University of Wisconsin-Madison ranked No. 1 for student athletic participation in the state, according to a Watchdog analysis of college sports participation.
By the numbers: UW-Madison has most student athletes in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Watchdog
Author: knutson4
Renovations bring new life to historical railroad depot
Sacramento Bee
Noted: A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison doctoral students proposed ideas for the Bellevue depot that include a coffee shop or a brewpub, both of which would draw regional interest.
Beijing eyes two-child policy U-turn, but ‘lonely generation’ has moved on
NBC News
Quoted: “The one-child policy for the past few decades completely changed people’s birth concept. From kindergarten, they think one child is very normal,” said Yi Fuxian, a population expert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Now it’s hard to restore the family value and respect for life.”
World steps up to study India’s cash ban while Modi looks away
Qrius
Noted: Rikhil R. Bhavnani and Mark Copelovitch, associate professors of political science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, say:
- The economic impact was felt most acutely in relatively “unbanked” and cash-dependent areas.
- Still in elections held soon after, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party was penalized the least in relatively unbanked districts. This shows that a substantial share of voters supported demonetization despite its negative economic effects.
- If Modi hadn’t framed demonetization as a fight against corruption, there might have been a loss of support to the BJP.
A study has warned that Earth’s climate could soon resemble conditions from 3 million years ago
Techly
According to a new scientific paper lead by Kevin D. Burke, researcher at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, if we continue our current level of greenhouse gas emissions, in just twenty years our planet will resemble the overall climate conditions of the mid-Pliocene period.
Study: Student Athletes With Limited Access To Trainers Less Likely To Have Concussions Diagnosed
Wisconsin Public Radio
A new study has found the less access student athletes have to athletic trainers, the less likely they are to have concussions properly identified and managed.
NJ colleges fight growing hunger among students by opening campus food pantries
North Jersey Record
Noted: New Jersey isn’t alone. Food insecurity is a problem on college campuses across the country. Nationally, more than a third of university students and 42 percent of community college students reported food insecurity over a 30-day period, according to an April report from the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, a group of researchers based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The survey included responses from more than 43,000 students at 66 higher education institutions.
Schools across the US are quietly being resegregated — and many were never fully desegregated to start with
Salon
Noted: Although school and residential zoning is a critical segregation issue, it is not the only perpetuator. Dr. Walter C. Stern, a historian of education at University of Wisconsin-Madison, explained that, historically, cities like New Orleans allocated resources and protections disproportionately to white communities, and these practices continue today despite anti-discrimination laws.
Watch Tiny Cracks Travel in 3-D
Eos
Quoted: “It’s a new way to study this,” said structural geologist Randy Williams of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He added that he’d be interested in seeing a comparison to actual rock.
10 Poets On Their Favorite Poetry Collections Of 2018
BuzzFeed News
Noted: List includes The Soft Life by Bridget Talone. Her work has appeared in or is forthcoming from Granta, The New Yorker, Tin House, The Kenyon Review, jubilat, and elsewhere. She was the recipient of the 2016 Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellowship at University of Wisconsin–Madison and is the founding editor of The Atlas Review.
UW-Oshkosh, foundation reach $4.6 million settlement
NBC-15
The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and its private foundation have reached a multimillion-dollar settlement as part of the foundation’s ongoing bankruptcy case.
Brad Schimel receives judicial appointment after recommending others for job
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Schimel, 53, received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a law degree from the UW Law School. He joined the Waukesha County district attorney’s office in 1990 and was elected Waukesha County district attorney in 2006. In 2014, Schimel was elected attorney general.
These were the Journal Sentinel’s most popular stories in 2018
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Wisconsin students could get free tuition at Madison story included: For Wisconsin families whose combined income stands at $56,000 or less, their students could now get free four-year tuition at the University of Wisconsin under Bucky’s Tuition Promise.
50 years ago, Apollo 8 astronauts orbited the moon and united a troubled Earth
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Lovell, 90, grew up in Milwaukee, graduating from Juneau High School where he met his future wife Marilyn in the cafeteria lunch line. He studied engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for two years and then earned an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy. He earned his pilot’s wings and was a Navy pilot and test pilot before being selected in 1962 for the space program.
Bad gifts make recipients feel misunderstood, and givers feel like failures. Here’s how to avoid making a bad choice.
Wall Street Journal
Quoted: Gifts you already own and like. Recipients liked gifts better when the giver owned them, too, according to six studies published together last year in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. “There is something intimate about sharing—think of sharing a meal or a bed or watching a movie together,” says Evan Polman, assistant professor of marketing at Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and lead author on the study. “The same thing happens when people share a material item. It brings the giver and receiver together and gives them something to talk about.”
WalletHub’s Best Gas Credit Cards
WalletHub
Includes interview with Karen Holden, Professor Emerita of Consumer Science, School of Human Ecology and of Public Affairs, Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, Affiliate: Center for Financial Security,.
Lawsuit Targets Early Voting Changes In Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio
Interview with Assistant Professor Robert Yablon.
Fighting for the future: UW-Madison student is at center of lawsuit to force action on climate change
Isthmus
Growing up in New York, Vic Barrett wanted to make a difference.
“I was always interested in human rights in the way any young, black, Latin American, queer, transgender person growing up in a very white community is interested — I just wanted to plug in and get involved,” says Barrett, who is a UW-Madison sophomore.
Lawyers for Badgers player Cephus say sexual assault charge is unconstitutional
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Attorneys for Quintez Cephus say one of the sex assault charges against the suspended Badgers wide receiver should be dismissed because the statute doesn’t require he had any knowledge of the alleged victim’s nonconsent.
If Wisconsin and other states succeed in ending the Affordable Care Act, what’s their Plan B?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: “People should just expect to wait and see how this plays out,” said Justin Sydnor, an associate professor of actuarial science, risk management and insurance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Why John Roberts Should Have Listened to John Marshall
Atlantic Monthly
Noted: David Schwartz is a professor of law at the University of Wisconsin Law School and author of a forthcoming book about the history of McCulloch v. Maryland.
Nickel: In football and in life, the sky’s the limit for UW’s Jonathan Taylor
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The leading rusher in the NCAA doesn’t just break tackles all over the football field. He also dashes off to class. Being a serious student means getting to his seat as early as possible.
Sen. Steve Nass calls exit deal for UW-Whitewater Chancellor Beverly Kopper ‘a taxpayer-funded scam’
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A state senator and longtime vocal critic of the University of Wisconsin System on Monday night labeled the exit agreement UW-Whitewater Chancellor Beverly Kopper accepted before resigning her chancellorship “a taxpayer-funded scam.”
Battle of the bulge goes high-tech: UW scientists devise innovative implantable weight-loss device
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Just in time for the holiday snacking and buffet season, University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have invented an innovative weight-loss device that someday may be implanted in people’s stomachs.
UW-Madison’s chief academic officer Sarah Mangelsdorf leaving to become president of University of Rochester in New York
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s chief academic officer for the past five years will leave the university at the end of the academic year to become president of the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y.
How Restorative Justice Can Shift Wisconsin’s Criminal System
Wisconsin Public Radio
Restorative justice is a reconciliation method that seeks mediation between offenders and victims when a crime has been committed. The overall goal of restorative justice is to allow all parties–including the community as a whole–to heal from crime. State Senator Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee) joins us to talk about why she’d like to see restorative justice implemented more broadly in Wisconsin. And Jonathan Scherrer, Director of the Restorative Justice Project at the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Frank J. Remington Center, gives us a broad look at the method.
Out of the furnace
Isthmus
The artists call it “the glory hole.” It’s one of three furnaces essential for glassmaking, used to reheat glass while a piece is being worked on. On this late November day, inside the Glass Lab on North Frances Street, the glory hole is burning at 2,150 degrees Fahrenheit. The door is open and the inside glows a molten orange. Helen Lee, assistant professor of UW-Madison’s art glass program, stands next to it, holding a blowpipe with a partially-made goblet at the end of it.
Would you believe this one? GOP leaders peddle conflicting reasons for lame-duck legislation
Isthmus
Quoted: Stephen Lucas, a UW-Madison professor specializing in politics, rhetoric and culture, sees the political messaging as an attempt to “give a veneer of legality or legislative propriety” to what is effectively a power grab — and, like gerrymandering and voter ID laws, an attempt to further disenfranchise Democratic voters.
“Politicians have never been known for logical consistency, or a high degree of truthfulness, or a high degree of transparency,” he says. “We shouldn’t expect total consistency from either party, but it seems to be particularly brazen in these cases.”
KARE’s Belinda Jensen dishes on 25 years of predicting the weather
Star Tribune
Noted: When she got a degree in meteorology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she was the first in her family to go to a four-year college, and one of the few women studying the subject at her school. While in college, she called Douglas again to land an internship. “A great experience. I learned a lot. And I realized this wasn’t for me,” she says of television. “I knew it wasn’t my cup of tea.”
As New Panel Forms, A Look At The Issues Facing Wisconsin’s Prison System
Wisconsin Public Radio
Interview with Professor Cecelia Klingele: “It’s exciting to see such depth of experience from our state being called upon to give advice to the new governor about how best to move forward with reform in Wisconsin.”
Six things Wisconsin families can do to fight climate change
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A new paper by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison paints a stark picture of climate changes taking place.
Research roundup: What does the evidence say about how to fight the opioid epidemic?
The Brookings Institution
Noted: Article co-written by Anita Mukherjee of the Wisconsin School of Business.
One hundred and fifteen people die each day due to an opioid overdose in the United States. Policymakers have tried many approaches to reduce this mortality rate, and researchers have been studying their effects. This post summarizes recent research on how to reduce opioid abuse and opioid-related mortality. What have we learned so far?
Pension Losses Loom For Nearly 25K Wisconsin Retirees
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: In total, nearly 300,000 union members are either drawing benefits from the Cental States fund or are qualified to do so in the future, Gordon Enderle, an actuary at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, said. He added that another 123,000 are qualified for future pensions, but only 62,000 Teamsters are currently contributing to the fund through their employers.
“Everyone who’s in Central States’ Union is affected by it, in my opinion,” Enderle said.
Tony Evers says he will appoint UW regents who are independent thinkers, not ‘acting as an employee of mine’
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A member of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents who often voted alone or in the minority on controversial political issues arrived at Thursday’s meeting on the UW-La Crosse campus as the guy everyone wanted to embrace.
Two UW chancellors in hot water denied raises, while others divide $272,174 in pay increases
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The chancellor who hosted the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents on his campus this week has been denied a $25,600 performance raise after his reprimand for inviting a porn star to speak to students during free speech week a month ago.
Sam Dekker appeared to be heading to the Bucks … and then he wasn’t. It created a roller coaster for Bucks fans on Twitter.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
For about an hour, it appeared the Bucks would be acquiring former University of Wisconsin star Sam Dekker in a trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers. And then, it was reported that the Washington Wizards would be getting Dekker in a three-team trade.
Here are four outdoors-related books with a Wisconsin flavor to consider as holiday gifts
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Why Hunt? A Guide for Lovers of Nature, Local Food and Outdoor Recreation was published earlier this year by The Aldo Leopold Foundation. Aldo Leopold, the former University of Wisconsin professor, author of Sand County Almanac and considered by many as the founder of the modern conservation movement, was an avid hunter.
Smith: Ruffed grouse deserve increased research
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Late last week I spoke to two of our state’s most knowledgeable and respected wildlife and natural resources educators – Christine Thomas, dean of the UW-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources, and Scott Craven, professor emeritus and former head of the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology – about prospects for ruffed grouse research. Both agreed there was a strong need.
UW-Madison tuition for out-of-state, professional schools and some graduate programs will continue to rise
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Tuition for graduate students and out-of-state undergrads at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is headed up again under a plan the UW System Board of Regents approved Friday.
Jonathan Taylor joins an elite group of Badgers as a Doak Walker Award winner
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Last month, Wisconsin sophomore Jonathan Taylor was named the best running back in the Big Ten Conference. On Thursday, Taylor was named the best running back in the nation when he won the Doak Walker Award.
Madison levels up: A guide to the exploding game development scene
Isthmus
You don’t really see it until it’s all in one place.
That was certainly the case in mid-October, when more than 400 game developers from Madison and the Midwest converged at the second edition of M+Dev, the game developers’ conference held annually here. As the assembled masses networked and swapped personal stories, it was hard not to feel — and impossible not to see — an ongoing sense of critical mass.
UW Veterinary Care clinic could find vaccine for cancer in dogs, and possibly humans
WISC-TV 3
University of Wisconsin-Madison Veterinary Care’s oncology department is conducting a clinical trial that could develop a vaccine for canine cancer.
What the pre-existing conditions vote in Wisconsin’s lame duck session means
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: The problem would get much worse if healthy people who can afford health insurance only because of the federal subsidies were removed from the market, said Justin Sydnor, an assistant professor of actuarial science, risk management and insurance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Tony Evers asks Scott Walker to rescind nearly 50 appointments, including two UW regents
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Gov.-elect Tony Evers wants Gov. Scott Walker to rescind four dozen appointments approved by the state Senate Tuesday in a special legislative session called before Walker leaves office in January.
Influential Republican businessman Sheldon Lubar sharply criticizes Walker for lame-duck session
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: The founder and chairman of Lubar & Co., a private investment company in Milwaukee, Lubar was president of the University of Wisconsin System’s Board of Regents, president of the Milwaukee Art Museum, trustee and acting chairman of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board and in 1991 served as co-chairman of the Governor’s Conference on Small Business.
Lame duck moves by GOP in Wisconsin and Michigan: How they’re alike, how they’re different
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: Howard Schweber, a professor of law and political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said if the Michigan proposal about legislators intervening in lawsuits were a federal law, it clearly would be unconstitutional.
He said while “some degree of chicanery is a standard part of hardball politics,” the current moves in Madison and Lansing seem unprecedented.
Professor: Soil health remains complex, complicated
The Country Today
Soil health” is a phrase that has been thrown around a lot lately, but what exactly makes a soil healthy? The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has their own definition, as do well-known soil scientists John Doran and Timothy Parkin. But according to Richard Lankau, assistant professor in UW-Madison’s Plant Pathology Department, each farmer, too, has their own definition of what makes a soil healthy.
“Soil health is up to us to define,” he said. “Ask yourself, what do you want your soil to do for you?”
Food pantries at LI colleges target ‘hidden problem’
Newsday
Noted: Nationally, about 36 percent of university students and 42 percent of community college students indicated feeling insecure about food in the 30 days before they were surveyed, according to an April report from the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, a group of researchers based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The survey took into account responses from more than 43,000 students at 66 higher education institutions nationwide.
Hiring: Wisconsin food producers seek skilled workers with range of skills
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Noted: Among the jobs sought by Mariani Packing Co. in Wisconsin Rapids is a position for food science technician, a job requiring a science background and a bachelors degree. The last three hired by the company have come from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
U.S. Rep-elect Bryan Steil stepping down from UW System Board of Regents. Will Scott Walker choose replacement?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Republican Bryan Steil is resigning his position on the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents effective immediately to focus on his first congressional term, according to a statement he released Friday.
Justice Daniel Kelly won’t say if he wants Republicans to reschedule elections to help him keep his job
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: Ryan Owens, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist and director of the school’s Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership, said it’s typical for justices to steer clear of talking about legislation because it might eventually come before the court in a legal challenge.
“He cares a lot about the court and the legitimacy of the institution,” said Owens, who like Kelly is a member of the conservative Federalist Society. “It’s not surprising to me he’s not commenting on this. … From the justice’s perspective, trying to stay out of the fray is the right thing to do.”
Borsuk: Milwaukee Excellence Charter School is showing impressive results. ‘We don’t waste any time.’
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Thomas is a Milwaukee native who went to MPS’ 65th Street School and graduated from Rufus King High School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He joined Teach for America, the program that recruits college grads to teach in high-needs schools. As a high school teacher in Atlanta, he was named the Teach for America national teacher of the year a decade ago.
Advocate Aurora Health to raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour over the next three years
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: “This is a great thing for Aurora to do,” said Timothy Smeeding, a professor of public affairs and economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “The idea that you are willing to help your least well-off employees — just at a minimal level — says how you value labor,” he said. “That’s a really important message in my mind.”
Asian carp threat stymies plans for fish passage on 100-year-old Wisconsin River dam
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: John Lyons, a fisheries scientist now retired from the DNR, said he and others at the agency spent considerable time planning to move fish through the dam.
“The issue of invasive species, particularly invasive Asian carp, was always a big issue,” said Lyons, now curator of fishes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s zoological museum.
Hacking inner peace: Turbocharged meditation, neurofeedback and my attempt at 40 years of Zen.
engadget
Quoted: “[To] suggest that neurofeedback can be helpful to people meditating is really grossly overstating the case,” said Richard Davidson, the founder of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a leading neuroscientist in the study of meditation. “The brain is ridiculously complex. Our measures, even though they’ve come a long way, are absurdly limited and very coarse, and it’s nothing short of hubris to think that we have the right measures at this point in time that we should be providing feedback on.”
Your Wisconsin weather news: The forecast, a Wisconsin connection to hurricane prediction and Mars
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: The Tropical Cyclone Research Group at the UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center ended up in the middle of the heartland because of the groundbreaking work of atmospheric science professor Verner Suomi, who is widely credited with developing imaging technologies that spawned modern weather satellites in the 1960s and ’70s.
NSSE Survey Reveals Key Insights on Students’ Career Preparation
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Noted: In the case of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the institution reviewed data on student participation in internships to further conversations about the definitions of internships across majors, such as who qualifies, who participates and how students connect their experiential learning to their professional development, the survey said.
Ryan J. Owens: Wisconsin’s leaders should work together on three issues
WisPolitics
Noted: Owens is a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is the director of the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Are We Ready to Listen to Sexual Assault Survivors Yet?
The Progressive
Quoted: According to Cecelia Klingele, a University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor, sexual violence reports that are only given to university officials—and not law enforcement—can only lead to suspensions and expulsions. And that’s only for the few cases that get looked into; in 2017, the UW-Madison investigated just eleven allegations of sexual assault out of 318 reported.
UW professor: Oxford prison where ex-Trump campaign adviser serves is ‘slightly more secure dorm’
WISC-TV 3
Quoted: Adam Stevenson, a clinical associate professor from University of Wisconsin-Madison, said CEOs and government officials have served at the federal prison camp.
“You’re typically thinking of things like white-collar crime, low-level or older drug offenders, individuals who don’t have lengthy criminal histories or if they do, they’ve reached an age where the Bureau of Prisons feels they’re no longer a risk,” Stevenson said.