UW In The News
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Matching donations raise $100M for UW-Madison scholarships
Donors have raised $100 million for student scholarships at UW-Madison by matching one of the largest individual gifts ever given to the university, campus officials said Thursday.
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Some patients under general anesthesia are conscious, UW study says
At least 4 percent of patients under general anesthesia are conscious after doctors insert their breathing tube before surgery, according to a new study led by a UW-Madison researcher.
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Nicholas UW-Madison gift inspires $100 million scholarship endowment
A $100 million vision that nationally known Milwaukee money manager Albert “Ab” Nicholas and his college sweetheart wife Nancy put forward more than a year ago has been realized four months after his death.
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UW program aims to prepare doctors for rural practices
A residency program could help bring more doctors to Sauk Prairie and other rural areas, thanks in part to a four-year, $675,000 grant.
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Scheufele: What does research say about how to effectively communicate about science?
Truth seems to be an increasingly flexible concept in politics. At least that’s the impression the Oxford English Dictionary gave recently, as it declared “post-truth” the 2016 Word of the Year. What happens when decisions are based on misleading or blatantly wrong information? The answer is quite simple – our airplanes would be less safe, our medical treatments less effective, our economy less competitive globally, and on and on.
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UW-Madison philanthropy group gives out $10,000 grants to local organizations
UW-Madison students learning about philanthropy also learned a big life lesson on Monday.
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Unusual Chile volcano activity sparks interest, worries
Quoted: “We have so little experience with this kind of data, but the uplift is the biggest seen anywhere on the planet,” said Bradley Singer, a geoscientist from the U.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, who is leading an international research effort to understand what is happening under the surface.
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UW-Madison ranks 3rd for Ph.D.s awarded in 2015 | Higher education
UW-Madison ranked third in the nation in 2015 for the number of Ph.D. degrees awarded, according to a federal survey.
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Cats catch the flu from new strain of feline influenza
An outbreak of flu among 13 cats at an uptown Manhattan animal shelter has veterinary experts across the country scratching their heads — because cats just don’t catch the flu.“ That’s the main question. Where is this flu coming from?” says Dr. Sandra Newbury, director of the Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Wisconsin.“This is something new,” she said.
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UW Chancellor visits Dells, calls for investment
Investment in the University of Wisconsin is paramount for the state’s institutions of higher learning maintain their quality of education, the chancellor of the state’s flagship university told a lunch-time gathering in Wisconsin Dells Tuesday.
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Meet the woman who keeps Badgers basketball humming
Madison – On Sept. 29, Kat Vosters had a nice dinner with her fiancé and her best friend at Gray’s Tied House in Verona, enjoying the best Buffalo chicken wrap in town and just a glass of water, as usual, because work could call at any minute.
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Wisconsin places 53 Badgers on fall Academic All-Big Ten list
A total of 53 student-athletes from the University of Wisconsin have received the honor of earning spots on the fall Academic All-Big Ten teams, the Big Ten Conference announced Wednesday.
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Rebecca Blank and Marsha Mailick: Drop in research ranking signals need to reinvest in UW
Maybe you’ve heard someone say, “My wife has cancer, and her treatment isn’t working.” Or, “I need equipment that performs better in my plant and saves me time and money.” “My child has autism, and I need better ways to help him.”
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UW team shares story of first successful missing service member
As the nation marks the 75th anniversary of the attack that started World War II, a team at UW-Madison is sharing the story of how they found and identified the plane of a service member who was killed in action 72 years ago.
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Foot power
Associate Professor Xudong Wang holds a prototype of the researchers’ energy harvesting technology, which uses wood pulp and harnesses nano fibers. The technology could be incorporated into flooring and convert footsteps on the flooring into usable electricity.
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Editorial: Time to invest in University of Wisconsin again
Earlier this year a prominent Republican business executive said to me that even as a conservative he recognized it was time to once again invest in the University of Wisconsin.
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‘Hyperloop’ pod built by UW students goes on display tonight
Anyone interested in catching a glimpse of what entrepreneurs say could be the future of mass transportation should head over to the Discovery Building at 330 N. Orchard St. tonight.
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UW-Madison activist wins prestigious scholarship; follows becoming Rhodes finalist
UW-Madison student activist Deshawn McKinney has been named a winner of the prestigious Marshall Scholarship, awarded to 40 American students each year to attend graduate school in any field in the United Kingdom.
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The Great Lakes Have More Than 100 “Mini-Tsunamis” Every Year, According to New Research
The Great Lakes have their own miniature version of tsunamis – more than 100 times per year. That’s according to new research led by the University of Wisconsin Madison. The name of these waves – and the danger that comes with them – are relatively unknown to those in the region.
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New Wisconsin Institute for Discovery director sees a ‘hunger’ for change at UW
Jo Handelsman describes herself as a “changemaker.” Judging from her dossier, the incoming director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery is not wrong.
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Partnerships in health care could help heal rural, urban discontent
The simmering frustration from in both rural and urban areas has boiled over. This turbulence, whether evident through community demonstrations or election results, conveys an urgent message of discontent rooted in social and economic inequities that result in health disparities.
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Retrieving Short-Term Memories
Neuroscientists have long tried to uncover the neuronal connectivity and patterns of activity that explain human cognitive behaviors. The prevalent theory of working memory—using information stored in short-term memory to complete a task—is that the brain’s connections that code for the needed information must fire continuously. Now, in a paper published today (December 1) in Science, researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and their colleagues provide evidence for a different theory, in which information can be stored in working memory in an inactive neuronal state.
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UW student paves path for stroke, epilepsy patients with brain scanning research
Though she said it can be difficult being person of color and an engineering student, Janera Allen has made her mark during her four years at the University of Wisconsin.
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UW poverty researcher Tim Smeeding named Galbraith fellow
UW-Madison social scientist Tim Smeeding, regarded as one of the preeminent researchers of poverty, has been named the 2017 John Kenneth Galbraith fellow from the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
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UW weather satellite will speed-up critical data feed
Researchers at UW-Madison are keeping a close eye on a weather satellite that’s working its way into orbit.
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UW System officials express concerns over upcoming budget
Chancellors within the UW System are expressing concerns over the upcoming budget. They’re asking state legislators for more money after years of seeing cuts.
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New UW-Madison financial aid director wants to work with students before college
UW-Madison wants to serve more low-income and first-generation college students, says Derek Kindle, the university’s new director of financial aid.
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Wisconsin Electors Gear up For Official Presidential Vote
Noted: The Electoral College has been around for centuries, according to David Canon, political science professor at UW-Madison. He says the nation’s founding fathers set up the system because they didn’t give the electorate much credit.
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Five UW professors elected as fellows into science society
Five UW-Madison professors have been elected as fellows into the world’s largest general scientific society.
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UW-Madison student works to expand diversity in agricultural career field
UW-Madison fifth-year student Donale Richards is one of the few students of color who majors in biological systems engineering. He has made it his goal through his involvement in various groups that focus on the use of natural resources to change this and spark interest in incoming students of color of agricultural majors.
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