UW In The News

Burden & Hsu: Will record Republican turnout in the primaries translate into a Trump win in November? Probably not. Here’s why.

At his news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort on the night of several Super Tuesday victories, Republican front-runner Donald J. Trump bragged about the new voters he had drawn into to the party’s nomination process. As he explained:

Nosy fish inspires help for the eyes

Presbyopia is a common visual condition, in which the eye’s lens stiffens to the point that it can’t focus on close objects. Glasses, surgery and regular contact lenses do help, but they also cause a loss in contrast, sensitivity and night vision. That’s why scientists from the University of Wisconsin, Madison are developing an alternative – self-focusing contacts that are inspired by a fish.

Tips For Treating Seasonal Allergies With Multiple Medications

For those who are on multiple medications for easing symptoms, here’s a few things to be aware of courtesy of Dr. Casey Gallimore, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy.

Handful of Biologists Went Rogue and Published Directly to Internet

Quoted: And many #ASAPbio supporters retweeted John Hawks, a paleoanthropologist from the University of Wisconsin, who found himself recently at an African university where a paper on African genomes was unavailable because it could not pay the fee for the journal where it was published, and no preprint was available. He expressed his frustration with a profanity.

MPD officers could be in mindfulness study

A possible pilot study would investigate the effects of mindfulness training on Madison police officers. MPD Chief Mike Koval says he’s working with the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin to plan the project to determine how mindfulness training affects a police officer’s physical and mental well-being.

Why Even Wealthy Black Students Have More Student Loan Debt

Noted: The study shows both “how racial wealth inequalities are created, but also how they are compounded intergenerationally,” said Fenaba Addo, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and one of the study’s authors, in a release.

Maria Sharapova And What Is Sports Doping?

Interviewed: Dr. Norman Fost, professor emeritus of pediatrics and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is also the director of the Bioethics Program.

Auto-focus contact lenses that help you see in the dark thanks to liquid film

If you are one of a billion people who rely on glasses to read small print, a self-adjusting liquid contact lens could one day restore perfect vision.

UW-Madison wins Snowmobile Challenge, MacLean-Fogg Cup

Perennial frontrunner University of Wisconsin-Madison took home the MacLean-Fogg Cup Saturday as winners of the ASE Clean Snowmobile Challenge 2016 Internal Combustion-class competition. UW-Madison topped a dozen other teams in the challenge’s most competitive class.

The Promise and Peril of Cluster Hiring

Perhaps the most scrutinized cluster-hiring program has been that at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Starting in 1998, the university has hired about 140 faculty members to fill nearly 50 clusters. Michael Bernard-Donals, vice provost for faculty and staff programs, says that early challenges, such as determining service loads or the best way to evaluate publication records, have largely been worked out. It helped, he says, that the campus rolled the program out over a five-year period, enabling leaders to iron out kinks along the way. (Subscription required.)

Ask Well: Can Naps Make Up for Sleep Deficits?

Quoted: But it’s always a good idea to make up for lost sleep, regardless of the time of day, said Dr. Ruth Benca, a professor of psychiatry and director of the Center for Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

A Few More Words From Wisconsin’s Nigel Hayes

This sounds too good to be true, a little too convenient, but I promise you it happened: On the afternoon I went to go see Nigel Hayes at Wisconsin, the Official Word of the Day was “catawampus.”

Hulk v Gawker: ‘bizarre case’ could have profound consequences for free speech

Quoted: The law, as University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism professor Robert Drechsel said, “tends to get hashed out in extreme cases, not easy cases” – and this, he said, “is a bizarre case” that could, eventually, affect the latitude generally afforded American publishers by the courts.

WATCH: Shadow Of The Moon Crosses Earth During Solar Eclipse

The Himawari geostationary satellites, operated by Japan’s meteorological agency, captured the sight of the moon’s shadow traveling across the Earth. Yasuhiko Sumida, a scientist visiting the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, stitched them together into the video above. It was shared on the CIMSS Satellite Blog.

Recruiting from the reservation: UW boosts effort to train Native American medical students

In high school near Green Bay, Justin Meyers worked at a hospital, delivering food to patients. In college, at UW-Madison, he joined Air Force ROTC. His dream of becoming a doctor won out over thoughts of being a fighter pilot. But he didn’t know any doctors like him, a Native American. At UW School of Medicine and Public Health, he talked to two Native American doctors who encouraged him to apply.

Late Rapper To Be First Vietnamese American Honored With Street Name

A young rapper who drowned two years ago will become the first Vietnamese American to have a street named in his honor in Chicago.

Dalai Lama brings message of peace, nonviolence to Madison

Richard Davidson, founder of the Center for Healthy Minds and a professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the Dalai Lama’s main message to the audience was that “we need to take responsibility now for cultivating positive qualities like kindness and compassion.”

Source of blood infection linked to 15 deaths in Wisconsin unclear

Quoted: Dr. Nasia Safdar, University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor of infectious disease, said she has seen sporadic cases of the infection since she began studying diseases in 2003, but nothing like this.

UW–Madison Chancellor Talks Tuition, Diversity And Budget Cuts

As part of our View from the Top conversation series, Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson talks with Rebecca Blank, chancellor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, about the challenges she faces in leading the school.

Madison’s “little” museums offer big ideas

Gone are the days when museums were dusty archives of half-forgotten lore. Wisconsin is full of bright, interactive learning environments that stress teaching important lessons over merely archiving historical minutiae, and some of the most interesting and unique examples are tightly condensed into downtown Madison.

5 finalists in running for Anthony Shadid Award in Journalism Ethics

Three reporting teams, a Milwaukee reporter and a joint effort of two non-profit news organizations are contenders for the 2016 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics.

A Real-Time Window Into Zika Research On A Pregnant Monkey

Anyone can follow the pregnancy of a monkey infected with Zika virus in real time, thanks to a University of Wisconsin–Madison experiment in data sharing that’s unusual for biology.

New plan to save rare bees

Noted: The Rusty Batch Bumble Bee was first discovered at the Arboretum a few years ago and researchers said it works harder than any other bee species. They said its an important part of our State’s agriculture.

“They are crucial,” said Susan Carpenter, ranger unit coordinator at the U-W Madison Arboretum. “They are important for our food system.”

UW students help kids whose parents have cancer

(Video) Camp Kesem is a college student run camp at UW Madison for kids whose parents have cancer. Camp counselor Joey Seliski visited News 3 This Morning to talk about it.

Immunotherapy gives hope to cancer patients

Quoted: “These immunotherapy treatments are unquestionably game changers,” said Dr. Mark Albertini, an oncologist with the Carbone Cancer Center at UW Health.

Albertini said the courage patients like Daly showed in participating in the early trials of immunotherapy played a key role in the success now being seen.

“Those patients were both incredible and those patients were vital in getting where we are today,” Albertini said.

Wisconsin hires Greg Gard, gives him five-year contract

When Greg Gard leads Wisconsin into the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament later this week he will do so as the Badgers’ full-time head coach.

UW-Madison spends nearly $9 million to retain faculty stars

The University of Wisconsin-Madison last semester doled out $726,436 in raises and $8 million in research support to retain 40 faculty members who brought outside job offers to the central administration, according to information obtained by the Journal Sentinel through an open records request.

On Campus: Tommy Thompson among recipients of honorary UW-Madison degrees

Praised by UW-Madison officials as a “dedicated promoter of the Wisconsin Idea,” former Gov. Tommy Thompson will be one of three recipients of honorary degrees from the campus this spring.Photojournalist Lynsey Addario and biochemist William J. Rutter will also receive honorary degrees during a commencement ceremony at the Kohl Center in May, officials announced last week.

‘Here And Now’: Matthew Desmond Explores Milwaukee’s Eviction Epidemic

Evictions not only put poor families out on the streets, but simultaneously set off a cascade of consequences for both the people and neighborhoods affected. In his new book, “Evicted: Poverty And Profit In The American City,” University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate and Harvard University sociology professor Matthew Desmond examines how this process plays out for families and landlords in Milwaukee’s lowest-income neighborhoods.

How To Keep Money From Messing Up Your Marriage

Noted: “We know that these discussions or conflicts concerning money are difficult for couples to handle,” says Lauren Papp, a psychologist and professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.Papp conducted a study of 100 married couples who kept diary entries about their arguments. During the 15-day period of the study, the spouses reported squabbling more often about issues other than money — for example, the kids or household chores.