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Misha Esipov Creates Nova Credit To Provide Credit Data For Immigrants

Forbes

The family first lived in Syracuse, New York, then moved to Urbana Champaign, Illinois where his parent became professors at the University of Illinois, and later to Madison, Wisconsin for the University of Wisconsin. Esipov would later graduate from New York University with a degree in mathematics and finance, which led him to his job at Goldman Sachs before his desire to change directions, get his MBA and start Nova Credit in 2016.

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Is Devastating Birds, and Humans May Be Next

The Daily Beast

“We’ve been thinking a lot lately about this strain because of its potential to be a zoonotic disease” spread from animals to people, Adel Talaat, a microbiology researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told The Daily Beast. Talaat has been working on vaccine development for avian influenza that one day could be given to poultry.

NIL: The gap between blue-chip universities and HBCUs

Axios

Zoom out: NIL payments can vary widely, Rob Master, executive chair of the Varsity Collective, a University of Wisconsin alumni organization helping student-athletes with their NIL sponsorships through partnerships and education, tells Axios.”People get a free sandwich or $25 or they’re getting like tens of thousands of dollars if not more for a deal, six figures,” said Master, who was previously vice president of integrated marketing and media at Unilever, a global consumer goods company. “It really depends on the athlete, the brand.”

Rebecca Blank, Who Changed How Poverty Is Measured, Dies at 67

The New York Times

At the Commerce Department, she attained the post of acting secretary briefly in 2011 and again from 2012-2013. She left to become chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she tangled with state Republicans who were trying to cut funding. One achievement was her creation of a scholarship program for Wisconsin students from poor families.

Bert I. Gordon, Auteur of Mutant Monster Movies, Dies at 100

The New York Times

Bert Ira Gordon was born in Kenosha, Wis., on Sept. 24, 1922, the son of Charles Abraham Gordon and Sadeline (Barnett) Gordon. He became interested in film as a boy, when an aunt gave him a 16-millimeter movie camera for his birthday. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison but dropped out to join the Army Air Forces during World War II.

Bert I. Gordon, Cult Filmmaker Behind ‘The Food of the Gods’ and ‘Empire of the Ants,’ Dies at 100

Variety

Born on Sept. 24, 1922 in Kenosha, Wis., Gordon was gifted a 16-millimeter movie camera at a young age. After attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison and dropping out to join the Army Air Forces during World War II, Gordon married Flora Lang, who would become a frequent collaborator on his features. The two had three daughters, Patricia, Susan and Carol, before divorcing in 1979.

Gain-Of-Function Research And Covid-19: Could Too Much Oversight Slow Progress?

Forbes

The broader debate over gain-of-function experiments certainly did not begin with Covid-19. The current discourse largely can be traced back to 2011. In that year, virologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Erasmus Medical Center independently reported that they had genetically modified the avian influenza virus A/H5N1 to make it transmissible among ferrets. Why is this noteworthy? The A/H5N1 virus has a high mortality rate in humans. However, human-to-human transmission is limited.

What Scientists Know About Long COVID, 3 Years In

CNET

Dr. Nasia Safdar, medical director of infection control at the University of Wisconsin, told CNET in 2021, when scientists were first getting a grip on long COVID, that the key to discerning the condition is to pay attention to new symptoms that develop or ones that never go away, starting about 30 days post-infection. This separates long COVID from the initial viral infection itself.

Wisconsin fires Tony Granato as men’s hockey coach

Associated Press

“Coach Granato is a great Badger and no one is more passionate about Wisconsin hockey or the University of Wisconsin than he is,” athletic director Chris McIntosh said Monday in a statement. “I have great appreciation for the heart and soul that he has poured into the program during his time as head coach.

The Right Side of History

The New Yorker

The trouble started with a writer on deadline. James Sweet, who goes by Jim, is a white professor of African history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the former president of the American Historical Association (A.H.A.). Every month, he was tasked with writing a column for Perspectives on History, a magazine put out by the association, which is mostly read by academics. Last summer, while he was on vacation in Ghana, he was struggling to come up with a column idea, and so he started looking around for inspiration.

Bioacoustics is revolutionizing conservation

The Atlantic

One of the biologists researching this issue was Zach Peery, from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Peery had been tracking the spotted owl’s decline since 2001, and he knew that a team in the state of Washington had been experimenting with ARUs to help identify northern spotted and barred owls there.

A simple way to mitigate doctor burnout

Washington Examiner

A controlled (but not randomized) study performed at the University of Wisconsin Health evaluated the impact of scribes on physicians involved in primary patient care. In the study, which included 37 scribe users and 68 controls, scribes were physically off-site and joined patient visits via an audio-only cellphone connection to hear and document visits in real time.

Four elements of quality campus-based eating disorder treatment

Inside Higher Ed

University of Wisconsin at Madison: Students with concerns about eating and related issues complete an eating disorder assessment. The three-session assessment explores mental health and social history. Diagnosis and treatment plans are discussed, as is a treatment plan. Care is delivered by a team of group and individual counselors, psychiatrists, and medical and nutrition providers. Students are seen weekly or biweekly.

A Supreme Court justice’s paragraph could mean weaker protections for voters of color

NPR

But the judge cited Gorsuch’s one-paragraph opinion and decided the case had to be thrown out. That’s because, the judge said, the Voting Rights Act does not explicitly say private groups can bring Section 2 lawsuits. Dan Tokaji, dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School, says that literal interpretation of the law doesn’t make sense.

USF researcher living 30 feet underwater in Key Largo

Axios Tampa Bay

He’s advancing conclusions from a University of Wisconsin study, where cells exposed to increased pressure doubled within five days — suggesting increased pressure has the potential to allow humans to live longer and prevent diseases associated with aging.

This month, let’s celebrate women like Marcy Kaptur

The Hill

Born to working-class parents in Toledo, she was the first in her family to go to college, graduating from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1968. She earned her master’s degree and pursued doctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Not bad for a Polish-American kid from Toledo.

Fossil fuel companies donated $700m to US universities over 10 years

The Guardian

Some researchers argue that partnerships with the oil majors help keep their work relevant to the real world. “They provide a lot of guidance and they keep you honest,” George Huber, at the University of Wisconsin, told the Guardian. Huber’s cellulosic biofuels research has received funding from a variety of fossil fuel companies, including ExxonMobil.

Sara Nelson Could Be the Greatest Labor Secretary Since the New Deal

The Nation

When Sara Nelson agreed to come to Madison, Wis., to discuss the future of labor at an ideas festival on the University of Wisconsin campus in the fall of 2021, it was supposed to be just another appearance by one of America’s most engaged and energetic labor leaders. Then, Nelson, the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, ended up having a pair of surgeries that required her to use a wheelchair for several months. Of course, she could have canceled the trip. But that’s not how Sara Nelson rolls.

Video games are not damaging children’s brains: Study

Talker

Professor Shawn Green, from the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, added: “The current study found results consistent with previous research showing that types of gameplay that seem to augment cognitive functions in young adults don’t have the same impact in much younger children.”

What is red light therapy? Benefits, uses and more

NBC News

“In terms of red light therapy for facial rejuvenation, we don’t really have many human studies to look at,” said Dr. Apple Bodemer, a board-certified dermatologist and associate professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. According to the Cleveland Clinic, “most experts say that they don’t know yet if red light therapy is effective for all its claimed uses. Most say that the studies so far show some potential,” but ultimately, more studies are needed to prove its efficacy.

Democracy has a customer-service problem

The Atlantic

Think income inequality, an extortionate health-care system, and rural decay. Think, too, about the senses many people have that the sources of power—both public and private—are far away and unresponsive, and that when something goes wrong, they’re on their own. Katherine Cramer, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has argued that this anger breeds a “politics of resentment.”

States With the Most Cancer Cases Linked to Alcohol

24/7 Tempo

Excessive drinking rates are from the 2022 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program, produced by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. Population data came from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2022 American Community Survey.

Voting Rights Act’s private right of action is in danger

NPR

“I think it’s an open question only in the sense that no court has ever felt compelled to expressly say that people whose voting rights have been violated can sue under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because everyone — and I do mean everyone — understood that that’s what Congress meant,” says Dan Tokaji, dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School, who has written about private individuals suing for violations of federal election laws.

Hitting the Books: Why America once leaded its gasoline

Engadget

In early 1921 Kettering learned about Victor Lehner’s synthesis of selenium oxychloride at the University of Wisconsin. Tests showed it to be a highly effective but, as expected, also a highly corrosive anti-knocking compound, but they led directly to considering compounds of other elements in group 16 of the periodic table: both diethyl selenide and diethyl telluride showed even better anti-knocking properties, but the latter compound was poisonous when inhaled or absorbed through skin and had a powerful garlicky smell.

Walter Mirisch, Oscar-winning producer, dead at 101

CBS Los Angeles

Walter Mortimer Mirisch was born in New York City on Nov. 8, 1921. After studying at City College of New York, he earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1942 and a graduate degree in business from Harvard in 1943.

Camel antibodies could help pioneer future medicine

Knowable Magazine

Every four months, pathologist Aaron LeBeau scoops into a net one of the five nurse sharks he keeps in his University of Wisconsin lab. Then he carefully administers a shot to the animal, much like a pediatrician giving a kid a vaccine. The shot will immunize the shark against a human cancer, perhaps, or an infectious disease, such as Covid-19. A couple of weeks later, after the animal’s immune system has had time to react, LeBeau collects a small vial of shark blood.

Walter Mirisch, Oscar-winning producer, dead at 101

Associated Press

Walter Mortimer Mirisch was born in New York City on Nov. 8, 1921. After studying at City College of New York, he earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1942 and a graduate degree in business from Harvard in 1943.

After receiving tens of millions from federal government for internet upgrades, big telecom companies ask state for millions more

The Badger Project

Despite all the federal money that’s already been distributed, much work still needs to be done to bring high-speed internet to the entire state, said Gail Huycke, a community development outreach specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension who focuses on broadband expansion.