A new building is expected to bring a new vision of recreation and wellness to the UW-Madison campus.
UW-Madison breaks ground for new recreation center
NBC-15
Author: gbump
McDonald’s is being sucked into the movement to ban plastic straws
USA Today
Quoted: Tom O’Guinn, a University of Wisconsin expert on consumer behavior, said packaging issues aren’t enough to sway diners’ decisions on where to eat.”The average American doesn’t care lot about this,” he said. “People don’t want to sit there and think, ’Gee, this is a slight improvement in packaging.’”
Gov. Walker wants answers after allegations against UW dean
WKOW-TV 27
Governor Scott Walker is calling for answers from the University of Wisconsin system after records were released showing it could have mishandled sexual misconduct complaints against a former assistant dean.
Epic Wins In Supreme Court Decision Seen As Blow To Worker Rights
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: An estimated 25 million workers could be affected by the decision, according to University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School professor Steph Tai.”About 50 percent of non-union, private sector employees have arbitration agreements in their contracts,” Tai said.
Tommy Thompson Center spends little on campus speakers in first year
Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership spent a fraction of what was anticipated to bring speakers to UW System campuses in its first year, and left more than one-quarter of its $1.5 million overall in public revenue unbudgeted.
Why You Should Stop Being So Hard on Yourself
The New York Times
Quoted: “Self-criticism can take a toll on our minds and bodies,” said Dr. Richard Davidson, founder and director of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also teaches psychology and psychiatry.
Man who sexually assaulted UW student to be placed in Fitchburg apartment
WISC-TV 3
A Madison man who spent years in prison for sexually assaulting a University of Wisconsin-Madison student in an apartment building stairwell will be moving to Fitchburg.
2 schools hired dean after he left UW-Stevens Point over sexual harassment accusation
Wisconsin State Journal
A UW-Stevens Point official who handled sexual misconduct complaints, and resigned when he was accused of sexually harassing a woman on campus in 2015, went on to hold positions handling similar complaints at two other universities, according to newly released documents.
Hachten, William Andrews
Madison.com
After earning a master’s degree in journalism from UCLA and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, he joined the School of Journalism at the University of Wisconsin Madison in 1960. His first book, “The Supreme Court on Freedom of the Press”, received the 1968 Delta Sigma Chi award for research on journalism.
Sanyer, Marta
Madison.com
Marta worked as a research assistant for a number of years in Professor Howard Temin’s lab at the University of Wisconsin.
Dean accused of harassment resurfaces at 2 other schools
Madison.com
Records show a University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point official who handled sexual misconduct complaints and resigned when he was accused of sexually harassing a woman on campus in 2015, went on to hold similar positions at other universities.
Campus arson an incredible act — State Journal editorial from 50 years ago
Wisconsin State Journal
This State Journal editorial ran on May 20, 1968, two days after firebombs were thrown through a window at a University of Wisconsin administration office, damaging 15,000 undergraduate records. It was two years before the Sterling Hall bombing.
Against the odds: For children with resistant leukemia, immunotherapy offers hope
Wisconsin State Journal
In receiving two teaspoons of her souped-up cells on May 11, Makena was getting CAR T-cell therapy, one of the most promising new immunotherapies for cancer. She was just the second patient to get the customized treatment in Wisconsin since it was approved last year. UW Health is the only place providing it in the state.
UW Health Chief Flight Physician: Single-Engine Helicopters ‘Have No Place’ In EMS
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: Dr. Michael Abernethy, chief flight physician of UW Health Med Flight in Madison, does not believe the Eurocopter AS 350 should have been flying.”You’d be hard pressed to find a physician in the United States who has spent more time in the back of a helicopter caring for patients. I’ve been doing it for almost 30 years,” Abernethy said.
How To Pick Up A Toddler & Save Your Back, According To An Expert
Romper
Quoted: According to Jill Boissonnault, Ph.D., a professor of physical therapy at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, to avoid back injuries you should also not turn your body when you pick up your toddler. As she told Parents, “Avoid twisting your torso while lifting, which places the spinal area at risk for injury.”
Texas Shooting: Schools Can’t Stop Violence
The Atlantic
Quoted: He may have an explosive temper; he may even have access to guns. “But if he hasn’t come right out and said, ‘I’m going to kill someone tomorrow,’ or ‘I’m going to kill myself,’ you’re not going to be able to involuntarily hospitalize him,” says Michael Caldwell, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin who works with dangerous young men at a juvenile treatment center in Madison.
Madison Barbershop to Expand to Fight Health Disparities
AP
The merits of using stylists for public health is gaining wider recognition, and Perry was featured on the Megyn Kelly show last year. A separate initiative, organized by University of Wisconsin-Madison students and the Latino Health Council, trained five Latino hairstylists to bring up breast cancer awareness with their clients.
Their Protest Helped End the Draft. 50 Years Later, It’s Still Controversial.
The New York Times
Quoted: “It embedded itself into our cultural fabric,” said Shawn Francis Peters, a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who grew up in Catonsville and wrote a book about the Catonsville Nine. “I don’t think that they even dreamed that it would have this kind of resonance.”
GOP US Senate candidates tell group they want personhood law, no-exceptions abortion ban
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is among the groups that say a personhood measure could criminalize certain forms of birth control. Alta Charo, a professor with expertise in law and bioethics at UW-Madison, said the same. Charo, who served on former President Barack Obama’s transition team, said certain infertility treatments such as in-vitro fertilization also could be affected.
Former Badger Plans Legal Action; Says He ‘Wasn’t Aware of Brain Injury’ Risk
Madison365
Sidelined by headaches, Tony Megna now intends to join former college football players who have filed 111 lawsuits against the NCAA and its athletic conferences
‘DreamUp Wisconsin’ Initiative Looks to Bolster Middle Class
Madison365
From May until July of this year, the UW Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) will conduct a series of community meetings, forums and other means of engaging everyday people as part of an initiative called the Alliance for the American Dream, funded with a $1.5 million grant from Schmidt Futures. The initiative was announced at a press conference last week.
Oh, the Humanities! Wisconsinites Fight Efforts to Kill Off University Majors
The Progressive
Seth Hoffmeister, a UW-Stevens Point alumni and former student government president, noted that Wisconsin has been long recognized as a leader in higher education. It has helped this state thrive, so why dismantle it? “What we propose is NOT radical,” Hoffmeister said. He invoked the Wisconsin Idea, the notion that the entire state could benefit from the knowledge and learning generated at University of Wisconsin System’s twenty-six campuses.
Under-resourced kids depend on after-school and summer programs
The Hill
Many studies have linked high quality after school and summer programs to positive student outcomes in academics, school attendance and behavior. A longitudinal study conducted by researchers at the University of California, Irvine; the University of Wisconsin, Madison and Policy Studies Associates, Inc. finds that regular participation in high quality after school programs is linked to significant gains in standardized test scores and work habits as well as reductions in behavior problems among disadvantaged students.
Could This Low-Cost Device Provide Clean Drinking Water To Those In Need?
Smithsonian
The research was described in a paper published earlier this month in the journal Advanced Science. The work, funded by the National Science Foundation, was a collaboration between University at Buffalo, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Fudan University in China. The first authors on the paper were Haomin Song and Youhai Liu.
White privilege is getting to write a column about the time you felt left out
Chicago Sun Times
It was a snowy day in Wisconsin.In the middle of May, about 6,800 of University of Wisconsin’s 2016 graduating class, myself included, filed in to the outdoor Camp Randall football stadium to graduate.
Wisconsin farmers worry about wet conditions
Wisconsin State Journal
Wisconsin farmers still have time to see a decent start to the growing season, said Mike Ballweg, a University of Wisconsin Extension agent in Sheboygan County.
#BlackandHooded movement celebrates black graduates
The Kansas City Star
Best friends Anthony Wright and Brian Allen want the world to see what they know exists — black students graduating with master’s and doctoral degrees.
Wisconsin softball team embraces ‘new lease on life’
Wisconsin State Journal
[T]here was nothing phony about the sheer joy the University of Wisconsin softball team expressed when the Badgers learned they had made it into the NCAA tournament. The boisterous, spontaneous celebration that broke out from the banquet room at Christy’s Landing likely echoed all the way across Lake Waubesa.
Madison Community Foundation marks 75th year with $1.1 million Madison schools grant
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison’s Office of American Indian Curriculum in the School of Education received $65,000 to establish Native American heritage sites with educational materials in the area.
Girl hit by UW-Madison Police Department squad car on Park Street, police say
Wisconsin State Journal
A 15-year-old girl was struck by a UW Police Department squad car on the UW-Madison campus Thursday while running from a stopped vehicle, police said.
White privilege is getting to write a column about the time you felt left out
Chicago Sun Times
Having separate ceremonies wasn’t about exclusion or division from the rest of campus but, rather, an emphasis on the shared experiences we had as students of color at majority-white universities. It was a shared sigh of relief that we made it despite obstacles that included hate crimes and threats, higher rates of sexual assault and the everyday reminders that there were so few of us on campus.
Following traffic stop, UWPD squad car collides with fleeing woman on Park Street
Badger Herald
UWPD, MPD both investigating incident.
Committee approves Wisconsin Badgers women’s hockey ticket price hike, OKs wrestling season ticket sales
Wisconsin State Journal
Ticket prices for University of Wisconsin women’s hockey games are scheduled to climb next season, and the Badgers will offer a wrestling season ticket package for the first time.
Badgers reward all returning assistant football coaches with pay raises after Wisconsin’s 13-win season
Wisconsin State Journal
All eight of the University of Wisconsin’s returning assistant coaches received pay raises this offseason following the Badgers’ 13-win season.
UW-Madison joins former Google chairman’s group to boost incomes in Dane County
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison is partnering with community groups and a philanthropic venture of former Google chairman Eric Schmidt for an initiative to devise — and potentially implement — proposals to boost the net incomes of Dane County families on a broad and likely unprecedented scale.
UW-Madison will partner with community to raise incomes of 10,000 Dane County families by 2020
Capital Times
On Wednesday afternoon, the University of Wisconsin-Madison announced that it was chosen as one of four universities across the nation tasked to achieve that goal, in partnership with the community, by 2020. They’re looking for creative ideas from throughout the community to build up the county’s middle class and hopefully narrow racial inequities.
Dane County Alliance for the American Dream initiative
NBC-15
A new collaboration between Dane County and UW-Madison is promoting shared prosperity and increasing net income for minority middle class families.
5 Buckys are in the ‘statue hospital’ largely due to weather damage
WISC-TV 3
Five Bucky on Parade statues are at the statue hospital, largely due to weather damage, according to the art project’s Facebook page.
Editorial: UW-Community Collaboration
WISC-TV 3
The creation of the new UW-Community Collaboration: The Alliance for the American Dream easily fits the “big ideas” portion of our editorial agenda for building an inclusive, growing economy in Dane County.
UW launches ‘Dream Up’ initiative to collect ideas from community to raise income of middle class
WISC-TV 3
Schmidt Futures is funding the project the university is calling the “Dream Up” initiative. It will be led by the Institute for Research on Poverty at UW.
UW faculty, community leaders launch program to raise income of middle-class Dane County families
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin faculty, community leaders and Dane County officials met Wednesday to kick off a new collaboration between the university and the wider community that will attempt to raise the net income of 10,000 middle-class families in Dane County by 10 percent over the next few years.
The 4 Drunkest Cities in the US Are All in Wisconsin: Study
NBC Chicago
The study noted that as the home of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, college students were likely contributing to the city’s overall excessive drinking rate – but the Badgers didn’t make the top three.
Can Jim Jordan become top House Republican?
The Hill
While a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 1980s, Jordan was an NCAA Division I wrestling champ. The Urbana, Ohio, native later served as an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State University before winning seats in the Ohio General Assembly and Senate. Like McCarthy, Jordan came to the nation’s capital in the small GOP class of 2006 — when Democrats seized control of Congress.
Scott Walker to state agencies: No new spending in next budget; exceptions for K-12, Medicaid
Wisconsin State Journal
Gov. Scott Walker has instructed state agencies to assume their next budgets will have no increases in state funding, with exceptions for some of the budget’s priciest areas such as schools, prisons and Medicaid.
Editorial: UW regents failing to defend higher education and should be replaced
Capital Times
Casual observers of the 2018 Wisconsin gubernatorial race may have been surprised when state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers announced last week that he can’t wait to replace members of the University of Wisconsin System’s Board of Regents.
Photos: UW-Madison photo contest captures the beauty and mystery of the natural world
Wisconsin State Journal
From a solar eclipse to a sun dog, UW-Madison community members captured weather-related events across the world.
Wisconsin farmers take Mother Nature out of the equation
NBC-15
Noted: “We’re seeing more interest now as we’re seeing bigger populations of people in urban areas – food deserts – looking at ways to get food production closer to the consumer,” said Johanna Oosterwyk. She’s the manager at D.C. Greenhouse on UW-Madison’s campus.
Stevens Point students and reimagining the UW presidency
Capital Times
Column by Tom Loftus, a former member of the UW Board of Regents and speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly.
Living on the Edge: Wildfires Pose a Growing Risk to Homes Built Near Wilderness Areas
Scientific American
Quoted: “The Forest Service is concerned about more and more houses built in and near wildland vegetation because of this double whammy,” says the study’s lead author Volker Radeloff, a forest ecologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Why May 10 Matters For Wisconsin Corn Farmers
Wisconsin Public Radio
“The university research has shown that each day after May 10 we lose a couple bushel yield and that’s simply because we have to plant a shorter day hybrid or the risk of a frost,” said University of Wisconsin-Extension agricultural educator Jerry Clark of Chippewa County.
Proposed changes to shared governance at the University of Wyoming recall those passed in Wisconsin in recent years
Inside Higher Ed
Under pressure from the faculty, the University of Wyoming’s Board of Trustees this month postponed a possible vote on changes to institutional regulations giving the body sweeping new authority. Such changes would make it much easier to end academic programs and terminate tenured faculty members.While the Wyoming board insists that the revisions are an attempt to sync institutional policies with what’s already in the state’s constitution, some professors see it as a power grab that could damage Wyoming’s only four-year public university. Critics have compared the proposed changes to those seen within the University of Wisconsin System, starting in 2015.
Tiny Brains of Extinct Human Relative Had Complex Features
The New York Times
Based on the regions of the brain that Homo naledi shared with modern humans, the authors suggested that it may have exhibited complex behavior. But what they did not say was what those behaviors may have been, said John Hawks, an paleoanthropologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and an author on the paper.
Yogurt may help dampen chronic inflammation
Tribune of India
“I wanted to look at the mechanism more closely and look specifically at yogurt,” said Brad Bolling, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US
My mother and the books that bind us
Salon
“Did you ever feel this way, Mom?” I’d ask. “Do you now?” Had I missed a huge piece of her emotional life? She shared her stories about being on the UW-Madison campus before the height of the Vietnam War protests, about how difficult it was to work and raise two children at the same time.
Walker, Republicans Issue Warnings About Democratic Wins
US News and World Report
Walker said Republican initiatives that would be undone with Democratic wins include the Foxconn display-screen manufacturing project that could bring 13,000 jobs to the state in exchange for $4.5 billion in taxpayer incentives; a University of Wisconsin tuition freeze; photo identification requirements for voting; abortion limitations; and collective bargaining restrictions enacted through the Act 10 law.
Wisconsin’s Ron Dayne, young Packers earn their diplomas with style
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Eighteen years after winning the Heisman Trophy, Wisconsin Badgers great Ron Dayne was back at Camp Randall Stadium for what he called one of the biggest days of his life. Instead of a football, he carried a diploma.
Alarming message sent by mistake to UW-Whitewater students
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A technical glitch is being blamed for an “active threat to life safety” alert sent to University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students and staff Sunday afternoon.
Wisconsin Woman Makes Bucky Statue With 11.8K Pennies
AP
An artist who attended the University of Wisconsin will show off her version of the school’s beloved mascot as part of a free public art display in Madison.
White people get more conservative when they move up — not down — economically. Here’s the evidence.
Washington Post
President Trump’s election upended the conventional view of U.S. class politics. Republicans have long been considered the party of the affluent and upwardly mobile, while Democrats have appealed to the economically disadvantaged. But many observers have suggested that Trump “tapped into the anger of a declining middle class” rooted in decades of income stagnation and growing social distress.
Katherine J. Cramer is a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the author of “The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker” (University of Chicago Press, 2016).
Badgers’ track star Ollie Hoare earns 4th Big Ten title
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin sophomore won his fourth conference crown of the 2017-18 school year, the latest a title in the 1,500-meter run at the Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championship on Sunday in Bloomington, Indiana.