JT Roach, a Madison Edgewood High School and University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate, won Wednesday night’s season finale of NBC’s “Songland.”
Madison native wins NBC’s ‘Songland’, has song performed by OneRepublic
WISC-TV 3
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UW Faculty of Color Reception Set For Sept. 24
Madison365
The tradition of welcoming new faculty of color and honoring newly-promoted faculty of color will continue on Tuesday, Sept. 24, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Memorial Union’s Tripp Commons, 800 Langdon Street.
Joint Campus Area Committee discusses Sellery residence hall renovation project
Badger Herald
Renovation project proposes adding new bike parking stalls while minimizing environmental impacts.
Column: Reducing the stigma surrounding food insecurity
Daily Cardinal
Like many topics that involve socioeconomic status, food insecurity on campus has to do with shame. It’s one thing to struggle to pay Madison’s exorbitantly high rent, as many students do. But if you can’t afford to feed yourself, what are you spending your money on?
Derrick Smith brings community engagement experience to WID
Daily Cardinal
Born in Cleveland and raised in Long Beach, Calif., Smith previously worked as the director of strategic planning and special projects for Catholic Charities of Madison, before his position with WID.
UW-Madison ‘an affordable experience’ for low-income students
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison is one of only four flagship universities across the nation that is affordable for low-income students, according to a new study.
Keep politics out of weather science
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor from Steve Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UW-Madison.
WCHA coaches pick Wisconsin Badgers to win 2019-20 regular-season women’s hockey title
Wisconsin State Journal
As unanimously as is possible, Western Collegiate Hockey Association coaches picked the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team to finish first in the 2019-20 season.
Woman was ‘fearing for my life’ when attacked by woman with pepper spray, knife, Madison police say
Wisconsin State Journal
The 28-year-old woman sought refuge by running up to a UW-Madison police car that was operating in the area, and Madison police officers soon arrived to take the suspect into custody, and talk with the woman who reported the attack, Madison police public information officer Joel DeSpain reported.
UW-La Crosse puts professor on leave after student’s sexual misconduct allegation
Wisconsin State Journal
A University of Wisconsin-La Crosse professor has been placed on leave and removed for now as a department chair in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations from a student.
Burglar arrested after UW-Madison student finds him in her apartment
NBC-15
According to the Madison Police Department, a UW-Madison student woke up around 3:40 a.m. Tuesday and found a burglar inside her apartment on the 400 block of West Johnson Street.
Proposed project would help bring back remains of 1,500 MIA Wisconsin soldiers
NBC-15
The bill would provide new funds to the UW Missing in Action Recovery and Identification Project, to assist with the recovery, identification and repatriation of Wisconsin MIA service members.
UW-Madison, Ho-Chunk Nation Consider A ‘Shared Future’
Wisconsin Public Radio
Students returning to the University of Wisconsin-Madison this fall may notice a new plaque on campus. It reads in part:”The University of Wisconsin-Madison occupies ancestral Ho-Chunk land, a place their nation has called Teejop since time immemorial.”
UW-Madison says Foxconn slow in fulfilling $100M pledge
AP
The University of Wisconsin says it has received just $700,000 of the $100 million that Foxconn Technology Group pledged to fund engineering and innovation research on the school’s flagship campus.
UW-Madison says Foxconn slow in fulfilling $100M pledge
AP
The University of Wisconsin says it has received just $700,000 of the $100 million that Foxconn Technology Group pledged to fund engineering and innovation research on the school’s flagship campus.
Global population decline will hit China hard
The Indian Express
The senior scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of “Big Country with an Empty Nest” believes China has 115 million people fewer than the 1.4 billion people in the official data.
Foxconn falling behind on $100M pledge to University of Wisconsin-Madison
Fox News
Foxconn Technology Group may be falling behind on a huge monetary commitment it made to a university in Wisconsin – where it is expected to operate a multi-billion manufacturing facility.
US schools introduce new ways to teach 9/11 history
Asia News Today
In a new study released this month, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison said that the most popular method of teaching about 9/11 and the War on Terror was showing a documentary or “similar video.”
Administration Within UW System Grew While Faculty Numbers Declined
Wisconsin Public Radio
The number of administrators working within the University of Wisconsin System grew between 2014 and 2017 amid a statewide decline in the number of faculty.
Wisconsin Crops Continue To Lag Behind As Harvest Nears
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: “Usually we’re (harvesting silage) pretty heavily by about the middle of September,” said Joe Lauer, agronomist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “It’s going to be delayed a week or two due to not only some of the cool weather we had in the spring but also due to the fact that there’s a lot of corn that was just planted late.”
Kids Are Now Being Taught About 9/11 As Part Of History
Daily Wire
Quoted: Another study, led by professor Jeremy Stoddard of the University of Wisconsin/Madison School Of Education, found that “the most popular method of teaching about 9/11 and the War on Terror was showing a documentary or ‘similar video,’” TIME reported.
Marginalized identities face opportunity gaps after college, according to experts
Badger Herald
Post-recession job market continues to favor white graduates, experts suggest.
UW joins Dane County to introduce sustainability projects
Badger Herald
New UW council to provide ’hard data’ on sustainability needs
UW, American Lung Association professionals discuss measures reducing e-cigarette usage
Badger Herald
According to the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention website, electronic cigarettes and other vaping devices are battery-powered products designed to deliver nicotine, flavor and other chemicals to users. They turn chemicals, including nicotine, into an aerosol that is then inhaled by the user.
One year after Foxconn pledges $100 million to UW, university has only seen $700,000
Badger Herald
UW, Foxconn plans for research sites, funding have made little progress.
An experiment in independence
Badger Herald
Through 50 years of innovation, integrity, even near collapse, The Badger Herald endures.
UW-Madison requires new authentication software for students to log in
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison rolled out a new Multi-Factor Authentication Software Monday in an attempt to eliminate the numerous hacking issues the university has faced.
Nooses in climate change protest condemned by UW-Madison
Daily Cardinal
“We commend the university staff and members of our campus community who immediately intervened with the protesters and helped them understand the impact they were having,” Vice Chancellor Lori Reesor and Deputy Vice Chancellor Patrick Sims said in their email sent to the entire campus community.
Wisconsin Badgers’ Annie Pankowski among 30 finalists for NCAA Woman of the Year award
Wisconsin State Journal
Nearly six months after her playing career at the University of Wisconsin ended, Annie Pankowski continues to earn accolades.
Foxconn pledged $100 million to UW-Madison. The school has so far received $700,000.
Wisconsin State Journal
Roughly a year since Foxconn Technology Group pledged $100 million to help fund a new UW-Madison engineering building and company-related research, the university said it has received $700,000, less than 1% of the original commitment.
Trump campaign adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle headed to UW-Madison Thursday
The Capital Times
A senior adviser on President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign is planning to speak with College Republicans on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus later this week.
Uber Could Save Billions in Taxes With This Little-Noticed Move
Fortune
Quoted: The new IP value generated a big set of “deferred tax assets”—like pre-paid tax payments or credits—in the Netherlands of $6.1 billion, according to Dan Lynch, an associate professor of accounting and information systems at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who read the quarterly filing. The taxes would be calculated through multiplying profits by the tax rate. The rate could be either 25% or 7%, the lower number reserved for profits from IP “innovation” developed in the Netherlands, according to Dudley.
The profound perspective of geoscience can unite students
The Conversation
It’s 1 p.m. and students gather in long lines as they wait to enter the lecture hall, a spacious wood-adorned auditorium at the top of Henry Mall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It’s a charismatic octagonal space that is 116 years old and the largest lecture hall on campus.
With States and the Feds Investigating Google and Facebook, the Legal Pressure Is Ramping Up
Fortune
Quoted: “The nightmare for the companies is having 50 different state proceedings, which could indeed wind up commanding different results,” said Peter Carstensen, a former attorney at the antitrust division of the DOJ and a professor of law emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School.
Dane County inmates record audio books for kids
Spectrum News 1
A special partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Madison ?Jail Library Group, the Dane County Library Service and the Dane County Jail gives inmates a unique chance to share quality time with their kids through special audio book recordings.
Badgers men’s basketball program seeks ‘normalcy’ after Howard Moore tragedy
Wisconsin State Journal
(Coach Greg) Gard met with beat reporters from the State Journal and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Monday afternoon, providing an update of how the Badgers’ extended family is coping three-plus months after assistant coach Howard Moore was seriously injured in a multiple-vehicle crash that caused three fatalities, including Moore’s wife Jennifer and 9-year-old daughter Jaidyn.
UW-Madison mandates multi-factor authentication for students logging in to MyUW accounts
WISC-TV 3
UW Chief of Information Security Officer Bob Turner said the cybersecurity initiative began to increase security for people’s most at-risk data, such as human resources and financial information.”It’s all about protecting the data,” Turner said.
UWPD rescues stray kitten from UW-Madison fountain
WISC-TV 3
According to a post from the UW-Madison Police Twitter page, the kitten was stuck in a fountain outside the UW-Madison College of Engineering building.
Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Hires Derrick L. Smith as Director of Development
Madison365
The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, an interdisciplinary research center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has announced that Derrick L. Smith is their new director of development.
SSFC discusses ethical protocols for allocating student fees
Badger Herald
The Student Services Finance Committee held its first meeting of the semester Monday, featuring presentations from Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs Nancy Lynch and newly elected SSFC Chair Jordan Pasbrig.
Column: Recent climate change protest shows activism can be tarnished by ignorant, insensitive oversight of history
Badger Herald
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor and the University Housing Office sent emails in response to the morning’s events. These messages did well to remediate the impact caused by the actions of the protesters and offered counseling for those in need.
Column: Observing sports culture as a non-fan attending a football school
Badger Herald
Our fascination with athletic competitions on grandstand presents interesting questions about our interests, priorities
Why school cafeterias should be the front lines of policy change
The Guardian
Across the country millions of children are returning to school with the promise that school lunch will be “great again”. – Jennifer E Gaddis is an assistant professor in the department of civil society and community studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the author of the forthcoming book The Labor of Lunch: Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools
Ruth Bader Ginsburg shows no sign of slowing down amid health scares
The Hill
Quoted: Ryan Owens, a professor of political science and affiliate faculty at the University of Madison-Wisconsin law school, told The Hill that while Ginsburg’s travel is not unusual, it is consistent “with her desire to let people know she is still out there and doing her thing.”
Book offers 5 ways to improve Jewish education
Futurity
Quoted: Simone Schweber at the University of Wisconsin-Madison cautions against teaching the Shoah in terms of moral certainties. Learning about the genocide shouldn’t foster an us-versus-them mentality, she says.
Opinion: The future of high school students with autism
Los Angeles Times
Quoted: Currently, mostly families from higher incomes are able to help their autistic high school students succeed. According to an article by University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Adityarup “Rup” Chakravorty, “Children living in census tracts with lower socioeconomic development [are] less likely to be diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder than children living in areas with higher socioeconomic indicators.”
Lynda Barry Explores the Language of Art
Publishers Weekly
Making Comics is Barry’s latest collage of comics and instruction, drawn from the course that she teaches at the University of Wisconsin–Madison art department, where she’s an associate professor.
Can Vape Pens Cause Lung Disease? Symptoms, Deaths Reported
Bloomberg News
Quoted: The lung illness “gets worse really quickly,” said Jeffrey Kanne, a radiologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which has had patients. On scans, “these are like what you see with acute lung injuries,” such as inhaling toxic substances in an industrial accident.
Quintez Cephus: Breaking down potential lawsuit against Wisconsin
Sports Illustrated
Should wide receiver Quintez Cephus be enrolled as a student at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, let alone play for the Badgers football team?This question could soon become a legal matter for the university.
Tips for surviving — and thriving during — school transitions
CBC News
The transition from elementary to middle school is “extraordinary,” according to Geoffrey Borman, a professor of education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, because students are leaving behind what’s become a comfortable, “caring” environment for an unknown school, which can often seem “imposing.”
UW-Madison Among Most Affordable Large Public Universities, According To New Report
Wisconsin Public Radio
A new report says the University of Wisconsin’s flagship Madison campus is among the most affordable public universities in the country. We’ll talk to a reporter about the report and what it says about the UW system.
Superfans: A Love Story
The New Yorker
At the time, Henry Jenkins was a twenty-eight-year-old doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He had grown up reading Famous Monsters of Filmland and bonded with his wife, Cynthia, over “Star Trek.” (He explained to me that the preferred term is Trekkers, not Trekkies.)
Wisconsin Athletic Board approves changes to Student-Athlete Discipline Policy
Wisconsin State Journal
An arrest or filing of charges that is believed to be imminent now triggers the automatic suspension of a University of Wisconsin athlete under a change to the athletic department’s discipline policy approved Friday by the Athletic Board.
Detention & Despair
The Smart Set
Nearly 100 years ago in a lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, psychologist Harry Harlow set out to understand the effects of parental love and affection on children as well as it’s deprivation. His belief that a baby’s first love, their mother, had a positive and lasting impact on their lives was in stark contrast to prominent figures in the medical and research fields of the early and mid-20th century.
UW-La Crosse student accuses professor of misconduct in Facebook post
Wisconsin State Journal
A University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student Wednesday accused an unidentified art professor at the school of inappropriate conduct while she was a freshman in a public Facebook postmaking its way around the social media site.
Gwen Jorgensen, Joe Thomas among class of new UW Athletic Hall of Fame
NBC-15
It is a well-rounded class filled with athletes from the swim team, track, football, and special services.
Quintez Cephus accusers press UW-Madison for answers with help of high-profile lawyer
Wisconsin State Journal
(John) Clune joins a team of local lawyers pressing UW-Madison for answers on its decision to readmit Wisconsin Badgers wide receiver Quintez Cephus to the university.
UW Athletics Hall of Fame inducts 2019 class
WKOW-TV 27
A ceremony was held at the Camp Randall Memorial Sports Center, which is adjacent to Camp Randall Stadium.
Climate change protesters wearing nooses on UW-Madison campus apologize for their actions
Wisconsin State Journal
Two protesters who wore nooses during a climate change protest Friday morning on UW-Madison’s campus say they are “ashamed” of the harm they caused.
Klein, Ronald (Ron) M.D.
Wisconsin State Journal
Ron co-directed the University of Wisconsin-Madison Ocular Epidemiology Reading Center, where they were involved with developing and implementing protocols to grade ocular photographs for the severity of age-related macular degeneration and other eye diseases, and data analyses and paper writing from many large ongoing cohort studies and collaborations worldwide. Ron authored or co-authored over 1000 reports in peer-reviewed journals and over 50 book chapters.