A team of researchers at University of Wisconsin has developed a noninvasive method to track brain development in children using two different brain imaging techniques.
Author: Kelly Tyrrell
UW-Platteville and Madison named ‘best value’ colleges
NBC15
A new study ranks UW-Platteville and Madison as two of the ‘best value colleges’ in the state.
The smartasset.com study ranked schools based on criteria including average starting salary for grads, living costs and tuition.
Wisconsin basketball finishes sixth in the nation in attendance
NBC15
Wisconsin fans continue to prove that they are among the most passionate fanbases in the country.
That was evident yet again in 2015-16 by the fact that the Wisconsin men’s basketball team ranked sixth in the country and second in the Big Ten Conference in home attendance this season according to figures released by the NCAA.
The UW Snapchat love story deepens: Sitting down with Mystery Girl and Vikings Fan
WKOW TV
This story might have attacked your social media feed at some point in the past week. A pair of UW Madison students met on the app, Snapchat, and wound up getting the whole campus in on their quest to find each other.
UW students’ love story unfolds on Snapchat
WKOW TV
A love story on UW-Madison’s campus has a modern day twist to it.
A student posted on UW’s Snapchat to try and find someone she was head over heels for. In the video, she says, “The guy wearing the Vikings Jersey on the UW Snap Story, I’m seriously in love with you. Find me.”
Doctor talks about losing weight, keeping it off
Channel3000.com
(Video) Dr. Luke Funk, a bariatric surgeon and obesity researcher at UW Health (and assistant professor of surgery), talks about a new study that shows keeping the pounds off after losing weight is harder than actually losing the weight.
Making sure your diet matches your athletic performance
Channel3000.com
(Video) UW Health Sports Performance Specialist Sean Casey talks to News 3 This Morning about hot to make sure your diet isn’t undercutting your athletic performance.
Reporters have interesting perspective on Steven Avery trial
Madison Magazine
Noted: You may recall that the Wisconsin Innocence Project, based at the University Project, based at the University of Wisconsin–Madison law school, freed Avery from prison after 18 years based on new DNA evidence proving that another man had committed that sexual assault, which occurred in Manitowoc County in 1985.
UPDATE: UW-Madison terrace to temporarily reopen for graduation weekend
NBC15
UW-Madison grads will be able to snap photos at the terrace one last time before heading out into the real world.
The Memorial Union Terrace is set to reopen temporarily for graduation weekend.
Dozens rally against sexual assault at UW-Madison
WKOW TV
Dozens marched on the UW-Madison campus Tuesday night, to speak out against recent sexual assaults.
They walked from Bascom Hill to Memorial Union, chanting.
Student Claire Van Valkenburg organized the march.
Dance helps all ages build balance, stability
Channel3000.com
Noted: Student volunteers make this an even unique experience. The 11 volunteers are mostly PT and occupational therapy students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison but there are also students from Madison College and other community members. . . Sarah Mattingly, a first-year PT student, will soon hold a class on her own through Madison School & Community Recreation. This will in fact be the first class to branch off from the program.
“I’m interested in taking my skills as a teacher and implementing them in [fall prevention]. In particular I like working with older populations. We’ll have student volunteers, and we need as many as we can,” Mattingly said.
State revokes tax credits after W.W. Grainger cuts, outsources jobs
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (via Channel3000.com
Noted: The foundation managed and funded by Grainger also has been a generous donor to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The business school building was named for Grainger after he and the Grainger Foundation together gave $10 million for its construction. And last year, the foundation made a $47 million gift to the UW-Madison engineering program from which David W. Grainger graduated.
No charges for student in UW-Madison anti-racism graffiti
AP (via Channel3000.com)
The Dane County district attorney says a University of Wisconsin-Madison student won’t be charged for a series of political graffiti messages spray-painted on campus buildings. Instead, the 21-year-old senior will enter a restorative court in Madison.
Appeals court affirms guilty verdict of UW protester
AP (via Channel3000.com)
A Wisconsin appeals court has affirmed a judgment finding a frequent University of Wisconsin System protester guilty of an obstructing an officer while trying to enter a UW-Oshkosh building.
A living wage: UW student workers fight for higher compensation
Badger Herald
To begin to address cases like Levandoski’s, UW administration announced in February that it would set the campus minimum wage to $9 an hour for its more than 14,000 campus workers, starting Sept. 1, 2016.
UW-Madison Faculty Senate approves “no confidence” resolution
WKOW TV
The UW-Madison Faculty Senate has approved a resolution of “no confidence” in UW System President Ray Cross and the UW Board of Regents.
How to get the best looking lawn on the block
Channel3000.com
(Video) Live at Four has some tips and tricks on how to get the best looking lawn on the block from the UW Turfgrass Diagnostics Lab. Interviewed: Bruce Schweiger, associate researcher in plant pathology.
UW-Madison Faculty Senate say no confidence in leaders
AP (via Channel3000.com)
Faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have overwhelmingly supported a no-confidence vote in UW System President Ray Cross and the UW Board of Regents.
UW-Madison ethnic and indigenous studies faculty draft campus climate proposal
Daily Cardinal
After a string of anti-Semitic and racist incidents on campus, UW-Madison faculty from the four ethnic and indigenous studies departments sent Chancellor Rebecca Blank a proposal with their ideas on how to improve the campus climate for students of color.
Staggering forward
Daily Cardinal
Nearly 16 years after UW-Madison came under fire for photoshopping a black student on the 2001-’02 Undergraduate Application’s cover photo that created a facade of diversity, #TheRealUW movement has once again crashed the illusion of a diverse and inclusive campus for all.
30 years of inspiration
NBC15
If you’ve ran the Crazylegs Classic before you’d know it’s a lot of work. But at the fourth mile, there’s a group that’s been putting a little pep in your step for the last 30 years.
Badgers to play 2 night games at Camp Randall against Big 10 teams
NBC15
Wisconsin Badgers will play two night games at Camp Randall Stadium against two Big Ten rivals next season.
According to the UW Athletic Department, the Badgers will play Ohio State on October 15 and Nebraska on October 29. Kick-off for the Ohio State game will be 7:00 p.m. while the kick-off for the Nebraska game will be at 6:00 p.m.
Thousands compete in the 2016 Crazylegs Classic
WKOW TV
Thousands of runners and walkers competed on Saturday in the 35th annual Crazylegs Classics. Named after the legendary Badger football player Elroy “Crazylegs” Hirsch, Runner’s World magazine has rated the Crazylegs Classic as one of America’s Best 100 Events.
Badgers Ryan, Packers Driver inducted into Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame
WKOW TV
Former Wisconsin men’s basketball head coach Bo Ryan was officially inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame, along with Green Bay Packers all-time leading wide receiver Donald Driver, as part of the 65th Anniversary Class in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Saturday.
Eight art shows explore reality, illusion and the need for change
Madison Magazine
Noted: “Hoodwinked: An Installation by Jay Katelansky,” which runs through May 29 at the Chazen Museum of Art, is striking in its impact. Katelansky is a third-year MFA student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and this installation was the result of her winning the 2016 Chazen Museum Prize to an Outstanding MFA Student.
Also: The topic of criminality gets simultaneously broadened and dissected in “Criminal,” an exhibition on the first floor of Overture Galleries. UW–Madison students, recent graduates and faculty probe the inherent conflicts in the concept and what influences and motivates understanding of it.
PHOTOS: Thousands take part in 34th annual CrazyLegs 2016
Channel3000.com
The 34th annual CrazyLegs Classic 8K Run and 2-mile Walk Saturday raised money for UW Athletics. As of Friday night, 13,000 people had signed up to participate, and organizers expected more to register Saturday morning before the race begins in waves at 11 a.m.
Bo Ryan inducted into Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame
Channel3000.com
Former Badgers men’s basketball head coach Bo Ryan was inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday night at UW-Milwaukee.
43 citations issued, 1 arrested at Mifflin Street Block Party
Channel3000.com
Forty-three citations were issued during the Mifflin Street Block Party by 8 p.m. Saturday, Madison police said. Of the 43 citations, one person went to jail. Seven other people were sent to the Dane County Detoxification Center.
Four UW Football Graduates Named to Hampshire Honor Society
NBC15
Seniors Alex Erickson, Tyler Marz, Joel Stave and Derek Watt represent Wisconsin in the membership of the 2016 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which was announced Wednesday by the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame.
UW-Madison researchers develop explosive detecting technology
NBC15
A group of researchers and students at UW-Madison have developed a technology that attaches to drones to detect explosive devices.
Dr. Gerald Kulcinski, Director of the Fusion Technology Institute at UW-Madison, along with his team of researchers, have found a way to take existing fusion technology and turn it in to a device that can detect materials from the air.
Goodman Community Center finds positive effects of programming on race equity
WKOW TV
Quoted: When talking about the sense of community with alumni, Chong Moua, the UW humanities fellow behind the study, says people recall positive experiences with race equity efforts. “They were really young when they went through some of these programs, but now that they’ve had some time to look back, that’s really what they really remember,” says Moua. “[Those] things make for really powerful language, that you can talk about impact and give us a way to talk about evaluation.”
Three men arrested in connection with graffiti incidents in Madison
WKOW TV
Three men have been arrested in connection with a string of graffiti incidents that have taken place over the past few weeks.
Police ready for Mifflin Street Block Party
Channel3000.com
(Video) The Mifflin Street Block Party is known for chaotic house parties, binge drinking and drawing large crowds of college students ready to celebrate the end of the school year. Madison police are preparing for the weekend event and offered safety reminders to revelers. Eden Checkol reports.
ESPN writer shares which Badgers players may be in NFL draft
Channel3000.com
(Video) ESPN Madison’s Jim Rutledge shares his take on the upcoming NFL draft in Chicago, including which Badgers players might be in the running.
Doctor: Menopause’s bad rap is old school thinking
Channel3000.com
(Video) UW Health obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Makeba Williams talks about the negative perception of menopause and how that thinking is old school. An upcoming talk will focus on menopause.
Crazylegs Classic run, walk in 35th year
Channel3000.com
(Video) Eden Checkol gets a preview of the Crazylegs Classic, which has its 35th run this Saturday.
21-year-old accused in weeks-long graffiti spree
Channel3000.com
A Madison man faces charges from Madison and University of Wisconsin-Madison police departments in connection with a weeks-long graffiti spree in central Madison, officials said.
UWPD searches for 2 men accused of damaging property inside Memorial Union
NBC15
Police are asking for the community’s help to identify two men who they believe damaged property inside the Memorial Union early Tuesday morning.
UW-Madison Day of Service Food Drive
NBC15
As part of the UW-Madison’s campus wide Day of Service, the first ever UW student food pantry, Open Seat, collected donations in exchange for herb and vegetable plants.
If students donated a non-perishable food item or a hygiene product to the pantry, they were given a basil or lettuce plant to take home and grow.
Madison man charged with trying to kill acquaintance through arson
WKOW TV
Noted: Riendeau previously worked at UW-Madison, but was fired, and is currently banned from campus.
Records in connection to the revocation of Riendeau’s probation from a past, criminal case, show he sent emails to a state worker evaluating his bid to try to regain his job, that included threats against the university. “I can assure the Commission that as soon as my unemployment runs out, I will be running amok on campus,” Riendeau wrote in July 2013.
UW-Madison student leaders have eyes set on improving racial climate on campus
WKOW TV
The discussion over race relations and cultural competency continues on UW-Madison campus. Earlier this week the Associated Students of Madison sent a letter to UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank, urging her and other administrators to undergo cultural competency training along with the students they serve.
Expert answers questions about emerald ash borer
Channel3000.com
The emerald ash borer continues to ravage ash trees in southern Wisconsin. If you have a healthy ash tree on your property, the question is should you treat it. Dr. Chris Williamson, UW-Madison entomology department, answers that question.
College students deliver ‘Highlights’ to elementary school for service day
Channel3000.com
Video: University of Wisconsin-Madison and Edgewood College students partnered with the nonprofit magazine “Literacy” to deliver more than 600 copies of “Highlights” magazine to Midvale Elementary School Wednesday.
UW-Madison leaders to get cultural training
Channel3000.com
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s executives will get cultural training following a semester marked by students’ calls for a more inclusive college experience for minorities.
UWPD seeks identity of damaged property suspects from surveillance video
Channel3000.com
Police shared three surveillance video images and asked the public’s help identifying the two men pictured suspected in a property damage incident Tuesday.
UW-Madison scientist’s study uses ice records to link Industrial Revolution, climate change
The Capital Times
In Madison, there are more than 160 years of records on the freezing and thawing dates of lakes Monona and Mendota.But it was centuries of data on a lake in Japan and a river in Finland that helped a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor emeritus and a team of researchers show climate change trends since the Industrial Revolution.
UW student athlete swims toward Rio Olympics
Badger Herald
When you see Matthew Hutchins, a junior majoring in history at University of Wisconsin, walk out of the Wisconsin Historical Society with a stack of books, you might not connect him with a swimmer who recently qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
But Hutchins did just that.
Several more instances of anti-Semitic graffiti reported
Daily Cardinal
Late Monday night at approximately 10:38 p.m., three men vandalized two parking signs at a sorority house on Langdon Street with anti-Semitic symbols, according to an email sent to members of the UW-Madison chapter Kappa Alpha Theta.
This instance comes only a few days after two other cases of anti-Semitic graffiti appeared on university buildings, including the west-end wall of the University Bookstore and Engineering Mall.
UPDATE: Garbage truck fire causes $5K worth of damage
NBC15
The Madison Fire Department says a garbage truck fire that broke out at a parking lot Monday on Lake Street caused $5,000 in damages to the Advanced Disposal truck.
Digging Deeper: Possible impact of no-confidence vote on UW campus
WKOW TV
The UW-Madison campus is divided over a proposed ‘no-confidence’ vote led by university professors. The resolution was written to speak out against UW System President Ray Cross and the UW Board of Regents.
Walker defends cuts, changes to UW system
WKOW TV
The big budget cuts and tenure changes at the University of Wisconsin have caused some faculty and staff to call for changes.
But Tuesday, governor Scott Walker defended the changes that were put in place by him and GOP lawmakers.
Urban League’s Emerge Gala grows as event recognizing young Madison talent
Channel3000.com
Noted: Best of all, this event is not about selling tickets: Saturday’s Gala is sold out. Rather it’s to acknowledge the generous gifts of funds raised to the UW’s Information Technology Academy, and the supportive collaboration of Quarles and Brady and the Urban League in making Madison truly inclusive.
UW’s Kelsey Card one of nation’s best
Channel3000.com
Wisconsin senior thrower Kelsey Card is the Big Ten record holder in the shot put and the discus, but the road to the top hasn’t been easy.
Wollersheim Winery, UW students collaborate to release new Red Fusion wine
Channel3000.com
Wollersheim Winery will be releasing a new wine Wednesday in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison fermentation sciences program, according to a release.
Police: Evidence doesn’t support sexual assault claim near Memorial Union
Channel3000.com
An investigation into a reported sexual assault near the Madison’s Memorial Union doesn’t support the victim’s claim, police said.
Aly Wolff’s dream being realized in new clinical trial at Carbone Cancer Center
Channel3000.com
Noted: Currently the treatments for patients diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer do not offer an encouraging long-term prognosis.
“The goals of that treatment are to help patients live longer and live better but we wouldn’t be curing patients with that cure,” said Dr. Noelle LoConte, and oncologist with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Wolff lost her battle with cancer on April 22, 2013, but three years to the day after her passing UW Health announced a phase I clinical trial of a treatment developed at the Carbone Cancer Center.
Boys and Girls Club hires former Badger basketball coach
Madison365
Bobbie Kelsey-Grayson, the former UW Madison women’s basketball coach, will join Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County as the interim vice president of corporate and wellness programs, the organization said.
Innovative collaborations for equity; UW and the community
Channel3000.com
UW leaders have initiated a community conversation on the recent stories of racial climate challenges on campus. We take this as a serious effort by the UW to learn and understand and commit to demonstrable change. It’s an open invitation to the community to discuss campus climate Monday from 6 to 8 at the Urban League. We look forward to the dialogue.
Campus protest held in reaction to arrest; traffic affected
Channel3000.com
University of Wisconsin students, staff and faculty are holding a walkout protest Thursday in reaction to recent hate crimes on campus and the controversial arrest of a student.
UW-Madison alumni call out chancellor, chief for response to racially charged campus incidents
Channel3000.com
Kaleem Caire wrote an open letter with his wife, Lisa Peyton-Caire, both of whom are alumni of UW-Madison; Caire is the former head of the Urban League of Greater Madison. They said they’ve watched with growing concern the response of campus leaders to racially charged incidents and believe the incidents should be handled much differently.