Families are invited to experience the campus holiday event at a new matinee held from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Sunday at Union South. Children can dress up, sing out and revel in old English traditions given a kid-friendly spin.
Noted: Artists from the group “Dane Arts Mural Arts” worked with students from the Student Achievement through Individualized Learning (SAIL) program at Madison West High School on the painting. Their artwork is currently on display at the UW-Madison Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic[.]
If you like your lager or ale served with a side of science, you might want to head up to Minocqua in the coming months.
Noted: The Dane County Sheriff’s Office, and police officers from Fitchburg, the City of Madison, Maple Bluff, Middleton, Monona, Oregon, Town of Madison, Waunakee, and the University of Wisconsin, participated in the event.
(Video) Quoted: Amy Wendt, professor of electrical and computer engineering; co-director, Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute.
Quoted: Dr. Julie Walker with small animal emergency and critical care at the UW Veterinary Clinic said emergency case load has increased by 40 percent in the past few years, making a solid blood supply even more important. She said the clinic is performing as many as 15 transfusions in a typical week.
“The blood donor program is something that only the people who have had a pet involved in receiving or maybe donating blood are currently aware of,” Walker said.
The Dane County Board of Supervisors voted 32-2 in favor of a resolution for UW-Madison to modify their student ID cards to have a two year expiration date to comply with voter ID criteria.
Currently, students at UW-Madison cannot use their Wiscards for voting purposes. While in-state students can use their government issued driver’s licenses, out-of-state students do not have a readily available ID to take to the polls, as out-of-state driver’s licenses and other IDs are not valid voter IDs in the state of Wisconsin.
The Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Badgerland Council is looking to help hundreds of young ladies find their calling with a hands-on expo called “ACTIVATE”.
Experts from science, technology and engineering programs at UW-Madison set up stations at the Monona Terrace in Madison to show girls the importance of stem programs.
Two Madison hospitals will be lit up this holiday season in memory of thousands of loved ones in our area.
St. Mary’s Hospital and UW Hospital both held their annual love light ceremonies Sunday evening. It’s a way for the community to remember those who have passed away or who are serving in the military this holiday season. At UW Hospital, the Love Lights donation goes to grants to support patient and family programs and services.
You can learn proper CPR techniques on your lunch break today. The Madison Fire Department is teaching “Sidewalk CPR” on UW’s campus.
“Sidewalk CPR” is today from 11 to 2 at Gordon Commons on the downtown Madison UW campus.
Noted: On the University of Wisconsin campus, the Hoofer’s Club held its annual snowboard and ski re-sale. Organizer Mitchell Beres said fewer people have stopped by to buy with no snow on the ground.
“It’s definitely a little difficult to have that mentality and that preemptive mindset,” he said.
Last year, the sale raised more than $400,000. Beres estimated the organization would bring in around $350,000 this year.
A grant will fund collaborative research between Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction and the University of Wisconsin-Madison [WCER] to narrow gaps in student opportunity and achievement levels, according to a release.
The $5.2 million U.S. Department of Education grant will fund research on data from all state public schools over the next four years, officials said. The goal of the research is to identify proven techniques that teachers can use to narrow gaps in student opportunity and achievement levels across all racial and ethnic backgrounds and family incomes.
A new website has been launched to help educators teach their students about Wisconsin’s Native American tribes.
Wisconsin has won a competitive federal grant to study why some state schools have had more success than others in narrowing achievement gaps across racial lines and income levels. The $5.2 million U.S. Department of Education grant will fund joint research over the next four years between the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, part of UW-Madison’s School of Education.
In an unprecedented collaboration, the state and the University of Wisconsin-Madison will work together to identify classroom practices proven to narrow gaps in student opportunity and achievement levels, the UW-Madison news service reported.
To longtime Madison residents, the city seems to be experiencing an apartment building boom like never before, yet a recent report from city planners says more than 1,000 new units will be needed each year to keep up with current demand.
Students in the UW-Madison’s Department of Geography, home of the nationally renowned Cartography Lab, which was founded by a man who headed the Office of Strategic Services’ mapping division during World War II, started Maptime Madison as a way to study industry concepts outside the classroom.
Op-ed from Jeffrey Russell, vice provost for lifelong learning and dean of Continuing Studies at UW-Madison.
The state capital joins Boulder and Fort Collins, Colo., Davis, Calif. and Portland, Ore. as the only cities to earn that distinction. The University of Wisconsin-Madison reached gold status in the league’s Bicycle Friendly University program earlier this month.
UW-Madison alumni, staff and students weighed in on the nationwide discussions about racial prejudice at an event Wednesday evening.
Quoted: “Our stories are just four among the many stories we could tell about our region’s future,” said Stephen Carpenter, a principal investigator on the WSC project and director of the Center for Limnology. “This contest is an effort to encourage all of us to think about the future we want to live into and how we could get there.”
Romel Santini knew his time in the Air Force made him a stronger candidate for any job. He said in his 20 years in the military, he acquired leadership skills, learned how to communicate clearly and became a better team member.
But he never had to interview to get a job in the military, so when he returned home, he had to figure out how to show those skills all over again.
At a cranberry marsh where more than 2 percent of the world’s cranberries are grown, Wisconsin’s officially designated state fruit sat in two bowls available to guests.
The third annual UW Health Veterans’ Career Event is set for Tuesday, November 10 starting at 8 a.m. at the UW Health administrative office building.
This is a chance for veterans and their families to network, receive career assistance, participate in mock interviews and learn about the opportunities at UW Health. Attendees are able to apply for jobs at the end of the event.
On a recent bus trip to visit her daughter in La Crosse, Gerrie Martini came across what would be an amazing sight for many in Madison: a modern, indoor bus station.
Noted: “Racism is Highly Adaptable” consists of four large wood carvings, inspired by the carvings done by slaves that Parks Snider had read about during one of her frequent visits to the Kohler Art Library at UW-Madison.
Noted: The conversations also involved UW-Madison students and faculty, as well as voices from other parts of the country, including Cedric Robinson, professor in the departments of Black Studies and Political Science at the University of California-Santa Barbara, and activist and author Jamala Rogers of St. Louis, who wrote “Ferguson is America: Roots of Rebellion.”
Noted: Boston-area native and current UW-Madison graduate student in applied economics Greg Englehart, 23, won the marathon in 2:39:40. It was the second marathon Englehart has run after completing his undergraduate degree at Colgate University in New York, where he was a member of the track and cross country teams. He manages his busy life as a grad student by training daily at the UW Arboretum.
Greg Englehart had a strategy for the Madison Marathon, but it didn’t take long before he realized he’d have to adjust on the fly.
Noted: The solitary confinement cell replica ties into Go Big Read, UW-Madison’s annual campuswide reading program. Organizers wanted a book this year that fit into a theme of inequality in America. Chancellor Rebecca Blank chose Bryan Stevenson’s “Just Mercy,” which centers on race and the criminal justice system.
Jerry Apps never knows how his readers will react to a new book.
Quoted: “Pelvic-floor disorders are common but they are not a normal or inevitable part of getting older or having children,” said Dr. Heidi Brown, UW Health OB-GYN [and assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology]. “In this community talk we want to create a safe environment to help you learn to break free. You will learn tips and tricks to reduce symptoms and about the range of treatments available now.”
Dr. Brown and Dr. Dobie Giles, UW Health OB-GYN [and assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology], will present and take questions; physical therapists will be on hand for education; and one patient will share her journey through treatment.
Quoted: Q: Since you joined the University of Wisconsin, what has the university done to address the needs of people of color? A: The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a place full of passionate, concerned and motivated men and women who are hopeful for the least of these in this community. My office opened the South Partnership Space in South Madison that allows for programs such as Odyssey, Family Voices, the University of Wisconsin Law School, Dementia, Medical School, partner with the community to offer our resources. Even this past week, I worked with a team, Deb and Shelia, to ensure that teenagers from MMSD, NIP and Verona were given VIP access to the Bryan Stevenson presentation at the University. In partnership with WARF, we started a program called UpStart that allows for entrepreneurship education for men and women of color. [Mitchell is director of community relations.]
Members of the Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee took a step back from discussions on state government campaigns Tuesday to learn about the city and county budgets.
County Board Supervisor Leland Pan, District 5, and Ald. Zach Wood, District 8, detailed the current status of the 2016 fiscal county and city budgets, in an effort to gain student involvement in the process.
Band Together to Beat Cancer is a fundraising effort spearheaded by the UW Marching Band. This year band members will wear “Beat Cancer” pins during the halftime performance. The pins will be available to the public for a donation starting at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday at Union South. You can also get a pin online for a donation at www.uwhealth.org/beatcancer.
The proceeds will be used by the Carbone Cancer Center to continue their research.
Stories of death and illness – losses of fathers to heart disease and aunts to colon cancer – punctuated an event at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Thursday evening, as experts spoke about their personal experiences with racial inequality in the American health care system.
Madison city officials gathered Wednesday to discuss logistics and entertainment for the upcoming Freakfest, which will have its 10th anniversary Saturday.
Madison Police Department’s Central District Captain Carl Gloede emphasised that the event is safe and family-friendly and that the city is excited to hold Freakfest downtown again.
“We’ve come a long way from a public safety perspective in how this event plays out each fall,” he said.
Noted: Award recipient Ted Goodfriend, professor emeritus of medicine and pharmacology, founded MEDIC, a group of student-run medical clinics for underserved populations including the homeless.
Noted: University of Wisconsin-Madison textile expert Majid Sarmadi, who studied blaze pink’s visibility for Milroy and Kleefisch earlier this year, assured the committee earlier this month that blaze pink would be safe in the woods, saying it stands out better than orange against Wisconsin’s orange-brown fall landscape. He also said deer have an easier time seeing blaze orange than blaze pink, suggesting the color might camouflage hunters.
A pastor, community activist and UW-Madison’s director of community relations announced Tuesday that he is running for Dane County judge, to replace Circuit Judge Amy Smith, who announced Monday that she is retiring.
Bryan Stevenson, the author of this year’s Go Big Read book, filled Varsity Hall in Union South Monday night during a talk on mass incarceration and race.
“Just Mercy” follows Stevenson’s career and his work as the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, an organization that defends the poor and wrongly convicted, according to the book.
The university gave out more than 5,000 copies of the book to students at convocation and more than 170 courses on campus are using the book.
Researchers at UW-Madison created a new social network aimed at keeping elderly Wisconsinites in their homes longer. The researchers explain how this site was developed and how they’re studying the site’s effects.
All streets that cross State Street will be closed Saturday night for Freakfest, according to a release.
The streets will close to vehicles at 4:45 p.m., and will reopen around 3 a.m. on Sunday, officials said.
In a shared bid for improved social justice, Madison police recruits and officers from UW-Madison and Middleton for the first time are participating in Go Big Read, the university’s annual common-book program in which students, staff and faculty across campus read and study the same selection.
The city’s longstanding ties with historical scientific achievements have a new home in the Madison Science Museum, which opened Thursday.The process of putting together the museum, the brainchild of Dave Nelson, emeritus professor of biochemistry at UW-Madison, began long before its recent grand opening.
Noted: In little more than a month, more than $33,000 has been raised for the Isthmus resident and UW-Madison graduate student, who is now out of the hospital but has a long, uncertain road to recovery ahead of her.
Noted: Managing director Dan Reed says AFV is also heavily involved in the local entrepreneurial community. AFV is a sponsor of gener8tor, the new StartingBlock initiative, the Wisconsin Technology Council, the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In fact, American Family Insurance just pledged $40 million to the university over the next ten years. “We aspire to be a leader in providing ‘proactive protection’ to customers and communities, seeking and supporting innovations that inspire and help them,” says Reed.
Quoted: Erica Halverson, associate professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is one of many partners at The Bubbler [at the Madison Public Library]. She sees the program as an important place for people to contribute to the larger society by building things. “The maker movement affords people the opportunity to be producers of ideas in an arts-based way,” says Halverson.
Noted: Sustain Dane selected three individuals as this year’s Badger Bioneers for their leadership and courage in making our region more sustainable. They are Shannon Bunsen, who created her position as the sustainability program coordinator at UW Health and is responsible for shaping the organization’s overall vision and strategy for sustainability. . . . and Jason Vargo, who helps direct the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s activities toward healthy cities and sustainability across Wisconsin and abroad through his work with the university’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and Global Health Institute.
When was the last time you drew something? For most, it was probably high school. Lynda Barry, director of the Image Lab at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, is looking to change that with her Saturday Science Drawing Jam for Kids—a public drawing event for kids and adults at WID.
Nestled on the fourth floor of UW–Madison’s Helen C. White library, Dorothea Salo and Will May’s crowded offices are filled with a mammoth amount of digital information on audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, printed books, floppy disks and more.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison may be among the organizations to provide services at Dane County’s planned homeless day resource center as part of an initiative that would also bring students the opportunity to work with others across disciplines.
The issue of violence and mass shootings in this country is one that needs to be addressed. However, would allowing students to carry guns on campus actually decrease the chances of further gun violence, or would it lead to further tragedy?
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council met with UW-Madison Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer Patrick Sims during its meeting Wednesday to review advancements in the campus Diversity Framework.
Rather than change student ID cards to comply with state law, UW-Madison is giving students a card specifically for voting.
Quoted: “I’m surprised (at finding them), but I’m mostly surprised that it’s only showing up now,” said Center for Limnology professor Jake Vander Zanden, whose students discovered the mussels about two weeks ago along the Lakeshore Path, not far from the limnology lab.
Is the UW campus unofficially drone-free, despite a detailed set of flying usage and permission requirements issued last June?
The question became relevant Wednesday, when a university official abruptly pulled plans for a drone-shot video of seasonal foliage scheduled to promote the UW-Arboretum.
Quoted: “You’re likely to cut your feet when you’re walking in the water,” UW limnology professor Jake Vander Zanden said. “Another concern is that it tends to increase the prevalence of blue-green algae blooms, which can be toxic.”
Vander Zanden said zebra mussels have not been found in Lake Monona, and boaters can help keep it that way by drying their boats.
“It’s really important to make sure we are not transporting water from one lake to another because they have microscopic larva,” Vander Zanden said.
Before her daughter was even born, Dr. Patricia Tellez-Giron was investigating options for bilingual education programs in the Madison school district. Tellez-Giron, a UW-Madison School of Medicine associate professor and physician at Wingra Clinic, moved to Wisconsin from Mexico 23 years ago. Now she wants her young daughter to connect with her heritage and learn Spanish.
Noted: Dr. David Drake, who studies urban coyotes and foxes through the UW-Madison’s Canid Project, said the problem of aggressive coyotes is not new. He said most coyotes in the Madison area can live peacefully among people. But Drake said there were instances of aggressive coyotes reported on Madison’s West Side in 2009 and 2011.
