“For many years, we’ve had this testing program that basically looks at mice first as a first step to see what happens in an actual live organism, then rabbits, then dogs, then going on to humans,” said Nicole Nelson, UW-Madison associate professor of medical history and bioethics.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison law school made misleading statements to The College Fix about its plans to remove a racially discriminatory fellowship description.
As previously reported, a third-party database advertised a law school faculty fellowship as targeted for “candidates of color.” After being pressed for answers, Associate Director of Communications Jennie Broecker told The Fix on May 15 she would ask ProFellow to update the listing.
Within the next five years, Wisconsin should have more workers who can help run clinical trials for important research.
That’s the aim of a new program that Madison Area Technical College and the UW-Madison School of Medicine are launching in 2027.
Community members gathered to remember a young man from Edina whose life touched many people across Minnesota.
Poisoned, killed, skinned and dissected. In 2023, six beagles purchased from Ridglan Farms were injected with methylene blue by researchers at University of Wisconsin–Madison before being euthanized and dissected for research.
Photos obtained through public records during a recent Rise for Animals investigation show the six dogs unconscious before being killed, their organs on display. The images are too graphic for news organizations to publish, and the university unsurprisingly fought to conceal them.
As the founder and executive director of The Playing Field in Madison, I am seeing programs struggle with the reduction and planned elimination this month of Child Care Bridge Payments from the state. A UW-Madison report estimates that as many as 1 in 4 Wisconsin childcare programs could close with significant consequences for families already struggling to find care.
