Anne Pringle in the Washington Post: Fungi get a bad rap
While wild mushrooms are widely regarded as poisonous and associated with decay, the Professor of Botany points out that they're essential to plant roots acquiring nutrients.
Paige Glotzer on ABC News: Maryland whitewashing incident has deep historical ties
A Black couple saw the appraisal of their home rise more than $300,000 when they removed all traces of Blackness and had a white colleague stand in to present it. That's reminiscent of racially exclusive housing covenants from the 1960s, says the assistant professor of history.
Ken Mayer in the Washington Post: Presidents don't have Green Lantern-like powers
Professor of political science reminds us that presidents don't possess the power to declassify documents at will.
Flipping out
Jean-Luc Thiffeault weighs in on the biggest backyard grilling question of all: How many times should you flip your burgers?
UW–Madison mourns influential, beloved geography professor Yi-Fu Tuan
Yi-Fu Tuan, a towering intellectual figure and University of Wisconsin–Madison professor emeritus of geography died at age 91. He was widely regarded as the father of humanistic geography and coined the idea of a "sense of place."
Professor Michael Morgan confirmed as assistant secretary in the Department of Commerce
As deputy administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, professor of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Michael Morgan will be responsible for providing agency-wide direction regarding weather, water, climate and ocean observations and the process of converting observations to predictions for environmental threats.
Secret Smiles
What cues do we lose when a smile’s hidden beneath a mask? Paula Niedenthal’s research says it’s likely a lot more than we think.
Barry Burden in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Trump's attempts to delegitimize 2020 election ignore downballot wins for Republicans
As the Wisconsin Supreme Court declares ballot drop boxes illegal, former President Trump's efforts to have the decision apply retroactively to previous elections preserve his supporters' mistaken beliefs, says the Director of the Elections Research Center.
Chemist Randall Goldsmith named a Schmidt Science Polymath
Chemistry professor Randall Goldsmith is one of ten 2022 Schmidt Science Polymaths award winners. Each recipient, who is a newly tenured university faculty chosen for their promising interdisciplinary research, receives $2.5 million over five years to help fund their research groups.
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