New Projects Study Root Causes of Inequalities and How to Reduce Their Effects
April 15, 2021 By Natasha Kassulke | UW News Fifteen projects — from improving doctor-patient communications for high-risk patients, to using data to understand racial differences in how Americans handle civil legal problems, to better …
April 15, 2021SMPH Statement on Recent Shooting in Atlanta
In the midst of a surge of violence throughout the pandemic towards members of the Asian, Pacific Islander and Desi American (APIDA) community, we are heartbroken at the murders in the Atlanta, Georgia area this …
March 19, 2021Statement in Response to Atlanta Shootings
Interim Chief Diversity Officer Cheryl Gittens and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor released the following statement: Last evening we learned of violent shootings in Georgia that killed eight people, six of them of …
March 18, 2021Announcement of Childcare Costs for NRSA Supported Individual Fellows
Source: NIH We recognize that the high cost of childcare impacts the ability of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in many ways, including successfully completing their training and fully participating in the extramural research workforce. …
March 8, 2021UHS COVID-19 health alert – act now to avoid campus restrictions
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 …
February 19, 2021Canvas 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 …
February 4, 2021UW 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 …
February 2, 2021UW–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, …
January 15, 2021UW 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 …
January 15, 2021First 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 …
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