Tuesday marked the fifth day of classes at UW-Madison, a major turning point at the time last school year when university leaders moved all classes online and quarantined its two largest dorms in response to more than a thousand COVID-19 cases.
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and UW-Milwaukee on Thursday became the second and third state campuses to reach a goal of having at least 70% of students vaccinated against COVID-19.
University of Wisconsin interim President Tommy Thompson underwent surgery Thursday morning following a water skiing accident, according to a post on his Facebook page.
University of Wisconsin System interim President Tommy Thompson is recovering from surgery Thursday to repair a torn bicep. Thompson says the injury comes from a “little water skiing accident” last weekend.
According to a news release from UW spokesperson Meredith McGlone, many band members live together with section members in off-campus housing, leaving plenty of opportunities for the virus to spread. McGlone said the band’s decision to cancel rehearsal stemmed from “an abundance of caution.”
With the start of Latinx Heritage Month, the University of Wisconsin-Madison community gathered to celebrate and show the importance of Latinx culture, conveying a message of love for the community at the “March Up Bascom” event on Wednesday.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will host a weekend of events, including a ceremony at Camp Randall, to celebrate 2020 graduates whose ceremonies were virtual due to COVID-19. The ceremony will take place on Saturday and feature student speaker CJ Zabat as well as Pat Connaughton, shooting guard for the 2021 NBA Champion Milwaukee Bucks.
As positive COVID-19 cases rise in the UW marching band, band directors recommend — not require — that students get tested.
UW System President Tommy Thompson has been encouraging UW students to get vaccinated against COVID-19 with incentives like a shot at a $7K scholarship. Now, Charlie Berens wants to get in on the action. Who did it better? You decide!
Quoted: “There’s nobody left with the necessary oversight,” said Barry Orton, professor emeritus of telecommunications at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Tommy Thompson, the longest-serving governor in Wisconsin history and current interim president of the University of Wisconsin System, had surgery Thursday following a water-skiing accident.
Freakfest 2021 will most likely be canceled this year due to concerns about the potential spread of COVID-19. Freakfest is a festival that typically takes place for Halloween in Madison.
“Since July, the number of cases in children has increased by 240%, and pediatric cases now make up about 30% of all new cases of COVID-19,” said Dr. William Hartman, Co-Principal Investigator of Pediatric Vaccine Trial at UW Health.
Yet two men want you to think that ivermectin could be all we need to treat, or even prevent, any COVID-19 case: Dr. Pierre Kory, a former critical-care specialist at the University of Wisconsin medical center, and Dr. Paul Marik, the chief of critical care at Eastern Virginia Medical School.
For starters, laboratory experiments show that masks block the respiratory droplets and aerosols that transmit SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID. In one test, mechanical engineer David Rothamer and his team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison used a machine in a classroom to pump out particles of the same size as those that carry the virus.
Christoph Mans, clinical assistant professor of zoological medicine at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, said in 2016 that 50 snake species live in the United States.
Nancy Wong, a professor of consumer science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said she stopped shopping at Costco because she felt like she was losing money.
“For all we know [they] could be bacteria,” said Sanjay Limaye, a planetary scientist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “Could there be life in the clouds?”
