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Category: UW-Madison Related

UW grant review violated open government laws, judge finds

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s Oversight and Advisory Committee violated the laws when it denied former health policy analyst Kevin Wymore’s request for records from a 2016 committee meeting discussing applicants for Community Impact Grants, which fund large-scale projects aimed at improving the overall health of the state.

Cuttlefish Arms Are Not So Different From Yours

New York Times

In an influential paper, Neil Shubin of the University of Chicago, Sean Carroll of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Cliff Tabin of Harvard University speculated that flies and vertebrates — and other animals with appendages — inherited this network of genes from a common ancestor.

Wearing Their Hearts on Their Graduation Caps

The New York Times

One of the most important lessons I’ve learned during my time at UW-Madison, and specifically the journalism school, is to seek truth. If something doesn’t seem quite right, there’s probably more to the story. Regardless of the political climate and what people might say about the future of journalism, there will always be a need for truth and for people to search for it.— Izabela Zaluska, 21, from Madison, Wis., graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, with a B.A. in journalism and a minor in criminal justice.

Ag tourism brings locally produced goods to the forefront

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Noted: Will Hsu, president of Hsu’s Ginseng Enterprises in Wausau, grew up on the family farm doing his share of weeding and picking seeds. A University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate in finance and Chinese literature who later went on to earn his MBA from Harvard, Hsu joked he’s likely the only farmer out of his 800 MBA classmates. His father started the business in 1974 and today they farm hundreds of acres, all in Marathon County.

Frank Lloyd Wright Designed a House That’s Now Wisconsin’s Most Popular Airbnb

House Beautiful

The most popular Airbnb rental in Wisconsin isn’t something crazy like a giant potato-turned-luxe destination or a fanciful mushroom dome—it’s actually a gorgeous home designed by none other than Frank Lloyd Wright. The famous architect has some history in the Cheese State—he was born in Richmond Center and was an undergrad at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, so it’s no wonder that this particular listing is booking up fast on Airbnb.

Judges Give Both Sides a Grilling in Youth Climate Case Against the Government

The New York Times

“It’s not just these 21 young people across the United States,” said Mr. Barrett, who is now 21 and a student at the University of Wisconsin. “It’s about highlighting young people all over the United States, and the work we’re doing and the work we’re continuing to do to hold the government accountable for putting our future in jeopardy.”

Safe, affordable: Precision Veterinary focuses on spay and neuter services

Isthmus

Other low-cost spay and neuter services exist in the Madison area, but veterinarian Meghan Schuh has made a specialty of these operations in her new clinic, Precision Veterinary.

Schuh graduated from UW-Madison’s School of Veterinary Medicine in 2016, where she interned with both the UW’s Shelter Medicine program and the Dane County Humane Society, helping to standardize best practices for surgery, care and rehabilitation of animals. Her career inspiration came early on: “I adopted a malnourished kitten from a free box when I was 5 years old and took her straight to the vet. I fell in love and decided I was going to nurse her back to health.”

FREEDOM behind BARS

The Nation

Meanwhile her book will soon be translated and published in English. Tyrell Haberkorn, an associate professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of “Revolution Interrupted: Farmers, Students, Law, and Violence in Northern Thailand”, will take on the translating work.

Dean Strang of ‘Making a Murderer’ uses platform to speak about the legal system around the world

Madison Magazine

One afternoon shortly after the first season of “Making a Murderer” began streaming on Netflix in December 2015, Madison attorney Dean Strang returned to his downtown law office?—?he’d been in court?—?and found an unusual voicemail message. Someone calling himself Alec Baldwin wanted to talk to him and had left a number.

How Debra Katz became one of the nation’s top #MeToo lawyers

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Noted: In the early 1980s, after graduating from the University of Wisconsin Law School, Katz landed a fellowship that allowed her to work on the landmark case Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, in which a bank teller named Mechelle Vinson alleged harassment at work. The case advanced to the U.S. Supreme Court and led to the justices ruling to recognize sexual harassment as a category of workplace discrimination.