That’s the thinking of two scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Joshua Coon and Ian Miller, who believe a “smart toilet,” can become a tool to closely monitor your health, and eventually learn more about the early molecular signs of diseases like cancer and diabetes.
The University of Wisconsin System’s presidential search and screen committee launched an online feedback form for the public to share the qualities they’d like to see in the next UW System president. The form can be found on the System website.
A 2% pay raise in each of the next two years for University of Wisconsin and state employees were slated to be approved Wednesday by a Republican-controlled committee of legislative leaders.
“A weakness of the [Catalonia] study is lack of information on co-occurring conditions such as intellectual disability, and information about sociodemographic variables,” says Maureen Durkin, professor of population health sciences and pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who was not involved in either study
It’s taken six years for the Badgers to make a return trip (to the Final Four). They will compete in their third national semifinal Thursday when they face No. 1 seed Baylor at PPG Paints Arena.
Many people who had worked for and with him when he was Madison’s mayor from 1979-83 were there to pay tribute. But just as noticeable was the number of folks there to pay their respects from the University of Wisconsin.
Letter to the editor: National rankings for university research expenditures matter a lot. That’s why the Dec. 8 story in the State Journal “UW hopes to reverse research ranking slide” was so disturbing.
Quoted: “It’s over 200,000 voters who are affected. If even a small slice of them were deterred from voting in 2020, it could tip the outcome,” said Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and director of its Elections Research Center. He added the people affected would be young people and those who live in cities – groups that tend to vote Democratic.
Noted: University of Wisconsin epidemiologist Tony Goldberg is helping with the investigation. He specializes in wildlife diseases of unknown cause — and recently he’s been busy. “Along with invasive species, we’re seeing invasive pathogens,” Goldberg said. “Often it’s the coup de grace for a species that is holding on by a thread.”
Rick retired from an accomplished career at the UW after 23 years, where he made an impact on every person (and animal) he came in contact with.
