Judy’s career took her to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to work for the Department of Analysis Services and Information Systems, the University Regents, and the Waisman Center.
Judith L. “Judy” Koppa, 79
WISC-TV 3
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Facing the truth behind the statistics of sexual assault
Madison Magazine
“It’s a very real problem,” says Tonya Schmidt, an assistant dean and the director of the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards at UW–Madison—not just on her campus of 29,930 undergraduates, but at schools nationwide.
A judge sided with transgender workers in a Wisconsin health ins – Honolulu, Hawaii news, sports & weather
CNN
According to their lawsuit, University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student Alina Boyden and University of Wisconsin Medical School researcher Shannon Andrews suffer from gender dysphoria — the diagnostic term for the distress a person feels when their gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth.
Split filter DECT improves tumour visibility for radiotherapy planning
Physics World
To address this challenge, a team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has investigated the ability of split-filter dual-energy CT (DECT) to improve pancreatic tumour contrast and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) for radiotherapy planning.
Analysis: Hurricane Florence’s Rain Produced Massive Flooding, But Paled in Comparison to Harvey
The Weather Channel
Quoted: The area drenched by more than 20 inches of rainfall covered more than three times more area in Texas and Louisiana during Harvey than in the Carolinas during Florence, according to an analysis by Dr. Shane Hubbard, a researcher from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin.
How a warming world may have caused Hurricane Florence to stall
PBS Newshour
Featured: A study in the journal “Nature” in June of this year concluded, between 1949 and 2016, tropical cyclones have slowed down 30 percent when they hit land in the Northwest Pacific and 20 percent in the North Atlantic.Atmospheric research scientist James Kossin of the University of Wisconsin is the lead author.
Colescott, Warrington W.
After two years as an instructor at Long Beach City College, Warrington came to UW-Madison on a one-year appointment and stayed for the rest of his long teaching career.
Humans have been messing with the climate for thousands of years
Popular Science
“There is a huge difference between the very gradual and accidental warming trend that early farmers probably caused, versus the much more rapid climate changes that our modern industrial world is effecting knowingly,” said Stephen Vavrus, a senior scientist in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Climatic Research who conducted the study, which recently appeared in the journal Scientific Reports.
Models in labor, breastfeeding are latest fashion trend
Today.com
Quoted: “This is the latest incarnation of the whole ’super mom’ idea. Not only do we have to be working right up until we deliver our babies but now we have to look beautiful, nay sexy, while doing it,” said Whelan, clinical professor in the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. “It puts a tremendous amount of pressure on women.”
8 Hangover Cures That Doctors Say Actually Work – Best Natural Hangover Remedies
Cosmopolitan
In a new Twitter moment highlighted this week, users shared the hangover remedies they swear by.And as it happens? Some of ’em actually make sense, according to Kevin Strang, Ph.D., a distinguished faculty associate at University of Wisconsin Madison who has been teaching a course on how alcohol affects the body for 18 years.
U.S. Midwest distillate stocks reach record high ahead of harvest
Reuters
Meanwhile, strong yields of corn and soybeans across the Midwest will lead to increased demand for diesel compared to previous years, said Paul Mitchell, a professor of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Farmers will need more of the product to haul crops to market.
The ‘dunce robots’ of Japan will help children learn
CNN
Joseph Michaelis, a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explained that social robots “interact with humans using natural social cues like gestures, tone of voice, or head and eye movements to convey meaning.”
Women silent on sexual assaults
The Vindicator
When Christine Blasey Ford came forward to report that President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, sexually assaulted her in 1982, you could cue the response: Why didn’t she speak out then? Why didn’t she go to the police?
-OtherWords columnist Jill Richardson is pursuing a PhD in sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She lives in San Diego.
Touch Anything And Everything
Hackaday
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of California, San Diego, researchers have gone the extra mile to make advanced backscatter devices, and these new tags don’t need the discrete components we have seen in previous versions. They are calling it LiveTag, and it doesn’t need anything aside from a layer of foil printed or etched on a flexible ceramic-PTEF laminate. PTEF is mostly seen in the RF sector as a substrate for circuit boards.
Signal d’alarme chez les plantes
Cite Sciences Franciase
C’est en fait le calcium, un nutriment de la plante, qui produit un signal chimique et électrique pour donner l’alarme, comme vient de le montrer, dans une étude parue dans la revue Science du 14 septembre 2018, une équipe américano-japonaise dirigée par Silmon Gilroy, professeur de botanique à l’université du Wisconsin-Madison.
New Discoveries Made in How Plants Warn Each Other of Danger
Interesting Engineering
The research comes from a team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Professor of Botany Simon Gilroy and postdoc researcher Masatsugu Toyota collaborated on the find. The pair has since collected over a dozen videos displaying the reaction of plants in response to stress.
Lucid dreaming is like observing physical actions
The Big Think
Three researchers — Stanford University’s Philip Zimbardo and Stephen LaBerge; the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Benjamin Baird — tackled the longtime question of whether dreaming mimics perception or imagination, finally proving the former.
Former UW First Wave Poet Danez Smith Becomes Youngest to Win Prestigious Forward Prize in London
Madison365
Former UW-Madison First Wave Urban Arts performance poet Danez Smith has won the prestigious Forward Prize for Best Collection in London, England, and at age 29, he’s the youngest poet ever to win.
ASM proposes replacing removed Black Lives Matter sign
Badger Herald
Sign came down during cleaning, hasn’t been put back up.
UW-Madison students continue to make impact on Kenyan community
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison engineering students are continuing to help the women of a Kenyan village with an invention they initially developed last year that allows the women to carry water on their backs .
Mixing drinks with record gameday heat sends Badger fans to ‘medical cooling centers’
Daily Cardinal
For some Badgers fans, a surprise loss to Brigham Young University was made worse by an emergency stint in an onsite medical cooling facility, after they spent an afternoon watching the second hottest game ever played at Camp Randall Stadium.
Future of ASM’s Black Lives Matter sign hangs in the air
Daily Cardinal
The fate of the Black Lives Matter sign that hung in the Associated Students of Madison office window until last summer is uncertain as the council debates its suitability on the prominent location.
Student Services Finance Committee focuses on maintaining viewpoint neutrality
Daily Cardinal
As students break in the new academic year and legislation gains momentum, concern to remain neutral is always in the back of Student Services Finance Committee representatives’ minds.
Florence is a rainfall disaster like Harvey, and it won’t be the last
Slate
At the end of August, a series of storms made southern Wisconsin momentarily the wettest place in the United States. Flooding caused an estimated $100 million in damage in Dane County, prompting Gov. Scott Walker to declare a state of emergency. In Madison, which is on an isthmus between two lakes, lake water surged to record highs, flooding streets, houses, and funnily enough, the basement of the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Limnology—the study of inland lakes and rivers.
Foxconn Signs Deal To Jointly Develop Wisconsin Ginseng
Wisconsin Public Radio
Foxconn says it will also work with the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center to promote the study of American ginseng’s health benefits, including in cancer prevention and treatment.
Women Say Her Husband Harassed. Now She’s Under Fire.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Those are the uncomfortable questions that now confront Beverly A. Kopper, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater. An investigation, the details of which were made public last week, concluded that Alan (Pete) Hill, Kopper’s husband, had sexually harassed women employed on the campus.
A Constitution, If You Can Keep It
MacIver Institute
On the fifth year of a system-wide tuition freeze, the University of Wisconsin System has a greater tuition balance than it predicted just a year ago.
Life Insurance Offering More Incentive to Live Longer
The New York Times
Quoted: “The main thing we’ve seen in a variety of studies looking at health incentives is that healthy people are very interested in being in these types of programs,” said Justin Sydnor, associate professor of risk and insurance at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
A Tale Of Two Institutions: Amherst And Wisconsin Take Education Down Different Paths
Forbes
This contrast is vividly demonstrated in the recent science center developments of Amherst College and the University of Wisconsin. The former has begun a $625M capital campaign to maintain the institution’s high quality education, support students “regardless of means,” and, significantly,
Chemical in cigarette smoke may damage important aspect of vision
Reuters
“This particular aspect of vision is really important because it affects your ability to see the end of a curb or put a key into a lock in low light,” said lead author Adam Paulson of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, School of Medicine. “It’s something that at this point in time there’s no way to correct, unlike visual acuity, which you can easily correct with glasses or contact lenses.”
Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Also discussed is University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s testimony that the school could drop its athletic program if it has to start paying student athletes.
Campaign ads in Wisconsin showcase porn-watching teachers
Politico
Quoted: “Walker is in trouble,” said Barry Burden, director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
State insurance rule on transgender care is sex discrimination, federal judge rules
Wisconsin State Journal
Ruling in a lawsuit brought by two UW-Madison employees who are transitioning to female, U.S. District Judge William Conley said the rule set by the state Group Insurance Board (GIB), which excludes coverage for gender transition-related care, violates a federal prohibition on discrimination on the basis of sex under the federal Civil Rights Act.
UW-Madison clarifies it has ‘no plans to stop offering athletics’ after chancellor’s testimony in NCAA amateurism lawsuit
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sounded a warning this week about the future of intercollegiate athletics at the school if it is forced to pay student-athletes. But in a statement Tuesday, a UW spokesperson said the school had no plans to stop offering athletics after Blank testified a day earlier at an NCAA antitrust trial that the university may not sponsor a sports program if it’s not an amateur endeavor.
UW System to open another investigation into UW-Whitewater sexual harassment allegations
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin System plans to open another investigation into alleged sexual harassment at UW-Whitewater after another woman’s account of actions by the chancellor’s husband not included in a previous investigation that led to him being banned from campus.
Alderwoman demands chancellor resign over husband’s conduct
An alderwoman says University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Chancellor Beverly Kopper’s husband groped her and that Kopper should resign because she either knows or should know that her husband sexually harasses women.
UW System opens investigation following UW-Whitewater harassment claims
NBC-15
NBC15 has confirmed the UW System is opening another investigation following harassment allegations on the UW-Whitewater campus.
Report: UW Chancellor says school could remove athletics program if athletes are paid
WISC-TV 3
According to a recent report published on Law360.com, on Sept. 4, a trial was set in motion that cross-examined UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank and American Athletic Conference commissioner Michael Aresco. The two testified what impact would come from removing NCAA payment restrictions for student athletes.
‘Ice Cream for All’ proposal calls use of beef gelatin in Babcock ice cream discriminatory
WISC-TV 3
An “Ice Cream for All” proposal from the Associated Students of Madison is calling the use of beef gelatin in most Babcock Ice Cream flavors a “gross act of discrimination.” The proposal writes that Babcock ice cream is a part of the Wisconsin experience and “all badgers, regardless of dietary restriction should have the freedom to enjoy the merchandises of university-related food producers.”
Great Lakes-focused book selected for ‘Go Big Read’ promotes awareness of environmental issues
Badger Herald
Go Big Read is a program promoting the enjoyment of literature among students on campus as well as members of the surrounding community. Each year, UW selects a new, academically focused book for participants to read, as well as hosts a variety of classroom discussions and campus events about it.
“Fake weed” contaminated with rat poison causes severe bleeding
Badger Herald
According to Brian Patterson from UW Health, the chemical makeup of fake weed is not similar to actual marijuana. The synthesized version causes more excitatory effects similar to ecstasy and other lab-made drugs.
Fraud call scams student out of $15,000, phishing more prevalent on campus
Badger Herald
Chief Information Security Officer and Director at the UW Office of Cybersecurity Bob Turner said phishing scams are on the rise.
Senate candidate Vukmir stresses voice, vote of College Republicans on ‘campus full of liberalism’
Badger Herald
Vukmir, a UW alumna, brands herself as a “mom of the cause.” As a mother of two and a nurse for over 25 years, Vukmir said she was always an activist in her own right, often fighting for things she believed.
‘When it comes down to it, farming is a business’: Dairy farming rapidly declining in Wisconsin
WISC-TV 3
Noted: University of Wisconsin, Madison Director of Dairy Policy Analysis Mark Stephenson said he’s not surprised at the declining trend.
New BLINK temporary exhibit illuminates East Washington Avenue building
WISC-TV 3
The exhibit is a Madison Arts Commission BLINK temporary public art project created by Ben Orozco and Emily Leach, two BFA students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Alderwoman demands UW-Whitewater chancellor resign over husband’s conduct
WISC-TV 3
Whitewater Alderwoman Stephanie Vander Pass posted on Facebook on Sunday that Hill put his hand up her skirt, down the back of her skirt and then “to a place I can still feel that hand.”
Column: UW protest guidelines too broad to be effective, may inhibit peaceful protest on campus
Badger Herald
In short, the university is trying to make sure no one’s right to expression is infringed upon. But in doing so, does that not infringe upon the free speech of others?
Column: Diversifying UW faculty will create more effective, conducive learning environment for minority students
Badger Herald
Fufilling faculty diversification initiative brings first hand experience without pressuring marginalized student populations.
Column: Why you should join UW College Democrats
Badger Herald
It isn’t a secret that Democrats underperformed in 2016. Since then, however, progressives have been making a strong comeback.
SSFC to fund AHA for two more fiscal years
Badger Herald
The Student Services Finance Committee met Monday, when they decided to fund Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics for the next two fiscal years.
Column: Why you should join UW College Republicans
Badger Herald
On a campus in one of the most liberal cities in the nation, one might be surprised to find one of the most robust College Republican chapters in the nation.
How studying chicken butts cracked the inner workings of our immune system
Popular Science
The missing piece, which was languishing largely unnoticed in Poultry Science, got to Cooper when some hormone researchers at the University of Wisconsin noticed the chicken paper and relayed it to Cooper’s advisor, Robert Good (an immunologist who would eventually perform the first successful bone marrow transplant).
Farewell to a professional love
San Diego Reader
In 1960, I entered the journalism profession with a Master’s degree and an addiction to work in a field I already knew that I loved: writing and reporting. I had worked 40 hours a week as editor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus newspaper and almost that much under a fellowship as a graduate student.
How Studying Business, Engineering in College Can Lead to Jobs
US News and World Report
The University of Wisconsin—Madison is exploring ways to incorporate cross-disciplinary content across a school of about 31,000 undergrads, says Suzanne Dove, assistant dean for academic innovations at the university’s Wisconsin School of Business.
Wisconsin Badgers second in preseason women’s college hockey rankings
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team will start the season at No. 2 in the national rankings.
Badgers volleyball stays at No. 6 in coaches poll
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin volleyball team remained at No. 6 in this week’s American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, released Monday.
UW recognizes first Wisconsin Healthy Communities
Wisconsin State Journal
Eau Claire, Jefferson, La Crosse and Wood counties received gold designations in the first Wisconsin Healthy Communities awards by the UW Population Health Institute.
Conan/Colbert writer Brian Stack comes back to UW
The Capital Times
Brian Stack was just another student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 1980s. A grad student who had done some cartooning for the campus paper at the University of Indiana when he was an undergrad, Stack popped into the Daily Cardinal offices one day to see if they could use some comic strips.
UW-Madison’s Babcock ice cream has beef gelatin in it; that’s a problem for some students
Wisconsin State Journal
The sweet treat bucks the university’s commitment to inclusivity by relying on an ingredient that effectively discriminates against certain faiths and lifestyles, said Yogev Ben-Yitschak, vice chairman of the Associated Students of Madison.
Alleged harassment victim says UW-Whitewater chancellor shares blame, should resign
Wisconsin State Journal
In a Facebook post published Sunday and first reported by the Janesville Gazette, councilwoman Stephanie Vander Pas suggested Chancellor Beverly Kopper shares some of the blame for exposing students to her husband’s alleged actions and called on her to resign.