The University of Wisconsin removed a 42-ton boulder from its Madison campus Friday after complaints from students of color who called the rock a symbol of racism.
Chamberlin Rock removed from University of Wisconsin campus over racist symbolism
CNN
August 10, 2021
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Revive Therapeutics Provides Update on Psychedelics Clinical Product Pipeline
MarketWatch
The Company is working with the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System under a clinical trial agreement to conduct a Phase I/II clinical study to evaluate the safety and feasibility of psilocybin in adults with methamphetamine use disorder. Study start-up activities have taken place and enrollment activities are to continue throughout the remainder of the year. As a result of the study, clinical data will provide proprietary and valuable information on the safety, efficacy and dosing of psilocybin to support future pivotal FDA clinical studies in oral forms of delivery including oral thin film strips. The clinical study will be conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health and School of Pharmacy, which holds a Wisconsin special authorization and DEA license to perform clinical research with psilocybin.
Athletics
Going All In: 3 Olympians Share Lessons In Cultivating Passion
Forbes
Kris Thorsness, grew up in Alaska and never saw rowing before she went off to college at the University of Wisconsin. Like many elite athletes, growing up, she tried different sports, before settling on the sport which would take her all the way to the Olympics.
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Delta Forces Hospitals Across U.S. to Ration Scarce ICU Beds
Bloomberg
Truly stopping transmission would require about 90% vaccination, impossible to achieve, because children under 12 aren’t eligible for a shot, said Ajay Sethi, an associate professor of population health sciences at the University of Wisconsin.
School districts in lower transmission areas navigate CDC, DPI mask guidance ahead of school year
WKOW-TV 27
Health experts maintain that even if there is lower transmission in an area, students should be masked.”Six or seven or eight hours is a big chunk of the day,” said Dr. Ellen Wald, chair of pediatrics at the UW School of Medicine. “It’s a time when they’re in close proximity with 20 to 30 other children in a single room. That doesn’t happen in the rest of the day.”
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UW-Madison professor deletes social media post that some saw as encouraging violence
Wisconsin State Journal
AUW-Madison professor apologized on Monday for a social media post that some saw as advocating violence against a U.S. senator.
UW-Madison not expecting to receive $100 million gift Foxconn pledged, chancellor says
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison isn’t expecting Foxconn Technology Group to honor a $100 million pledge made to the university nearly three years ago, Chancellor Rebecca Blank said this month.