Quoted: Chelsea Nestel, a PhD student specializing in cartography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, thinks of modern map-making in similar terms.
The future of maps: Cartography in the 21st century
CNN
Author: gbump
Lawmakers express ‘dismay and outrage’ for ‘lenient’ sexual assault sentence for Alec Cook, demand meeting with Judge Stephen Ehlke
Wisconsin State Journal
A group of Madison-area elected officials Tuesday ripped the three-year sentence a Dane County judge issued to former UW-Madison student Alec Cook, convicted of three sexual assaults, as “a slap on the wrist.”
India’s quest to find a trillion-dollar nuclear fuel on the south side of the moon
Bloomberg
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.
How to Be Smart With Money
The Cut
Noted: To determine what that “something” was, Serido and her research partner, professor Soyeon Shim of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, continued to study the same subjects as they advanced through their 20s.
Land Developability And Its Impact On Housing Costs
Forbes
Noted: Dr. Guangqing Chi, an associate professor of sociology and demography at Penn State University and director of the university’s Computational and Spatial Analysis Core, worked with Dr. Derrick Ho, a research fellow from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and James Beaudoin, a geographical information systems/web developer from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to create a Land Development Index.
Deception Made Easier: Professor from University of Wisconsin-Madison Develops Ultra-thin Stealth Sheet
Edition Truth
A professor from electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has found an ultra-thin stealth sheet which can hide objects with your warm including human bodies or from infrared light or cameras.
Madison man arrested in alleged attack on girlfriend’s teen son, UW police say
Wisconsin State Journal
A Madison man was arrested Sunday night after he allegedly attacked the 13-year-old son of his girlfriend in the Eagle Heights community on the UW-Madison campus.
As immigration debate rages, Scott Walker is not weighing in
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Mike Wagner, a UW-Madison journalism professor who studies political messaging, said “there is a fissure between the most loyal supporters of the president and most other Republicans when it comes to which immigration policies people favor.”
#BlackGirlMagic: Miona Short Is First Black Woman to Earn BS in Astrophysics at UW
Madison365
She did it exactly 100 years after the first African-American woman graduated from the University of Wisconsin way back in 1918.
UWPD: 13-year-old with injuries to face, arms, chest calls 911 reporting abuse
WISC-TV 3
UW police received a report around 5 p.m. of a possible child abuse situation in the Eagle Heights community on the northwest end of campus, officials said.
Editorial board: Alec Cook’s sentencing shows judges must be held accountable
Badger Herald
Role of citizenry in electing, holding judges accountable crucial for future sexual assault cases.
New “Tick App” aims to track tick activity, disease
NBC-15
The tick population is growing across Wisconsin, and so is the population of deer ticks carrying Lyme Disease. That’s according to Susan Paskewtiz, a professor of Etymology at UW-Madison. Paskewitz has been working with software developers and her team to launch the “Tick App”. It’s a smartphone application where users log their encounters with ticks. The logged information provides data for UW-Madison researchers to track tick populations and locations.
College scandals put sports doctors under new scrutiny
Madison.com
News of the Nassar case prompted leaders at the University of Wisconsin to launch a wide review of their own practices, including safety measures guiding team doctors. Officials declined to share details, saying the study has yet to wrap up.
Scott Walker’s cuts to UW were devastating — Jennifer Bratburd
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor: Gov. Walker cut state support of the University of Wisconsin System’s budget by $250 million in 2015. The shock of such a large cut led to many researchers, who bring millions to the university in federal grants and provide high-quality research and teaching, to look for positions outside of Wisconsin.
Caught in Trump’s Trade Fight: GE Factories in Wisconsin, South Carolina
Wall Street Journal
Quoted: In Wisconsin, makers of industrial equipment and parts are also seeing costs rise with tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum and lumber, said Noah Williams, director of the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy.
College Scandals Put Sports Doctors Under New Scrutiny
The New York Times
News of the Nassar case prompted leaders at the University of Wisconsin to launch a wide review of their own practices, including safety measures guiding team doctors. Officials declined to share details, saying the study has yet to wrap up.
Opinion | White Extinction Anxiety
The New York Times
The Applied Population Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison also issued a report last week that pointed out: “In 2016, more non-Hispanic whites died than were born in twenty-six states; more than at any time in U.S. history. Some 179 million residents or roughly 56 percent of the U.S. population, lived in these 26 states.”
UW students face concerns about phishing scam emails
WISC-TV 3
Last Tuesday, a malicious phishing email claiming to be from Chancelor Rebecca Blank was sent to students. The subject line read “Attention Required,”and the email asked students to open an attached document discussing a “Business Integrity Program.”
Outrage surrounds former UW-Madison student’s rape sentence
A judge’s light sentence for a man convicted of multiple sexual assaults, stalking and choking women at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is drawing outrage.
That Time In The Middle Ages When The Devil Became A Lawyer
Forbes
Quoted: This might seem like strange territory for a historian of the European Middle Ages but it’s one that’s quite familiar to Prof. Karl Shoemaker from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focus is medieval law, and he says that just this debate – how should the law be applied – was one that people of the period thought about almost constantly.
UW-Stevens Point’s ‘unsatisfactory’ bank management audit found problems going back to 2012
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Stevens Point has received an “unsatisfactory” audit of its bank account management and oversight practices, according to a report presented to the audit committee of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents this month.
Wisconsin Judge Sentenced A “Serial Rapist” To 3 Years In Prison & People Are Outraged
Bustle
According to CBS News, the Dane County Circuit judge sentenced Alec Cook, a self-confessed serial rapist who assaulted numerous women on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, to three years in prison, with an additional eight years of close supervision and 15 years on the sex offender registry.
Wisconsin district adds breaks amid university flu study
AP
A southern Wisconsin school district will have three longer weekend breaks next school year after a University of Wisconsin-Madison study showed time off curbs the spread of flu.
Ultrathin “stealth sheet” can hide and fake heat signatures
New Atlas
Metamaterials that cloak people and objects from radar, visible light or infrared are usually thick and heavy, but now engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed an ultrathin, lightweight sheet that absorbs heat signatures and can even present false ones.
Cambodian Protesters Turn to Spiritual Warfare as Last Resort
OZY
Quoted: Cambodia’s history with curses, magic and spells predates Buddhism, says Ian Bard, a professor of geography at University of Wisconsin-Madison. But while traditionally rituals were used in village spats and personal vendettas, new types of conflict between local communities on the one hand and politicians and businesses on the other have spawned a whole new avatar of the tradition.
Terry Nichols: Tech schools should be funded at state level, not by local taxpayers
Capital Times
The antiquated funding statutes of the tech college system, which date back to before the Vietnam War was over, is a prime example of the “sacred cow” of public higher education in this state.
Local woman and boy celebrate life-saving gift
NBC-15
One year ago, a Milton police officer donated her kidney to a 9-year-old boy she had never met.
‘You told the truth and everyone should believe you’: Cook sentenced to 3 years for sexual assault
WISC-TV 3
Eleven female UW Madison students came forward to tell their stories of assault.
Cook receives three years in prison for sex crimes
Daily Cardinal
Alec Cook, a former UW-Madison student convicted of sexual assault, was sentenced to three years in prison with an additional eight years of probation Thursday, far less than the maximum 40-year sentence sought by the prosecution.
Alec Cook will be sentenced tomorrow. Here’s what you need to know.
Badger Herald
Cook faces maximum sentence of nearly 40 years in prison, $95,000 in fines.
Staying innovative in Madison
Madison Magazine
Stem cell pioneer and onetime UW–Madison scientist James “Jamie” Thomson changed history by deriving the first human embryonic stem cell line in 1998.
Appeals court affirms UW-Oshkosh professor records release
Madison.com
A state appeals court says the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh must release records related to misconduct investigation involving a business professor.
UW Health acquires plastic surgery practice
Wisconsin State Journal
UW Health is buying Madison Plastic Surgery Associates, the practice of Dr. John Hamacher and Dr. Stephen Bernsten, who are retiring.
Lawyers for Alec Cook could demand testimony from victims at sentencing hearing
Wisconsin State Journal
Lawyers for former UW-Madison student Alec Cook, who is to be sentenced Thursday for sexual assault and other crimes, may demand that Cook’s victims testify about their encounters with Cook in light of a prosecution sentencing memorandum that the Cook camp says embellishes and exaggerates the victims’ experiences to make Cook appear violent and dangerous.
Transferring to UW-Madison may soon get easier for this group of students. Here’s why
Wisconsin State Journal
Students studying science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) at a University of Wisconsin System two-year institution or Wisconsin technical college may have more help during the transfer to a four-year college thanks to a five-year, $1 million grant.
Wisconsin Public Media will soon have a new boss
Wisconsin State Journal
Wisconsin Public Media will have a new leader later this summer, and it’s someone with longtime ties to public broadcasting.
Wisconsin Republicans scramble on Donald Trump administration’s family separations
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: But critics have questioned the plan’s feasibility. Sara McKinnon, a UW-Madison communications professor with expertise in U.S. immigration law and policy, said a 14-day window to review and decide asylum cases seems unrealistic.
Peter Miller is an athletic academic
Madison Magazine
The professor chairs the UW–Madison Athletic Board.
Oregon schools add breaks in response to UW-Madison flu study
Wisconsin State Journal
The Oregon School District will have three longer weekend breaks next school year after a UW-Madison study in the district showed time off curbs the spread of flu.
Prosecutors to seek the maximum sentence for ex-UW student Alec Cook
Wisconsin State Journal
Calling him “a dangerous man,” state prosecutors are recommending that former UW-Madison student Alec Cook receive the maximum sentence possible when he is sentenced Thursday, according to a memorandum filed this week.
Wednesday on Lake Effect: Special Elections, Redistricting, Door County Mystery, Coffee Cantata
WUWM
We have analysis of yesterday’s special election results, and get a refresher course on the redistricting case before the US Supreme Court. Guest: Barry Burden
College-money lessons you didn’t learn in high school
Philadelphia Tribune
Quoted: A spending plan shows how overspending one week will leave you with a cash shortage the next week. Even a $50 shortfall can feel stressful, says J. Michael Collins, faculty director for the Center for Financial Security at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
The Supreme Court decided not to decide Wisconsin’s gerrymandering case. But here’s why it will be back.
The Washington Post
On Monday, the Supreme Court surprised observers by deciding not to decide Gill v. Whitford, the high-profile case about partisan gerrymandering in Wisconsin. Instead, the court remanded the case back to Wisconsin district court to give the plaintiffs “an opportunity” to provide better evidence about whether they had the right to bring the suit at all.
By Barry Burden and David Canon
Milwaukee state office building to be named after Vel Phillips
WKOW-TV 27
She was the first African-American woman to graduate from UW’s law school and had a big impact on the university.
Former federal agent pleads guilty to taking photos of woman in UW residence hall bathroom
WISC-TV 3
Justin Fahy, of Monona, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of capturing an intimate representation. A disorderly conduct charge was dismissed.
‘Supreme Court decided not to decide’ in redistricting case, says UW political science professor
WISC-TV 3
Quoted: “They basically again just punted on any underlying questions of the constitutionality of this and didn’t say anything about whether gerrymandering is OK or not,” said David Canon.
Questions of constitutionality loom after Supreme Court rules against objections to Republican-drawn state districts
Badger Herald
Noted: David Canon, a University of Wisconsin political science professor, weighed in on the court’s decision Monday.
Metastatic breast cancer patient swims, raises money for UW research
Wisconsin State Journal
She has raised nearly $700,000, including about $430,000 for the UW Carbone Cancer Center in Madison.
Victims, families urge judge to sentence Alec Cook to maximum 40 years
Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin-Madison student who was the first woman to report being sexually assaulted by fellow student Alec Cook urged a Dane County Circuit Court judge to sentence him to the maximum term of incarceration allowed by law — nearly 40 years in prison.
Woman up tree rescued by Madison firefighters
Wisconsin State Journal
Firefighters are called on to do many types of rescues, but rescuing a woman from a tree is not a normal call. That’s what happened Thursday afternoon when a UW-Madison student climbed a tree on Henry Mall on campus, and didn’t know how to get down.
‘Citizen scientists’ often provide first warning of threats to Madison-area lakes
Wisconsin State Journal
In partnership with Public Health Madison and Dane County, the city of Madison, Dane County and the UW-Madison Center for Limnology, the Clean Lakes Alliance has provided data for other local sustainability efforts as well.
Nelson, Stig Ingemar
Madison.com
Stig finished his working career with the UW Survey Research Lab, retiring as a Sr. Research Specialist in 1998.
Borchers, Robert R.
Madison.com
He was appointed to the physics faculty at UW-Madison and subsequently was appointed Associate Dean for Physical Sciences, then Director of the Physical Sciences Laboratory, and then Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. While at UW-Madison, he designed and installed a computer system to analyze nuclear physics data.
HOSA students tackle tough subject
Wisconsin State Journal
The students — members of HOSA-Future Health Professionals, which was formerly called Health Occupations Students of America — have been partnering with the UW Carbone Cancer Center and the Pancreas Cancer Task Force to learn more about the disease and other medical-related topics.
Democrats have different ideas for growing Wisconsin’s economy
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: Noah Williams, director of the conservative-leaning Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy at UW-Madison, said the main reason Wisconsin has lagged in overall job growth is that population growth here has been very slow over the past decade, less than half the national average.
Long-Shot Candidates Line Up For 2018 Gubernatorial Election
Wisconsin Public Radio
Maggie Turnbull is a scientist who is running as an independent candidate. She is an astrobiologist who has worked with NASA on the search for extraterrestrial life. Her work has been profiled on CNN and in On Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin’s alumni magazine. She has served on the Antigo Common Council and has lived in Madison
Paul Ryan endorses former aide Steil to replace him
AP
Steil is from Janesville and is a member of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents.
It was 50 years ago today: UW alums flash back to their formative years
Capital Times
Those were the days, University of Wisconsin alumni from the 1960s recalled as they shared their stories for posterity during the Madison Reunion.
Pigs into people: UW joins renewed effort to use animals as organ donors
Wisconsin State Journal
There’s a reason for renewed interest in the field, not only at UW but around the country: CRISPR, a gene-editing tool discovered in 2012. The “molecular scissor” allows researchers to remove genes that can cause immune rejection or transmit potentially dangerous viruses from animals.
A Judge’s Sentence: 25 Hours Of Chess
Chess.com
Flashing back to the U.S. political scene of the early 1970s, the country was in revolt amidst the Vietnam War, the Watergate crisis, and an oncoming recession and gas shortage. One of the flash points for protest was liberal college campuses, with the University of Wisconsin-Madison being one of the most vocal.