Pacemakers, the medical devices that help people maintain a consistent heartbeat, require both batteries for power and surgery if the batteries must be replaced.
But as part of a new study, published in the journal Science Advances, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers developed a pacemaker solely powered by heartbeats, with the goal of reducing surgeries for upkeep.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is celebrating its highest rankings in the Best Colleges report by U.S. News & World Report in about two decades.
UW-Madison ranked among the top 10 public institutions in the country for undergraduate education in the 2027 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings.
For the first time in four years, UW-Madison has cracked the top 10 among public schools in U.S. News and World Report’s annual list of best universities in the country.
UW-Madison ranked eighth, in a six-way tie, among public schools and 34th overall, according to the rankings released Tuesday. Last year, the flagship university placed 12th among public schools and 36th overall.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will launch a clinic next week aimed at supporting unpaid caregivers in Wisconsin.
The Badger Caregiving Clinic will bring together students, faculty and staff from several of UW–Madison’s health and social care programs to provide hands-on support and resources for caregivers, according to a news release. The clinic will be located at the UW Health E Terrace Drive Medical Center.
In mid-July, 63 high school and middle school students attended the four-day Badger Dairy Camp on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, where they learned about the breadth of areas that contribute to Wisconsin’s dairy industry, and the higher education and career opportunities available to them. The programming, for youth ages 12-17, included hands-on workshops and visits to multiple campus labs, the UW School of Veterinary Medicine and a nearby dairy farm – plus college prep sessions and recreational activities.
Network cameras filmed the president in the 1950s, when aides to President Dwight D. Eisenhower maintained editorial control of the footage, according to Kathryn McGarr, a media historian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Gov. Tony Evers and an array of state lawmakers, faculty and donors held a ceremony Thursday afternoon to debut Irving and Dorthy Levy Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison’s newest campus building.
A new home for the College of Letters and Science, the building will house eight different humanities departments: African American Studies, American Indian & Indigenous Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies, Gender & Women’s Studies, History, Jewish Studies and Religious Studies.
