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UW Summer Launch programs support students, eases transition to college
Badger Herald
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UW senior helps form online art gallery
Badger Herald
John, a senior at the University of Wisconsin, was inspired to start a gallery of his own after exploring the art scenes of both Milwaukee and Madison. Upon sharing this idea with his sister Katherine, the two set out developing a one of a kind online gallery from the ground up.
SSFC makes UHS budget recommendations including adding specialized services for LGBTQ students, students of color
Daily Cardinal
As part of the recommendations, SSFC will ask UHS to add an additional seven health care providers, two more than the original budget had asked for. Three of these must have individual specializations for Survivor Services, LGBTQ students, and students of color.
Wisconsin college fraternity suspended over Dora Explorer hazing ritual
Yahoo7
The University of Wisconsin fraternity Alpha Sigma Phi ordered new members to wear a bag featuring the popular children’s TV program, run errands for older members, and carry fruit around campus, as part of their initiation.
Amazon pullout from NYC shows the perils of partnerships between higher education and business
The Conversation
More recently, students expressed concerns about a $100 million deal between the University of Wisconsin and Foxconn. Graduate students were worried about corporate control over academic research and ownership of intellectual property.
Amazon pullout from NYC shows the perils of partnerships between higher education and business
San Francisco Chronicle
More recently, students expressed concerns about a $100 million deal between the University of Wisconsin and Foxconn. Graduate students were worried about corporate control over academic research and ownership of intellectual property.
The edge takes shape: The 5G telco cloud that would compete with Amazon
ZDNet
As a direct result, the US’ fiber optic cable system closely follows the old railway and highway routes, because their rights-of-way still permit telcos to use narrow strips of land adjacent to these routes. In 2015, a research team led by University of Wisconsin, Madison, computer science professor Paul Barford,
Discovery sheds light on mystery of ancient Native American city’s downfall
The Independent
“When we see correlations with climate, some archaeologists don’t think climate has anything to do with it, but it’s difficult to sustain that argument when the evidence of significant changes in the climate show people are facing new challenges,” said Professor Sissel Schroeder, an anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Number Of Babies Born In Wisconsin Declines To Lowest Point In 44 Years
Wisconsin Public Radio
The most recent peak was in 2007, right before the Great Recession, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison demographer, and births have dropped 11 percent since then. Births across the U.S. have also decreased, but not as much.
Climate Change May Have Caused Collapse of Cahokia, America’s First City
Newsweek
“Cultures can be very resilient in face of climate change but resilience doesn’t necessarily mean there is no change,” said study co-author Sissel Schroeder, a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, in a statement. “There can be cultural reorganization or decisions to relocate or migrate. We may see similar pressures today but fewer options to move.”
Children Raised on Farms Avert Allergies
Medscape
“Just being raised on a farm is, in fact, correlated with changes in the gut,” said investigator Julia Thorsen, MD, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Dems need more DiFi, less AOC
Fox News
“A University of Wisconsin-Madison fraternity was suspended after the chapter forced new members to wear a ‘Dora the Explorer’ backpack, among other requirements, the school announced Friday. A student-led Committee on Student Organizations made the decision to suspend Alpha Sigma Phi through March 24 and place the fraternity on probation until Dec. 11 because the requirements were tantamount to hazing, according to a school press release
Ancient Poop Helps Show Climate Change Contributed To Fall Of Cahokia
Eurasia Review
Last year, White and a team of collaborators — including his former advisor Lora Stevens, professor of paleoclimatology and paleolimnology at California State University, Long Beach, and University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor of Anthropology Sissel Schroeder — showed they could detect signatures of human poop in lake core sediments collected from Horseshoe Lake, not far from Cahokia’s famous mounds.
Fish poisoned by World War Two bombs could be saved by BACTERIA
Daily Mail
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison sequenced the genes of two Pseudomonas bacteria to get the flavoprotein enzymes to break down TNT.
Poop helps show climate change contributed to fall of Cahokia
HeritageDaily
Last year, White and a team of collaborators — including his former advisor Lora Stevens, professor of paleoclimatology and paleolimnology at California State University, Long Beach, and University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor of Anthropology Sissel Schroeder — showed they could detect signatures of human poop in lake core sediments collected from Horseshoe Lake, not far from Cahokia’s famous mounds.
The CRISPR-baby scandal: what’s next for human gene-editing
Nature
Quoted: Alta Charo, who specializes in law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, agrees that it was unclear how any of these individuals could have effectively blown the whistle.
Tony Evers to propose $150 million boost for UW System in state budget
Gov. Tony Evers will propose a $150 million boost for the University of Wisconsin System in his first two-year budget, including funding to continue a tuition freeze implemented by former Gov. Scott Walker, a pay raise for UW employees, a provision to allow Dreamers to pay in-sate tuition and a study to determine the feasibility of creating a student loan refinancing authority.
Sykes, W. Stuart
He took a position at the University of Wisconsin Medical School and Hospital. Stuart taught and practiced medicine at the University from 1964-1996, when he retired.
Evers’ higher education budget would continue tuition freeze
People who entered the country illegally could pay in-state tuition, a long-running tuition freeze would continue for another two years and institutions would receive an additional $150 million under Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ executive budget proposal for the University of Wisconsin System.
‘Madison in the Sixties’ details turbulent decade beyond protests
Wisconsin State Journal
Journalist and historian Stuart Levitan said his latest book, “Madison in the Sixties,” is in many ways really about the role UW-Madison has in shaping the city.
State leads nation in farm bankruptcies again, dairy farm closings hit record high in 2018
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Dairy farms of all sizes as well as grain, beef and specialty farms across the state experienced bankruptcies, according to Paul Mitchell, a professor of agriculture and applied economics at UW-Madison. “There’s no rhyme or reason” to explain the bankruptcies in Wisconsin, Mitchell said. “It’s just a lot of persistent low prices for a lot of different commodities that we produce.”
UW-Madison tweaks public notification process for job candidates to protect applicants
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison has changed the public notification process for job candidates in its latest high-profile search, moves the university said are needed to protect applicants’ confidentiality but which an open government advocate cautioned limit transparency.
Know your Madisonian: A woman’s voice for UW women’s sports
Wisconsin State Journal
Oleson recently completed her 20th season as the PA announcer for the UW volleyball team. Over the years she’s also taken on the same duties for the UW softball team and the women’s basketball team.
University of Wisconsin fraternity suspended for hazing
Madison.com
A fraternity at the University of Wisconsin has been suspended after younger members were allegedly pressured to run errands, wear “Dora the Explorer” backpacks and carry fruit around campus.
Making drugs more effective: Madison startup Dianomi Therapeutics draws a $3 million investment
Wisconsin State Journal
Based on research from the lab of UW-Madison biomedical engineering professor Bill Murphy, Dianomi says it has devised a way to make medications that attack the source of pain — rather than the pain alone — and are more effective and longer lasting than current treatments.
Q&A: Artist Rashaad Newsome sees his UW-Madison class as a collage
Capital Times
Artist Rashaad Newsome seems well-suited to be the UW-Madison’s Spring 2019 Interdisciplinary Artist in Residence. The New York-based artist combines several disciplines including collage, performance, film and even computer programming, to create works that are always changing.
UW suggests Madison bars, liquor stores use smart ID scanners to prevent underage drinking
Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is using smart ID scanners that have successfully helped them catch the fakes. Last week, university officials suggested that the bars and liquor stores in the city use smart ID scanners as well, a move a Madison Police Department captain supports.
Donald Harris, Kamala Harris Father: 5 Fast Facts to Know
Heavy.com
Donald Harris joined Stanford in 1972. Before that, he was a professor at the University of Wisconsin (Madison). He was named a professor there “three years after graduating from the University of California (Berkeley),” his bio says.
Trump stays silent on media-hating Coast Guard officer
Politico
Quoted: “I think it’s very difficult to draw a bright line between what comes out of the president’s mouth or his Twitter account and action from other individuals,” said Kathleen Bartzen Culver, director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “But that doesn’t mean we should accept a normalization of this rhetoric.”
Wienermobile: Drive a hot dog, see the country a la Oscar Mayer
CNN Travel
“Habanero Hayley” hails from Wisconsin and studied marketing and Spanish at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
An Elite Ice Climber’s Year-Round Workout
Wall Street Journal
“Even on the coldest days I’d rather be climbing above crashing waves instead of sitting on my couch,” she says. The 28-year-old data analyst started rock climbing in high school and discovered ice climbing while attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Crazy Snake Worm Invasion You Haven’t Heard About
EcoWatch
Quoted: Gardeners love earthworms because they “churn up the soil and create spaces for nutrients to flow and water to get to the roots,” said Bradley Herrick, an ecologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum.
UW fraternity goes bald to support cancer research
WKOW-TV 27
Dozens of members of the Theta Chi Fraternity shaved their heads on Saturday to see if they could raise more money than other college groups.
Stories of seeds and seeding
Chemical and Engineering News
Quoted: “It was a little joke we had in our lab because Madison’s mascot is a badger,” says a former University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate student, Nicole C. Thomas, who completed her thesis work in Samuel Gellman’s lab. Thomas recalls one of her lab mates placing badger fur in a plastic bag next to their crystallization station, labeling it “Break in case of seeding emergency.”
Overseas Taiwanese community in New York comm…
Taiwan News
History academic at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wang Yu-li (???) gave a short speech entitled “Taiwan’s one unfulfilled quest,” in which she explored the significance and boundaries of the Taiwanese identity throughout generations in light of the 228 incident.
Evers’ higher education budget would continue tuition freeze
WISC-TV 3
Gov. Tony Evers’s budget calls for giving people in the country without legal permission in-state tuition rates at University of Wisconsin System schools, continuing a long-running tuition freeze and handing the system an additional $150 million.
Some Wisconsin farms buckle under weight of snow
WISC-TV 3
Noted: Brian Holmes is a retired agricultural engineer for University of Wisconsin-Extension. Holmes tells Wisconsin Public Radio that some farm buildings are buckling under the weight of snow because their strength is typically compromised by being older and housing damp environments.
New Insights Found By Researchers Regarding Tornadoes
Ace Newz
Quoted: Leigh Orf, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, says “in my scientific view, there are likely different modes of tornadogenesis.”
Cathleen Wells Conley, 58
WISC-TV 3
She worked in accounting for the University of Wisconsin in the College of Engineering and later at the College of Letters and Science, where she also developed close friendships.
Alpha Sigma Phi suspended following hazing allegations
Daily Cardinal
The chapter violated the Student Organization Code of Conduct as new members were coerced to wear “Dora the Explorer” backpacks, carry fruit around campus and run errands for the older members.
Peace Corps week to be headlined by teacher of the year
Daily Cardinal
2018 National Teacher of the Year and returned Peace Corps volunteer Mandy Manning will headline UW-Madison’s upcoming Peace Corps week.
Wisconsin’s Rural Communities Team Up To Attract Housing Developers
Wisconsin Public Radio
The cities of Ashland, Washburn and Bayfield are looking to do a study for similar reasons, said Kellie Pederson, community development educator with Bayfield County, University of Wisconsin-Extension.
Some Wisconsin Companies Offer Student Debt Repayment As An Employee Benefit
Wisconsin Public Radio
In the University of Wisconsin System, 72 percent of students borrowed money toward their bachelor’s degrees and the average debt upon graduation is $30,771.
Zombie statistics
BBC World Service
How bogus stats can get repeated again and again until they end up influencing policy at governments and major multilateral institutions.
Featuring Kathryn Moeller, professor of educational policy studies
How human food is changing wildlife – BBC News
It is all evidence, according to University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist Dr Jonathan Pauli, of “a new reality for some ecosystems”, as they are being re-engineered by humans, and by what we grow, raise and throw away.
How human food is changing wildlife
BBC News
It is all evidence, according to University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist Dr Jonathan Pauli, of “a new reality for some ecosystems”, as they are being re-engineered by humans, and by what we grow, raise and throw away.
Late-Winter Snow Creates Economic Boom In Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio
A 2014 study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension showed the trail had a $26.4 million economic impact on the region — a number that included mountain biking and skiing.
DA Ozanne on campus tunnel breaches: “I think those are issues for concern”
WKOW-TV 27
In the memorandum, Rice states Campbell accessed the tunnels as a student and recorded a video.
Madison music news you can use
Madison Magazine
This is the first installment of a monthly Madison Magazine blog diving deep into the Madison music scene by Logan Rude, a University of Wisconsin–Madison senior and the editor-in-chief of Emmie, the student-run bi-annual music magazine.
Have the winter blues? UW-Madison hopes to change perspective with beautiful blue hour photos
WISC-TV 3
University Communications senior photographer Jeff Miller took winter wonderland photos above campus from the open window of a smal chartered airlane during the “blue hour” of dusk on Feb. 13.
Former Badger football star Chris Borland returns to campus to talk meditation
WISC-TV 3
Former Badger football linebacker Chris Borland returned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Thursday evening to discuss meditation and its potential benefits for athletes and beyond.
“Relatively Recent History:” UW Prof Teaches the History of the Black Vote in Wisconsin
Award-winning professor Christy Clark-Pujara, Ph.D., presented on the history of voting rights for Black men at the Capitol yesterday as part of a series of events hosted by the Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus.
Fifty years after Black Student Strike, students still grapple with racial divide
Badger Herald
“My project showed me a lot … it was sobering to know that these things aren’t new and not too much as changed,” Millet said. “It’s sometimes frustrating to live inside this campus that claims to be so progressive, but race issues have been historically here since the beginning.”
They were here: Louis Butler, first African American to serve on Wisconsin Supreme Court
Badger Herald
Butler earned his law degree from UW in 1977, would later be subject to bitter partisan attack ads in bids for Supreme Court.
Dining program sees $500,000 increase in sales as result of meal plan
Daily Cardinal
University Housing Director Jeff Novak said the meal plan, which requires first-year students living in residence halls to make a $1,400 minimum deposit onto their Wiscards for on-campus dining, “rebounded” the dining program from where it was “a few years ago.”
Willmann, Karl F.
He was employed for 26 years at the UW Extension Photo Lab and he photographed many weddings in Madison and the surrounding area.
UW-Stevens Point no longer planning layoffs of tenured faculty; program cuts still on table
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Stevens Point will not lay off tenured faculty to carry out a proposed plan eliminating six academic majors, a reversal from what officials predicted last fall may be needed to address a roughly $8 million budget deficit.
Sentencing memo alleging UW bomb attack should be sealed, disregarded by judge, lawyers for accused man demand
Wisconsin State Journal
Lawyers for a man convicted of mixing dangerous chemicals in his Far West Side apartment last year want a Dane County judge to seal and disregard a prosecution sentencing memorandum that claims the man was plotting a domestic terror attack on the UW-Madison campus, telling a judge Thursday that prosecutors crossed a line when they compared the man to infamous domestic terrorists.
Man with homemade explosives planned to attack Wisconsin university campus: prosecutor
AP
A man who pleaded no contest to possessing homemade explosives in his Madison apartment appeared to be planning an attack on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, a prosecutor alleged.
Esteemed Turkish historian Kemal Karpat dies at age 96
Daily Sabah
Karpat, an expert on the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkish history, was an emeritus professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.