UW In The News

Officials, analysts say election is not rigged, despite Trump claims

Quoted: “There is virtually no evidence of fraud at the polling places. It’s all myth,” said Kenneth Mayer, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Impersonation of voters, dead people voting, that stuff is outrageously false.”

Even trust in fact-checking is polarized

Noted: But fact-checking itself can be an inherently controversial and “risky” form of journalism, as Lucas Graves, a journalism professor at the University of Wisconsin Madison and author of the book Deciding What’s True: The Rise of Political Fact-Checking in American Journalism, told me earlier this summer.

The age of streaming is killing classic film. Can Turner Classic Movies be its salvation?

David Bordwell, one of America’s foremost film scholars, has been thinking back on something the famous film critic Roger Ebert said to him a few years before Ebert died in 2013.

Schools Teaching More Effective Ways to Argue

The third and last U.S. presidential debate takes place Wednesday.

The earlier debates were marked by political nastiness that many historians say is at its worst level in years. Some teachers, however, are working to make debates less angry. They are teaching their students about civil discourse.

Paula McAvoy is the program director of the Center for Ethics and Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In 2015, she and Diana Hess published a book called “The Political Classroom.”

Meet the 22-Year-Old Chicago Native Hoping to Tackle Cancer While Inspiring Others

For Keven Stonewall, being a teenager meant embarking on a scientific journey of questions and discoveries. It meant taking risks and not being afraid to stand out from his peers. And it meant working to find a cure for colon cancer at the tender age of 17.

UW-Madison alumni fire up students with entrepreneurship stories

Kenny Dichter was a sociology major when he attended UW-Madison in the 1980s, a “low-SAT, low-GPA guy,” as he describes himself.

Badgers football: Thousands gather for ESPN’s College GameDay on Wisconsin’s Bascom Hill

Yes, Rece Davis confirmed, it is as much fun on the ESPN “College GameDay” set as it looks on TV.

This renowned Wisconsin pianist has invented a way to play two grand pianos at the same time

Though the “Goldberg Variations” by J.S. Bach have been interpreted in countless ways through the centuries, no one has heard the iconic work as it will be performed in Madison on Oct. 28.

UW-Madison surveying students on campus climate

In an effort to gauge how comfortable people from different racial, religious, political and other backgrounds feel on campus, UW-Madison is launching a survey of its student body that officials say could inform changes meant to improve the university’s climate.

It’s Official: Three-Toed Sloths Are the Slowest Mammals on Earth

After seven years of studying three-toed sloths, scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have made it official: the tree-dwelling animals are the slowest mammals on earth, metabolically speaking. “We expected them to have low metabolic rates, but we found them to have tremendously low energy needs,” says ecologist Jonathan Pauli.

UW Carbone Cancer Center doctor, a cancer survivor, leads research

Fight Colorectal Cancer and the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center are working together to train survivors and caregivers to advocate for further research.  The Colorectal Cancer Research Academy has drawn survivors and caregivers from across the country for two days of training.

David Canon and Susan Yackee: The Wisconsin Idea hits the campaign trail

Noted: Canon is a professor of political science and chair of the Department of Political Science at UW–Madison. Susan Yackee is a professor of public affairs and director of the Board of Visitors of the La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW-Madison.

UW-Madison teams snag innovation awards

Two research teams — one with a potential vaccine for the Zika virus and the other with a new way of monitoring sedated patients — have won $10,000 each in an innovation competition organized by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.

Wisconsin Badgers’ very loud, secret weapon against Ohio State Buckeyes? Camp Randall Stadium

MADISON, Wis. — David Gilreath never planned on becoming a Wisconsin Badger. Instead, he arrived for a visit intent on reaffirming his commitment to Minnesota. The wide receiver prospect attended high school 12 miles from the Metrodome and hadn’t experienced a college game anywhere else.

Nigel Hayes, Bronson Koenig lead off the court

Wisconsin teammates Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig met earlier this year for a frank discussion that had nothing to do with basketball.

Local resident highlighted in U.W.-Madison initiative

Imagine seeing yourself on a billboard showcasing your achievements for a day. One local individual doesn’t have to dream up this scenario – she was featured on a billboard during the whole month of September.

Badgers men’s basketball: Nigel Hayes named Big Ten’s preseason player of year

For the second time in three seasons, a member of the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team is the Big Ten Conference preseason player of the year.

Nigel Hayes named Big Ten’s preseason POY

With every significant contributor back from the team that reached the NCAA Sweet 16 last season, Wisconsin coach Greg Gard understands the lofty expectations his team will face in 2016-’17.

State should grant UW Regents’ modest budget request

UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is right: It’s time to reinvest in Wisconsin’s universities after a $250 million cut in the last state budget.

The last 100 days: Obama still has lengthy to-do list

Noted: Presidents actually have a lot of things that they can do,” said Kenneth Mayer, who studies executive orders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “What was once considered to be a low point of presidential activity actually has high levels of presidential activity.”

Metaphorically Speaking, Men Are Expected to be Struck by Genius, Women to Nurture It

Noted: Ann Fink, a neuroscientist and feminist biology fellow at The University of Wisconsin-Madison, says their study supports emerging evidence that harassment, discrimination and unconscious bias discourage women from breaking into male-dominated fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The study, she said, shows that implicit associations affect how people judge someone’s competence in the sciences — in this case, genius.

Men’s basketball team, students aim to shoot down cancer

Hundreds of students stepped onto the Kohl Center floor for the fifth annual “Shooting Down Cancer” Monday in an event that brought together the Wisconsin basketball program and its student body.

$8.6 million awarded to team working with UW scientists to treat heart disease

Stem cell research might be the key to treating heart disease.Researchers at University of Wisconsin, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Duke University are developing “heart patches” — collections of fabricated heart cells — that will be used to mend unhealthy hearts.

Shooting Down Cancer strong as ever

The hosts of the event may have changed, but Greg and Michelle Gard picked up right where things left off hosting the fifth-annual “Shooting Down Cancer” event with the Wisconsin men’s basketball program at the Kohl Center on Monday.

Photos: A look back at ESPN College GameDay’s previous trips to Madison

ESPN’s College GameDay pregame show will come to Madison for the sixth time in the show’s history when the Badgers host Ohio State on Saturday. Here’s a look at each of the previous five times GameDay visited UW.

Badgers women’s hockey: Despite tie, UW stays atop national poll

A tie didn’t cost the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team the top spot in the USCHO.com Division I women’s poll.

Badgers volleyball: Program ranked No. 1 for first time in history

The University of Wisconsin volleyball team accomplished a first for the program Monday, earning the No. 1 ranking in this week’s American Volleyball Coaches Association poll.

UW business programs become first in country to receive STEM designation

Two University of Wisconsin Masters in Business Administration courses became the first to receive a STEM designation in the country Thursday, which could make the degree more valuable to students and employers.

Bascom Hall fire stirs strong sentiment

Noted: This State Journal editorial ran on Oct. 11, 1916, the day after Bascom Hall, which was then called Main Hall, lost its ornate dome to fire.

Badgers football: College GameDay headed to Madison for UW-Ohio State game

College GameDay will be heading to Madison next week for the first time since 2011.