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April 2, 2026

Health

UW-Madison: Christian Capitini named director of the UW Carbone Cancer Center

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WisBusiness

The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and UW Health are pleased to announce that Dr. Christian Capitini, a national expert in the treatment and research of childhood cancers, has been named the next director of the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center. Capitini will also hold the title of director of UW Health Cancer Services. He will assume the role of Carbone Cancer Center director on April 19.

UW Health recognizes ‘Donate Life’ Month to promote organ donation

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Channel 3000

UW Health is joining organizations across the country to recognize April as Donate Life Month, honoring organ, eye, and tissue donors.

Over 108,000 adults and children in the U.S. are awaiting an organ transplant, including 1,500 people in Wisconsin.

UW Health states that most individuals on the waitlist need a kidney, but more than 13 people die each day while waiting for a transplant, according to Michael Anderson, executive director of UW Organ and Tissue Donation.

Student-run EMS at UW-Madison? Fire, police leaders not sold yet

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The Cap Times

Genevieve Simmons grimaced the more Mitch Reuter tightened a tourniquet around her arm.

“Definitely don’t have a pulse,” Simmons chuckled as Reuter checked her wrist.

Reuter was demonstrating how to use a tourniquet as he led a Stop the Bleed training last month at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Students filled a classroom in Birge Hall to learn how to pack a wound and apply pressure in a medical emergency.

UW Experts in the News

UW-Madison professor: Artemis II mission moves NASA closer to returning to the moon

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NBC 15

NASA has launched its Artemis II mission, sending astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years — a milestone a University of Wisconsin–Madison expert says could shape the future of human spaceflight.

“There was an old IMAX movie called ‘The Dream is Alive’, narrated by Walter Cronkite about the space shuttle,” said UW–Madison astronomy professor Thomas Beatty. “And I think I watched that a million times with my mom.”

Now, decades later, he’s watching as humans prepare to travel back toward the moon for the first time since the Apollo era.

UW-Madison Related

Here’s what jobs recent UW-Madison graduates are landing after college

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Wisconsin State Journal

While facing a tough job market, the majority of recent UW-Madison graduates found employment or planned to pursue another degree after graduation, a new university survey found.

Within six months of graduation, about 62% of recent UW-Madison graduates had a job lined up, and nearly 27% planned to continue their education, according to the survey the university released Tuesday.