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Extra Credit: Teach your children well about STEM

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Parents can play a key role in swelling the ranks of students pursuing careers in science, math, engineering and technology (STEM) fields, according to a new UW study published in Psychological Science. Increasing interest in STEM fields is crucial to developing a strong 21st century U.S. workforce, but interest in science and math begins to wane in high school when students choose not to take advanced courses in those subjects, according to the study.

Lead author and UW-Madison psychology professor Judith Harackiewicz said the study shows schools can encourage more participation in STEM courses by directly communicating options to parents.

Five big jobs need bold leaders

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It?s quite a list. Madison is looking for a university chancellor, a school district superintendent, a chamber of commerce president, a regional economic booster and someone to lead its community foundation. Finding the right people ? leaders who are bold, aggressive, smart and willing to challenge all of us to move this city and region forward ? is crucial. So let?s get at it, being sure to search far and wide for top talent to fill these difficult jobs.

Know Your Madisonian: Magazine editor Joel Patenaude is vocal about silent sports

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Joel Patenaude didn?t know it at the time, but when he was running or riding his bike on the hills around Mount Horeb as a kid, he was taking part in a silent sport. The UW-Madison graduate, whose journalism career has taken him to stints in Egypt, Dubuque, Iowa; and Isle, Minn., among other places, has been editor of Silent Sports Magazine since 2004.

Madison Politiscope: Conflicting Senate polls leave an unsolved mystery

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The poll, conducted by UW-Madison professor Charles Franklin for Marquette University Law School, stands in stark contrast to a poll released Tuesday by Public Policy Polling, a North Carolina-based firm that frequently works with Democratic candidates, as well as a recent poll conducted for the campaign of Democratic candidate Tammy Baldwin, who will take on the GOP nominee in the general election. PPP showed Hovde ahead of Thompson by two points, 31 percent to 29 percent, whereas the Marquette poll has Thompson leading Hovde 35 to 23 percent. Franklin says he is puzzled by the gap between the two polls.

Chris Rickert: It’s not landlords’ job to get us to vote

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In my first semester at UW-Madison, my dorm?s resident assistant or some other upperclass stand-in for the university escorted a bunch of us to the local polling place or to register to vote ? I forget which.It was a nice gesture in a presidential election year for kids who?d only recently arrived from out of town or out of state, but I would have voted anyway.

Bill Lueders: Contracting report shines light, casts shadows

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Department of Administration spokeswoman Jocelyn Webster blamed the University of Wisconsin System, which ?was late in turning their submission for this report and DOA did not receive it until May 2012, which delayed the report.? David Giroux, spokesman for the UW System, gives a different account….The new report shows state agencies spent $363.8 million on outside service providers, a 26 percent jump, while the UW System?s spending on outside service contracts fell slightly, to $125.1 million. Giroux speculates that ?reductions in contracting are the result of overall spending cutbacks at UW System institutions.?

New UW residence hall to be named ‘Dejope’

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The former name of a Madison casino will now be the name of a new residence hall at UW-Madison. Dejope Residence Hall on the campus? west side near Lake Mendota will be home to 408 students beginning Aug. 26, according to a UW-Madison news release. The Ho-Chunk Nation Legislature approved the name in May, saying “it was in the best interest of the nation to support and promote the education of its members and the education of others about the Ho-Chunk Nation.”

“We worked with the Ho-Chunk Nation on a name for this facility because this area was home to the Ho-Chunk for thousands of years,” said UW-Madison housing director Paul Evans in the release.

Soglin calls for citywide food policy to curb problem of ‘food deserts’

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With the assistance of Bill Buckingham, a health geographer with the Applied Population Laboratory at UW-Madison, food deserts (areas of Madison without access to a grocery store within one mile) and food swamps (areas with no grocery but one or more fast-food and convenience stores within a mile) were plotted. Some campus areas where few people live or where students may use meal plans in dormitories show up as deserts, as well as areas along the city boundaries where the plotting of grocery stores stopped, Buckingham notes. Future mapping may eventually include all of Dane County.

UW study: Exercise, meditation can help prevent cold and flu

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Meditation and exercise can reduce the incidence, duration and severity of colds and the flu by about 30 percent to 60 percent, according to a UW-Madison study. A larger version of the study will start at the university this fall. If the benefits of meditation and exercise are confirmed, “this could be more powerful than flu shots,” said Dr. Bruce Barrett, a UW Health family physician heading up the research.

UW football: Ball, Borland named to major watch lists

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Running back Montee Ball and linebacker Chris Borland from the University of Wisconsin football team were named to preseason watch lists on Monday for two major college football awards. Ball is on the watch list for the Maxwell Award, given to the outstanding college player of the year, while Borland was named to the Bednarik, given to the outstanding defensive player of the year.

Andy Baggot: Playoff is better, but not easier

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I can?t tell if Barry Alvarez really wants the assignment or if the University of Wisconsin athletic director is just sandbagging. When I asked him recently if he?d accept an invitation to be part of the selection committee that will determine the participants in the four-team football playoff that will debut in 2014, his answer sounded as if he was pleading the fifth. “I certainly would consider it,” Alvarez said. I thought he?d jump at it.

Celebrating the long days of Our Lives

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James Danky, a faculty associate in journalism at UW-Madison and an expert on minority communities and the press, said Our Lives has several things going for it despite the sour publishing climate. It is a free-distribution, niche publication at a time when subscription-based, general-interest magazines such as Newsweek are foundering. Its target audience has considerable discretionary income, a draw for advertisers.

UW study finds no link between Facebook use and depression

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A study of UW-Madison students found no link between Facebook use and depression, calling into question a warning by a national doctor group last year that the popular social media site could cause depression. “We?re not really sure ?Facebook depression? is something parents or patients really need to be advised about yet,” said Lauren Jelenchick, a UW School of Medicine and Public Health researcher who led the study.

Bettsey Barhorst: Multiple approaches to college best

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Recent news stories have praised the announcement by the University of Wisconsin Colleges to offer high school students the opportunity to obtain high school and college credits simultaneously through dual-enrollment programming. We applaud the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and the University of Wisconsin Colleges for their efforts to improve access to higher education, because more degrees lead to a stronger economy….UW-Madison accepts more transfer students from our campus than from any other institution, including all of the UW Colleges combined. And full-time students who complete their associate degrees at Madison College save thousands of dollars a year in tuition compared to UW-Madison, making us a high quality yet affordable point of access to a four-year degree.

Obituary: David J. Hitchins

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PLATTEVILLE – David J. Hitchins, 59, of Platteville, was called home to heaven on Thursday, July 5, 2012, following a four-year battle with cancer. Dave was born on June 9, 1953, in Urbana, Ill. He attended Northern Illinois University and graduated from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. He spent the next 10 years as a project specialist at the UW-Madison Primate Center. Dave finished his career as a chemistry lecturer at UW-Platteville, thoroughly enjoying the students, faculty and research.

City council proposal would enlist landlords to boost voter turnout

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In a bid to boost voter turnout, Madison City Council members are proposing that landlords must provide voter registration forms when tenants move into a residence. The move could have an impact around UW-Madison, where thousands of students take new apartments each year, as well as other parts of the city with concentrations of rental units, supporters said. Nearly half of the city?s dwelling units are rentals, the U.S. Census says. But many landlords are opposing the proposal because it strays dramatically from the city?s core responsibility to regulate housing conditions, fair housing, ethical practices, public health and safety.

Michael Bernard-Donals: University of Virginia’s experience resonates here

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The University of Virginia?s board recently pressured the university?s president, Teresa Sullivan, to step down because it didn?t think she was making changes quickly enough. After an outcry from faculty, students and citizens of the state, the board backed down and reinstated Sullivan. I?d argue that what happened in Virginia should matter deeply to us here in Wisconsin because it highlights the crisis in public higher education both locally and across the country. The actions of Virginia?s board were an attempt to mandate change from the top and to run the university on a business management model. In this model, what matters is the bottom line, efficiency and return on investment.

Executive Q&A: Making maps in the digital age

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It used to be that before people embarked on a trip to an unfamiliar place ? whether it was across the country or just across town ? they would haul out maps and chart their course. Today, a traveler is more likely to depend on a favorite website or a GPS device for directions. Founded in 1984 by Onno Brouwer, then director of the UW-Madison Cartography Lab, Mapping Specialists has about 20 employees and annual revenues of $1.7 million to $2 million.

Chris Rickert: Does the ?God particle? lessen faith?s bearing?

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If physicists have found the ?God particle,? does it lessen the need to find God? This was basically the question an anthropology professor friend of mine posed after news broke Wednesday that evidence of the elusive particle, also known as the Higgs boson, apparently has turned up in experiments at the renowned European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland. As someone for whom high school physics was one big misunderstanding, I?m not qualified to adequately explain what a Higgs boson is.

Madison 360: Just maybe, things are brightening a bit

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A Madison teacher and administrator for 29 years, Jane Belmore, will take a leave as education dean at Edgewood College. She strikes me as the Madison schools? version of David Ward, the deeply experienced and highly respected interim chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Speaking of UW, I think there is also good news in the absence of grousing by Republican legislators over UW-Madison?s plan to target pay raises to about one-third of faculty and academic staff in an aggressive effort to retain employees. When the plan was announced a month ago, one might have expected the usual GOP suspects to pounce. The GOP seldom misses an opportunity for a cheap, anti-intellectual stunt.

Ask the Weather Guys: What is a derecho?

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A: A derecho (pronounced deh-RAY-cho, a Spanish word meaning “straight ahead”) is an hours-long windstorm associated with a line of severe thunderstorms. It is a result of straight-line winds, not the rotary winds of a tornado ? hence its name. Derechos in the United States are most common in the late spring and summer (May through August). The extreme winds of a derecho ? up to 150 mph in the strongest storms ? are often associated with a quasi-stationary front in mid-summer.

Curiosities: Are dogs and cats allergic to the same things as humans?

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A: There are many similarities, said Douglas DeBoer, a professor at the School of Veterinary Medicine at UW-Madison. “The most common environmental allergen in dogs is house dust, especially dust mites. Next comes grass, weed and tree pollens, followed by mold spores. “Cats have about the same list of allergens, said DeBoer, a specialist in dermatology and allergy.

UW campus lot back open after hazmat situation

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MADISON (WKOW) — A parking lot on the UW campus is back open after a hazmat situation. UW Police say a man called 911 after 5:00 a.m. Thursday to report he had locked himself in his car with a poisonous chemical. When officers got there around 5:30 a.m., they blocked off parking lot 60 and parts of Marsh Drive and Walnut Street. Officers were able to get the man out of his car and to the hospital.

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Service stigma: Disabled or not, veterans face job challenges

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Stephen Lee says some of the scariest parts of his experience serving his country have nothing to do with military combat: “Right now to me, I am far more scared of sitting in an interview room getting interviewed for a job, than when I?ve had people shoot at me.” After he left the service in 2009, Lee, now 32, came to Madison to attend the University of Wisconsin. In May, he completed his final semester of coursework in political science. Alongside his responsibilities as a student and parent, for two years Lee also served as Wisconsin?s state director for the Student Veterans of America, and was active in its campus chapter, UW Vets for Vets. Lee?s accomplishments are testament to his work ethic, as well as to the resources and encouragement provided by fellow student veterans. He is among the 30 percent of veterans in the civilian labor force who have a bachelor?s degree or more. But, for Lee, having a diploma has not been a guarantee of employment.

Report: State’s use of outside contractors surged last year

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The annual report, posted Monday on the Department of Administration?s website, shows that state agencies spent $363.8 million on private contractors from July 2010 to June 2011 ? an increase of 26 percent compared to the previous fiscal year. In contrast, the University of Wisconsin System?s hiring of contractors decreased 2 percent during the same period, to $125 million.

Seely on Science: UW-Madison scientists front and center for historic Higgs boson discovery

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At a moment in science history that many are hailing as one of the most important in a century, UW-Madison researchers were front and center, playing lead roles in a discovery that takes modern physics to the very edge of human understanding. Scientists from UW-Madison were deeply involved in figuring out the physics and building and operating the $10 billion machine used to discover a particle believed to be the so-called ?God particle,? responsible for giving matter mass and shaping the very early universe.

UW lot 60 open after police coax suicidal person out of car

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A suicidal man with hazardous chemicals in his car caused a UW parking lot to be closed for a time Thursday morning, the Madison Fire Department reported. Crews were called to lot 60, 801 Walnut St. near UW Hospital, for a suicidal person at 5:10 a.m., Madison Fire Department spokeswoman Bernadette Galvez told Madison.com.

Teenager found hurt and unconscious outside party

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Police say three men hosting the party, which was advertised on Facebook, were cited for underage drinking and dispensing alcohol without a permit. Officers say when they got there, there were about 100 people in the street. The victim was found lying in some grass near a church. Police think he was carried away from the party area. Tests show the teenager had a blood alcohol content of .22.

Buzz Davis: Open Wisconsin Retirement System to private sector workers

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All workers deserve financial security in their retirement years. Wisconsin should use the Wisconsin Retirement System as a model and expand the WRS to cover workers in the private sector to ensure that all Wisconsin workers ? public and private ? will have financial security. Wisconsin could be the first state in the nation to provide a ?defined benefit? pension plan with guaranteed fixed payments for life to all retired workers.

Teen found injured, unconscious at party near UW campus

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MADISON, Wis.- A 16-year-old boy ended up injured and unconscious outside a house party near the UW campus early Sunday morning, according to Madison police, and officers are trying to figure out whether someone beat the teen up. The incident happened just after midnight Sunday in the 300 block of North Breese Terrace.

UW men’s basketball: Taylor to play for Hawks’ Summer League team

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Jordan Taylor has made his NBA Summer League plans, and they do not include the Milwaukee Bucks. The former point guard for the University of Wisconsin men?s basketball team said Monday he has accepted an offer to play for the Atlanta Hawks? entry in the Summer League, which begins later this month in Las Vegas.

UW men’s hockey: A pretty good batting average

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In the process of doing some NHL draft research I came across what I thought was a revealing development about University of Wisconsin men?s hockey coach Mike Eaves and his assistants over the years. Of the 26 UW players drafted by NHL teams from 2003 to ?09, 16 actually reached the NHL. That?s a 62-percent success rate. That period reflects the first group of Eaves? recruits to be drafted (Brian Elliott, Andrew Joudrey, Joe Pavelski and Ryan Suter) and the most recent case of a UW player leaving and reaching the NHL (Craig Smith).

History resounds at festival

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The summer after Paul Rowe joined the faculty at UW-Madison?s School of Music, something felt amiss. ?In July, the building was totally lit, the air conditioning was on, and nothing was going on,? he said. For a building meant for music-making, the whole place was eerily silent. Why not fill it, he thought, with musicians who shared his passion for early music? Rowe?s wife, singer Cheryl Bensman-Rowe, and music professor Chelcy Bowles, UW-Madison?s director of continuing education in music, agreed. By 2000, the three had founded the Madison Early Music Festival, filling early July with sound.

Dave Zweifel’s Madison: Puzzled cabbie seeks State Street solution

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Ron the cabbie, one of my morning coffee buddies at Park Street?s Cargo, is having trouble figuring out why Mayor Paul Soglin is so adamantly opposed to allowing taxis to ?cruise? for fares late night on State Street. ?Think of all the drunks that those cabbies keep off the road,? he said the other morning. ?Why wouldn?t you think that was a good idea.? Since the mayor is a former cab driver himself (he drove when he was at the UW back in the ?60s), I wondered why he was so adamant about this. He replied that, first of all, there?s an ordinance that makes that activity illegal and no cab company can unilaterally decide that it can be violated.

Seely on Science: Historic moment will be private and pajama-clad for UW physicist

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Wesley Smith, a UW-Madison physicist, has spent much of his career doing the physics and helping design the machinery that went into the construction of the Large Hadron Collider, the giant European particle smasher that will make headlines around the world this week. Very early Wednesday morning, scientists from the collider are expected to announce that they have confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson, a particle that physicists say will fill a crucial and mystifying gap in our understanding of how the world is put together.

Campus Connection: Lessons for UW-Madison from University of Virginia?s leadership crisis

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Although the soap opera that unfolded at the University of Virginia over the past few weeks was must-see drama for those with close ties to the school and for many within academia, the brouhaha between the institution?s president and governing board generally failed to catch the attention of the public. But perhaps it should, several members of the UW-Madison faculty told me in recent conversations and email exchanges.

Chris Rickert: Don’t ‘fix’ successful pension system

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Leave it to Wisconsin’s controversial governor to turn one of the least sexy topics in government ? public pensions ? into a nail-biter. There are plenty of things in state government in need of reforming, but Wisconsin?s pension system ain?t one of them. But even if you?re not particularly concerned about getting the best returns for WRS beneficiaries, you should know that the system?s administrative costs are low, according to UW-Madison public affairs and consumer science professor emerita Karen Holden.

Saupe, Dr. Kurt W. : Madisondotcom

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MADISON – Dr. Kurt W. Saupe, a gifted athlete and brilliant scientist passed away on Saturday, June 23, after a courageous 4 1/2 year battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. While at the university, he was an accomplished academician, most recently holding the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine. Though his lab focused on various areas of cardiovascular and physiological research, he was currently concentrating on two aspects of cardioregenerative medicine: studying the effects of diet and aging on resident progenitor cells in the heart, and a method of transferring therapeutic stem cells to injured myocardium.

UW football: Bielema, Alvarez talk about scheduling upgrade : Sports

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Strength of schedule is going to be a prime component for seeding the new four-team college football playoff when it debuts in 2014, so it?s reasonable to wonder if that will bring about a change in philosophy for the University of Wisconsin. ?If you want to be a player (in the national championship equation) and strength of schedule is going to be a part of it, then you really have to consider (a different approach),? UW athletic director Barry Alvarez said.

UW men’s basketball: Taylor goes undrafted

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Jordan Taylor will have to make his way onto an NBA roster as a free agent. As expected, the former standout point guard for the University of Wisconsin men?s basketball program wasn?t among the 60 players selected in Thursday night?s draft.

Re-dedication of Camp Randall arch and Memorial Park

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MADISON (WKOW) – A celebration marked the 100th anniversary of the dedication of Camp Randall?s arch and Memorial Park. State officials in attendance said Camp Randall serves as a symbol of the sacrifices of the 91,000 Wisconsin soldiers who served during the Civil War. “We?re honoring that generation, really, that built the foundation right here on these campus grounds,” said John Scocos, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs

Stage Presence: Music helps enrich the hospital environment : 77-square

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People know me as: Ka Man ?Melody? Ng, doctoral student in piano performance and pedagogy at UW-Madison, studying with professors Jessica Johnson and Christopher Taylor. I?m also coordinator for the university?s Sound Health Community Program, a teaching assistant at the piano department, a continuing studies instructor, a piano teacher at the Piano Pioneers/Piano Lab Program, and president of the Music Teachers National Association UW-Madison Collegiate Chapter.

Madison 17th nationally on Technology Index list

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Madison has been ranked a leading high-tech hub nationally on a new list measuring economic competitiveness in the technology field. The Technology Index, created by economic researcher Richard Florida, ranked cities and metropolitan areas based on concentration of high-tech companies, patents per capita and average annual patent growth. Madison tied with Minneapolis-St. Paul for No. 17 on the top-20 list. Florida singled out Madison?s ?budding tech hub? around UW-Madison.

Doug Moe: Renowned computer scientist’s legacy lives on in UW lab

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On a Wednesday in May in a courtroom in San Francisco, Jim Gray, a legendary figure in the technology industry, was declared legally dead. Few in Madison likely noticed, but maybe they should have, for part of Gray?s considerable legacy exists here. It was in 2004 that Gray, a Microsoft scientist and world-renowned database expert ? recipient of the Turing Award, his field?s highest honor ? first suggested to his friend David DeWitt, a celebrated UW-Madison computer science professor, that Microsoft and UW should collaborate on a Microsoft lab in Madison that DeWitt would run.

Curiosities: Are crows territorial and how do you get rid of them?

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A: The answer to the first part of the question is yes and no, according to Scott Craven, UW-Madison professor emeritus of forest and wildlife ecology. “Crows are territorial during the nesting season from March into May. During nesting they are much less conspicuous than during the rest of the year. “For most of the year crows are gregarious. They spend the night in large communal roosts consisting of hundreds to sometimes thousands of birds. Roosts are usually located in woodlots, parks or quiet places with large trees.

Ask the Weather Guys: How much energy does it take to produce a torrential downpour?

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A: Recently, the Duluth-Superior metro area had devastating flooding a result of rainfall totals of 10 inches or more in some locations. You may have seen photographs of the damage wrought by the flood waters ? washed-out roads, flooded homes, ruined crops, etc. Even in the face of such dramatic damage it is easy to overlook the enormous amount of energy that is involved in simply processing the water involved in such enormous amounts of precipitation.

Doug Moe: For recent retiree, real work continues

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At a dinner last week in Madison celebrating new developments at the University of Wisconsin Eye Research Institute, former Gov. Jim Doyle surveyed the room at the Maple Bluff Country Club and turned to his old friend David Walsh. ?This is what you?re going to do, isn?t it?? Guessing Walsh?s next move might be a popular parlor game for Wisconsin?s movers and shakers and the people who watch them, now that word is getting out that the longtime Foley & Lardner attorney is retiring from the firm.

Walsh is on the UW Hospital board and helped raise considerable sums for retina research at UW-Madison. He?s become involved outside Wisconsin, serving on the board of the Foundation Fighting Blindness, and one hard reality is there is always more to do. ?I?m retiring,? he said, ?because of these other obligations.?

Taste of victory: UW food scientists’ recipes win big

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Teams of UW-Madison students won big in Las Vegas last week ? not at a casino, but at two national food science competitions. UW students had one first-place finish and two second-place finishes in separate contests sponsored by Disney and the Mars company, at the Institute for Food Technologists? annual meeting, according to a UW-Madison news release.

UW flexible degree a valid innovation

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Flexibility has not been the hallmark of higher education. Rather, tradition and familiar processes tend to rule the day on college campuses. All of which makes the recent announcement of a “flexible degree” program throughout the UW System so exciting. The concept put forth by UW System President Kevin Reilly and UW Extension Chancellor Ray Cross, with a strong endorsement from Gov. Scott Walker, makes so much sense.

Obituary: Dr. Paul J. Stangel

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FLORENCE, Ala. – Dr. Paul J. Stangel, age 82, of Florence, Ala., passed away peacefully with his wife and six children by his side on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Paul received his PhD in soils chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, School of Agriculture. Following a distinguished career in agronomy and soils research, first with TVA, then as a professor at the University of Wisconsin, and later with International Minerals Corporation, Paul would go on to help co-found the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), serving first as the organization?s Deputy Director and then as President/Executive Managing Director before his retirement in 1992. From its founding, IFDC has been dedicated to the mission of more effectively feeding the world?s impoverished populations through research and technology ? an effort that Paul worked tirelessly to support throughout his professional life.

Missing student found OK

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Donalvin Weatherby was found safe on Madison?s east side Thursday afternoon, according to the UW-Madison Police Department. UW-Madison police had asked for the public?s help in locating Weatherby, a 17-year-old student from Milwaukee who was reported missing Thursday.

Doug Moe: Taking the scenic route to Carnegie

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Jim Erickson may be the only musician to ever qualify to play at Carnegie Hall without realizing he was doing it. It brings to mind the old joke about a couple of tourists who are looking for the famous music hall in New York City when they spot a man carrying a violin case.One asks, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” “Practice,” the musician says.

Campus Connection: Nobody saying much about departure of Morgridge Institute?s first director

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Sangtae ?Sang? Kim, the first executive director of the Morgridge Institute for Research, is leaving the organization at the end of the month ?to pursue new career interests and opportunities,? according to this UW-Madison news release posted Thursday. Nobody seems keen to elaborate beyond that, though. The main focus of the UW-Madison news release put out Thursday was to announce that James Dahlberg, emeritus professor of biomolecular chemistry at UW?Madison and a co-founder of Third Wave Technologies, has been named interim executive director of the Morgridge Institute by its board of trustees.