Quoted: “If the parent has been deported, ORR has not historically been charged with reunifying children with relatives who are in another country,” said Maria Cancian, a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and former deputy assistant secretary at the HHS Administration for Children and Families. “So that is uncharted.”
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‘Something goes kind of wrong with that process’: Zika virus linked to miscarriages, stillbirths
Scientists at the UW Department of Pathology and Medicine, along with the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, teamed up with six other primate research centers across the U.S. to collaborate data on how the Zika virus affects pregnancy.
Hurricanes are slowing down, and that’s bad news
Several hurricanes appear to be moving more slowly, according to new research. This means they are spending increased time over land. This means more local rainfall and dangerous flooding.According to James Kossin, who works at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Center for Weather and Climate (University of Wisconsin–Madison), the speed at which hurricanes track along a paths is slower.
New thinking about cribbing
Quoted: “There are many non-cribbing horses kept in stalls next to cribbing horses who don’t learn this behavior,” says Amelia S. Munsterman, DVM, PhD, DACVS, DACVECC, of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Is Facebook a publisher? In public it says no, but in court it says yes
Quoted: Kathleen Culver, a University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism professor, said Facebook must consider its ethical obligations outside of its legal responsibilities.But, she added, it was difficult to define Facebook’s media role using traditional terms like publisher: “What we’re navigating is a space where the language we have to date does not match the technology that has now been developed.”
Powerful GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accused of turning blind eye to sexual abuse as Ohio State wrestling coach
ordan is wrestling royalty. Born and raised in Champaign County, Ohio, he was a four-time state wrestling champion. Competing for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he won NCAA titles in 1985 and 1986.
Student Needs Have Changed. Advising Must Change, Too.
Colleges are beginning to see gains from programs that centralize advising across campuses, as in the California system and at Virginia Tech, or ones that better coordinate efforts among career counselors, financial-aid officers, and advisers, such as at the University of Wisconsin.
Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials
That does not mean, as Walker seemed to suggest, that the fight against partisan gerrymandering is finished. The court invited additional litigation. Bill Whitford, the retired University of Wisconsin law professor who was the named plaintiff in the Wisconsin case, said, “We are confident we can prove the real harms to real citizens caused by lawmakers who choose their voters instead of the voters choosing their representatives.
Your microbiome may be giving you arthritis. How can we understand it better?
Ophelia Venturelli, a professor of of biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her colleagues have been trying to find ways to disentangle the complex relationships between bacteria by investigating how they interact.
More than a bank account: Savings programs for children aimed at fostering ‘college-bound identity’
Madison children starting school could have a college savings account opened for them, in their name, under a program the city is studying.
U.S. white population is dwindling, SC nearing that point
A recent study lists South Carolina among a growing number of states where white deaths outpace births. Discrepancies aren’t unusual, and can be based on labeling. The Applied Population Lab study, done at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, deals specifically with “non-Hispanic whites.” The state data lists births by mother’s race alone, and only as “white.”
Alexander Kasarov joins Wisconsin Badgers men’s tennis team as associate head coach
Former University of Wisconsin tennis player Alexander Kasarov is returning to the Badgers as associate head coach.
UW-Madison Police Chief Kristen Roman expresses ‘deep disappointment’ in Alec Cook sentence
UW-Madison Police Chief Kristen Roman expressed disappointment at the three-year prison sentence given to expelled student Alec Cook for sexual assault and other convictions, saying that “justice was not best served here.”
UW System merger approved. Here’s when the official transfer takes place
The University of Wisconsin System’s plan to merge its 13 two-year campuses with seven of its four-year colleges received approval from its accreditation agency Thursday, following the timeline officials first presented last fall in what will be the UW System’s biggest shift since its inception by the Legislature in 1971.
Lawmaker Blasts Judge Who Sentenced Black Teen to 20 Years for Sexual Assault But Gave White Serial Rapist Just 3 Years
A Wisconsin state senator had harsh words for a judge who sentenced a former University of Wisconsin-Madison student to three years in prison as punishment for sexually assaulting not one, but three female students.
Dorner, Peter
Peter Dorner, professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics at UW-Madison, early director of the Land Tenure Center, and former dean of International Studies and Programs, died June 4, 2018, at age 93.
Vietnam-era cultural luminaries reunite and reflect on the power of protest
This month, nearly 1,000 former students met at an organized reunion on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, where there were anti-war demonstrations and student strikes in the late 1960s. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield spoke with some of the attendees about their reflections, half a century later.
Emergency Rooms Run Out of Vital Drugs, and Patients Are Feeling It
Quoted: Philip J. Trapskin, the program director of Medication Use Strategy and Innovation at UW Health, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s health system, said such actions pose a risk to patients and said he had instructed his staff to find other suppliers. Otherwise, he said, with about 2,500 nurses in his health care system who might need to use the syringes, “We’re kind of setting them up to fail if we give them something that is cracked and compromised.”
Trump administration set to abandon fundamental WTO rules after devising bill called Fart Act
Noted: Don Moynihan, a professor of government at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, suggested Mr Trump may struggle to get people to take the bill seriously. He wrote: “The world is laughing at us,’ says Trump, before proposing the FART Act.”
State producers battling through trade war
Quoted: Noah Williams, a UW-Madison professor of economics, said that when the Trump administration first announced its tariffs, many predicted they would be a short-term negotiating ploy. Since the retaliatory tariffs have been announced, “those hopes are dwindling,” he said. “I don’t really see any signs of people stepping back.”
‘It stinks’: Twitter gets wind of oddly named Trump tariff bill draft
Noted: Don Moynihan, a professor of government at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, noted that Trump might struggle to get the world to take his policies seriously given the naming snafu. He wrote on Twitter: “‘The world is laughing at us,’ says Trump, before proposing the FART Act (Fair and Reciprocal Tariff Act).”
Cancer therapy hope, hometown pride on parade
Reisem is one of more than 500 cancer patients from Wisconsin who have had newly available genetic testing done on their tumors, which can lead doctors to use therapies that target specific mutations instead of standard chemotherapy. The initiative, started at the UW Carbone Cancer Center in 2015, is supported by $1 million in the current state budget.
More Schools Go Completely Smoke Free — Indoors And Out
Many more colleges and universities have partial bans, that apply only indoors or to specific parts of the campus. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of them.
Black lawmaker blasts judge for disparities in sentencing based on race
Alec Cook, a 22-year-old former University of Wisconsin-Madison student was handed a light-weight three year prison sentence by Judge Stephen Ehlke for raping three female students.
Wisconsin to force parents to work for FoodShare, despite doubts about effectiveness
A 2018 report by graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s LaFollette School of Public Affairs found that absent significant investments by the state, such an evaluation would be very difficult.
Hollywood’s Russians come in from the Cold War
Quoted: Even in more realistic works, motivations of communist characters were rarely explored. They existed as “foils against which the men of the West demonstrated their superior skills”, says Michael Kackman of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
CoffeeBytes on UW campus closing Friday, Valentia coming in
After nine-and-a-half years near the UW-Madison campus, the coffee shop and cafe CoffeeBytes is calling it quits Friday with the retirement of its owners.
The heat is on: 16 of Madison’s 19 beaches closed as temperatures rise
After graduating from UW-Madison 15 years ago, Andrew Olson was eager to swim in Lake Mendota while visiting his alma mater. “I’m disappointed,” Olson said. “I’m here for a conference and I was excited to go swimming.”
In open letter, UW-Madison police chief criticizes Alec Cook sentencing
In an open letter to sexual assault survivors, University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Chief Kristen Roman expressed her “deep disappointment” with the recent Alec Cook sentencing even as she encouraged sexual assault victims to keep hope.
Angry birds: Watch out for red-winged blackbird attacks this time of year
“They’re just trying to defend their nests,” explained Anna Pidgeon, associate professor in the department of forest and wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Mammals are a threat to eggs or to nestlings.”
Spurned by Harley-Davidson, Trump courts Foxconn.
Wisconsin’s potential human resource shortage has been a topic of conversation even before Foxconn’s 2017 announcement that it would open the plant; it certainly seemed to be on Walker’s mind in 2015, when he attempted to change the University of Wisconsin system’s mission statement.
Hookah posts on social media may promote its usage
A team of researchers from Florida International University, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Miami, the Syrian Centre for Tobacco Studies, and the University of Pittsburgh selected 279 posts from 11,517 posts tagged hookah or shisha within a four-day period.
Trump tariffs: Wisconsin dairy farmers, cheesemakers get hammered
Scott Walker spoke to media after he announced $700,000 in dairy industry development grants at the University of Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research (photo caption)
Wisconsin lawmakers slam ‘lenient’ three-year sentence for ex-college student charged with sex crimes
Alec Cook had initially been charged with 23 different crimes involving 11 female accusers, all them fellow students at University of Wisconsin-Madison. As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, the 22-year-old in February pleaded guilty to five of those charges — three counts of third-degree sexual assault, one count of strangulation and one count of stalking.
Can Drinking Increase The Likelihood Of Cancer Or Death?
Quoted: On the overall view of the study, Dr. Noelle LoConte, an oncologist and associate professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said to CNN, “I think it reinforces what we already knew, which is moderate and heavy drinking is bad universally for cancer.”
Warner Slack, Who Championed Health Tech Entrepreneurs, Dies
In 1965, while a resident at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he digitized the medical history questionnaire, branching out beyond yes or no answers with follow-up questions.
UM efforts to aid lower-income students begin to bear fruit
UM isn’t alone is seeking to attract more moderate and low-income students through targeted tuition programs. This year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Bucky’s Tuition Promise in February, guaranteeing free tuition for four years to in-state residents with family incomes below $56,000 and the University of Texas at Austin debuted the Texas Advance Commitment in April, offering free tuition to in-state students with family incomes below $30,000.
UW-Madison Police Chief’s open letter to sexual assault survivors
Chief Roman said she is angered, disheartened and dismayed by how many women are sexually assaulted while in college.
Pepsi products to be at UW athletic events for first time in school history
Pepsi-Cola of Madison and UW athletics will start a new, five-year partnership on July 1.
Foxconn partners with UW-Madison to create safe driving technology
In a partnership with UW-Madison’s transportation engineering department, testing has already started for a new technology that would show roadway notifications on the driver’s dashboard.
UW Police Chief Roman on Alec Cook sentencing: ‘Justice was not best served here’
University of Wisconsin Police Chief Kristen Roman on Thursday published An Open Letter to Sexual Assault Survivors, expressing her disappointment with the sentence given to Alec Cook last week.
Science House to be removed from campus after 150 years at UW
After standing for more than 150 years on the University of Wisconsin campus, the Science House will be demolished to make way for another building’s expansion.
Improving Native Health Very Important to UW Medical School Grad Headed to Seattle
The Ho-Chunk Nation Education Department helped him with schooling arrangements and assistance, and he received scholarships to help pay tuition.
Wisconsin Lawmakers Outraged After Ex-Student Gets ‘Lenient’ Sentence for Sex Crimes
Six Wisconsin lawmakers this week condemned what they said was a lenient three-year prison sentence given to a former University of Wisconsin student who admitted to sexually assaulting three women and choking or stalking two others.
The quest to find a trillion-dollar nuclear fuel on the moon
Quoted: There are an estimated 1 million metric tons of helium-3 embedded in the moon, though only about a quarter of that realistically could be brought to Earth, said Gerald Kulcinski, director of the Fusion Technology Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a former member of the NASA Advisory Council.
Politicians want to meet with judge who sentenced Alec Cook
Cook is a former University of Wisconsin-Madison student who pleaded guilty to three counts of third-degree sexual assault, and one count each of strangulation and stalking. The case drew regional and national media coverage.
Doctors told why some people sleep with open eyes
Noted: A group of scientists headed by Vladyslav Vyazovskiy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that rats who were deprived of sleep, during wakefulness, the individual parts of the brain “turned off”. That is, in some points, there was no difference between a sleeping and wakeful state.
Departure of Justice Kennedy could erase Supreme Court majority backing consideration of race in admissions
Another topic on which Justice Kennedy wrote a key decision on higher education involved student fees at public universities. He wrote the unanimous 2000 decision, in a case involving the University of Wisconsin at Madison, finding that public universities could charge mandatory student fees that support various organizations.
This Andean Volcano Is Restless. But Should We Expect an Explosive Eruption?
“The restlessness expressed today is pretty astonishing,” said Bradley Singer, a geology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the lead author of the study, referring to the rising ground. But “we do not believe that this current astonishing state of unrest is something new.”
Focus on Just One Sport Risks Burnout for Teens
Quoted: “Today’s students have so many responsibilities and when you add specializing in a sport — with participation in school and club teams, practices, tournaments and lots of travel — there just aren’t enough hours in the day to finish their schoolwork, spend time with friends, enjoy other activities and get a good night’s sleep,” said lead author Eric Post. He’s an athletic trainer and research assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Justice Kennedy’s Retirement Could Strike Blow To Wisconsin’s Redistricting Case
Quoted: “The conventional wisdom was that he had strung out his career for an extra year or two so that he could leave his mark on these redistricting cases,” said University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Barry Burden.
SCOTUS: Kennedy’s Retirement Leaves John Roberts in the Swing Seat
Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his long-awaited retirement from the Supreme Court on Wednesday, leaving conservatives to gush with joy and liberals to wring their hands. The vacancy sets off what will be a very interesting summer. -Ryan J. Owens, J.D., Ph.D., is a political science professor at UW-Madison, a faculty affiliate at the University of Wisconsin School of Law, and the Acting Director of the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
New Survey Reveals Equal Pay the Biggest Challenge Facing Women in Commercial Real Estate
Quoted: “No one wants to work somewhere where they are undervalued or treated unfairly, and the RETS Associates survey shines a light on the fact that the CRE industry still has significant work to do in the area of gender equality,” said Andra Ghent, associate professor of real estate & urban land economics and academic director of the James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate at Wisconsin School of Business.
UW-Marathon County name change tentatively decided
It would tentatively be UW-Stevens Point–Wausau.
New grant will help UW-Madison Center for Dairy Research
To mark Wisconsin Cheese Day, Gov. Scott Walker had a big announcement in Madison that will help dairy research.
Coffee shop on East Campus Mall to close this week
After almost a decade, CoffeeBytes will shut down Friday.
Copper, Dennis O. “Denny”
Denny started working as a lab technician in cardiovascular research at UW-Madison, as well as at the School of Pharmacy.
UW-Madison Official: Local Communities Responsible For Own Alcohol Culture
Quoted: “The city council in Menomonie has looked at the situation downtown and decided it doesn’t fit within their morals. It’s not the standard they wish to see for their community,” said Julia Sherman, director of the Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project, part of the University of Wisconsin Law School. “It’s also very important for us to realize that every community in Wisconsin has the ability and authority to create its own alcohol environment.”
Dr. Warner Slack, Electronic Medical Records Pioneer And Champion Of ‘Patient Power,’ Dies
As a resident in neurology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the early 1960s, Dr. Slack became intrigued with the possibility that computers could directly “interview” patients, gaining detailed information and valuable insight that could help physicians better treat them.
Chinedum: On Kevin Sharkey and Immigration
Noted: Princeton Professor Matthew Desmond and University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Mustafa Emirbayer, wrote about five fallacies that pertain to race and racism. Among these is the legalistic fallacy, in which people assume that the existence of laws will result in automatic protection.