The 7th Annual Mama Goose Memorial 5k Run/Walk to benefit the UW Carbone Cancer Center will take place on August 15th, 2015 at Veterans Park in Verona.
The event was started six years ago to honor Margaret “Peggy” Giesfeldt who was known as Mama Goose.
A decade’s worth of creating will come to life Monday at UW Health at the American Center, when the first patients visit. Before that happens, developers wanted to make sure their hospital would be one that would last for years to come.
(Video) Chef Julie Andrews from UW Health at the American Center shares a fresh twist on three summer recipes: hummus with beets, watermelon gazpacho and grilled corn succotash.
Some state lawmakers are reviving an idea to merge the University of Wisconsin System’s 13 two-year colleges with the state’s 16 technical college districts. On Wednesday, a handful of Assembly Republicans will begin considering the proposal to reshape public higher education in Wisconsin. Its goal would be to cut duplication and save tax money.
Gov. Scott Walker isn’t saying whether he supports the current version of a bill in the Legislature that would ban research involving aborted fetal body parts. Walker was asked Wednesday about the measure, which drew opposition from University of Wisconsin and private researchers at a public hearing Tuesday.
University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan is casting doubt about plans announced in June to retire after the next basketball season, according to a media report.
According to a report from PostCrescent.com, Ryan said Wednesday that Athletic Director Barry Alvarez told him he could change his mind at any time.
(Video) UW Health Nutritionist Amy Mihm talks to News 3 This Morning about the differences between old and new sweeteners soda companies are using in their products.
A weight loss program at UW Health known as the Very Low Calorie Diet has a simple name, but potentially huge results.
The framework of it may sound like a fad diet. For about six months, dieters consume four shakes, one nutrition bar, lots of water and minimal food each day. Healthcare professionals say the total amount of calories equals out to about 800.
UW Police officials say Dane County’s district attorney declined to criminally charge a suspect in a campus sexual assault, when the victim balked at the possibility of a trial.
20-year old UW student Kenneth Plaisted was arrested in February on the tentative charge of second degree sexual assault, in connection with what authorities said was an October 2014 assault of a student. Plaisted left school in the wake of his arrest.
A new UW Health study shows older women do not need to take high levels of vitamin D to increase their bone density. Lead Study Investigator Dr. Karen Hansen, associate professor of medicine, says up until now guidelines for Vitamin D usage were all over the map.
…Efficient administration of public education in this state that protects or enhances quality, is worth pursuing if it makes sense. So we’re up for a look at what a closer relationship between the Wisconsin Technical College System and UW Colleges and Extension might mean. Already the word merger has been attached to the talks, but there may well be other options.
A new UW Health study suggests a possible link between high blood sugar and Alzheimer’s. The study published late last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association Neurology, is giving scientists a better understanding of how insulin resistance or per-diabetes changes the way the brain uses sugar.
“People who have more insulin resistance, the brain does not use as much sugar,” Lead Investigator, Dr. Barbara Bendlin, associate professor of medicine, said of the study’s findings.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison said a bill banning the use of fetal tissue would bring a halt to medical research on campus. The dean of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, the Wisconsin Medical Society, the Medical College of Wisconsin and a trade association representing biotech companies are all lobbying against the measure.
Featured: Jeanette Kowalik of UHS. Alcohol, drugs, and sex. It can be an uncomfortable conversation, but it’s part of today’s college culture.”The transition between high school and college is always tricky depending on the experience in high school. If they’re from an urban community, rural community, there’s a difference.”
UW-Madison scientists are trying to find new uses for acid whey — the liquid byproduct in cream and cottage cheeses and Greek yogurt.It’s nothing like sweet whey, the cheese making leftover that’s often converted into protein powder.Dean Sommer of the UW Center for Dairy Research says today’s acid whey is hard to convert to a useful powder.
Noted: Wisconsin has already turned down $560 million from the federal government to pay for Medicaid under President Barack Obama’s health care law, which Walker has steadfastly opposed and wants to repeal. That’s enough money, Democrats and supporters of the law point out, to undo a $250 million cut to the University of Wisconsin approved in the recently passed budget and increase funding for K-12 public schools.
The bridge over University Avenue between the George L. Mosse Humanities Building and Vilas Hall is scheduled to be demolished next week. The demolition will start Monday and continue throughout the week, according to a news release.
It’s go-time tonight for eight college students participating in ImpactU, an accelerator program for college entrepreneurs. Following their ten-week program, they’ll have five minutes to pitch their business models to the start-up community during ImpactU Demo Day at UNC Charlotte Center City.
Here’s a quick look at the class of 2015’s participants, schools and projects:
Wiphala, from Jared Burris of University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Peter Rossi of Davidson College: This venture develops and manufactures llama fleece-based insulation, then sells it to apparel and bedding brands, retailers and manufacturers. This sustainable product can also increase Peruvian- or Bolivian- llama ranchers’ livelihoods.
By R. Alta Charo:
If you’ve followed the news over the past several days, it’d be easy enough to think that politicians on the right, without exception, are and have been unwavering opponents of fetal tissue research while politicians on the left have callously enabled the sale and donation of fetal tissue for research use. George Will’s observation that the “nonnegotiable tenet in today’s Democratic Party” is “opposition to any restriction on the right to inflict violence on pre-born babies” is fairly representative.And also pretty misleading.Yes, Republicans tend to be anti-choice and Democrats tend to be pro-choice. But Republicans and conservatives have long supported Planned Parenthood’s retrieval of tissue from legally aborted fetuses.
A new faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Marianne Fairbanks, is bringing decades of experience with dyes, fibres and design to the development of a solar textile technology.
Senior safety Michael Caputo and junior running back Corey Clement garnered preseason recognition from the Big Ten Conference, with the two Badgers named to the Players to Watch list for the league’s West Division.
The pair are among 11 tabbed to the Players to Watch list, which includes five honorees from the East division and six from the West due to a tie.
Noted: Patti Lux-Weber, the assistant director for parent relations at UW-Madison, says this change can cause parents to fall into two categories. They can take an overbearing, helicopter style approach, or develop a more uninvolved, laissez faire outlook.
“Studies show that parents that are appropriately involved in their student’s college career really equal student success. The key is the word appropriately.”
He was hired back in December, but here in July, Paul Chryst made his debut at Big Ten Media Days in Chicago as Wisconsin’s new head coach.
As you can imagine, Chryst was asked a lot of football questions but inquiries about the program’s academic standards held a big part in the conversations too.
In just a few weeks, a new hospital and health care center will open on Madison’s east side.
UW Health held a grand opening and ribbon pulling celebration on Friday at UW Health at the American Center. UW officials gathered to dedicate the building and give us a look at the facility that is both a traditional hospital with operating rooms and a clinic, but also a place that encourages healthy living.
A new hospital to serve those who live on the east side of Madison and Dane County opened its doors to the public on Sunday.
Officials say the new UW Health at the American Center off Highway 151 is more than just a hospital. Staff will do cooking demonstrations and provide other activities for families to stay healthy. Plus, the building has a rooftop garden to supplement hospital foods.
Quoted: “Self-control is a muscle that gets strong(er) when you exercise it,” says Christine Whelan, who teaches and leads research in the Consumer Science faculty at the School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. “When we try to stop ourselves from eating overly caloric foods or smoking, we might be successful all day long.”
A round-up of July media clips featuring UW-Madison’s Alta Charo, from the UW-Madison Law School, on fetal tissue used in research. Quotes appear on NPR, Fox News, in Politico and more.
Two Madison men were arrested Friday morning in connection to a string of downtown burglaries overnight, police said. Anthony Williams and Taris Henderson, both 18, threatened residents on Langdon Street with a knife before creating a disturbance inside a University Avenue store, which led to their arrests, according to a police report.
Quoted: Krause believes connections between the generations, particularly old and young, make everyone’s life richer. Barbara Bowers, professor and assistant dean of research at the UW-Madison School of Nursing, said that sentiment is supported by research.
“In general, there is pretty good evidence that interacting with–not just young people–but across generations is beneficial for [everyone],” she said.
Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez says the university is discussing a proposal to allow recruits to verbally appeal with colleges for admission, according to a report from CBS Sports. Alvarez told reporters at Big Ten Football media day in Chicago on Thursday that the UW’s tougher admissions process for athletes compared to other schools has not competitively hurt the Badgers.
The University of Wisconsin’s admissions process is yet again being questioned after another star recruit is lost to a rival school. Dall running back Jordan Stevenson announced this week he’ll play for Nebraska. The decision comes after he signed with Wisconsin but ultimately wasn’t admitted to the university.
“The kid did everything we asked him to do,” said UW football coach Paul Chryst. “There’s a part of me that’s happy he landed at a good place.”
There’s one class at the University of Wisconsin at Madison that you don’t need a campus map to find. All you need to do is follow your nose. The aroma of warm chocolate and sweet treats fills the basement of Babcock Hall and lets everyone know that Candy School is open for class. “The course first started in 1963, so this is the 53rd year,” UW-Madison food science professor Rich Hartel said.
From July 25: This fall, our students will return and we will pick up the mantle of teaching and learning once again, finding tremendous meaning and joy in a profession that focuses on helping people acquire knowledge. And politicians will take to the road, looking for trouble and finding it everywhere.
The likes of NCAA and Big Ten champions are on slate for the Wisconsin wrestling team, which released its 2015-16 schedule Wednesday.
The Badgers will offer five opportunities to watch the team compete firsthand with five home meets scheduled in Madison. Things get underway at the UW Field House when Wisconsin hosts UW-Whitewater on Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. CT.
Quoted: Doctors say it is a more common decision by women to remove both breasts. They actually call this trend the Angelina Jolie effect.
“It’s because a very prominent, very stunning woman went through this operation and came out on the other side and was able to talk about it,” says Dr. Lee Wilke, director of the UW Health Breast Center. “We are very clear in our discussions with patients that sometimes it won’t improve their survival but if they’re choosing to remove it for the right reasons, it’s the right reason for them.”
Noted: Panelists at the summit expressed doubt at the notion that records could be withheld because they were deliberative, as Walker’s administration has claimed in a dozen instances this year.
“My own view is that there isn’t a deliberative process privilege that’s available,” said Raymond Taffora, the vice chancellor for legal affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: The bill would go further than existing law and ban donations of such tissues or research on long-standing tissue lines — an alarming development for some medical researchers … University of Wisconsin-Madison officials have raised similar concerns. In some cases, it might no longer be possible to determine the origins of certain long-standing tissue lines, according to Tim Kamp, a medical doctor and co-director of the UW-Madison’s Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center.
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are researching which habitats encourage native bumblebees to forage in fields and thrive, and honeybee population declines have driven up the costs of renting nonnative bees for pollination. Quoted: Jeremy Hemberger, graduate student in entomology.
From July 25: This fall, our students will return and we will pick up the mantle of teaching and learning once again, finding tremendous meaning and joy in a profession that focuses on helping people acquire knowledge. And politicians will take to the road, looking for trouble and finding it everywhere.
(Video) The weeklong hunt for a lion on the loose has the city of Milwaukee on edge. Adrian Treves and Omar Ohrens study mountain lions, and they talk with Susan Siman and Mark Koehn about the Milwaukee lion.
Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan announced on Monday that Andy Van Vliet has signed a national letter of intent to attend the University of Wisconsin and play basketball for the Badgers. He will join the roster beginning in the fall of 2015.
Technology originally designed to study homes and heath with UW-Madison’s School of Nursing is now being used at crime scenes. Researchers at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery are hoping 3D scanning will make some of the most complicated crime investigations more efficient. Quoted: Kevin Ponto, assistant professor of design studies; Ross Tredinnick, systems programmer at the Living Environments Laboratory.
In case you haven’t noticed, a startup scene is surging all across Madison. Ideas are taking shape at coffee shops and on campuses, in coworking spaces and accelerators. Emerging new companies and academic spinoffs are launching products and services. They’re attracting consumers and clients and finding and growing resources to give their dreams a go. If local entrepreneurs and civic and business leaders capitalize on the city’s size, location and unique culture—and make inclusivity a priority—Madison has all the makings of becoming a startup city.
Sportswriters are picking Ohio State to win the Big Ten Conference football championship this season, and foresee Wisconsin winning the West. Ohio State won the championship last season and the Buckeyes are a unanimous pick to repeat, according to the poll’s author, Cleveland.com.
More than 60 writers vote in the preseason poll. Wisconsin received 32 of 40 first-place votes.
(Video) Facebook posts from couples proclaiming their love may be annoying to some, but there’s new research that shows those proclamations are good for their relationships. Catalina Toma, an assistant professor of Communication Arts at UW, talks about the new research.
The first and only hospital on Madison’s east side will open August 17. UW Health at the American Center spans 500,000 square feet and is split into three main sections: hospital, clinics, and sports performance and wellness facility.
We’ve all got standards. Some of us set them high, some of us set them low. But regardless, we all have them. The University of Wisconsin sure has them, and their expectations are causing top commits to find other homes.
Earlier this week, it was revealed that the Badgers top commit for 2015, running back Jordan Stevenson, was not admitted into Wisconsin, reportedly for academic reasons.
(Video) 91 Wisconsin Badger football players helped build frames for walls for a house for Habitat For Humanity Friday.
Eddie Wajda shot a 2-under par 70 in the final round to win the 114th Wisconsin State Amateur Championship at Erin Hills. Wadja, who plays on the University of Wisconsin golf team, finished at 5-over par, one shot ahead of Matthew Bachmann and Patrick Sanchez.
Eddie Wajda would much rather people forgot about last year’s Wisconsin State Amateur, but this year’s Championship makes it all worth it.
In the 2014 Championship, Wajda, a rising sophomore at University of Wisconsin, was disqualified after submitting an incorrect scorecard after the third round. This year, not only did he work on his math, but he also worked on his putting game on his way to his first Amateur title.
One of the Badgers’ highest rated recruits will not be attending Wisconsin. Incoming freshman Jordan Stevenson tweeted out that his recruitment is officially “open to any Division One program for the 2015 season.”
According to a report on 247Sports, the Badgers coaching staff informed the talented running back Thursday he would not be admitted to the university. The University of Wisconsin has higher academic standards than the minimum NCAA eligibility standards.
Eddie Wajda shot a 2-under par 70 in the final round to win the 114th Wisconsin Men’s State Amateur Golf Championship at Erin Hils in Hartford Thursday. Wadja, who plays on the University of Wisconsin golf team, finished at 5-over par, one shot ahead of Matthew Bachmann and Patrick Sanchez.
By Richard J. Davidson: If you could look at your own personality, which emotion leads others in managing your mind’s control room? Joy? Fear? Disgust? Anger? Sadness?Through the lens of the new Pixar movie “Inside Out”, Joy calls the shots in the mind of the 11-year-old protagonist named Riley. In fact, this positive emotion — personified by actress Amy Poehler — finds it hard to step aside when other emotions are in many ways more appropriate for the situations Riley finds herself in, including moving to a new city and navigating school and friends.
Noted: Last year, a UW Police detective claimed in an email to her chief she was avoiding relying on a summons for a defendant to appear in court and arresting suspects instead because cases were taking too long to be reviewed.
Ex-University of Pittsburgh secondary coach Troy Douglas filed a federal lawsuit against the school on Monday, alleging that he was fired illegally. According to the Tribune-Review, Douglas, 49, maintains that the school unfairly fired him one year into a two-year contract.
Douglas joined the Panthers ahead of the 2014 season, becoming part of head coach Paul Chryst’s staff. Chryst re-signed from Pittsburgh in December to become the head coach at the University of Wisconsin, but he did not invite Douglas to be part of his staff in Madison. Douglas was then fired by Pitt.
Noted: Nor are there “terrifying” similarities between Walker and Hitler, as a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor [Sara Goldrick-Rab] recently tweeted. There aren’t even vague similarities. When Walker was in the Assembly and he and I went to the same church, we would on occasion chat. Not once did this sincerely (and seriously) conservative son of a Baptist minister express a desire to take over the world or exterminate whole populations. Didn’t happen. And you know, it’s even absurd that one has to say all this.
Noted: Among the four players who broke par: co-leader Johnny Decker and Ben Skogen, both members of the University of Wisconsin golf team.
When Ann Trachtenberg joked that she wanted to be escorted out of her last chemotherapy treatment by a marching band, little did she know her niece would contact the University of Wisconsin Badger Marching Band to make it happen.
And it’s already gone viral within a day of the UW Carbone Cancer Center in Madison sharing it, with over 190,000 views and 4,000-plus shares on Facebook alone.
Nearly 30% of administrative positions will be cut on campuses as leadership and management of the state’s two-year public colleges are consolidated into regions over the next several months.
The pending layoffs — estimated at the equivalent of 83 full-time positions — are in response to state budget cuts and two more years of a tuition freeze handed down by state lawmakers and Gov. Scott Walker, announced University of Wisconsin Colleges and UW Extension Chancellor Cathy Sandeen on Tuesday.
Are some ice creams “meltier” than others? This is a question that Maya Warren, an ice cream expert and Ph.D. candidate in food science, explores at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Despite the simple sweetness of a scoop of ice cream, this frozen dairy product has a complicated microstructure. And this complex combination of air cells, ice crystals, and fat globules—to name a few constituents—affects the way in which different kinds of ice cream melt and collapse.
