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UW team to test mobile apps to prevent substance abuse relapses
Can giving smartphones to people with substance use disorders improve the quality of care at the same time as it reduces health care costs? A team of scholars centered at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Dartmouth College thinks so, and has won a federal grant to create and test mobile apps to deliver tested treatment and relapse prevention tools through these devices.
Getting Real III explores hip-hop pedagogy, performance and culture
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI) has partnered with several New York-based educational institutions to offer a dual-location hip-hop education lecture series via videoconferencing through Dec. 10.
Second Higgs lecture scheduled to accommodate demand
Due to overwhelming interest, a second lecture on the discovery of a new physics particle has been added for tomorrow evening, Friday, Sept. 21, at 6 p.m.
Greene named to UC San Diego diversity post
Linda S. Greene, Evjue Bascom Professor of Law at University of Wisconsin–Madison, will become the University of California at San Diego’s first vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion (VC-EDI), a position created by the University of California Board of Regents and filled after a nationwide search.
UW-Madison Dance brings science to the stage with “PULSE”
During this Year of Innovation at UW–Madison, the Dance Department brings science to the stage with "PULSE: Intersections of Dance and Science," a Wisconsin Science Festival event, Friday, Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. in the Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space of Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave.
Constitution Day celebrated at UW with panel discussion on elections
To mark Constitution Day in the United States, the American Democracy Forum, housed in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Political Science, will hold a faculty panel discussion on constitutional issues in U.S. elections.
Stress breaks loops that hold short-term memory together
Stress has long been pegged as the enemy of attention, disrupting focus and doing substantial damage to working memory - the short-term juggling of information that allows us to do all the little things that make us productive.
Campus flu shot clinics start Sept. 17
University Health Services (UHS) will again offer seasonal influenza immunizations (flu shots) for all registered students, faculty and staff. Just like last year, student flu shot clinics will be held at separate locations and dates from UW-employee clinics.
USDA honors project led by UW–Madison professor
An initiative with Wisconsin roots is being honored today by the secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
University Health Services awarded grant to prevent suicide
University Health Services has been awarded a three-year Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant of $306,000 by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), UHS Executive Director Sarah Van Orman announced today.
R. Alta Charo appointed to NIH advisory positions
Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has appointed R. Alta Charo to the Advisory Council for the new National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health.
UW-Madison announces First Wave/MC Lyte Scholarship presented by Hip Hop Sisters Network
A full-tuition First Wave scholarship at the University of Wisconsin–Madison was named today for the legendary pioneer for women in hip-hop, MC Lyte.