“African Americans lead in Alzheimer’s disease. And yet, in terms of being participants in the research, our numbers are very small,” said study recruiter Dr. Fabu Carter. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, Black Americans are twice as likely as white Americans to develop Alzheimer’s. However, they are often severely underrepresented in research.
Virent, founded in 2002 and located on Madison’s North Side, uses what’s known as a “BioForming” process to turn agricultural waste products, like corn cobs and stalks, into a compound called synthesized aromatic kerosene that has the same chemical composition as gasoline and jet fuel. That process has roots in UW-Madison research.
More than $389,000 in taxpayer money was awarded to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the “gruesome decompression experiments,” People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said in a press release.
UW-Parkside Chancellor Deborah Ford is resigning, adding Parkside to a growing list of University of Wisconsin System schools that have undergone a leadership change over the past three years.
The survey found that a majority of students across the political spectrum felt comfortable expressing their opinions and exploring new ones, but the proportion of conservative students who reported feeling this way was smaller. Further, it indicated that liberal students are generally more comfortable expressing their opinions on controversial issues than their conservative counterparts.
Our health crisis will not be solved with increases in government spending or price-controlled medicine. Instead, people must reclaim their agency, working every day to improve their lifestyles and achieve their goals.—Anika Horowitz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, economics
Feb. 1 marked the kickoff of the Life Sciences Communication Department’s 2023 science communication colloquium series. Professor and Taylor-Bascom Chair Dietram Scheufele was the first to present for the weekly series, speaking on “The pitfalls of not being scientific about science communication … especially after COVID.”
We’re only a few hours beyond Groundhog Day, and our local groundhog, Jimmy, thinks winter will be around for a few more weeks. But nevertheless it’s February, and you know what that means: Baseball is just around the corner.
A graduate of Brookfield Central High School who was a consensus All-American at Wisconsin as a senior in 2006, Thomas should soon be headed to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Nurse played college hockey for four years at the University of Wisconsin. As a Badger, Nurse helped the team win the WCHA Championship, scoring two goals on the way to defeating Bemidji State.
“It’s very odd,” said Hillary Dugan, who studies lake dynamics at the Center for Limnology at UW-Madison, after viewing satellite images of the open area.
“So much of our sense of identity is caught up in the stuff that we could afford to buy,” UW Madison Clinical Professor of Consumer Science Christine Whelan said.
