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.
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Innovative UW researchers win Shaw science awards
Two researchers at UW-Madison have been selected as recipients of the 2018 Shaw Scientist Awards, each getting $200,000 in seed funding to continue their innovative research work.
Hurricanes and typhoons are slowing down, which means more time to do damage
A new study by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientist based at UW-Madison has found that over the past seven decades, tropical cyclones have slowed down near coastlines around the world.
Madison clean energy startup NovoMoto wins top prize in state business plan contest
Winners of the business plan competition were announced at the closing luncheon of the two-day Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference at UW-Madison’s Union South on Wednesday.
Universities Slap Rules on Professors Accused of Sexual Harassment
In the summer of 2016, University of Wisconsin administrators met with urban- and regional-planning professor Harvey Jacobs to discuss his alleged behavior, according to a letter they sent to Dr. Jacobs in April 2017 that was reviewed by the Journal.
Tomorrow Putin answers Russians’ questions on live TV. Here’s what his performance will tell us.
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).
America’s Dairyland is hurting and Wisconsin seeks solutions
Walker, a Republican who faces re-election in November, said the state agriculture department will join forces with the University of Wisconsin System to create the dairy industry task force. It is designed to bring industry experts together to create solutions to help farmers, processors and related industries.
Revealed: Why days on Earth are getting longer
As the moon moves away, the Earth is like a spinning figure skater who slows down as they stretch their arms out, explained Professor Stephen Meyers, professor of geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Think days are short now? They once lasted just 18 hours
“As the moon moves away, the Earth is like a spinning figure skater who slows down as they stretch their arms out,” explained Professor Stephen Meyers, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
No lie-in this morning? Thank the Moon’s gravitational pull
“As the moon moves away, the Earth is like a spinning figure skater who slows down as they stretch their arms out,” said Stephen Meyers, co-author of the study and a geoscience professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Falling short on time? Earth might have 25 hours in a day in the future
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.
The Moon is causing days on Earth to get longer
Using a new statistical method called astrochronology, astronomers peered into Earth’s deep geologic past and reconstructed the planet’s history. This work revealed that, just 1.4 billion years ago, the moon was significantly closer to Earth, which made the planet spin faster. As a result, a day on Earth lasted just over 18 hours back then, according to a statement from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Can state force Foxconn to install solar panels for public use?
Quoted: Jack Huddleston, emeritus professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said trying to re-open negotiations now would be “pretty risky” for the state.
Ecology Expert Says Man-Made Wetlands Fall Short Of Natural Ones
Quoted: “The attempt to compare something that humans created or restored to something natural has shown a shortfall in the outcome,” said Joy Zedler, professor emerita of botany and restoration ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Some functions and some magnitude of functions fall short of what would be present in the same kind of wetland in the same place if it were left in its natural condition.”
Kellyanne Conway says she’s still an Eagles fan in chaotic CNN interview
“We’re all staffers,” one person told Sielski, who attended the event. Jenna Webster, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who is interning with the Republican National Committee, said she received a mass email from the White House inviting her to attend.
Watch in Real Time as American Airlines 1897 Tries to Escape a Hail Storm From Hell
Noted: Rick Kohrs, a graphic artist at NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, created this image of the plane’s “terrifying track.” He superimposed AA 1897’s flight path from Flight Aware with weather data from GOES-16, the latest sat from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) program. These sats capture storms as they develop, giving meteorologists a space-based tool to predict storms and warn people about ones that exist.
New UW budget calls for higher fees, room-and-board costs
The regents are scheduled to approve the 2018-19 budget Friday at UW-Milwaukee. The spending plan calls for raising student fees at four-year schools an average of $33 per student. Room and board would increase an average of $118.
How the Moon may one day give us 25-hour days
forgets memory cardResearchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have worked out that around 1.4 billion years ago, a day on Earth lasted 18 hours. “This is at least in part because the Moon was closer and changed the way the Earth spun around its axis,” the Daily Mirror reports.
A year after major injury, Badgers sprinter Brenna Detra returns to NCAA championship
When Brenna Detra gets back to the starting blocks at Hayward Field this week for the NCAA outdoor track and field championships, the University of Wisconsin sprinter might have an opportunity to look to the sky.
Sports injury expert spearheads ‘innovative’ UW course on athlete monitoring tech
An athletic injury researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is teaching an undergraduate summer course that he says is the first of its kind in the country: An overview of athlete monitoring technology.
UW budget director Tim Norris retiring after 30 years on campus
UW-Madison budget director Tim Norris is putting his calculator away. The head of the budget office will be stepping down after 30 years at the state’s flagship university, leading the budget office since 2004 … Jennifer Klippel, who joined the budget office in 2011, will serve as interim budget director.
Scott Walker says crisis team needed to help state’s crippled dairy industry
“I think we’re in a good situation today because of what was done (by the first task force) back then. I sort of hope we can be half that good,” said Mark Stephenson, director of dairy policy analysis at UW-Madison, who will lead the new group of experts dubbed by Gov. Scott Walker as Wisconsin Dairy Task Force 2.0.
Entrepreneurs Conference in Madison offers help for start-ups
The conference starts at 8 a.m. Tuesday and runs through Wednesday at Union South on the University of Wisconsin campus.
UW-Madison police becomes first department in Dane County to go through new de-escalation training
The training aims to change the way officers think about use-of-force in critical incidents, especially those involving someone in a mental health crisis.
UW study looks at obesity rates in different zip codes
Where you live in Wisconsin affects how much you weight, according to a new UW study. Dr. Vincent Cryns, an endocrinologist with the UW, led the study and talks about the results.
Map-making on a budget
Shanan Peters, a geologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is the principal investigator on the Macrostrat project, which is an online encyclopaedic atlas for geological data. Although most of the Macrostrat mapping data are publicly available, importing them required “a fair bit of time”, Peters says.
Days on Earth will become longer as the Moon moves further away from us
Study author Prof Stephen Meyers, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said: “One of our ambitions was to use astrochronology to tell time in the most distant past, to develop very ancient geological time scales.
Days are longer than they used to be due to moon moving away from earth, study finds
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that 1.4 billion years ago the moon orbited much closer to the planet, altering the way it spins on its axis.The study also said the moon will continue to move away from Earth, making our days even longer.
The Moon Is Making Every Day on Earth Longer Than the Last, Study Shows
The new study, co-authored by Stephen Meyers, Ph.D., a professor of geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Alberto Malinverno, Ph.D., a research professor at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, isn’t just about the moon. The researchers initially set out to find a way to accurately study the many phases that our planet has undergone since its beginning, both in terms of its geology and its place in the solar system.
Wish you had more time in the day? A day on Earth could soon last 25 HOURS – and it’s thanks to the moon
Study author Professor of geoscience Stephen Meyers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said: “As the moon moves away, the Earth is like a spinning figure skater who slows down as they stretch their arms out.”
Why Lorrie Moore Writes
Wisconsin, where Moore lived for much of this book’s composition, makes glancing appearances throughout, first as ambivalently but tellingly described as Moore’s husband, and then, with the benefit of distance—a divorce, a move from the University of Wisconsin-Madison to Nashville’s Vanderbilt—regarded in full, with reserved, bone-chilling candor, in a review of Making a Murderer.
Days Are Longer Now Because the Moon Moves Away from Earth (Study)
Once upon a time, when the moon was closer to our planet, a day only had 18 hours. According to the University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers, about 1.4 billion years ago, the moon was orbiting Earth a lot closer than it is now, altering the way it spins on its axis.
Moon to give us longer days
Study author Professor of geoscience Stephen Meyers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said: “As the moon moves away, the Earth is like a spinning figure skater who slows down as they stretch their arms out.”
UW-Madison Police Department to train all officers in de-escalation tactics
The department said Monday that all of its officers would soon be trained to focus on de-escalating situations through communication and other methods to defuse a situation and avoid using use-of-force tactics unless necessary.
Rural residents more likely to be obese; Madison neighborhood deemed least obese
UW-Madison’s Wisconsin Obesity Prevention Initiative found that overall, 41.2 percent of adults and 14.8 percent of children were obese in 2015-16.
Bucky on Parade: “Retro Bucky” celebrates Bucky’s different “looks”
Tricia Nolan explained, “We spend most of our time saying, do NOT alter Bucky, and do NOT change him, because he’s such a hallmark. Why would we allow this creative, artistic interpretation?”
UW-Madison students studying in Guatemala safe after volcano eruption
The University says two groups of students and teachers are “far removed” from the area where the volcano erupted.
Supreme Court rules in favor of Colorado baker
Noted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Ryan Owens talks about the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of a Colorado baker.
The Kampus Klan
University disregard and tolerance for racism led to short-lived KKK-named organizations on Wisconsin campus
Grossman, Joel Barry
Joel Barry Grossman, Ph.D, professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Johns Hopkins University, a renowned scholar of the Supreme Court, and a longtime fan of the New York Yankees and the Wisconsin Badgers, passed away on June 2, 2018.
Gale, Keith E.
Keith E. Gale, age 64, of the UW Student Unions Maintenance Department, passed away unexpectedly May 30, 2018.
Boomers set to party like it’s 1968 at ‘Madison Reunion’
From June 14-16, the Madison Reunion will give graying University of Wisconsin alums a taste of their youth at a venue that has symbolized the campus experience for generations: Memorial Union.
UW-Stevens Point graduates weigh in on staying in Wisconsin
As Wisconsin works hard to keep young professionals in the badger state, many graduates said choosing to stay in Wisconsin was an easy decision.
State GOP facing test by backing Leah Vukmir in US Senate primary
Noted: “There’s some risk that if (the party’s) candidate doesn’t win the primary, they have to decide what to do,” said UW-Madison political science professor Barry Burden. “Neither candidate is going away anytime soon.”
UW review finds lack of training documentation prior to Lake Safety boat crash that killed windsurfer Yu Chen
A review by the UW-Madison Police Department conducted after the death of a windsurfer who was struck and killed by a university Lake Safety boat found that the program had little to no documentation of staff training or written policies or procedures for staff to follow.
Q&A: Jon Eckhardt wants to understand how UW students become entrepreneurs
Eckhardt is an associate professor with the Wisconsin School of Business and the executive director of the school’s Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship.
Entomology expert: Rainy weather sets up potential for ‘epic’ mosquito season
Quoted: Susan Paskewtiz, a professor in the entomology department at University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the area’s mosquito hatch is off to an early start thanks to a very rainy May.
UW Board of Regents to consider sharing results of harassment investigations with new employers
The University of Wisconsin System could start sharing information about employees accused of sexual harassment with new employers.
Stoughton eyes whitewater park for paddlers as part of Yahara River redesign project
The city is working with UW Extension and UW-Madison on an economic impact analysis to determine any financial benefits for the city and surrounding businesses.
Thousands wear bandanas promoting mental health, suicide awareness on campus
“By the time a UW-Madison student will graduate, at least one in ten will have at least considered suicide,” Conlin Bass said.
Experts weigh in on emails requesting privacy setting updates
Noted: UW’s Chief Information Security Officer, Bob Turner, tells us what these emails mean and what you should do with them.
Report finds no criminal liability against UW in Lake Mendota windsurfer death
Report determined Lake Mendota is safe under watch of UW Lifesaving Station.
To prevent selecting sexual harassers, UW System discusses reshaping hiring processes
The UW System will look into reforming their hiring processes and reference checks in order to prevent prospective candidates with a history of sexual harassment from being considered during the hiring process.
UW makes worldwide reputation list again
UW-Madison has once again been recognized as one of the world’s top learning institutions.
Studies of space, hearing and DNA attract $1 million awards
Three researchers share the neuroscience prize for studying how we hear: A. James Hudspeth of the Rockefeller University in New York, Robert Fettiplace of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Christine Petit of the College of France and the Pasteur Institute in Paris. They provided insights into how cells of the inner ear transform sound into electrical signals the brain can interpret.
CRISPR Gene-Editing Pioneers Win Kavli Prize for Nanoscience
This year’s Kavli Prize for neuroscience was shared by James Hudspeth of the Rockefeller University, Robert Fettiplace of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Christine Petit of the Pasteur Institute in France. Hudspeth and Fettiplace made independent, complementary discoveries about how our sense of hearing arises from the conversion of vibrations of the tiny hair cells in the inner ear into nerve signals.
Million-dollar Kavli prize recognizes scientist scooped on CRISPR
The neuroscience award went to geneticist Christine Petit of the Pasteur Institute in Paris, and neuroscientists Robert Fettiplace at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and James Hudspeth at the Rockefeller University in New York City, “for their pioneering work on the molecular and neural mechanisms of hearing”.
Badgers release kickoff times for 4 football games on 2018 schedule
The University of Wisconsin released kickoff times for four games on its 2018 football schedule Thursday.
Avoiding GMO food might be tougher than you think
Quoted: The USDA only just announced how they would require manufacturers to disclose GM ingredients, though the law was enacting back in 2016, and the new rules don’t use the term “GMO” or even “GM.” Instead, they opt for “BE” or “bioengineered,” perhaps to avoid using loaded terminology. “I’m not sure how much people will know that term,” says Dominique Brossard, a communications professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison specializing in life science issues like GMOs. “I don’t think it’s going to be very easy for people to find out [which foods are genetically modified].”
Our lives depend on carbon capture. But the tech is far from ready.
Meeting the climate goals of the Paris Agreement is going to be nearly impossible without removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
-Gregory Nemet is an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.