Dr. James H. Stein, a cardiologist at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, said a patient who listened to a podcast episode about cardiology now might arrive at his clinic and announce, “I have advanced heart disease and I need a coronary CT angiogram and I need you to measure my homocysteine level.”
UW-Madison is responsible for another massive medical advancement — but this one was pharmaceutical, not biological.
Warfarin, one of the most widely used blood thinners on the market, began as a treatment for cows. A Deer Park farmer walked into the laboratory of Karl Paul Link, a biochemist working in the university’s College of Agriculture, because his cows had developed a bleeding disorder.
The Madison Metropolitan School District is celebrating its inaugural Grow Your Own to Teacher Program.
The initiative inaugural cohort completes associate degrees at Madison College and prepares to continue towards teacher licenses through the UW-Madison School of Education.
Katie Aglione, 22, just finished her first year of UW-Madison’s two-year nursing program. This follows two years of prerequisite classes that studentshave to complete before spending the second half of their bachelor’s program focused on clinical skills and hands-on training.
The United States is one of only a handful of countries that allows companies to hold patents on plant varieties. As a result, a small number of corporations can – and do – suppress competition in the seed industry, stifle innovation and turn taxpayer subsidies intended for farmers into corporate profits.
Julie Dawson is a Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She told “Wisconsin Today” parts of Bayer’s rebate program would discourage smaller seed sellers — who buy seeds from seed giants like Bayer and re-sell those directly to farmers — from testing products from multiple companies and specializing what seeds they sell to their region or customer base.
Nick Peruzzi is stepping into an important role in acquiring and developing talent for the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team.
I was on the SF Muni train on my way to lab the day the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action. I remember staring at my phone for a moment before swiping out of my news app and opening Instagram. I mindlessly reposted Canva-made infographics and video essay think pieces. I saw posts from friends and mutuals and some of the tears they shed, but I honestly felt nothing. Frankly, the ruling was a confirmation of something many Black students already understood: that our presence in academic spaces has always been conditional and could be revoked at any moment.
The Stewardship Fund has protected many of our landscape-scale natural assets, such as the 40,000-acre Turtle-Flambeau Flowage and the 70,000-acre Pelican River State Forest, the Lower Wisconsin Riverway and the last undeveloped section of the Wisconsin Dells. Just as important, it has set aside natural areas and built trails close to where the majority of the population lives. Many of our local parks, bike and hiking trails and nearby green spaces are there for you to enjoy because of the Stewardship Fund.
UW Health dermatologist Dr. Lisa Arkin sat down with our Leigh Mills to talk about the risks of spending too much time in the sun or the tanning bed.
There have been Super Bowls and Rose Bowls on the field and World Series on the diamond. World championships have been won on the basketball court and national titles on the ice. Athletes like Henry Aaron, Bart Starr and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar weren’t born here, but they helped deliver trophies to our state.
“The state of Wisconsin was a part of their journeys to the hall of fame,” said Ashley Brown, the Allan H. Selig Chair in the History of Sport and Society at UW-Madison.
[Leslie] Petty has more than 30 years of experience in higher education.
“I was the first Black administrator at the University of Wisconsin School of Business,” Petty said.
After eight years at UW-Madison, Petty was hired as dean for the School of Academic Advancement at Madison Area Technical College (MATC).
The first dairy school in the U.S. was established at UW-Madison in 1890.
