“Using the same magnet for 20 or 30 years is not unheard of,” said Dr. Scott Reeder, chair of the University of Wisconsin’s radiology department.
The U.S. just sold its helium stockpile. Here’s why the medical world is worried.
NBC News
January 26, 2024
Research
PETA pleads with NIH to stop funding for animal study, calls sleep experiment ‘cruel and horrific’
Fox News
Wants research on aging defunded at Wisconsin, even reached out to Florida governor for help
Higher Education/System
A month after UW-La Crosse’s chancellor was fired for making porn videos, students return to campus with shrugs, silence or jokes
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse officials really don’t want to talk about the scandal that engulfed the campus a month ago. But in their actions, they are being loud and clear.
Republican-sponsored bill proposes additional funding for UW civil dialogue office
Badger Herald
Rep. Scott Johnson (R-Jefferson) and Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R-Appleton) proposed a bill that would give the Universities of Wisconsin $500,000 a year in funding for the Wisconsin Institute of Citizenship and Civil Dialogue. Conservative lawmakers said WICCD was not given sufficient funding when it was created. The WICCD does not currently have enough money for a full-time director, according to the co-sponsorship memorandum.
Campus life
Anti-affirmative action group files complaint against BIPOC scholarship program
Badger Herald
Complaint met with criticism over positions on affirmative action.
ASM approves data security, student loan relief legislation in first meeting of semester
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin Associated Students of Madison student council held their first meeting of the semester to vote on two proposed bills, relating to cyber security and student loans Wednesday.
Community
You can sign Spanish tiles that will be part of Olbrich Gardens’ Thai pavilion on Sunday
Wisconsin State Journal
The pavilion arrived in Wisconsin in 2001 as a gift to UW-Madison from the government of Thailand and the Thai Chapter of the Wisconsin Alumni Association as a gesture of international friendship. Constructed in Thailand and then flown to the U.S. in sections, the pavilion was assembled by Thai artisans who were on one of the last planes to land in Chicago after the terrorist attacks.
UW Experts in the News
Skin care glossary: All the ingredients you need to know
NBC News
Dr. Apple Bodemer is a board-certified dermatologist and associate professor of dermatology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.