Edgewood College’s plan to transition to a new name could cost as much as $250,000 and take a few years to fully implement, but changes are expected to start this summer.
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Dinner: The MLK Jr. Coalition hosts this annual event and buffet dinner, 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday at UW Gordon Dining and Event Center, 770 W. Dayton St. Meet neighbors, share in the spirit of Dr. King and hear music from WYSO Music Makers at 6:15 p.m.
MLK Symposium 2025: Donzaleigh Abernathy, the youngest daughter of Civil Rights Movement co-founder Rev. Dr. Ralph Abernathy and goddaughter of Martin Luther King Jr., is the featured speaker in this special event honoring King’s legacy, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, in Shannon Hall, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St. Hosted by the UW-Madison Student Affairs and the Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement.
Amid concerns over devastating wildfires impacting Los Angeles, the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team’s trip to the city is “on schedule at the moment,” a school spokesperson said.
“Lifestyle interventions are the foundation for how we approach cognitive health,” says Dr. Nathaniel Chin, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and medical director for the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC).
Dementia is top of mind for Dr. Nathaniel Chin — not only because he’s the medical director for the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention but also because his father, Dr. Moe Chin, died in 2018 after battling Alzheimer’s disease.
UW-Madison limnologist Dr. Hilary Dugan reveals the science behind the loud booming noises heard from Madison’s lakes this week, particularly on the east side. These sounds, caused by ice shifts, highlight how active lakes remain even when frozen.
Several wildfires continue to burn in California, forcing tens of thousands to evacuate and leaving thousands without homes, including two UW-Madison graduates.
He was also a prolific painter, musician and print artist who came to Madison every summer starting in the late 1990s and developed a long-term collaboration with UW-Madison’s Tandem Press, then-director Paula Panczenko recalled in 2022.
