University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics are now among the 20 best hospitals in the entire nation for the first time ever, according to U.S. News & World Report’s latest rankings released Monday.
July 30, 2019
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Crime and safety
UW police investigate theft-from-auto incidents at University Hospital
“We had an unusually high number of break-ins, particularly this past weekend,” Marc Lovicott, UWPD spokesman, said.
Jurors questioned on race, #MeToo movement, hookup culture ahead of Quintez Cephus trial
Twenty four potential jurors were questioned by Dane County Judge William Hanrahan, the prosecuting attorney and defense attorney for more than two hours Monday morning.
Cephus sexual assault trial begins Tuesday, following previous delays
Cephus charged with two counts of felony sexual assault.
Community
New Madison School Board member looks to use personal experience to inform role
Castro participated in one of UW-Madison’s pre-college programs for low-income students across the state. “Being able to experience education with folks going through similar struggles as I was was really informative to my education,” Castro said. After high school, Castro studied sociology at UW-Madison and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 2018.
Health
Exact Sciences Expanding Through $2.8B Deal
Quoted: Dr. Joshua Lang of the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center said he hopes the merger would mean more practical tools for oncologists.
“As we’ve learned more, we’re starting to understand just how many different types of cancers there are,” he said. “We need better tests. And if (I’m) smarter as a clinician, because I have better information, it means I’m going to be able to deliver better care.”
Athletics
UW and Alabama set home-and-home agreement for 2024 and 2025 seasons
When Wisconsin and Alabama opened the 2015 season at AT&T Stadium in Texas, some UW fans understandably wondered whether the Badgers could ever face the Crimson Tide at Camp Randall Stadium.
UW-Madison graduate competes in American Ninja Warrior
A UW-Madison graduate gave it her all on American Ninja Warrior Monday night.
Wisconsin Badgers Basketball Coach Howard Moore Moving to Long-term Care Facility
During the transportation to the hospital, Howard underwent cardiac arrest and has been receiving care by the doctors, nurses and staff at the hospital.
UW basketball coach Howard Moore placed in long-term care facility, to sit out next season
University of Wisconsin men’s basketball assistant coach Howard Moore will be moved to a long-term care facility and will sit out of the 2019-2020 season following a car accident in May that took the lives of his daughter and wife.
Jury picked, sex assault trial for ex-UW receiver Quintez Cephus to start Tuesday
A jury of eight women and six men will hear opening statements from lawyers Tuesday in the trial of former University of Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Cephus, who was charged with sexual assault last year involving two women.
Howard Moore placed in long-term care facility, won’t coach in 2019-20
University of Wisconsin men’s basketball assistant coach Howard Moore has been moved to a long-term care and rehabilitation facility and won’t coach this season, his family announced in a statement Monday afternoon.
Opinion
Letter: If UW cares about indigenous students, it must denounce TMT project
Youth climate activists are here today on behalf of students, staff, faculty and supporters of UW to demand that UW immediately condemn the TMT project and end all forms of support through divestment.
UW Experts in the News
Hagedorn swearing-in this week on Wisconsin Supreme Court illustrates power of appointments
Quoted: “You’d like to think you’ve got seven people sitting there and looking over the law and being fairly dispassionate about it. (Their decision) shouldn’t be predictable by someone who knows nothing about the law,” said Frank Tuerkheimer, an emeritus University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor who studies judicial ethics. “As we become more polarized why shouldn’t appointment of judges be polarized, too? I would be surprised if it were otherwise.”
UW-Madison Related
Learn to row with the Mendota Rowing Club
The Mendota Rowing Club was founded in 1975 by a group of UW-Madison alumni. It has since evolved into an organization that gives men and women of all ages the chance to get involved with the sport of rowing.