UW In The News
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Why Wisconsin Presents A ‘Perfect Opportunity’ For A Measles Outbreak
Quoted: “It’s actually remarkable to me that we haven’t had a case yet,” said Dr. James Conway, professor and associate director for health sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Conway discussed the risks the state faces in a May 3, 2019 interview on Wisconsin Public Television’s Here & Now.
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New UW dean of students ‘thrilled to be a Badger’
Christina Olstad, currently the interim assistant vice president for student affairs, housing and residence life at Towson University in Maryland, will begin her new job as dean of students at UW-Madison on July 1.
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5G signal could jam satellites that help with weather forecasting
Quoted: “The more we lose, the greater the impact will be,” states meteorologist Jordan Gerth, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in the current issue of Nature. “This is a global problem.”
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UW professor wins prestigious scientific prize, could be precursor to Nobel prize
A UW-Madison professor who won the prestigious Passano Fellow award, as well as a second major prize earlier, could be in line for a Nobel prize. Robert Fettiplace, professor of neuroscience at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, won the 2019 Passano Fellow award for research into the mechanics of hearing.
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Species Are Going Extinct At An Unprecedented Rate — Here’s Why You Should Care
Quoted: The fastest, cheapest, most efficient way to bring down greenhouse gases and mitigate some of the effects of climate change is to grow more trees around the world and preserve the ones we have, said Donald Waller, a botany and environmental studies professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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Cyclone Fani Strikes, Heading in the Path of Tens of Millions in India
Quoted: By late Thursday in India, Cyclone Fani had sustained winds of about 155 miles per hour, nearly in the range of a Category 5 hurricane, said Derrick Herndon, an associate researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies. The World Meteorological Organization said the storm was “one of the most intense” in 20 years in the region.
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Live Tracking Map: Cyclone Fani Batters India
Quoted: The greatest threat to residents was drowning — from flash flooding, storm surges that could reach 10 to 15 feet in some areas, and flooding from rivers in the days after the storm lands, said Derrick Herndon, an associate researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies.
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170-Year-Old Wisconsin Abortion Ban Still On The Books
“It just doesn’t happen,” said Dr. Doug Laube, who used to be the chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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The Giant Panda Is a Closet Carnivore
Quoted: “If you’re going to switch to a specific plant, bamboo isn’t too bad, as it does have respectable plant protein levels, as well as a swath of different vitamins,” says Garret Suen from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Census: Democrats won in 2018 with young voter turnout, women, urban voters
Quoted: As Barry Burden, a political scientist with the University of Wisconsin Madison, pointed out on Twitter, “the future (of voting) is apparently female.”
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Tahoe Residents Oppose New Homes in Path of Wildfire Danger
Quoted: “There are a lot of buildings and there is a lot of woodland vegetation and they are close to each other, and there is a lot of fire,” said Anu Kramer, a wildfire scientist at the Silvis Lab at the University of Wisconsin who conducted the research. “When those things come together that is when you are going to see a lot of destruction.”
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Supreme Court sees more serious divide open on death penalty
Quoted: Ryan Owens, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said there could be death penalty cases where Roberts might “cast a counter-ideology vote.”
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The Quest to Fix the Grocery Store Tomato
Julie Dawson is a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and she does tomato variety trials including varieties from a number of different public and private sector breeders.
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Elizabeth Warren and 2020 Democrats want to erase student debt — here’s how it could affect the economy
Quoted: The average amount of debt per student has climbed not only because college costs have increased but also because state financing for schools has fallen, said Cliff Robb, an associate professor of consumer science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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UW-Madison names new band director to succeed Mike Leckrone
UW-Madison named Corey Pompey as the successor to legendary UW Band director Mike Leckrone, the first passing of the baton in 50 years.
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This Is Why These States Aren’t So Chill About What’s Inside Air Conditioners
Quoted: “I hope it’s a matter of when [national regulation is put in place], and not if,” said David Abel, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who focuses on energy systems, air pollution and public health. “It really has to be, if we’re going to avoid some of this really catastrophic damage.”
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Microsoft wants machine teaching to be the next big AI trend
Quoted: Microsoft can’t claim sole ownership of the term. Xiaojin (Jerry) Zhu, a professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, has used “machine teaching” to describe a set of approaches to training machine learning algorithms since 2013, though he and Microsoft both agree there’s some overlap in their definitions.
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Fight over census citizenship question hits Supreme Court
Quoted: Ryan Owens, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the justices will be wary of how the court looks as it takes up a politically charged case.
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‘Time is short’: Why experts warn Russian meddling detailed in Mueller report could happen again
Quoted: The operations seized on social divisions and showed a clear bias toward Trump, said Young Mie Kim, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison whose research analyzed 3,500 Facebook ads bought by Russia and released last year by the House Intelligence Committee.
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L.A. quadruples the fine for disabled-placard fraud, but will it help?
Quoted: “It’s this idea that we must be so helpless and dependent, if we’re showing that we’re not those things, our disability can’t be real,” said Ellen Samuels, a disability scholar at the University of Wisconsin at Madison whose book “Fantasies of Identification” explores the issue. “[Fraud] is about people using other people’s permits, yet it leads to this thought that a lot of people are getting permits they don’t really need.”
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Dental Dams Are a Safe-Sex Product No One Uses
Quoted: They are also awkward, both to talk about and to use, says Chris Barcelos, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison who researches safe sex in queer communities. “People say dental dams take the fun out of oral sex,” Barcelos says.
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The ‘uncured’ bacon illusion: It’s actually cured, and it’s not better for you.
Quoted: It’s worthwhile to take a moment to understand the difference between nitrate and nitrite. (Besides, without at least some eye-glazing detail, how would you know it was me?) I asked Jeff Sindelar, professor of meat science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, to explain the process. Nitrate is a molecule consisting of one nitrogen atom with three oxygens.
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Yiddish Collection At UW-Madison Named A National Treasure
Along with Neil Diamond’s 1969 “Sweet Caroline” and a speech from Robert F. Kennedy, the earliest known recordings of Yiddish music are now officially considered national treasures.
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Claiming ‘Sanctuary’ in a Medieval Church Could Save Your Life—But Lead to Exile
Roman Catholic leaders believed a consecrated church was “protected space,” says Karl Shoemaker, a professor of history and law at the University of Wisconsin and author of Sanctuary and Crime in the Middle Ages, 400-1500. “It would be inappropriate in the extreme to carry weapons into the church or to arrest someone or to exercise force within the church.”
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Cartoons, “Catch-22” and hand turkeys
“What if this is what a line looks like when it’s giving you an idea?” she wondered. That may certainly be the case as people easily develop theories, often through haphazard scribbles on any available surface. She recounted students writing on both sides of the glass at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she teaches.
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Center for Dairy Research gets grant to create dairy drinks that don’t need refrigeration
The plastic milk jug is familiar to most consumers but its days may be numbered as a newly announced grant will allow experts at UW-Madison’s Center for Dairy Research to begin working on producing dairy beverages that won’t need refrigeration.
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Conservation Congress Survey Participants Support Pilot Program To Prevent Spread Of CWD
Mike Samuel, an emeritus professor in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the previous bounty program was very unpopular with hunters and did little to control spread of the disease.
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Uganda: Human Viruses Threaten the Future of Uganda’s Chimpanzees
But our team leader, Dr Tony Goldberg of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, tested samples, and we learned that the outbreaks were caused by two different viruses commonly found in humans.
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Can Botox and Cosmetic Surgery Chill Our Relationships With Others?
Quoted: “People these days are constantly rearranging their facial appearance in ways that prevent engaging in facial mimicry, having no idea how much we use our faces to coordinate and manage social interactions,” said Paula Niedenthal, a professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has published several studies on facial mimicry and its emotional and social importance.
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Trying to downsize your home? Good luck with that
With the market tight, more elders are remaining homeowners. A Boston College study last year found 8 in 10 people aged 80 to 84 are homeowners — up by nearly one-fifth since 1980. University of Wisconsin professor Michael Collins, who worked on the study, said more older homeowners may feel they can still handle a larger home.
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