UW In The News
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Tesla Investigations Could Question Viability of Semi-Autonomous Driving
Noted: John Lee, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, also says the Tesla investigation should consider whether it is reasonable to expect humans to step in when Autopilot fails. He worked on a National Academies report into whether faults in vehicle electronics contributed to Toyota’s acceleration problems. It concluded that they didn’t, but chastised the NHTSA for not being better equipped to investigate electronic systems in cars.
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College Campuses Are Being Overrun by Pokémon Go
The University of Wisconsin at Madison got a call on Saturday saying a group of bicyclists on the campus had their heads buried in their smartphones, and were weaving in and out of traffic.
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Tony Nominee Carrie Coon Tapped for Lead Role in Fargo Season 3
Tony nominee Carrie Coon will soon join Ewan McGregor in the third season of FX’s hit anthology series FARGO, according to TVLine.
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For the Record: UWPD Chief Sue Riseling
UWPD Chief Sue Riseling interviews with Neil Heinen looking back on 25 years in policing.
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The Newberry Consort
The Madison Early Music Festival (MEMF) runs from July 9-16 with the theme of Shakespeare 400: An Elizabethan Celebration.
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Big Ten announces 2015-16 Distinguished Scholars
The University of Wisconsin saw a total of 54 student-athletes named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars for the 2015-16 athletic season, as announced by the Big Ten Conference on Wednesday.
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You Can Thank A Mysterious Yeast Mutation For The Invention Of Cold Beer
The problem is that the origin of the hybrid yeast used in lager beer is relatively unknown. We know that a domesticated yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) combined with a recently discovered yeast (Saccharomyces eubayanus) at some point to create an interspecies hybrid — but we’ve never understood how the two halves met.
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Caregivers Should Seek Support To Avoid Burning Out, Expert Says
Caregivers should find support before becoming overwhelmed by the burdens associated with taking care of a patient with a chronic illness, according to a human development and family studies expert. “You have to take care of yourself to take of others,” said Kristin Litzelman, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “If you’re not taking care of yourself, there’s no way you can provide help to someone else. You won’t have the physical strength or the emotional strength.”
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Evidence Grows Of Poverty’s Toll On Young Brains, Academic Achievement Gap
Five-year-old Naja Tunney’s home is filled with books. Sometimes, she’ll pull them from a bookshelf to read during meals. At bedtime, Naja reads to her 2-year-old sister, Hannah.
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Changes in brain networks may help youth adapt to childhood adversity
Family stressors can take a toll on children and approximately two-thirds of youth will experience some form of childhood adversity by the age of 18. Research has primarily focused on how adversity at a young age can lead to mood disorders in adolescence, but most children exhibit resilience to adverse experiences. So senior author Dr. Marilyn Essex, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin, and colleagues followed 132 kids from infancy to 18 years old to search for a neurobiological mechanism of emotional adaptation.
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Building brains: UW researchers say early steps to improve children’s lives will help them succeed in school and life
Five-year-old Naja Tunney’s home is filled with books. Sometimes she will pull them from a bookshelf to read during meals. At bedtime, Naja reads to her 2-year-old sister, Hannah.
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‘Strong Roots’ task force advocates home visits, other early interventions
Noted: The report, called “Strong roots: Building economically stable families mobilization plan,” is the combined effort of a group of more than 40 community leaders co-chaired by University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank and former Madison Police Chief Noble Wray.
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Still: WARF’s Carl Gulbrandsen a quiet contributor to state’s economy
Carl Gulbrandsen is so understated that even some people close to him didn’t know he played in a band growing up in Viroqua — or that his cousin is rocker Butch Vig of Garbage, Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins fame.
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Wisconsin Researchers Hope To Beat Zika With Benign Bacteria
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison said Friday they have taken a step toward blocking transmission of the Zika virus.
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Bacteria prevents mosquitoes from spreading Zika, UW-Madison study says
A bacteria found in butterflies and bees can help prevent the spread of Zika virus, suggesting that mosquitoes could be infected with the bacteria and released into the wild to control Zika outbreaks, UW-Madison researchers said Friday.
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Vermont’s GMO Labeling Law to Take Effect, But What Makes a Food ‘Modified?’
For a precise definition, I asked an expert.Richard Amasino, a biochemist at University of Wisconsin, Madison, is also on the committee at the National Academy of Sciences, which produced a recent report on genetic engineering.
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Front and center
Here in Madison, a grand experiment is being carried out. Most of our professional and community theater groups have women in positions of artistic leadership.There are lots of reasons why that’s happened. UW-Madison has a great theater department, and this city boasts an outsized amount of artistic talent.
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Researchers Examine Family Income And Children’s Non-Cognitive Skills
Barbara Wolfe and Jason Fletcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found children from lower income families have lower non-cognitive skills than children from richer families.
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UW in top for producing Fortune 500 CEOs
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of only three public universities on the top 10 list of colleges that produce the most Fortune 500 CEOs. The list, compiled by Money Magazine, uses data from the educational backgrounds of the recently released Fortune 500.
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Study based at UW raises hopes for Zika vaccine, immunity
New experiments have shown that one infection with Zika virus can provide immunity against subsequent exposure to the virus, a piece of good news published Tuesday as officials continue to wrestle with the mosquito-borne threat.
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Fred Lee, The UW Radiologist With Startup Vision
Fred Lee is not afraid to put himself out there. Lee is a radiologist at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, where his primary area of interest is the ablation, or elimination, of cancerous tumors. He says that around the year 2000, he decided that the radio frequency ablation devices he and his colleagues were using “were just not good enough.” But since Lee’s background wasn’t in engineering, he had to reach out for help.
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UW-Madison one of the best for producing Fortune 500 CEOs, report says
What universities produce the captains of industry and finance in America? Harvard is a given, but what about the University of Wisconsin?
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Zika infections last much longer during pregnancy, monkey study shows
New research on monkeys found some good news that could have implications for humans: One infection with the Zika virus protects against future infections.
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Initial Zika Exposure Protects Against Second Infection, Wisconsin Researchers Say
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have found that a single exposure to the Zika virus protected monkeys against a second bout of the infection. That natural immunity may help in work to develop a vaccine.
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How We Can Change Our Minds – Literally – To Make Kinder, More Accepting Societies
The horrendous tragedy in Orlando has prompted fierce debates about how to prevent such attacks – should there be more restrictions on gun ownership? Different military and diplomatic policies combatting terrorism?Many of these debates break out along partisan lines with seemingly little room for compromise and action. But there is something we can do – each of us, whether parents or policy-makers, Republicans or Democrats.
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Report sheds new light on problem of poverty in Wisconsin
Despite an increase in jobs, there was no reduction in poverty in Wisconsin between 2013 and 2014 under a broad measure developed by researchers at the University of Wisconsin.
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Jordan Ellenberg: The Lottery Scheme
This week’s challenge was suggested by Jordan Ellenberg, a math-world superstar and current professor of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin. Jordan is the child prodigy who turned out well. After teaching himself to read at age 2, he attained a perfect 800 on the math portion of the SAT at age 12, won two gold medals in the International Math Olympiad (with perfect scores), and was a two-time Putnam Fellow at Harvard.
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Inside monkey lab, urgency puts Zika research on the fast track
Walk into most macaque enclosures, and you might expect a ruckus: bird-like cooing if you’re bringing them food, or guttural barks if you aren’t.
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Hawks: The latest on Homo Naledi
The Rising Star cave system, part of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in South Africa, has been well mapped and was explored by cavers for many years, but without any fossils being noted there. That changed in September 2013, when two South African cavers, Rick Hunter and Steve Tucker, entered a remote, unmapped chamber and found the first-known fossil bones of what is now called Homo naledi strewn across its floor.
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New UW-Madison Arts Institute director named
A visual artist who most recently taught arts education in Scotland has been named director of the Arts Institute at UW-Madison.
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