UW postdoc, Global Health Institute investigate social, environmental implications of insect consumption.
UW project investigates sustainability potential of eating insects
Badger Herald
Author: gbump
Three UW professors receive Simons Fellowships in mathematics
Badger Herald
Simons Fellowship funding allows professors to focus on research, travel to conferences.
In light of new UW System advising initiative, students of color raise concerns
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin System announced an expansion in student advising services to ensure student success for underrepresented students of color, first-generation students and low-income students.
College Republicans host former Gov. Tommy Thompson to discuss vision for prison reform
Badger Herald
After initiatives as governor caused overpopulation in prisons, Thompson hopes to reduce recidivism by building educational, vocational programs.
Hoff, Charles E.
He went to work in maintenance at UW Madison in 1956, and retired from UW-Madison in 1986.
Thai Election Mess Pits Thaksin Against Coup-Prone Generals
“If the military can come to terms with the fact that despite all of their efforts they still can’t win, or if there’s a clear resistance, maybe they would stop,” said David Streckfuss, a scholar of Southeast Asian politics and honorary fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “But I don’t have much hope for that.”
Thai Election Mess Pits Thaksin Against Coup-Prone Generals
Bloomberg
Quoted: “If the military can come to terms with the fact that despite all of their efforts they still can’t win, or if there’s a clear resistance, maybe they would stop,” said David Streckfuss, a scholar of Southeast Asian politics and honorary fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “But I don’t have much hope for that.”
Feng Shui Tips for a Harmonious Life
The New York Times
For the last 15 years, Wei Dong, a professor in the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has taken students to China on an international study abroad program that examines the concepts of feng shui.
Report: New Solar, Wind Could Replace Coal While Cutting Costs
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: Greg Nemet, professor of public affairs and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said this report makes clear what people in the industry already know about the cost-effectiveness of coal.
Planting more trees in cities may be a solution to rising temperatures
The London Economic
Professor Monica Turner from the University of Wisconsin-Madison investigated the effects and how trees can be used in the future to prevent rising global temperatures.
Asian Studies scholars debate ethics of holding future conferences in Asia after visa debacle in India
Inside Higher Ed
But each location brings different issues. Katherine Bowie, another past president and the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, raised the question of whether AAS will need to warn members planning on participating in the Bangkok conference that they cannot criticize the monarchy, which is a criminal offense in Thailand punishable by jail time.
Evers Aims To Increase Unemployment Benefits, Lower Barriers
Wisconsin Public Radio
But compared to neighboring states, Wisconsin state unemployment benefits fall short, said Sarah Halpern-Meekin, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Human Ecology.
Here’s how many trees are required to cool a city street
Popular Science
That’s why researchers at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, decided to start measuring. They strapped some sensors to a bike, and sent an able-bodied person around the city of Madison to test temperatures at regular intervals along blocks with varying levels of tree cover. They published their results Monday in the journal PNAS.
Throw Shade at Climate Change By Planting More Trees
Geek.com
And, according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, they play a big role in keeping towns and cities cool.
Confine or protect: UW System administrators voice concerns over free speech executive order
Daily Cardinal
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on last Thursday, aiming to enforce the right of free speech and “free inquiry” across campuses nationwide. … Since its signing, the order has prompted UW System administration to have discussions about the government’s role in policing speech on campuses.
Tony Evers could re-appoint some appointees of Scott Walker
Wisconsin State Journal
Evers rescinded the appointments after Dane County Judge Richard Niess struck down the lame duck laws and vacated the appointments, which include a University of Wisconsin System regent and the chairwoman of the Public Service Commission.
Badgers coach Paul Chryst given $300,000 raise, increased bonus opportunities
Wisconsin State Journal
Changes to Paul Chryst’s contract include a $300,000 annual salary increase and added bonus opportunities if his program wins a Big Ten Championship or earns a spot in the College Football Playoff.
Cottage Cheese Is the New Greek Yogurt
The Atlantic
Quoted: “It’s a pretty straightforward cheese to make,” says John Lucey, a professor of food science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Even so, the process is time-consuming and labor-intensive. It begins with creating the curd, the lumpy matter found in cottage cheese.
Dairy farms seek higher milk prices to help save struggling farms
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“It’s very much a matter of your perspective,” said Mark Stephenson, director of dairy policy analysis at University of Wisconsin-Madison and chairman of Dairy Task Force 2.0, a committee of Wisconsin dairy farmers and others that aims to chart a course for the dairy industry’s future.
The Latest: Lame-Duck Parties Can File Briefs Until Monday
AP
Some of the higher profile appointees include a pair of University of Wisconsin System regents and Ellen Nowak, chairwoman of the state Public Service Commission.
With Vaccine Misinformation, Libraries Walk a Fine Line
Undark Magazine
Quoted: “There’s this underlying recognition,” said Bob Drechsel, an expert in media law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, “that it’s extraordinarily important and unavoidable that librarians have a great deal of discretion to make decisions about what they think is in the best interest of their collections and their patrons.”
Wisconsin dairy farmers lean on creativity, innovation
AP
University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Victor Cabrera wants to help farmers make better decisions through his project called Dairy Brain , which would collect and integrate data from all parts of the farm operation, then use artificial intelligence to analyze the findings and help farmers make smarter management decisions.
22 Celebs Who Went To The Yale School Of Drama
Buzzfeed
Before graduating from Yale in 1982, Jane went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
‘No Child’s Play’ of Indu Ranchan captivates imagination
The Daily Pioneer
Quoted: Ranchan received her Masters in English Literature from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.A. She commenced her teaching career at the Government College for Women, Patiala in 1964 which, however, remained a chequered one because of transfer of residence to varied locales. Excerpts from an interview with The Pioneer.
Most styrofoam isn’t recycled. Here’s how 3 startups aim to fix that
CBC News
Andrea Hicks, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison published a recent study that looked at the environmental impact of polystyrene through its life cycle.
GOP lawmakers ask appeals court to reverse ruling halting laws limiting powers of Tony Evers, Josh Kaul
Wisconsin State Journal
Evers told the state Senate Friday he has withdrawn those appointments and will fill them with his own picks. The posts include a University of Wisconsin System Regent, Scott Beightol, and commissioner of the state Public Service Commission, Ellen Nowak.
Roberts, Philip P.
He retired from the University of Wisconsin Physical Plant after 22 years.
Badgers swimmer Beata Nelson wins 3rd title at NCAA meet
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin fans went crazy when Beata Nelson touched first in the 200-yard backstroke Saturday night to complete the greatest individual effort at the NCAA swimming and diving championships in program history.
Madison schools achievement gap driven by higher-than-average white test performance
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: “There are black-white achievement gaps in virtually every school district in the country, but Madison’s gaps have been, historically, among the largest in the country,” said UW-Madison professor Geoffrey Borman, whose research includes testing ways to close them. “I can’t point you to a particular district that has closed gaps.”
UW-Madison Communication and Civic Renewal research team: Wisconsinites want nonpartisan redistricting and a voice for political minorities
Capital Times
Column: Our Communication and Civic Renewal research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison asked 1,015 Wisconsinites who they thought should control redistricting in our state: the state Legislature or an independent, nonpartisan commission. Fifty-three percent of adults said they preferred the nonpartisan commission while only 13 percent favored the idea of state lawmakers controlling the process themselves.
UW-Madison researcher receives grant from French government to study plankton
Wisconsin State Journal
Carol E. Lee, a professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, will research the ability of plankton to adapt and evolve with the Earth’s changing climate, with funding from the Make Our Planet Great Again initiative.
Telling Wisconsin’s tourism story
Wisconsin State Journal
Q&A with Tourism Secretary Sara Meaney, 44, grew up in Whitefish Bay, is a graduate of UW-Madison and has a long career in marketing and advertising.
Wisconsin Badgers win their fifth NCAA women’s hockey championship, blanking Minnesota in title game
Wisconsin State Journal
For the first time in eight years, the Badgers are national champions, giving them a fifth NCAA trophy to finish the program’s 20th season.
Most outstanding player Kristen Campbell has an NCAA tournament to remember for Wisconsin Badgers women’s hockey team
Wisconsin State Journal
Campbell became the first goaltender to go the distance in a Division I NCAA women’s hockey tournament without allowing a goal.
Why the Peace Corps director thinks UW-Madison tops all schools in producing volunteers
Wisconsin State Journal
Seventy-five Badgers — more than any other U.S. university — are currently serving a 27-month stint in developing countries promoting peace through community integration.
UW math professors win prestigious Simons Fellowships
Wisconsin State Journal
Gheorghe Craciun, Autumn Kent and Andreas Seeger join 45 other scientists this year in receiving Simons Fellowships, founded 25 years ago by Jim and Marilyn Simons to support basic scientific research.
UW-graduate creates philanthropic fitness app
NBC-15
A UW-Madison graduate developed a new mobile app, for users keep track of fitness goals, while making a philanthropic impact.
Woman who found Jayme Closs honored as part of Social Work Month
WKOW-TV 27
Nutter is an academic advisor with the University of Wisconsin’s School of Social Work.
Former UW doctor charged with sexual assaulting patient
WISC-TV 3
Michael Thom was charged Thursday in Madison with second-degree sexual assault by a health care employee and fourth-degree sexual assault, according to a Wisconsin State Journal report.
The Admissions Scandal Is About Parental Narcissism—and the Schools’ Complicity
The Nation
The fact is that you can get an excellent education at hundreds of American colleges, many of which have fine reputations and are easier to get into. Take Bard, for instance, which accepts 49 percent of its applicants; Sarah Lawrence, whose acceptance rate is 43 percent; or the University of Wisconsin–Madison, which admits more than half of all students who apply.
Report: Climate Change Brings Rising Temperatures, Extreme Weather To Great Lakes States
Wisconsin Public Radio
The Environmental Law & Policy Center commissioned the study by researchers from several universities, including Daniel Vimont, director of the Nelson Institute Center For Climatic Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Astrobiology seminar aims to inspire a look into the bounds of life
Space Daily
With like-minded researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Vincent helped form a new campus group by the name of OoLALA – Origins of Life, Artificial Life and Astrobiology. The founders of OoLALA hope it can coordinate the dozens of labs that are addressing some aspect of astrobiology and inspire others to join the work.
Axios Markets
Axios
“Farmers are structured to ride these waves out, but when the waves are this long they can’t ride that out,” says Steven Deller, a professor of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Charles Sanna, Seeking Use for Surplus Milk Powder, Invented Swiss Miss
Wall Street Journal
Charles Sanna earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1939 and joined the Gary, Ind., steel works of Carnegie-Illinois Steel, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel .
UW-Madison Settles Federal Research Dispute For $1.5 Million
AP
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials have decided to settle allegations they overcharged the federal government for research projects for $1.5 million.
Debunking the Capitalist Cowboy
Boston Review
Business schools fetishize entrepreneurial innovation, but their most prominent heroes succeeded because they manipulated corporate law, not because of personal brilliance. –Nan Enstad is the Robinson Edwards Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author of Cigarettes, Inc.: An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism.
Wisconsin’s Annie Pankowski Tries to Leave College Hockey on Top
The New York Times
This weekend is Wisconsin forward Annie Pankowski’s last shot to go out a winner in college hockey.
Annie Pankowski becomes Wisconsin Badgers’ third three-time All-American
Wisconsin State Journal
Annie Pankowski already was part of one elite hat trick among University of Wisconsin women’s hockey players, and she joined another on Thursday.
Former UW doctor charged with sexual assault for incident that led to his resignation in 2017
Wisconsin State Journal
A former UW Health doctor who resigned in 2017 amid allegations of sexual misconduct involving a patient was charged Thursday with felony and misdemeanor counts of sexual assault.
UW-Madison settles with U.S. government for $1.5 million over ‘technical accounting issue’
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison agreed to pay the U.S. government $1.5 million for allegedly overcharging federal agencies on the money it receives for research projects, the Western District Court of Wisconsin announced Thursday.
What Is the World to Do About Gene-Editing?
The New York Review of Books
Quoted: This can be seen in what the University of Wisconsin bioethicist Alta Charo, an author of the 2017 NASEM report, both observes and endorses as the “yellow light” approach to regulating “technology [that] innovates faster than the regulatory system can adapt.”
Climate change is taking a toll on the $20 billion ski industry
CNBC
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words – Chan Zuckerberg Science Initiative
Medium
“I love being able to record and study the behavior and function of living organisms under physiological conditions?—?without harming them, and without them realizing that they’re being observed.”?—?Michael Weber, Morgridge Institute for Research, in affiliation with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Flamingo Project.
Tonight’s spring equinox “supermoon,” explained in one chart
Vox
Quoted: A supermoon is when these two cycles match up and we have a full moon that’s near its perigee. The result is that the full “super” moon appears slightly larger and slightly brighter in the sky. This occurs about one in every 14 full moons, Jim Lattis, an astronomer at the University of Wisconsin Madison, notes.
Milwaukee Hospitals Look To Fight Opioid Addiction With Recovery Coaches
Wisconsin Public Radio
The $75,000 grant places the recovery coaches in emergency departments at Ascension’s St. Joseph’s, Franklin and St. Francis hospitals for a one-year pilot and is part of a larger effort from the Wisconsin Voices for Recovery — a statewide peer-run network from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Continuing Studies — funded by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Saving energy saves lives and alleviates healthcare costs caused by air pollution, study says
The Independent
According to researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, saving energy could also save lives and alleviate the costs of health problems caused by air pollution.
10 Things to Know About Wisconsin
US News and World Report
The University of Wisconsin—Madison opened the nation’s first dairy school in 1890.
UW Platteville educator celebrates 51 years
NBC-15
Dr. Marilyn Tufte started her career as an instructor at UW Platteville in the late 1960s after receiving her master’s degree from UW Madison.
Video: What to expect from flooding with more rain in the forecast
WISC-TV 3
Quoted: Shane Hubbard is a research scientist in the Space Science and Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He explains what to expect for future flooding.
How salt use is impacting our lakes this year
WISC-TV 3
Quoted: UW limnologist and assistant professor Dr. Dugen says you can think of salt affecting lakes like salt affects humans; some of it is okay, but lots of it starts causing problems.