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Department of Surgery triples its named chairs and professorships in 2015

December 17, 2015

The department raised $17.5 million and established 11 new chairs and professorships, increasing its number of endowments to 16.

A compassionate approach leads to more help and less punishment

December 17, 2015

Understanding what motivates people to be altruistic can not only inform our own behaviors, it may also play a role in creating more just societal institutions.

UNESCO selects Yoshihiro Kawaoka as winner of Carlos J. Finlay Prize

December 16, 2015

Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a prominent influenza and Ebola researcher, was selected for his overall contributions to the field of microbiology.

UW System Regents, officials tour Waisman Center

December 15, 2015

UW System officials recently toured the Waisman Center, known for its groundbreaking work helping people with developmental disabilities and neurodegenerative disorders.

Creating pathways: connecting American Indian students to health professions

December 7, 2015

In the last several years, NACHP and the School of Nursing have been working to break down barriers that deter American Indian students from pursuing careers in health fields with the larger vision of improving the health and wellness of American Indian communities in Wisconsin.

Researchers forge primitive human leukemia cells in lab

December 1, 2015

By generating cells with the properties of primitive human leukemia cells, researchers have established a model for studying chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) stem cells, potentially leading to better treatment options.

‘Live from Paris’ will connect Wisconsin with UN climate conference

November 24, 2015

Faculty and state business leaders in Paris to attend COP21 (Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) will connect to campus via video conferencing for a live discussion.

UHS psychologist hopes to help international students succeed

November 3, 2015

Students seek counseling at University Health Services for a variety of reasons. Now speakers of Mandarin have another option -- and advocate -- in Chinese native Canzi Wang.

Innovative cancer treatment machine: Still made in Wisconsin

September 4, 2015

Innovator-entrepreneur Thomas “Rock” Mackie’s TomoTherapy, launched in 1997, remains one of the universities’ most successful spinoff companies.

Josh Medow: Critical care for the brain

September 3, 2015

At Joshua Medow's first job, in the Neurocritical Intensive Care Unit at UW Hospital and Clinics, he saves lives. His patients have endured strokes, car accidents and shootings.

Morgridge Institute selects Pagliarini to lead campus metabolism initiative

August 31, 2015

Dave Pagliarini, a University of Wisconsin–Madison associate professor whose departmental home put metabolism research on the map worldwide, will help define the future of Wisconsin metabolism science as a lead investigator at the Morgridge Institute for Research.

Wireless microcamera clusters broaden laparoscopic imaging

August 21, 2015

A revolutionary integrated imaging system under development at the University of Wisconsin–Madison could significantly advance laparoscopy, a minimally invasive surgical procedure that, over the last half century, has seen only incremental improvements in imaging.

Report: Bicycling deaths have decreased, but adults remain at elevated risk

August 20, 2015

Overall rates for U.S. biking deaths decreased 44 percent from 1975 to 2012, according to a new report published Aug. 14 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and led by Jason Vargo, an assistant scientist with UW–Madison's Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and Global Health Institute.

Dietary intervention primes triple-negative breast cancer for targeted therapy

July 14, 2015

A diet that starves triple-negative breast cancer cells of an essential nutrient primes the cancer cells to be more easily killed by a targeted antibody treatment, UW Carbone Cancer Center scientists report in a recent publication.