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Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Second-ever UW-Milwaukee alum makes Major League debut. And check out the wild catch from the first guy
Blubaugh pitches in the first inning of his MLB debut against the Detroit Tigers at Daikin Park on April 30, 2025 in Houston, Texas. Houston Astros prospect A.J. Blubaugh, an Ohio native who played college baseball at UW-Milwaukee, made his Major League debut Wednesday against the Detroit Tigers, becoming the second player from UWM to reach the big leagues and first pitcher. He joins outfielder Daulton Varsho as the only former Panthers to reach the big leagues. Advertisement Blubaugh scuffled after a clean first inning, allowing five hits and a walk in the next three innings, though only two of the seven runs that scored against him were earned. He closed with a strong fourth and finished with six strikeouts. Presumably, there will be many more chances for the 24-year-old right-hander, ranked 10th among the organization's prospects by MLB Pipeline. Hailing from Belleville, Ohio, Blubaugh selected in the seventh round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft by Houston He has a career 4.02 ERA in 65 minor-league appearances (44 starts) with a 1.32 WHIP. He played three years at UWM, earning Horizon League Relief Pitcher of the Year in both seasons after the pandemic and earning first-team All-Conference nods each time. As a sophomore, he had just a 1.06 WHIP and finished with a 3.25 ERA in 16 appearances. Daulton Varsho makes an unbelievable catch for Toronto Speaking of Varsho, he produced an early candidate for catch of the year in the Major League, albeit somewhat unwittingly. Back healthy for his first game of the season, Varsho stumbled trying to flag down a fly ball from Jaren Duren of Boston on Tuesday, then made a casual circus catch behind his back as he rose to his feet. Advertisement Even that description doesn't really do the snag justice. "When I fell, I was like, 'Oh boy, it's going to be somewhat near me,'" Varsho said afterward. "I saw it kind of really quick and kind of stuck my glove out." Varsho, a Marshfield native, won his first career Gold Glove as a center fielder last year. Blue Jays center fielder Daulton Varsho attempts to make a diving catch in an Aug. 28, 2024, game against the Red Sox in Boston. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Second-ever UW-Milwaukee alum, A.J. Blubaugh, makes Major League debut
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Student visas revoked; UW-Milwaukee groups protest
The Brief Thirteen University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students had their visas revoked. The move is part of a national immigration crackdown under President Donald Trump's administration. Student-led organizations said they want more transparency. MILWAUKEE - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student groups are protesting after more than a dozen international students and graduates recently had their visas revoked. What we know The university said 13 students had their visas revoked. The move is part of a national immigration crackdown under President Donald Trump's administration. Student-led organizations said they want more transparency. What they're saying Chris Van Valkenberg with UW-Milwaukee's Students for a Democratic Society is unsettled by news from the university. FREE DOWNLOAD: Get breaking news alerts in the FOX LOCAL Mobile app for iOS or Android "I feel scared for my classmates, my friends, people I don't know," Van Valkenberg said. "Many of the people I've talked to don't feel safe going to classes, they don't feel safe beyond campus." Last week, UW-Madison also reported 13 visa revocations. A spokesperson with the University of Wisconsin said he is also aware of three more at other campuses. UW-Milwaukee professor Rachel Ida Buff said they don't know who these students are, where they are from, or why they lost their visas. "This really feels like open season on our campuses," she said. "I think that people feel that it's coming out of nowhere, there's nothing they can do to protect themselves, it's not about anything they did [...] People who it didn't happen to feel incredibly vulnerable." Meanwhile, UW-Milwaukee said the university played no role in this. They also said they have no reason to believe it's because of free speech or political activity. "The university respects the right of students to express their views and advocate for the issues they care about," a university spokesperson told FOX6 News. Dig deeper The Department of State said visa revocations are not a new practice and can be necessary to enforce border security. SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 News But universities across the country say they're still seeing an uptick, and students say they're not sure what the future holds. An immigration attorney told FOX6 News the only viable remedy for the affected international students will be to file a complaint in federal court. What you can do UW-Milwaukee's Sanctuary Student Alliance started a petition to make the university a "sanctuary campus" to help protect students from ICE raids. The Source The information in this post was produced by FOX6 News.
USA Today
06-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Iowa baseball Alters Location of Upcoming Matchup vs UW-Milwaukee
Iowa baseball Alters Location of Upcoming Matchup vs UW-Milwaukee With a single-game matchup on April 8 vs. UW-Milwaukee (9-20, 7-4 Horizon League) on deck for Iowa baseball (20-9, 12-2 Big Ten) once they close their three-game weekend series against Northwestern, the Hawkeyes announce Saturday evening that their clash against the Panthers will be completely moving locations of the game. While neither Iowa nor UW-Milwaukee have detailed the exact reasoning behind the move, the April 8 game will now occur at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City, Iowa, with a first pitch established at 4:02 p.m. CT. The decision is unlikely to be related to inclement weather as the April 8 forecast for Milwaukee, Wis., calls for clear skies with highs hovering around 39 degrees Fahrenheit. If the change is due to the temperature, the forecasted weather in Iowa City is projected to be clear skies with highs around 49 degrees Fahrenheit. With Tuesday's game against the Panthers now a home contest, the Hawkeyes will look to improve to 9-1 from Duane Banks Field before opening a three-game conference series at home vs. Nebraska (14-17, 4-7), running from April 11-13. The game against the Panthers will still be streamed on Big Ten Plus (Subscription required), alongside the radio call on the Hawkeyes Radio Network with play-by-play voice John Leo and color analyst John Evans. We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. USA TODAY Network newsrooms operate independently, and this doesn't influence our coverage. Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes, and opinions. Follow Scout on X: @SpringgateNews
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Politics
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UW-Madison could lose federal funds, letter warns; here's why
The Brief The Trump administration has accused UW-Madison of failing to protect Jewish students. As a result, the university is at risk of losing federal funds. The letter came in response to pro-Palestinian encampments that formed at both UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee after the war began between Israel and Hamas. MILWAUKEE - The Trump administration accused the University of Wisconsin-Madison of failing to protect Jewish students. Now, the university is at risk of losing federal funds. What they're saying The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights sent UW-Madison a letter on Monday. It came with a warning of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill obligations under Title VI of the civil rights act to protect Jewish students on campus. SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 News "That funding supports research. It supports many other programs the universities offer," Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said Tuesday morning on FOX & Friends. "This is not about freedom of speech, we're talking about violence on campus." The backstory The letter came in response to pro-Palestinian encampments that formed at both UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee after the war began between Israel and Hamas. "I don't think there is any rightness in pulling funding from a public university," said Chris Van Valkenberg, a pro-Palestinian protester with Milwaukee Students for a Democratic Society. Big picture view The move comes after the Trump administration canceled $400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University. The White House said the cut was because the Ivy League school failed to stop antisemitism on campus. Local perspective UW-Madison told FOX6 News "it has a strong and deep commitment to supporting its Jewish Badgers, free expression and helping all students feel a sense of belonging. The university took a number of additional steps entering the 2024-25 academic year." FREE DOWNLOAD: Get breaking news alerts in the FOX LOCAL Mobile app for iOS or Android "I think this is a show of force, a performance that is designed to scare universities," said Amadi Ozier, a UW-Madison English professor who was present at the campus protests. Ozier fears cuts could impact already under-represented students. "Who are obviously extremely concerned about what this threat to a loss of funding will specifically do to hurt poor students, hurt scholarship students, hurt immigrant students, rural students who are going to feel the brunt of this before anyone else feels the loss of federal funding," she said. What they're saying In an online statement, UW-Madison said, in part: UW–Madison condemns antisemitism in all its forms and strives to promote a welcoming campus environment for all members of the campus community, free from discrimination, including harassment based upon race, shared ancestry, national origin or other protected categories. As referenced Tuesday by the Department of Education, the university was one of 60 universities with a pending Title VI complaint that received a letter. It continues to cooperate with any inquiries or requests for information from OCR. The Source Information in this report is from the University of Wisconsin, FOX6 News interviews and prior coverage, as well as FOX & Friends' interview with McMahon.
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Politics
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UWM has weathered cuts, delivered research to improve health and commerce
You're probably reading this on your phone or computer. Did you ever think about the trial and error that led to the invention of this magical device? Those medications you take each day were developed by testing many different approaches, with each rendition more sophisticated than the last. And the beach you walk along was cleaned up thanks to scientists who hunted down the sources of contamination and eradicated them. Guess what? Research surrounds us. More: Married women could face new obstacles to vote. This is what conservatives want. | Opinion Everything we use, touch, drive, eat and watch has been shaped by research. But the concept of research is bigger than the products we buy. It's at the heart of our economy. It protects our national security. It yields health benefits. It shows us how to keep our land fertile and our food system thriving. Following World War II, our federal government realized the best research was being conducted at American universities. They also found it was much more economical to leverage existing scientists, equipment and resources at research universities than to do it all themselves. Providing indirect support to maintain the research infrastructure needed to carry out the funded projects became a bargain for the government. The strength of our economy today is a direct result of those investments. Research helps fuel the region's economy and develop its talent pipeline. UW-Milwaukee alone holds over 200 patents developed with its researchers and nearly 50 active license and option agreements through the UWM Research Foundation. Over 25 startup businesses have formed from UWM innovations. Beyond this, basic research conducted by universities — which focuses on making discoveries for the intrinsic purpose of learning — provides a foundation for advancing public knowledge that can be shared to benefit humanity. Lately, news headlines tell of efforts to cut research funding and reduce 'bloat' at universities across the country. As chancellor of a university that is supported in part by taxpayer dollars, I am keenly aware of the importance of not overspending. And frankly, after facing years of state budget cuts coupled with a decade-long tuition freeze, my colleagues at UWM have long been stewarding our research funding so that it is used for essential expenses that support the research itself. Pulling the plug on research funding by government agencies, such as the National Institutes for Health, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Agriculture, NASA, etc., would have a dire effect on research universities. But the ramifications of choking off research will be felt far beyond the borders of our campuses. Productivity will drop when industry partners can't count on academia to perform the basic scientific research that underpins and helps grow their businesses. More: As fights rage over DOGE and USAID, farmers battle decades of government failure | Opinion Our national competitiveness across manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and many other fields will be stymied. Infrastructure will continue to crumble when studies on concrete and bridges and roads are paused. New cures and medical treatments will evaporate, forcing struggling individuals to continue to suffer and wait. And our curiosity will be stunted when we are not encouraged to explore new ideas or wonder at what we might accomplish next. Research is part of the core mission of UWM, which for the fourth time has earned the highest research status ('R1') awarded by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. UWM and UW-Madison are the only universities in Wisconsin to hold this prestigious distinction; fewer than 200 universities in the nation are rated R1. Our faculty, staff and students are looking at how to counteract epilepsy and chronic pain and how to reduce shoulder pain among wheelchair users. They are studying how social media affects suicide rates among vulnerable youth. They are working to keep our wastewater free from antibiotic-resistant bacteria. And their efforts are aimed at helping those with early-stage dementia be more independent. As a survivor of multiple cancers, I'm proud that we just launched our third cohort of 15 UWM undergraduates studying cancer with faculty mentors at the Medical College of Wisconsin. This is the generation that will cure cancer—and that objective is now at risk of not being reached. With one in three people in this country having cancer at some point in their life, is this the direction we want to go? Today, I ask you to think about how research has touched your life. Everything is research. Let's not shut it down. Mark A. Mone, PhD, is chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. After 11 years in this role, he will return to the faculty of UWM's Lubar College of Business in July. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Everything is research. Let's not shut it down. | Opinion
