to Bascom
The Capital Times
About 200 people rallied for improved workplace conditions for graduate students Thursday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Engineering Mall before marching to Bascom Hall to deliver a list of demands.
Wisconsin’s health secretary pushes Obamacare enrollment as numbers lag
Wisconsin State Journal
“The Evers administration is very bullish on getting people enrolled in coverage,” said Donna Friedsam, health policy programs director for the Institute for Research on Poverty at UW-Madison. “That was not the case under the Walker administration.”
UW-Madison students demand accountability and change following ‘toxic lab’ report
Wisconsin State Journal
Almost 200 UW-Madison students and others gathered on campus Thursday to demand the university hold abusers accountable and to protest the possible return of an engineering professor who was suspended for creating a “toxic” work environment for students.
The case of the missing violin: Instrument worth $10,000 among several stolen from UW-Madison music students
Wisconsin State Journal
Samantha Carter felt “utter disbelief” at what she saw on Sunday afternoon in the basement of the Humanities Building on North Park Street: The padlock on the locker in which she had stored her violin for the past four years as a music student at UW-Madison was missing.
Badgers volleyball team takes NCAA tournament 1 match at a time
Wisconsin State Journal
As he prepared to address his University of Wisconsin volleyball team for the first time this week, Kelly Sheffield posted a tournament bracket on the wall in the team’s film room at the UW Field House.
UW-Madison Program aims to reduce student food insecurity
NBC-15
“We package somewhere between 300-500 pounds of food each week which would have all been thrown in the garbage,” Brianna DeNamur, Food Recovery Program Co-director said.
‘Wear red. Wear it loud.’ Wisconsin Athletic Dept. asks fans to get in the spirit ahead of big game
WISC-TV 3
Badgers to make sixth championship appearance Sat.
Gabe Javier named Associate Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs
Badger Herald
Javier will focus on identity and inclusion.
SSFC to decide Wisconsin Black Student Union’s budget Monday
Badger Herald
Most of WSBU’s monetary needs consistent with last fiscal year.
Students protest ‘hostile’ professor Akbar Sayeed’s return to campus
Badger Herald
“The reason we went to the scale of a protest is because on this particular issue, the university would rather not act at all than do something.”
Native American women more likely to experience sexual violence on campus, across country
Daily Cardinal
Twenty percent of women will be sexually assaulted at some point in their lives — but that number jumps to 45 percent when applied to Native American women, according to the National Sexual Violence Research Center.
Cardinal View: Toxic lab indicates a broader toxic culture, learning environment
Daily Cardinal
While one may be inclined to blame vague rhetoric for varying expectations of graduate and other students, there is nothing but harm done when a professional refers to their students as “chimpanzees” and “slaves.”