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Spennetta, Terry

Madison.com

He worked for the University’s Department of Nutritional Science, where he made many contributions to medicine’s understanding of cholesterol and lipid function.

Slavery Historian Ira Berlin Dies at 77

New York Times

Berlin was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, receiving a Ph.D. in history in 1970. His books included “Generations of Captivity,” ’’Slaves Without Masters” and “Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America,” for which he won the Bancroft Prize. He also wrote the introduction for a tie-in book to the acclaimed movie “Twelve Years a Slave,” and was an adviser for HBO’s documentary about former slaves, “Unchained Memories.”

Virginia Apgar: Google Doodle celebrates the doctor whose simple health test is still saving newborn babies today

The Independent

She was discouraged from continuing her career as a surgeon, which was regarded as a very male discipline at that time, and instead trained in anaesthesiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison under Dr Ralph Waters, who had established the country’s first dedicated unit. After further study of the field at New York’s Bellevue Hospital, she returned to Columbia as director of its new anaesthesia division, its first female head of department.

A Shot against Cancer Slated for Testing in Massive Dog Study

Scientific American

Three sites—Colorado State University, the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of California, Davis—plan to inoculate 800 middle-aged dogs for Johnston’s new study. For several years afterward each dog will each receive a booster dose and a physical exam.

The days are getting longer – but very, very slowly

The Guardian

As the Earth’s rotation gradually winds down, the moon moves further away. Writing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Stephen Meyers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Alberto Malinverno at Columbia University in New York calculate that over the past 1.4bn years the moon has drifted about 44,000km from Earth to a distance of 384,400km

Hurricanes Aren’t Moving as Fast as They Used to, and That’s Bad

Gizmodo

James Kossin, a scientist at NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information in Madison, Wisconsin, says Harvey’s slow pace may be symptomatic of a troubling larger trend. His new paper, published today in Nature, provides evidence showing that the speed at which hurricanes move across the planet, a phenomenon known as translation speed, is slowing.

Tomorrow Putin answers Russians’ questions on live TV. Here’s what his performance will tell us.

The Washington Post

On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin will once again answer questions from citizens in his annual, multi-hour, live television call-in show, “Direct Line With Vladimir Putin.” Many observers describe these shows as entirely fake, and “Direct Line” is indeed a highly staged and controlled event: Journalists have reported on this year’s preparations and the elaborate rehearsals that those selected to appear undergo.

Christine E. Evans is an associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and author of “Between Truth and Time: A History of Soviet Central Television” (Yale University Press, 2016).

Falling short on time? Earth might have 25 hours in a day in the future

India Today

The study author of geoscience Stephen Meyers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison explained the relation between Earth’s spin and the location of Moon as that of a spinning figure skater and his arms. The way skater slows down his spinning speed by stretching his arms out, the spinning speed of Earth is slowing down as the moon is distancing itself from the planet.