That said, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a battery-free implant that’s powered by stomach movements.
Externally powered implant designed to treat obesity
New Atlas
January 12, 2021
Research
Campus life
UW student leaders advocate for pandemic-related grading policy task force
Badger Herald
ASM will introduce legislation on task force to student council Jan. 26.
Arts & Humanities
Noel Spangler, designer of Summerfest’s smiley face logo, dies at 97 from COVID-19
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: From there, Spangler became an art professor for the University of Wisconsin in Madison, then, aspiring to make more money for his family, started doing work for some commercial firms in Milwaukee.
Michael Apted Took The Very Long View
The New Republic
The clever farmer’s son from Yorkshire, Nick Hitchon, defied social class determinism and became a physics professor: He left for America at an early age and taught at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The show must go on: UW-Madison classical musicians turn to technology
Daily Cardinal
As people continue to become more accustomed with working during the pandemic, musicians have started to experiment with technology and find new ways to collaborate with one another. While the process has not been easy, there are positives to these changes.
Health
Cooking solo, by choice or circumstance, has several delicious advantages during COVID crisis
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Jasinski, the eldest of eight children, was raised in a Milwaukee family that canned fresh produce by the bushel. Now she flies solo in Madison and is catering manager at University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Wisconsin Union.
UW Experts in the News
Women and minorities in atmospheric science confront harassment, lack of inclusion
The Washington Post
“This is a climate we want to change,” said Erika Marin-Spiotta, a geography professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, at the American Meteorological Society’s 100th annual meeting, held last January in Boston.
New Study Ranks Best and Worst States to Raise a Family
Fatherly
“Parents and children can do well in any state. But doing your best will indeed be easier in some states than in others, and child development is better on average in some states than in others,” says Dave Riley, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Human Ecology who took part in the report.
Mice may ‘catch’ each other’s pain — and pain relief
Science News
“Not surprisingly, the circuits that they’re looking at are remarkably similar to some of these processes in humans,” says Jules Panksepp, a social neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who was not part of the study. Both mice and humans share a connectedness with their compatriots in emotional situations, he says, and research points to a shared evolutionary basis for empathy.
Obituaries
Nitti, Manuela Moura
Wisconsin State Journal
She worked for 37 years for the University of Wisconsin at the Memorial Library as an academic librarian.
Mann, Frances
Wisconsin State Journal
Fran spent more than 25 years working at UW-Madison in the Genetics department working for the famous Professor Oliver Smithies.
Kit Saunders, the first director of women’s athletics at UW-Madison, dies at 80
WISC-TV 3
Kit Saunders-Nordeen, the first director of women’s athletics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died on Jan. 1 after battling with Alzheimer’s for several years. She was 80.
UW-Madison Related
Juvenile killer released after serving 30 years of a life sentence
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: The Public Interest Justice Initiative, a joint project between Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm’s office and the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, was launched in 2019 after the Remington Center at the University of Wisconsin Law School found that more than half the 128 inmates serving life sentences for juvenile offenses were from Milwaukee County.