A developer has re-submitted a previously rejected proposal for a 12-story student apartment near the UW-Madison campus. And on the west side of town, neighbors are pushing back against an affordable housing development that city staff is recommending for approval.
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Anderson, Jane Ann (Lischeske)
Jane … retired in 2000 from the UW-Madison as a program assistant III for the Rec. Sports Dept. at the Natatorium.
Burmeister, Barbara J.
Barb was a registered medical technologist in the clinical chemistry laboratory at UW Hospital for 11 years. She left the lab to oversee the Proficiency Testing Program for the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene from 1985 until 2016.
Selig emphasizes dedication, sacrifice to students in commencement address
Badger Herald
Student speaker Jamie Dawson told her fellow graduates of her family’s struggles in her early life, when she and her mother spent time living with family. Like Selig, she never thought she would be where she is today.
Globetrotting with storyteller Chip Duncan
Madison Magazine
He arrived at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from Iowa in the 1970s to learn how to write fiction. He did, but it took a while. Just last year a New York publisher brought out Duncan’s first collection of short stories.
Badgers volleyball team excited for the future after finishing one win shy of Final Four
Wisconsin State Journal
The Badgers’ belief had grown so strong over a nine-match winning streak that even when they fell behind 16-8 in that fourth set at Illinois, they still figured they would somehow prevail. They rallied to within one point at 24-23 before their season came to a sudden, stunning end.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank says pay-for-play in college sports ‘not our mission’
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank testified for the NCAA in an antitrust lawsuit in September, arguing in favor of compensation limits for college athletes.
How lime green bandanas brought a suicide prevention campaign to UW-Madison’s campus
Wisconsin State Journal
A UW-Madison student’s three-year cultivation of a campuswide mental health and suicide prevention awareness campaign is best seen by glancing at students’ backpacks.
Neil Kraus: Meaningful campus-community connections require some difficult, yet obvious, questions
Capital Times
Column by Neil Kraus, professor and chair of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls political science department
Two years after launch of UW charter schools office, tension with Madison remains
Wisconsin State Journal
A refusal by the University of Wisconsin System to release records related to two charter schools not authorized by the Madison School District is again revealing tensions between the district and the Republican-created body that approved the schools earlier this year.
Schrader, James
Wisconsin State Journal
He enjoyed a career working in research for UW-Madison, studying the immunobiological relationship between host and parasite in African trypanosomiais.
Concussion concerns prompt more Badgers players to leave football
WISC-TV 3
In all, UW-Madison student-athletes were diagnosed with 137 concussions from 2014 to 2018, according to records from an ongoing NCAA and U.S. Department of Defense concussion study obtained by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism under the state Open Records Law.
Concussion concerns prompt more Badgers to leave football
Capital Times
In all, UW-Madison student-athletes were diagnosed with 137 concussions from 2014 to 2018, according to records from an ongoing NCAA and U.S. Department of Defense concussion study obtained by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism under the state Open Records Law.
UW-Madison Winter commencement sees thousands of graduates
WKOW-TV 27
One graduate, JoAnn Brink, was there with her daughter. Brink was celebrating her bachelor’s degree in nursing 20 years working towards it. She hopes her daughter learns from her experience.
Thousands of students celebrate UW–Madison’s 2018 Winter Commencement
NBC-15
“Madison was amazing,” said Rahul Mehta, who graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering. “I did get into two schools before I go there, but I think I chose well, I think I got lucky. It’s been awesome.”
Cooper’s hawk has adapted to urban surroundings and flourished
Star Tribune
This irony is documented in a newly published study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers Benjamin Zuckerberg and Jennifer McCabe. Their research focused on the city of Chicago.
Readers Rejoice, A Storylord Comes!
Wisconsin Public Radio
Tara Tschillard and Lydia Roussos, employees at Wisconsin Public Radio and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, were also thrilled to rediscover the show had a second life online. They recently reminisced over some of the show’s quirky details.
Suicide attempts increasing among young adults
NBC-15
Valerie Donovan, the Suicide Prevention Coordinator for UW-Madison University Mental Health Services, says the numbers can be scary. “They really show this issue and we’ve seen from the numbers that they are trending up,” said Donovan.
Police say email threat of explosive device a scam
WISC-TV 3
University of Wisconsin-Madison police shared an image of text included in one of the hoax messages, which included, ” There is an explosive device (lead azide) in the building where your company is conducted.”
Conservative UW-Madison history professor John Sharpless retiring after 43-year teaching career
Wisconsin State Journal
He has authorized students to bring in controversial conservative figures, such as commentator Katie Pavlich, when other faculty would not.
UW-La Crosse students try logrolling as a stress break before finals
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Learning the sport turned out to be a perfect study break for Zaemisch and fellow stressed-out UW-La Crosse students heading into finals that start Saturday. Students signed up for group lesson slots at the Mitchell Hall pool last week.
WisContext: Rethinking Treatment Of Traumatic Brain Injuries Among Children With Disabilities
Wiscontext
Quoted: Walton O. Schalick III noted concerns about the use of CT scans to evaluate traumatic brain injuries in children at a Wednesday Nite @ the Lab lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Nov. 8, 2017. The talk, which looked more broadly at changing approaches to treating disabilities among children, was recorded for Wisconsin Public Television’s “University Place.”
Self-weighing, self-awareness may prevent holiday weight gain
Reuters
Few randomized controlled trials have studied effective programs to combat the year-end bloat, noted Dale Schoeller of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, who wasn’t involved in the study.
Fetal tissue research targeted by abortion foes inside administration
The Washington Post
He has cited research by Matthew Brown, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin at Madison who works on transplant immunology. In an interview, Brown said he was startled by such assertions, which he discovered when colleagues sent him a video of a Heritage Foundation forum where Prentice spoke.
It ain’t over when it’s over: In Michigan, Wisconsin and elsewhere, losers seek to undermine election results
Los Angeles Times
Quoted: “This is about as fundamental as it gets,” said Howard Schweber, a professor of political science and legal studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. “The way people lose faith in political institutions is when it seems they’re no longer governed by constitutional principles but government by capture — to the victor go the spoils.”
The Liberal Arts May Not Survive the 21st Century
The Atlantic
or many years, wisconsin had one of the finest public-university systems in the country. It was built on an idea: that the university’s influence should not end at the campus’s borders, that professors—and the students they taught—should “search for truth” to help state legislators write laws, aid the community with technical skills, and generally improve the quality of life across the state.
Climate Change Is Reversing a 50-Million-Year-Old Cooling Trend
Nova Next
The study’s lead author, Kevin Burke, worked with paleoecologist Dr. John Williams of the University of Wisconsin-Madison to assess the climatic characteristics of several geologic time periods, including the Early Eocene (beginning 56 million years ago), the mid-Pliocene (beginning 3.3 million years ago), the Last Interglacial (beginning 130,000 years ago), the mid-Holocene (beginning 7,000 years ago), the pre-industrial era (beginning in 1750), and the early 20th century.
Climate change: Humans are winding back Earth’s climate clock 50 million years
Newshub
“In the roughly 20 to 25 years I have been working in the field, we have gone from expecting climate change to happen, to detecting the effects, and now, we are seeing that it’s causing harm,” said Jack Williams, professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Local author takes Madisonians back to the 1960s with new book
WKOW-TV 27
“This book covers the big issues that drove the decade,” said Levitan. “Civil rights, urban renewal, the growth of the University of Wisconsin, the efforts to build a civic auditorium [Monona Terrace], and the student anti-war protests.”
Wisconsin’s Dana Rettke earns first-team All-America honors
Wisconsin State Journal
Three members of the University of Wisconsin volleyball team earned All-American honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association, the organization announced Wednesday.
Badgers running back Jonathan Taylor becomes Wisconsin’s 10th NCAA unanimous All-American
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor joined elite company Wednesday by earning first-team All-American honors from the American Football Coaches Association.
Student Council faces ‘constitutional crisis’ over possible SSFC appointment
Badger Herald
Student Council also heard a presentation given by Jocelyn Milner, vice provost of Academic Affairs and director of Academic Planning and Institutional Research, about the Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Project for March 2019.
The new math
Capital Times
Much of the data efforts used in MMSD revolve around predictive analytics, according to UW-Madison School of Education professor Rich Halverson. “Predictive analytics is where you try to use records of student performance to predict where they’re going to be so you can reach out to students and intervene,” said Halverson, who serves as the associate dean for innovation, outreach and partnerships.
Kids Fund grants help address the challenges of poverty
Capital Times
Neighborhood House got $2,000 for its program that pairs at-risk kids with UW-Madison college students to learn the advantages of higher education.
With record number of suicides in Wisconsin, focus turns to youth
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison’s Suicide Prevention Council, started in 2013, tries to assist students who need help and improve well-being on campus, Donovan said. Overall, college is considered to be “protective” against suicide, but “there are significant stressors,” she said.
Lessons From a Long Sleep
Proto Magazine
Millions of years of evolution have given hibernators this seemingly miraculous ability to survive the equivalent of a stroke and its aftermath more than 30 times each year, all without signs of injury or distress. Hannah Carey, a physiologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is another scientist who believes that solving the mysteries of how that happens might lead to treatments that could help prevent or reduce the harm to people who have a stroke.
AP FACT CHECK: Wisconsin Governor’s Veto Pen Is Powerful
AP
Quoted: That veto power is unique because it gives the governor the power to change policy, said Miriam Seifter, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
GOP accused of abusing balance of powers at state level
Christian Science Monitor
Quoted: “The idea that, if our party loses the election, we’ll rearrange the powers of government, is one step short of canceling elections altogether,” said Howard Schweber, professor of American politics and political theory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Clouds or Snow on Satellite? Here Are a Few Ways to Tell the Difference
Weather Nation
William Straka, a researcher for the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explained that scientists often use the Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) to quickly detect and monitor likely snow cover.
Is an Electric Band-Aid the Future of First Aid?
Healthline
“We developed this wearable bandage device that can significantly facilitate wound recovery. So, the device is self-powered, self-sustainable without any battery or electric circuit,” Xudong Wang, PhD, an author of the paper and professor of material science and engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told Healthline.
Earth’s climate by year 2150 will compare to the climate 50 million years ago
First Post
“If we think about the future in terms of the past, where we are going is uncharted territory for human society,” Kevin Burke, the study’s lead author and a paleoecologist researcher at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, told university press.
Mercury Rising: Researchers Say Temperatures Warming To Levels Seen 3M Years Ago
Wisconsin Public Radio
University of Wisconsin researchers say the Earth’s climate could warm to temperatures seen up to 50 million years ago.
Hiring, wages and profits all rise, Madison-area business leaders say in survey
Wisconsin State Journal
The poll was conducted by Moses Altsech, a lecturer in marketing at the UW-Madison School of Business and president of Moses Altsech Consulting.
UW student leaves French market minutes before shooting
NBC-15
Jordan Jerrett has grown to love the city of Strasbourg as his home. The UW-Madison student has been abroad in the French city since September. Jerrett never thought there would be a deadly shooting in the quiet city he adores.
Cottage Grove man arrested after ‘aggressive altercation’ in UW Hospital parking ramp, police say
Wisconsin State Journal
A Cottage Grove man who allegedly resisted a police officer after getting in an altercation with another man inside a UW Hospital parking ramp was arrested Tuesday, according to the UW-Madison Police Department.
UW-Madison professor nominated for second Grammy
WISC-TV 3
University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Jim Leary was nominated for a second Grammy.
Survey ranks UW sixth in research expenditures, retains 2016 rank
Badger Herald
UW saw a gain in research expenditures overall with one decline in local, state funds.
EatStreet founders, UW alumni ‘honored’ to win 2018 UW Entrepreneurial Achievement Award
Badger Herald
EatStreet CEO says UW, gener8tor cultivated environment for massive success.
Political commentator urges conservative students to fight for their beliefs
Badger Herald
In a majority liberal university, it’s easy for students to lose touch with their political views, commentator says.
In 200 years, humans reversed a climate trend lasting 50 million years, study says
CNN
During that ancient time, known as the mid-Pliocene epoch, temperatures were higher by about 2 to 4 degrees Celsius (3.6 to 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) and sea levels were higher by roughly 20 meters (almost 66 feet) than today, explained Kevin D. Burke, lead author of the study and a researcher and Ph.D. candidate at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
In GOP’s post-election power grabs, experts see ‘disturbing’ trend
NBC News
Quoted: Dennis Dresang, professor emeritus of public affairs and political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the moves defy his state’s long history of deferring to incoming officials — even those in the opposite party — after elections.
Humans on Course to Reverse 50 Million Years of Climate Change in Just Two Centuries
Newsweek
“We are living through, and causing, a geological-scale episode of global change, and are climatically rewinding the clock by millions of years,” John “Jack” Williams, professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told Newsweek.
Human activity could cause Earth’s climate to revert to ice-free state not seen in 50 million years
Daily Mail Online
‘We can use the past as a yardstick to understand the future, which is so different from anything we have experienced in our lifetimes,’ says paleoecologist John “Jack” Williams, professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Anderson, Edith H.
In 1970, she became a laboratory technician at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research on the campus of the University of Wisconsin. For over 20 years she was involved in cancer research.
Within two centuries, we’ve taken climate trends back to 50 million years ago
Down to Earth Magazine
“If we think about the future in terms of the past, where we are going is uncharted territory for human society. We are moving towards very dramatic changes over an extremely rapid time frame, reversing a planetary cooling trend in a matter of centuries,” says the study’s lead author, Kevin Burke, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison).
Earth’s climate ‘could reverse 50 million years if no reduction in greenhouse gases’, study suggests
Inews
John Williams, a professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that in 25 years society had gone from expecting climate change to seeing its harmful effects.
UW-Madison professor earns Grammy nomination for folk music descriptions
Wisconsin State Journal
Though he won’t be competing directly against star performers, Jim Leary, a UW-Madison professor emeritus of folklore and Scandinavian Studies, was nominated for his second Grammy, this time for writing the album notes for “Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920-1924,” an album of folk tunes recorded by a Wisconsin label.
“People will remember this,” political analyst weighs in on Gov. Walker’s legacy
WKOW-TV 27
Quoted: UW-Madison Political Science Professor, David Canon said depending if Walker vetoes, signs the bills, or makes changes, it will set the tone at the statehouse for the next four years.
Legislation Designating The Vel R. Phillips Post Office Building in Milwaukee Signed Into Law
Madison365
UW–Madison alumna Velvalea “Vel” Phillips was the first woman judge in Milwaukee County and the first African American elected to the Milwaukee Common Council and to statewide office in Wisconsin.
Board of Regents votes to invest in student services for UW Colleges, Extension
Badger Herald
With UW Colleges, Extension going through transitional period, funding for student services has become concerning.