They are all items you can find in the collections at the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy (AIHP), an archival library located in the basement of Rennebohm Hall, which houses the School of Pharmacy at UW-Madison.
The time between spring and summer weather seems to be lessening. We talk with Susan Carpenter, a native garden specialist from the UW Arboretum, about how climate change is affecting native gardens.
Noted: Additionally, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found, menstrual cycles are highly-variable on an individual level, with 1 in 5 women having an “irregular” cycle. For some, that activity can be detected 35 to 37 days after the beginning of their last period.
Three members of the Blk Pwr Coalition student group at UW-Madison offer perspective on a white student using racial slurs on video and how the university is responding to calls for accountability.
Howard Schweber, political professor at the university, said legally, there’s not much action the school can take.
“This is not a matter of the university choosing not to take disciplinary action – they simply cannot, without running afoul with the First Amendment,” said Schweber.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Interim Provost Eric Wilcots responds to outcry on campus over a viral video of a student saying racist slurs as the university continues to struggle with diversity.
The students snaked along the winding roads of Richland County on the last Friday in April searching for the name of a root vegetable somewhere in the vicinity. Answering the question incorrectly would hurt their score.
Noted: Pocan’s $24 million also covered 15 projects, including $3 million for a Dane County water filtration upgrade, $2 million to expand a Green County YMCA, and $3 million to build a new food pantry in Madison. It also includes a $2 million request for the University of Wisconsin-Madison to aid in PFAS contamination research.
In January, Kay LeClaire, a Wisconsin artist and activist accused of faking various Native American identities, resigned as the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s first-ever community leader in residence at the School of Human Ecology and the Center for Design and Material Culture.
Vos, R-Rochester, told conservative WISN-AM radio host Jay Weber that he’s open to cutting more funding, saying the nearly $14 million only reflected positions explicitly mentioning diversity, equity and inclusion, “not the funding that actually implements much of their left-wing agenda.”
On multiple occasions now, university leaders have said that, by law, they can’t expel the creator of the video, one of the demands during student lead protests. But law students cite a recent court case that they say ruled otherwise.
University of Wisconsin Law School Professor Miriam Seifter explains legal arguments over the state’s 1849 law and later statutes related to abortion as hearings begin in a high-profile court case.
Ashley Swanson, associate professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said hospital mergers — on average — increase prices, while having a negligible effect on patient care.
“It seems like they primarily increase prices when the merging hospitals are located close to one another,” she said. “But there is some relatively new evidence suggesting that cross-market mergers can sometimes increase prices as well.”
’What makes this group special is that everyone cares,’ BFG president says.
On a beautiful Friday night there was a gaggle of young kids tossing around a football behind the stands at Feuerstein Field. This being at Pewaukee High School, most of the youngsters were clad in jerseys of the Watt brothers: a Derek fan in an old No. 34 San Diego Chargers jersey tried to wrestle the pigskin away from a ball-carrier sporting T.J.’s No. 90 in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ black and yellow. There were several No. 99s looking on, representing J.J.’s time both at the University of Wisconsin and the Houston Texans.
The largest fundraising benefit for the cancer foundation Gard started after his father, Glen, died of brain cancer in October 2015 is usually on a Friday-Saturday schedule, with the dinner event for donors held on Saturday.
Column by Susan Webb Yackee, professor of public affairs and director of the La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW-Madison.
Allergies can make it hard to enjoy the nice weather, so Dr. Mark Moss, an allergist with UW Health, is spreading the word about easy ways to alleviate symptoms.
Robin moved to Madison and became the Operations Manager at the Radisson Inn and Conference Center in 1987, where she met her husband. They were married in 1990, then she worked for UW-Madison in the Department of Information Technology for 20 years.
After his retirement from Foley and Lardner, Larry enjoyed teaching as an adjunct professor at the UW-Madison Law School for 11 years. Larry was passionate about teaching and was recognized for his outstanding work with the Warren H. Stolper Award, an honor that acknowledges excellence in teaching on the part of the Law School’s professors.
The Governor’s Fishing Opener was started by Gov. Warren Knowles in 1966. Knowles, a Wisconsin native, graduate of the University of Wisconsin’s law school and World War II veteran, served three 2-year terms as governor from 1965-71.
