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November 4, 2025

Campus life

Slow Food, WASB collab on food insecurity panel, homemade meal

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The Daily Cardinal

The Wisconsin Alumni Student Board (WASB) collaborated with student organization Slow Food UW to host “Food For Thought” at The Crossing on October 23rd, providing a free, homemade meal and discussion on food insecurity.

Food For Thought — this semester’s collaboration between Slow Food UW and WASB — serves as an initiative to raise awareness around ongoing food insecurity locally and globally, as well as how students and other members of the Madison community can improve access to healthy, nutritious food.

Health

Madison medical professionals use virtual reality and simulation to practice life-saving skills for newborns

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NBC 15

UW Health and UnityPoint Health-Meriter have opened a new training facility designed to help medical staff prepare for critical situations involving newborn babies.

The NEST, or Neonatal Education Simulation and Training Center, opened last month as a permanent space where medical professionals can practice life-saving skills using advanced technology and realistic scenarios.

Opinion

Despite Trump moves, COP30 will show efforts to curb planet warming persist

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Next week, world leaders will descend on the port city of Belém, Brazil for the United Nations’ COP30, which begins Nov. 10.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the largest and most significant annual gathering in global efforts to address climate change, and the U.S. government will likely not attend. The Trump administration has made it clear that it wants no part in international efforts to take action on a rapidly warming planet.

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