Researchers at the University of Wisconsin are taking part in a new study funded by the National Institute of Health examining the development of Alzheimer’s disease in people with Down syndrome.
In another of the studies released earlier this year, researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health found that, based on autopsies, people who lived in the poorest neighborhoods at the time of their death were about twice as likely to have brain changes typical of Alzheimer’s disease as people who lived in the wealthiest neighborhoods. Researchers used the Neighborhood Atlas, a map developed by the University of Wisconsin that charts neighborhoods by socioeconomic status.
“We are in the baby steps of trying to understand what is driving this,” says Ryan Powell, a scientist who helped lead the study.
By mid-September, counties with a significant population of college students were fueling the nation’s worst coronavirus outbreaks. As those outbreaks continued, state and local governments cracked down, ordering students quarantined to campus, like at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, or asking colleges to send students home, like at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Second testing site provides more testing opportunities for students before traveling over the holidays.
How many COVID-19 road blocks will stand in the Badgers’ way over the next months remains to be seen, but at least they have a path that begins next week when they host Eastern Illinois on Wednesday at the Kohl Center.
Pending approval from Chancellor Rebecca Blank, the University of Wisconsin-Madison may remove Chamberlin Rock from its current location, a response to demands from students who have highlighted the rock’s racist history.
UW-Madison is moving forward on a plan to remove a boulder from Observatory Hill after calls from students of color who see the rock as a painful reminder of the history of racism on campus.
In the video posted on Facebook, the nuns stand in front of the group of University of Wisconsin students and dance while holding up the “W” symbol.
’Including the picture of the thin blue line flag, especially given the current climate on campus, represents a direct threat to activists and BIPOC lives,’ ASM Chair says
The health system said the American Family Children’s Hospital is not expanding to house COVID-19 patients, but will instead admit adult patients to create more space at University Hospital.
A UW Health spokesperson tells 27 News the new COVID unit at The American Center (TAC) is for patients who need general care. They are sick enough to be admitted to a hospital, but do not usually require a ventilator or admission to an ICU.
The study is led by Jonathan Temte, a professor and dean in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. Temte and his team test people even when they do not show any symptoms. The team hopes by focusing on asymptomatic people, they can prevent more infections.
After Wisconsin’s economy made significant strides toward recovery following the downturn caused by the coronavirus, improvement has recently slowed. That’s according to Dr. Noah Williams, director of the Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A UW Madison political science professor, David Canon, detailed the move to get a partial recount could be more of a political power move.
Milwaukee County is the state’s largest, home to the city of Milwaukee, and Black people make up about 27% of the population, more than any other county. Dane County is home to the liberal capital city of Madison and the flagship University of Wisconsin campus.
More recently, Donna Shalala came to the job after serving as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She returned to academia to helm the University of Miami, and in 2018, she ran for Congress and was elected to represent Florida’s 27th District. (Shalala lost her seat in 2020.) Sylvia Mathews Burwell was the head of the White House Office of Management and Budget prior to her tenure at HHS and is now president of American University. The incumbent secretary, Alex Azar, served as general counsel and deputy secretary of the department in President George W. Bush’s administration and then was president of the US division of drug maker Eli Lilly and Company.
