UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 11 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: A team of astronomers, including Penn State researchers, from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has used eight years of monitoring observations to discover unexpected changes in the winds surrounding a distant black hole. Their work -- presented at the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting in Madison, Wisconsin, and published today (June 11) in the Astrophysical Journal -- revealed that t  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: This weekend, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison traveled to Milwaukee for the Wisconsin Democratic Party Convention, where he headlined several events engaging with Black, Latino, faith, and LGBTQ+ community members - core constituencies central to the winning Biden-Harris coalition. The visit was a continuation of his Road to the Convention tour and followed the launch of Wisconsin Black Voters for Biden-Harri  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 11 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Mallory Musolf Mallory Musolf, a former member of the Academic Staff Executive Committee who has served in administrative roles on campus for more than a decade, has been named secretary of the academic staff. The secretary of the academic staff serves as a resource for the more than 12,000 academic staff members at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, acting as a liaison between the Academic   more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Over the weekend at the Wisconsin Democratic convention, delegates removed language saying antisemitic incidents are up 400% since the October 7th terrorist attack. Why would they do that? More importantly, why are extreme Democrats Rebecca Cooke, Katrina Shankland and Peter Barca shamefully silent about their state party's blatant antisemitism? "Rebecca Cooke, Katrina Shankland and Peter Barca'  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 11 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: A search committee has been appointed to help identify and select candidates to be the next dean of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and vice chancellor for medical affairs. Neuroscience professor David Andes will serve as chair of the search committee. Robert N. Golden, one of the longest-serving medical school deans in North America, announced in January that   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 11 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: An artist's impression of a quasar wind (in light blue) being launched off of the accretion disk (red-orange) around a supermassive black hole. Inset at right are two spectra from the quasar SBS 1408+544, showing the leftward shift of absorbed light that revealed the acceleration of gas pushed by quasar winds. Image: NASA/CXC/M. Weiss, Catherine Grier and the SDSS collaboration Clouds of gas in  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 11 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news on June 10, 2024: If you are covering Susan Crawford's candidacy for the Wisconsin Supreme Court today, please consider the following statement from WisGOP Spokesperson Matt Fisher: "After spending the weekend accommodating the fringe left with shameful resolutions, the Wisconsin Democrats are doubling down on extremism by pushing their bought-and-owned liberal lawyer Susan Crawford for the Wisconsin Suprem  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 12 -- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: Attorney General Josh Kaul today visited the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of School Safety (OSS) Behavioral and Threat Assessment Management (BTAM) training in Hudson, Wis. BTAM trainings are designed to provide school administrators, school mental health professionals, security personnel, community partners, and law enforcement with an understanding of why thr  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 12 -- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: Attorney General Josh Kaul today, in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), announced that Monroe County Judge Mark L. Goodman issued an order requiring Phil G. Mlsna and Mlsna Dairy Supply, Inc. to pay $209,641.47 for violations of Wisconsin's wastewater laws at the concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) that they own and operate in Sparta  more