Another individual recipient of an award is Dr. Lori Kido Lopez, professor of communication arts and director of Asian American Studies Program at UW-Madison, who strives to build diversity, equity, and inclusion across areas of UW-Madison.
Prince, a nationally renowned equity advocate who in 2021 retired from her alma mater UW-Milwaukee after more than 20 years, has been appointed to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of former regent Tracey Klein on the 18-member board that passes policies and rules for University of Wisconsin System campuses.
The Thompson Center is set to host a summit addressing concerns on declining early literacy rates across Wisconsin at the Monona Terrace on Wednesday.
Ice skating, free hot chocolate, Lady Liberty, other free events last all week.
Video: Members of the UW-Madison Human Powered Vehicle Club have created a bike that’s not-so-human powered, as the competition they’re preparing for this spring has since allowed batteries to be integrated as e-bikes grow in popularity.
Letter to the editor: Considering the very cold and snowy weather there was a very good attendance. The audience clearly appreciated both the performances by the Wisconsin Singers, UW-Madison’s Broadway caliber touring production, and Beaver Dam’s own Good Old A Capella under the direction of Mark Lefeber.
UW Health, the health system for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, reported that its pediatric emergency department saw more than 40 patients a month who required psychiatric care in 2022, up from about 15 a month in 2012.
“With no mitigating measures in place and now no #Evusheld, immunocompromised patients are at even higher risk. Better meds must arise to make this world safe for all,” tweeted University of Wisconsin-Madison anesthesiology associate professor Bill Hartman.
The COVID-19 pandemic had a massive effect on the sports world. Surprisingly one of the biggest impacts was on game day attire for coaches.
A surging population and high costs for the construction materials to build new apartment complexes and houses are exacerbating the problem, said UW-Madison professor of urban planning Kurt Paulsen.
And the flip-flopping in state court rulings that could come out of the North Carolina Supreme Court’s rehearing for this case could become more common in other parts of the country, explains Robert Yablon, an associate professor of law who helps lead the University of Wisconsin Law School’s State Democracy Research Initiative.
Jim received a BS in physics (’73) from Missouri University of Science and Technology and a PhD in physics (’78) from UW Madison. In the two years after earning his doctorate, he was a research associate at Stanford University; he then returned to UW Madison, where he was a professor from 1980-2022 when he retired. He was an atomic, molecular, and optical physicist with a focus developing and applying laser spectroscopic techniques for determining accurate absolute atomic transition probabilities.
