The same advice probably holds for Lieberman’s book, which is based on her doctoral dissertation for the University of Wisconsin and picks up the subject a very, very long time ago.
Category: UW-Madison Related
Chicago flower delivery startup Flowers for Dreams moves into Milwaukee, just in time for Valentine’s Day
Noted: Steven Dyme, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, started Flowers for Dreams in 2012. It started filling orders in Milwaukee last year and has assembled a small team based here.
Wisconsin-Madison student traipses through snow in shorts
The image was shared on the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Twitter page yesterday with the cheeky caption: ’Only in Wisconsin… Pro tip: *Please* bundle up’.
Wisconsin company gains federal approval to make a medical isotope that hasn’t been produced in US in 30 years
SHINE, an offshoot of UW-Madison research, recently completed the first of several buildings and moved its equipment in last week.
Vintage 70s Selfies Show an Artist Discovering Her Sexuality
Meisler got her first camera in second grade, but it wasn’t until she enrolled at the University of Wisconsin in Madison during the mid-1970s that she became serious about the form while pursuing an MFA in illustration. During school breaks, she returned to her childhood home, where she staged a series of self-portraits that examined her past, present, and future.
Supreme Court’s conservatives appear set to strike down union fees on free-speech grounds
The Supreme Court upheld mandatory bar dues for lawyers in 1990, relying on the Abood decision. And in 2000, the court rejected a free-speech challenge to the required student fees at state universities. Conservative students at the University of Wisconsin had sued, contending they should not be forced to subsidize left-leaning speakers and student groups.
Why hiring the ‘best’ people produces the least creative results
While in graduate school in mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I took a logic course from David Griffeath. The class was fun. Griffeath brought a playfulness and openness to problems. Much to my delight, about a decade later, I ran into him at a conference on traffic models. During a presentation on computational models of traffic jams, his hand went up. I wondered what Griffeath—a mathematical logician—would have to say about traffic jams. He did not disappoint. Without even a hint of excitement in his voice, he said: ‘If you are modeling a traffic jam, you should just keep track of the non-cars.’
Madison’s Board of Public Works approves amendment for East Campus Mall modifications
UW to maintain new bike racks, masonry towers.
UW voting drive part of Big Ten Voting Challenge
Getting the vote out will be paramount on the UW-Madison campus this year, as the state’s flagship university goes for the Big Ten voting trophy.
JFC Harrison obituary
During its writing he had enjoyed a year as a visiting fellow at the School for Workers run by the University of Wisconsin (Madison) and in 1961 he returned there to a professorship in the department of history. Many friends thought he might settle in the US for good, but his former Leeds colleague Asa Briggs lured him back to the UK and the chair of social history at the University of Sussex in 1970.
A UW Law School diploma for the ages
It will come as no surprise to friends of Pete Christianson that the recently retired Madison attorney gets news alerts about the University of Wisconsin sent to his phone.
‘We feel like this is our home’: American family struggles to stay in Halifax
Les Johnson, who is working remotely for the University of Wisconsin and teaching a gender and women’s studies class at Dalhousie University, said he remains hopeful.
Two psychologists followed 1000 New Zealanders for decades. Here’s what they found about how childhood shapes later life
A few years of long-distance courtship ensued, before the couple settled in at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Colleagues warned against making their personal partnership a professional one, but they plunged ahead, and Caspi joined the Dunedin team.
How serial killers capitalize on chaos, according to an expert
In 2017, the University of Wisconsin-Madison was ranked by the Princeton Review as the top party school in the United States, but it’s also the focus of my recent true crime title, Mad City.
‘Cheaters edition’ of Monopoly cheerfully caters to sordid reality
There are many versions of Monopoly, most created to attract fans of one thing or another. Those who loved “The Force Awakens” might buy the Star Wars edition, for example, while University of Wisconsin Badgers might display a copy of Wisconsinopoly atop their bookcases. But these versions still expect players to follow the rules, making the cheaters edition one of its more radical spin offs.
Remembering Racine’s Laurel Clark, killed in Columbia shuttle disaster
Laurel Clark, like all space shuttle astronauts, was very busy during her 16-day trip into space.
Local DACA recipient worries Congress won’t agree on replacement
“I won’t be able to teach at UW-Madison. I won’t be able to see clients. I won’t be able to be a research coordinator,” she said.
Q&A: Sue Robinson wants white reporters to change the way they report
Interview with UW-Madison journalism professor Sue Robinson.
Majic Productions stages pre-Super Bowl festivities in Minneapolis
Noted: A husband-wife team, the Jurkens met while planning events as students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.The pair teamed up on planning all-campus parties through the Wisconsin Alumni Student Board. For one, they set up a tent dubbed “Club Bucky” and threw a 4,000-person dance party inside. The Jurkens graduated in 2010 and wed two years later.
Do I make myself clear? Media training for scientists
Other institutions offering programs to train scientists in communications include the University of Michigan, which has a workshop and community events, launched in 2013 by two graduate students. Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin have had such programs for decades, and dozens more are cropping up, some in the early stages of growth.
States Getting the Most (and Least) Sleep
To determine the states where residents report getting the most and least sleep, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the share of adults in every state who get less than seven hours of sleep. These figures were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The share of adults in each state reporting frequent mental distress was compiled by County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute joint program using 2014 CDC data.
Lake Zurich couple enters online grant contest to fuel aquaponics farm
Johnson said the decision to pursue aquaponics came from attending the College of Lake County, where she earned an associate’s degree in Applied Science in Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Areas Management. From there, Johnson and her husband enrolled in classes at Cornell University, the University of Arizona, and the University of Wisconsin to further their knowledge. They are also members at a number of local and international groups and associations on aquaponics and farming.
The Lovely Tale of an Adorable Squid and Its Glowing Partner
A few years ago, in a laboratory at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, I walked into a mostly dark room, with a single light illuminating a plastic cup. Within the cup were dozens of tiny white blobs, each smaller than a pea. They were baby Hawaiian bobtail squid, and they were adorable. Their diminutive arms trailed behind them as they bobbed in the water, and the pigment cells that would eventually allow their adult selves to change color gave their infant faces a freckled appearance.
UW students present costs of EMS merger
Graduate students from UW-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs presented a cost-benefit analysis of consolidation at a Jan. 18 Deer-Grove EMS meeting.
UW students Erwin Chen, David Harms, Ian Korpel, Ruanda McFerren, Zachary Petersen and Mathew L. Rohrbeck presented two consolidation models.
MWERC opens Madison office
“This partnership will more closely align M-WERC and our members to the premier research institution in the University of Wisconsin System and represents another significant step in reaching across the Midwest to foster industrial collaboration and realize our goal of more quickly transitioning technology innovation into economic growth and job creation in the energy power and controls sector,” Perlstein said.
How the Little Free Library Became an International Phenomenon
Inspired by early 20th-century philanthropist Andrew Carnegie‘s pledge to fund 2,508 free public libraries across the English-speaking world, Bol teamed up with Rick Brooks of UW-Madison to build at least that many Little Free Libraries by the end of 2013.
Science-Fiction Writer Ursula K. Le Guin Dies at 88
A longtime feminist, Ms. Le Guin earned degrees from Radcliffe and Columbia. Her 1983 “Left-Handed Commencement Address” at Mills College was ranked one of the top 100 speeches of the 20th century in a 1999 survey by researchers at the University of Wisconsin and Texas A&M University.
Trump nominates 2 as federal judges in Arizona
Prior to serving as a Superior Court judge, Brnovich was a court commissioner for five years and was a county prosecutor for eight years. She earned her law degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Big brother Granato prepared for role as US Olympic coach
The 1980 victory helped the Granato kids realize they could aspire to make the NHL. After being drafted in the sixth round in 1982 by the New York Rangers, Tony played at the University of Wisconsin and representing the U.S. at two world junior tournaments, three world championships and the 1988 Calgary Games.
Local man frustrated after being furloughed in 2013 and 2018
It was five years ago when Carl Houtman found himself shutting down his lab at the Forest Products Laboratory on the UW campus because of a federal government shutdown. On Monday, he had to do it all over again.
Seeking harmony in performance and life: Inside the musical marriage of Leo and Soh-Hyun Park Altino
In the piece that violinist (and UW-Madison assistant professorSoh-Hyun Park Altino and cellist Leo Altino will perform in Capitol Theater Friday night with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra — Brahms’ Double Concerto in A minor — each instrument starts off with a cadenza, where the soloists play individually.
Latino historian ‘inspired’ by Scott Walker and Donald Trump
Sergio Gonzalez, an author and doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is earnest, intense and seems destined to lead.
Surprise Democratic winner of Wisconsin special election is a school board member
An interest in education issues could affect elections later this year in a state where public education advocates have accused the Walker administration of cutting K-12 funding (even though Walker says he is spending more than ever in the state), stripping teachers of collective bargaining rights and attempting to change the long-standing mission of the University of Wisconsin system.
Nearly 100 scientists spent 2 months on Google Docs to redefine the p-value. Here’s what they came up with
Daniel Bradford, a Ph.D. student in clinical psychology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, was “excited about helping” with the paper. “I had been a longtime student of statistics and I had been joining the waves of discussion of methodological reform in psychology,” he says. Bradford was initially skeptical that the crowdsourcing authorship process would work. “I have collaborated on papers with only five authors and often thought that things would be much more efficient if the author list was even shorter than that,” he says.
An Advocate for Israel Draws Fire as He Nears Confirmation to Civil Rights Post
Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison had gathered last spring to consider a resolution calling on the university to divest in companies and countries that abuse human rights, profit from the “military-industrial complex” and promote fossil fuels when the debate jumped the rails.
Surprise Democratic winner of Wisconsin special election is a school board member
An interest in education issues could affect elections later this year in a state where public education advocates have accused the Walker administration of cutting K-12 funding (even though Walker says he is spending more than ever in the state), stripping teachers of collective bargaining rights and attempting to change the long-standing mission of the University of Wisconsin system.
‘My name is Lorraine Hansberry’: New PBS documentary tells her story
Hansberry did not remain in Chicago after attending the University of Wisconsin. By her early 20s, she was married to a fellow radical, a white, Jewish guy named Robert Nemiroff. They lived at 337 Bleecker St. and together imbued all that was Greenwich Village in the 1950s. But there is no question that Chicago and its theater formed her artistry. She had been exposed to Chicago theater as a child. And she rapidly figured out that playwriting was a way to make people both think and feel, and to express the ideas in which she believed. It was the theater that would allow Hansberry to fight.
The 1962 Alcatraz Prison Break, Inspired by Popular Mechanics
This man’s name is Bayard Richard, and you shouldn’t worry about him. He swam backstroke for the University of Wisconsin, and could make it to the edge of the pool and climb out whenever he wants. Richard is thirty years old and works at Popular Mechanics in the promotions department. Mostly he comes up with ideas to get companies interested in buying ads—mailers, meetings, stuff like that.
Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal on Sundance Opener ‘Blindspotting’
Before Diggs and Casal could complete a shooting version of the script, they were pulled away by other professional opportunities. Casal went off to teach verse-driven theater at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for three years. And, for Diggs, “Hamilton” happened.
A Modest Immigration Proposal: Ban Jews
In 1914, Edward Alsworth Ross, the famous progressive sociologist from the University of Wisconsin, called Jews “moral cripples” whose “tribal spirit intensified by social isolation prompts them to rush to the rescue of the caught rascal of their own race.” Subversion? During the campaign, Donald Trump said at a New Hampshire rally that Syrian refugees “could make the Trojan horse look like peanuts.”
UW prof Kathy Cramer gave Jon Stewart a tour of small-town Wisconsin to help scout for a possible film
UW-Madison political science professor Kathy Cramer was honored to find out that Jon Stewart had read her book, “The Politics of Resentment,” but little did she know that the comedian’s interest in the book would lead to her spending two days with him.
Survey: UW-Madison hosts ‘ugliest building’ in Wisconsin
According to Wisconsinites, Madison has two of them and they’re both UW-Madison lecture halls.
New documentary chronicles the brief but brilliant life of Lorraine Hansberry
Raised as part of a prominent, groundbreaking family on Chicago’s South Side (her father, a successful real estate broker, was dubbed “The Kitcheonette King”), Hansberry spent a brief period at the University of Wisconsin-Madison before moving to New York in 1950 where, before turning to the theater, she worked as a journalist and political activist. Along the way she would cross paths with everyone from Paul Robeson, W.E.B. DuBois and James Baldwin to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
Shot dog making significant strides in recovery, investigation continues
Just four days after he was brought in, Sarge was up and walking again and he has a referral to UW-Madison.
“He’ll be seeing a neurologist and an orthopod while he’s down there,” said Northwoods Animal Shelter Manager Sarah Erickson. “It’ll be the best possible place to get some care for him.”
Madison named one of National Geographic Traveler’s best small cities
The brief on Madison referenced the University of Wisconsin Arboretum.
Zepnick looks to hire interns, UW to notify students of sexual misconduct allegations
The University of Wisconsin-Madison political science department will make its students aware of sexual misconduct allegations against state Rep. Josh Zepnick, D-Milwaukee, as his office seeks to hire interns for the spring semester.
Scott Walker, state jobs agency paint contradictory pictures of Madison
One video from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. shows UW-Madison’s Camp Randall and Bascom Hall. Another targeting millennials contrasts long commutes in Chicago with leisurely kayaking on Lake Monona and young people sipping drinks al fresco at a high-rise Downtown.
School District to Settle Transgender Student’s Lawsuit
Whitaker, who is currently a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, alleged that officials at his former high school invasively monitored his bathroom use, forbade him from running for prom king, ostracized him, repeatedly called him by his birth name, and referred to him using female pronouns, according to the Transgender Law Center.
Math Whiz Who Doubled Debt Is Favorite to Win Colombian Election
Fajardo, who studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says that a crackdown on evasion must come first, and be shown to have worked, before taxes can safely be reduced. Colombia will hold the first round of presidential election in May, with a run-off vote in June, and the new president taking office in August.
School district settles discrimination lawsuit with transgender student
Whitaker said in a statement released by the Transgender Law Center that he’s “deeply relieved” that what he called a “long, traumatic” part of his life is over. “Winning this case was so empowering and made me feel like I can actually do something to help other trans youth live authentically,” he said. Whitaker is now a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Buzzfeed News reported.
National expert searches UW library books for DNA and first draft clues
Hidden in dirty old books and Medieval scrolls at UW’s Library are stains, cryptic phrases, even possible secret messages that the nation’s top imaging expert hopes to uncover.
Democratic Madison mayor enters Wisconsin governor’s race
But Madison, the home of state government and the University of Wisconsin flagship campus, is also an economic driver for the state, with a 2 percent unemployment rate in November that was far below the state average of 3.2 percent. (Carried on washingtonpost.com)
An Interview with Democratic Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold
And I can say that, because I can remember—I went to the University of Wisconsin, Madison—I was 18, and I thought, “Eh.” High school was fine, I enjoyed it, but all of a sudden, I had all my books for all my classes, and I looked at them and I thought, “I want to learn all of this.” And that feeling has never left me.
Klement’s Sausage names industry veteran as new CEO
Quoted: “Being a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate and a resident of Wisconsin for most of my life, I understand the passion and dedication that the Klement family and all our current and former employees have shared to make Klement’s one of the leading sausage brands in the U.S.,” Danneker said in the statement. “I look forward to continuing to grow Klement’s strong position in Milwaukee and Wisconsin and to sharing our love of sausage with consumers throughout the country.”
Want to fix agriculture? Stop with the name-calling — and death threats.
We shouldn’t need a professional to tell us to be civil, but Dominique Brossard is here for us. She chairs the department of life sciences communication at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and studies the effect of rudeness on discourse. Unsurprisingly, it isn’t good; rudeness can increase polarization and entrench disagreements even further.
Giving Fidel Castro Key to Wisconsin City Flashpoint in Race
Soglin, who protested against the Vietnam War as a University of Wisconsin student in the 1960s, was first elected mayor in 1973. He has been in the position off and on since then, serving a total of 20 years. He traveled to Cuba three times as mayor in the 1970s, meeting with Castro twice.
Madison artist chosen for emerging artist-in-residence program
Noted: Maddox is a graduate of University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he received his M.A. and M.F.A. He currently focuses on book art projects and installation work.
‘Polar vortex’ gives way to ‘bomb cyclone.’ This and other weather terms we love
Also called a “northeaster” or even “no-theaster,” it’s used — wait for it — during Northeastern winters.
It’s an old term, with the Dictionary of American Regional English recording its first usage in 1774.
Painter Winifred Godfrey returns to Beverly Arts Center for homegrown show
Godfrey was among the first students to enroll at Mother McAuley when it moved to Mount Greenwood in 1956. A nun there encouraged her to follow her passion and talent for art. Upon graduation from the all-girls Catholic school, Godfrey went on to study art at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Most big public colleges don’t track suicides, AP finds
Schools that don’t track suicides include some of the nation’s largest, including Arizona State University and the University of Wisconsin.