UW In The News
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New fish virus found in Forest County
But samples from Pine Lake’s dead fish led to a scientific discovery in Goldberg’s laboratory at UW-Madison.
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The downside to being prepared for failure
New research suggests that having a Plan B is not necessarily a good idea. In the study “How backup plans can harm goal pursuit: The unexpected downside of being prepared for failure,” Jihae Shin and Katherine Milkman, researchers at the University of Wisconsin Madison and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, respectively, found that backup plans diminish the desire to achieve the primary goal in the first place.
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Regent: Wisconsin ‘Has To Get Serious’ About Investing In UW System
A former lieutenant governor of Wisconsin and a member of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents is calling on the state to take a no-nonsense approach to funding the UW System.
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Laos’ thirst for Mekong River dams imperils fishing, farming
Quoted: “We don’t know what the claims that things will be fine are based upon. This is unacceptable considering the high stakes,” said Ian Baird, a geography professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies Mekong fisheries. “If the measures don’t work well, it will be too late to undo the damage and there will be regional implications for food security and biodiversity.”
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Editorial: Hail to the retiring chief, Sue Riseling
Sunday was Sue Riseling’s last day as chief of the UW Madison Police Department after 25 years of service to the UW community, and she leaves as one of the most respected campus police chiefs in the nation.
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Flooding, heavy rains leads to uptick in mosquitoes
Heavy rainfall and flooding have made conditions ripe for mosquitoes in the area.The recent influx of the blood-sucking insects is the result of weeks of heavy rain as some varieties of mosquito breed in stagnant water, according to Phil Pellitteri, a UW-Madison entomologist emeritus.
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Donald Trump returns to Wisconsin with few GOP friends
“Trump’s erratic campaign has put state Republican leaders in a difficult position,” said Barry Burden, a political science professor at UW-Madison.
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Keeping your child’s sugar intake in check
Many of us are aware of the negative health effects from too much sugar, but what about the effects on kids and their eating habits? How can we better monitor their intake of sugar?Clinical Nutritionist Amy Caulum with UW Health Pediatric Fitness joined NBC15’s John Stofflet to share how to keep an eye on those sugars and added sugars.
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Cellectar snags $2 million contract
Cellectar, a publicly-traded company, was founded in Madison in 2003 by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Jamey Weichert.
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Why Voter ID Laws Are Losing Judges’ Support
Quoted: “I think it’s become clear to policymakers that the courts are going to be pushing back,” said Barry Burden, director of the University of Wisconsin’s Election Research Center, who testified against his state’s voter ID law. “It’s not one rogue judge. It’s a series of district courts and appeals courts that are saying to the states, you’ve gone too far.”
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‘Massive’ breach exposes hundreds of new SAT questions
Noted: If unscrupulous test-preparation centers were to obtain the items, the impact on the SAT would be “devastating,” said James Wollack, director of the Center for Placement Testing at the University of Wisconsin.
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UW researcher’s app to get kids moving precedes ‘Pokemon Go’
The popular smartphone game “Pokemon Go!” has swept the country up in a craze to catch them all, but there are other branches of virtual reality from researchers and developers all over the world, and some of the best and brightest are right here in Madison.
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DARPA eyes camera technology that could see round corners
You never know what’s around the corner, but you also know never to say never — because in four years or so, you just might know exactly what’s hiding there.
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On Campus: UW-Madison forecasts better graduation rates for PEOPLE program
UW-Madison officials say the graduation rates of students from one of the university’s best-known outreach programs are poised to rise in the coming years, after a critical evaluation found participants in the pre-college program have been less likely than their peers to finish school.
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Simpson Street Free Press summer writing workshops challenge ‘summer slide’
Managing editor Deidre Green coordinates this year’s summer writing workshop program, an effort to reduce the academic “summer slide” for students. Her instructors include graduate students from UW-Madison. Green grew up in the Simpson Street neighborhood and now attends grad school at UW’s School of Education. She has worked for Simpson Street Free Press since she was in eighth grade.
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Big cheese: Wisconsin artisan producer wins ‘Oscar’ of the industry
Roelli credits John Jaeggi of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Dairy Research with helping him develop and perfect the Little Mountain cheese.
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Big Ten Competition Is Good Preparation For Rio Olympics, UW-Madison Swimmer Says
A University of Wisconsin-Madison swimmer with three school records under his belt last season will compete in the Rio Olympics. Matt Hutchins will swim the 400-meter freestyle and the 1500-meter freestyle.
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Gwen Jorgensen Looks for the First U.S. Triathlon Win in Rio
When Jorgensen decided to become a triathlete at the age of 23, she had never even been on a road bike. Still, while in college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she made the swim, track, and cross-country teams as a walk-on and became an all-American runner.
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UW-Madison and collaborators launch website on patients’ experiences
Marty remembers looking outside the window of his room, seeing cars go by and thinking to himself, “How do you get in your car and just go, you know, just go about your day?”
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UW-Madison rolls out new freshman training after racial incidents
For many freshmen arriving at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the fall, it will be the first time they interact with students who don’t overwhelmingly look, love, experience and identify in the same way. Often that’s a mind-broadening experience.
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Hawks: Humans Never Stopped Evolving
Natural selection is tricky to catch in action. As Darwin put it, “A grain in the balance will determine which individual shall live and which shall die.” The grain in the balance—the slightly increased chance that organisms carrying one gene variant will fail in the struggle for existence—is the cost of selection. It is almost invisible, only becoming statistically evident when viewed across thousands of individuals, who may display only subtle differences in the affected character.
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Q&A: Richard Keller says social interventions are helping minimize world health crises
Richard Keller tells students in his medical history and global health classes not to look for happy endings.
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The Science Behind Sprinter Usain Bolt’s Speed
Noted: For decades, researchers have theorized that deceleration starts as energy stored in the muscles is used up. “All mammals engaged in intense exercise, be it a human marathoner, a cheetah trying to catch prey or the prey trying to avoid becoming a meal, rely on energy stored in the body, usually as glycogen,” said Karen Steudel, a professor of zoology at the University of Wisconsin. “Once this is depleted, the human or cheetah is basically out of gas.”
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Herb Kohl gifts $1.5 million to support public policy and governance research at UW-Madison
U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl will donate $1.5 million to support faculty research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that addresses difficult public policy and governance issues, the university announced Wednesday.
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Neuroscientist Richie Davidson Says Dalai Lama Gave Him ‘a Total Wake-Up Call’ that Changed His Research Forever
Dr. Richie Davidson, a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been meditating for more than 40 years, but it was the Dalai Lama himself who convinced him to dedicate his life to researching the effects of meditation on the brain.
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UW research, infrastructure projects to be funded by WARF
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation will be providing about $5 million for 14 research and infrastructure projects at UW-Madison, the university announced on Tuesday.
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Complex Jobs Might Offer Protection from Alzheimer’s, According To UW Researchers
Having a job that requires complex social interactions — like mentoring and negotiating — might protect the brain from developing symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease by building up what researchers call cognitive reserves.
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Happy cows make better milk
Serotonin is best known for eliciting feelings of happiness in the human brain, but scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have learned the hormone plays a role in milk production in dairy cows — and may have health implications for breastfeeding women.
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Clement named to Big Ten preseason honors list
Wisconsin senior running back Corey Clement was among the 10 Big Ten Conference players to earn preseason recognition Monday in conjunction with the start of Big Ten Media Days in Chicago.
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Colombia declares its Zika epidemic is over
Quoted: Matthew Aliota, a scientist at the University of Wisconsin who was was part of the team that first detected Zika in Colombia, said the virus could be in an “inter-epidemic period” and that cases could surge again at some point.
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