“The university needs to think about how the nation-wide public and how people of color will view this institution,” Meyer told reporters Monday.
Cephus attorney says UW doesn’t want football player back, UW denies claim
NBC-15
Author: gbump
Former Badger Cephus presses UW for readmission
WKOW-TV 27
According to his attorney, Kathleen Stillman and Stephen Meyer, it’s time for the university to follow the jury’s lead, and overturn their expulsion, given the former Badger’s acquittal.
Cephus, former teammates make ‘final plea’ for readmission to UW-Madison
WISC-TV 3
“He is my blood brother,” Badger inside linebacker and former teammate Chris Orr said. “These are people you live with for years. We know each other inside and out. We truly are a family.”
UW-Madison: Cephus attorney’s comments on readmission request ‘false’; no decision yet
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Madison won’t readmit former Badgers football player Quintez Cephus, his attorney told News 3 Now Monday, but the university responded calling the attorney’s comments “false,” saying a decision hasn’t been made.
Quintez Cephus’ Attorney Says UW-Madison Won’t Readmit Cephus
Madison365
In a tweet Monday afternoon, UW-Madison said the information was “not accurate” and that the university plans to make a statement.
Cephus, attorneys hold press conference urging UW to readmit him in light of not guilty verdict
Badger Herald
Meyer incorrectly claimed earlier Monday that UW officials have already made up their mind and will deny Cephus. In the press conference, he pleaded to UW to let Cephus back in.
State Health Officials Confirm New Cases Of Vaping-Related Lung Disease | Wisconsin Public Radio
Wisconsin Public Radio
Doug Jorenby, the director of clinical cervices for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Tobacco Research, says the cases are unusual and it might be difficult to find out what products the patients used.
The Classic Novel That Is Most Often Abandoned By Readers
Mental Floss
Quoted: Jordan Ellenberg, a mathematician and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, devised his own way of calculating a book’s unreadability, which he dubbed the Hawking Index.
Skulls Analyzed From The Mayan Sacred Cenote Show That Human Sacrifices Were Sourced From Far And Wide Across Mexico
Forbes
The study published in American Journal of Physical Anthropology Magazine in July of 2019 by T. Douglas Price et al. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that the birthplaces of the individuals varied from near their final resting places in the still waters of the Sacred Cenote (pronounced say-NO-tay) and from far across Mexico and beyond, indicating that the Mayan network extended across thousands of miles.
College party rankings: UCSB top liquor school, Wisconsin #1 in beer
247 Wall Street
It should be noted that the hard liquor survey produces different results than the Party Schools list, in which the top spot went to Syracuse University and UCSB finished sixth, and the Lots of Beer rankings, in which first place went to University of Wisconsin-Madison and UCSB didn’t place in the top 20 at all.
What Meditation Looks Like In Your Brain, According To Experts
Bustle
Quoted: “If meditation just produces changes when you’re meditating, it’s like a drug, and it would wear off — and what would be the point of that?” Dr. Richard Davidson, PhD, the William James and Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and founder of the Center for Healthy Minds, tells Bustle.
Going solo: The Japanese women rejecting marriage for the freedom of living single
The Independent
Quoted: “The data suggests very few women look at the lay of the land and say, ‘I’m not going to marry,’” says James Raymo, a professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has written extensively about marriage in Japan. Rather, he says, they “postpone and postpone and wait for the right circumstances, and then those circumstances never quite align and they drift into lifelong singlehood”
Aspirin May Interact with Cells’ DNA Modifications to Alter Breast Cancer Outcomes
Nature World News
In an accompanying editorial, Kristen Malecki, Ph.D., MPH, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, noted that the findings support the importance of research examining interactions between epigenetics and low-cost therapies such as aspirin. According to Dr. Malecki, “The study by Wang et al. shows that beyond gene-environment interactions, epigenetic and environment interactions also exist, and suggest that DNA methylation could in the future help to support the identification of individuals for whom treatment may or may not be successful.
Researcher Looks At Effects Of Sulfide Mining On Wild Rice Beds
WXPR
Dance’s work is part of an effort to form a stronger connection with the state’s Native American tribes and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. We have a longer interview in the first segment of WXPR Saturday Edition on our website.
Asian longhorned beetle larvae eat plant tissues that their parents cannot
Mirage News
Also involved in the research were David Long, Penn State research technologist in entomology, and Richard Lindroth, professor of ecology in the Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The problem with specialization in young athletes
The Varsity
Similarly, David Bell, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Director of Injury in Sport Laboratory, and a team of researchers, found that highly specialized high school athletes are over twice as likely to suffer lower joint injuries, such as around the hips or knees, relative to their unspecialized counterparts.
Five myths about corn
The Washington Post
Quoted: According to Bill Tracy, an agronomy professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, none of the canned or frozen corn at the grocery store is GMO. (Because labeling standards established by the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law aren’t compulsory until January 2022, stores don’t have to indicate which corn on the cob is GMO.) As of 2018, only about 10 percent of the sweet-corn acreage planted in the United States and Canada was genetically modified.
Climate change is amplifying deadly heatwaves
The Washington Post
A 2018 study written by Limaye and his former colleagues found that climate change would lead to thousands more heat-related deaths in the eastern United States by the middle of the century.
‘They live in fear’: Arcadia struggles to heal wounds caused by ICE raid
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Erin Barbato, the director of the Immigrant Justice Law Clinic at the University of Wisconsin Law School: “In Madison, we’re seeing a lot of people who are frightened and often confused about whether ICE is conducting a raid or whether local police are just doing their job. It’s become a prominent issue,” she said. “Even my clients that have lawful status or are in the process of obtaining lawful status are scared.”
Wrong-way driver who crashed into Howard Moore family car was 2.5 times over alcohol limit, paper reports
Wisconsin State Journal
The wrong-way driver who crashed into the car of University of Wisconsin men’s assistant basketball coach Howard Moore, killing his wife and their 9-year-old daughter, had a blood-alcohol level more than 2.5 times the legal limit, The Detroit News reported.
Bartlett, Marjorie Heiner
Wisconsin State Journal
Marge was a zoologist, school teacher and medical illustration artist before eventually becoming program director of the University of Wisconsin health information system, “HealthLine.”
Are blue light phones obsolete? UW-Madison says benefits of safety symbol outweigh cost
Wisconsin State Journal
With the press of a button, nearly 200 emergency phones scattered across UW-Madison’s campus connect students, staff and faculty members to the police.
Police: Driver was drunk in wrong-way fatal crash involving UW coach’s family
NBC-15
According to A4 / WDIV, a wrong-way driver who caused a crash that killed herself and the wife and daughter of UW basketball coach Howard Moore near Ann Arbor was drunk, police said, citing a toxicology report.
Gov. Tommy Thompson headlines Roll & Stroll to support pancreatic cancer research
NBC-15
Everything raised will go to the UW Carbone Cancer Center to support research.
UW-Madison named top beer drinking school
WKOW-TV 27
The Princeton Review released its annual list of college rankings and University of Wisconsin-Madison got the top spot for “Lots of Beer.”
Vogelsang, Dr. William F.
Wisconsin State Journal
Dr. William F. Vogelsang, Professor Emeritus of Engineering Physics at University of Wisconsin, quietly passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2019, at age 90.
Q&A: Discovery Institute’s Jo Handelsman takes scientific collaboration to a new level
The Capital Times
As director of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, Handelsman is immersed in all aspects of science, from fostering new ways to engage the global community in problem-solving to her own research into the communication mechanisms of bacteria.
Andersen, John R.
Wisconsin State Journal
John joined the UW-Madison Department of Veterinary Medicine in 1970, where he became Professor Emeritus after serving as Extension Veterinarian for 26 years.
Can Major Surgeries Cause a Long-Term ‘Brain Drain’?
Health Day
“Our data suggest that, on average, major surgery is associated with only a small cognitive ’hit,’ and while there was a doubling in the risk of substantial cognitive decline, this only affected a small number of patients,” said senior study author Dr. Robert Sanders. He’s an assistant professor in the department of anesthesiology at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison.
Axios Science – August 8, 2019
Axios
What’s new: In research published this week in Science Advances, geologist Brad Singer of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his colleagues homed in on the last reversal event in search of the steps leading up to it.
It took an incredibly long time for the Earth’s poles to flip
BGR
Cheesy sci-fi movies depict the magnetic field shift as happening virtually overnight, and while researchers know that’s not the case it’s still hard to pin down an estimate. Now, a new study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that a pole flip which occurred around 770,000 years ago took tens of thousands of years to finish once it began.
Earth’s magnetic field reversals may take much longer than we thought
New Atlas
That said, scientists generally don’t know what causes a reversal, nor how long it takes to play out – it’s believed that the average is about 7,000 years, but some studies suggest it could happen in less than 100 years. To investigate for the new study, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, UC Santa Cruz and Kumamoto University looked to the turbulent time around the last geomagnetic reversal.
UN Report: Agriculture Must Change To Reduce Effects Of Climate Change
Wisconsin Public Radio
The way soil is managed can have a big impact on carbon in the atmosphere, according to Thea Whitman, assistant professor of soil science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Former UW-Madison worker to be University of Idaho’s first female athletic director
WISC-TV 3
Officials say Gawlik worked at the University of Wisconsin since 1994 holding various positions including assistant athletics director and deputy Title IX coordinator.
Badgers United aims to eliminate tuition freeze, better economic health
Daily Cardinal
Amber Schroeder, Executive Director of Badgers United, said the organization hopes to highlight how UW-Madison helps the entire state succeed.
Wisconsin’s Micah Potter waits on NCAA for eligibility ruling
Wisconsin State Journal
Micah Potter has made his case to the NCAA. About all the junior forward on the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team can do now is patiently wait to hear back from the organization.
Wisconsin senior associate athletic director Terry Gawlik hired to run Idaho athletic department
Wisconsin State Journal
After 25 years with the University of Wisconsin athletic department, Terry Gawlik is leaving to run the athletic program at Idaho.
Earth’s Magnetic Field Reversal Took Three Times Longer Than Thought
Scientific American
In their paper published today in Science Advances, Brad Singer of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and his colleagues calculate that Earth’s last magnetic field reversal took roughly 22,000 years.
Earth’s Magnetic Field Went Completely Haywire During Last Reversal and Took 22,000 Years to Get Back to Normal
Newsweek
In a study published in Science Advances, a team led by Brad Singer, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, looked at lava flows to trace back the last major reversal and find out how long it took.
Earth’s Magnetic Field Could Take Longer to Flip Than Previously Thought
Smithsonian
“[Polarity reversal] is one of the few geophysical phenomena that is truly global,” says Brad Singer, professor of geoscience at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and lead author of the study.
Madison artists discuss how to create theater that ‘represents the evolving America’
The Capital Times
Quoted: Patrick Sims, founding director of Theatre for Cultural and Social Awareness, said it’s important that wider audiences engage with the work of playwrights of color. “You can go through lists of amazing artists, playwrights, storytellers who have captured the experience of their people, and yet those experiences don’t reach the masses… the way they have the potential to,” said Sims, the deputy vice chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion and the Elzie Higginbottom vice provost & chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Cephus deserves second chance — Regina Rhyne
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor: Negotiations should begin immediately to reinstate Cephus to the football team, while allowing him to continue his education at the start of this upcoming semester.
Coach Paul Chryst, Badgers players support Quintez Cephus’ return to team
Wisconsin State Journal
Cephus, who last week was found not guilty of two sexual assault charges, has asked to be readmitted to UW after being expelled last semester. Cephus’ lawyers filed a petition on his behalf Tuesday and asked for a response by Thursday.
Conservative news outlet sues Tony Evers administration over access
Wisconsin State Journal
Howard Schweber, a law school and political science professor UW-Madison, and Robert Dreschel, a journalism professor at UW-Madison, weigh in.
Conservative think tank sues Wisconsin’s Evers over access
AP
Quoted: “It’s practically a slam dunk,” said Howard Schweber, a law school and political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Earth’s Last Magnetic-Pole Flip Took Much Longer Than We Thought
Space.com
“We found that the last reversal was more complex, and initiated within the Earth’s outer core earlier, than previously thought,” lead study author Bradley Singer, a professor of geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told Space.com.
Earth’s roaming magnetic poles create longer periods of instability, study says
CNN
“Reversals are generated in the deepest parts of the Earth’s interior, but the effects manifest themselves all the way through the Earth and especially at the Earth’s surface and in the atmosphere,” said Brad Singer, study author and University of Wisconsin-Madison geologist. “Unless you have a complete, accurate and high-resolution record of what a field reversal really is like at the surface of the Earth, it’s difficult to even discuss what the mechanics of generating a reversal are.”
UW study: Major surgery’s impact on brain is smaller than feared
Wisconsin State Journal
Robert Sanders, UW assistant professor of anesthesiology, said on average people’s cognition is “pretty much the same” after a major operation as compared to before, according to a study he authored that was recently published in the British Medical Journal.
Major surgeries linked to small decline in mental functioning in older age
Reuters
“Our data suggest that, on average, major surgery is associated with only a small cognitive ‘hit,’” said Dr. Robert Sanders, an assistant professor in the department of anesthesiology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and the study’s senior author.
Retailer, Legal Expert Say Legal Clarity Needed For Wisconsin’s CBD Industry
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: Jeff Glazer, an attorney and clinical associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic, said state law creates a straightforward process for how to legally grow hemp, but it doesn’t provide enough clarity on manufacturing and retail of hemp products.
Earth’s last magnetic field reversal took far longer than once thought
Space Daily
New work from University of Wisconsin-Madison geologist Brad Singer and his colleagues finds that the most recent field reversal, some 770,000 years ago, took at least 22,000 years to complete. That’s several times longer than previously thought, and the results further call into question controversial findings that some reversals could occur within a human lifetime.
Anny Morrobel-Sosa Named UW System’s Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs
Madison365
Morrobel-Sosa is currently the president and founder of The Micaela Group, which assists universities in improving student success, closing achievement gaps, and strategic planning, including diversifying students and faculty in science, engineering, technology, and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Former Badgers teammates say they would welcome Quintez Cephus back
NBC-15
While UW-Madison has not confirmed Cephus’ readmission because of privacy rules, Coach Paul Chryst and the Badgers say they would welcome him back with open arms.
Coach Chryst says Badgers would welcome former wide receiver Cephus back
WKOW-TV 27
“Yes, if it’s best for Q, – and it truly is for him – then I know his teammates and I know how we feel. We would welcome him back,” Chryst said.
Wisconsin football team would welcome back Quintez Cephus
WISC-TV 3
“I’d love for Q to come back,” said running back Jonathan Taylor. “That’s our brother, and we would love to have him back on the field flying around with us again.”
Video: Professor explains accuracy of fitness trackers
WISC-TV 3
Interviewed: Lisa Cadmus-Bertram, assistant professor of kinesiology and epidemiology at UW-Madison, explains what fitness trackers can — and can’t — accurately tell you.
Diagnosis doesn’t rule destiny: A multigenerational battle against mental illness
WISC-TV 3
Quoted: Dr. Steve Garlow works in the psychiatric ward at UW Hospital and says while we can be genetically predisposed to conditions like depression, anxiety and schizophrenia, a diagnosis doesn’t determine your destiny.
Wisconsin women’s basketball team will open season at home vs. North Florida Nov. 5
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team will open the 2019-20 season against North Florida Nov. 5 at the Kohl Center, according to the Badgers’ non-conference schedule released Tuesday.
Cary, John Robert
Wisconsin State Journal
At UW-Madison, he completed his masters at the Department of Wildlife Ecology where he spent his entire career. John mentored graduate students, taught graduate and undergraduate courses, created computer models with wildlife applications, and did field work all over the world.
Is an adversarial justice system compatible with good science?
The Washington Post
Quoted: Keith A. Findley, Center for Integrity in Forensic Science, University of Wisconsin Law School: I would urge some caution on the idea of court-appointed experts. While independent, court-appointed experts can sometimes be helpful to minimize the bias inherent in the adversarial process, it is dangerous to think that a court-appointed expert or experts will necessarily reflect true neutrality or truth in science.