“There is just so much going on in this area … the potential is huge. We are going to continue to have conversations with different organizations to support them in any way we can and we are hoping that will grow,” says Brenda González, director of community relations for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
After state agriculture officials confirmed the presence of bird flu in Wisconsin, one poultry management expert shared safety tips for poultry farmers and what risk exists to humans.
Ron Kean, a faculty associate and extension specialist in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, also explained what costs farmers can and cannot get covered if the flu hits their farm.
UW-Madison researchers with the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory discovered the case of avian flu. This strain of the virus has not been spreading to humans, but could lead to the euthanizing of millions of birds across the U.S., likely raising prices in the egg and poultry industry, according to the researchers. The lab is working to identify cases and control the spread.
The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities. Last year, the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute rated Petersburg the least healthy locality in Virginia, 133 out of 133.
The University of Wisconsin System will now automatically share information about sexual harassment findings against employees when contacted for a reference check by another system campus or state agency. The system also requires that references and final candidates answer certain questions.
The nation may have its eyes on the college basketball brackets, but another March Madness event unfolded Friday at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, where the Class of 2022 graduates received their long-awaited residency placements.
Oliv Madison, a student housing development being constructed on the 300 block of State Street by Chicago-based Core Spaces … forced several local businesses to move or close … Another proposal floated for the 400 block has displaced other local businesses for a possible restaurant and apartments, and could demolish architecture dating to the 1890s … More changes are in the works. Next year begins construction of shelters for bus rapid transit, a longtime goal of Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway. Larger buses can shuttle more people to the city’s downtown but critics worry about the effect they will have on the pedestrian-friendly street. All of these changes have some wondering what the future of State Street will be, and how its lively culture and history will endure.
Quoted: Hart Posen, a professor of management and human resources at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said while concerns of negative effects from a buyout aren’t unfounded, he sees it as a positive story in an industry that has had few positive stories in the past decade.
“This is all happening because Kohl’s is, of department store retailers, one of the best positioned department store retailers,” Posen said. “This is (a) department store that has real potential. Some folks think they can pull more out of it, which may or may not be true.”
A trial is set for a 55-year-old man charged with allegedly killing a University of Wisconsin- Madison student in 2008, according to updated court records Tuesday.
UW anesthesiologist and second-generation Ukrainian American Dr. Adrian Pichurko has made the two-hour drive from Madison to Bensenville every weekend since learning about UMANA’s project.
New humanities building will replace women’s housing option designed for inclusion, affordability.
You might be able to feel on your face if air is coming out of any gaps. “When you exhale, you can feel the jets of air coming out” if the mask doesn’t fit well, says Scott Sanders, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
UW Health’s medical director of infection prevention Dr. Dan Shirley joins Live at Four to talk about the latest COVID-19 headlines.
“It is important for us all to be proactive in this situation,” said Dr. Mary Thurber, a veterinarian and clinical instructor at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine who works in the Henry Vilas Zoo Animal Health Center.
She also worked as the business manager for the University of Wisconsin, Madison printing department.
The ninth president of the UW System is scheduled to start this summer after a years-long search for a new leader. We discuss the selection of a Milwaukee law firm CEO and other news in higher education with the head of the UW System Board of Regents.
