The University of Wisconsin volleyball team’s path to a fifth straight Big Ten Conference championship is known.
Wisconsin volleyball set to play 5 top-20 Big Ten teams
Wisconsin State Journal
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Editorial | Vos attack on UW diversity efforts echoes DeSantis
The Capital Times
Republican political strategists have a new target. They are going after the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that are making colleges and universities across the country more welcoming to faculty, staff and students from all backgrounds.
Gov. Tony Evers threatens to veto budget over UW System diversity-funding battle
Wisconsin State Journal
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said Wednesday he would veto any state budget that includes a proposed $32 million, Republican-backed state funding cut aimed at eliminating University of Wisconsin System diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
New Madison student housing tower gets initial city approval
The Capital Times
Madison’s Plan Commission unanimously approved a proposal from Chicago-based Core Spaces to develop a 12-story student housing complex on West Johnson Street, despite concerns about a lack of affordable units.
Engineers created our modern world — Camille Haney
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor: So what does the microwave of the future look like? Ask an engineer. She’s probably working on it now at the UW-Madison College of Engineering.
But she needs the support of the Legislature in the state budget for a new College of Engineering facility. The Joint Finance Committee unfortunately removed this proposed funding. This additional facility space will allow her and many more bright students to invent the “microwaves and computers of the future.”
Applications pour in for UW-Madison cheese and pizza tasters
Wisconsin State Journal
“Not that it’s not a good job or anything, but I think sometimes people see us as fanciful. It’s just eating cheese,” said Brandon Prochaska, the center’s sensory coordinator.
“But when people see us operate, they’re kind of impressed with how intensive it is, how quickly we can evaluate things,” he said.
Republicans delay vote on University of Wisconsin budget after promises to cut diversity funds
Associated Press
Republican state lawmakers on Tuesday suspended a vote on funding for University of Wisconsin campuses, just hours after a top GOP leader promised to slash the college system’s budget as part of an ongoing fight over diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Republicans delay vote on plan to cut UW System budget by $32 million over DEI programming
Wisconsin State Journal
After hours of negotiations behind closed doors, Republicans on the Legislature’s budget committee put off any vote Tuesday on whether to slash the University of Wisconsin System’s budget by $32 million in an attempt to gut funding for diversity, equity and inclusion offices and programming.
Inflation is slowing, but prices are still uncomfortably high — here’s what’s driving it
Bankrate
“We may see prices rise on certain things like gas or milk, but it’s not necessarily inflation unless you see prices rising sort of across the board, across many different products and services,” says Jordan van Rijn, who teaches agricultural and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Financial Security.
To fight berry-busting fruit flies, researchers focus on sterilizing the bugs
AP
Lyric Bartholomay, a professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies integrated pest management and public health entomology who was not part of the study, said “increasingly tailored genetic approaches” will be necessary in the future to protect crops and people from pests, especially as insecticide resistance increases.
Aspiring Fathers Open Up About the Emotional Toll of Fertility Issues
The New York Times
Plus, while the impact of age on a couple’s fertility has historically focused on the woman, “there has been a lot of data gathered over the last 10 years that indicates that, as men age, their fertility potential does decline over time,” said Daniel H. Williams, a urologist who specializes in male infertility at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Cancer drug shortages highlight supply chain vulnerabilities
Axios
“This is the first time I’ve ever experienced drug rationing in my career,” said Marina Sharifi, medical oncologist at the University of Wisconsin’s Carbone Cancer Center.
Republicans want to kill diversity spending at U of Wisconsin
Inside Higher Ed
Funding for the University of Wisconsin system is being held up by Republicans, who control the Legislature and who want to kill all spending on diversity, the Associated Press reported.
UW center says diversity in kids’ literature is growing, amid challenges to books nationwide
NBC-15
According to new numbers from UW-Madison, diversity is growing in the books read by kids, not only in the characters they read about but also in the people who make them.
The Simple Way to Fight Aging, According to Experts
Wall Street Journal
Exercise can help your memory and learning ability, too. Moderate-intensity exercise is linked to an increase in cerebral blood flow and brain glucose metabolism, which are connected to cognitive functions, says University of Wisconsin neuroscientist Ozioma Okonkwo, who co-wrote two studies on the subject.
Mesoscale Convective Systems: The Science Behind These Thunderstorm Clusters
The Weather Channel
An MCS is a prolific lightning generator. A late-April 2014 MCS along the Gulf Coast produced 6,076 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes in just 15 minutes, according to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s CIMSS Satellite blog.
The uncanny valley, explained: Why you might find AI creepy
National Geographic
It’s hard to say, says Bilge Mutlu, a professor of computer science at the University of Wisconsin Madison. While the researchers expect that with repeated exposure, the uncanny valley reaction might diminish, Mutlu says that for him, the feeling has only gotten stronger.
Badgers National Championship hockey team honored at The White House
WKOW-TV 27
The University of Wisconsin Women’s Hockey team was recognized on Monday at the White House for winning the 2023 NCAA National Championship.
Opinion | It’s not too late to achieve equal access to justice
The Capital Times
Column by John P. Gross, a clinical associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School and director of the Public Defender Project. He teaches courses in criminal law, criminal defense and trial practice.
‘Wisconsin Pride’ film honors state’s LGBTQ+ trailblazers
The Capital Times
The McCarthy Era, the civil rights struggle in the 1960s, the history of Indigenous people in Wisconsin — the stories told in the new PBS Wisconsin documentary, “Wisconsin Pride,” are in some ways very familiar to students of state history.
Put together in 3 days, White House visit brings Wisconsin women’s hockey together again
Wisconsin State Journal
They arrived from all over to be part of College Athlete Day at the White House, get a tour of the U.S. Capitol, meet Wisconsin’s senators and take in the sights.
Engineering school is economic engine — Erhard Joeres
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor: So let me get this straight: It’s more important to spend state tax dollars to attract better talent to have a competitive Badgers football team than contribute to fund a new engineering building to produce more engineers to keep the Wisconsin economy competitive? Hmm. What am I missing here?
White House welcomes UW women’s hockey, other champions
NBC-15
President Joe Biden and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff hosted College Athlete Day on the White House’s South Lawn on Monday, celebrating several women’s and men’s NCAA champion teams from the 2022-2023 season.
With latest appointee, Technical College board now fully stocked with Tony Evers’ picks
Wisconsin State Journal
The last six-year term of former Gov. Scott Walker’s appointees expired in May. But the farmer-designated seat on the board has been empty, as the former seat holder, Viroqua-area farmer Paul Buhr, resigned in January to serve on the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board.
OUR PERSPECTIVE: Support new UW engineering building
Kenosha News
State Republicans have a long-standing tradition of supporting economic development in Wisconsin, but – bafflingly—they missed the boat recently when the powerful GOP-controlled state-budget-writing committee axed a proposal for a much-needed new engineering building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Good journalism can safeguard against AI disinformation, UW prof says
CapTimes
Dietram Scheufele, faculty researcher and chair in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has spent decades studying the ways in which the public responds to new technologies.
Wisconsin women’s hockey champs to visit Biden, White House
Wisconsin State Journal
Members of the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team are headed to Washington, D.C., on Monday to be feted for the NCAA title they won in March. But UW officials until recently thought they had been forgotten in the process.
UW-Madison researcher Yonatan Mintz says be smart about artificial intelligence
Wisconsin State Journal
Yonatan Mintz tries to keep both the promise and the peril in mind in his research on what he calls the “human-sensitive applications” of artificial intelligence. On the promise side, the UW-Madison assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering is working on a project to make diabetes treatment more efficient and effective in poor urban areas in India.
Education should trump athletics
Wisconsin State Journal
Football or education? The priorities for our right-wing, gerrymandered Legislature seem to fit nicely with the UW-Madison athletics department’s desire for a new training facility and hopeless dreams of a national championship.
How Wisconsin track athletes fared at NCAA Outdoor Championships
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin’s men’s and women’s track teams turned in a well-rounded performance this week at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas.
Tom Still: Misplaced ire — GOP frustrations with UW and the engineering building
Wisconsin State Journal
Wisconsin has other fine engineering campuses, public and private, but demand for UW-Madison graduates is stronger than ever at a time when industry needs well-trained engineers in all disciplines. Let’s hope negotiations breathe new life into a project that will help Wisconsin’s economy for decades to come.
These ‘super agers’ could help UW find key to keeping memory sharp
Wisconsin State Journal
Like others 80 and older who have superior memories for their age, Frantz is in a study of super agers at UW-Madison. Through cognitive tests, blood tests and MRI scans, the participants could help researchers identify biologic, behavioral, environmental and socioeconomic clues to keeping memories intact — and avoiding Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia — well into advanced age.
William E. Spriggs, Economist Who Pushed for Racial Justice, Dies at 68
The New York Times
Dr. Spriggs earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from Williams College in Massachusetts and attended graduate school at the University of Wisconsin, where he earned a master’s degree in 1979 and a doctorate in 1984, both in economics.
Why does college tuition have so many extra fees?
Marketplace
In many states, there’s either political pressure to keep tuition low or flat, or there are mandates, said Nick Hillman, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Education. For example, he said Wisconsin temporarily kept tuition frozen for nearly a decade.
William Spriggs, economist who highlighted racial disparities, dies at 68
The Washington Post
Dr. Spriggs graduated in 1977 with a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from Williams College in Massachusetts. He received a doctorate in economics from the University of Wisconsin in 1984; a fellow graduate student, Lawrence Mishel, said Dr. Spriggs was the only African American among roughly 150 graduate students in economics at the time.
Love dairy? The University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks a paid cheese taste tester
CNN Business
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Dairy Research is looking to hire a descriptive sensory panelist – in other words, a dairy taste tester – to join “a group of expert tasters” who can talk about their sensory experience, according to the job posting.
What happened to the common cold? Post-Covid, it feels like every sniffle needs a name.
Ann Palmenberg
Rhinovirus C, one of the most common cold-causing viruses, can lead to bacterial pneumonia in children who have or are susceptible to asthma, said Ann Palmenberg, a researcher and professor with the Institute for Molecular Virology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Bowdoin’s mandatory job training reduces student stress
Inside Higher Ed
The boot camp occurs at a critical juncture in a Bowdoin education: just before students are required to declare a major. Matthew Hora, the founding director of the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, said that although sophomore year may seem early for a university to mandate a career-development workshop, it aligns with other career trends. Many freshmen and sophomores now apply for internships, for example, whereas such positions used to be sought primarily by rising seniors.
A dairy research center is hiring a paid food taster who should be willing to try 12 pizzas and 24 cheese samples a week
Business Insider
The University of Wisconsin-Madison recently put out a job advert for a “descriptive sensory panelist” at its Center for Dairy Research — basically, a fancy way of saying “food taster.”
Cloisters U.: The Sounds of Silence in a College Class
The New York Times
Prizes can furnish people with resources and access to live their lives. Until we live in a country with a more robust commitment to caring for people, if you find prizes distasteful, then resolve to not apply or accept them in hopes that someone with more pressing needs might get one.
-Nate Marshall, Providence, R.I.The writer is an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Opinion | Cloisters U.: The Sounds of Silence in a College Class
The New York Times
Prizes can furnish people with resources and access to live their lives. Until we live in a country with a more robust commitment to caring for people, if you find prizes distasteful, then resolve to not apply or accept them in hopes that someone with more pressing needs might get one.
-Nate MarshallProvidence, R.I.The writer is an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Newspapers Printed Unabomber’s Manifesto in 1995. It’s Still Fiercely Debated.
The New York Times
“I think today we have more conversations about minimizing harm, and I think that’s a good thing,” said Kathleen Culver, director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
TV actor’s Wisconsin roots inspired award-winning short film
NBC-15
Actor Hans Obma wrote and starred in an original film that was an official selection of one of the biggest film festivals in the world. The Wisconsinite and 4th generation University of Wisconsin-Madison alum wrote and starred in his original film “A Question of Service.”
Art for everyone at Memorial Union’s Wheelhouse Studios
NBC-15
If you’re looking to flex those creative and artistic muscles this summer, Wheelhouse Studios located on the lower level of Memorial Union invites you to indulge.
Bill to renegotiate reciprocity with Minnesota could keep more tuition dollars in UW System
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A bill that would renegotiate the Wisconsin-Minnesota tuition reciprocity agreement and allow University of Wisconsin System schools to retain more tuition dollars amid financial strain is again moving through the state legislature.
UW System hires new chief diversity officer despite Republican push to defund diversity offices
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin System has hired a new chief diversity officer amid a Republican push to dismantle diversity programming on campuses and under threat of budget cuts.
UW Health launches heart transplant program at American Family Children’s Hospital
WKOW-TV 27
Dr. Dixon Kaufman says the center is one of six in the U.S. and the only one in the Midwest that actively does heart, kidney, liver, lung and pancreas transplants for adults and kids.
UW Health launches pediatric heart transplant program
NBC-15
Children in need of heart transplants will now be able to receive them in Madison. UW Health’s Transplant Center just launched a new pediatric heart transplant program at American Family Children’s Hospital.
Guest column: Consider the humanities major
Daily Cardinal
Advice for taking the road less traveled.
UW-Madison’s Center for Campus History to open July 1
Daily Cardinal
According to Public History Project Director Kacie Lucchini Butcher, an initial center staff meeting was held on May 24 to discuss months of listening sessions across campus.
Young Americans brace for ‘unprecedented’ return of student loan payments
ABC News
The original pause to student loan payments originated from the early days of the pandemic, according to University of Wisconsin Madison professor Nick Hillman.
Indigenous American scholarships may fall short (opinion)
Inside Higher Ed
My hope is that I can be an advocate for all Indigenous college students to receive the support they need to thrive in college and beyond.
-Gresham D. Collom is a research affiliate at University of Wisconsin at Madison, an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and an incoming assistant professor of higher education administration at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota.
A dude and a desk: Why women really don’t get to host late-night TV
Salon
Mauk, a former Standards and Practices executive at Fox, says she spoke with Mary Huelsbeck, the archivist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (where Mauk completed her doctoral program) out of a desire to “prove that this is not the first time someone had spoken out and used their platform as a late-night television talk show host to do good political activation.” (Mauk’s husband, producer Hayden Mauk, used to work with Jimmy Kimmel.)
Letter | Engineering building snub shows Legislature’s priorities
The Capital Times
I hope our Legislature revisits correcting this putting education where it belongs: ahead of sports.
How the new Big Ten football scheduling model affects Wisconsin football
Wisconsin State Journal
New conference commissioner Tony Petitti announced the league’s new schedule system and unveiled home and away opponents for the 2024 and 2025 seasons on a Big Ten Network broadcast Thursday afternoon. The new model nixes the division setup the conference has had since 2011, and the top two teams from the new 16-team league will face off for the Big Ten title game at the conclusion of the regular season. The changes were brought about after last summer’s announcement that UCLA and Southern Cal would be joining the Big Ten starting next season.
In days, here comes one of Metro Transit’s biggest changes ever
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison students may see small differences in service, but because the campus already gets high levels of service the impacts will be limited, officials said.
SSM Health, UW Health add metal detectors at some clinics, ERs
Wisconsin State Journal
UW Hospital added metal detectors at its ER in August. UnityPoint Health-Meriter, Madison’s Veterans Hospital and Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin haven’t installed metal detectors at any locations and said they rely on other security measures.
Author Q&A: Novelist drew inspiration from her time in Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
Author Hanna Halperin says her latest book, “I Could Live Here Forever,” set in Madison, “is a little bit of a love letter” to the city.
Halperin, who earned her Master’s in Fine Arts degree from UW-Madison, said she wrote the book during the pandemic.
Ancient Humans Had Brains a Third the Size but Showed Complex Thinking
Business Insider
These creatures had some traits in common with modern humans, like legs made for walking upright and hands that could work with objects, said University of Wisconsin-Madison anthropologist John Hawks, a member of the research team.
Homo naledi species, discovered in South Africa, may have buried its dead and carved symbols, studies suggest
Fox News
These creatures had some traits in common with modern humans, like legs made for walking upright and hands that could work with objects, said University of Wisconsin-Madison anthropologist John Hawks, a member of the research team. But other features looked more ancient, including their small brains.