With the market tight, more elders are remaining homeowners. A Boston College study last year found 8 in 10 people aged 80 to 84 are homeowners — up by nearly one-fifth since 1980. University of Wisconsin professor Michael Collins, who worked on the study, said more older homeowners may feel they can still handle a larger home.
“Our goal was to identify factors that service systems, physicians and families could focus in on, as a way of maybe addressing the disparity,” says lead investigator Marsha Mailick, emerita professor of social work at the University of Wisconsin’s Waisman Center in Madison.
Noted: Over a decade since the news of Colony Collapse Disorder hit the United States, many beekeepers and honey bees continue to struggle. Dr. Suryanarayanan, Assistant Scientist in the Population Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, spoke at a Science Pub in Richmond, VA and discussed how the “new normal” of honey bee deaths was shaped by historically established relationships of power and expertise between beekeepers, entomologists, growers, agrochemical corporations and governmental agencies.
By the time Tobin got her research fully up and running again, Shade had completed her doctorate in microbiology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and found a faculty position at Michigan State University.
Featured: Dietram Scheufele studies the science of science communication and researches public attitudes and policy dynamics regarding science. He is a professor in science communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
It was great to be able to share our knowledge on the science of forgiveness, which we began to examine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1985, to aid in the advancement of this important area of research.
–Robert Enright, UW–Madison
Quoted: Tornadoes are typically formed by thunderstorms known as supercells, which are not usually found in Nepal, says Leigh Orf, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
In a 2017 study, Francesca Siclari at Lausanne University Hospital and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin at Madison invited 32 participants to spend a night in the lab while EEG electrodes on the scalp recorded their brain activity as they slept.
Public opinion about gay rights has shifted enormously in the United States over the past few decades. What are some of the factors that have led to this historic change in attitudes?
–Featured: William Cox, assistant scientist, Dept of Sociology
The Badgers will open the 2026 season against Western Michigan on Sept. 5 of that year at Camp Randall Stadium, UW announced Tuesday.
This time, a burglar came in through a sliding glass door early Saturday morning and took two laptop computers and other items from an apartment on Saint James Court, Madison police said.
On Monday, Chancellor Joe Gow announced the formation of a Joint Committee on Free Speech Promotion, a group of students and staff members that will organize events during National Free Speech Week and issue “recommendations regarding matters of importance to our campus community,” a release said.
Letter: The spirit of Wisconsin grabbed me from the moment I entered the Kohl Center where I was surrounded by a sea of cardinal red and white worn by everyone from toddlers to elderly fans moving enthusiastically through the crowd with their walkers.
The university’s sunburst chairs in green, orange and yellow mark the start of UW-Madison’s terrace season. Another 100 or so of the chairs are expected to return to Union South next week.
The Terrace chairs are coming back the Wisconsin Union this week.
Frederick J. Meyer put himself through college by selling salty tidbits called “Korn Parchies.” After graduating from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1932, he, along with his wife Kathryne Meyer—who was an equal business partner—decided to expand his distribution of packaged foods.
Noted: The panel was moderated by Brandi Grayson, the executive director for Urban Triage. Audience members could ask questions and talk with the other panelists, including Matthew Braunginn, a senior associate with the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Houston – Former Wisconsin and current Houston Texans defensive star J.J. Watt thought he could ad-lib his speech at next month’s UW-Madison commencement ceremony. He was wrong. The school wants a copy of what Watt plans to say, which came as a surprise to the former all-American.
The estimated 1,500 fans got their first taste of professional soccer in Madison and a glimpse at the $3 million stadium renovation in a friendly (soccer lingo for an exhibition match) at Breese Stevens Field.
“Give up positions that you’re in that you know Black people or [another] group [don’t] have access to. I feel like it’s a first step to allyship.”
Arboretum is undergoing controlled burns to prepare grounds for new plant life.
Outstanding Undergraduate Returning Adult Student Award given to two hardworking adult students.
Activist, scholar said young people are an important force driving overdue change in our country.
Seen to stifle diversity and benefit the wealthy, unpaid internships leave students caught between the prospect of invaluable work experience and the threatening lack of a paycheck.
Finding a job after school can be a challenge.
A sticker labeled with white-nationalist messaging created by extremist group Hundred-Handers was found on campus today. The sticker read “Make America White Again,” and included the group’s Twitter handle, official website and email address, listed from a secure email service.
Led by Jacob McInnis, Associate Director of Events for the Wisconsin Union Directorate Society & Politics Committee, the discussion focused primarily on sustainable energy and what political action needs to be taken in order to institute change.
Wolman attended the University of Colorado for two years before transferring to the University of Wisconsin’s main campus in Madison, where he received his bachelor’s degree in 1972.
The UK only began to track diversity in children’s books last year. In the US, where the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has tracked diversity statistics for years, campaigners recently pointed to a “seismic shift” in representation, with the number of children’s books featuring African-American characters more than doubling over the last 10 years, and the number featuring Asians more than tripling.
UW-Madison’s music library is home to wax cylinders holding the oldest known recordings of Yiddish songs, made between 1901-1905. We talk to a librarian about the music, which is now part of the National Recording Registry.
General anaesthesia, in contrast, aims to do just that, creating an unresponsive drug-induced coma or controlled unconsciousness that is deeper and more detached from reality even than sleep, with no memories of any events during that period. As Robert Sanders, an anaesthetist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, puts it: “We’ve apparently ablated this period of time from that person’s experience.”
Guests: Julie Margetta Morgan, a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, specializing in college affordability and finance issues; Fenaba Addo, assistant professor of consumer science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW Athletics will begin installing railings in Camp Randall Stadium in two aisles in an effort to assess the viability of doing so in other parts of the facility.
UW-Madison reached out to any students living in the building, to assess their needs.
The relationship between Porchlight, a nonprofit that works with the homeless, and the Wisconsin Union started about a year and a half ago. Both groups said so far, it has been a huge success.
The 19-year-old freshman at UW-Madison is studying philosophy and political science. Reddy said she had heard the District 8 seat might be opening before she arrived at UW, and after encouragement from a friend, decided to run.
The occupant suffered minor injuries but didn’t seek emergency medical care, the fire department said.
Former U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan is joining the University of Notre Dame faculty and will be a guest lecturer in political science and economics.
A new study, co-authored by a UW Madison professor, finds trees play a big role in keeping towns and cities cool. That’s important for humans, but it’s also important for other organisms essential to life.
Madison’s new professional soccer team will be playing at its home field Tuesday night in a friendly exhibition game. Forward Madison FC will be taking on the University of Wisconsin Madison men’s soccer team.
Responding to fan requests for hand rails in aisles of the seating sections at Camp Randall Stadium, the University of Wisconsin athletic department has launched a test project for next season.
UW-Madison will open Wisconsin’s first Prevention Research Center this fall, thanks to a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As universities struggle to keep up with increasing demand for computer science, government has a duty to fund these programs.
“A lot of people wish that those who knew or suspected would have made more noise,” said R. Alta Charo, a bioethicist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who co-led a 2017 national committee on human embryo editing.
Quoted: In countries such as the United States, which is hit by some 1,200 tornadoes every year, these rotating columns of wind are identified using Doppler radar imagery, says Leigh Orf, an atmospheric scientist at University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Quoted: “The economic issues are real and significant,” Christine Whelan, director of Money, Relationships and Equality Initiative in the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, told TODAY. “Increasingly what both men and women are looking for it a good financial prospect.”
Quoted: Jennifer Van Os, a University of Wisconsin-Madison assistant professor of dairy science, said she knows of no scientific research published on the effects of wind turbines on cattle
In a study published this month in PLOS Genetics, lead author Qiongshi Lu, assistant professor in the department of statistics at University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his colleagues used attractiveness scores to locate and identify several genes correlated to facial attractiveness in 4,383 individuals.
Qutoed: “Let me start with an audacious assertion: A major problem confronting science journalists is that they have trouble communicating what’s true,” Sharon Dunwoody, an Evjue-Bascom professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Madison school of journalism, wrote in a 2014 article on Sci Dev Net.
In a new study published earlier this year, researchers at Lehigh University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison found a link between the distance a woman travels to work every day while pregnant and the health outcomes for her child, including low birth weight, the likelihood of a C-section, and intrauterine growth restriction, or when a baby doesn’t reach a normal size as measured throughout the pregnancy.
But there’s another link discovered by researchers at Lehigh University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison—between infant health and the distance a woman has to travel to get to her job every day.
There was also a strong labor theme to the event. Sara Trongone, the co-president of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching Assistants Association, introduced Sanders, emphasizing how union-busting in Wisconsin and across the country contributed to the erosion of the middle class.
Ethan Happ added one more honor to his outstanding career with the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team on Friday.
Foxconn Technology Group announced Friday it will soon buy a building on Capitol Square as its off-campus hub to collaborate closely with UW-Madison faculty and students on research in medical, material, computer and data sciences.
Jake Bunz accepted the Hockey Humanitarian Award on Friday, becoming the third player from the University of Wisconsin to be recognized for citizenship.
Members of the Madison Latino community and the health issues they face “tend to be invisible for many reasons,” according to Dr. Patricia Tellez-Giron, co-chair of the Latino Health Council and associate professor in the UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health.
Mike Leckrone said goodbye Saturday night, after 50 years as director of the University of Wisconsin Marching Band and 45 years of spring concerts.
According to a spokesperson for UW-Madison, Leckrone will also take part in the annual free concert and reception April 28 at 2 p.m. on campus. Leckrone will also take part in the commencement ceremonies on May 10 and 11.
Mike Leckrone knows how to make an entrance. Making an exit is much harder.
Since 2014, Wisconsin universities have received 74 AFRI grants totaling $38 million. These grants have gone to projects such as studying the impact of climate change on dairy production at UW-Madison and research on improved food access for rural, low-income communities at Northland College in Ashland. Locally, this means we are improving an industry that is a cornerstone to our economy. Globally, this allows us to maintain food-supply chains and remain a world leader in agriculture.
