Source: UW News The following message was sent from UHS Executive Director Jake Baggott to students, faculty and staff on Feb. 19, It is being translated into multiple languages. The past two days have seen …
Canvas Feature Allows Individuals to Select Preferred Names, Personal Pronouns
Source: UW News Names and pronouns matter — they say a lot about who we are and how we want others to treat us. Through a new feature in Canvas, UW–Madison students, faculty, and instructional …
UW Retains Top 10 National Research Ranking
Source: UW News The National Science Foundation has released its 2019 fiscal year Higher Education Research and Development Survey, or HERD, data, showing that the University of Wisconsin–Madison ranked 8th place in the national research …
UW–Madison Prepared for Possibility of Capitol Disruption
Source: UW News Federal law enforcement agencies have recently shared warnings about the possibility of weekend violence or disruption in state capitols across the country ahead of the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration. At this time, …
UW Researchers Develop Tool to Equitably Distribute Limited Vaccines
Source: UW News The demand for COVID-19 vaccines continues to outpace supply, forcing public health officials to decide who should be first in line for a shot, even among those in the same pool of …
First Employees and Students Receive COVID-19 Vaccine at University Health Services
Source: UW News This morning, University Health Services gave the very first shots of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to eligible employees and students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The vaccine is one of two in …
Jenny Gumperz and Dana Baiu Win WARF Innovation Award!
Source: WARF Selected from more than 400 innovation disclosures, two University of Wisconsin-Madison teams working at the frontiers of cancer immunotherapy and bioengineering have taken top honors from WARF. The 2020 WARF Innovation Award winners …
Undergraduate Emanuel Burgos (Mandel Lab) Selected as National Promega DOORS Scholarship Winner
Undergraduate Emanuel Burgos, from the Mandel Lab, was selected as one of the 10 national winners of the Promega DOORS Scholarship. The goal of Promega’s Diversification of Our Research Scientists (D.O.O.R.S) Scholarship is to recognize …
New Antifungal Compound Discovered by David Andes and Colleagues
Source: UW News By combing the ocean for antimicrobials, scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have discovered a new antifungal compound that efficiently targets multi-drug-resistant strains of deadly fungi without toxic side effects in mice. …
Requiring Basic Level of Health Care Coverage is Important for Healthy People and Communities
On Nov. 10, the United States Supreme Court is considering oral arguments in two cases related to the requirement that all Americans maintain health insurance coverage. The health impact of this straightforward governmental mandate is broad-reaching …