The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $750,000 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Thursday, directed toward the establishment of new residency programs in rural communities.
A team of astronomers, including from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Arizona, analyzed years of observations of a quasar—bright cores of a galaxy thought to be powered by a supermassive black hole—to find unexpected changes in the gases surrounding a black hole.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department issued citations to 19 people Thursday related to the pro-Palestinian encampment on Library Mall at the end of the spring semester.
Researchers from UW-Madison are visiting houses across Eau Claire — their mission: to reduce ticks. The Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Diseases is a collaboration between the CDC, several universities and health experts, it’s headquartered at UW-Madison. According to UW-Madison College of Veterinary Medicine professor and director of the center of excellence, Lyric Bartholomay, in Eau Claire, they’re testing backyards that have been treated with chemicals from Rentokil-Terminix across 80 homes. Teams go to each house and drag for ticks with cloth tools that ticks latch onto.
After the war, Harry Whitehorse returned to Wisconsin to pursue a career as an artist. He went to the Arthur Colt School of Fine Arts in Madison to study oil painting and studied human and animal anatomy at University of Wisconsin. He also got his degree in welding and metal fabrication at Madison Area Technical College to become an auto mechanic.
I am back this month to say goodbye. This will be my last “Pleasure Practices” column for Tone Madison. I had discussed ending the column earlier this year to make some space for my new book projects during my upcoming sabbatical, but my recent experience with police violence has accelerated my timeline for wrapping up this series.
Understanding the origin of Covid-19 is crucial for improving future pandemic responses. I strongly disagree with Dr. Alina Chan’s opinion piece. The overwhelming majority of scientific evidence points to a natural origin, like all pandemics in history.
Marta M. Gaglia
Madison, Wis.
The writer is an associate professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Leopold was the author of Sand County Almanac, a pretty famous environmental text, and he was involved in the University of Wisconsin Madison Prairie Restoration Project in the 1930s.
