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What Is Lucid Dreaming?

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US News and World Report

Quoted: But based on the research to date attempting to track prevalence of lucid dreaming, estimates are that somewhere around 50 to 80 percent of people have had a lucid dream in their lifetime, notes Benjamin Baird, a research scientist at Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies lucid dreams. “Some people have lucid dreams more frequently naturally. Some people never have lucid dreams,” he says. “For most people, they occur very infrequently.”

Higher Education: Junk Science & Hard Left Turn

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National Review

Last year, scholars from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Vir­ginia, and Harvard — including one of the IAT’s three creators — examined 499 studies conducted over 20 years and found “little evidence that changes in implicit bias mediate changes in explicit bias or behavior.” One of the researchers told the Chronicle of Higher Education, “There’s not necessarily strong evidence for the conclusions people have drawn.”

Column: The real purpose of our student government

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Daily Cardinal

In a recent Badger Herald opinion piece, a UW student criticized The Associated Students of Madison’s advisory role in the University, arguing that it does not have legitimate power because of a lack of direct enforcement capabilities. This argument promotes a fundamental misunderstanding of both the purpose and the structure of ASM.

The Epic vote

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Quoted: “I think we have realized as Madison residents just how much Epic has transformed our city in many ways,” said David Canon, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who researches elections and redistricting. “There’s no doubt that if they did participate (in elections) on levels that were equal to the average Dane County voter, they’d have a huge impact.”

Freakfest 2018 redoubles its focus on young, trending artists

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The Freakfest Music Festival is for everyone, say its organizers. But the primary demographic has typically been the college-aged crowd — after all, the one-night festival that takes over State Street every Halloween made its debut as an antidote to raucous college partying that had traditionally run rampant downtown.

Police, judges: No easy answers in determining when to release juvenile suspects from custody

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Wisconsin State Journal

State statutes “give a presumption of least restrictive setting for both pre-adjudication and disposition,” according to Kenneth Streit, a clinical professor of law emeritus and expert in juvenile justice at the University of Wisconsin Law School — meaning both before the child has been found guilty of a crime and after guilt has been determined.

‘History is a mess’: UW-Madison history grad revels in complexity of ‘Bisbee ’17’

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The Capital Times

Katherine Benton-Cohen has done the typical historical documentary thing before. The 2002 University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate and Georgetown University professor is an expert on Western history, and was invited to appear in a PBS “American Experience” documentary about Wyatt Earp. It was the usual mix of talking-heads interviews and old photos that people expect when it comes to films about history.

UW-Madison students inspired to vote early this election

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NBC-15

Political science professor David Canon said young people usually vote in low numbers. “Eighteen to 34-year-olds vote at a rate of about half as much as say 50 to 60-year-olds and in recent elections, especially the last midterm elections, between about a sixth and a fifth of all young people, millennials, ended up voting,” Canon said.

Scott, Rose M.

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Rose worked for the United States Geological Survey for a few years and then she moved to the Department of Agronomy at the UW. After many years of service, Rose retired from the UW in 2012.

Steinmetz, George Philip Jr.

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George worked as an assistant professor of cardiovascular surgery from 1965 to 1966, and a clinical assistant professor of surgery from 1966 to 1989, at the University of Wisconsin Hospital.

UW Medical Foundation sued over $3 million flood repair work

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WKOW-TV 27

“Representatives of Defendant entered into the upper levels the building without taking precautions to avoid contaminating areas not affected by the Flooding…tracking mud, dirt and other contamination through the building…which greatly increased the costs,”  the lawsuit states.