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City of Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway will not seek reelection in April, citing threats and concern about personal safety, according to a City of Madison news release. “I am immensely proud of what I and my team have achieved over the past seven and a half years,” Rhodes-Conway wrote in the release, “It has been...
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Editor’s Note: These Q&As are lightly edited or shortened for clarity and style. University of Wisconsin professor of physics, Francis Halzen, Ph.D., recently won the Nobel Prize in physics based on his work in researching neutrinos by developing the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in the South Pole. To understand what exactly a neutrino is and why...
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The Wisconsin State Building Commission approved plans for nearly 1,700 new student beds and a 400-seat dining hall at UW, as the university welcomes its largest ever freshman class, according to University of Wisconsin news. The proposal would create two new residence halls expected to open in the fall of 2029, and the $338 million...
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University of Michigan Associate Professor Karen Alofs spoke as the keynote for the Center for Ecology and the Environment Fall Symposium Oct. 22 to present research using historical data on climate change-related impacts on freshwater fish in Michigan. Climate change has brought increases in temperatures to the Great Lakes, according to Alofs. Since 1951, G
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Wisconsin State Assembly member Francesca Hong and other speakers met with students at a rally Oct. 22 at Library Mall regarding the Nov. 3 gubernatorial election, discussing the importance of voting and reproductive health. Hosted by the Wisco Project, the rally’s objective was to encourage students to cast their ballot. Event speakers said that the...
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New York Times journalist Michael Barbaro discussed how political polarization, declining local news and public distrust shape the current U.S. media landscape during a discussion at the University of Wisconsin Tuesday, Oct. 20. UW’s La Follette School of Public Affairs hosted the event which featured Barbaro, host of The New York Times’ “The Daily” Podcast.
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Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Oct. 5 for their discoveries in optogenetics, which may one day lead to a treatment for blindness, according to an article from the New York Times. Optogenetics research is also happening right on the University of Wisconsin campus. Optogenetics is...
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After nearly seven hours of public comment and around four hours of staff questions, the City of Madison Common Council voted 14-6 in favor of the immediate termination of the Interim Independent Police Monitor Aeiramique “Meeka” Glass of the Office of the Independent Monitor during a council meeting. The meeting began Tuesday evening, and the...
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The University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention received an $11.1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute Sept. 25 to be used to improve strategies for tobacco treatment at community health centers based in Wisconsin and Massachusetts, according to the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. While there are downward trends
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Would you tell a male painter he can only paint in hues of blue or tell a female doctor she can only use pink medical instruments? The answer is probably no, and if so, why would you tell a boy he cannot wear a dress or a girl she cannot wear men’s jeans? Gendered clothing...
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