Quoted: “It’s already too late,” says Yi Fuxian of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a critic of Chinese population policies. “China’s population is aging quickly and will start to shrink soon.”
China’s Coming Demographic Crash
World Affairs
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Thousands more trail cameras coming to Wisconsin
WISC-TV 3
Wisconsin scientists have launched an ambitious new project that uses trail cameras to inventory wildlife and tamp down simmering questions about how many deer really roam the state.
Madison ranked No. 1 college football town
WISC-TV 3
The Bleacher Report put out a list of the top 15 college football towns in the country based on the town’s relationship to its college program, passion in terms of fan support, traditions, culture and entertainment options on football weekends.
UW researches why obesity is breast cancer risk factor
WISC-TV 3
Studies show that being overweight or obese is associated with a higher risk of cancer. One woman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is trying to figure out why that is, specifically in cases of breast cancer.
Madison ranked No. 1 college football town
WISC-TV 3
The Bleacher Report put out a list of the top 15 college football towns in the country based on the town’s relationship to its college program, passion in terms of fan support, traditions, culture and entertainment options on football weekends.
Thousands more trail cameras coming to Wisconsin
AP
MADISON — Wisconsin scientists have launched an ambitious new plan to catalog wild animals using thousands of trail cameras, a project that could help answer just how many deer and other creatures roam the state.
How the Other Fifth Lives
New York Times
Noted: Timothy Smeeding, a professor of public affairs and economics at the University of Wisconsin, has explored how the top quintile is pulling away from the rest of society. In an essay published earlier this year, “Gates, Gaps, and Intergenerational Mobility: The Importance of an Even Start,” Smeeding finds that the gap between the average income of households with children in the top quintile and households with children in the middle quintile has grown, in inflation-adjusted dollars, from $68,600 to $169,300 — that’s 147 percent.
Teaching today’s students is more taxing
The Kansas City Star
Gloria Ladson-Billings posed a question to point out a troubling trend in education: “How can we develop culturally competent students if our teachers are culturally incompetent?” Ladson-Billings asked at her “Urban Education and Community Forum” lecture at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Health officials work with UW to track Zika-prone mosquitoes
WISN-TV, Milwaukee
Health officials are collaborating with the a state university after learning that a Wisconsin woman contracted the Zika virus.
The Opening Bell 05-18-16: GMO + TSA = BAD!
WGN Radio, Chicago
On the May 18, 2016 episode of The Opening Bell, Steve Grzanich talked with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Life Science Communication department chair, Dominique Brossard. The two discussed the recent details of a genetically engineered crop study and how it effects the market. Rick Seaney, airline industry expert, stopped by as well to share some more perspective on the TSA line madness.
Our view: Wisconsin’s higher education will drive our economy
LaCrosse Tribune
Tommy Thompson still knows how to work a room. The former Wisconsin governor thanked faculty members during a graduation ceremony last week at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, calling them “some of the greatest professors in the United States of America.”
Taking a ‘snapshot’ of Wisconsin wildlife
Wisconsin Radio Network
Wisconsin is home to numerous species of wild animals, although getting a handle on just how many can often prove quite difficult. A joint effort between University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and the state Department of Natural Resources could take some of the guesswork out of that process, with members of the public also lending a hand.
Wisconsin Fruit Crop Is Still Strong Despite Recent Frosts, Expert Says
Wisconsin Public Radio
Noted: But recent damage isn’t the end of this year’s crop, according to Dr. Amaya Atucha, a University of Wisconsin-Extension fruit specialist and assistant professor of horticulture at UW-Madison. She said the impacts of the frost varied greatly across the state.
DNR, UW-Madison researchers launch crowdsourced wildlife tracking project
Wisconsin State Journal
Anyone with computer access can now take part in conducting wildlife research in Wisconsin.Snapshot Wisconsin, a collaboration between UW-Madison and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, is recruiting the public to help track the state’s wildlife population.
5 books Bill Gates says you should read this summer
Vox
Listed: “On the surface it’s about math, but it’s really about how much math plays into our daily lives without our even knowing it,” Gates wrote in his review of How Not to Be Wrong.
Cold snap damages wine grape crops in Midwest
AP
Noted: Temperatures dipped below freezing in much of those areas late Saturday and early Sunday, wiping out grape shoots that had emerged early due to a warm spring. The cold turned the water in the shoots cells to ice, killing the tissue, said Amaya Atucha, a University of Wisconsin-Madison assistant horticulture professor.
Report: Genetically modified foods safe but not curing hunger
AP
“To some extent we know more about some genetically engineered food than we do about other food,” committee member Dominique Brossard of UW-Madison said. “There are limits to what can be known about any food. That’s something we’re not used to hearing as consumers.”
Tech Council report warns of continuing higher ed cuts
WisBusiness.com
A new Wisconsin Technology Council report warns further state budget cuts to higher education “will prove costly over time.”
Farms That Rise to the Challenge
New York Times
Quoted: “There are situations in dense urban areas where space is highly limited that growing food with artificial lights, stacked vertically, makes sense, especially highly perishable products like sprouts or salad greens where there is an immediate market for them,” said Stephen J. Ventura, a professor of environmental studies and soil science at the University of Wisconsin.
Seahawks Quarterback Russell Wilson Delivers University of Wisconsin Commencement Speech
Seahawks.com
Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson was back at Camp Randall Stadium Saturday, the place where he helped lead the Wisconsin Badgers to a Big Ten Championship in 2011. This time, however, Wilson wasn’t in Madison to deliver passes, but rather the commencement speech to the 2016 graduates of the University of Wisconsin.
Nearly 6,800 UW-Madison students celebrate graduation
Wisconsin State Journal
Despite overcast skies, chilly temperatures and an occasional raindrop, thousands of UW-Madison students celebrated their hard work and efforts Saturday.
101 years later, posthumous degree for UW-Madison student who left for World War I
Wisconsin State Journal
On graduation day, 101 years after Milton Pettit Griswold entered UW-Madison, his family will accept his engineering degree, posthumously.
Seahawks QB Russell Wilson’s Wisconsin commencement speech stirs some controversy at his first school
The Seattle Times
While Seahawk quarterback Russell Wilson’s commencement speech Saturday at the University of Wisconsin drew the expected enthusiastic response from its intended audience, it’s been met with some tilted eyebrows from some at his first school, North Carolina State.
Russell Wilson Says Fiancee Ciara Is Way Out of His League
Us Weekly
Never far from his mind. Super Bowl winner Russell Wilson gave a shout out to his fiancée, Ciara, when he delivered the commencement speech at the University of Wisconsin on Saturday, May 14.
Russell Wilson’s Commencement Speech Is Filled With Heart, Emotion and a Little Ciara Too
E! News
And for seniors at University of Wisconsin this weekend, it was time to say goodbye to textbooks and hello to a college degree. But first, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson was on-hand to deliver the commencement speech that featured both funny and moving moments.
“When life tells you ‘no,’ stay ready,” Russell Wilson tells grads
KOMO-TV, Seattle
MADISON, WI — Seahawks’ quarterback Russell Wilson told students to stay ready and keep things in perspective “when life tells you ’no’” at a University of Wisconsin–Madison graduation ceremony Saturday.
Russell Wilson at commencement speech: Don’t blow the Super Bowl!
New York Daily News
Russell Wilson had some sage advice off his own experience for his fellow Badgers: try not to blow the Super Bowl. The Seahawks quarterback delivered the commencement speech at the University of Wisconsin on Saturday.
Scientists to check for Zika-carrying mosquitos in Rock, Walworth counties
Janesville Gazette
MADISON—Nothing to worry about—really. But just to be sure, scientists will be collecting mosquito eggs in Rock, Walworth and other state-line counties this summer to make sure the Zika virus can’t creep north. They’ll set traps in June, said Susan M. Paskewitz, a professor of entomology at UW-Madison.
New book argues for service learning that doesn’t prioritize students
Inside Higher Education
Too often, service learning prioritizes students over the people with whom they work, Randy Stoecker argues in a new book.
Program connecting lawmakers to UW researchers gets boost with Baldwin Wisconsin Idea grant
Capital Times
When Wisconsin lawmakers considered a bill last year to allow deer hunters to wear fluorescent pink for safety, in addition to blaze orange, their deliberations were informed by University of Wisconsin-Madison research.
UW professor picked to lead world’s largest biomedical library
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Patricia Flatley Brennan, a professor of nursing and industrial engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the new director of the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest biomedical library.
Long-awaited degrees solidify dreams of two UW-Madison seniors
Wisconsin State Journal
College is often an exciting four-year adventure for young undergraduates, but sometimes things don’t go according to plan.
Ticks that can carry Lyme disease becoming abundant in Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
When Susan Paskewitz searched the UW Arboretum two years ago for immature deer ticks, the kind most likely to infect people with Lyme disease, she found 32.Last year, during the same amount of sampling at the same 17 sites in the Arboretum, she found 592.“We’re really seeing them move into areas in Madison, in Milwaukee and in other parts of southeast Wisconsin,” said Paskewitz, a UW-Madison professor of entomology.
Seahawks QB Russell Wilson adding a new job title: commencement speaker
The Seattle Times
Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson will return to college Saturday in a new role, giving the spring commencement speech at the University of Wisconsin.
Why are carrots orange?
Christian Science Monitor
What’s two plus five? Three times nine? The square route of 16? Now name a vegetable. Chances are, you picked a carrot. Why? Because when we do math, we tend to think of the color orange. And which vegetable is indelibly linked to orange? The humble but ubiquitous carrot.
Study Casts Doubt on Theory That Legal Hunting Reduces Poaching
New York Times
Government wildlife authorities and some conservation groups have for years argued that allowing some legal hunting can help reduce the illegal killing of threatened carnivores like wolves and grizzly bears.
Ever wondered the reason carrots are orange, here’s why
AFP
Scientists unveiled the gene in carrots that gives rise to carotenoids, a critical source of Vitamin A and the pigment that turns some fruits and vegetables bright orange or red.
UW-Madison Students’ Social Media Love Story Goes Viral
WUWM-FM, Milwaukee
Here’s a story that defines “modern romance.” A social media storm rained down on the UW-Madison campus last week, as two students used the Snapchat app to make a romantic connection.
A Brief History of the National Park Service: A Century of Conservation
ABC News
Noted: William Cronon, a prominent environmental historian at the University of Wisconsin, writes of a “dangerous dualism” leading society to focus its environmental attention solely on iconic wildernesses rather than the far more common, albeit mundane landscapes humans typically inhabit. After all, national parks make up just 4 percent of the land in the United States, according to the Bureau of Land Management.
UW and Medical College win $5.5 million grant to study Alzheimer’s
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Medical College of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin-Madison have joined forces to win a $5.5 million federal grant to study Alzheimer’s disease.
Chicago teen headed to college inspires others: ‘Not an easy road, but worthwhile’
WFLD-TV, Chicago
Growing up in some of Chicago’s tougher neighborhoods presents a very big challenge to young people who want more for their lives than the gangs and drug dealing they often see all around them. But on Tuesday night, more than 300 youngsters were honored as part of the Chicago Scholars program.
UW Doctor Among Those Focusing On Physician Training To Combat Opioid Epidemic
Wisconsin Public Radio
A Dane County doctor is using a federal grant to educate colleagues about the appropriate use of strong painkillers in an attempt to help combat a national epidemic of death and addiction related to opioids. But an increasing push to focus on — and potentially change — how physicians practice has some pushing back.
UW scientist receives national award for brain repair work
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Marina E. Emborg, an associate professor of medical physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has won the 2016 Bernard Sanberg Memorial Award for Brain Repair.
China must scrap remaining birth control policies to avert demographic crisis, says medical researcher
South China Morning Post
Yi Fuxian, one of the most vocal opponents of China’s birth control policies, says the government should scrap the remaining measures to address a looming demographic crisis that is pushing the nation into Japan’s path of economic stagnation.
Editorial: Odyssey Project students graduate with found voice, new hope
WISC-TV 3
My colleague David Dahmer from Madison365 and I were talking about the many individual efforts to address racial disparities in Madison and we both mentioned the Odyssey Project as one particularly successful effort.
Who Are Snapchat Stars “Mystery Girl” and “Vikings Fan”?
New York Magazine
If you’ve been online in the past 48 hours, you might’ve seen headlines about a college romance blossoming after two University of Wisconsin students saw each other on Snapchat. (Yes … Snapchat.)
Badgers will be on prime-time stage vs. Ohio State, Nebraska
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin football fans clamoring for more marquee opponents at Camp Randall Stadium and more night games will be giddy in 2016.
Meditation can help with aging, pain, depression, experts say
NBC's Today.com
Everyone seems to meditate: Coworkers plan to vacation at a meditation retreat, friends chat about favorite meditation apps and countless articles praise the practice. Does meditation live up to the hype?” The science is very much in an embryonic state,” says Richard Davidson, founder of the Center for Healthy Minds, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, but adding “meditation plays an important part of the maintenance of well-being.”
How smart contact lenses will create the sci-fi eyes of the future
The Week
The feat of correcting vision with a tiny, permeable, and tear-friendly contact lens is impressive enough, but soon that will be only the beginning. Scientists are thinking bigger about what can fit in a small lens — and contacts are about to get a whole lot smarter.
Mindfulness therapy works for recurrent depression
Reuters
Noted: “When mindfulness is combined with cognitive therapy, one of the things we see is people being trained to regard their thoughts as just thoughts and not to get ensnared by them,” said Richard Davidson, who wrote an editorial accompanying the study.
Laremy Tunsil case points to the perils of social media
WISC-TV 3
Noted: “When you live your life out loud on social media, it can come back to haunt you,” says Katy Culver, an associate professor in University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Journalism. “Also, it is not just what you choose to put on social media, but every time someone captures a video of you, every time there’s an exchange on Snapchat that can live on forever.”
The Age of Single-Sport Athletes Endures Despite Detractors’ Suspicions
New York Times
Noted: Research assessing whether sports specialization leads to more injuries is not common, but this year, Timothy McGuine and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation published research suggesting there is a link.
Linda Scott named dean of UW-Madison School of Nursing
Wisconsin State Journal
Linda Scott, associate dean for academic affairs at the College of Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has been named dean of UW-Madison’s School of Nursing.
Zika: Another warning flag of health threats due to climate change?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Author Jonathan Patz, M.D., M.P.H., is director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Donors pledge $10 million for UW-Madison chancellor’s scholarship program
Wisconsin State Journal
A group of donors has pledged $10 million to match contributions to a UW-Madison scholarship program aimed at low-income and minority students. The Chancellor’s Scholarship Program pays for tuition, fees and up to $800 worth of textbooks for 255 UW-Madison undergraduates.
Wisconsin Microfinance program offers hope
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Catching the last plane from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, just hours before a massive earthquake struck in 2010, left Gergens Polynice with a mixture of gratitude and helplessness.
Researchers find tsunamis on the Great Lakes
MLive.com
New research has found the Great Lakes may have a type of tsunami after all. They are not tsunamis caused by earthquakes. These tsunamis are caused by organized areas of thunderstorms.
UW Researchers See Promise In Cancer Drug To Help Fragile X Syndrome
Wisconsin Public Radio
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers say a study performed on mice with fragile X syndrome shows a possible path to improving memory and learning for people with the condition. Fragile X is the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability.
Wisconsin researchers land NIH dementia grant
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin- Madison have received a four-year, $5.5 million grant to better understand how communication between parts of the brain changes as the result of normal aging or of dementia.
Mike Leckrone defines leadership
Sun Prairie Star
UW-Madison marching band director Mike Leckrone said he’s often compared to a coach. It’s a parallel he agrees with.