This fall, researchers in Utah began surveying wildlife populations after a breakout of the COVID-19 SARS-2 virus in domestic mink farms. They found one wild mink who had contracted the virus, apparently from contact with farmed mink. Interspecies infection has been a hallmark of the SARS-2 Cov2 virus from the start. Nevertheless, the new finding […]
Rare pine stolen from UW Arboretum
At some point between last Thursday, November 5th, and Monday, November 9th, someone cut down and stole a 25-foot rare pine tree from the University of Wisconsin Arboretum. The theft of the $13,000 tree has caused many questions. Namely, if the perpetrators knew the value of the pine, then why was its twin — located […]
County Executive urges UW-Madison to send students home or invest in m...
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi is asking UW-Madison administrators to consider sending students home for the fall semester or increasing the campus’ staffing to counter COVID-19. The request comes after the University reported a spike in COVID-19 cases this weekend. According to Public Health Madison Dane County, since September 1st, more than nine hundred people […]
Job Hunting In a Pandemic
With so much of the world shut down during the coronavirus pandemic, it’s not the greatest time to go looking for a job, especially for the class of 2020 who may be graduating into a recession. Unemployment is high, many employers have slowed or ceased their operations and many traditional ways of networking or accessing […]
Local colleges, universities weighing how to reopen for fall semester
In a letter published yesterday, UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank wrote that the campus will begin a phased reopening process beginning this summer. But, Blank says that university officials are still unclear on how many of those classes will be in person, and how many will be online. In March, Blank told the University Committee that […]
Modelling the COVID-19 Virus
In the fall of 1918, Colorado business owners started campaigns to pressure Denver Mayor W.F.R. Mills to lift restrictions on businesses and public gatherings designed to combat the influenza outbreak. The restrictions were costing them heaps of money, said the business interests, and besides, the virus appeared to have leveled off. Surely, the greatest risk […]
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