Sunday is National Healthcare Decisions Day, and UW Health is encouraging people to develop an advance care plan now to avoid stress and save money later.
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A giant in UW Hospital’s transplant program retires
This past fall, in what would be his last season as an eminent transplant surgeon after more than four decades at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Anthony D’Alessandro — “Tony” to friends — decided to do some pre-retirement housekeeping.
UW track star Sarah Shulze’s family returns to Madison one year after daughter’s suicide
They returned to Madison on the anniversary of Sarah’s death to sponsor the Out of the Darkness Walk for suicide prevention.
Breaking fast: UW Health workers reflect on fasting on the job
Rabab Nasim is a critical care fellow at UW Health and works in the Intensive Care Unit. She says it’s challenging to fast on-the-job, especially when she works day coverage.
UW-Madison Chancellor formally recognized in ceremony
Video: The Investiture Ceremony is part of a long tradition in academia for the campus community.
Polzin: How the Wisconsin basketball community once again is rallying to help Howard Moore
A private luncheon is being held Saturday inside the Champions Club at Camp Randall Stadium, part of a massive fundraising campaign designed to take care of Moore’s healthcare needs for the remainder of his life.
UW-Madison tribal relations director looks to create opportunity for all in Indigenous communities
UW-Madison tribal relations director Carla Vigue’s two sons will grow up differently than she did.
Vigue was raised on the Oneida reservation west of Green Bay, but her sons will be urban Indians, defined as a population of people who have ancestral ties to First Nations but who don’t live on a reservation. Vigue’s role as the university’s tribal relations director, which she started in January, will be one way to not only strengthen her sons’ ties to their culture, but introduce them to other Indigenous cultures.
Civic fracture growing among Wisconsinites according to new UW report
A report from the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal (CCCR) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found civic fracture is growing across Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Film Festival celebrates its 25th birthday at UW-Madison
If the Wisconsin Film Festival seems a little daunting to you, with 160 films crammed into eight days, director of operations Ben Reiser knows just how you feel.
We all scream for ‘Mnookie Dough’: Latest UW-Madison ice cream flavor honors chancellor
UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin has officially joined an elite group of campus celebrities: Those who have a Babcock Dairy ice cream flavor named after them.
‘The right leader at the right time’: UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin formally inaugurated Friday
Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin’s life was personally changed by UW-Madison nearly a year and a half before she took the reins last summer.
UW-Madison celebrates new chancellor with new ‘Mnookie Dough’ ice cream flavor
The Babcock Hall Dairy Plant celebrated UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin’s investiture Friday by revealing her favorite ice cream, “Mnookie Dough.”
New Babcock ‘Mnookie Dough’ ice cream honors UW-Madison chancellor
Meet “Mnookie Dough”: a new Babcock Dairy ice cream flavor that’s creamy, sweet, topped with cookie dough, and named after University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin.
‘She decided to flash me’: Student speaks out after they say UW-Madison professor exposed herself
A master’s student at UW-Madison is speaking out in hopes of protecting other students after they say a professor exposed herself to them in an act of anti-trans hate.
Former UW athletes playing at event to support people with disabilities
Several former UW athletes will be playing basketball tomorrow at Madison College in the Easterseals 4th annual Celebrity Basketball Experience.
UW-Parkside names Sheronda Glass as interim vice chancellor for Finance & Administration
Glass will serve in the position while current Vice Chancellor for Finance & Administration Scott Menke serves as the interim chancellor of the university. Menke replaces Debbie Ford, who will become the chancellor of Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, Ind. She has been at UW-Parkside for over 13 years.
UW-Madison formally inducts Jennifer Mnookin as 30th chancellor
The university’s tenet of education extending beyond the classroom has propelled her as chancellor, she told the audience. In December 2020, she donated a kidney to her father, who was diagnosed with late-stage kidney disease. A synthetic solution created at UW-Madison, which increased preservation times for organs outside of the body, allowed her kidney to safely travel on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to her dad in Boston.
Investiture ceremony formally recognizes Chancellor Mnookin as 30th leader of UW
The University of Wisconsin held an Investiture ceremony April 14 at the Hamel Music Center to officially recognize Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin as the 30th leader of the University of Wisconsin.
UW-Madison celebrates the investiture of Chancellor Mnookin
The investiture took place at the Hamel Music Center, and there were a variety of speakers, including past chancellors, students, UW System faculty and Gov. Tony Evers.
College freshman starts survivor clothing drive at UW-Madison
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and freshman Jessica Randall started a project collecting clothes for sexual assault survivors.
UW-Madison art prof cited for exposing breasts to student
An art professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was cited with disorderly conduct for exposing her breasts to a student on campus in late March, according to the UW-Madison Police Department.
ASM discusses removal of several positions
The positions include the Anti-Violence Coordinator, Diverse Engagement Coordinator, Outreach Director, Shared Governance Campaign Director and Sustainability Campaign Coordinator.
Ending the COVID emergency will further harm Black maternal mortality |
April 11-17 marks Black Maternal Health Week, a week-long campaign officially recognized by the Biden administration as a time to address racial inequities in Black maternal health and to “amplify the voices, perspectives and lived experiences” of Black during pregnancy.
–Tiffany L. Green, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Views expressed in this piece are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of any institutions or organizations.
A ‘Science of Reading’ Revolt Takes on the Education Establishment
“I saw this post where somebody said, ‘Reading wars are over, science of reading won,’” said Mark Seidenberg, a cognitive scientist at the University of Wisconsin.
How Jim Jordan, a Fighter Aligned With Trump, Wrestled His Way to Power
Competing for the University of Wisconsin, he won two N.C.A.A. wrestling titles, including one over John Smith, arguably America’s greatest wrestler. Mr. Jordan says he applies the lessons he learned from wrestling to his current role.
‘Big sponge’: new CO2 tech taps oceans to tackle global warming
Keeping global warming under control will require the removal of between 450 billion and 1.1 trillion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere by 2100, according to the first global report dedicated to the topic, released in January. That would require the CDR sector “to grow at a rate of about 30 percent per year over the next 30 years, much like what happened with wind and solar,” said one of its authors, Gregory Nemet.
Even after inflation cools, Americans could still be paying the price
“Deflation is rare in America for any time longer than a year,” says Menzie Chinn, economics professor at the University of Wisconsin. “But over the last 30 years, we’re more accustomed to low inflation, rather than the inflation we’ve been seeing.”
New presidents or provosts: Arkansas Southeastern Bowdoin Corban Merritt Oregon Pace WV Wesleyan
John Karl Scholz, provost and Nellie June Gray Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has been selected as president of the University of Oregon.
UW track star Sarah Shulze’s family returns to Madison one year after daughter’s suicide
Sarah Shulze was a star student athlete, passionate about politics and making the world a better place.
Return of iconic chairs marks beginning of Terrace season
The iconic Terrace chairs returned to the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union Terrace Wednesday.
UW Badger Basketball honors Howard Moore during 125th celebration
The University of Wisconsin Men’s Basketball team celebrated its 125th year as a program by helping an alumni and coach who was severely injured in a car accident.
Out of the Darkness Walk brings suicide awareness to UW-Madison campus
Hundreds of people showed up to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Saturday afternoon to show their support for a student organization dedicated to mental health awareness.
Stalagmites in Wisconsin’s Cave of Mounds hold clues to previous climate changes in state
Batchelor dated the stalagmite using a Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry instrument from UW professor John Valley’s Lab. Valley said the SIMS instrument provided a more accurate record of data compared to other studies that have been conducted up until recently.
Hit the mark: How UW dance clubs to make it onstage
Dance Elite is allowed to practice at the Nicholas Recreation Center regularly for no cost because of their relationship with RecWell, according to member Erin Anderson. They also receive university funding for their organization.
New grants provide more paid internships for Wisconsin students
Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development announced the University of Wisconsin System was awarded $1.1 million through the Wisconsin Fast Forward Program.
UW-Madison celebrates “Earth Week” with free campus events
rom a campus-wide cleanup to a sustainable cooking competition, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Office of Sustainability will launch a free week of nature-centered events from April 17-April 22.
As Earth warms, more ‘flash droughts’ suck soil, plants dry
Another sudden drought happened in the U.S. Southeast in 2016 and was a factor in devastating wildfires in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, said Jason Otkin, a study co-author and an atmospheric scientist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Catholic author Kim Zember sparks controversy on UW-Madison campus
Another speaker has sparked controversy on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus after students received an email Wednesday morning that Catholic author Kim Zember would discuss her experiences with homosexuality and life with Christ Thursday evening.
Babcock Hall Dairy Plant celebrates new facility renovations
Upgrades provide Center for Dairy Research more opportunities for success.
Opinion | I worked at the UW primate lab, and the inhumanity still haunts me
Letter to the editor: In college, I worked for two years as a student animal caretaker at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Harlow Primate Laboratory.
Iconic sunburst chairs return to the Memorial Union Terrace
Madison is a little brighter Wednesday, as the iconic sunburst chairs return in full force to the terrace at Memorial Union.
UW-Madison senior class office gifts Center for Healthy Minds
A research center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus left a lasting impact on students, and the class of 2023 is leaving a legacy to recognize and support that center’s mission.
UW-Madison among 16 universities participating in new Small Town and Rural Students Network program for students
“Who influences students to go to college or not to go to college?” Jennifer Blazek, the Director of the Emerging Leaders Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, asked. In the coming months, the work she’ll be doing with the new Small Town and Rural Students (STARS) Network will seek to answer and address that question.
Say cheese! UW-Madison unveils renovated dairy plant
Upgraded commercial, research and educational facilities in Babcock Hall continue to support dairy farming research in Wisconsin.
Student petition demands more funding, staff for university mental health services
Students are frustrated with UHS’s limited sessions, long wait times and lack of staff.
UW, Center for Religion and Global Citizenry work to facilitate interfaith connection
Interfaith religious organizations join university in conversations of religious pluralism, spiritual, mental health.
DEI interns measure imposter phenomenon within UW Biocore Program, find promising results
Undergraduate research interns find low levels of imposter phenomenon within program compared to similar programs.
Plants can talk. Yes, really. Here’s how.
Instead of signals moving through a nervous system like ours, Simon Gilroy, professor of botany at University of Wisconsin-Madison, says in plants, it’s more like plumbing.
Look! Webb Recaptures a Famous Hubble Image in Incredible New Detail
“Our whole program was ~24 hours, which isn’t that much time in the grand scheme of how much time other observatories have looked at it,” said Michael Maseda, an assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in a statement. “But, even in this relatively short amount of time, we’re starting to put together a new picture of how galaxies are growing at this really interesting point in the history of the Universe.”
Art for your feet — made for no one but you
There are many different ways to view footwear, a fact not lost on “Hand Made in America,” a popular exhibit at the Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery at UW-Madison’s Center for Design and Material Culture through May 14.
UW-Madison dairy production stopped in 2019 — now it’s back and bigger
After nearly five years of construction, new upgrades to the Babcock Hall Dairy Plant and a three-story addition for the Center for Dairy Research are finally complete at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Book alleging lax oversight of UW flu research distorts facts, campus says
UW-Madison didn’t promptly report a 2019 lab incident involving a potentially dangerous bird flu virus to some authorities, raising questions about whether the public can trust oversight of such controversial research, an investigative reporter alleged Tuesday in a USA TODAY opinion piece promoting her new book.
Tom Still: Undergrad research opportunities can make college more relevant
A recent forum at UW-Eau Claire, one of the region’s leading universities when it comes to getting undergraduate students internships and other career experiences, highlighted some antidotes to the enrollment slump. It also spoke to how colleges can help local economies by keeping talent close to home.
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Norb worked for 48 years for the University of Wisconsin Physical Plant as a plumber.
ESPN documentary on ‘Jump Around’ tradition nominated for Sports Emmy
In November, ESPN explored the origins of the tradition in a 6-minute documentary, which was nominated for a Sports Emmy award Monday.
Hilldale movie theater reopens for Wisconsin Film Festival
Other showings of the 160 films scheduled for this year’s fest, which runs through April 20, will be on the UW-Madison campus. Venues are Shannon Hall in Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.; the Chazen Museum of Art, 750 University Ave.; UW Cinematheque, 821 University Ave.; and The Marquee, on the second floor of Union South, 1308 Dayton St. UW-Madison students can receive a free ticket to any film with available seating by using their Wiscard at a box office location or at the door.
New Babcock Hall facilities stand to drive innovation in Wisconsin’s dairy industry
State-of-the-art renovations to UW-Madison’s Babcock Hall are expected to revolutionize the Wisconsin cheese industry and bring the university’s iconic dairy production back to campus after a three-and-a-half year hiatus.
Why Wisconsin Has Republicans Worried
“Extreme” is no overstatement. Robert Yablon, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a faculty co-director of the State Democracy Research Initiative, told me by email that although Democrats have won more of Wisconsin’s statewide elections in recent years than their Republican opponents have, “under the maps that the Republican-controlled legislature drew in 2011, Republicans maintained an iron grip on the legislature throughout the last decade—even in years when Democratic candidates won more votes statewide.”
The Encouraging Science of Fatherhood and the ‘Father Effect’
For dads who live apart from their kids, there are limited options. “Writing letters, phone calls — even if you’re not in physical proximity, knowing your dad cares and wants to be involved to the extent that they can is really important,” says Marcy Carlson, Ph.D., a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
‘A nightmare’: Texas parents say their baby was taken by CPS after using midwifery care for jaundice
Jaundice occurs when blood contains an excess amount of bilirubin. “For most babies, this is not a big deal, it clears out,” Tiffany Green, an associate professor in the obstetrics and gynecology department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told Yahoo News. “But for a certain small subset of babies, high levels of bilirubin can lead to brain damage, including cerebral palsy and other illnesses.”