AstraZeneca reported Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection among adults of all ages in a long-anticipated U.S. study, a finding that could help rebuild public confidence in the shot around the world and move it a step closer to clearance in the U.S.
A new report from a think tank at the University of Wisconsin-Madison finds that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour would help three out of 10 Wisconsin workers, and work to close racial and gender pay gaps in the state.
The report, from the Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS), finds that 843,000 workers — or 21 percent of workers in the state — currently make less than $15 an hour and would be directly impacted by a boost to the minimum wage.
U. of I. isn’t alone in revising its admissions policy. Other Big 10 schools including the University of Wisconsin at Madison and Penn State University are stretching the test-optional protocols through 2023 while others, most notably the University of California, are exploring permanent options to ditch standardized tests.
I am a student at UW-Madison. They pride themselves on their own study abroad program. I decided to go through a non-approved program and let me tell you the study abroad office did not offer one ounce of help.
Committee discussed financial situation of StudentPrint after UW blocked ASM-allocated funds over legal restrictions.
’Every additional relaxation [of COVID-19 safety protocols] increases the risk of transmission. The numbers have dropped significantly, but we’re not out of the woods yet,’ UW professor says.
About 65 of the 163 soon-to-be graduates were selected to specialize in primary care disciplines, according to a university news release. This statistic is the result of an emphasis on internal medicine, pediatrics and family medicine in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, which ranks 18th in the U.S. News & World Report list of best medical schools for primary care in 2021.
Mark Johnson pointed to the LaBahn Arena rafters where five red banners hang celebrating the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team’s NCAA championships. There’s another one on the way and the Badgers coach hopes there’s a full crowd to see it. “It’s going to be a special evening,” Johnson said.
Season tickets are now on sale for the University of Wisconsin football team, as the program and UW athletic department remain optimistic fans will be at Camp Randall Stadium for games this fall.
A group of researchers and scientists from around the world have spent the past year helping people better understand the pandemic by sharing facts and answering questions online.
As more than 2 million Wisconsin residents with medical conditions that put them at higher risk for COVID-19 became eligible for vaccination Monday, Madison health care providers started changing some immunization procedures — including UW Health moving to a self-scheduling model.
With no spring break and burnout rampant among students, mental health support must come as policy-based, structural changes.
As such, the northern lights can be spotted in northern U.S. states such as Wisconsin and Alaska, but also Pennsylvania. They have also been known to appear in states including Illinois, Oregon, Maine, Washington and Montana. According to a blog post by professor Jerry Zhu of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, some northern states can see a few shows of aurora borealis each year.
Alright, so Moss says that he pulled his hamstring in a Monday Night Football game vs. the New Orleans Saints shortly before the Vikings’ first meeting with the Packers that season. Because the Packers don’t have cheerleaders or a band of their own, they borrow the University of Wisconsin’s marching band. The tuba players trolled the injured Moss with their sign cards. Green Bay crushed
A former student requested the district rename the high school for former Wisconsin Secretary of State Velvalea “Vel” Phillips in a letter last fall to MMSD Superintendent Dr. Carlton Jenkins, Reyes explains in a statement she is expected to read during Monday’s board meeting.
