A pilot study analyzed by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy finds that dementia patients given access to tablets loaded with apps for photos and music, and common apps such as YouTube, experience more positive moods. Half of the patients involved in the study saw improvements in their moods.
After their dad’s battle with Alzheimer’s, Deterding’s brother heard about an Alzheimer’s study being conducted at the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His brother was on the board of the Alzheimer’s Association, which is where he first learned about the study.
A pilot study analyzed by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy finds that dementia patients given access to tablets loaded with apps for photos and music, and common apps such as YouTube, experience more positive moods. Half of the patients involved in the study saw improvements in their moods.
Monica Turner, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and a co-author of the study, says that impervious surfaces – like roads, sidewalks and buildings – absorb heat from the sun during the day and slowly release that heat at night.
The bill, authored by Sen. André Jacque of De Pere and Rep. Janel Brandtjen of Menomonee Falls, began circulating for cosponsors Wednesday and would prohibit the use of fetal tissue obtained from abortions for research or any other purpose.
Dr. Richard Davidson, Director of Center for Health Minds developed the mindfulness-based Kindness Curriculum for preschoolers to help them pay closer attention to their emotions.
Two top administrators with the University of Wisconsin-Platteville will accompany Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on his first-ever international trade mission trip to Japan.
n November 2016, around 15 students protested conservative media personality Ben Shapiro’s on-campus lecture. Now, the UW System policy that states students who disrupt campus speech three times will be expelled could become state law.
Despite Laurel’s alma mater University of Wisconsin, having a strong sports presence and being ranked as the Top U.S. Party School in 2017, she “never had school pride or strong feelings about my school.” But now, she misses it. “I even tweeted about how I missed the stupid burgers at my college’s famous bar. I bought alumni stuff when I used to hate wearing red on game days,” Laurel tells Bustle.
“We’re going to unzip Bascom Hill, replace all the utilities and put it back together,” says Jeffrey A. Pollei, Director of Utilities and Energy Management in UW–Madison Facilities Planning & Management.
Minnesota native Christina Olstad is “thrilled” to begin her new position as dean of students at UW-Madison starting this semester.“As I read through the job description, my level of excitement just began to rise,” Olstad said.
Noted: Under one bill, $224,000 would pay for two new employees within the University of Wisconsin Center for Dairy Profitability in Madison to help farmers with financial decisions related to the transfer of their operations to a new generation or new owners.
While UW doesn’t have plans to remove them, efficiency of devices has been questioned.
White is an associate professor of environmental justice within the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the department of Community and Environmental Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of the new book “Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement” (UNC Press/2018).
The “Our Farms, Our Future” package would create two farm-succession planning positions at the University of Wisconsin Extension, implement a student loan assistance program for beginning farmers, and provide grants to small, diverse farms.
The measures unveiled Tuesday, which are part of the “Our Farms, Our Future” legislative package, are sponsored by Democrats but have bipartisan support, increasing their chances of being considered by the Republican-controlled Legislature.
During World War II, Ms. Kuhlmann joined the Waves (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) and was sent to the University of Wisconsin, Madison, to take a three-month course to learn Morse code. Back in New York, she used that skill to communicate with ships at sea. She also had a radio show on WNEW for a time, “Navy Serenade.”
After that season, Watt transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After being redshirted for the 2008 season, he debuted for the Badgers as a defensive end in 2009. Watt showed potential immediately, putting up 4.5 sacks in 13 games for a team that would make the Champs Sports Bowl and defeat Miami.
Noted: When Amann was a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2016, she competed and won “Team Ninja Warrior: College Madness,” a college edition of the program, with two schoolmates.
Quoted: Though a measles outbreak has yet to hit the state, many are concerned that with immunization rates this low, it’s only a matter of time. “I would not be surprised at all if I woke up tomorrow to hear that the measles outbreak had reached Wisconsin. Not surprised at all,” said Malia Jones, an assistant scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Applied Population Laboratory.
John worked as Curator of Exhibits at the State Historical Museum from 1956 to 1959. The remainder of his career was spent at the UW Zoology Dept. as Illustrator and Museum Curator, and later he added paleontologist to his job description.
Fultz is an emeritus professor with the Department of Educational Policy Studies. He received his Ed.M. and Ed.D. at Harvard Graduate School of Education and taught there in the Administration, Planning and Social Policy program for three years before moving to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1990.
