New work by two University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers provides crucial insight into a major medical mystery: how a protein that normally protects cells from tumors is induced to abandon its mission.
UW-Madison researchers have discovered one way a gene that usually protects against tumors can, when mutated, spur cancers of the breast, ovaries, lung and bladder.
Thirteen percent of children in the U.S. are living in families with incomes below the poverty line. Beyond what this ends up costing the country — estimated to range between $800 billion and $1.1 trillion annually — this has implications for children’s health and development. We talk with an economist about his plan to cut child poverty in half over ten years.
Guest: Timothy Smeeding
The study, released Tuesday, is a collaborative effort between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It uses the most recent available data from a range of sources, much coming from last year.
A UWM police officer shot an individual outside the Fine Arts Building Tuesday morning. No students or employees were hurt or involved in the incident.
Noted: Other colleges and universities applied tobacco-free policies years ago. Alverno College was the first in Wisconsin to become tobacco-free in June 2007. UW-Madison, Milwaukee Area Technical College and Marquette University followed.
Annual roundup of University of Wisconsin system employees salaries.
University police tweeted an alert Tuesday morning that urged people to stay away from the Fine Arts Complex where shots reportedly had been fired by a loading dock. Authorities say the “subject” involved is not at large. There are no reports of injuries and no further details.PauseCurrent Time 0:00/Duration Time 0:00Stream TypeLIVELoaded: 0%Progress: 0%0:00Fullscreen00:00Mute
Meena Syamkumar, a sixth-year doctoral student from India in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, has completed summer internships at Cisco and Microsoft. Her research interests are in internet measurements and analysis, cloud computing and software-defined networking
Devastated, yet motivated to come together, Muslim University of Wisconsin students Mouna Algahaithi and Ali Khan hosted a vigil just 12 hours later with the Muslim Student Association at the Multicultural Student Center, where the staff were more than willing to provide space and services. The Assistant Director of Leadership and Involvement, Maria Ahmad, assisted in inviting University Health Services mental health counselors, as well. Over 50 staff, students, and community members from various religious backgrounds gathered to honor the fallen victims.
UW Extension agents estimate more than 200 farms had buildings damaged or destroyed by heavy snow and high winds in late February. That includes almost every farm in Trempealeau County.
This idea—first implemented at a few universities, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison—is where students are tasked with solving biomedical and clinical problems for a client under the advisement of a BME professor.
Quoted: These lawsuits are “a reminder of the perils of speaking out,” said Tyrell Haberkorn, a researcher on Thai state violence from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
