At the time of her retirement, she was department secretary in charge of supervising all non-academic staff at the U.W. Department of Psychology.
Katharine M. “Kathy” Arling
WISC-TV 3
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Survey finds lack of health care access for transgender, nonbinary youth
Wisconsin State Journal
Wisconsin youth who are transgender, nonbinary and gender expansive/nonconforming, or TNG, say many doctors aren’t aware of their needs, according to a survey by the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
UW biotech director to head genome center
Wisconsin State Journal
Mike Sussman, who ran the Biotechnology Center for over 21 years, will become director of the Genome Center of Wisconsin, which is in the Biotechnology Center.
Preparing your teen for college dorm life? Don’t over-pack
“Sometimes we don’t know what to do with emotions,” so parents channel them into packing and shopping to feel productive, said Beth Miller, a coordinator for residence life at University of Wisconsin-Madison who has been involved in campus life for the past 17 years. “But sometimes parents are purchasing things based on emotion and not necessarily based on need.”
Public invited to weigh in on KKK-linked names of UW Memorial Union spaces
Capital Times
Members of the UW-Madison campus community and the general public will have a chance this week to discuss whether two spaces at Memorial Union — Porter Butts Gallery and Fredric March Play Circle — should be renamed because of links between the men they are named for and a 1920s campus organization named the Ku Klux Klan.
Who makes what at the University of Wisconsin? Search employee salaries here
Madison.com
Annual listing of UW System salaries.
Former UW wrestler Jordan, coach Hellickson enmeshed in OSU scandal
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Jordan was a two-time national champion at the University of Wisconsin in the mid-1980s.
Prevent children from getting cancer, doctors say, with HPV vaccine
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
James Conway is frustrated. He’s a professor of pediatrics, medical director for immunization services, and chair of the immunization program and planning committee at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. That’s a long way of saying his career is all about making sure children are immunized properly, so they can become healthy adults.
Devastation, long-lasting trauma trail families of victims of gun violence
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: “What we see is devastation in family members and loved ones, and immediate support and acute trauma intervention to stabilize them is essential, otherwise they too can suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder,” said Sharyl Kato, director of The Rainbow Project child and family counseling and resource clinic and a clinical adjunct professor at UW-Madison’s Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Public Health.
Superior native Anderson to be enshrined in UW Hall of Fame
WKOW-TV 27
Superior native and former South Shore basketball standout Jolene Anderson will be inducted into the University of Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame, it was announced on Monday.
Rebecca Comfort Takes Position as American Indian Nation Liaison at Wisconsin Historical Society
Madison365
Rebecca Comfort recently began her new duties as the American Indian Nation Liaison at the Wisconsin Historical Society, housed on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
How Did A Massive, Ancient Collision Shape Uranus?
Science Friday
A 2004 infrared composite image of the two hemispheres of Uranus obtained with Keck Telescope adaptive optics. Credit: Lawrence Sromovsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison/W.W. Keck Observatory. (Image)
The surprisingly lethal price of air-conditioning
Mother Nature Network
But that, say scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is killing us, too.It may be more subtle than a heat wave, but the toll air-conditioning takes could have a much deeper, long-term impact.
Moen, Eugenia “Diane”
Madison.com
She worked for the University of Wisconsin-Madison at the Soil and Plant Analysis Lab.
Young leaders from Africa visit Columbus through UW-Madison African Studies Program
Madison.com
The Mandela Washington fellowship works in correlation with the African Studies Program at UW-Madison.
Wisconsin Badgers wrestler Eli Stickley dies in Illinois car crash
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin wrestling team spent Friday processing the shock of losing one of its own.
SCOTUS changes prompt new focus on Wisconsin’s long-dormant abortion ban
Wisconsin State Journal
But Alta Charo, a UW-Madison law professor who served in President Barack Obama’s administration, said the ban likely would be pre-empted by another state law that criminalizes abortion after the point of fetal viability. That law is much more recent — having been enacted after the Roe decision — and worded so as to imply the legality of abortion before viability, Charo said.
Wisconsin cheesemakers facing double whammy
Wisconsin State Journal
Mark Stephenson, the director of dairy policy analysis for UW-Madison’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, addressed the current double whammy faced by Wisconsin cheesemakers. “Even if we can kind of get this trade stuff behind us and we can start to successfully renegotiate trade pacts with other countries or blocks of countries, those other things are still in place and it makes it just that much harder for us,” Stephenson said. “It’s non-tariff barrier to trade and it’s going to take a long, hard time to recover from it.”
Q&A: UW grad Miona Short sees poetry in the stars, possibilities in a startup
Capital Times
Short spoke with the Cap Times about the universe, diversity at UW-Madison and tapping a market niche.
UW schools respond to Trump’s call for race-blind admissions
WISC-TV 3
Meredith McGlone is a spokeswoman for UW Madison and says the school’s approach is consistent with the law and that it’s comprehensive, competitive, and selective for all levels of admission.
Is it better to buy or rent in Madison?
NBC-15
Quoted: “There’s a large fixed cost of buying a house; there’s also some ease of being a renter,”said Andra Ghent, the Academic Director of the James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW wrestling community mourns loss of Eli Stickley
WKOW-TV 27
Stickley was a member of Athletes in Action, a sports-focused spiritual group. They held a service Friday night in his honor.
Adverse childhood experiences survey can predict health, behavior issues
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: “There are many possible negative mental health concerns that appear to be associated with high ACE scores, including depression, anxiety, ADHD, suicide attempts,” said Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, associate professor of pediatrics at the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. “However, there are also many negative physical concerns, including higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.”
New Chinese Tariffs Mean Lower Prices For Wisconsin Farmers
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: Mark Stephenson, director of dairy policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said it’s reminiscent of the “guns versus butter” model in economics.
We Could Have a Serious Air Conditioning Problem By Mid-Century
Earther
“Air conditioning saves lives from heat waves,” said Jonathan Patz, a co-author on the study who directs the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Global Health Institute, to Earther. “But if the electricity to run air conditioners requires coal-fired power plants, then we have a problem.”
‘The team will never be the same’: UW wrestling team mourns death of teammate Eli Stickley
WISC-TV 3
Stickley died in an Illinois car crash Thursday.
Political Scientist: Wisconsin GOP Candidates In Tricky Position For Midterms
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: With their control of the reins of government at both the state and national level, Republicans have found themselves in a somewhat unusual and tricky position for the midterms this fall, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist. Eleanor Neff Powell, associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and faculty affiliate of the Elections Research Center, said that the upcoming election will present challenges for GOP candidates.
Air conditioning to tackle summer heatwaves causes surge in deadly pollution
The Independent
One way of tackling this problem is to roll out more air conditioning systems, but according to Professor Jonathan Patz at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this means trading one problem for another.
Air conditioning could add to global warming woes
Tribune of India
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison forecast as many as a thousand additional deaths annually in the Eastern US alone due to elevated levels of air pollution driven by the increased use of fossil fuels to cool the buildings where humans live and work.
Zika virus and pregnancy: Disease causes miscarriages – symptoms and where NOT to travel
Telegraph
Dawn Dudley, scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, also lead author of the study, said the problem with studies of Zika in humans is they rely on symptomatic infections.
Climate change is making our planet hotter — but we might have to ditch the AC
Mic
Now, a study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has a disturbing new revelation: In a simulation of a three-month summer period, air pollution directly related to fossil fuel burning that powers air conditioning accounts for about 1,000 deaths.
Meteorologists just found the coldest natural temperatures on the planet
Popular Science
“We’re always interested in how temperatures behave,” says Matthew Lazzara, a meteorologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and one of the study’s authors. “In Antarctica, we still haven’t learned a lot of the basics.” His team found conditions need to be just so, in the right spot, to brew up the perfect freeze.
Kappa Sigma Terminates Chapter After TV Almost Hits Woman
AP
The national Kappa Sigma fraternity has terminated its University of Wisconsin-Madison chapter after people pushed a television off the chapter’s balcony and nearly hit a woman.
Protecting Eagles’ Nests Are Key To Conservation
Science Friday
After the endangered species list was created and targeted conservation efforts began, eagle populations recovered. Researchers have found that one of the keys to recovery is protecting the nest of breeding pairs of eagles. Their results were published earlier this year in the Journal of Applied Ecology. Ecologist Benjamin Zuckerberg, an author on that study, explains what it means for the future conservation of eagles and endangered raptors.
UW Researchers: Zika May Increase Risk Of Miscarriage
Wisconsin Public Radio
Dawn Dudley, senior scientist in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the lead author of the study called the high rate “alarming.” While Dudly believes the true rate of human miscarriage in Zika-infected pregnancies is somewhat lower than what they found in monkeys, she said it’s also likely higher than the 8 percent figure.
The surprisingly lethal price of air-conditioning
Mother Nature Network
But that, say scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is killing us, too.It may be more subtle than a heat wave, but the toll air-conditioning takes could have a much deeper, long-term impact.In a study published in PLOS Medicine this week, the researchers suggest our AC dependency could kill as many as 1,000 more people every year in the eastern U.S. alone. The trouble, they note, is the burden air-conditioning puts on fossil-fuel burning electricity plants.
Wisconsin Farmers Plant Record Amount Of Soybeans As New Tariffs Loom
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: “We’re going to meet a certain amount of corn acres in terms of corn silage for our dairy industry. So, those are pretty firm and they don’t move a lot in Wisconsin,” said Shawn Conley, an agronomy professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “But we’re pulling acres from our small grains, and that could be either winter wheat or oats.”
Wisconsin high court sides with fired conservative professor
Madison.com
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that Marquette University shouldn’t have fired a conservative professor over his blog post criticizing a student instructor he believed shut down discussion about opposition to gay marriage.
UW-Madison fraternity suspended after videos show members dropping TV that nearly hits woman
Wisconsin State Journal
The Kappa Sigma national organization has terminated the charter of its UW-Madison chapter, and the university has placed the fraternity on interim suspension while it investigates videos showing a television dropped from the fraternity’s house this weekend narrowly missing a woman who was walking by below.
Trump’s call for race-blind admissions won’t change UW-Madison policy
Capital Times
The Trump administration’s call for race-blind college admissions won’t change practices at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.
UW-Madison fraternity suspended after TV nearly fell on woman at party
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The fraternity chapter at 124 Langdon St. was placed on interim suspension “for a safety-related incident during the weekend of June 30-July 1,” according to a news release Thursday from UW-Madison.
Marquette professor John McAdams prevails in academic freedom case
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Many conservatives argue universities should have more latitude to fire tenured faculty, but this case played out differently.
Badgers season football tickets on sale for graduate, professional students July 9
NBC-15
Degree-seeking graduate and professional students enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will have the chance to buy season football tickets on Monday, July 9.
The ‘largest trade war in history’: Local farmers brace for impact
WISC-TV 3
Quoted: “You have the direct effect that happens at the farm,” said Mark Stephenson, Director of Dairy Policy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “Then you have the indirect effect that happens to the labor that they hire for example or the dollars that they spend at their local feed store or vet.”
Fraternity suspended after safety violation involving TV thrown off roof
WISC-TV 3
The incident happened on Langdon Street over the weekend of June 30, officials said.
4 keepers of Madison’s gardens
Madison Magazine
For Benjamin Futa, the director of Allen Centennial Gardens, “gardening is a constantly evolving timeline, with moments that come and go, surprise and delight,” he says.
UW suspends Kappa Sigma after falling television nearly crushes woman at party
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin suspended Kappa Sigma fraternity Thursday following a viral video which showed a woman narrowly avoiding being crushed by a falling television at a party.
Political Scientist: Wisconsin GOP Candidates In Tricky Position For Midterms
Wisconsin Public Radio
Eleanor Neff Powell, associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and faculty affiliate of the Elections Research Center, said that the upcoming election will present challenges for GOP candidates.
Windfall: Truax brings millions to Madison every year
Isthmus
Matt Kures, the UW-Extension community development specialist who authored the study, calculates that the payroll for the base’s 1,505 part-time and full-time employees makes up $45.7 million of this $99.2 million figure.
UW law students headed to Texas to work in immigration courts
Capital Times
Members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison community are working to ease the plight of migrants seeking refuge in the United States, with law school students headed to Texas to represent them in immigration court and professors going on record denouncing Trump administration policies.
Police investigating after videos show dropped TV narrowly missing woman at UW-Madison fraternity
Wisconsin State Journal
Videos reportedly taken outside a UW-Madison fraternity showing a falling television narrowly missing a woman have prompted police to investigate the incident.
Trump to rescind Obama-era guidance on affirmative action in college admissions
Wisconsin State Journal
At UW-Madison, race is one of many criteria considered on applications.“Any student who is accepted at UW-Madison is here because he or she has the potential to succeed,” university spokeswoman Meredith McGlone said. “No one is admitted solely on the basis of race or ethnicity.”
UW Law Students Plan Trip to Border to Assist Immigrants in Detention Centers
Madison365
“Everyone, in our opinion, is entitled to due process, and a lot of people aren’t receiving that because they’re not from here and that seems very strange to us,” said law student Nancy Cruz.
UW law students plan trip to Texas to help represent immigrant families held in detention
WISC-TV 3
A group of nine University of Wisconsin-Madison law students will drive to Dilley, Texas, in August to assist immigrants being held in a family detention center.
UW insect expert: Madison having a ‘bad mosquito year’
Capital Times
You’re not imagining things. Madison is having a “bad mosquito year,” according to University of Wisconsin Extension entomologist PJ Liesch.
UW-Madison fraternity suspended by leadership for incident at party
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison’s Kappa Sigma Fraternity had its charter withdrawn from the national branch of the organization Tuesday for an incident at a party this past weekend, according to a screenshot of an email from the Supreme Executive Committee of Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
Exclusive-Pensions and Pemex to Figure in Lopez Obrador’s Mexico Plans
Reuters
“We have to be very responsible and try to resolve the situation in Mexico,” said Urzua, who describes himself, and Lopez Obrador, as fiscal conservatives.Urzua, a 62-year-old University of Wisconsin-trained economist, spoke to Reuters along with two other advisers to Lopez Obrador, fellow economist Gerardo Esquivel and World Bank governance official Arturo Herrera.
What’s happening in Wisconsin politics?
Minnesota Public Radio News
MPR News host Kerri Miller talked to Mark Sommerhauser, reporter for the Wisconsin State Journal, and Barry Burden, professor of political science and director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison about how policy has been put into practice in Wisconsin, and what that will mean for midterms this fall.
Sexual Assault Sentence For Former UW Student Prompts Outrage From Lawmakers
Wisconsin Public Radio
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‘Climate Change’ Has Been Scrubbed From More Government Documents
Pacific Standard
Quoted: Nost, a doctoral student in geography at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, noted that a name change “definitely changes how the public and policymakers understand what the issue is, what’s at stake, and what it’s related to.”