When you give in to the spectacle, you give her a platform.
Guest column: Don’t give Sister Cindy what she wants
Daily Cardinal
Author: gbump
After a controversial deal, growing legal threats target UW System DEI programming
Daily Cardinal
An overview of diversity, equity and inclusion related disputes after the UW System’s approval of a controversial deal which capped DEI positions for pay raises and building funds.
Rohr Chabad House planning 5-story expansion to meet growing demand
Daily Cardinal
The Rohr Chabad House at UW-Madison is planning a five-story expansion of their current house on W. Gilman Street to accommodate increased student demand during Jewish holidays.
‘The Art of Enterprise’: Chazen exhibit highlights printmaking as an art form
Daily Cardinal
The Chazen Museum boasts a dazzling new exhibition highlighting the history of printmaking as an artform.
MPD investigation of property damage to Hillel Foundation building ongoing
Badger Herald
UW leaders offer support to students, condemn antisemitism.
SSFC approves The People’s Farm budget reallocation at first meeting of 2024
Badger Herald
$900 of over $100,000 budget will be moved to Urban Agricultural Programming after composting policy change.
Anna Deavere Smith headlines MLK symposium, calls for courage, activism
Badger Herald
In her career as a playwright, Anna Deavere Smith has rooted her projects in civil rights issues, according to the Wisconsin Union. Smith is credited with creating a new type of theater where the performance centers around interpretations of journalistic interviews, according to New York University.
Madison Police: Eggs hurled at UW Hillel Foundation building
WMTV - Channel 15
Eggs hurled at the UW Hillel Foundation on Tuesday night are expected to cost thousands of dollars to clean up, staff told the Madison Police Department.
UW-Madison’s School of Medicine dean resigns, becoming the 3rd dean to step down since July
Wisconsin State Journal
Dr. Robert Golden, dean of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health since 2006, is stepping down once a successor is in place. A search will begin this spring, UW-Madison said in a statement.
A new FAFSA setback means many college financial aid offers won’t come until April
Wisconsin Public Radio
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced yet another delay in the already-turbulent FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) timeline: The department says it won’t be sending students’ FAFSA data to schools until the first half of March. Previously, it had said it would start sending that data in late January.
National Alzheimer’s research led by UW-Madison boosted by $150M grant
Wisconsin Public Radio
The grant from the National Institutes of Health will fund neuroimaging, particularly PET scans, to better understand Alzheimer’s and other dementias in living people. The hope is that by identifying how Alzheimer’s affects the brain, future researchers will be able to eventually prevent, slow or delay the onset of the disease and better treat its symptoms.
Athletic director pleas for fans to experience resurgent No. 4 Wisconsin men’s hockey
Wisconsin State Journal
Over a day of conversations between University of Wisconsin athletic director Chris McIntosh and Mike Hastings last March in Minnesota, the topic of a rebuilding timeline for the men’s hockey team never rose to the surface.
A pit of bones discovered under a castle could unlock key questions about what makes us human
NBC News
John Hawks, a University of Wisconsin-Madison paleoanthropologist who studies ancient human relatives but was not involved in this research, said the study helps solidify the theory that patches of different human cultures were developing as Neanderthals neared their end.
Wisconsin Republicans Open New Front Against Campus DEI With Proposed Constitutional Amendment
Chronicle of Higher Ed
Rep. David Murphy, one of the resolution’s authors, wrote in a statement submitted for a public hearing on Tuesday that the amendment would restore “merit, fairness, and equality not only to hiring by the University of Wisconsin system, but to hiring by all governmental entities statewide.”
Five takeaways from POLITICO’s ‘How Fast Can We Solve Alzheimer’s’ Event
POLITICO
But Nathaniel Chin, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, said he was not surprised by the news, given other treatments coming to market.
UW-Madison gathers student input in search for new education school dean
Daily Cardinal
University leaders partnered with an executive search firm to host listening sessions and a student feedback form. Finalists are expected to be announced this spring.
Car rolls over outside UW-Madison chemistry building
Daily Cardinal
At approximately 3:15 p.m., a car rolled over on University Avenue. The cause of the incident is unknown at this time.
Campaign pushes UW-Madison to reconsider family leave policies
Daily Cardinal
Despite being one of the top public research universities in the country, the University of Wisconsin-Madison does not offer paid family and medical leave to all employees. But a growing group of advocates, led by graduate student workers, say it’s time for a policy change on campus.
UW-Madison student leaders propose required sustainability course for new students
Daily Cardinal
The proposed Canvas course would serve to sensitize first-year students to sustainability practices on campus and give resources for further involvement.
As Madison rethinks road salt, UW grad student explores its effects on a local lake
Daily Cardinal
Elizabeth Emch studies Lake Wingra while doing outreach on winter salting around Madison through her master’s program in the Department of Limnology.
UW kinesiology professor creates physical education app for social learning activites
Badger Herald
’enCourage UW’ app brings hundreds of learning activities to users phones.
UW School of Medicine, Public Health dean discusses legacy, future following resignation announcement
Badger Herald
“I’m not leaving the university, I’m looking forward to transitioning back to where I started my professional journey as a faculty member,” UW SMPH dean says.
Title VI complaint filed against UW-Madison
WKOW – Channel 27
The university says the complaint was not filed by a member of the UW community, but by an outside organization that has filed complaints against several other higher education institutions.
Department of Education investigates UW for alleged Title VI violations
WMTV - Channel 15
The University of Wisconsin released a statement Tuesday agreeing to cooperate with a Title VI lawsuit being filed against them. The statement reads that UW is under investigation by the Department of Education for a lawsuit filed by an outside organization. The university claims the organization has filed similar lawsuits against other universities.
Here’s why 5,000 Madison households just received $1 in the mail
Wisconsin State Journal
The Parks Division worked with UW’s Survey Center, which suggested the strategy of giving a random selection of residents a small monetary gift.
Conservative activist files federal complaint against UW-Madison over pro-Palestinian rally
Wisconsin State Journal
The federal Department of Education has opened a Title VI investigation into whether UW-Madison failed to protect its students of shared Jewish ancestry from harassment after the Hamas attacks in October.
Wisconsin news media would be boosted by three new bills
The Capital Times
The first bill would provide funding for a fellowship program to place 25 journalists in participating local newsrooms across the state. The fellows would be selected by a committee of University of Wisconsin journalism professors and news industry experts, the bill sponsors said. The bill would provide funding for each fellow to receive a $40,000 salary for one year.
Bill to ban race consideration in college financial aid gets hearing
The Capital Times
The Republican-authored legislation passed the Assembly along party lines in November and the Senate held a committee hearing on its version of the bill Wednesday.
Colleges Spending the Most Money on Sports: Ohio State Tops the List
Business Insider
UW-Madison listed at #20.
Here’s the Happiness Research that Stands Up to Scrutiny
Scientific American
Such rigor is admirable, but it also means one can miss things, says Simon Goldberg, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He studies the effects of meditation, including research among people who have psychological problems such as depression and anxiety. He noted that because of Dunn and Folk’s strict criteria, they omitted hundreds of studies on meditation’s benefits. “It’s, in the spirit of rigor, throwing lots of babies out with the bathwater,” he says. “It’s really very obvious that meditation training reduces symptoms of anxiety and depression.”
Big Ten men’s, women’s basketball tournament expansion won’t include the entire conference
Wisconsin State Journal
With four new programs set to enter the conference in the next academic year, the Big Ten announced plans to expand the conference tournaments — but to 15 teams, excluding the three worst-performing of the 18 programs that will be members of the Big Ten next season.
Community leader Maurice Mitchell speaks on achieving freedom through collective activism
Badger Herald
Leader in the Movement for Black Lives, Maurice Mitchell, spoke at the University of Wisconsin Tuesday for an event in collaboration with the School for Workers. Mitchell is the National Director of the Working Families Party, a left-wing political party promoting dignity, compassion and justice for all, according to the Working Families Party website.
UW to cooperate with Department of Education on Title VI investigation
Badger Herald
Complaint alleges UW failed to address harassment of students on basis of Jewish ancestry.
La Follette High School teacher charged with recording in UW rec center locker room
Channel 3000
La Follette High School mathematics teacher Jason Wu is charged with two felonies after his phone was allegedly found recording men changing at the Nicholas Recreation Center on the University of Wisconsin Campus.
UW School of Medicine and Public Health dean to step down
Channel 3000
Robert Golden has served as the school’s dean since 2006 and is also the vice chancellor of medical affairs. According to the university, he is one of the longest-serving medical school deans in country.
Golden to step down as dean for UW-Madison’s SMPH
WMTV - Channel 15
“It has been an incredible honor and privilege to serve as dean and as the university’s vice chancellor for medical affairs,” said Golden. “As I look forward to the next phase of my professional life, I cherish the experience of working with so many remarkably talented and dedicated individuals within our school and our academic health system on behalf of those we serve.”
Wildfires are making their way east—where they could be much deadlier
National Geographic
Volker Radeloff quoted. (Paywall.)
Where should Madison’s Amtrak station go? City may ask you
The Capital Times
As city leaders consider eight specific locations for an Amtrak train station — ranging from downtown on the isthmus to the old Oscar Mayer plant — residents will have a chance to get information and share their thoughts at two public meetings.
UW-Madison officers uninjured after rear-end crash involving squad cars during call, police say
Wisconsin State Journal
Two UW-Madison officers were not injured after they were involved in a rear-end crash involving squad cars during a call on Sunday night, UW-Madison police reported.
These Americans more likely to suffer from hearing loss, new study finds
The Associated Press
Audiologist Melanie Buhr-Lawler, a clinical professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said she saw the threats to hearing health growing up on a farm in rural Wisconsin and later researching hearing loss in rural residents.
“People who live in rural areas have a hearing health double-whammy,” said Buhr-Lawler, who was not involved with the study. “So they’re more exposed to high noise levels through their work, be it mining or farming or other rural occupations, but also through leisure activities.”
Luke Fickell, Kelly Sheffield among Wisconsin coaches receiving contract extensions
Wisconsin State Journal
Luke Fickell received his first contract extension as University of Wisconsin football coach Friday, but — as with other Badgers coaches — it was a formality.
Volleyball’s Kelly Sheffield, women’s soccer’s Paula Wilkins and men’s soccer’s Neil Jones all have five-year agreements that now run through Jan. 31, 2029.
Explaining Wisconsin athletics’ $194 million in expenses for 2022-23 school year
Wisconsin State Journal
When the school’s annual financial report to the NCAA for the same time period came out this month, the total expenses line was much higher — in excess of $194 million.
With deep roots in Wisconsin, Carbone Cancer Center does vital work
Wisconsin State Journal
Near the start of a Jan. 23 presentation by the director of Wisconsin’s signature cancer research center, I asked those attending how many had family members who had been touched by the disease over time. Nearly every hand in the room went up.
That speaks to the insidious nature of a disease that in some ways remains a mystery to researchers such as those who work at UW-Madison’s Carbone Cancer Center. It also illustrates the need for continued progress in finding better approaches to prevention, diagnosis and therapy surrounding one of mankind’s oldest scourges.
Kohl Center work prompts MMSD to move high school graduations
The Capital Times
Seniors at Madison’s four largest high schools will graduate at the Alliant Energy Center this year. The new location is a shift from the ceremonies’ usual venue at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Kohl Center.
Linda Howard Newman
Wisconsin State Journal
After receiving a master’s degree in 1965, Linda continued her studies and also began a long career as an academic advisor in the history department. She later joined the School of Education Academic Services office, serving as assistant dean and advisor. In 2000, Linda received the school’s Ann Wallace Academic Staff Distinguished Achievement Award.
James Edward Wilcox
Wisconsin State Journal
Jim enlisted in the army in 1947, and served until 1949. After discharge, he worked at Ray-O-Vac for three years, then was the assistant registrar at UW-Madison for ten years. He then took a role at UW-Madison’s Administrative Data Processing (now DoIT) where he worked in management for 28 years, retiring in 1987.
Verline Gee recalled as icon of Madison’s Black community
The Capital Times
When Verline Gee first began at UW, a Black Studies program was in its infancy. The university created the program as a result of student protest.
“Mom was one of the inaugural students in the Black history program,” Alex Gee said. At the time it, he said, was “the only Afro-American department in the Big Ten.”
Robert Booth Fowler
Wisconsin State Journal
He spent his entire career as a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, endearing himself to thousands of students. As they say frequently, “He taught me to think.” He retired as Professor of Political Science and as the Herbert and Evelyn Howe Professor of Integrated Liberal Studies.
Opinion | C’mon drivers, chill out
The Capital Times
One of the experts Shaer interviewed was UW-Madison psychologist and specialist on anger Martin Ryan, who attempted to explain what’s going on. Ryan explained that emotions have to go somewhere, and far too often drivers find their outlet in a car.
“If I was to set out to create a situation that would make the most people act badly and angrily, I couldn’t come up with anything better than driving,’ Ryan told the Times. “Every element that provokes an anger response is there. There’s your mood when you entered the car in a rush. There’s provocation — something that happens to you, like being cut off. And relatedly, there’s how you interpret the provocation based on your mood.”
What are the symptoms of an enlarged prostate and how is it treated?
ABC News
It’s a common result of aging, said Dr. Stephen Nakada, a University of Wisconsin urologist.
A high school wrestling evolution: Out with vomiting, in with hydration
The Washington Post
These habits can only lead to negative physiological and mental effects and also can make wrestling more dangerous. A University of Wisconsin study, published in 2022 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, followed 67 Division I college wrestlers over seven seasons and found that a 1 percent loss in body weight correlated with an 11 percent higher chance of injury during competition.
What’s driving a special education teacher shortage and how schools are responding
PBS
Special education teachers and administrators share how the shortage is affecting them, and John Yang speaks with Kimber Wilkerson, professor of special education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to learn more.
8 out of 10 dogs enjoy the TV – but what do they most like watching?
Daily Mail
The researchers, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US, also found that dogs may be attracted to watch TV by the sound of a familiar song, voice or jingle.
States rethink reading
Axios
The system is populated with educators who were taught entirely different methods, and “the resistance is real,” said Mark Seidenberg, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin.
UW volleyball player speaks to students, families about journey with dyslexia
WMTV - Channel 15
Joslyn Boyer, a fifth year senior, says she was diagnosed with dyslexia at a young age, but there weren’t a lot of resources. “Thankfully, my parents were huge advocates for me and marched in the principal’s office and said, ‘This is what she has, this is what she needs.’”
UW construction impacting MMSD graduation ceremonies
WMTV - Channel 15
The decision comes after UW Athletics announced the renovation of the Kohl Center ice hockey rink floor. Currently, UW leadership is unaware if the construction will take place before or after the scheduled graduation ceremonies this June.
New UW research links gut inflammation with Alzheimer’s disease
WMTV - Channel 15
Researchers with the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health found that there is likely a link between gut inflammation, changes in the brain, and declines in memory.
ASM, campus leaders to weigh hate, bias report updates
Daily Cardinal
The ASM Equity and Inclusion Committee (EIC) will work with Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and Dean of Students Christina Olstad to update the bias reporting procedures, according to the ASM document.
Hundreds of UW-Madison faculty sign statement against conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism
Daily Cardinal
The letter was sent to Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and various UW-Madison administrators, along with a request to meet for further discussion. More than 175 faculty and staff from 59 different UW-Madison departments, along with 49 graduate students, signed the statement.
Skin care glossary: All the ingredients you need to know
NBC News
Dr. Apple Bodemer is a board-certified dermatologist and associate professor of dermatology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.