The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute is awarding $2.8 million to research and education projects on the Great Lakes.
Wisconsin Sea Grant to award $2.8M for Great Lakes projects
Madison.com
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A third of college students don’t have enough to eat, survey shows
Capital Times
According to a first-of-its-kind survey released Tuesday by researchers at Temple University and the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, 36 percent of students on U.S. college campuses do not get enough to eat, and a similar number lack a secure place to live.
UW-Madison professor receives $425,000 grant to study entrepreneurship on campus
Wisconsin State Journal
What does a community need to foster the type of entrepreneurial environment that will bring jobs and wealth into the region? That’s what a new study will explore, and UW-Madison will be part of it.
Vacant building on Langdon Street approved for demolition, but no further plans for site
Wisconsin State Journal
Property owner Steve Brown Apartments received a demolition permit for its seven-story building at 126 Langdon St. that had been used as a private dormitory for decades, but has been vacant since 2008 after student demand for the housing option dropped. Most utility service had been cut to the building in 2011.
Madison hospitals recognized for LGBTQ inclusion efforts
Capital Times
Some Madison-area health care providers have committed to creating a more inclusive environment for their LGBTQ patients, who often experience health care disparities. Last week, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation named two area health care providers “Leaders in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.”
Summer text messages keep Madison graduates on track for college
Wisconsin State Journal
Timely text messages in the summer about key dates and must-do tasks help ensure more high school graduates make it to their chosen colleges in the fall, the Madison School District has learned in a three-year study funded by a Madison-based nonprofit here and in two other cities.
Memorial Union upgrades get national recognition
WISC-TV 3
The American Council of Engineering Companies is honoring the unique upgrades at the Memorial Union.
Local doctor, patient discourage use of newly-approved 23andMe cancer risk test
WISC-TV 3
Noted: Barroilhet works with patients at the UW Health Carbone Cancer Center who have a high risk of developing cancer.
Column: Student body must remain united in order to effectively fight against injustice on campus
Badger Herald
History has shown effective movements are result of unified student body.
Faculty Senate votes to create committee aimed at increasing accessibility for disabled students on campus
Badger Herald
Prestigious Hilldale Awards were also presented to UW faculty.
UW study explores impacts of mentoring for minorities, women in STEM fields
Badger Herald
UW female mechanical engineering student emphasized importance of having a mentor in male-dominated field.
The Badger Herald mourns the death of one of its founders, first Editor-in-Chief Patrick Korten
Badger Herald
Korten’s lifetime defined by dedication to charity and pursuit of individual liberty.
UW Sea Grant Institute announces 2.8 million in research funding
Daily Cardinal
The UW-Madison Sea Grant Institute, which focuses on the preservation of the Great Lakes, announced Thursday a $2.8 million donation to fund research in the coming year.
New online course aims to guide potential entrepreneurs
Daily Cardinal
Students and community members looking to start their own business can now take an online course from the Wisconsin School of Business to guide their way.
UHS hires Mandarin-speaking counselor to better serve international students
Daily Cardinal
University Health Services has hired a Mandarin-speaking mental health counselor in an effort to better relate to and serve international students on the UW-Madison campus.
Some See Bitter Wisconsin Race as Next Midterm Barometer
AP
Quoted: While there’s no doubt that Democrats this year are more energized than Republicans, it’s dubious whether one election can be an accurate bellwether of what’s to come in November, said Ryan Owens, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin who heads the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Man releases book on the Milwaukee Braves
Star Tribune
Steele, a former softball coach and an associate professor at Concordia University in Mequon, wrote the book, published by the University of Wisconsin Press and released Tuesday, March 27, for several reasons.
Who is Notre Dame’s Arike Ogunbowale, who twice hit the shot of a lifetime in the women’s Final Four?
The Washington Post
Her older brother, Oluwadare or Dare, was a running back at the University of Wisconsin and signed as an undrafted free agent with the Houston Texans in 2017. He has since been an offseason/practice squad acquisition of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Washington Redskins.
Wisconsin Sea Grant Awards $2.8M For Great Lakes Research, Outreach Projects
Wisconsin Public Radio
The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute is awarding $2.8 million to Great Lakes research and education projects. Congress recently restored $76.5 million in Sea Grant funding nationwide. The Trump administration had proposed eliminating the program
For Black Women, Education Is No Protection Against Infant Mortality
Bloomberg
A 2015 study in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, University of Wisconsin, and Emory University looked at markers of inflammation in the body and found that “the health ramifications of high anger, or poorly controlled anger, may be stronger in African Americans with more, compared to less, education.”
Amazon’s HQ2 Search Is About Politics, Too
Bloomberg
Quoted: “He is one of those executives who wants to be remembered as being on the right side of history,” said Thomas O’Guinn, a marketing professor at the University of Wisconsin school of business. “Part of the quid pro quo is there will be none of this stupid gender bathroom stuff. They are going to demand that the city do everything it can to fight voter suppression. They are going to demand high attention paid to meaningful spending on the environment and more efficient greenhouse reductions.”
Coffee cancer warning: What science says about cancer risk, coffee and acrylamide
AP
Quoted: Amy Trenton-Dietz, public health specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the California ruling contrasts with what science shows.”Studies in humans suggest that if anything, coffee is protective for some types of cancer,” she said. “As long as people are not putting a lot of sugar or sweeteners in, coffee, tea and water are the best things for people to be drinking.”
How having power is like having brain damage: a new book explains why systems fail
Toronto Star
This primal fight-or-flight response makes it hard to listen. And, according to an experiment conducted at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, things get even worse when we are in a position of authority.
Aliens could be living on Venus, claims study
International Business Times
Planetary scientist Sanjay Limaye of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, putting forward a case for the atmosphere of Venus as a possible niche for extraterrestrial microbial life, said: “Looking forward, investigations into the actual habitability of Venus’ clouds would ideally benefit from a mixture of an orbiter, lander, airplane/balloons, and sample return missions.”
Here are your finalists for the NCS ‘Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year’ award
The Washington Post
Besides being an Eisner Hall of Fame cartoonist, Barry teaches at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where she helps people learn to “speak” in the language of comics.“My personal reaction as a cartoonist is a feeling-combo of honored, giddy and delighted,” Barry says of the Reuben nomination.
T-Pain’s New University: Wiscansin
Inside Higher Ed
It’s not every university that would boast of being “dead last” in national ratings and having a faculty of 75 “uncertified professors.” But the rapper T-Pain’s new creation, Wiscansin University, isn’t about to challenge the University of Wisconsin or enroll anyone.
Kirkpatrick, Sandra A. “Sandy”
Madison.com
Her career began as a nurse at UW Children’s Hospital, eventually promoted to nursing supervisor overseeing the entire UW Children’s Hospital.
The clouds of Venus might support alien life, says study
Science Examiner
A new study has revealed that the clouds of Venus might possibly be hosting alien life. Yes, the scientists of the study are of the notion that microbes may have evolved on Venus. Some of the models suggest that the planet once had a habitable climate and liquid water was present on its surface for about two billion years. Sanjay Limaye of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US, said, “That’s much longer than is believed to have occurred on Mars.”
Hospital chaplains offer help for mind, body and spirit
Wisconsin State Journal
“We are a safe, non-judgmental, meet-you-where-you-are, extra layer of support,” said the Rev. Kendra McIntosh, chaplain supervisor at UW Hospital. “We don’t have an agenda. Our agenda is whatever the patient identifies as their need.”
Researcher entrepreneur bill among UW-related legislation to die without Senate action
Capital Times
Jack O’Meara can’t understand why a bill with bipartisan support that would boost entrepreneurship by making it easier for University of Wisconsin employees to privately fund and commercialize their research was never brought to the Wisconsin Senate floor before the state Legislature ended its session earlier this month.
Flagships go national: At U-Michigan, nearly half of students now from out of state
The Washington Post
The in-state/out-of-state question is a huge issue for universities. For hundreds of thousands of college-bound students nationwide, their home-state flagship is either their top choice or one of them. A Washington Post analysis of the latest available federal data found that at 11 flagships in 2016, more than half of the incoming freshman classes were from out of state.
University of Wisconsin at Madison: 57 percent (-3)
Mexico’s fragile Lagoon of Seven Colors is threatened by development
The Washington Post
We also saw a firsthand illustration of not-so-conscious tourism. We paid a visit to the Rapids, one of the greatest collections of stromatolites in the world, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin, who have been studying these formations for a decade. Here, scores of swimmers ignore the warnings each day and clamber all over the fragile formations, some of which are believed to be up to 9,000 years old.
Staff at Chicago-based humor site The Onion to unionize
Chicago Tribune
The Onion has been a comedic force since its humble beginnings in 1988 as a student-run publication at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. It grew to national prominence by parodying the gravitas of newspapers with satirical headlines and stories, such as “Drugs Win Drug War.” Money manager David Schafer led a group that bought The Onion in 2001.
Staff of the satire website The Onion has unionized
AP
The Onion was founded in 1988 by two University of Wisconsin students.The paper relocated its editorial operations to Chicago from New York in 2012 and went all-digital the following year.
In Sweden’s Preschools, Boys Learn to Dance and Girls Learn to Yell
The New York Times
One of the few peer-reviewed efforts to examine the method’s effects, published last year in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, concluded that some behaviors do go away when students attend what the study called “gender-neutral” preschools. (Kristin Shutts, Psychology)
SciLine scores successes in first five months of operation
Science Magazine
Quoted: “We need the support and engagement of the general public and of course government and private funding agencies, and it’s always useful to practice articulating what is interesting and important in our research,” said Pepperell, who works at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “I also saw it as an opportunity to raise the profile of women in science, to increase the diversity of voices and perspectives that make up the ‘face’ of science—my hope is that all young people have the opportunity to see themselves as scientists, to consider science as a career and pursue it if that’s where their passions and skills lie.”
YWCA Madison Announces Four Honorees for 44th Annual Women of Distinction Leadership Awards
Madison365
Kay Simmons has been an outstanding University of Wisconsin-Madison student mentor, advocate, and administrator for over thirty years.
Fischer, Milton H.
Madison.com
He was a distinguished member of the Wisconsin Central Center Research Department for over 23 years and was also affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Milton was committed to his research work and volunteered for over 20 years right up until his death.
Following plan to ax liberal arts majors, UW-Stevens Point group to draft counter-proposal
Wisconsin State Journal
A group of faculty, students and staffers at UW-Stevens Point is crafting a counterproposal to a controversial restructuring plan that would eliminate 13 degrees in the liberal arts.
Trailblazing bass clinic at UW-Madison marks its 25th anniversary
Capital Times
Ben Ferris, the popular Madison jazz bassist, recalls when he first attended the Richard Davis Foundation conference in seventh grade. The event, a two-day clinic for young bassists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, left a huge impression.
Know Your Madisonian: Analytics keep UW-Madison professor running
Wisconsin State Journal
It’s a good thing that Laura Albert specializes in analytics. The UW-Madison associate professor of industrial and systems engineering uses it in myriad amazing ways, including social media, but her best use of it may be keeping her wild schedule straight.
WashU, Wisconsin take battle over AbbVie drug patent to court
Chicago Tribune
Washington University in St. Louis is challenging the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which handles licensing for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, citing “shabby treatment” by its former partner. It’s seeking more than $38 million of the royalties the foundation gets from the sale of an AbbVie kidney disease drug.
Here Is FEMA’s Plan If the Falling Chinese Satellite Takes Aim at a US City
Gizmodo
Quoted: So would a warning even be worth it? “I imagine perhaps if there was a public information plan, it would generate more hysteria than would be warranted for something so unlikely,” Ruth Rand, historian of science, technology, and the environment during the Cold War at the University of Wisconsin told me. “I imagine some people might respond with undue fear and you might have a crisis in your hands.”
Virgil Abloh Biography and Career Timeline
Vogue
2002: Abloh completes his undergraduate degree in civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. (In 2015, he would return to design commemorative tees for the university.) Rumor has it that on the day of his graduation, he skips his final critique to take a meeting with Kanye West’s then-manager John Monopoly. West and Abloh begin officially working together soon after.
Teen Drinking Down In State, Nation
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: In the most recent Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 30 percent of students admitted to drinking. Twenty years ago nearly 50 percent of Wisconsin’s public school students said they used alcohol. That’s when underage drinking in the U.S. went “sky high” according to Julia Sherman, coordinator of the Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project, which is based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School and funded by a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Cambridge Analytica psychology: The science isn’t that good at manipulation
Quartz
Quoted: If the company did obtain a comprehensive set of user data from Facebook, as has been reported, then it may have gotten unique insight into what makes people vote and how. “Facebook allowed them to combine different data sources in a way that allowed them to understand voters maybe better than voters themselves did,” says Dietram Scheufele, science communication professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Weigh if a Part-Time MBA Program Is the Right Fit
US News and World Report
Abrianna Barca, an IT supervisor at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, takes classes in the university’s lockstep program two evenings a week. When she graduates in spring 2018, she will have spent three years with her 55-person cohort, including a two-week intensive course in Hong Kong, China and Vietnam.
Michael Screnock’s work defending Didion, dairy producers draws fire from liberal, conservation groups
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: “I think everybody has a knee-jerk reaction on this, and they may prove to be correct, but it is tough to say on these issues,” said UW-Madison Law School professor Ryan Owens, who heads the UW-Madison Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Changes to UW Field House to be announced in April
NBC-15
According to UW Athletic Communications Associate Director Diane Nordstrom, the announcement will pertain to changes to be made inside the Field House.
U Prof. David Noble challenged common views of American history
Star Tribune
Noble was raised on a dairy farm in Princeton, N.J., where he occasionally delivered milk to Albert Einstein. He later attended Princeton University and the University of Wisconsin.
5 things to know about Louis Vuitton’s new, history-making menswear designer, Virgil Abloh
ABC News
Although his parents are from Ghana, Abloh was raised in Chicago and attended Boylan Catholic High School. He would later obtain a civil engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and later a Master of Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Grammy-Nominee Andre ‘Bizness Boi’ Robertson Makes Beats Heard By Millions
Wisconsin Public Radio
Robertson recently spoke to students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Memorial Union. He said he hopes young Wisconsinites aspiring to be in the music business understand that persistence is key.
Reduced-calorie diet slows aging in humans
The Guardian
“The CALERIE trial has been important in addressing the question of whether the pace of ageing can be altered in humans,” says Rozalyn Anderson, who studies ageing at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Hype-meister or ultimate democratiser? What Virgil Abloh’s appointment at Louis Vuitton means for luxury fashion
The Telegraph
After completing a degree in civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison, and a Masters in architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, on a course designed by Mies Van der Rohe (which he credits with teaching him the value of a multi disciplinary approach), Abloh worked variously as an intern at Fendi, a DJ- an occupation he still frequently practices- and a design consultant to Kanye West, for whom he’s produced everything from stage sets to merchandise.
Who is Virgil Abloh? Kanye West’s fashion protege and Louis Vuitton’s new Artistic Director revealed
Daily Mail Online
Abloh studied for his Masters of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology before receiving his undergraduate in Civil Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Leg genes give spiders segmented heads
Cosmos
That’s the somewhat surprising finding made by two scientists, Emily Setton and Prashant Sharma from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, US, during an investigation into the evolutionary origin of spider silk-spinning.
Tiangong-1, China’s falling space lab, is a prism for its space ambitions
Quartz
Quoted: “When an object is uncontrolled, and its orbit is decaying, it starts tumbling,” Lisa Rand, a space junk scholar and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin’s Madison campus, told Quartz.
Lanphear, Dan
Madison.com
He went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a local football hero. In 1959, he was selected for the All-American Football team and made television appearances on the Ed Sullivan and Perry Como shows. In 1960, he played in the Rose Bowl (Wisconsin Badgers vs. Washington Huskies). He was inducted into the Madison Sports Hall of Fame in 1989, and the University of Wisconsin Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.
UW student struck by car; driver didn’t see him, Madison police say
Wisconsin State Journal
A 22-year-old UW-Madison student was struck by a car early Sunday morning, with the driver telling police he didn’t see the man in the street.
STEM is identity politics at its worst — Gregory A. Moses
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor by Gregory A. Moses, professor emeritus, UW-Madison Department of Engineering Physics.